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Comparing Localities

Comparing:

Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

with

Rhode Island, USA

Mineral Lists

Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South AfricaRhode Island, USA
Acanthite
Actinolite
AegirineAegirine
Aegirine-augite
Alabandite
AlbiteAlbite
(Var: Andesine)
(Var: Cleavelandite)(Var: Cleavelandite)?
(Var: Oligoclase)
Allanite GroupAllanite Group
Allanite-(Ce)Allanite-(Ce)
Allophane
AlmandineAlmandine
Alunite
Amber
Amblygonite
Amphibole Supergroup
(Var: Uralite)
AnalcimeAnalcime
AnataseAnatase
AndraditeAndradite
AnglesiteAnglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Anorthite
(Var: Labradorite)
Anthophyllite
Anthracite
Antigorite
(Var: Bowenite)
ApatiteApatite
(Var: Collophane)
Aplite
Aragonite
Arfvedsonite
ArsenopyriteArsenopyrite
Asbestos
(Var: Mountain Leather)
Astrophyllite
Atacamite
AugiteAugite
Aurichalcite
AutuniteAutunite
Axinite-(Fe)Axinite-(Fe)
AzuriteAzurite
Babingtonite
BaryteBaryte
Basanite
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Beaverite-(Cu)
Becquerelite
BertranditeBertrandite
BerylBeryl
(Var: Aquamarine)(Var: Aquamarine)
BiotiteBiotite
Birnessite?
Bismoclite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bloodstone
BorniteBornite
Braunite
Brazilianite
Brochantite
BrookiteBrookite
CalciteCalcite
(Var: Iceland Spar)
(Var: Iron-bearing Calcite)
Calderite
Caledonite
Cassiterite?
CerussiteCerussite
Chabazite
Chabazite-Ca
Chalcanthite
ChalcociteChalcocite
ChalcopyriteChalcopyrite
(Var: Gold-bearing Chalcopyrite)
Chamosite
Chert
Chevkinite-(Ce)
Chlorite GroupChlorite Group
Chloritoid
(Var: Masonite)
Chromite
Chrysoberyl
ChrysocollaChrysocolla
Chrysoprase
Chrysotile
Churchite-(Y)
ClinochloreClinochlore
(Var: Pennine)
(Var: Ripidolite)
Clinochrysotile
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
ClinozoisiteClinozoisite
Coal
Coloradoite
Columbite-(Fe)
Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) SeriesColumbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series
Columbite-Tantalite
Connellite
Copiapite?
CopperCopper
CordieriteCordierite
Corkite
Cornetite
Corundum
CovelliteCovellite
Creaseyite
Cryptomelane
Cualstibite-1M
Cubanite
Cubo-ice
Cuprite
Curite
Cyanotrichite
Danalite
Danalite-Genthelvite Series
Datolite
Diaboleite
Diamond
Diaspore
Diatomite
Digenite
DiopsideDiopside
Diopside-Hedenbergite Series
Dioptase
DolomiteDolomite
Dravite
Dufrénite
Dumortierite
Elaterite
ElbaiteElbaite?
Emplectite
EnstatiteEnstatite
EpidoteEpidote
Eucryptite
Eudialyte
Euxenite-(Y)
Faheyite
Fayalite-Forsterite SeriesFayalite-Forsterite Series
Fayalite-Tephroite SeriesFayalite-Tephroite Series
(Var: Knebelite)(Var: Knebelite)
Feldspar GroupFeldspar Group
(Var: Perthite)(Var: Perthite)
Ferberite
Fergusonite-(Y)
Ferrimolybdite
Ferro-actinolite
Ferro-hornblende
Ferrokinoshitalite (TL)
Ferrosilite
Flint
FluorapatiteFluorapatite
(Var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite)
Fluorapophyllite-(K)
FluoriteFluorite
(Var: Chlorophane)
ForsteriteForsterite
Gabbro
Gadolinite-(Y)
Gahnite
GalenaGalena
Garnet GroupGarnet Group
Gedrite
Genthelvite
Gladite
Gmelinite Subgroup
Gneiss
GoethiteGoethite
GoldGold
Gorceixite
Goyazite
Graftonite
Grandidierite
Granite
Granodiorite
Graphic granite
GraphiteGraphite
Greenockite
Greisen
GrossularGrossular
(Var: Hessonite)
Grunerite
Gummite
GypsumGypsum
H4 chondrite meteorite
Halite
Harmotome
Hedenbergite
(Var: Ferrosalite)
HematiteHematite
(Var: Specularite)
HemimorphiteHemimorphite
Hercynite
Hessite
Heulandite Subgroup
Heulandite-Ca
Hodrušite
Hornblende Root Name GroupHornblende Root Name Group
Hotsonite (TL)
Hydrocerussite
Hydromagnesite
Hypersthene
Högbomite
HĂĽbnerite
IlmeniteIlmenite
(Var: Washingtonite)
Ilvaite
Iron
(Var: Kamacite)
Isocubanite
Jacobsite?
Jamesonite
JarositeJarosite
Jasper
K FeldsparK Feldspar
(Var: Adularia)
Kaersutite
Kalinite
KaoliniteKaolinite
Kimberlite
Kornerupine
KyaniteKyanite
Laumontite
Leadhillite
Lepidocrocite
LepidoliteLepidolite
Leucoxene
Libethenite
LimoniteLimonite
Linarite
Linnaeite
Lithiophilite
Mackinawite
Magnesio-hornblende
Magnesite
MagnetiteMagnetite
(Var: Titanium-bearing Magnetite)
MalachiteMalachite
Manganese Oxides
(Var: Manganese Dendrites)
Manganite
MarcasiteMarcasite
Meionite
Melanterite
Melonite
Mica Group
MicroclineMicrocline
(Var: Amazonite)(Var: Amazonite)
Microlite Group
Millerite
MolybdeniteMolybdenite
Molybdite
Monazite
Monazite-(Ce)Monazite-(Ce)
Montmorillonite
Moonstone
MuscoviteMuscovite
(Var: Damourite)
(Var: Illite)
(Var: Sericite)(Var: Sericite)
Nacrite
Natroalunite
NatroliteNatrolite
Nepheline
NontroniteNontronite
OpalOpal
(Var: Opal-AN)
Orbiculite
OrthoclaseOrthoclase
Orthopyroxene Subgroup
Osumilite-(Mg)
Ottrélite?
Padĕraite
Paragonite
Paratacamite
Pargasite
Parisite-(Ce)
Pegmatite
Pentlandite
Peralkaline alkali-feldspar-granite
Peridotite
Perovskite
Petalite
Petroleum
(Var: Bitumen)
Phenakite
PhlogopitePhlogopite
Phosgenite
Phosphohedyphane
Phosphosiderite
Piemontite
PlagioclasePlagioclase
Plancheite
Plumbogummite
Plumbojarosite
Pollucite
Powellite
PrehnitePrehnite
Pseudomalachite
Pumpellyite Subgroup
Purpurite
PyritePyrite
Pyrochlore Group
Pyrochlore Supergroup
(Var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977))
Pyrolusite
PyromorphitePyromorphite
Pyrophyllite
Pyroxene Group
PyrrhotitePyrrhotite
Qandilite
QuartzQuartz
(Var: "Herkimer-style" Quartz)
(Var: Agate)
(Var: Agate-Jasper)
(Var: Amethyst)(Var: Amethyst)
(Var: Carnelian)
(Var: Chalcedony)(Var: Chalcedony)
(Var: Citrine)
(Var: Milky Quartz)
(Var: Onyx)
(Var: Prase)
(Var: Rock Crystal)
(Var: Rose Quartz)
(Var: Rutilated Quartz)
(Var: Sardonyx)
(Var: Sceptre Quartz)
(Var: Smoky Quartz)(Var: Smoky Quartz)
Quartzite
Reichenbachite
RhodochrositeRhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rickardite
Riebeckite
Riebeckite Root Name Group
(Var: Crocidolite)
RutileRutile
(Var: Ilmenorutile)
Samarskite-(Y)
Sapphirine
Sauconite
Scapolite
ScheeliteScheelite
Schist
SchorlSchorl
Scolecite
Scorodite
Sepiolite
Serpentine SubgroupSerpentine Subgroup
SideriteSiderite
(Var: Sphärosiderite)
SillimaniteSillimanite
Silver
SmithsoniteSmithsonite
Soapstone
Soddyite
Spessartine
SphaleriteSphalerite
SpinelSpinel
Spodumene
StauroliteStaurolite
Stilbite SubgroupStilbite Subgroup
Stilbite-Ca
Stolzite
Strengite
Sulphur
Sylvanite
Taenite
Talc
(Var: Steatite)
Tantalite
Tantalite-(Mn)
Tenorite
Tephroite?
Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite Subgroup
ThorianiteThorianite
(Var: Uranothorianite)
Thorite
(Var: Orangite)
(Var: Uranothorite)
TitaniteTitanite
(Var: Keilhauite)
Todorokite?
Topaz
Torbernite
TourmalineTourmaline
TremoliteTremolite
Triphylite
Triplite
Triploidite
Troctolite
Troilite
Turquoise
UM2002-53-PO:CaHPb
Ulvöspinel
UraniniteUraninite
Uranophane
Valleriite
Variscite
Vermiculite
VesuvianiteVesuvianite
Vivianite
WadWad
Wavellite
Werdingite
Wolfeite
Wolframite GroupWolframite Group
Wollastonite
Wulfenite
Xenotime
Xenotime-(Y)Xenotime-(Y)
Zaherite
Zinnwaldite
ZirconZircon
(Var: Cyrtolite)
ZoisiteZoisite
(Var: Thulite)
Total: 287Total: 246

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 AfricaRhode Island, USATotal approved
H96913391
Li71122
Be75133
B76304
C1422491
O2081854901
F89487
Na15261151
Mg2428829
Al74661217
Si971251673
P377748
S48241328
Cl94447
K1215606
Ca37521528
Ti1111429
Cr10110
Mn1311718
Fe61511381
Co1078
Ni30207
Cu399820
Zn55345
As21781
Sr10168
Y61141
Zr22145
Nb41184
Mo1592
Ag22231
Cd0132
Sn10114
Sb21338
Te60208
Cs1031
Ba32279
Ce25191
Ta3073
W3254
Au2241
Hg10109
Pb189637
Bi90251
Th4242
U72311

Statistics

Total Rows:422
Total Matches:111
Percent Matches:26.30%
 
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