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Pilbara Region, Western Australia, Australia

A large (around 505,000 square km) region in the North of Western Australia.
It hosts important iron ore deposits as well as granite pegmatites.

Within the Pilbara are the Shires of Ashburton, East Pilbara, Roebourne and the town and shire of Port Hedland.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Actinolite
Adamite
Agardite-(Ce)
Agardite-(Nd)
Agardite-(Y)
Aheylite
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
'Almandine-Spessartine Series'
Alunite
Andalusite
Anglesite
Ankerite
Antigorite
Antimony
Antlerite
'Apatite'
Arsenogorceixite
Arsenopyrite
Arsentsumebite
Ashburtonite (TL)
Atacamite
Aurichalcite
Autunite
Azurite
Baddeleyite
Baryte
'Bauxite'
Bayldonite
Beaverite-(Cu)
Beryl
var: Emerald
var: Vorobyevite
Berzelianite
Beudantite
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismutite
Bismutoferrite
Bobierrite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Breithauptite
Brochantite
Calcite
var: Cobaltoan Calcite
Caledonite
Carminite
Cassiterite
Ceruleite
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcophanite
Chalcopyrite
Chenevixite
Chlorargyrite
var: Bromian Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrisstanleyite
Chromite
Chrysocolla
'Chrysoprase'
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
Clinoatacamite
Clinobisvanite (TL)
Clinochlore
var: Chromian Clinochlore

Clinoclase
Columbite
Columbite-(Fe) (TL)
Columbite-(Mn)
Conichalcite
Connellite
Copper
Cordierite
Corkite
Cornubite
Cornwallite
Coronadite
Corundum
var: Ruby
Covellite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cumengeite
Cuprite
Cuproroméite
Diaboleite
Digenite
Diopside
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite
Dravite
Duftite
Dussertite
Elbaite ?
Epidote
Euxenite-(Y)
'Feldspar Group'
'Fergusonite'
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Formanite-(Y) (TL)
Fornacite
Gadolinite-(Y)
Galena
'Garnet'
Gartrellite (TL)
Gaspéite
Gersdorffite
Goethite
Gold
Greenockite
Grossular
Groutite
Gypsum
Helvite
Hematite
var: Martite
Hemimorphite
Hidalgoite
Hydrokenoelsmoreite
Hydrozincite
Illite
Ilmenite
Iodargyrite
Ixiolite
Jagüéite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar'
Laurionite
Lavendulan
Lepidolite
Leucophosphite
Leucoxene
Liandratite ?
Libethenite
Limonite
Linarite
Lithiophilite
Luberoite ?
Luetheite
'Magnesioriebeckite-Riebeckite Series
var: Crocidolite'

Magnesite
Magnetite
var: Vanado-Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides'
Mansfieldite
Marcasite
Mawbyite
Metatorbernite
Metazeunerite
Microcline
Microlite Group
Millerite
Mimetite
Minnesotaite
Mixite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Mottramite
Murdochite
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Naumannite
Nontronite
Nullaginite (TL)
Olivenite
'Olivine'
Oosterboschite
Opal
Osarizawaite
Otwayite (TL)
Oxyplumboroméite
Paralaurionite
Paraotwayite (TL)
Paratacamite
Parkerite
Pecoraite
Pentlandite
Perroudite
Pharmacosiderite
Philipsbornite
Phlogopite
Plattnerite
Plumbogummite
Plumbojarosite
Polydymite
Potarite
'Prochlorite'
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
Pucherite
Purpurite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Chalcedony
var: Jasper
var: Rose Quartz
Reevesite
Riebeckite
Rosasite
Rutile
Scheelite
Schorl
Scorodite
Shandite
Sicklerite
Siderite
Silver
var: Amalgam
Skutterudite
Smithsonite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Staurolite
Stibnite
Stilpnomelane
Talc
Tantalite
Tantalite-(Fe)
Tantalite-(Mn)
Tanteuxenite-(Y) (TL)
'Tapiolite'
Tennantite
Tenorite
Tetraferriannite (TL)
Tetrahedrite
Thorogummite
Tiemannite
'Tiger's Eye'
'Tourmaline'
'var: Indicolite'
Tranquillityite
Triphylite
Tripuhyite
Tsumcorite
UM1994-19-PO:CuHMoPb
Umangite
Uraninite
Uvarovite
Variscite
Vauquelinite
Wodginite (TL)
Wulfenite
Xenotime-(Y)
Yttrotantalite-(Y)
Zircon
Zirconolite


267 entries listed. 215 valid minerals. 11 type localities (valid minerals).

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