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Tanzania

Olduvai Gorge, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Arusha Region, Tanzania

Photo: 2011 David S. Bernstein

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
Aenigmatite
Alabandite
Albite
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Allanite-(Ce)
'Almandine-Pyrope Series'
'var: Umbalite'
Aluminotschermakite ?
Alumoåkermanite (TL)
'Amphibole Group'
Andalusite
Andradite
Ankerite
Anorthite
var: Bytownite
Anorthoclase
'Anyolite'
'Apatite'
Aphthitalite
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Augite
var: Titanian Augite
Axinite-(Mg) (TL)
Axinite-(Mn)
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Emerald
Biotite
Bixbyite
Breithauptite
Calcite
Cerianite-(Ce)
'Chabazite'
Chalcopyrite
Chevkinite-(Ce)
'Chlorite Group'
Chondrodite
Chromite
Chrysoberyl
var: Alexandrite
'Chrysoprase'
Clinohumite
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Columbite
Combeite
Cordierite
Corundum
var: Ruby
var: Sapphire
 Corundum
var: Star Corundum
Cuspidine
Danburite
Dawsonite
Diamond
Diaspore
Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside
Dolomite
Dravite
Elbaite
var: Chromian Elbaite
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Euclase
Eudialyte
'Feldspar Group'
'var: Sunstone'
Fluorapatite
var: Francolite
Fluorite
Forsterite
Galena
'Garnet'
Gaspéite
Gaylussite
Gersdorffite
'Glass'
Gold
var: Electrum
Graphite
Gregoryite (TL)
Grossular
var: Tsavorite
Gudmundite
Gypsum
Halite
Hematite
var: Martite
Hercynite
var: Picotite
'Heulandite'
Heulandite-Ca
Högbomite
Hollandite
'Hornblende'
Ice
Ilmenite
Kaolinite
Karelianite
Kasolite
Kerimasite (TL)
'K Feldspar'
Kogarkoite
 Kornerupine
Kyanite
Lamprophyllite
Larnite
Laumontite
Leucite
Liddicoatite
Limonite
Magnesiohögbomite-2N3S (TL)
Magnesiohögbomite-6N6S (TL)
Magnesiohornblende
Magnesiotaaffeite-6N’3S
Magnesite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
'Manganese Oxides'
Marialite
'Melilite'
Mesolite
'Mica Group'
Microcline
var: Amazonite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Monazite-(La)
Monticellite
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
var: Sericite
Nahcolite
Natrolite
Neighborite
Nepheline
Niocalite
Nyerereite (TL)
'Olivine'
Opal
Orthoclase
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Pargasite
Pentlandite
Perovskite
Phenakite
Phlogopite
var: Chromian Phlogopite
Piemontite
Prehnite
Pseudobrookite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore Group
var: Bariopyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977) (TL)
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Blue Quartz
var: Chert
var: Smoky Quartz
Rossmanite
Rutherfordine (TL)
Rutile
Sapphirine
'Scapolite'
Schairerite
Scheelite
Schorl
Scolecite
Sellaite
Serendibite
Siderite
Sillimanite
Sodalite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Sylvite
Talc
Taramite
var: Mboziite
Tetradymite
Thermonatrite
Tilleyite ?
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
var: Chrome-Tremolite
Trona
Tschermakite
Ullmannite
Uraninite
Uranophane
Uvite
Vandendriesscheite
Vivianite
Willyamite
Wollastonite
Yoderite (TL)
Zeolite Group
Zircon
Zoisite
var: Tanzanite


212 entries listed. 144 valid minerals. 9 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other).

Localities in this Region

Tanzania
Tanzania
  • Tanga Region
  • Wilson's pipe
  • Zanzibar North Region
  • Zanzibar South and Central Region
  • Zanzibar West Region

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    References

    - McKie, Duncan (1957): A synopsis of mineral parageneses in complex pegmatites of Tanganyika. in Commision de Coopération Technique en Afrique au Sud du Sahara (C.C.T.A.). Geologie. Comités regionaux Centre, Est et Sud. Conférence de Tananarive Avril 1957. I, 159-172

    External Links

    - http://www.gst.go.tz/ [Geological Survey of Tanzania]

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