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Comparing Localities

Comparing:

Peru

with

Potosí, Bolivia

Mineral Lists

PeruPotosí, Bolivia
AcanthiteAcanthite
(Var: Zinc-bearing Acanthite)
Actinolite
Adamellite
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
Agglomerate
Agmantinite (TL)
Ahlfeldite
AikiniteAikinite
Aikinite-Bismuthinite Series
AlabanditeAlabandite
Alaskaite
AlbiteAlbite
(Var: Anorthoclase)
(Var: Oligoclase)
Alfredopetrovite (TL)
Alkali basalt
Allanite Group
AllophaneAllophane
AlmandineAlmandine
Altaite
Alum-(K)
Aluminoceladonite
AluniteAlunite
Alunogen
Amarantite
Amber
Ammoniojarosite
Amphibole SupergroupAmphibole Supergroup
AnalcimeAnalcime
Anatase
AndalusiteAndalusite
AndesiteAndesite
Andesite-basalt
AndoriteAndorite
AndraditeAndradite
(Var: Melanite)
Angelellite
AnglesiteAnglesite
AnhydriteAnhydrite
(Var: Angelite)
Anilite
AnkeriteAnkerite
Annabergite
Anorpiment (TL)
Anorthite
(Var: Labradorite)
Anthracite
Antimony
Antimony Ochre
AntleriteAntlerite
ApatiteApatite
AphthitaliteAphthitalite
(Var: Ammonium-Aphthitalite)
AragoniteAragonite
AramayoiteAramayoite
Arcanite
(Var: Taylorite (of Dana))
Arenite
Arequipite
Argentobaumhauerite
Argentojarosite
ArgentopyriteArgentopyrite
Argentotennantite-(Zn)
Argentotetrahedrite-(Fe)
ArgilliteArgillite
ArgyroditeArgyrodite
Arkose
ArsenicArsenic
Arsenic Sulphide Glass No. 2
Arseniosiderite
Arsenobismite
Arsenolite
ArsenopyriteArsenopyrite
Asbolane
AshAsh
Atacamite
Atelestite
Athabascaite
Aubertite
AugeliteAugelite
AugiteAugite
Aurichalcite
Aurostibite
Autunite
Axinite Group
Axinite-(Fe)
Axinite-(Mn)
AzuriteAzurite
Bariandite
Barringerite (TL)
BaryteBaryte
BasaltBasalt
Basaltic-andesite
Baumhauerite
Baumstarkite (TL) Baumstarkite
Becquerelite?
Beegerite?
Bellidoite?
Benavidesite (TL)
Benjaminite
Berlinite
Bernardevansite (TL)
Berndtite (TL)
Berryite
BerthieriteBerthierite
Beryl
(Var: Emerald)?
Berzelianite?
Beudantite
Bianchite
Billietite?
Billingsleyite
BindheimiteBindheimite
(Var: Silver-bearing Bindheimite)
(Var: Taznite)
BiotiteBiotite
Biphosphammite
Bischofite
Bismite
Bismoclite
BismuthBismuth
BismuthiniteBismuthinite
Bismuthinite-Stibnite Series
BismutiteBismutite
Bixbyite-(Mn)?
Black shale
Blatonite
Blödite
Bolivite
Borax
BorniteBornite
Botryogen
BoulangeriteBoulangerite
BournoniteBournonite
Bournonite-Seligmannite Series
Boussingaultite
BrecciaBreccia
BrochantiteBrochantite
Brodtkorbite
Bromargyrite
Burkeite
Bustamite
Calamine
Calaverite
CalciteCalcite
(Var: Cobalt-bearing Calcite)
(Var: Manganese-bearing Calcite)(Var: Manganese-bearing Calcite)
Calcite Group
CaledoniteCaledonite
CanfielditeCanfieldite
CassiteriteCassiterite
(Var: Needle Tin)
(Var: Wood Tin)(Var: Wood Tin)
CeladoniteCeladonite
Celestine
Cerromojonite (TL)
CerussiteCerussite
Cervantite
ChalcanthiteChalcanthite
ChalcociteChalcocite
Chalcomenite
Chalcophanite
ChalcopyriteChalcopyrite
Chalcosiderite
ChalcostibiteChalcostibite
ChamositeChamosite
(Var: Daphnite)
Changoite
Chatkalite
Chenevixite
Chert
Childrenite
Chlorapatite
ChlorargyriteChlorargyrite
Chlorite GroupChlorite Group
ChromiteChromite
ChrysocollaChrysocolla
Chrysocolla Chalcedony
Chrysoprase
CinnabarCinnabar
Clausthalite
ClayClay
Clay mineralsClay minerals
Clino-oscarkempffite (TL)
Clinoatacamite
Clinochalcomenite
Clinochlore
(Var: Ripidolite)
Clinozoisite
Coal
Cobaltomenite
Coffinite
Coiraite
Colemanite
Coloradoite
ColusiteColusite
ConglomerateConglomerate
Conichalcite
Cookeite
Copiapite
CopperCopper
Copper Stain
CoquimbiteCoquimbite
CordieriteCordierite
Coronadite
Corundum
CosaliteCosalite
Cotunnite
CovelliteCovellite
CrandalliteCrandallite
Crandallite-Goyazite Series
CristobaliteCristobalite
CronstedtiteCronstedtite
Crystal ash
Crystal tuff
Cubanite
CupriteCuprite
(Var: Chalcotrichite)
(Var: Tile ore)
Cuprobismutite
Cuprocalcite
Cupropavonite
Cylindrite
D'Ansite
DaciteDacite
Daubréeite
Dawsonite
Despujolsite
Diadochite
Diamictite
DiaphoriteDiaphorite
DiasporeDiaspore
Diatomite
DickiteDickite
Digenite
Dimorphite
Diopside
Dioptase
Diorite
Djurleite
Dolerite
DolomiteDolomite
(Var: Iron-bearing Dolomite)
(Var: Manganese-bearing Dolomite)
Dolostone
Doyleite
DraviteDravite
Dufrénoysite
DumortieriteDumortierite
Dwornikite (TL)
Dyscrasite
Dürfeldtite
Elaterite
(Var: Thioelaterite) (TL)
Eldragónite (TL)
Emplectite
EnargiteEnargite
Endoskarn
Enstatite
EpidoteEpidote
EpsomiteEpsomite
Eriochalcite
Eskebornite
Esperite
Euclase
EugsteriteEugsterite
Evansite
Exoskarn
Falkmanite
FamatiniteFamatinite
Farallonite
Faustite
Favreauite (TL)
Fayalite-Forsterite SeriesFayalite-Forsterite Series
Feldspar GroupFeldspar Group
(Var: Perthite)
Felsőbányaite
FerberiteFerberite
Ferdowsiite
Fernandinite (TL)
Ferrimolybdite
Ferrivauxite (TL)
Ferro-hornblende
Ferrokësterite
Fibroferrite
Fine-grained ("volcanic") normal crystalline igneous rock
Fischesserite
Fizélyite
Fleischerite?
Florencite-(Ce)? Florencite-(Ce)
FluorapatiteFluorapatite
FluoriteFluorite
Fluorwavellite
Forsterite
Fraipontite
Franckeite
(Var: Potosíite)
Franksousaite (TL)
Freibergite SubgroupFreibergite Subgroup
FreieslebeniteFreieslebenite
Friedelite
Friedrichite
Fülöppite
GabbroGabbro
Gabbrodiorite
Gahnite
GalenaGalena
(Var: Bismuth-bearing Galena)
(Var: Silver-bearing Galena)(Var: Silver-bearing Galena)
GalenobismutiteGalenobismutite
Garavellite
Garnet GroupGarnet Group
GeocroniteGeocronite
GersdorffiteGersdorffite
GibbsiteGibbsite
Gladite
Glassy igneous rock
Gneiss
GoethiteGoethite
GoldGold
(Var: Electrum)(Var: Electrum)
Gold Amalgam?
Goldfieldite
Goldichite
GoslariteGoslarite
Gossan
Goyazite
Grainstone
Granite
Granitic gneiss
Granitoid
GranodioriteGranodiorite
GraphiteGraphite
Gratonite
GreenockiteGreenockite
GreisenGreisen?
Greywacke
Grimaldiite
Grossular
(Var: Hessonite)
Grundmannite (TL)
Guangyuanite (TL)
Guanine (TL)
Guano
Gudmundite
Gummite
Gumucionite
Gustavite
GypsumGypsum
(Var: Alabaster)
(Var: Selenite)(Var: Selenite)
H4-5 chondrite meteorite
Hagendorfite
HaliteHalite
HalloysiteHalloysite
HalotrichiteHalotrichite
Hammarite
Hansblockite (TL)
Hedenbergite
Helvine
HematiteHematite
(Var: Martite)(Var: Martite)
(Var: Specularite)(Var: Specularite)
HemimorphiteHemimorphite
Hendricksite
Hercynite
HerzenbergiteHerzenbergite
HessiteHessite
Heterogenite
Heteromorphite
Heulandite Subgroup
Heulandite-Ca
Hewettite (TL)
Hexahydrite
Heyrovskýite
HinsdaliteHinsdalite
Hisingerite
HocartiteHocartite
Hodrušite
Hopeite
Hornblende Root Name GroupHornblende Root Name Group
Hornblende andesite
Hornblende diorite
Hornfels
Howlite
Huanzalaite (TL)
Hutchinsonite
Hyaloclastite
Hydrocerussite
Hydrokenoelsmoreite?
Hydrophilite
Hydrotalcite
Hydrotalcite Group
Hydrothermal breccia
Hydrotungstite
Hydroxylapatite
(Var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite)
Hydrozincite
Hypersthene
Hyršlite (TL)
Hörnesite
HübneriteHübnerite
Idaite
Ignimbritic tuffIgnimbritic tuff
IlmeniteIlmenite
Inyoite
Iodargyrite
Iridium
IronIron
(Var: Kamacite)(Var: Kamacite)
Iron oxide
Izoklakeite
JalpaiteJalpaite
JamesoniteJamesonite
JarositeJarosite
JasperJasper
Jeanbandyite (TL)
Johannsenite
Jordanite
Joséite
K FeldsparK Feldspar
(Var: Adularia)(Var: Adularia)
KaoliniteKaolinite
Kenoargentotetrahedrite-(Fe)
Kerstenite
Keutschite (TL)
Kiddcreekite
Klockmannite
Kochkarite
Kosnarite
Kostovite
Krausite
KrupkaiteKrupkaite
Krut'aite
Kutnohorite
KësteriteKësterite
LamprophyreLamprophyre
Latite
Lautite
LazuliteLazulite
Lepidocrocite
Leucoxene
Lignite
Lillianite
Limestone
LimoniteLimonite
Linarite
Lindströmite
Linnaeite
Lithic breccia
Ludlamite
Ludwigite
Luxembourgite
LuzoniteLuzonite
LöllingiteLöllingite
Mackinawite
Macusanite
Magadiite
Magnesiocopiapite
Magnesite
MagnetiteMagnetite
(Var: Titanium-bearing Magnetite)
MalachiteMalachite
Maldonite
Mallardite
Mandarinoite
Manganese OxidesManganese Oxides
Manganoquadratite (TL)
Marble
MarcasiteMarcasite
Marialite
Marrite
Mascagnite
MatilditeMatildite
MawsoniteMawsonite
MckinstryiteMckinstryite
Melanovanadite (TL)
MelanteriteMelanterite
MelnikoviteMelnikovite
Menchettiite (TL)
Meneghinite
Mercury
Meta-autunite
Metamorphic rock
MetastibniteMetastibnite
Metatorbernite
Metavariscite
Metavauxite?
Metavivianite
Metavoltine
MiargyriteMiargyrite
Mica Group
Microcline
(Var: Amazonite)
(Var: Hyalophane)
Microlite Group
Migmatite
Millerite
Mimetite
Minasragrite (TL)
Minrecordite
Mirabilite
Mohrite
MolybdeniteMolybdenite
Molybdomenite
MonaziteMonazite
Monazite Group
Monazite-(Ce)
Montbrayite
Montmorillonite
Monzodiorite
Monzogabbro
Monzogranite
Monzonite
Moraesite
Morenosite
Mudstone
MuscoviteMuscovite
(Var: Fuchsite)
(Var: Illite)(Var: Illite)
(Var: Sericite)(Var: Sericite)
Mélonjosephite
NacriteNacrite
Nagyágite
Natanite
Natroalunite
Natrojarosite
Natrolite
Natron
NaumanniteNaumannite
Neotocite
Nepheline
Nickeltyrrellite (TL)
NontroniteNontronite
Nukundamite
ObsidianObsidian
Olivenite
Olivine Group
Olivine basalt
Olsacherite
OpalOpal
(Var: Andean Opal)
(Var: Hyalite)?
(Var: Opal-AN)(Var: Opal-AN)
(Var: Opal-CT)
OrpimentOrpiment
OrthoclaseOrthoclase
Orthopyroxene Subgroup
Oscarkempffite
Osumilite-(Mg)
Ottemannite (TL)
Owyheeite
Oxammite (TL)
Oxyplumboroméite
Oyonite (TL)
Packstone
Pallasite meteorite
Palygorskite
PararealgarPararealgar
Paratacamite
Paravauxite (TL)
Pascoite (TL)
Patrónite
PavonitePavonite
PearceitePearceite
Pearceite-T2ac
Penroseite
Pentahydrite
Peperite
Perovskite
Petermegawite (TL)
PetroleumPetroleum
(Var: Bitumen)(Var: Bitumen)
Petrovicite
Petrukite
PetzitePetzite
Petříčekite
PhlogopitePhlogopite
Phosphammite
Phosphophyllite
Phyllite
PickeringitePickeringite
Picromerite
Pinite
Pink Opal
PirquitasitePirquitasite
Pirssonite
Pisolite
PlagioclasePlagioclase
PlagionitePlagionite
PlumbogummitePlumbogummite
PlumbojarositePlumbojarosite
Plumbostannite
Plumosite
PolybasitePolybasite
PorphyryPorphyry
Prehnite
Preisingerite
Propylite
ProustiteProustite
Pseudomalachite
PsilomelanePsilomelane
Pumice
Pumpellyite Subgroup
PyrargyritePyrargyrite
PyritePyrite
(Var: Arsenic-bearing Pyrite)(Var: Arsenic-bearing Pyrite)
(Var: Bravoite)(Var: Bravoite)
(Var: Gold-bearing Pyrite)
Pyroclastic sediment
Pyroclastic-breccia
Pyroclastic-rock
PyrolusitePyrolusite
PyromorphitePyromorphite
PyrophyllitePyrophyllite
Pyrostilpnite
Pyroxene GroupPyroxene Group
Pyroxmangite
PyrrhotitePyrrhotite
QuartzQuartz
(Var: Agate)(Var: Agate)
(Var: Amethyst)(Var: Amethyst)
(Var: Bull Quartz)
(Var: Carnelian)
(Var: Chalcedony)(Var: Chalcedony)
(Var: Citrine)
(Var: Milky Quartz)(Var: Milky Quartz)
(Var: Rock Crystal)
(Var: Rose Quartz)
(Var: Smoky Quartz)(Var: Smoky Quartz)
Quartz porphyry
Quartz-beta
Quartz-latite
Quartz-monzonite
QuartziteQuartzite
Quijarroite (TL)
Quisqueite
RamdohriteRamdohrite
Ramosite (TL)
RealgarRealgar
Red bed
Reevesite
Renardite
Retgersite (TL)
Revoredite
Rhabdophane
RhodochrositeRhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rhodostannite (TL)
Rhomboclase
RhyodaciteRhyodacite
RhyoliteRhyolite
Rhyolitic tuffRhyolitic tuff
Robinsonite
Rockbridgeite
Rooseveltite
Roquesite
Roscoelite
Rosickýite
Roxbyite
Rozenite
Rucklidgeite
Russellite
RutileRutile
(Var: Ilmenorutile)
RömeriteRömerite
Safflorite
Sakuraiite
Salammoniac
SandstoneSandstone
Sangenaroite (TL)
SanidineSanidine
Saponite
Sauconite
Scapolite
Schafarzikite?
Schalenblende
Schapbachite?
ScheeliteScheelite
SchistSchist
Schmiederite
Schoenfliesite
SchorlSchorl
Schreibersite
Schwertmannite
Scoria
ScoroditeScorodite
Scorzalite
Sediment
Sedimentary rock
Sekaninaite
Selenium
SeligmanniteSeligmannite
Sellaite
SemseyiteSemseyite
Serpentine SubgroupSerpentine Subgroup
ShaleShale
Sherwoodite
SideriteSiderite
(Var: Oligonite)
Sideronatrite
SiderotilSiderotil
Sigloite (TL)
Silesite
Silhydrite
SillimaniteSillimanite
SiltstoneSiltstone
SilverSilver
Sincosite (TL)
Skarn
SlateSlate
Smectite Group
Smithite
SmithsoniteSmithsonite
Sodalite
SpessartineSpessartine?
SphaleriteSphalerite
(Var: Honigblende)
(Var: Marmatite)(Var: Marmatite)
Spinel
Spryite (TL)
Stanleyite (TL)
StanniteStannite
StannoiditeStannoidite
Starkeyite
Staročeskéite
StephaniteStephanite
Stercorite
Sternbergite
Stevensite
Stibarsen
Stibiconite
Stibiobismuthinite
StibniteStibnite
Stolzite
Strengite
StromeyeriteStromeyerite
StylotypiteStylotypite
Stützite
SulphurSulphur
SvanbergiteSvanbergite
Svanbergite-Woodhouseite Series
Sylvanite
SylviteSylvite
Synchysite
Syngenite
TalcTalc
Tamarugite
Tavagnascoite
Teallite
Tellurium
Tellurobismuthite
Tennantite Series
Tennantite SubgroupTennantite Subgroup
(Var: Annivite)
Tennantite-(Cu)
Tennantite-(Fe)
Tennantite-(Zn)Tennantite-(Zn)
Tennantite-Tetrahedrite SeriesTennantite-Tetrahedrite Series
TenoriteTenorite
Tephroite
Terrywallaceite (TL) Terrywallaceite
TeschemacheriteTeschemacherite
TetradymiteTetradymite
Tetrahedrite SubgroupTetrahedrite Subgroup
(Var: Silver-bearing Tetrahedrite)(Var: Silver-bearing Tetrahedrite)
Tetrahedrite-(Cu)
Tetrahedrite-(Fe)Tetrahedrite-(Fe)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)
Thermonatrite
Thorite?
ThénarditeThénardite
Tiemannite
TitaniteTitanite
Tonalite
TopazTopaz
Torbernite
TourmalineTourmaline
(Var: Achroite)
Travertine
Trechmannite
Tremolite
Tridymite
Trogtalite
TroiliteTroilite
TronaTrona
Tschermigite
TuffTuff
Tuffaceous-mudstone
Tungstenite
TungstiteTungstite
Turquoise
UM1986-35-S:AsBiPbSb
Uchucchacuaite
UlexiteUlexite
Ullmannite
Umangite
Uraninite
(Var: Pitchblende)
Uranophane?
UytenbogaardtiteUytenbogaardtite
Vaesite
Valentinite
Valleriite
VarisciteVariscite
Varlamoffite
Vauxite
VeeniteVeenite
Velikite
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite
Vinciennite
Violarite
Virgilite (TL)
Vitrophyric porphyry
VivianiteVivianite
Volcanic breccia
Volcanic rock
Volcaniclastic-sandstone
VoltaiteVoltaite
Volynskite
Wackestone
Wad
Wairakite
Watkinsonite
Wavellite
Waylandite
Weeksite
Welded tuff
Werthemanite
White micaWhite mica
Wickmanite
Willemite
WitticheniteWittichenite
Wolframite GroupWolframite Group
Wollastonite
WoodhouseiteWoodhouseite
Wulfenite
WurtziteWurtzite
Wurtzite-2H
Xanthoconite
Xenotime
Xenotime-(Y)
Yecoraite
Zaccagnaite
Zaccagnaite-3R
Zaïrite
Zeolite Group
Zincite
ZinkeniteZinkenite
Zinnwaldite
ZirconZircon
Zoisite
ZoubekiteZoubekite
ZunyiteZunyite
Total: 647Total: 483

Chemistry

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

ElementPeruPotosí, BoliviaTotal approved
H1811533391
Li11122
Be50133
B99304
C3421491
N121154
O3102424901
F76487
Na33211151
Mg4317829
Al99711217
Si125671673
P2747748
S2281651328
Cl189447
K3217606
Ca64381528
Ti56429
V121290
Cr12110
Mn2512718
Fe99931381
Co0578
Ni78207
Cu8575820
Zn2318345
Ge1238
As5029781
Se337159
Br0118
Sr13168
Y11141
Zr21145
Mo2292
Ag6048231
Cd2232
In2217
Sn1725114
Sb4957338
Te174208
I1032
Ba21279
Ce22191
Nd1055
Ta1073
W9754
Ir1025
Au10641
Hg54109
Tl1091
Pb6864637
Bi3139251
Th0142
U121311

Statistics

Total Rows:857
Total Matches:273
Percent Matches:31.86%
 
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