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Refs.:
- Marstrander, R. (1916): The mineral resources of Uruguay. Mining Mag., v. 14.
- Balzer, R. (2003): Rio Grande do Sul, Brasilien - Landschaften - Menschen - edle Steine. Wenzel Verlag, Marburg, 235 pp. (in German) [also contains 25 pages, mainly photos, on minerals from Uruguay]




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


Mineral List:
  		•  Albite
    Na[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Arfvedsonite
    [Na][Na
     
    2
    		][Fe
    2+
    4
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		][(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  'Bentonite'
    Reference: []
  		•  Cacoxenite ?
    Fe
    3+
    24
    		Al[(OH)
     
    12
    		|O
     
    6
    		|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    17
    		] · 17H
     
    2
    		O
    Description: (So-called "cacoxenite" inclusions in amethyst usually turn out to be hematite or goethite.)
    Reference: [Jordi Fabre]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Uruguay
    © Albert Russ
  		•  Celadonite
    K(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)(Fe
    3+
     
    		,Al)[(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  'Chalcedony'
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay
     
  		•  'Chalcedony
    var: Agate'
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay
    © Marcelo O Olsina
  		•  Corundum
    Al
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [Palache et al (1944), Dana's System of Mineralogy, 7th. ed., vol. 1: 680.]
  		•  Diaspore
    AlO(OH)
    Reference: [Palache et al (1944), Dana's System of Mineralogy, 7th. ed., vol. 1: 680.]
  		•  'Emery'
    Reference: []
  		•  Gold
    Au
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    San Gregorio Mine, San Gregorio, San José Department, Uruguay
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: []
  		•  'Heulandite'
    Reference: [Tschernich, Rudy W. (1992) Zeolites of the World.]
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Brent Thorne specimen]
  		•  'Monazite'
    Reference: [Gupta, C.K., and Krishnamurthy, N. (2005): Extractive Metallurgy of Rare Earths. CRC Press (Boca Raton), 484 pp.]
  		•  Orthoclase
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: []
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay
    © Marcelo O. Olsina
  		•  Quartz
    var: Amethyst
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Jordi Fabre]
    Site Photo
    Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay
    © fabreminerals.com
  		•  Quartz
    var: Citrine
    Reference: []
    Site Photo
    Artigas, Artigas Department, Uruguay
     
  		•  Silver
    Ag
    Reference: []
  		•  Strengite
    FePO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Eckel, E.B. and Milton, C. (1953) Economic Geology, 48, #6, 437-446.]
  		•  Variscite
    AlPO
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Eckel, E.B. and Milton, C. (1953) Economic Geology, 48, #6, 437-446.]


    23 entries listed. 14 valid minerals.

    Localities in this Region:
    Uruguay
     
      • Catalán Grande
      • Tres Cerros de Santiño
      • San Gregorio

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