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References:
- Sonneschmidt, F. T. (1804): Mineralogische Beschreibung der vorzüglichsten Bergwerks-Reviere von Mexiko oder Neuspanien. Author's publishing, xx pp. (in German) http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/resolveppn/?PPN507503597]

- Panczner, W. D. (1987): Minerals of Mexico. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 459 pp.




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


Mineral List:
Acanthite
'Achrematite'
Actinolite
var: Byssolite
Adamite
var: Cobaltoan Adamite
var: Cuprian Adamite
var: Manganoan Adamite
'Adularia'
'var: Valencianite'
Aegirine
Aguilarite (TL)
Aikinite
Akaganeite
Aktashite
Alabandite
Alamosite (TL)
Albite
var: Andesine
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Alforsite
Allanite-(Ce)
Allendeite (TL)
Allophane
Altaite
'Alum Group'
Alunite
Alunogen
'Amber'
'Amphibole Group'
Analcime
Anatase
Andorite
Andorite VI
var: Nakaseite
Andradite
var: Melanite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Annabergite
Anorthite
var: Bytownite
Anthonyite
Antimony
Antlerite
'Apatite'
'var: Collophane'
Apatite-(CaCl)
Apatite-(CaF)
var: Francolite
Apatite-(CaOH)
var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaOH)
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Apophyllite-(KOH)
Aragonite
var: Flos Ferri
Arcanite
Ardealite
Argentojarosite
Argentotennantite
Argyrodite
Armalcolite
Arsendescloizite
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenobismite
Arsenopyrite
'Asbestos'
Asbolane
Atacamite
Augite
var: Fassaite
Aurichalcite
'Aurobismuthinite'
Austinite
var: Cuprian Austinite
Axinite-(Fe)
Azurite
Bakerite
Bambollaite (TL)
'Barcenite'
Baryte
Bayldonite
Bazirite
Beaverite
Becquerelite
Beidellite
Benleonardite (TL)
Berthierite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Heliodor
var: Morganite
Berzelianite
Betafite
β-Uranophane
Beudantite
Beusite
Billingsleyite
Bindheimite
Biotite
Birnessite
Bismite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
'Bitumen'
Bixbyite
Blakeite
Bogdanovite
Bohdanowiczite
Boleite (TL)
Boltwoodite
Borax
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Braunite
'Brewsterite'
Brochantite
Bromargyrite (TL)
Brucite
Brushite
Buergerite (TL)
Burckhardtite (TL)
Bustamite
Byströmite (TL)
Cacoxenite
Calcite
var: Limestone Onyx
var: Manganoan Calcite
Caledonite
Calomel
Cancrinite
Carlfriesite (TL)
Carminite
Carnotite
Cassiterite
var: Wood Tin
Celadonite
Celestine
Celsian
Cerianite-(Ce)
Cerussite
Cervantite
Cervelleite (TL)
Cesbronite (TL)
'Chabazite'
Chalcanthite
'Chalcedony'
'var: Agate'
'var: Crazy Lace Agate'
'var: Fire Agate'
'var: Fortification Agate'
'var: Laguna Agate'
'var: Mexican Lace Agate'
'var: Moss Agate'
Chalcocite
Chalcomenite
Chalcophanite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite
Chamosite
Chenevixite
Chlorargyrite
var: Bromian Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Choloalite (TL)
Chromite
Chrysocolla
Cinnabar
Claringbullite
Clausthalite
Cliffordite (TL)
Clinochlore
Clinohumite
Clinozoisite
Cobaltite
Coccinite ? (TL)
Cohenite
Colimaite (TL)
Coloradoite
Columbite-(Fe)
Conichalcite
Copiapite
Copper
Corkite
Cornwallite
Coronadite
Corundum
Cosalite (TL)
Covellite
Crandallite
Creaseyite
Crednerite
Creedite
Cristobalite (TL)
Crocoite
Cronstedtite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cumengeite (TL)
Cuprite
Cuprotungstite (TL)
Cuzticite (TL)
Danburite
Datolite
Daubréelite (TL)
Davisite (TL)
Delafossite
Denningite (TL)
Descloizite
var: Cuprian Descloizite
'Desert Rose'
Devilline
Diamond
Diaphorite
Dickite
Digenite
Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside
'Diopside-Hedenbergite Series'
Dioptase
Djurleite (TL)
Dolomite
Dravite
Dufrénite
Dufrénoysite
Duftite
Dugganite
Durangite (TL)
Dussertite
Dyscrasite
Eglestonite
Elbaite
Emmonsite
Emplectite
Enargite
Endellite
Enstatite
 Epidote
Epsomite
Erythrite
Esperanzaite (TL)
Eztlite (TL)
Famatinite
Fayalite
Feitknechtite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferrimolybdite
Fluoborite
Fluorite
Fornacite
Forsterite
Franklinite
Freibergite
Freieslebenite
Fergusonite-(Y)
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
Galenobismutite
'Garnet Group'
Gaylussite
Gearksutite
Geffroyite
Gehlenite
Gersdorffite
Gillespite
Giraudite
Gismondine-Ca
Glaucodot
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Goldfieldite
Goslarite
Graemite
Graftonite
Graphite
var: Cliftonite
Greenockite
Grossmanite (TL)
Grossular
var: Rosolite
Groutite
Gruzdevite
Guanajuatite (TL)
Guanine
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Haiweeite
Hakite
Halite
Halloysite
Halotrichite
Harmotome
Hausmannite
Haxonite (TL)
Haycockite
Hedenbergite
Hedyphane
Helvite
Hematite
var: Martite
var: Specularite
Hemimorphite
Henryite
Hessite
Heterogenite
'Heulandite'
Heulandite-Ca
Hexahydrite
Hexamolybdenum (TL)
Heyrovskýite
Hibonite
'Hickoryite'
Hidalgoite (TL)
Hillebrandite (TL)
Hisingerite
Hollandite
Hübnerite
Hydrobiotite
'Hydrogrossular'
Hydrohetaerolite
Hydromagnesite
Hydrozincite
Hypersthene
Ianthinite
Illite
Ilmenite
Ilsemannite
Ilvaite
IMA2009-027 (TL)
Inesite
Iodargyrite (TL)
Iriginite
Iron
var: Kamacite
Jalpaite (TL)
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Jensenite
Johannsenite
Johnsomervilleite
Jordanite
Jordisite
Kamiokite
Kaolinite
Kermesite
'K Feldspar'
Khinite
Kingsmountite
Kinichilite
Kirschsteinite
Klockmannite
Kosmochlor (TL)
Kostovite
Köttigite
Krausite
Krennerite
Kuranakhite
'Kushiroite'
Kutnohorite
Laumontite
Lead
Leadamalgam
Legrandite (TL)
Lepidocrocite
Lepidolite
Leucoxene
Libethenite
Limonite
Linarite
Linnaeite
var: Auriferous Linnaeite
Lipscombite
Litharge
Livingstonite (TL)
Löllingite
Lotharmeyerite (TL)
Luanheite
Ludlamite
Luzonite
Mackayite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganite
Manganlotharmeyerite
Mansfieldite
var: Cobaltian Mansfieldite
Mapimite (TL)
Marcasite
Margaritasite (TL)
Massicot
Matildite
Maucherite
Meionite
Melanterite
Melilite
Mendozavilite (TL)
Meneghinite
Mercury
Merrillite
Mesolite
Metacinnabar
var: Guadalcazarite
var: Onofrite
var: Selenian Metacinnabar
Metaköttigite (TL)
Metaschoepite
Metatorbernite
Metatyuyamunite
'Meurigite'
Miargyrite
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Miersite
Miguelromeroite (TL)
Milarite
Millerite
Mimetite
Minium
Mixite
Moctezumite (TL)
Moluranite
Molybdenite
Molybdite
Molybdomenite
Monipite (TL)
Monohydrocalcite
Montbrayite
Montgomeryite
Monticellite
Montmorillonite
Montroydite
Mordenite
Mosesite
Mottramite
var: Duhamelite
Mroseite (TL)
Murdochite
Muscovite
Nacrite
Nagyágite
Nahcolite
Namibite
Nantokite
Nasledovite
Natanite
Natrojarosite
Natrolite
Naumannite
Neotocite
Nepheline
Nickeline
Nifontovite
Niter
Nontronite
Nováčekite-I
Nsutite
Nuffieldite
'Obsidian'
Ogdensburgite
Ojuelaite (TL)
Okenite
Olivenite
'Olivine'
'Onofrite (of Haidinger)'
Onofrite (of Köhler)
Opal
var: Cherry Opal
var: Contra Luz Opal
var: Fire Opal
var: Mexican Fire Opal
var: Opal-AN
var: Opal-CT
var: Precious Fire Opal
var: Precious Opal
var: Wood Opal
Ordoñezite (TL)
Orpiment
Orthoclase
Ottrélite
 Ourayite
Pabstite
Palygorskite
Paradamite (TL)
Paradocrasite
Paraguanajuatite (TL)
Paramendozavilite (TL)
Paraschachnerite
Parasymplesite
Paratacamite
Paratellurite (TL)
Pearceite
Pectolite
Pellyite
Pentlandite
Percylite
Perovskite
Petrovicite
Petzite
Pharmacolite
Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite
Phengite
Phlogopite
Phosgenite
Phosphuranylite
Pickeringite
Plagionite
Plancheite
Platinum
Plattnerite
Plumbojarosite
Plumbotellurite
Polybasite
Polybasite-Tac
Polyhalite
Portlandite
Poubaite
Poughite (TL)
Powellite
Prehnite
Prosopite
Proustite
Pseudoboleite (TL)
Pseudobrookite
Pseudomalachite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Cupriferous Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrophyllite
Pyrostilpnite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Citrine
var: Jasper
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rutilated Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Quetzalcoatlite (TL)
Ramdohrite
Rammelsbergite
Ramsdellite
Ranciéite
Raspite
Realgar
Rhenium
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rhönite
Rickardite
Romanèchite
Rosasite
Rustumite
Rutile
Safflorite
Sailaufite
Salammoniac
Sanbornite
Sanidine
Sarcopside
Sauconite
Schachnerite
Scheelite
var: Cuprian Scheelite
Schmitterite (TL)
Schoepite
Schorl
Schreibersite
Schulenbergite
Schwartzembergite
Scorodite
Scrutinyite
Sedovite
Segnitite
Selenium
'Selenopolybasite-Tac'
Sénarmontite
Sepiolite
'Sericite'
'Serpentine Group'
Serpierite
Sewardite
Shattuckite
Siderite
Sillénite (TL)
Silver
var: Amalgam
Skippenite
Sklodowskite
Skutterudite
'Smectite Group'
Smithsonite
var: Cobaltoan Smithsonite
var: Herrerite
Sodalite
Soddyite
Sonoraite (TL)
Sphalerite
var: Marmatite
Spherocobaltite
Spinel
Spiroffite (TL)
Spodumene
Spurrite (TL)
Stanfieldite
Stannite
Staurolite
Stephanite
Sternbergite
Stibarsen
Stibiconite
'Stibiobismuthinite'
Stibnite
Stichtite
'Stilbite'
Stilpnomelane
Stolzite
Strengite
Stromeyerite
Strontianite
Stützite
Sulphur
Sylvanite
Sylvite
Symplesite
Taenite
Talc
'Tapalpite'
Taramellite
Taranakite
Tazheranite
Teineite
Tellurite
Tellurium
Tennantite
Tenorite
Terlinguaite
Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite
Tetrataenite
Thenardite
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorite
Tiemannite
Tistarite (TL)
Titanite
Titantaramellite
Tlalocite (TL)
Tlapallite (TL)
Tobermorite
Todorokite
Topaz
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
'var: Indicolite'
Tremolite
Tridymite (TL)
Troilite
Tschermakite
Tsumcorite
Tsumoite
Tugarinovite
Tungstite
Turgite
Turquoise
Twinnite
Tyuyamunite
Umangite
'Unnamed (Mn-Pb Hydroxide)'
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranophane
Uvite
Valentinite
Vanadinite (TL)
var: Arsenatian Vanadinite
Variscite
Veenite
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite
Veszelyite
Villyaellenite ?
Violarite
Vivianite
Voltaite
Wadalite
Wairakite
Wavellite
Weeksite
Whewellite
Whitlockite
Willemite
Witherite
Wittichenite
Wolframite
Wollastonite
'Wollastonite-1T'
'Wollastonite-2M'
Woodruffite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Xanthoconite
Xocolatlite (TL)
Xocomecatlite (TL)
Xonotlite (TL)
Yafsoanite
Yecoraite (TL)
Zapatalite (TL)
Zemannite (TL)
'Zeolite Group'
Zeunerite
Zincrosasite
Zinkenite
Zircon
Zoisite


7158 entries listed. 587 valid minerals. 75 type localities (valid minerals). 2 erroneous literature entries.

Localities in this Region:


676 localities of a total of 3070 localities shown. Additional sublocalities are indicated by the green plus sign(+).
Mexico
 
    • Mun. de Playas de Rosarito
    • Tres Pozos
    • Mun. de San Cristobal de Las Casas
    • Casas Grandes
    • Pueblito de Allende
    • Santo Domingo
    • Bolsom de Mapimí
    • Melchor Muzquiz
    • Nuevo Leon
    • Pico Etero District
    • San Juan de Sabinas
    • Sierra de la Purísima
  • Guadalajara-Nogales Highway
    • Las Fraguas
    • Xaltinguis
    • Colima volcanic complex
    • Cordillera Madre del Sur
    • Mun. de Guachinango
    • Jiquipilco (Xiquipilco)
    • Mun. de Zacazonapan
    • Villa de Allende
    • Mun. de Coalcomám
    • Uruapan del Progreso (Uruapan)
    • Sierra del Fraile
    • Villa Arriago
    • Cerro Morita
    • Sonoripa District
    • Copetillo
    • Quebradilla

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