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Pennsylvania, USA

One of the original 13 states of the USA. A state with diverse geology ranging from Precambrian regions in the easternmost areas, vast beds of dolomitic limestones, Pennsylvanian period formations containing both anthracite coal (eastern) and bituminous coal (western). Triassic diabase intrudes older rocks along the eastern border and into the center of the state.




References:
- Genth, F.A. (1875) Preliminary Report on the Mineralogy of Pennsylvania. Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg.
- Gordon, S.G. (1922) The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania. 255 pp., Philadelphia.
- D. M. Lapham, J. H. Barns, W. Downey Jr. and R. B. Finkelman (1980): Mineralogy associated with burning Anthracite deposits of Eastern Pennsylvania. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Resources, Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, Mineral Resources Report 78, 82 pp.




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Acanthite
Actinolite
var: Byssolite
var: Nephrite
'Adularia'
Akaganeite
Albite
var: Albite Moonstone
var: Oligoclase
var: Sunstone
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Alloclasite
Allophane
Almandine
Alum-(K)
Alunite
Alunogen
'Amphibole Group'
var: Uralite
Analcime
Anatase
Ancylite-(Ce)
Andalusite
Andersonite
Andradite
'Andradite-Grossular Series'
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Anorthite
var: Bytownite

var: Labradorite
Anorthoclase
Anthophyllite
Antigorite
var: Bowenite ?
var: Picrolite
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaF)
var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF)
Apatite-(CaOH)
Apjohnite
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Apophyllite-(KOH)
'Aquacreptite'
Aquacreptite (of Shepard)
Aragonite
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
'Asbestos'
Augite
Aurichalcite
Autunite
Awaruite
'Axinite'
Axinite-(Fe)
Axinite-(Mn)
Azurite
Babingtonite
Bararite
Baryte
Beraunite
Berndtite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
β-Uranophane
Bianchite
Bieberite
Billietite
Biotite
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Böhmite
Boltwoodite
Bornite
Botryogen
Boussingaultite
Brannerite
Brochantite
Brookite
Brucite
Cacoxenite
'Calamine'
Calcite
Cancrinite
Carnotite
Cassiterite
'Cat's Eye'
Celestine (TL)
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chalcanthite
'Chalcedony'
'var: Agate'
'var: Bloodstone'
'var: Carnelian'
'var: Moss Agate'
'var: Petrified Wood'
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
var: Auriferous Chalcopyrite
var: Blister Copper
Chamosite
'Chevkinite'
'Chlorite Group'
Chlorophyllite
Chondrodite
Chromite
Chrysocolla
'Chrysolite'
Chrysotile
Clausthalite
'Clay'
Clinochlore (TL)
var: Chromian Clinochlore
var: Pennine
var: Sheridanite
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinozoisite
'Coal'
'var: Anthracite'
'var: Bituminous Coal'
Coalingite
Cobaltite
Coffinite
'Colerainite'
Columbite
Conichalcite
Copiapite
Copper
Cordierite
Corkite
Cornubite
Corrensite
Corundum
Covellite
Crandallite
Crednerite ?
Cryptohalite
Cryptomelane
Cummingtonite ?
Cuprite
var: Chalcotrichite
Datolite
Desautelsite (TL)
Descloizite
Devilline
'Deweylite'
Diaspore
Dickite
Digenite
Diopside
Dioptase
Djurleite
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite
Downeyite (TL)
Dozyite
Dravite
var: Chromian Dravite
Dumortierite
Eastonite (TL)
Elbaite
Enargite
Enstatite
Epidote
Epsomite
Erythrite
Fayalite
'Feldspar Group'
'Fergusonite'
Ferrihydrite
Ferrimolybdite
Fluorite
Forsterite
Francevillite
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
var: Auriferous Galena
'Garnet Group'
'Garnierite'
Gersdorffite
Gibbsite
Giorgiosite
Gismondine
Glaucodot
Glauconite
'Glockerite'
'Gmelinite' ?
Goethite
Gold
Goslarite
Graphite
Greenockite
Grossular
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Halite ?
Halotrichite
Harmotome
Heazlewoodite
Hematite
var: Specularite
Hemimorphite
Hercynite
Herzenbergite
'Heulandite'
Hexahydrite
Hieratite
Hinsdalite
Hisingerite
'Hornblende'
Huntite
Hyalophane
'Hydrodolomite'
Hydromagnesite
Hydroxylpyromorphite
Hydrozincite
Hypersthene
Ice
Ilmenite
Ilvaite
Iron
var: Kamacite
Isoferroplatinum
Jarosite
Jordanite
Kaolinite
Kasolite
Kyanite
Langite
Lansfordite (TL)
Lanthanite-(La)
Laphamite (TL)
Laumontite
Lechatelierite
var: Fulgurite

'Leidyite'
Lepidocrocite
Leucoxene
Libethenite
Liebigite
Limonite
Linarite
Lizardite
Mackinawite
Magnesiochromite
Magnesite
var: Breunnerite
var: Ferroan Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides'
'var: Manganese Dendrites'
'Marble'
Marcasite
Margarite
Marialite
'Marmolite'
Mascagnite
Matulaite (TL)
Maucherite
Mcguinnessite
Melanterite
Mendipite
Mesolite
Meta-autunite
Metatorbernite
Metauranocircite ?
'Mica Group'
Microcline
var: Amazonite
Microlite
'Microperthite'
Millerite
Millosevichite
Mimetite
Mirabilite
Mogánite ?
Molybdenite
Molybdite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Montmorillonite
Morenosite
Mottramite
Muscovite
var: Damourite
Nakauriite
Natrolite
Nepheline
Nesquehonite (TL)
Nontronite
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Opal-AN
Orpiment
Orthoclase
var: Delawarite
Ottemannite
Palygorskite
Paragonite
Pectolite
var: Manganoan Pectolite
Perovskite
'Phillipsite'
Phlogopite
Phosgenite
Phosphuranylite
Piemontite
Pigeonite
Pimelite
'Pinite'
Planerite
'Plessite'
Plumbojarosite
Pokrovskite
Posnjakite
Prehnite
'Prochlorite'
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
Pumpellyite-(Mg)
Pyrite
var: Cobaltoan Pyrite
Pyroaurite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrophyllite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
var: Nickeloan Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Blue Quartz
var: Chert
var: Ferruginous Quartz
var: Jasper
var: Milky Quartz
var: Prase
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rutilated Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Ramsbeckite
'Randite'
Realgar
Retgersite
Rhodochrosite
Riebeckite
var: Crocidolite
Rockbridgeite
Romanèchite
Rozenite
Ruizite
Rutile
Safflorite
Salammoniac
Samarskite-(Y)
Saponite
Sauconite (TL)
'Scapolite'
var: Wernerite
Schorl
Schreibersite
Schröckingerite
Schwertmannite
Scolecite
Selenium
Sepiolite
'Sericite'
'Serpentine Group'
'var: Retinalite'
Siderite
Sillimanite
Silver
Smithsonite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
Staurolite
Stellerite
Stibnite ?
'Stilbite'
Stilbite-Ca
Stilbite-Na
Stilpnomelane
Strengite
Strontianite
Sulphur
Susannite
Taenite
Talc
var: Steatite
Tennantite
Tenorite
'Thomsonite'
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorianite
Thorogummite
Titanite
Tochilinite
Topaz
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
'var: Rubellite' ?
Tremolite
Troilite
Tschermigite
Turgite
Turquoise
Tyuyamunite
Ulvöspinel
'Unnamed (Ge Sulphide)'
'Unnamed (K-Al Fluoride)'
'Unnamed (K-Al Sulphate)'
'Unnamed (NH4-Al Fluoride)'
Uraninite
var: Thorian Uraninite
Uranophane
Uvarovite
Vanadinite
Vandendriesscheite
Variscite
Vauquelinite ?
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite
Violarite
Vivianite
'Wad'
Wavellite
Weeksite
Wheatleyite (TL)
Wollastonite
Wölsendorfite
Woodhouseite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zaratite
Zircon
Zoisite
var: Thulite


3061 entries listed. 309 valid minerals. 11 type localities (valid minerals). 2 erroneous literature entries.

Localities in this Region:
USA
 
  • Pennsylvania
        • GAF Ruberoid Mill
      • East Berlin
      • Franklin Township
      • Gettysburg
      • Iron Springs
      • Mount Joy Township
      • Glassmere
        • Neville Island
      • Freeport
      • Pulaski Township
      • Broad Top Township
      • Napier Township
        • New Paris
        • Gickerville (Gibralter)
        • Hay Creek
      • Boyertown
      • Caernarvon Township
        • Morgantown
      • Cumru Township
        • Reading
      • Greenawald
      • Hancock
      • Hereford Township
        • Huffs Church
      • Manatawny
        • Rittenhouse Gap
      • Old Zionville
      • Oley Township
        • Neversink Mt
      • Southampton
        • Feasterville
      • Stouchsburg
      • Topton
      • Bellwood
      • Birmingham
      • Taylor Township
        • Roaring Spring
      • New Albany
        • Towanda Creek
      • Attelboro
      • Delaware River
      • Durham
      • Eureka
      • New Britain Township
        • New Galena
      • Point Pleasant
      • Rock Hill
      • Solebury Township
      • Jim Thorpe (Mauch Chunk)
        • Hazard
        • Little Gap
        • Millport
        • Palmerton
      • College Township
      • Patton Township
      • Skytop
        • Bald Eagle Mountain
      • State College
      • East Goshen Township
      • East Marlboro Township
        • Upland
      • East Nottingham Township
        • Valley Store
      • Kennett Township
      • London Britain Township
        • Landenberg
      • Malvern Borough
        • Unionville
      • Pocopson Township
      • Sadsbury Township
        • Coatesville
        • Wagontown
      • Wallace Township
        • Cornog
        • St. Mary's
      • West Bradford Township
        • Unionville
      • West Pikeland Township
        • Chester Springs
      • Limestone Township
      • Nippenose Valley
        • Rauchtown
      • Salona
      • Boiling Springs
        • Wagoner's Gap
      • Cooke Township
        • South Mountain
      • Shippensburg
      • Bethel Township
        • Chelsea
      • Birmingham Township
        • Brandywine Summit
      • Edgemont Township
        • Media
      • Nether Providence Township
        • Leiperville
      • Newtown Township
        • Prospect Park
        • Swarthmore (Avondale)
        • Wallingford
      • Thornbury Township
        • Glen Mills
      • Upper Chichester Township
    • Fayette & Somerset Cos.
      • Masontown
      • West Masontown
      • Chambersburg
      • Brown's Ferry
        • Cheat Haven Dam
        • McClain Sand and Gravel Company
      • McConnellstown
      • Dixonville
        • Tanoma Coal Mine
      • East Salem
        • East Waterford
        • Gap
        • Beartown
        • Narvon
      • Colerain Township
        • Kirkwood
          • Octoraro Creek
      • Conoy Township
        • Bainbridge
      • Earl Township
        • Blue Ball
      • East Cocalico Township
        • Rohrerstown
      • Eden Township
        • Quarryville
        • Black Baron
        • Pleasant Grove
        • Wrightsdale
      • Lancaster Township
        • East Petersburg
        • Fruitville
      • Manor Township
      • Martic Township
      • Mount Joy Township
        • Elizabethtown
      • Paradise Township
      • Pequa Township
        • Conestoga
      • Salisbury Township
      • West Hempfield Township
      • East Moravia
      • Enon Valley
      • Cornwall
      • Manheim
        • Mt Gretna
      • Ironton
      • Lower Milford Township
        • Limeport
      • Wescosville
      • West Pittston
      • Bald Eagle Mountain
      • Jersey Shore
        • Lime Bluff
      • Williamsport
      • Kunkletown
        • Gladwyne
        • Lafayette
        • Pencoyd (West Manayunk)
      • Marlborough Township
        • Perkiomenville
      • Springfield Township
        • West Conshohocken
      • Upper Providence Township
      • Upper Salford Township
        • Kratz
      • Mahoning Township
        • Danville
      • Bethlehem
      • East Penn Township
        • Pennsville
      • Hanover
      • South Easton
      • Mandata
      • Sunbury
      • Lafayette
        • Rittenhouse Lane
      • Coudersport
        • Ice Mountain
      • Blythe Township
      • Shenandoah
      • Zerbe (Newton)
      • Perry Township
        • Mount Pleasant Mills
          • Lime Ridge
      • Allenwood
      • Valley Camp
      • East Manchester Township
        • Emigsville
      • Hanover
      • Jackson Township
        • Thomasville
        • Redmond Reservoir
      • Leader Heights (near Jacobus)
      • Peachbottom Township
      • Steelton quadrangle
      • Warrington Township
        • Rossville
      • West York

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