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3302 valid minerals. 1140 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals. 33 (FRL) - first recorded locality of unapproved mineral/variety/etc. 16 erroneous literature entries.

Rock Types Recorded

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'A-type granite'

'Absarokite'

Acid volcanic rock

'Actinolite schist'

'Adakite'

'Adamellite'

Agglomerate

'Aillikite'

'Alaskite'

'Albite syenite'

'Albite-chlorite-epidote-sericite schist'

'Albite-granite'

'Albitite'

Albitized granite

'Aleutite (rock)'

Alkali basalt

'Alkali gabbro'

'Alkali olivine basalt'

Alkali-feldspar-granite

Alluvial deposit

'Amphibole schist'

Amphibolite

'Amphibolite Schist'

'Amphibolite gneiss'

'Amygdaloid'

'Amygdaloidal basalt'

Analcimite

'Andalusite hornfels'

Andesite

'Andesite-basalt'

'Andesitic tuff'

Andesitoid

'Ankaramite'

'Anomalous CM chondrite meteorite'

'Anomalous CR2 chondrite meteorite'

'Anomalous H3.8 chondrite meteorite'

'Anomalous IIE iron meteorite'

'Anomalous IIIE iron meteorite'

'Anomalous PMG pallasite meteorite'

'Anomalous mesosiderite meteorite'

Anorthosite

Anorthositic Lunar meteorite

'Aphanite'

'Aplite'

'Aplitic granite'

Arenite

'Argillaceous limestone'

Argillisite

'Argillite'

'Arkose'

Ash

Aubrite meteorite

'Augen gneiss'

'Augite andesite'

'Augitite'

'Baldite'

'Banakite'

'Banded gneiss'

Banded iron formation

Basalt

Basaltic Lunar meteorite

'Basaltic tuff'

Basaltic-andesite

Basaltic-trachyandesite

Basaltoid

'Basite'

Beach sand

Beerbachite

'Belugite'

Benmoreite

'Bereshite'

Beresite

'Biotite Monzogranite'

'Biotite gneiss'

'Biotite granite'

'Biotite hornfels'

'Biotite peridotite'

'Biotite schist'

'Biotite-pyroxenite'

Biotitite

'Bituminous shale'

Blastomylonite

'Blueschist'

Boninite

'Borengite'

'Borolanite'

Breccia

'Brecciated andesite'

Brucite-marble

CH3 chondrite meteorite

CI1 chondrite meteorite

CK3 chondrite meteorite

CK4 chondrite meteorite

CM2 chondrite meteorite

CR2 chondrite meteorite

CV3 chondrite meteorite

'Calc-schist'

'Calc-silicate hornfels'

Calc-silicate rock

'Calcareous dolostone'

'Calcisiltite'

'Calcite marble'

Camptonite

'Canadite'

Carbonate rock

Cataclasite

'Charnockitic granite'

'Charnockitic tonalite'

Charoitite

Chlorite amphibolite

'Chlorite schist'

Chloritolite

Chromitite

Claystone

'Clinker'

Clinopyroxenite

'Coarse tuff'

'Cocite'

Comenditic rhyolite

Concretion

Contact-marble

'Copper ore'

'Cortlandtite'

'Covite'

'Crystal tuff'

'Cumulate'

Dacite

'Dacite-andesite'

'Damtjernite'

'Diallagite'

Diamictite

Diogenite meteorite

'Diopside-madupitic lamproite'

'Diopsidite'

Diorite

Dioritoid

'Dolerite'

Dolomite-mudstone

Dolostone

Dunite

EH3 chondrite meteorite

EH4 chondrite meteorite

'EH4/5 chondrite meteorite'

EL6 chondrite meteorite

Eclogite

'Ekerite'

'Endoskarn'

'Enstatitite'

'Epidosite'

'Episyenite'

'Essexite'

'Eucrite cumulate meteorite'

'Eucrite monomict breccia meteorite'

Evaporite

'Exoskarn'

Fault-gouge

'Feldspar porphyry'

'Feldspar schist'

Feldspathic breccia

'Feldspathic-sandstone'

'Felsic tuff'

'Felsite'

Fenite

Fergusite

Fine-grained ("volcanic") normal crystalline igneous rock

'Fine-grained metamafic-rock'

'Flood basalt'

Foid-syenite

Foidite

Foidolite

'Foyaite'

Gabbro

'Gabbrodiorite'

Gabbroid

Gabbronorite

'Garnet lherzolite'

'Garnet-biotite gneiss'

Garnetite

Glassy igneous rock

'Glaucophane schist'

Gneiss

'Gold ore'

Granite

'Granitic gneiss'

Granitoid

Granodiorite

Granofels

'Granophyric granite'

'Granosyenite'

Granulite

'Graphite schist'

'Greenschist'

Greenstone

Greisen

'Greywacke'

'Gritstone'

'Grorudite'

Guano

'H/L3 chondrite meteorite'

H3 chondrite meteorite

'H3-4 chondrite meteorite'

'H3.8 chondrite meteorite'

H4 chondrite meteorite

'H4-5 chondrite meteorite'

'H4/5 chondrite meteorite'

H5 chondrite meteorite

'H5-6 chondrite meteorite'

'H5-7 chondrite meteorite'

H6 chondrite meteorite

Harzburgite

'Hornblende andesite'

'Hornblende diorite'

'Hornblende gneiss'

'Hornblende granite'

'Hornblende porphyry'

Hornblende pyroxenite

'Hornblende schist'

'Hornblende-biotite granite'

Hornblende-gabbro

Hornblendite

Hornfels

Howardite meteorite

'Hyalo-olivine-diopside-phlogopite lamproite'

Hyaloclastite

'Hydrothermal breccia'

'I-type granite'

IAB complex iron meteorite

IAB-sHL iron meteorite

IAB-sLL iron meteorite

IAB-sLM iron meteorite

IIAB iron meteorite

IIC iron meteorite

IIE iron meteorite

IIIAB iron meteorite

IIIE iron meteorite

IVA iron meteorite

'Ignimbritic tuff'

Ijolite

'Ijolite-urtite'

Impactite

Impure marble

Intermediate volcanic rock

Iron meteorite

'Iron ore'

Ironstone

'Jacupirangite'

'Juvite'

K3 chondrite meteorite

'Kajanite'

'Kalsilite syenite'

'Keratophyre'

Kersantite

'Khondalite'

Kimberlite

Komatiite

'Kyanite gneiss'

'L/LL6 chondrite meteorite'

'L/LL6-an chondrite meteorite'

L3 chondrite meteorite

'L3-5 chondrite meteorite'

'L3.6 chondrite meteorite'

L4 chondrite meteorite

L5 chondrite meteorite

L6 chondrite meteorite

'LCT pegmatite'

LL3 chondrite meteorite

'LL3-6 chondrite meteorite'

'LL3.00 chondrite meteorite'

'LL3.15 chondrite meteorite'

'LL3.4 chondrite meteorite'

'LL3.6 chondrite meteorite'

'LL3.9 chondrite meteorite'

LL4 chondrite meteorite

LL5 chondrite meteorite

LL6 chondrite meteorite

Lacustrine deposit

Lamproite

Lamprophyre

'Lamprophyric-pyroxene-calcite-biotite olivine-melilitite'

Lapilli-tuff

'Lardalite'

Latite

'Leptite'

Leucite-basanite

Leucite-tephrite

Leucitite

'Leucitophyre'

'Leucocratic nephelinolite'

'Leucogabbro'

'Leucogranite'

'Leucosyenite'

Lherzolite

'Limburgite'

Lime-mudstone

Limestone

'Limestone breccia'

Listvenite

'Litchfieldite'

Lithic breccia

'Lithic tuff'

Loess

'Lujavrite'

Lunar achondrite meteorite

'Mafic rocks'

'Mafic volcanic rock'

Magnesiocarbonatite

Magnesite-stone

'Magnetite skarn'

Magnetitite

'Malignite'

'Mariupolite'

'Marl'

Marlstone

'Marosite (of Iddings)'

Meimechite

'Melagabbro'

'Melanocratic nephelinite'

'Melanocratic nephelinolite'

'Melasyenite'

'Melatonalite'

Melilite-bearing rock

Melilitite

Melilitolite

Mesosiderite meteorite

Mesosiderite-A1 meteorite

Mesosiderite-B2 meteorite

Mesosiderite-B4 meteorite

Mesosiderite-C2 meteorite

Meta-andesite

Meta-igneous rock

Metabasalt

Metabasaltic-andesite

Metacarbonate rock

Metachert

Metaconglomerate

Metadiorite

'Metadolerite'

'Metadolomite'

Metagabbro

Metagranite

Metagreywacke

Metakimberlite

Metal

Metalimestone

Metamorphic rock

Metamudstone

Metaperidotite

Metapyroxenite

Metarhyolite

Metasandstone

Metasedimentary rock

Metasiltstone

Metasomatic-rock

Metatuff

Metavolcanic rock

Metawehrlite

Meteorite

Miaskite

'Mica schist'

'Microclinite'

'Microdiorite'

'Microgabbro'

'Microgranite'

'Microgranodiorite'

'Microsyenite'

'Mid-ocean-ridge basalt'

Migmatite

Monchiquite

Monzodiorite

Monzogabbro

Monzogranite

Monzonite

Mud

'Mud-grade dolostone'

'Mud-grade limestone'

Muddy sand

Mudstone

Mugearite

'Muscovite gneiss'

'Muscovite granite'

'Muscovite schist'

'Muscovite-biotite granite'

Mylonite

'NYF pegmatite'

'Nelsonite'

'Nepheline mugearite'

'Nepheline trachyte'

Nepheline-diorite

Nepheline-gabbro

Nepheline-syenite

Nephelinite

'Nickel ore'

'Nordmarkite'

Norite

Okaite

'Olivine basalt'

Olivine clinopyroxenite

'Olivine dolerite'

'Olivine lamproite'

'Olivine nephelinite'

Olivine pyroxenite

Olivine websterite

Olivine-gabbro

Olivine-melilitite

Olivine-norite

'Olivinite'

Ooid-limestone

Ophicarbonate

Ordinary chondrite meteorite

Ortho-amphibolite

Orthogneiss

Orthopyroxenite

Orthoquartzite

PMG pallasite meteorite

'Pahoehoe'

Pallasite meteorite

Pantelleritic rhyolite

'Parabasalt'

Paragneiss

Peat

'Pebbly sandstone'

'Pegmatitc agpaitic nepheline syenite'

'Pegmatite'

'Pegmatitic Ijolite'

'Pegmatitic gabbro'

'Pegmatitic granite'

'Pegmatitic nepheline syenite '

'Pegmatitic syenite'

'Pegmatoid'

'Peralkaline alkali-feldspar-granite'

'Peralkaline microgranite'

'Peralkaline rhyolite'

'Peralkaline syenite'

'Peralkaline trachyte'

'Peralkaline-alkali-feldspar nepheline-syenite'

Peridotite

'Perovskite clinopyroxenite'

'Phlogopite schist'

Phonolite

Phonolitic-tephrite

'Phoscorite'

'Phosphate ore'

Phyllite

Phyllonite

Picrite

Picrobasalt

'Pillow lava'

Pillowed-volcaniclastic-breccia

Pitchstone

'Plagiogranite'

Plastic

'Polymictic conglomerate'

'Porphyrite'

'Porphyritic Monzogranite'

'Porphyritic granite'

'Porphyritic hornblende andesite'

'Porphyritic hornblende diorite'

'Porphyritic peralkaline alkali-feldspar-granite'

'Porphyritic peralkaline syenite'

'Porphyritic quartz-syenite'

'Porphyritic rhyolite'

'Porphyroid'

'Porphyry'

Potassic-trachybasalt

Propylite

'Pseudoleucite syenite'

'Pulaskite'

Pumice

Pyroclastic sediment

Pyroclastic-breccia

Pyroclastic-rock

'Pyroxene mafic-granulite'

Pyroxene-peridotite

Pyroxenite

'Quartz phyllite'

'Quartz porphyry'

'Quartz schist'

Quartz-arenite

Quartz-diorite

'Quartz-feldspar gneiss'

Quartz-gabbro

'Quartz-mica schist'

Quartz-monzodiorite

Quartz-monzonite

'Quartz-sericite schist'

Quartz-syenite

Quartz-trachyte

Quartzite

'Rapakivi granite'

Regolith

'Relict ureilite meteorite'

'Rhombporphyry'

Rhyodacite

Rhyolite

'Rhyolitic crystal tuff'

'Rhyolitic tuff'

Rhyolitoid

'Riebeckite granite'

'Rischorrite'

Rock

Rodingite

'S-type granite'

Sand

'Sand-grade limestone'

Sandstone

Sandy mud

Sannaite

Saprolite

Sapropel

Sapropelite

Schist

Scoria

Secondary-quartzite

Sediment

Sedimentary breccia

Sedimentary rock

'Sericite schist'

Serpentine skarn

Serpentinite

Shale

Shergottite meteorite

Shonkinite

Shoshonite

'Siderite carbonatite'

Silicate-clay

Siliceous-rock

Silt

Siltstone

Skarn

Slag

Slate

Sodalite-syenite

Sodalitite

Soil

Spessartite

Spilite

'Spinel harzburgite'

'Spinel lherzolite'

'Spinel peridotite'

'Spinel pyroxenite'

Spinellite

'Spotted slate'

'Staurolite-mica schist'

'Stockscheider'

'Stromatolite'

Subalkali basalt

Suevite

'Sviatonossite'

Syenite

Syenitoid

Syenogranite

'Sölvsbergite'

'Tagamite'

Talc-rock

'Tectonite'

Tephrite

Tephritic-phonolite

'Teschenite'

'Theralite'

'Tholeiitic basalt'

'Tillite'

'Tinguaite'

Tonalite

Trachyandesite

Trachybasalt

Trachydacite

Trachyte

'Trachytic tuff'

Trachytoid

Troctolite

'Trondhjemite'

Tuff

Tuff-breccia

Tuffaceous-breccia

Tuffaceous-conglomerate

Tuffaceous-sandstone

Tuffaceous-siltstone

Tuffite

Turjaite

Ultrabasic volcanic rock

'Ultramafic-rock'

Uncompahgrite

'Ungrouped C3 chondrite meteorite'

'Ungrouped IAB iron meteorite'

'Ungrouped iron meteorite'

Ureilite meteorite

'Vitric tuff'

'Vitrophyric porphyry'

Volcanic breccia

'Volcanic rock'

Volcaniclastic rock

Volcaniclastic-breccia

Wacke

Welded tuff

'Whiteschist'

'eutaxite'

'itabirite'

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