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Canary Islands, Spain

(Las Islas Canarias, Occidentales, Espania)

References:
- Rothe, P. (2008): Kanarische Inseln. 3. völlig neu bearbeitete Auflage, Sammlung Geologischer Führer, 81, Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin, 339 pp. (in German)
- Ertl, R. F. (2009): Minerales de las Islas Canarias. Publicaciones Turquesa, S.L., Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, 232 pp. (in Spanish).




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


Mineral List:
Actinolite
'Adularia'
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
Albite
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
'Amphibole Group'
Analcime
Andradite
Anorthite ?
Anorthoclase
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaF)
'Apophyllite'
Aragonite
Arfvedsonite
Augite
var: Titanian Augite
'Bastnäsite'
Biotite
'Britholite Group'
Calcite
Celadonite
'Chabazite'
'var: Phacolite'
Chabazite-Na
'Chalcedony'
'var: Agate'
Chalcophyllite
Chevkinite-(Ce)
'Chlorite Group'
Clinochlore
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinozoisite
Cowlesite
'Desert Rose'
Diamond
Diopside
Dolomite
Eckermannite
Edenite
Enstatite
Epidote
Epistilbite
'Erionite'
Erionite-Na
Eudialyte
Faujasite-Ca
Ferrohornblende
Forsterite
var: Peridot
'Garnet Group'
Gismondine
'Glass'
Gonnardite
Graphite
Gypsum
Haüyne
Hematite
'Heulandite'
'Hornblende'
Hypersthene
Ilmenite
Kaersutite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar'
Laumontite
Låvenite
'Lévyne'
Loparite-(Ce)
Lorenzenite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
'Manganomelane'
Merlinoite
Mesolite
Mogánite (TL)
Mordenite
Natrolite
Nepheline
Nordstrandite
Normandite
Offretite
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Opal-AN
var: Precious Opal
Orthoclase
Perovskite
'Phillipsite'
Phillipsite-Na
Phlogopite
Pyrite
Pyrophanite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
'Quartz-beta'
Richterite
Sanidine
Saponite
Scolecite
'Sericite'
'Serpentine Group'
'Smectite Group'
Sodalite
Spinel
'Stilbite'
Stronalsite ?
'Thomsonite'
Thomsonite-Ca
Titanite
Todorokite
'Törnebohmite-(Ce)-Törnebohmite-(La) Series'
Vermiculite
Wairakite
Zircon


309 entries listed. 77 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral). 1 erroneous literature entry.

Localities in this Region:
Spain
 
  • Canary Islands
        • Gran Tarajal
          • Cardones
          • Puerto Rico
          • Arguineguin
          • Barranco de Fataga
          • La Plata
        • Tasarte
        • Tasártico
        • Tejeda
        • La Geria
        • Lanzarote
        • Epinal
        • San Sebastián de la Gomera
        • Valle Gran Rey
        • San Andrés

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