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Nova Scotia, Canada

Mineral List

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Acanthite
Actinolite
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Aluminocopiapite
Alunite
Alunogen
Amblygonite
Analcime
Anatase
Andalusite
Anhydrite
Anilite
Ankerite
Antimony
'Apatite'
Aplowite (TL)
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Apophyllite-(NaF)
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Augite
var: Titanian Augite
Aurichalcite
Aurostibite
Autunite
Azurite
'Baddeckite'
Barrerite
Baryte
Bassetite
Becquerelite
Berthierite
Bertrandite
Beryl
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Boracite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Braunite
Brochantite
Brookite
Brucite
Calcite
var: Glendonite
Caledonite
Carnallite
Cassiterite
Celadonite
Celestine
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chabazite-Ca
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite
Chambersite
Childrenite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Clarkeite
Clausthalite
Clinochlore
var: Ripidolite

'Clinoptilolite'
Clinoptilolite-Ca
Clinoptilolite-Na
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
'Coal'
'var: Jet'
Columbite
Cookeite
Copper
Cordierite
'Cordierite-Sekaninaite Series'
Covellite
Cuprite
'Cyanolite'
Danburite
'Davidite'
Dickite
Digenite
Djurleite
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite
Dumortierite
Durangite
Elbaite
Epidote
Epistilbite
Epsomite
Erythrite
Ferberite
Fillowite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Forsterite
Gahnite
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
'Garnet'
Germanite
Gersdorffite
'Gismondine' ?
Glauberite
'Gmelinite'
'var: Ledererite'
Gmelinite-Ca
Gmelinite-Na
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Graphite
Greenockite
Groutite
'Gummite'
Gustavite
Gypsum
var: Satin Spar Gypsum
Gyrolite
Halite
Halotrichite
Hausmannite
Hematite
var: Martite
Hessite
'Heulandite'
Heulandite-Ca
Heulandite-K
'Hornblende'
Howlite (TL)
Hydromagnesite
Hydroxylapatite
Illite
Ilmenite
'Ilmenite-Pyrophanite Series'
Inyoite
Jarosite ?
Joséite
Kaersutite
Kaolinite
Kermesite
'K Feldspar'
Langite
Laumontite
Lavendulan
Lepidolite
Leucoxene
Limonite
Linarite
Lithiophilite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganite
Marcasite
Matildite
Mawsonite
Mcauslanite (TL)
Melanterite
Meneghinite
Mesolite
Metatorbernite
Metauranocircite
Metavoltine
Microcline
Microlite Group
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Montebrasite
Moorhouseite (TL)
Mordenite (TL)
Morinite
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Natrojarosite ?
Natrolite
Nepheline
'Olivine'
Opal
Orthoclase
'Parisite'
Pearceite
Penroseite
Pentlandite
'Perthite'
Phenakite
Phengite
Phlogopite
Phosphophyllite
Polyhalite
Posnjakite
Probertite
Proustite
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
var: Cobaltoan Pyrite
var: Nickelian Pyrite
Pyroaurite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrophyllite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Amethyst
var: Bloodstone
var: Chalcedony
Quartz
var: Eye Agate

var: Fortification Agate
var: Jasper
var: Moss Agate
var: Plume Agate
var: Rose Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Ramsdellite
Renierite
Riebeckite
Rinneite
Rozenite
Rutile
var: Niobian Rutile
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schoepite
Schorl
Scolecite
'Serpentine Group'
Siderite
Sideronatrite
Siderophyllite
Silver
'Smectite Group'
Sperrylite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spodumene
Stannite
Staurolite
Stellerite
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stilbite-Ca
Stromeyerite
Strontianite
Sylvite
Synchysite-(Ce)
Szomolnokite
Talc
Tantalite
'Tapiolite'
Tennantite
Tetrahedrite
'Thomsonite'
Thomsonite-Ca
Titanite
Topaz
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
'var: Indicolite'
Tremolite
Tridymite
Triphylite
Triplite
Tungstite
Ulexite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Valentinite
Vivianite
'Wad'
Wittichenite
Wolframite
Wroewolfeite
Wulfenite
Zippeite
Zircon


326 entries listed. 213 valid minerals. 5 type localities (valid minerals).

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References

- Goodman, N.R. (1957) Gypsum in Nova Scotia and its associated minerals. In The Geology of Canadian Industrial Mineral Deposits (M.F. Gouge et al, Eds.). Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Montreal, Québec (110-114).
- Sabina, A. P. (1965) "Rock and Mineral Collecting in Canada, Volume III: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland". Geol. Surv. of Canada, Misc. Report 8, 106 pp.
- The Nova Scotia Abandoned Mine Openings Database


External Links

- http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/ [Dept. of Natural Resources]
- http://nsminerals.atspace.com/index.html [Mineralogy of Nova Scotia]

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