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Rhode Island, USA

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



References:
Miller, C. E. (1971) "Rhode Island Minerals and Their Locations," University of Rhode Island, Kingston.

Rocks & Minerals (1986): 61: 252-253, 264, 268.



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




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


Mineral List:
Actinolite
'Adularia'
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-Tephroite Series
var: Knebelite'
Ferrimolybdite
Ferro-Actinolite
Ferrohornblende
Fluorite
var: Chlorophane
Forsterite
Galena
'Garnet Group'
Genthelvite
'Gmelinite'
Goethite
Gold
Graphite
Greenockite
Grossular
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
'Manganese Oxides
var: Manganese Dendrites'
Manganite
Marcasite
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
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
'Scapolite'
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'
Tremolite
Turgite
Uraninite
Vesuvianite
'Wad'
Wavellite
Wolframite
Wulfenite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zinnwaldite
Zircon
var: Cyrtolite
Zoisite
var: Thulite


1365 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
        • Centredale
        • Graniteville
        • Snake Den
        • Dyerville
        • Wanskuck
      • Scituate
        • Greenville
        • Spragueville
      • Charlestown
      • New Shoreham
        • Saunderstown
      • Richmond
      • South Kingston

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