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Cuba

Fourteen provinces and one special municipality (the Isla de la Juventud) now comprise Cuba. These in turn were formerly part of six larger historical provinces: Pinar del Río, Habana, Matanzas, Las Villas, Camagüey and Oriente.

Mineral List

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Actinolite
Albite
Amphibole Supergroup
Analcime
'Andesine-oligoclase'
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Antigorite
'Antillite'
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Azurite
Baryte
Beudantite
Bornite
Brochantite
Calcite
'Calcite Group'
Celadonite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
Chromite
var: Ferrian Chromite
Chrysotile
Clinochlore
Clinochlore
var: Chromian Clinochlore

'Clinozoisite-Epidote Series'
Copper
Covellite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite (TL)
Cuprite
Dolomite
Edenite
'Ellestadite'
Enargite
Epidote
Ferricopiapite
Galena
Gallite
'Garnet'
Germanite
Gibbsite
Glaucophane
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Gypsum
Halotrichite
Hematite
Hercynite
var: Picotite

Hydroxylapatite
Ilmenite
Iridarsenite
Jadeite
Kaolinite
Laumontite
Laurite
Lawsonite
'Limonite'
Lithiophorite
Lizardite
Maghemite
Magnesio-hornblende
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganite
Marcasite
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Neotocite
Nontronite
'Olivine'
Omphacite
Opal
var: Moss Opal

Orientite (TL)
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Paragonite
Pentlandite
'Phengite'
'Phillipsite'
Phlogopite
Plumbojarosite
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Bayate
var: Chalcedony
var: Jasper
Ranciéite
Rutile
'Serpentine Group'
Siderite
Silicon (TL)
Silver
'Smectite Group'
Sphalerite
Stibnite
Talc
Tetrahedrite
Titanite
Todorokite
'Tourmaline'
Uvarovite
Valleriite
Whitlockite
Wollastonite
Zircon


115 entries listed. 87 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).

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Cuba
Cuba

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References

Pardo, G. (2009): Geology of Cuba. AAPG Studies in Geology Series, 73 pp.

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