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Detailed Mineral List:

Acanthite
Formula:	Ag2S
Localities:	El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras Tegucigalpa, Distrito Central, Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras
Photo: © . Acanthite from Honduras
Aegirine
Formula:	NaFe3+Si2O6
Locality:	Lake Yojoa, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Aegirine-augite
Formula:	(Na,Ca)(Fe3+,Fe2+,Mg,Al)Si2O6
Locality:	Lake Yojoa, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Albite var: Andesine
Formula:	(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Locality:	Lake Yojoa, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Alunite
Formula:	KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Locality:	San Andrés Mine, Copán Department, Honduras
Andradite
Formula:	Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Locality:	El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Photo: © 2008 Jeremy Zolan. Andradite from El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Anorthoclase
Formula:	(Na,K)AlSi3O8
Locality:	Lake Yojoa, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Arsenopyrite
Formula:	FeAsS
Locality:	El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Baryte
Formula:	BaSO4
Locality:	El Plomo Mine, Ojojona, Tegucigalpa, Distrito Central, Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras
'Biotite'
Locality:	El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Bornite
Formula:	Cu5FeS4
Locality:	Guajiniquil property, Choluteca Department, Honduras
Bustamite
Formula:	CaMn2+(Si2O6)
Locality:	El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Calaverite
Formula:	AuTe2
Locality:	El Corpus deposits, Choluteca Department, Honduras
Calcite
Formula:	CaCO3
Localities:	El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras San Andrés Mine, Copán Department, Honduras
Photo: © C. Stefano '11. Calcite from El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Chalcopyrite
Formula:	CuFeS2
Localities:	El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras Guajiniquil property, Choluteca Department, Honduras
Chlorargyrite var: Bromian Chlorargyrite
Formula:	Ag(Cl,Br)
Locality:	Coloal Mine, Lempira Department, Honduras
Emmonsite
Formula:	Fe3+2[TeO3]3 · 2H2O
Locality:	El Plomo Mine, Ojojona, Tegucigalpa, Distrito Central, Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras
Fluorite
Formula:	CaF2
Locality:	La Labor mine, Santa Rosa, Copán Department, Honduras
Galena
Formula:	PbS
Locality:	El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
'Garnet'
Formula:	X3Z2(SiO4)3
Locality:	El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Goethite
Formula:	α-Fe3+O(OH)
Localities:	San Andrés Mine, Copán Department, Honduras El Corpus deposits, Choluteca Department, Honduras
Gold
Formula:	Au
Localities:	Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.
Grossular
Formula:	Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Locality:	El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Hedenbergite
Formula:	CaFe2+Si2O6
Locality:	El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Hematite
Formula:	Fe2O3
Localities:	San Andrés Mine, Copán Department, Honduras El Corpus deposits, Choluteca Department, Honduras
Ilmenite
Formula:	Fe2+TiO3
Locality:	Río Jalan placers, Olancho Department, Honduras
Kaolinite
Formula:	Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Localities:	San Andrés Mine, Copán Department, Honduras San Judas deposit, Choluteca Department, Honduras
'K Feldspar'
Locality:	El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Lecontite (TL)
Formula:	(NH4,K)NaSO4 · 2H2O
Type Locality:	Las Piedras Cave, Comayagua Department, Honduras
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: 439; American Mineralogist (1963): 48: 180; J.W. Anthony, R.A. Bideaux, K.W. Bladh, M.C. Nichols: Handbook of Mineralogy, Vol. V (2003)
Magnetite
Formula:	Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Localities:	El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras Lake Yojoa, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Mandarinoite
Formula:	Fe3+2(SeO3)3 · 4H2O
Locality:	El Plomo Mine, Ojojona, Tegucigalpa, Distrito Central, Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras
Marcasite
Formula:	FeS2
Locality:	Guajiniquil property, Choluteca Department, Honduras
'Monazite'
Locality:	Río Jalan placers, Olancho Department, Honduras
Muscovite var: Sericite
Locality:	San Judas deposit, Choluteca Department, Honduras
Opal
Formula:	SiO2 · nH2O
Localities:	Gracios O Dios Mine, Gracias a Dios Department, Honduras Erandique, Lempira Department, Honduras
Photo: © Don Volkman 12/07. Opal from Honduras
Opal var: Black Opal
Locality:	Gracias, Lempira Department, Honduras
Photo: Black Opal from Gracios O Dios Mine, Gracias a Dios Department, Honduras
Opal var: Fire Opal
Reference:	Rocks&Min 54:266
Opal var: Opal Matrix
Opal var: Precious Opal
Formula:	SiO2 · nH2O
Locality:	Gracios O Dios Mine, Gracias a Dios Department, Honduras
Photo: © Rob Lavinsky. Precious Opal from Gracios O Dios Mine, Gracias a Dios Department, Honduras
Polybasite
Formula:	[(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7][Ag9CuS4]
Localities:	Sabana Grande (Sabanagrande), Tegucigalpa, Distrito Central, Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Photo: © . Polybasite from El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Poughite
Formula:	Fe3+2(TeO3)2(SO4)(H2O)2 · H2O
Locality:	El Plomo Mine, Ojojona, Tegucigalpa, Distrito Central, Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras
Pyrargyrite
Formula:	Ag3SbS3
Locality:	El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Pyrite
Formula:	FeS2
Localities:	Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
Pyrrhotite
Formula:	Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)
Locality:	El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Quartz
Formula:	SiO2
Localities:	Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
Photo: © A&M. Quartz from El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Rhodochrosite
Formula:	MnCO3
Locality:	El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Rutile
Formula:	TiO2
Locality:	Río Jalan placers, Olancho Department, Honduras
Sanidine
Formula:	KAlSi3O8
Locality:	Lake Yojoa, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Silver
Formula:	Ag
Localities:	El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras Rosario Mine, Tegucigalpa, Distrito Central, Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras
Photo: © Rob Lavinsky. Silver from El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Sphalerite
Formula:	ZnS
Locality:	El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Photo: © C. Stefano '09. Sphalerite from El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Stephanite
Formula:	Ag5SbS4
Locality:	Sabana Grande (Sabanagrande), Tegucigalpa, Distrito Central, Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras
Tellurium
Formula:	Te
Locality:	El Plomo Mine, Ojojona, Tegucigalpa, Distrito Central, Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras
Tellurium var: Selen-tellurium
Formula:	(Te,Se)
Locality:	El Plomo Mine, Ojojona, Tegucigalpa, Distrito Central, Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras
Tetrahedrite
Formula:	Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13
Locality:	El Mochito Mine, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Zeolite Group
Locality:	Lake Yojoa, Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Zircon
Formula:	ZrSiO4
Locality:	Río Jalan placers, Olancho Department, Honduras

56 entries listed. 44 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).