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Regional Report: Pacific Ocean

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  • Albite - 18
  • 'Albite-Anorthite Series' - 26
  • Anhydrite - 3, 15, 37, 25, 6, 23, 17
  • 'Apatite' - 1
  • Aragonite - 17, 9
  • Atacamite - 12, 14
  • Augite - 11
  • Baryte - 1, 15, 12, 23, 14, 17, 9, 30, 32, 35
  • Birnessite - 24, 2
  • Bornite - 26, 12, 37
  • 'Bytownite' - 11
  • Calcite - 17, 9, 35
  • Caminite - 36
  • 'Chalcedony' - 34
  • Chalcocite - 12, 37
  • Chalcopyrite - 15, 4, 12, 37, 25, 23, 2, 14, 17
  • 'Chlorite Group' - 18, 34
  • 'Chromspinel' - 18
  • 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' - 26, 11
  • Covellite - 12, 37, 14
  • Cubanite - 37, 25, 6
  • Digenite - 12, 37
  • Diopside - 18
  • Enstatite - 18, 11
  • Feroxyhyte - 33, 2
  • 'Ferrian Variscite' - 8
  • Ferrihydrite - 2, 16
  • 'Ferroan Calcite' - 12
  • Forsterite - 18, 11
  • Galena - 23, 2, 14, 17
  • 'Glass' - 11, 34
  • Glauconite - 34
  • Goethite - 1, 12, 24, 6, 2
  • Gordaite - 22
  • Graphite - 12
  • 'Grossular-Hibschite Series' - 18
  • Hematite - 16
  • Idaite - 12
  • Isocubanite - 36, 4, 14, 17
  • Jadeite - 18
  • Jarosite - 14
  • Jordanite - 2
  • 'Labradorite' - 11
  • Limonite - 12, 14, 17, 32
  • Magnetite - 12
  • 'Manganese Oxides' - 30
  • Marcasite - 12, 6, 23, 14, 17
  • 'Mg-rich Calcite' - 9
  • Nepheline - 18
  • Nontronite - 26, 16
  • 'Olivine' - 26
  • Opal - 12, 34
  • 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' - 11
  • Pargasite - 18
  • 'Phillipsite' - 24
  • Phlogopite - 18
  • Picotite - 11
  • Pyrite - 26, 15, 4, 31, 12, 29, 37, 25, 6, 23, 14, 9, 34, 32
  • Pyrrhotite - 4, 12, 6, 17
  • Rustenburgite - 1
  • 'Silica' - 29
  • 'Smectite Group' - 17, 34
  • Sphalerite - 26, 5, 15, 29, 37, 25, 6, 23, 2, 14, 17
  • Suessite - 1
  • Sulphur - 12, 2
  • Tetrahedrite - 2
  • 'Titaniferous Magnetite' - 12
  • Todorokite - 24
  • UM2001-18-Si:CuPtSn - 1
  • Unnamed (Fe Silicide II) - 1
  • 'Unnamed (Gallium nitride)' - 7
  • Vernadite - 2
  • Villamanínite - 36
  • 'Wad' - 12, 24, 2, 14
  • Wurtzite - 12, 27, 23, 2, 14
  • Xifengite - 1
  • 'Zeolite Group' - 24


    • 77 minerals listed.

    Locality Key
    119N 175W, Mid-Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean
    2Axial Seamount, Juan de Fuca Ridge complex, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean
    3Axial volcanic ridge, Juan de Fuca Ridge complex, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean
    4Bent Hill massive sulphide deposit (BHMS), Bent Hill area, Middle Valley, Juan de Fuca Ridge complex, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean
    5Bismarck Sea, Pacific Ocean
    6C vent, EPR 9-10° N, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean
    7Clarion-Clipperton zone, Pacific Ocean
    8Clipperton Island (Ile de Clipperton; Ile de la Passion), Clarion-Clipperton zone, Pacific Ocean
    9Deryugin basin, Sea of Okhotsk, Pacific Ocean
    10East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean
    11EPR 12° 50' N, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean
    12EPR 13° N, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean
    13EPR 9-10° N, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean
    14Explorer Ridge, Juan de Fuca Ridge complex, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean
    15Finn Chimney, Mothra vent field, Endeavor segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge complex, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean
    16Franklin Seamount, Pacific Ocean
    17Guaymas Basin, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean
    18Hess Deep, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean
    19Honshu Island borderland, Japan Sea, Pacific Ocean
    20Izu Bonin Archaeal, Pacific Ocean
    21Japan Sea, Pacific Ocean
    22Juan de Fuca Ridge complex, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean
    23K vent, EPR 9-10° N, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean
    24KCON claim, USA-4, Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean
    25L vent, EPR 9-10° N, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean
    26Lo'ihi Seamount, Pacific Ocean
    27Manus Basin, Bismarck Sea, Pacific Ocean
    28Middle Valley, Juan de Fuca Ridge complex, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean
    29North Cleft Segment, Juan de Fuca Ridge complex, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean
    30North Yamato rise, Japan Sea, Pacific Ocean
    31ODP mound, Middle Valley, Juan de Fuca Ridge complex, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean
    32Okushiri ridge, Japan Sea, Pacific Ocean
    33Pacific Ocean
    34Sado ridge, Honshu Island borderland, Japan Sea, Pacific Ocean
    35Sim Guri bank, Honshu Island borderland, Japan Sea, Pacific Ocean
    36TAG mound (EPR 21° N), Juan de Fuca Ridge complex, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean
    37V vent, EPR 9-10° N, East Pacific Rise, Pacific Ocean

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