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Detailed Mineral List:

Aragonite
Formula:	CaCO₃
Description:	Forms the pinnacles in the lake with calcite.
Reference:	Scholl, David W. & William H. Taft (1964), Deposition, mineralogy, and C14 dating of tufa, Mono Lake, California (abstract): el. Doc. Amer. Cordilleran Sec. Meeting Program: 56 March, 1964: 56; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 211, 216.
Localities:	Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region.





Brushite
Formula:	Ca(HPO₄) · 2H₂O
Locality:	Paoha Island, Mono Lake, Mono Co., California, USA







'Calcareous Tufa'
Reference:	http://lvo.wr.usgs.gov/gallery/MonoLake_1.html







Photo: © Dragon Minerals. Calcareous Tufa from Mono Lake, Mono Co., California, USA
Calcite
Formula:	CaCO₃
Description:	Low- and high-magnesian material.
Reference:	Scholl, David W. & William H. Taft (1964), Deposition, mineralogy, and C14 dating of tufa, Mono Lake, California (abstract): el. Doc. Amer. Cordilleran Sec. Meeting Program: 56 March, 1964: 56; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 211, 216.
Localities:	Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region.




Photo: © Charles Creekmur. Calcite from Mono Lake, Mono Co., California, USA
Calcite var: Glendonite
Description:	Psudomorphs after original steep tetragonal pyramids of an unknown mineral. Reported to 8 or 10 inches (20 to 25 cm) long.
Reference:	Dana, Edward Salisbury (1884), A crystallographic study of the thinolite of Lake Lahonton: USGS Bulletin 12: 19; Russell, Israel Cook (1889), Quaternary history of Mono Valley, California: USGS 8th. Annual Report: 315-316; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 118.






Photo: © Martins da Pedra. Glendonite from Mono Lake, Mono Co., California, USA
Gaylussite
Formula:	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂ · 5H₂O
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: 235; Russell, Israel Cook (1889), Quaternary history of Mono Valley, California: USGS 8th. Annual Report: 297; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 197.







Gypsum var: Selenite
Description:	Crystals occasionally occur in tubes of tufa.
Reference:	Russell, Israel Cook (1889), Quaternary history of Mono Valley, California: USGS 8th. Annual Report: 311; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 287.







Halite
Formula:	NaCl
Locality:	Eastern edge of Mono Lake, Mono Lake, Mono Co., California, USA







Hanksite
Formula:	Na₂₂K(SO₄)₉(CO₃)₂Cl
Description:	Occurs on the E side of the lake as minute crystals on crusted deposits in salt pools.
Reference:	Murdoch, Joseph (1951c), Notes on California minerals: nuevite = samarskite; trona, and hanksite; Gaylussite: American Mineralogist: 36: 358; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 214.
Localities:	Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region.





Hazenite (TL)
Formula:	KNaMg₂(PO₄)₂ · 14H₂O
Type Locality:	South shore, Mono Lake, Mono Co., California, USA
Reference:	Yang, H., Sun, H. J. and Downs, R. T. (2011): Hazenite, KNaMg2(PO4)2·14H2O, a new biologically related phosphate mineral, from Mono Lake, California, U.S.A. American Mineralogist, 96:675–681.






Ikaite
Formula:	CaCO₃ · 6H₂O
Reference:	Geology 21:971-974.







Libethenite
Formula:	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)
Locality:	Rancheria Gulch, Mono Lake, Mono Co., California, USA







Mirabilite
Formula:	Na₂SO₄ · 10H₂O
Description:	Dissolved in large quantity in the lake waters.
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: 441.






Monetite
Formula:	Ca(HPO₄)
Locality:	Paoha Island, Mono Lake, Mono Co., California, USA







Newberyite
Formula:	Mg(HPO₄) · 3H₂O
Locality:	Paoha Island, Mono Lake, Mono Co., California, USA






Photo: © 2010, JGW. Newberyite from Paoha Island, Mono Lake, Mono Co., California, USA
Struvite
Formula:	(NH₄)Mg(PO₄) · 6H₂O
Locality:	Paoha Island, Mono Lake, Mono Co., California, USA







Trona
Formula:	Na₃H(CO₃)₂ · 2H₂O
Description:	Occurs on the lake, especially the E side, where it occurs on crusted deposits in salt pools.
Reference:	Murdoch, Joseph (1951c), Notes on California minerals: nuevite = samarskite; trona, and hanksite; Gaylussite: American Mineralogist: 36: 358; Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 214.
Localities:	Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region.

17 entries listed. 14 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

References

Dana, Edward Salisbury (1884), A crystallographic study of the thinolite of Lake Lahonton: USGS Bulletin 12: 19.

Russell, Israel Cook (1889), Quaternary history of Mono Valley, California: USGS 8th. Annual Report: 261-394.

Murdoch, Joseph (1951c), Notes on California minerals: nuevite = samarskite; trona, and hanksite; Gaylussite: American Mineralogist: 36: 358-361.

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: 235.

Geology: 21: 971-974.

Scholl, David W. & William H. Taft (1964), Deposition, mineralogy, and C14 dating of tufa, Mono Lake, California (abstract): el. Doc. Amer. Cordilleran Sec. Meeting Program: 56 March, 1964: 56.

Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 82, 118, 197, 210, 214.

Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 211, 216, 287.

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