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Comparing Localities

Comparing:

Nova Scotia, Canada

with

Jefferson County, Colorado, USA

Mineral Lists

Nova Scotia, CanadaJefferson County, Colorado, USA
Acanthite
ActinoliteActinolite
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
Aeschynite
Aeschynite-(Y)
Akaganeite
AlbiteAlbite
(Var: Cleavelandite)
Alkali Feldspar
Allanite GroupAllanite Group
Allanite-(Ce)Allanite-(Ce)
AllophaneAllophane
AlmandineAlmandine
Alum-(K)
Aluminite
Aluminocopiapite
AluniteAlunite
AlunogenAlunogen
Amarantite
Amarillite
Amblygonite
Amphibole Supergroup
AmphiboliteAmphibolite
AnalcimeAnalcime
AnataseAnatase
AndalusiteAndalusite
Anglesite
AnhydriteAnhydrite
Anilite
Ankerite? Ankerite
Annite
AnorthiteAnorthite
(Var: Labradorite)(Var: Labradorite)
AnthophylliteAnthophyllite
Antigorite
Antimony
ApatiteApatite
Aplite
Aplowite (TL)
Apophyllite GroupApophyllite Group
AragoniteAragonite
Arfvedsonite
Arseniosiderite
ArsenopyriteArsenopyrite
Atacamite
AugiteAugite
(Var: Titanium-bearing Augite)
Aurichalcite
Aurostibite
AutuniteAutunite
Axinite Group
AzuriteAzurite
Baddeckite
Barrerite
BaryteBaryte
BasaltBasalt
Bassanite
Bassetite
BastnÀsite
BastnÀsite-(Ce)
Bayleyite
BecquereliteBecquerelite
Beidellite
Berthierite
BertranditeBertrandite
BerylBeryl
BiotiteBiotite
Biotite Monzogranite
Biotite gneiss
Birnessite
BismuthBismuth
BismuthiniteBismuthinite
Bismutite
Bituminous-coal
Bloodstone
Blödite
Boracite
BorniteBornite
Botallackite
Boulangerite
Braunite
Breccia
BrochantiteBrochantite
Brookite
Brucite
Cacoxenite
CalciteCalcite
Caledonite
Carnallite
Carnotite
Carraraite
CassiteriteCassiterite
Celadonite
CelestineCelestine
Cerianite-(Ce)
Cerite-(CeCa)?
CerussiteCerussite
Cervantite
CesĂ rolite?
ChabaziteChabazite
Chabazite-CaChabazite-Ca
Chabazite-Na
ChalcanthiteChalcanthite
ChalcociteChalcocite
ChalcopyriteChalcopyrite
Chalcostibite
Chambersite
Chert
Chevkinite GroupChevkinite Group
Chevkinite-(Ce)
Childrenite
Childrenite-Eosphorite Series
Chlorapatite
Chlorite GroupChlorite Group
Chloritoid
ChondroditeChondrodite
Chromite
Chrysoberyl
ChrysocollaChrysocolla
Cinnabar
Clarkeite
Clausthalite
Clay minerals
Claystone
ClinochloreClinochlore
(Var: Ripidolite)
Clinohumite
Clinoptilolite Subgroup
Clinoptilolite-Ca
Clinoptilolite-Na
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
ClinozoisiteClinozoisite?
CoalCoal
Cobaltite
Coffinite
Columbite-(Fe)Columbite-(Fe)
Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) SeriesColumbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series
Columbite-(Mn)Columbite-(Mn)
Conglomerate
Connellite
Cookeite
CopiapiteCopiapite?
CopperCopper
Copper Stain
Coquimbite
CordieriteCordierite
Cordierite-Sekaninaite Series
CorundumCorundum
CovelliteCovellite
Cowlesite
Crandallite
Cummingtonite
CupriteCuprite
Cyanolite
Danburite
Davidite
Dawsonite
Devilline
Dickite
Dietrichite
DigeniteDigenite
DiopsideDiopside
DioriteDiorite
Djurleite
DoleriteDolerite
DolomiteDolomite
(Var: Iron-bearing Dolomite)(Var: Iron-bearing Dolomite)
Dolostone
Dravite
Dravite-Schorl Series
Dumortierite
Durangite
Dypingite
EdeniteEdenite
ElbaiteElbaite
Emplectite
Enstatite
(Var: Bronzite)
Eosphorite
EpidoteEpidote
Epidote Group
Epistilbite
EpsomiteEpsomite
Erythrite
Euxenite-(Y)
Fayalite
Fayalite-Forsterite SeriesFayalite-Forsterite Series
Feldspar GroupFeldspar Group
(Var: Perthite)(Var: Perthite)
Ferberite
FergusoniteFergusonite
Fergusonite-(Y)
Ferriallanite
Ferrimolybdite
Ferro-actinolite
Ferro-eckermannite
Ferro-edenite
Ferro-hornblendeFerro-hornblende
Ferro-richterite
Ferro-winchite
Ferrosilite
Fersmite
Fibroferrite
Fillowite
Florencite
Fluocerite
Fluocerite-(Ce)
FluorapatiteFluorapatite
(Var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite)
(Var: Manganapatite)
Fluorapophyllite-(K)Fluorapophyllite-(K)
Fluorapophyllite-(Na)
FluoriteFluorite
(Var: Yttrocerite)
(Var: Yttrofluorite)
Forsterite
Fourmarierite
Freibergite Subgroup
Gabbro
Gadolinite
Gadolinite-(Ce)
Gadolinite-(Y)
GahniteGahnite
GalenaGalena
(Var: Silver-bearing Galena)
Garnet GroupGarnet Group
Garronite-Ca
Gedrite
Germanite
Gersdorffite
Gibbsite
Ginorite
Gismondine Subgroup?
Glauberite
GlaucodotGlaucodot
GlauconiteGlauconite
Gmelinite Subgroup
(Var: Ledererite)
Gmelinite-Ca
Gmelinite-Na
GneissGneiss
GoethiteGoethite
GoldGold
(Var: Electrum)(Var: Electrum)
Gonnardite
Gossan
Goyazite
GraniteGranite
Granitic gneiss
GranodioriteGranodiorite
Granulite
Graphic graniteGraphic granite
GraphiteGraphite
Gravel
Greenockite
Greenstone
Greigite
Greisen
Grossular
Groutite
Grunerite
GummiteGummite
Gustavite?
GypsumGypsum
(Var: Satin Spar Gypsum)
(Var: Selenite)(Var: Selenite)
Gyrolite
Halite
Halloysite?
HalotrichiteHalotrichite
Hastingsite
Hausmannite
HaĂŒyne
HedenbergiteHedenbergite
Helvine
HematiteHematite
(Var: Martite)
(Var: Specularite)
HemimorphiteHemimorphite
Hessite
Hetaerolite
(Var: Hydrohetaerolite)
Heulandite SubgroupHeulandite Subgroup
Heulandite-CaHeulandite-Ca
Heulandite-K
HexahydriteHexahydrite?
Hingganite-(Y)
Hisingerite
Hohmannite
Hollandite
Holmquistite
Hornblende Root Name GroupHornblende Root Name Group
Hornblendite
Howlite
Humite
HydromagnesiteHydromagnesite
Hydrotungstite
Hydroxylapatite
HydroxylbastnÀsite-(Ce)
Hydrozincite
Högbomite
HĂŒbnerite
Ice
IlmeniteIlmenite
Ilmenite-Pyrophanite Series
Ilsemannite
Ilvaite
Indicolite
Inyoite
Ishikawaite
Jamesonite
Jarosite
JasperJasper
Jet
Johannite
Jordisite
Joséite
K FeldsparK Feldspar
(Var: Adularia)(Var: Adularia)
Kaersutite
Kainosite-(Y)
Kalinite
KaoliniteKaolinite
Kasolite
Katophorite
Kaƈkite
Kellyite
Kermesite
Kulanite
KyaniteKyanite
Langite
Lansfordite
LaumontiteLaumontite
Lavendulan
Lazurite
Lepidocrocite
Lepidolite
Leucogranite
Leucomonzogranite
LeucoxeneLeucoxene
Liebigite
LimestoneLimestone
LimoniteLimonite
Linarite
LithiophiliteLithiophilite
Lizardite
LĂ©vyneLĂ©vyne
LĂ©vyne-Ca
Löllingite
Magnesio-hornblende
MagnesiocopiapiteMagnesiocopiapite?
Magnesite
MagnetiteMagnetite
(Var: Titanium-bearing Magnetite)
MalachiteMalachite
Manganite
Manjiroite
Marble
MarcasiteMarcasite
Marialite
Matildite
Maucherite
Mawsonite
Mcauslanite (TL)
Meionite
Melanterite
(Var: Kirovite)
Meneghinite
Mercury
Merwinite
MesoliteMesolite
Meta-autunite
Metastibnite
MetatorberniteMetatorbernite
Metatyuyamunite
Metauranocircite
Metavoltine
Metazeunerite
Mica GroupMica Group
Mica schist
MicroclineMicrocline
(Var: Amazonite)(Var: Amazonite)
Microlite GroupMicrolite Group
Migmatite
MirabiliteMirabilite
Mixite
MolybdeniteMolybdenite
Molybdenite-2H
MonaziteMonazite
Monazite-(Ce)Monazite-(Ce)
Montebrasite
Monticellite
MontmorilloniteMontmorillonite
Monzogranite
Monzonite
Moorhouseite (TL)
MordeniteMordenite
Morinite
MuscoviteMuscovite
(Var: Fuchsite)
(Var: Illite)(Var: Illite)
(Var: Phengite)
(Var: Sericite)(Var: Sericite)
NacriteNacrite
Natrojarosite
NatroliteNatrolite
Nepheline
Nesquehonite
Nickeline
Nioboaeschynite
Nioboaeschynite-(Y)
Nontronite
Offretite
Okenite
Olivine Group
OpalOpal
(Var: Fire Opal)
Orpiment
OrthoclaseOrthoclase
Orthopyroxene Subgroup
Palygorskite
Paracoquimbite
Pararammelsbergite
Paratacamite
Parisite
Pavonite?
Pearceite
Pectolite
PegmatitePegmatite
Penroseite
Pentlandite
Petrified Wood
Petroleum
(Var: Bitumen)
PharmacosideritePharmacosiderite
Phenakite
Phillipsite-Ca
PhlogopitePhlogopite
Phosphohedyphane
Phosphophyllite
Phosphuranylite
Pickeringite
Piemontite
Pigeonite
Pinakiolite
Pinite
Pirssonite?
PlagioclasePlagioclase
Platinum
Polydymite
Polyhalite
Polylithionite
Posnjakite
Powellite
PrehnitePrehnite
Probertite
Proustite
Pseudomalachite
Psilomelane
PyritePyrite
(Var: Bravoite)
(Var: Cobalt-bearing Pyrite)
(Var: Nickel-bearing Pyrite)
Pyroaurite
Pyrochlore GroupPyrochlore Group
(Var: Uranpyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977))
Pyrochlore Supergroup
(Var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977))
PyrolusitePyrolusite
PyromorphitePyromorphite
Pyrophanite
Pyrophyllite
PyrrhotitePyrrhotite
QuartzQuartz
(Var: Agate)(Var: Agate)
(Var: Amethyst)(Var: Amethyst)
(Var: Carnelian)
(Var: Chalcedony)(Var: Chalcedony)
(Var: Citrine)
(Var: Eye Agate)
(Var: Fortification Agate)
(Var: Milky Quartz)
(Var: Moss Agate)
(Var: Plume Agate)
(Var: Rose Quartz)(Var: Rose Quartz)
(Var: Smoky Quartz)(Var: Smoky Quartz)
Quartz-monzonite
Quartzite
RammelsbergiteRammelsbergite
Ramsdellite
Realgar
Renierite
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rhomboclase
Rhombohedral Carbonate
Richterite
Riebeckite
Rinneite
RomanĂšchite
Rowlandite-(Y)?
Roxbyite
Rozenite
RutileRutile
(Var: Niobium-bearing Rutile)
Römerite
Saléeite
Samarskite-(Y)Samarskite-(Y)
Samarskite-(Yb) (TL)
Sand
SandstoneSandstone
Sanidine
Sanmartinite
Saponite
Sapphirine
ScapoliteScapolite
(Var: Wernerite)
ScheeliteScheelite
SchistSchist
Schoepite
SchorlSchorl
Schröckingerite?
Scolecite
Scorodite
Sedimentary breccia
Sedovite
Sekaninaite
Sellaite
Serpentine Subgroup
Serpentinite
ShaleShale
Shonkinite
SideriteSiderite
(Var: Sideroplesite)
Sideronatrite
SiderophylliteSiderophyllite
SillimaniteSillimanite
Siltstone
SilverSilver
Sinter
(Var: Siliceous sinter)
Skarn
Skutterudite
Slate
SlavĂ­kite
Smectite GroupSmectite Group
SmithsoniteSmithsonite
(Var: Monheimite)
Sperrylite
SpessartineSpessartine
SphaleriteSphalerite
SpinelSpinel
Spionkopite
Spodumene
Stannite
StauroliteStaurolite
Stellerite
Stibnite
Stilbite SubgroupStilbite Subgroup
Stilbite-CaStilbite-Ca
Stilpnomelane
StromeyeriteStromeyerite
Strontianite
Sulphotsumoite?
Sulphur
Swartzite
Syenogranite
Sylvanite?
Sylvite
Synchysite
Synchysite-(Ce)
Synchysite-(Y)
SzomolnokiteSzomolnokite
TalcTalc
Tamarugite
TantaliteTantalite
Tantalite-(Mn)
Tanteuxenite-(Y)
Tapiolite
Tengerite-(Y)?
Tennantite SubgroupTennantite Subgroup
TenoriteTenorite
Tetrahedrite SubgroupTetrahedrite Subgroup
Tetranatrolite
Thalénite-(Y)
Thaumasite
Thomsonite SubgroupThomsonite Subgroup
Thomsonite-CaThomsonite-Ca
ThoriteThorite
(Var: Thorogummite)
(Var: Uranothorite)?
ThénarditeThénardite
TitaniteTitanite
Tooeleite
TopazTopaz
(Var: Pyknite)
TorberniteTorbernite
TourmalineTourmaline
TremoliteTremolite
Tridymite
TriphyliteTriphylite
TripliteTriplite
Triploidite
Tungstite
UM1996-36-Sb:Au
Ulexite
UraniniteUraninite
(Var: Pitchblende)(Var: Pitchblende)
Uranophane
Uranopilite
Uranospinite
Valentinite
Vermiculite
VesuvianiteVesuvianite
Vivianite
Voltaite
Vésigniéite
Wad
Wairakite
WillemiteWillemite
Winchite
Wittichenite
Wolframite Group
Wollastonite
WoodwarditeWoodwardite
Wroewolfeite
Wulfenite
XenotimeXenotime
Xenotime-(Y)
Yarrowite
Yttrotantalite-(Y)
Yukonite
Zeolite Group
Zinkenite
ZinnwalditeZinnwaldite
ZippeiteZippeite
ZirconZircon
(Var: Cyrtolite)(Var: Cyrtolite)
ZĂĄlesĂ­ite
Total: 519Total: 323

Chemistry

Number of mineral & variety species for each element. Red indicates lower than total percentage of mineral species with that element, green indicates higher.

ElementNova Scotia, CanadaJefferson County, Colorado, USATotal approved
H2111203391
Li84122
Be55133
B153304
C2630491
O3572284901
F1724487
Na58231151
Mg5336829
Al115781217
Si1611151673
P3315748
S121441328
Cl172447
K2924606
Ca95681528
Ti116429
V12290
Cr10110
Mn2810718
Fe103471381
Co5278
Ni54207
Cu4624820
Zn126345
Ge3038
As2113781
Se20159
Sr31168
Y514141
Zr22145
Nb69184
Mo4592
Ag113231
Cd1032
Sn31114
Sb161338
Te31208
Ba52279
La1085
Ce88191
Nd1255
Yb016
Ta4473
W6154
Pt2047
Au4341
Hg20109
Pb165637
Bi85251
Th1342
U1324311

Statistics

Total Rows:640
Total Matches:202
Percent Matches:31.56%
 
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