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Mineral List:
  • Aegirine
    NaFe
    3+
     
    [Si
     
    2
    O
     
    6
    ]
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Albite
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    O
     
    8
    ]
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1979 43 : 479-482.]
  • 'Albite-Anorthite Series'
    Reference: [Am Min 55:5-6 pp 864-874]
  • Alunite
    KAl
     
    3
    [(OH)
     
    3
    |SO
     
    4
    ]
     
    2
    Reference: [MinRec 21:233]
  • 'Amber'
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Analcime
    Na
     
    2
    [Al
     
    2
    Si
     
    4
    O
     
    12
    ] · 2H
     
    2
    O
    Habit: trapazohedra to 6mm in diameter, rarely with cubic faces
    Colour: gray to white
    Reference: [MinRec 21:233; Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, 70]
  • Anglesite
    PbSO
     
    4
    Reference: [BEG Min Res Circ 73]
  • Anhydrite
    CaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 66(1): 202.]
  • Anorthite
    var: Labradorite
    (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si
     
    2
    O
     
    8
    ]
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224; http://www.omsinc.org/archives/Ore-cutts_Jan04.pdf]
    Site Photo
    Woodward Ranch, Alpine, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © Bruce T. Mitchell
  • Anorthoclase
    (Na,K)[AlSi
     
    3
    O
     
    8
    ]
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • 'Apatite'
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Apatite-(CaF)
    Ca
     
    5
    [F|(PO
     
    4
    )
     
    3
    ]
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Aragonite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [MinRec 21:233]
  • Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    Co
     
    0.10
    )AsS
    Reference: [BEG Min Res Circ 73]
  • 'Asphaltum
    var: Uintahite'
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 p202]
  • Augite
    (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    ,Al,Fe
    3+
     
    ,Ti)[(Si,Al)
     
    2
    O
     
    6
    ]
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Augite
    var: Titanian Augite
    (Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)
     
    2
    O
     
    6
    Reference: [Am Min 55:5-6 pp 864-874]
  • Autunite
    Ca(UO
     
    2
    )
     
    2
    (PO
     
    4
    )
     
    2
    ·11H
     
    2
    O
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [MinRec 21:233]
  • Beidellite
    (Na,Ca
     
    0.5
    )
     
    0.3
    Al
     
    2
    (Si,Al)
     
    4
    O
     
    10
    (OH)
     
    2
    ·nH
     
    2
    O
    Reference: [MinRec 21:233]
  • Biotite
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Bredigite
    Ca
     
    7
    Mg[SiO
     
    4
    ]
     
    4
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals (1991): 66:3: 196-224.]
  • Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist 43:1055-1060; Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 19, pp. 393-396 (1981)]
    Site Photo
    Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © 2002 John H. Betts
  • Calomel
    Hg
     
    2
    Cl
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 66(1): 202.]
    Site Photo
    Terlingua, Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © JBS 2006
  • Carnotite
    K
     
    2
    (UO
     
    2
    )
     
    2
    [VO
     
    4
    ]
     
    2
    · 3H
     
    2
    O
    Reference: [MinRec 21:233]
  • Cerussite
    PbCO
     
    3
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • 'Chalcedony'
    Reference: [MinRec 21:233]
    Site Photo
    Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © Rob Lavinsky
  • 'Chalcedony
    var: Agate'
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Agates from Alpine, Texas. Rocks and Minerals, v. 19, no. 8, p. 246.]
  • 'Chalcedony
    var: Bloodstone'
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • 'Chalcedony
    var: Carnelian'
    Reference: [http://www.omsinc.org/archives/Ore-cutts_Jan04.pdf]
    Site Photo
    Woodward Ranch, Alpine, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © Bruce T. Mitchell
  • 'Chalcedony
    var: Dendritic Agate'
    Reference: [Big Bend Country: Lapidary Journal, v. 16, no. 5, p. 527-530.]
  • 'Chalcedony
    var: Eye Agate'
    Reference: []
  • 'Chalcedony
    var: Fortification Agate'
    Reference: [Big Bend Country: Lapidary Journal, v. 16, no. 5, p. 527-530.]
  • 'Chalcedony
    var: Iris Agate'
    Reference: [http://www.omsinc.org/archives/Ore-cutts_Jan04.pdf]
  • 'Chalcedony
    var: Moss Agate'
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • 'Chalcedony
    var: Petrified Wood'
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
    Site Photo
    Terlingua Creek, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © Danny Jones
  • 'Chalcedony
    var: Plume Agate'
    Reference: [http://www.omsinc.org/archives/Ore-cutts_Jan04.pdf]
    Site Photo
    Woodward Ranch, Alpine, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © Don Volkman 2/24/08
  • Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • 'Chlorite Group'
    Reference: [Am Min 55:5-6 pp 864-874]
  • Chrysocolla
    (Cu,Al)
     
    2
    H
     
    2
    Si
     
    2
    O
     
    5
    (OH)
     
    4
    ·nH
     
    2
    O
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Cinnabar
    HgS
    Reference: [BEG Min Res Circ 73.]
    Site Photo
    Brewster County Consolidated Mine (Study Butte Mine; Rainbow Mine; Big Bend; Texas-Almaden), Study Butte, Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © Charles Creekmur
  • Clausthalite
    PbSe
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Clintonite
    Ca(Mg,Al)
     
    3
    [(OH)
     
    2
    |Al
     
    3
    SiO
     
    10
    ]
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1979 43 : 479-482.]
  • Comancheite (TL)
    Hg
     
    13
    (Cl,Br)
     
    8
    O
     
    9
    Type Locality: Mariposa Mine (California Mountain Mine), Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist (1981): 19: 393-396.]
    Site Photo
    Mariposa Mine (California Mountain Mine), Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © c Knut Eldjarn
  • Corderoite
    Hg
    2+
    3
    [Cl
     
    2
    |S
     
    2
    ]
    Reference: [Mineral News: 13(3): 1, 4, 5.]
  • Cristobalite
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Darapskite
    Na
     
    3
    NO
     
    3
    SO
     
    4
    ·H
     
    2
    O
    Description: Smithsonian specimen 1429000 GM
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 66(3): 196-224.; Mineralogical Magazine 1977 41 : 548-550.]
  • Edgarbaileyite
    (Hg-Hg)
     
    3
    [Si
     
    2
    O
     
    7
    ]
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 66(1): 202.]
  • Eglestonite (TL)
    [Hg
    1+
    2
    ]
     
    3
    [O|OH|Cl
     
    3
    ]
    Type Locality: Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    Reference: [Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 52.]
    Site Photo
    Terlingua, Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © Thomas Witzke
  • Epidote
    {Ca
     
    2
    }{Al
     
    2
    Fe
    3+
     
    }[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    |Si
     
    2
    O
     
    7
    ]
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1979 43 : 479-482.]
  • Epsomite
    MgSO
     
    4
    ·7H
     
    2
    O
    Reference: [MinRec 21:233]
  • Ferrimolybdite
    Fe
     
    2
    [MoO
     
    4
    ]
     
    3
    · nH
     
    2
    O
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [MinRec 21:233]
  • Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224; Econ Geol (1993) 88:934-947]
  • Gianellaite (TL)
    [Hg
     
    2
    N]
    +
    2
    SO
     
    4
    Type Locality: Mariposa Mine (California Mountain Mine), Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    Reference: [Neues Jahrb. Min., Mh. (1977): 119-131.]
    Site Photo
    Mariposa Mine (California Mountain Mine), Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © 2005 M. Kampf
  • Goethite
    α-Fe
    3+
     
    O(OH)
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 19, pp. 393-396 (1981)]
  • Graphite
    C
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Grossular
    Ca
     
    3
    Al
     
    2
    [SiO
     
    4
    ]
     
    3
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1979 43 : 479-482.]
  • Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    ] · 2H
     
    2
    O
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 66(1): 202.; Canadian Mineralogist 43:1055-1060]
    Site Photo
    Mariposa Mine (California Mountain Mine), Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © 2003 John H. Betts
  • Halite
    NaCl
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 66(3): 196-224.; Mineralogical Magazine 1977 41 : 548-550.]
  • Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    O
     
    3
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 19, pp. 393-396 (1981)]
  • Hemimorphite
    Zn
     
    4
    [(OH)
     
    2
    |Si
     
    2
    O
     
    7
    ] · H
     
    2
    O
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • 'Hornblende'
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Ilmenite
    Fe
    2+
     
    TiO
     
    3
    Reference: [MinRec 21:233]
  • Jarosite
    KFe
    3+
     
     
    3
    [(OH)
     
    3
    |SO
     
    4
    ]
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 66(1): 202.]
  • Kaolinite
    Al
     
    2
    Si
     
    2
    O
     
    5
    (OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [MinRec 21:233]
  • Kilchoanite
    Ca
     
    3
    Si
     
    2
    O
     
    7
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals (1991): 66:3: 196-224.]
  • Kleinite (TL)
    [Hg
     
    2
    N]
    +
    3
    Cl
     
    2
    S
     
    0.5
    · H
     
    2
    O
    Type Locality: Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    Reference: [Sitzungsber.Akad.Wissensch.,Berlin (1905) 21, 1091-1094; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 55, 88.]
    Site Photo
    Mariposa Mine (California Mountain Mine), Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © Thomas Witzke
  • Larnite
    Ca
     
    2
    [SiO
     
    4
    ]
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals (1991): 66:3: 196-224.]
  • Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    O
    Reference: [MinRec 21:233]
  • Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    Fe
    3+
    2
    O
     
    4
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [MinRec 21:233]
  • Melanterite
    FeSO
     
    4
    ·7H
     
    2
    O
    Reference: [MinRec 21:233]
  • Melilite
    (Ca,Na)
     
    2
    (Al,Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    )[(Al,Si)SiO
     
    7
    ]
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals (1991): 66:3: 196-224.; American Mineralogist: 59: 694-699.]
  • Mercury
    Hg
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 66(1): 202.]
    Site Photo
    Mariposa Mine (California Mountain Mine), Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © Brent Thorne 2009
  • Merwinite
    Ca
     
    3
    Mg[SiO
     
    4
    ]
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals (1991): 66:3: 196-224.]
  • Metacinnabar
    HgS
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 66(1): 202.]
  • Molybdenite
    MoS
     
    2
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Monticellite
    CaMg[SiO
     
    4
    ]
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals (1991): 66:3: 196-224.]
  • Montmorillonite
    (Na,Ca)
     
    0.33
    (Al,Mg)
     
    2
    Si
     
    4
    O
     
    10
    (OH)
     
    2
    ·nH
     
    2
    O
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1979 43 : 479-482.]
  • Montroydite (TL)
    HgO
    Type Locality: Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    Reference: [American Journal of Science, series 4 (1903): 16: 253; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 52, 90.]
    Site Photo
    Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © 2003 ROM
  • Mosesite (TL)
    [Hg
     
    2
    N]
    +
     
    (Cl,SO
     
    4
    ,MoO
     
    4
    ) · H
     
    2
    O
    Type Locality: Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    Reference: [American Journal of Science, ser. 4 (1910): 30: 202-208; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 90; Mineralogical Record: 21: 233.]
    Site Photo
    Mariposa Mine (California Mountain Mine), Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © Thomas Witzke
  • Natrolite
    Na
     
    2
    [Al
     
    2
    Si
     
    3
    O
     
    10
    ] · 2H
     
    2
    O
    Reference: [MinRec 21:233]
  • Naumannite
    Ag
     
    2
    Se
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Nepheline
    (Na,K)[AlSiO
     
    4
    ]
    Reference: [Am Min 55:5-6 pp 864-874]
  • Niter
    KNO
     
    3
    Reference: [AmMin 11:189]
  • Nitratine
    NaNO
     
    3
    Reference: [American Mineralogist (1926): 11: 189.]
  • Opal
    SiO
     
    2
    ·nH
     
    2
    O
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Opal
    var: Opal-Agate
    Reference: [www.austingemandmineral.org]
  • Opal
    var: Precious Opal
    SiO
     
    2
    ·nH
     
    2
    O
    Reference: [http://www.omsinc.org/archives/Ore-cutts_Jan04.pdf]
  • Orthoclase
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    O
     
    8
    ]
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Perovskite
    CaTiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals (1991): 66:3: 196-224.]
  • Pinchite (TL)
    Hg
     
    5
    O
     
    4
    Cl
     
    2
    Type Locality: Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    Reference: [Can.Min.(1974) 12, 417-418; MinRec 21:233]
    Site Photo
    Terlingua, Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © 2008, JGW
  • Prehnite
    Ca
     
    2
    Al
     
    2
    Si
     
    3
    O
     
    12
    (OH)
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1979 43 : 479-482.]
  • 'Psilomelane'
    Reference: [MinRec 21:233]
  • Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [MinRec 21:233]
  • Pyrolusite
    MnO
     
    2
    Reference: [MinRec 21:233]
  • Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 19, pp. 393-396 (1981)]
    Site Photo
    Woodward Ranch, Alpine, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © Bruce T. Mitchell
  • Quartz
    var: Amethyst
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Quartz
    var: Citrine
    Reference: [http://www.omsinc.org/archives/Ore-cutts_Jan04.pdf]
  • Quartz
    var: Jasper
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Rankinite
    Ca
     
    3
    Si
     
    2
    O
     
    7
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals (1991): 66:3: 196-224.]
  • Rhönite
    Ca
     
    2
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    ,Fe
    3+
     
    ,Ti)
     
    6
    [O
     
    2
    |(Si,Al)
     
    6
    O
     
    18
    ]
    Reference: [Am Min 55:5-6 pp 864-874]
  • Sanidine
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    O
     
    8
    ]
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Schröckingerite
    NaCa
     
    3
    (UO
     
    2
    )[F|(CO
     
    3
    )
     
    3
    |SO
     
    4
    ] · 10H
     
    2
    O
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Scorodite
    Fe
    3+
     
    AsO
     
    4
    ·2H
     
    2
    O
    Reference: [MinRec 21:233]
  • 'Sericite'
    Reference: [BEG Min Res Circ 73]
  • Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Silver
    Ag
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Silver
    var: Amalgam
    (Ag,Hg)
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    )S
    Reference: [BEG Min Res Circ 73]
  • Spurrite
    Ca
     
    5
    [CO
     
    3
    |(SiO
     
    4
    )
     
    2
    ]
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals (1991): 66:3: 196-224.]
    Site Photo
    Christmas Mts, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © Caltech
  • 'Stilbite'
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Terlinguacreekite (TL)
    Hg
    2+
    3
    O
     
    2
    Cl
     
    2
    Type Locality: Perry Pit, Mariposa Mine (California Mountain Mine), Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist 43:1055-1060]
    Site Photo
    Perry Pit, Mariposa Mine (California Mountain Mine), Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © minresco
  • Terlinguaite (TL)
    Hg
     
    2
    ClO
    Type Locality: Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    Reference: [Mining & Scientific Press, San Francisco, 21. July 1900; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 55; Mineralogical Record: 21: 233.]
    Site Photo
    Mariposa Mine (California Mountain Mine), Terlingua District, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © Thomas Witzke
  • Tilleyite
    Ca
     
    5
    [(CO
     
    3
    )
     
    2
    |Si
     
    2
    O
     
    7
    ]
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals (1991): 66:3: 196-224.]
    Site Photo
    Christmas Mts, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © Caltech
  • Titanite
    CaTi[O|SiO
     
    4
    ]
    Reference: [MinRec 21:233]
  • Tyuyamunite
    Ca(UO
     
    2
    )
     
    2
    [VO
     
    4
    ]
     
    2
    · 5-8H
     
    2
    O
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
    Site Photo
    Green Valley, Brewster Co., Texas, USA
    © 07 David Aldridge
  • Uraninite
    UO
     
    2
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Uranophane
    Ca(UO
     
    2
    )
     
    2
    [HSiO
     
    4
    ]
     
    2
    · 5H
     
    2
    O
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Vesuvianite
    Ca
     
    10
    (Mg,Fe)
     
    2
    Al
     
    4
    Si
     
    9
    O
     
    34
    (OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals: 66(3): 196-224; American Mineralogist: 59: 694-699.]
  • 'Wad'
    Reference: [BEG Min Res Circ 73]
  • Wollastonite
    Ca[SiO
     
    3
    ]
    Reference: [Rocks & Minerals (1991): 66:3: 196-224.]
  • Wulfenite
    Pb[MoO
     
    4
    ]
    Reference: [R&M 66:3 pp 196-224]
  • Zoisite
    {Ca
     
    2
    }{Al
     
    3
    }[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    |Si
     
    2
    O
     
    7
    ]
    Reference: [Mineralogical Magazine 1979 43 : 479-482.]


    125 entries listed. 93 valid minerals. 9 type localities (valid minerals).

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