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Sierra de Famatina, La Rioja, Argentina

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Mineral List:
  		•  Acanthite
    Ag
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Altaite
    PbTe
    Reference: [Brodtkorb (2002): Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Alunite
    KAl
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Anhydrite
    CaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Argyrodite
    Ag
     
    8
    		GeS
     
    6
    Reference: [Brodtkorb (2002): Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Atacamite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    3
    		|Cl]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Brodtkorb (2002): Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Biotite
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Bornite
    Cu
     
    5
    		FeS
     
    4
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Brodtkorb (2002): Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Chalcanthite
    CuSO
     
    4
    		·5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Chalcocite
    Cu
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Chalcomenite
    Cu[SeO
     
    3
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    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: 639.]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Clausthalite
    PbSe
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Colusite
    Cu
     
    26
    		V
     
    2
    		(As,Sn,Sb)
     
    6
    		S
     
    32
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Covellite
    CuS
    Reference: [Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990]
  		•  Digenite
    Cu
     
    9
    		S
     
    5
    Reference: [Brodtkorb (2002): Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Enargite
    Cu
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    4
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Sierra de Famatina, La Rioja, Argentina
    © Arliguie M
  		•  Eucairite
    AgCuSe
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Famatinite (TL)
    Cu
     
    3
    		SbS
     
    4
    Type Locality: Sierra de Famatina, La Rioja, Argentina
    Reference: [Am Min 42 (1957), 766; Clark, 1993 - "Hey's Mineral Index"]
  		•  Ferroselite
    FeSe
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Fibroferrite
    Fe
    3+
     
    		[OH|SO
     
    4
    		] · 5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Freibergite
    (Ag
     
    4+2x
    		Cu
     
    2-2x
    		)[(Cu, Ag)
     
    4
    		(Fe, Zn)
     
    2
    		]Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    12
    		S
     
    1-x
    		 (0 < x < 1)
    Reference: [Brodtkorb (2002): Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Gold
    Au
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Goldfieldite
    Cu
     
    12
    		(Te,Sb,As)
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Idaite
    Cu
     
    5
    		FeS
     
    6
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Illite
    K
     
    0.65
    		A
     
    2.0
    		 [][Al
     
    0.65
    		Si,
     
    3.35
    		O
     
    10
    		](OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Kaolinite
    Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Kasolite
    Pb(UO
     
    2
    		)[SiO
     
    4
    		] · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Klockmannite
    CuSe
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Luzonite
    Cu
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    4
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Malachite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Mawsonite
    Cu
     
    6
    		Fe
     
    2
    		SnS
     
    8
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  'Melnikovite'
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Miargyrite
    AgSbS
     
    2
    Reference: [Brodtkorb (2002): Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Molybdenite
    MoS
     
    2
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Naumannite
    Ag
     
    2
    		Se
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Nickeline
    NiAs
    Reference: [Brodtkorb (2002): Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Pearceite
    [(Ag,Cu)
     
    6
    		(As,Sb)
     
    2
    		S
     
    7
    		][Ag
     
    9
    		CuS
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Polybasite
    [(Ag,Cu)
     
    6
    		(Sb,As)
     
    2
    		S
     
    7
    		][Ag
     
    9
    		CuS
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Proustite
    Ag
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    3
    Reference: [Brodtkorb (2002): Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Pyrargyrite
    Ag
     
    3
    		SbS
     
    3
    Reference: [Brodtkorb (2002): Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Brodtkorb (2002): Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Pyrophyllite
    Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		(OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Rammelsbergite
    NiAs
     
    2
    Reference: [Brodtkorb (2002): Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Rhodochrosite
    MnCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Brodtkorb (2002): Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Safflorite
    (Co,Fe,Ni)As
     
    2
    Reference: [Brodtkorb (2002): Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  'Sericite'
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Brodtkorb (2002): Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Silver
    Ag
    Reference: [Brodtkorb (2002): Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
    Site Photo
    Sierra de Famatina, La Rioja, Argentina
     
  		•  Skutterudite
    (Co,Fe,Ni)As
     
    2-3
    Reference: [Brodtkorb (2002): Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Stannite
    Cu
     
    2
    		(Fe,Zn)SnS
     
    4
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Stannoidite
    Cu
    +
    6
    		Cu
    2+
    2
    		(Fe
    2+
     
    		,Zn)
     
    3
    		Sn
     
    2
    		S
     
    12
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Stephanite
    Ag
     
    5
    		SbS
     
    4
    Reference: [Brodtkorb (2002): Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Stützite
    Ag
     
    5-x
    		Te
     
    3
    		, x = 0.24-0.36
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Svanbergite
    SrAl
     
    3
    		[(OH)
     
    6
    		|SO
     
    4
    		|PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Sylvanite
    (Au,Ag)
     
    2
    		Te
     
    4
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Tellurium
    Te
    Reference: [Brodtkorb (2002): Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Tennantite
    (Cu,Ag,Fe,Zn)
     
    12
    		As
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Tetrahedrite
    (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)
     
    12
    		Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Reference: [Milka K. de Brodtkorb (1973) 5th Congreso Geologico Argentino 1:63-68, Cordoba.]
  		•  Tetrahedrite
    var: Bismuthian Tetrahedrite
    Cu
     
    12
    		(Sb,Bi)
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Reference: [Milka K. de Brodtkorb (1973) 5th Congreso Geologico Argentino 1:63-68, Cordoba.]
  		•  Umangite
    Cu
     
    3
    		Se
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Uytenbogaardtite
    Ag
     
    3
    		AuS
     
    2
    Reference: [Brotkorb (2002): las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Wolframite
    (Fe
    2+
     
    		)WO
     
    4
     
     
    		to (Mn
    2+
     
    		)WO
     
    4
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]
  		•  Wurtzite
    (Zn,Fe)S
    Reference: [Brodtkorb (2002): Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina]
  		•  Zunyite
    Al
     
    13
    		Si
     
    5
    		O
     
    20
    		(OH,F)
     
    18
    		Cl
    Reference: [Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C. (2008): US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155.]


    75 entries listed. 70 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

    Localities in this Region:
    Argentina
     
    • La Rioja
      • Sierra de Famatina
        • Chilecito Department
          • Cerro Negro District

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