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Rhode Island, USA

The state with the longest name! The formal name of this state is: The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

Refs.:
- Rocks & Min.: 61:252-253, 264, 268
- Miller (1971).



Article entry:
Mineralogy of Rhode Island - A Literature ReviewMichael Kieron




Mineral list contains contents from all localities listed at bottom of page


Mineral List:
  		•  Actinolite
  		• Aegirine
  		• Albite
       var: Andesine
       var: Cleavelandite
       var: Oligoclase
  		• 'Albite-Anorthite Series'
  		• 'Allanite'
  		• Allanite-(Ce)
  		• Almandine
  		• 'Amber'
  		• Amphibole Group
    var: Uralite
  		• Analcime
  		• Anatase
  		• Andradite
  		• Anglesite
  		• Ankerite
  		• Anorthite
    var: Labradorite
  		• Anthophyllite
  		• Antigorite
       var: Bowenite
  		• 'Apatite'
  		• Apatite-(CaF)
  		• Apophyllite-(KF)
  		• Aragonite
  		• Arfvedsonite
  		• Arsenopyrite
  		• Astrophyllite
  		• Augite
  		• Aurichalcite
  		• Autunite
  		• Axinite-(Fe)
  		• Azurite
  		• Babingtonite
  		• Baryte
  		• Bastnäsite-(Ce)
  		• Bertrandite
  		• Beryl
       var: Aquamarine
  		• Biotite
  		• Birnessite ?
  		• Bornite
  		• Braunite
  		• Brookite
  		• Calcite
       var: Ferroan Calcite
  		• 'Cat's Eye'
  		• Cerussite
  		• 'Chabazite'
  		• Chabazite-Ca
  		• 'Chalcedony'
       'var: Agate'
       'var: Agate-Jasper'
       'var: Bloodstone'
       'var: Carnelian'
       'var: Onyx'
       'var: Sardonyx'
  		• Chalcocite
  		• Chalcopyrite
       var: Auriferous Chalcopyrite
  		• Chamosite
  		• Chevkinite-(Ce)
  		• 'Chlorite Group'
  		• Chloritoid
       var: Masonite
  		• Chrysocolla
  		• 'Chrysoprase'
  		• Chrysotile
  		• Clinochlore
       var: Ripidolite
  		• Clinochrysotile
  		• Clinozoisite
  		• 'Coal
    var: Anthracite'
       'var: Lignite'
  		• 'Columbite'
  		• Columbite-(Fe)
  		• Copiapite ?
  		• Copper
  		• Cordierite
  		• Covellite
  		• Cryptomelane
  		• Danalite
  		• Datolite
  		• Diopside
  		• Dolomite
  		• Dravite
  		• Elbaite
  		• Enstatite
  		• Epidote
  		• Fayalite
    var: Knebelite
  		• Ferrimolybdite
  		• Ferro-Actinolite
  		• Ferrohornblende
  		• Fluorite
       var: Chlorophane
  		• Forsterite
  		• Galena
  		• 'Garnet Group'
  		• Genthelvite
  		• 'Gmelinite'
  		• Goethite
  		• Gold
  		• Graphite
  		• Greenockite
  		• Grossular
       var: Hessonite
  		• Gypsum
  		• Halite
  		• Harmotome
  		• Hematite
  		• Hemimorphite
  		• 'Heulandite'
  		• Heulandite-Ca
  		• 'Hornblende'
  		• Hydrocerussite
  		• Hydromagnesite
  		• Illite
  		• Ilmenite
  		• Ilvaite
  		• Jamesonite
  		• Jarosite
  		• Kaersutite
  		• Kaolinite
  		• Kyanite
  		• Laumontite
  		• Lepidocrocite
  		• Lepidolite
  		• Leucoxene
  		• Limonite
  		• Magnesiohornblende
  		• Magnetite
       var: Titaniferous Magnetite
  		• Malachite
  		• Manganite
  		• Marcasite
  		• 'Marialite-Meionite Series'
  		• Meionite
  		• Melanterite
  		• Microcline
       var: Amazonite
  		• Molybdenite
  		• Molybdite
  		• Monazite-(Ce)
  		• Montmorillonite
  		• 'Moonstone'
  		• 'Mountain Leather'
  		• Muscovite
       var: Damourite
  		• Nacrite
  		• Natrolite
  		• Nontronite
  		• 'Olivine'
  		• Opal
       var: Opal-AN
  		• Orthoclase
       var: Adularia
  		• Ottrélite
  		• Paragonite
  		• Pargasite
  		• Parisite-(Ce)
  		• 'Perthite'
  		• Phlogopite
  		• Phosgenite
  		• Piemontite
  		• Powellite
  		• Prehnite
  		• 'Prochlorite'
  		• Pyrite
  		• Pyrolusite
  		• Pyromorphite
  		• Pyrrhotite
  		• Quartz
       var: Amethyst
       var: Basanite
       var: Chert
       var: Citrine
       var: Flint
       var: Jasper
       var: Milky Quartz
       var: Prase
       var: Rock Crystal
       var: Rutilated Quartz
       var: Smoky Quartz
  		• Rhodochrosite
  		• Rhodonite
  		• Riebeckite
       var: Crocidolite
  		• Rutile
  		• Scheelite
  		• Schorl
  		• Scolecite
  		• Sepiolite
  		• 'Sericite'
  		• 'Serpentine Group'
  		• Siderite
       var: Sphärosiderite
  		• Sillimanite
  		• Silver
  		• Smithsonite
  		• 'Soapstone'
  		• Sphalerite
  		• Spinel
  		• Staurolite
  		• 'Stilbite'
  		• Stilbite-Ca
  		• Stolzite
  		• Sulphur
  		• Talc
       var: Steatite
  		• Tephroite ?
  		• Thorianite
       var: Uranothorianite
  		• Titanite
       var: Keilhauite
  		• Todorokite ?
  		• 'Tourmaline Group'
  		• Tremolite
  		• Turgite
  		• Uraninite
  		• Vesuvianite
  		• 'Wad'
  		• Wavellite
  		• Wolframite
  		• Wulfenite
  		• Xenotime-(Y)
  		• Zinnwaldite
  		• Zircon
       var: Cyrtolite
  		• Zoisite
       var: Thulite


    230 entries listed. 151 valid minerals.

    Localities in this Region:
    USA
     
    • Rhode Island
        • Warren
        • West Warwick
          • Natick
        • Little Compton
        • Tiverton
          • Glendale
          • Oakland
          • Pascoag
        • Central Falls
          • Arlington
          • Oaklawn
          • Ashton
          • Berkeley
          • Manville
          • Phillipsdale
          • Rumford
    USA
     
    • Rhode Island
      • Providence Co.
          • Centredale
          • Graniteville
          • Snake Den
          • Dyerville
          • Wanskuck
        • Scituate
          • Greenville
          • Spragueville
        • Charlestown
        • New Shoreham
          • Saunderstown
        • Richmond
        • South Kingston

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