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Comparing Localities

Comparing:

Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

with

Oxford County, Maine, USA

Mineral Lists

Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South AfricaOxford County, Maine, USA
Actinolite
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
Alabandite
AlbiteAlbite
(Var: Andesine)
(Var: Cleavelandite)(Var: Cleavelandite)
(Var: Oligoclase)
(Var: Peristerite)
(Var: Zygadite)
Allanite Group
Allanite-(Ce)
Allophane
Alluaudite?
AlmandineAlmandine
Almandine-Spessartine Series
Alunite
Alunogen?
AmblygoniteAmblygonite
(Var: Hebronite)
AnalcimeAnalcime
AnataseAnatase
AndraditeAndradite?
AnglesiteAnglesite?
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Annite
Anorthite
(Var: Labradorite)
Anthophyllite
ApatiteApatite
(Var: Collophane)
ApliteAplite
Arsenolite
ArsenopyriteArsenopyrite
Atacamite
Augelite
AugiteAugite
AutuniteAutunite
Axinite-(Fe)Axinite-(Fe)
Azurite
BaryteBaryte
Bavenite
Beaverite-(Cu)
Becquerelite
Behoite
Beidellite
Beraunite
Bermanite
BertranditeBertrandite
BerylBeryl
(Var: Aquamarine)(Var: Aquamarine)
(Var: Caesium Beryl) (TL)
(Var: Goshenite)
(Var: Heliodor)
(Var: Morganite)
Beryllonite
Beusite
Beyerite
BiotiteBiotite
Bismoclite
BismuthBismuth
BismuthiniteBismuthinite
BismutiteBismutite
Bornite
BrazilianiteBrazilianite
Brochantite
BrookiteBrookite
CalciteCalcite
(Var: Iceland Spar)
Calderite
Caledonite
Cassiterite? Cassiterite
Cerussite
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
ChalcopyriteChalcopyrite
Chamosite
Chamosite-Clinochlore Series
Childrenite
Chlorite GroupChlorite Group
Chromite
ChrysoberylChrysoberyl
ChrysocollaChrysocolla
Churchite-(Y)
Cimolite
ClinochloreClinochlore
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
ClinozoisiteClinozoisite
Collinsite
Coloradoite
Columbite-(Fe)
Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) SeriesColumbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series
Columbite-(Mn)
Columbite-(Mn)-Tantalite-(Mn) Series
Columbite-Tantalite
Connellite
Cookeite
Copper
Cordierite
Corkite
Cornetite
Correianevesite
Corundum
Covellite
Crandallite
Creaseyite
Cryptomelane
Cualstibite-1M
Cubanite
Cubo-ice
Cuprite
Curite
Cyanotrichite
Cymatolite
Diaboleite
Diadochite
Diamond
Diaspore
Diatomite
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)
Digenite
DiopsideDiopside
Diopside-Hedenbergite Series
Dioptase
Dolomite
Dravite
DufréniteDufrénite
DumortieriteDumortierite
Earlshannonite
ElbaiteElbaite
Emplectite
Enstatite
Eosphorite
EpidoteEpidote
Eucryptite
Eudialyte
Euxenite-(Y)
Evansite?
Faheyite
Fairfieldite
Fayalite-Forsterite SeriesFayalite-Forsterite Series
Fayalite-Tephroite Series
(Var: Knebelite)
Feldspar GroupFeldspar Group
(Var: Perthite)(Var: Perthite)
Ferberite
Fergusonite-(Y)
Ferroberaunite
Ferrokinoshitalite (TL)
Ferrorockbridgeite
Ferrosilite
Ferrostrunzite
Flint
FluorapatiteFluorapatite
(Var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite)(Var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite)
(Var: Manganapatite)
(Var: Manganese-bearing Fluorapatite)
Fluorcalciomicrolite
FluoriteFluorite
Fluornatromicrolite
Foitite
Forsterite
Fourmarierite
Frondelite
Gabbro
Gadolinite-(Y)
GahniteGahnite
Gainesite (TL)
GalenaGalena
Garnet GroupGarnet Group
GedriteGedrite
Gladite
Glucine
Gneiss
GoethiteGoethite
GoldGold
GorceixiteGorceixite
GoyaziteGoyazite
GraftoniteGraftonite
Grandidierite
Granite
Granodiorite
Graphic graniteGraphic granite
GraphiteGraphite
Greenockite
Greifensteinite
Greisen
GrossularGrossular
(Var: Hessonite)?
Grunerite
GummiteGummite
GypsumGypsum
H4 chondrite meteorite
Hagendorfite
Halloysite
Hawleyite?
Hedenbergite
(Var: Ferrosalite)
HematiteHematite
Hemimorphite
Hercynite
Hessite
Heterosite
Heterosite-Purpurite Series
Hisingerite
Hodrušite
Hornblende Root Name GroupHornblende Root Name Group
Hotsonite (TL)
Humite
Hureaulite
Hurlbutite
Hydroxylapatite
(Var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite)
Hydroxylherderite
Hypersthene
Högbomite
Hübnerite
Ice
IlmeniteIlmenite
Ilmenite Group
Indicolite
Iron
(Var: Kamacite)
Isocubanite
Jacobsite?
Jahnsite Group
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)
Jahnsite-(MnMnMn)
JarositeJarosite?
K FeldsparK Feldspar
Kalinite
KaoliniteKaolinite
Kapundaite
Kasolite
Kastningite
Kidwellite
Kimberlite
Kornerupine
Kosnarite
Kryzhanovskite
Kyanite
Lacroixite
Landesite
Laueite
Leadhillite
Lepidocrocite?
LepidoliteLepidolite
Leucophosphite
Libethenite
LimoniteLimonite
Linarite
Linnaeite
LithiophiliteLithiophilite
(Var: Sicklerite)
Lithiophorite
Lithiowodginite
Ludlamite
Löllingite
Mackinawite
Magnesio-hornblende
MagnetiteMagnetite
MalachiteMalachite
Manganese Oxides
(Var: Manganese Dendrites)
Mangangordonite (TL)
MarcasiteMarcasite
Mccrillisite (TL)
Meionite
Melanterite
Melonite
Messelite
Meta-autunite
Metanatroautunite
Metaswitzerite
Metatorbernite
Metauranospinite
Metavanmeersscheite
Mica GroupMica Group
MicroclineMicrocline
(Var: Amazonite)
Microlite GroupMicrolite Group
Milarite
Millerite
Mitridatite
MolybdeniteMolybdenite
Monazite
Monazite-(Ce)Monazite-(Ce)
Montebrasite
Montmorillonite
Moraesite
MuscoviteMuscovite
(Var: Damourite)
(Var: Sericite)(Var: Sericite)
Natroalunite
Natrolite
Nepheline
NontroniteNontronite
Olenite
OpalOpal
(Var: Hyalite)
(Var: Opal-AN)
Orbiculite
OrthoclaseOrthoclase
Orthopyroxene Subgroup
Osumilite-(Mg)
Padĕraite
Paratacamite
Parauranophane
Parsettensite
PegmatitePegmatite
Pentlandite
Perhamite
Peridotite
Perloffite
Perovskite
PetalitePetalite
Pezzottaite
Pharmacosiderite
PhenakitePhenakite
PhlogopitePhlogopite
Phosphoferrite
Phosphoferrite-Reddingite Series?
Phosphohedyphane
Phosphophyllite
PhosphosideritePhosphosiderite
Phosphuranylite
Pigeonite
Pinite
PlagioclasePlagioclase
Plancheite
Plumbogummite
Plumbojarosite
PollucitePollucite
Powellite
PrehnitePrehnite
Pseudolaueite
Pseudomalachite
Pumpellyite Subgroup
PurpuritePurpurite
PyritePyrite
Pyrochlore Group
Pyrochlore Supergroup
(Var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977))
PyromorphitePyromorphite
Pyrophanite
Pyrophyllite
Pyroxene GroupPyroxene Group
PyrrhotitePyrrhotite
Qandilite
QuartzQuartz
(Var: "Herkimer-style" Quartz)
(Var: Amethyst)(Var: Amethyst)
(Var: Chalcedony)
(Var: Citrine)
(Var: Milky Quartz)
(Var: Pseudocubic Quartz)
(Var: Rock Crystal)
(Var: Rose Quartz)(Var: Rose Quartz)
(Var: Sceptre Quartz)(Var: Sceptre Quartz)
(Var: Smoky Quartz)(Var: Smoky Quartz)
Quartzite
Realgar
Reddingite
Reichenbachite
RhodochrositeRhodochrosite
Rickardite
Robertsite
Rockbridgeite
Roscherite
Rossmanite
Rutherfordine
RutileRutile
(Var: Ilmenorutile)(Var: Ilmenorutile)
Samarskite-(Y)
Sapphirine
Sauconite
ScheeliteScheelite
SchistSchist
Schoepite
Schoonerite
SchorlSchorl
ScoroditeScorodite
Scorzalite
Sekaninaite
Serpentine SubgroupSerpentine Subgroup
Sewardite
SideriteSiderite
SillimaniteSillimanite
(Var: Fibrolite)
Smectite Group
Smithsonite
Soddyite
Souzalite
SpessartineSpessartine
Spessartite
SphaleriteSphalerite
(Var: Marmatite)
Spinel
SpodumeneSpodumene
(Var: Kunzite)
StauroliteStaurolite
Stewartite
Stilbite Subgroup
StrengiteStrengite
Strunzite
Strunzite Group
Switzerite
Sylvanite
Taenite
Tantalite
Tantalite-(Fe)
Tantalite-(Mn)Tantalite-(Mn)
Tantalowodginite (TL)
Tapiolite
Tapiolite-(Fe)
TenoriteTenorite
Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite Subgroup
Thorianite
Thorite
(Var: Orangite)
(Var: Uranothorite)
TitaniteTitanite
Titanite Group
Todorokite
TopazTopaz
TorberniteTorbernite
Tosudite
(Var: Lithium Tosudite)
TourmalineTourmaline
(Var: Achroite)
(Var: Rubellite)
(Var: Verdelite)
(Var: Watermelon Tourmaline)
TremoliteTremolite
TriphyliteTriphylite
(Var: Ferrisicklerite)
TripliteTriplite
TriploiditeTriploidite
Troctolite
Troilite
Turquoise
UM1956-01-O:HPbU
UM2002-53-PO:CaHPb
UM2009-11-PO:CaHZr
Ulvöspinel
Unnamed (Zirconium Monohydroxyorthophosphate Tetrahydrate)
Uralolite
UraniniteUraninite
(Var: Pitchblende)
UranophaneUranophane
Ushkovite
Valleriite
Vandendriesscheite
Vanmeersscheite
Variscite
Vermiculite
VesuvianiteVesuvianite
VivianiteVivianite
Väyrynenite
Wad
Walentaite
Wardite
Werdingite
Whitlockite
Whitmoreite
Wodginite
WolfeiteWolfeite
Wolframite Group
WollastoniteWollastonite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Wölsendorfite
Xanthoxenite
Xenotime
Xenotime-(Y)Xenotime-(Y)
Zaherite
Zanazziite
Zigrasite (TL)
Zinnwaldite
ZirconZircon
ZoisiteZoisite
Zwieselite?
Total: 287Total: 330

Chemistry

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

ElementNamakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South AfricaOxford County, Maine, USATotal approved
H961603391
Li715122
Be725133
B714304
C1410491
O2082814901
F816487
Na15321151
Mg2420829
Al74901217
Si971031673
P37113748
S48211328
Cl92447
K1217606
Ca37691528
Ti118429
Cr10110
Mn1346718
Fe61861381
Co1078
Ni30207
Cu396820
Zn56345
As29781
Sr11168
Y61141
Zr27145
Nb42184
Mo1392
Ag20231
Cd0232
Sn12114
Sb20338
Te60208
Cs1331
Ba33279
Ce21191
Ta31073
W3154
Au2141
Hg10109
Pb189637
Bi95251
Th4042
U720311

Statistics

Total Rows:485
Total Matches:132
Percent Matches:27.22%
 
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