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Igneous 
Igneous Rocks Igneous and 
Metamorphic Minerals
Igneous Minerals
Andesite
Basalt
Diorite
Gabbro
Obsidian
Peridotite
Pumice
Rhyolite
Scoria (volcanic ash)
Syenite
Gem Mineral
Beryl 

Iron Oxide
Magnetite 

Fools Gold
Iron Pyrite 

Gem Minerals
Topaz
Tourmaline

 

Sedimentary

Sedimentary and 
Ore Mineral
Sedimentary Mineral Sedimentary Rock Sedimentary Rock
Industrial Mineral
Barite
In some fossils
Aragonite

Industrial mineral
Gypsum

Iron Carbonate
Siderite

Salt
Halite

Cryptocrystalline Quartz
Chert

Fossil Fuel
Coal

Fossil-Rich Rock

Fossil limestone

Industrial Minerals
Limestone
Rock Gypsum
Rock Salt
Satin spar gypsum

 

Rich in rock fragments
Lithic sandstone

Clay
Claystone

Conglomerate
Glauconitic sandstone
Quartz sandstone
Sandstone

Shale
Siltstone
Travertine

 

Metamorphic

Metamorphic Mineral Metamorphic Rock Metamorphic Rock
Industrial Mineral
Asbestos
Corundum
Kyanite
Serpentine
Talc
Vermiculite
Industrial Minerals
Marble
Slate
Garnet Schist
Gneiss
Mica Schist
Phyllite
Quartzite
Schist

 

 

 

 

Ore Minerals

Aluminum Ore
Bauxite

Antimony Ore
Stibnite

Chrome Ore
Chromite

Copper Minerals

Azurite
Azurite & Malachite

Bornite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Copper
Cuprite
Dioptase
Malachite
Tennantite

 

Gold Ore
Aurichalcite
Gold

Industrial Minerals
Colemanite
Fluorite
Graphite
Tincalconite (borax)

Iron Oxide
Hematite

Lead Ore
Galena

Lead/Molybdenum Ore
Wulfenite

Manganese Minerals
Manganite
Pyrolucite

Mercury Ore
Cinnabar

Molybdenum Ore
Molybdenite

Nickel Ore
Garnierite

Silver Ore
Silver

Sulfur Ore
Sulfur
Sulfur Crystal

Tin Ore
Cassiterite

Tungsten Ore
Scheelite on Fluorite
Wolframite

Uranium Mineral
Autunite
Uranium

Vanadium Ore
Vanadinite

Zinc Ore
Smithsonite
Sphalerite

 

Weathering Minerals

Industrial Minerals
Kaolinite
Iron Oxide
Goethite
Limonite

 

Other Minerals (unclassified)

Chertjas

Creeoite

F & M-Quartz

Geaoksutite

Muroochite

State Mineral Production Summaries 

Individual Mineral Photographs (36 minerals)



Argonite

 


Anthracite (coal)

 


Halite (salt)

 


Garnierite

 


Gold

 


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