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Mineral List:
  		•  Alabandite
    Mn
    2+
     
    		S
    Reference: [Am Min 67:132-136]
  		•  'Amber'
    Reference: [C. Lemanski, Jr. (re-entry lost Mindat data).]
  		•  'Amber
    var: Jelinite'
    Reference: [www.emporia.edu/earthsci/amber/geograph.htm ]
  		•  Anhydrite
    CaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [American Mineralogist, Volume 59, pages 623424, 1974]
  		•  Anilite
    Cu
     
    7
    		S
     
    4
    Reference: [Economic Geology (1990) 85:601-621]
  		•  Anorthite
    Ca[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Description: Shows antiphase domains (Cooling T = 1050-1300 °C).
    Reference: [Workshop on Parent-Body and Nebular Modification of Chondritic Materials 4038.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/chondrite/pdf/4038.pdf]
  		•  'Apatite'
    Reference: [Am Min 44:1082-1086]
  		•  Augite
    (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Al,Fe
    3+
     
    		,Ti)[(Si,Al)
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [Am Min 44:1082-1086]
  		•  Augite
    var: Fassaite
    Description: In a refractory F inclusion.
    Reference: [Workshop on Parent-Body and Nebular Modification of Chondritic Materials 4038.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/chondrite/pdf/4038.pdf]
  		•  Azurite
    Cu
     
    3
    		[OH|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Economic Geology (1990) 85:601-621]
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    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: 412; Jay Ellis Ransom (1974) Gems and Minerals of America.]
    Site Photo
    Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, USA
     
  		•  Bornite
    Cu
     
    5
    		FeS
     
    4
    Reference: [Economic Geology (1990) 85:601-621]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Jay Ellis Ransom,1974, Gems and Minerals of America]
    Site Photo
    Fogle Quarry, Ottawa, Franklin Co., Kansas, USA
    © 2002 John H. Betts
  		•  Calcite
    var: Mg-rich Calcite
    (Ca,Mg)CO
     
    3
    Description: Veinlets in melilite.
    Reference: [Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40, Nr 4, 1–crossref to last page (2005) http://www.unm.edu/~abreu/NAbreu.pdf]
  		•  Caswellsilverite (TL)
    NaCrS
     
    2
    Type Locality: Norton County meteorite, Norton Co., Kansas, USA
    Reference: [Am Min 67:132-136]
  		•  Celestine
    SrSO
     
    4
    Colour: pink
    Reference: [Zeitner (1956), Midwest Gem Trails]
  		•  Cerussite
    PbCO
     
    3
    Reference: [USGS Prof Paper 588]
  		•  'Chalcedony'
    Reference: [Jay Ellis Ransom,1974, Gems and Minerals of America]
    Site Photo
    Kansas, USA
     
  		•  'Chalcedony
    var: Agate'
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: []
  		•  'Chalcedony
    var: Dendritic Agate'
    Reference: []
  		•  'Chalcedony
    var: Lake Superior Agate'
    Reference: [Ransom, 1974. Gems and Minerals of America]
  		•  'Chalcedony
    var: Moss Agate'
    Reference: []
  		•  'Chalcedony
    var: Petrified Wood'
    Reference: [Ransom, 1974. Gems and Minerals of America]
  		•  Chalcocite
    Cu
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: [Economic Geology (1990) 85:601-621]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Ballard Mine, Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, USA
    © 2003 John H. Betts
  		•  'Chalk'
    Reference: [Jay Ellis Ransom,1974, Gems and Minerals of America]
  		•  Chevkinite-(Ce)
    (Ce,La,Ca,Th)
     
    4
    		(Fe
    2+
     
    		,Mg)(Fe
    2+
     
    		,Ti,Fe
    3+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		(Ti,Fe
    3+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[O
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/chevkinitece.pdf.]
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Reference: [American Mineralogist, Volume 59, pages 623424, 1974]
  		•  Chromite
    FeCr
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [www.meteoriticalsociety.org/bulletin/mb87.pdf.]
  		•  Clinoenstatite
    Mg
     
    2
    		[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [Workshop on Parent-Body and Nebular Modification of Chondritic Materials 4038.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/chondrite/pdf/4038.pdf]
  		•  'Coal
    var: Bituminous Coal'
    Reference: [Field Book of Common Rocks and Minerals- Fredrick Brewster Loomis-1948]
  		•  'Coal
    var: Lignite'
    Reference: [www.emporia.edu/earthsci/amber/geograph.htm ]
  		•  Corrensite
    (Mg,Fe)
     
    9
    		(Si,Al)
     
    8
    		O
     
    20
    		(OH)
     
    10
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [American Mineralogist, Volume 59, pages 623424, 1974]
  		•  Covellite
    CuS
    Reference: [Zeitner, 1956. Midwest Gem Trails]
  		•  Cronusite (TL)
    Ca
     
    0.2
    		CrS
     
    2
    		· 2 H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Norton County meteorite, Norton Co., Kansas, USA
    Reference: [S.N. Britvin et al. (2001) Zap. Vser. Mineral. Obshch. 130/3, 29-36 (in russ.)]
    Site Photo
    Norton County meteorite, Norton Co., Kansas, USA
    © Thomas Witzke
  		•  Daubréelite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Cr
    3+
    2
    		S
     
    4
    Reference: [Am Min 67:132-136]
    Site Photo
    Norton County meteorite, Norton Co., Kansas, USA
    © 2008, JGW
  		•  Diamond
    C
    Reference: [Fisenko, A.V. and L.F. Semenova (1997) On the Selection of Chondrites for Studying Interstellar Diamond. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences.]
  		•  Dickite
    Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [Econ Geol (1994) 89:1411-1418 ]
  		•  Digenite
    Cu
     
    9
    		S
     
    5
    Reference: [Economic Geology (1990) 85:601-621]
  		•  Diopside
    CaMg[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [Woolley (1987), Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World.]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [www.johnbetts-fineminerals.com]
    Site Photo
    Treece, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, USA
    © 2002 John H. Betts
  		•  Enargite
    Cu
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    4
    Reference: [USGS Prof Paper 588]
  		•  Enstatite
    Mg
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Am Min 67:132-136]
    Site Photo
    Norton County meteorite, Norton Co., Kansas, USA
    © Chinellato Matteo
  		•  Enstatite
    var: Bronzite
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Smith, Lawrence J. (1877) American Journal of Science, 3rd. series, Vol. XIII: Article XXIV: 211.]
  		•  Felsőbányaite
    Al
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    10
    		|SO
     
    4
    		] · 4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [AmMin 53:722]
  		•  Ferrihydrite
    Fe
     
    5
    		O
     
    3
    		(OH)
     
    9
    Reference: [Workshop on Parent-Body and Nebular Modification of Chondritic Materials 4038.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/chondrite/pdf/4038.pdf]
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [Econ Geol (1994) 89:1411-1418 ]
  		•  Forsterite
    Mg
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Workshop on Parent-Body and Nebular Modification of Chondritic Materials 4038.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/chondrite/pdf/4038.pdf]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Kansas, USA
     
  		•  Goslarite
    ZnSO
     
    4
    		·7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Zeitner, 1956. Midwest Gem Trails]
  		•  Goslarite
    var: Cuprogoslarite
    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: 515.]
  		•  Graphite
    C
    Description: Poorly graphitized carbon surrounding taenite.
    Reference: [Workshop on Parent-Body and Nebular Modification of Chondritic Materials 4038.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/chondrite/pdf/4038.pdf]
  		•  Greenockite
    CdS
    Reference: [Zeitner, 1956. Midwest Gem Trails]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [American Mineralogist, Volume 59, pages 623424, 1974]
  		•  Gypsum
    var: Selenite
    Reference: [Zeitner (1956), Midwest Gem Trails]
  		•  Halite
    NaCl
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [Am Min 67:223-233]
  		•  Hemimorphite
    Zn
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Zeitner, 1956. Midwest Gem Trails]
  		•  Hercynite
    FeAl
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Description: Cr-bearing.
    Reference: [Workshop on Parent-Body and Nebular Modification of Chondritic Materials 4038.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/chondrite/pdf/4038.pdf]
  		•  Hydrobasaluminite
    Al
     
    4
    		[(OH)
     
    10
    		|SO
     
    4
    		] · 12-36H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [AmMin 53:722]
  		•  Hydrozincite
    Zn
     
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Zeitner, 1956. Midwest Gem Trails]
  		•  Illite
    K
     
    0.65
    		A
     
    2.0
    		 [][Al
     
    0.65
    		Si,
     
    3.35
    		O
     
    10
    		](OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [American Mineralogist, Volume 59, pages 623424, 1974]
  		•  Ilmenite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		TiO
     
    3
    Reference: [GSA, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 3, no. 3, p. 233]
  		•  Iron
    var: Kamacite
    (Fe,Ni)
    Reference: [Am Min 67:132-136]
  		•  Kaolinite
    Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [Econ Geol (1994) 89:1411-1418 ]
  		•  Leucoxene
    Reference: [Am Min 44:1082-1086]
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Zeitner (1956), Midwest Gem Trails]
  		•  Lizardite
    Mg
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		]
    Reference: [Am Min 67:223-233]
  		•  Luzonite
    Cu
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    4
    Reference: [Lapis 17(1), 15-23 (1992)]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Am Min 44:1082-1086; Am Min 44:1082-1086]
  		•  Malachite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [USGS Prof Paper 588]
  		•  'Manganese Oxides
    var: Manganese Dendrites'
    Reference: [www.people.ku.edu/~stalder/KS-minerals.html ]
  		•  Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, USA
    © John Sobolewski
  		•  Melilite
    (Ca,Na)
     
    2
    		(Al,Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)[(Al,Si)SiO
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [Am Min 44:1082-1086]
  		•  Merrillite
    Ca
     
    18
    		Na
     
    2
    		Mg
    2+
    2
    		[PO
     
    4
    		]
     
    14
    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: 797.]
  		•  Nickelphosphide
    (Ni,Fe)
     
    3
    		P
    Reference: [http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/nickelphosphide.pdf.]
  		•  Nierite
    Si
     
    3
    		N
     
    4
    Reference: []
  		•  Nontronite ?
    Na
     
    0.3
    		Fe
     
    2
    		(Si,Al)
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Am Min 44:1082-1086]
  		•  Oldhamite
    (Ca,Mg)S
    Reference: [Lunar and Planetary Science XXXII (2001)]
  		•  'Olivine'
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Am Min 44:1082-1086]
    Site Photo
    Brenham meteorite, Kimberly farm, Kiowa Co., Kansas, USA
    © 2008 Peter Cristofono
  		•  Opal
    var: Moss Opal
    Reference: [Ransom, 1974. Gems and Minerals of America]
  		•  Pectolite
    NaCa
     
    2
    		[HSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    9
    		]
    Reference: [Am Min 44:1082-1086]
  		•  Perovskite
    CaTiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Am Min 44:1082-1086]
  		•  Perryite
    (Ni,Fe)
     
    5
    		(Si,P)
     
    2
    Reference: [Am Min 67:132-136]
  		•  Phlogopite
    KMg
     
    3
    		[(OH,F)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Am Min 67:223-233]
  		•  Pigeonite
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		,Ca)(Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [www.meteoriticalsociety.org/bulletin/mb87.pdf.]
  		•  Plumbojarosite
    PbFe
    3+
    6
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    4
    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: 569.]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [(R. Hauck Label)]
    Site Photo
    Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, USA
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Pyrope
    Mg
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [Am Min 60:675-680; Zeitner (1956), Midwest Gem Trails]
  		•  'Pyroxene Group'
    Reference: [The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 84 (Aug., 2000)]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Description: Low-Ni.
    Reference: [Workshop on Parent-Body and Nebular Modification of Chondritic Materials 4038.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/chondrite/pdf/4038.pdf]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [American Mineralogist, Volume 59, pages 623424, 1974]
    Site Photo
    Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, USA
    © 2002 John H. Betts
  		•  Quartz
    var: Amethyst
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Zeitner (1956), Midwest Gem Trails, p.49]
  		•  Quartz
    var: Chert
    Reference: [Jay Ellis Ransom,1974, Gems and Minerals of America]
  		•  Quartz
    var: Jasper
    Reference: [Ransom, 1974. Gems and Minerals of America]
  		•  Quartz
    var: Riband Jasper
    Reference: [Kunz,1892: Gems & Precious Stones of N. America, p.134.]
  		•  Richterite
    Na[CaNa][Mg
     
    5
    		][(OH)
     
    2
    		|Si
     
    8
    		O
     
    22
    		]
    Reference: [Woolley (1987), Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World.]
  		•  Sanidine
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [AmMin 71:60]
  		•  Sapphirine
    (Mg,Fe)
     
    4-x
    		Al
     
    4+x
    		[Al
     
    4+x
    		Si
     
    2-x
    		O
     
    18
    		]O
     
    2
    Reference: [AmMin 61:1194]
  		•  Schöllhornite (TL)
    Na
     
    0.3
    		CrS
     
    2
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Norton County meteorite, Norton Co., Kansas, USA
    Reference: [Amer.Min.(1985) 70, 638-643]
  		•  'Serpentine Group'
    D
     
    2
    		[Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		](OH)4 + or - nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [GSA, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 3, no. 3, p. 233]
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Jay Ellis Ransom,1974, Gems and Minerals of America]
  		•  Sillimanite
    Al
     
    2
    		[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [AmMin 61:1194]
  		•  Smithsonite
    ZnCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Jay Ellis Ransom,1974, Gems and Minerals of America]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Mid-Continent Mine, Treece, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, USA
    © 2000 John H. Betts
  		•  Spinel
    MgAl
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Woolley (1987), Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World.]
  		•  Taenite
    (Fe,Ni)
    Reference: []
  		•  Troilite
    FeS
    Reference: [Am Min 67:132-136]
  		•  Vermiculite
    (Mg,Fe,Al)
     
    3
    		(Al,Si)
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Am Min 44:1082-1086]
  		•  Wollastonite
    Ca[SiO
     
    3
    		]
    Description: In a refractory F inclusion.
    Reference: [Workshop on Parent-Body and Nebular Modification of Chondritic Materials 4038.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/chondrite/pdf/4038.pdf]


    110 entries listed. 79 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).

    Localities in this Region:
    USA
     
    • Kansas
        • Garnett
      • Brown Co.
              • Vinegar Hill
      • Decatur Co.
      • Douglas Co.
      • Ellis Co.
      • Gray Co.
      • Kiowa Co.
        • Kimberly farm
        • Prescott
      • Lyon Co.
        • Waconda
          • Unnamed ravine
      • Reno Co.
        • Hutchinson
        • Manhattan
      • Russell Co.
      • Saline Co.
      • Sedgwick Co.
      • Stanton Co.
      • Sumner Co.
      • Wabaunsee Co.
        • McFarland
        • Bonner Springs

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