Chemical formulae for minerals found in Sardinia
Mineral Composition
A
Acanthite Ag2S
Actinolite Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
Adamite Zn2(AsO4)(OH)
Aegirine NaFeSi2O6
AgarditeLa (La,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6ú3(H2O)
AgarditeY (Y,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6ú3(H2O)
Albite NaAlSi3O8
AllaniteCe (Ce,Ca)2(Al,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH)
Allophane (Al2O3)(SiO2)ú(H2O)
Almandine Fe3Al2(SiO4)3
Alumopharmacosiderite KAl4(AsO4)3(OH)4ú6.5(H2O)
Alunite KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Alunogen Al2(SO4)3ú17(H2O)
Amesite Mg2Al(SiAl)O5(OH)4
Analcime NaAlSi2O6ú(H2O)
Anatase TiO2
Andalusite Al2SiO5
Andesine (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)4O8
Andradite Ca3Fe2(SiO4)3
Anglesite PbSO4
Ankerite Ca(Fe,Mg,Mn)(CO3)2
Anorthite CaAl2Si2O8
Anorthoclase (Na,K)AlSi3O8
Antimony Sb
Antimonpearceite (Ag,Cu)16(Sb,As)2S11
Antlerite Cu3(SO4)(OH)4
Apatite Ca5(PO4)3F
Aragonite Ca(CO3)
Arfvedsonite Na3(Fe,Mg)4FeSi8O22(OH)2
Argentite Ag2S
Argyrodite Ag8GeS6
Armenite BaCa2Al6Si9O30ú2(H2O)
Arsenic As
Arseniosiderite CaFe3(AsO4)3O3ú3(H2O)
Arsenolite As2O3
Arsenopyrite FeAsS
Atacamite Cu2Cl(OH)3
Augite (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al,Ti)(Si,Al)2O6
Aurichalcite (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Autunite Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2ú10(H2O)
Awaruite Ni2-3Fe
Azurite Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
B
Babingtonite Ca2(Fe,Mn)FeSi5O14(OH)
Bararite (NH4)2SiF6
Barite BaSO4
Barrerite (Na,K,Ca)2Al2SiO7O18ú7(H2O)
Bassetite Fe(UO2)2(PO4)2ú8(H2O)
BastnasiteCe (Ce,La)(CO3)F
Bavenite Ca4Be2Al2Si9O26(OH)2
Bayldonite PbCu3(AsO4)2(OH)2ú(H2O)
Beaverite PbCu(Fe,Al)2(SO4)2(OH)6
Berthierine (Fe,Mg)2-3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4
Berthierite FeSb2S4
Bertrandite Be4Si2O7(OH)2
Beryl Be3Al2Si6O18
Beudantite PbFe3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Bianchite (Zn,Fe)(SO4)ú6(H2O)
Bindheimite Pb2Sb2O6(O,OH)
Biotite K(Mg,Fe)3(Al,Fe)Si3O10(OH,F)2
Bismite Bi2O3
Bismoclite BiOCl
Bismuth Bi
Bismuthinite Bi2S3
Bismutite Bi2(CO3)O2
Boltwoodite HK(UO2)SiO4ú1.5(H2O)
Bornite Cu5FeS4
Boulangerite Pb5Sb4S11
Bournonite PbCuSbS3
Breithauptite NiSb
Brochantite Cu4SO4(OH)6
Brucite Mg(OH)2
Bulachite Al2(AsO4)(OH)3ú3(H2O)
C
Cacoxenite (Fe,Al)25(PO4)17O6(OH)12ú75(H2O)
Calcioferrite Ca4Fe(Fe,Al)4(PO4)6(OH)4ú13(H2O)
Calcite Ca(CO3)
Caledonite Pb5Cu2(CO3)(SO4)3(OH)6
Carbonatecyanotrichite Cu4Al2(CO3,SO4)(OH)12ú2(H2O)
Carbonatefluorapatite Ca5(PO4,CO3)3F
Carminite PbFe2(AsO4)2(OH)2
Carnotite K2(UO2)2(VO4)2ú3(H2O)
Carrollite Cu(Co,Ni)2S4
Cassiterite SnO2
Celadonite K(Mg,Fe)(Fe,Al)Si4O10(OH)2
Celestine SrSO4
Celsian BaAl2Si2O8
Cerussite Pb(CO3)
Cervantite Sb2O4
Cetineite (K,Na)2.5(Sb2O3)3(SbS3)(OH)0.5ú2.5(H2O)
Chabazite CaAl2Si4O12ú6(H2O)
Chalcanthite Cu(SO4)ú5(H2O)
Chalcocite Cu2S
Chalcomenite Cu(SeO3)ú2(H2O)
Chalcophanite (Zn,Fe,Mn)Mn3O7ú3(H2O)
Chalcophyllite Cu18Al2(AsO4)3(SO4)3(OH)27ú3(H2O)
Chalcopyrite CuFeS2
Chamosite (Fe,Mg)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH,O)8
Chrysocolla (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4ún(H2O)
Cinnabar HgS
Claudetite As2O3
Clinochlore (Mg,Fe)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8
Clinoclase Cu3AsO4(OH)3
Clinoptilolite (Na,K,Ca)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36ú12(H2O)
Clinozoisite Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH)
Cobaltite CoAsS
Conichalcite CaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Connellite Cu19Cl4(SO4)(OH)32ú3(H2O)
Copiapite Fe5(SO4)6(OH)2ú20(H2O)
Copper Cu
Cordierite Mg2Al4Si5O18
Corkite PbFe3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Cornubite Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4
Cornwallite Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4ú(H2O)
Coronadite PbMn8O16
Covellite CuS
Crandallite CaAl3(PO4)2(OH)5ú(H2O)
Creaseyite Pb2Cu2Fe2Si5O17ú6(H2O)
Creedite Ca3Al2SO4(OH)2F8ú2(H2O)
Cronstedtite Fe3(SiFe)O5(OH)4
Cubanite CuFe2S3
Cumengite Pb21Cu20Cl42(OH)40
Cuprite Cu2O
Cyanotrichite Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12ú2(H2O)
Cyrilovite NaFe3(PO4)2(OH)4ú2(H2O)
D
Dachiardite (Ca,Na2,K2)5Al10Si38O96ú25(H2O)
Descloizite PbZnVO4(OH)
Devilline CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6ú3(H2O)
Digenite Cu9S5
Diopside CaMgSi2O6
Dioptase CuSiO2(OH)2
Djurleite Cu31S16
Dolomite CaMg(CO3)2
Dufrenite Fe5(PO4)3(OH)5ú2(H2O)
Duftite PbCu(AsO4)(OH)
Duhamelite Pb2Cu4Bi(VO4)4(OH)3ú8(H2O)
Dundasite PbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4ú(H2O)
E
Enargite Cu3AsS4
Epidote Ca2(Fe,Al)3(SiO4)3(OH)
Epistilbite CaAl2Si6O16ú5(H2O)
Epsomite MgSO4ú7(H2O)
Erionite (K2,Ca,Na2)2Al4Si14O36ú15(H2O)
Erythrite Co3(AsO4)2ú8(H2O)
F
Famatinite Cu3SbS4
Fayalite Fe2SiO4
Ferberite FeWO4
Ferricopiapite Fe4.66(SO4)6(OH)2ú20(H2O)
Ferrierite (Na,K)2Mg(Si,Al)18O36(OH)ú9(H2O)
Ferrimolybdite Fe2(MoO4)3ú8(H2O)
Ferroaxinite Ca2FeAl2BSi4O15(OH)
Fluorite CaF2
Forsterite Mg2SiO4
Francisite Cu3Bi(SeO3)2O2Cl
Freibergite (Ag,Cu,Fe)12(Sb,As)4S13
G
GadoliniteY Y2FeBe2Si2O10
Galena PbS
Gaspeite (Ni,Mg,Fe)CO3
Gehlenite Ca2Al(Si,Al)O7
Gersdorffite NiAsS
Gibbsite Al(OH)3
Glaucophane Na2(Mg,Fe)3Al2Si8O22(OH)2
Glauconite (K,Na)(Fe,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2
Gmelinite (Na2,Ca)Al2Si4O12ú6(H2O)
Goethite FeO(OH)
Gold Au
Gonnardite Na2CaAl4Si6O20ú7(H2O)
Goslarite Zn(SO4)ú7(H2O)
Goudeyite (Al,Y)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6ú3(H2O)
Graphite C
Greenockite CdS
Greigite Fe3S4
Grossular Ca3Al2Si3O12
Groutite MnO(OH)
Gypsum CaSO4ú2(H2O)
GysiniteNd Pb(Nd,La)(CO3)2(OH)ú(H2O)
H
Halloysite Al2Si2O5(OH)4
Harmotome (Ba,K)1-2(Si,Al)8O16ú6(H2O)
Hauchecornite Ni9Bi(Sb,Bi)S8
Hausmannite Mn3O4
Hauyne (Na,Ca)4-8Al6Si6(O,S)24(SO4,Cl)1-2
Hawleyite CdS
Hedenbergite CaFeSi2O6
Hedyphane Pb3Ca2(AsO4)3Cl
Hematite Fe2O3
Herschelite (Na,Ca,K)AlSi2O6ú3(H2O)
Hetaerolite ZnMn2O4
Heulandite (Na,Ca)2-3Al3(AlSi2)Si13O36ú12(H2O)
Hidalgoite PbAl3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Hinsdalite (Pb,Sr)Al3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Hyalophane (K,Ba)Al(Si,Al)3O8
Hydrocerussite Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2
Hydrohetaerolite Zn2Mn4O8ú(H2O)
Hydromagnesite Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2ú4(H2O)
Hydrozincite Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
I
Ianthinite UO2U5UO3U10(H2O)
Ilmenite FeTiO3
Ilvaite CaFe3(Si2O7)O(OH)
J
Jacobsite (Mn,Fe,Mg)(Fe,Mn)2O4
Jamesonite Pb4FeSb6S14
Jarosite KFe3(SO4)2(OH)6
JulgolditeFe+2 Ca2Fe(Fe,Al)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2ú(H2O)
K
KainositeY Ca2(Y,Ce)2Si4O12(CO3)ú(H2O)
Kalinite KAl(SO4)2ú11(H2O)
Kentrolite Pb2Mn2Si2O9
Kermesite Sb2S2O
Koechlinite Bi2MoO6
Kottigite Zn3(AsO4)2ú8(H2O)
Krausite KFe(SO4)2ú(H2O)
Ktenasite (Cu,Zn)5(SO4)2(OH)6ú6(H2O)
L
Lanarkite Pb2(SO4)O
Langite Cu4(SO4)(OH)6ú2(H2O)
Laumontite CaAl2Si4O12ú4(H2O)
Lavendulan NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Clú5(H2O)
Leadhillite Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2
Lepidocrocite FeO(OH)
Levyne (Ca,Na2,K2)Al2Si4O12ú6(H2O)
Libethenite Cu2(PO4)(OH)
Linarite CuPbSO4(OH)2
Linnaeite Co3S4
Litharge PbO
Lizardite Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
Luzonite Cu3AsS4
M
Mackinawite (Fe,Ni)9S8
Macphersonite Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2
Maghemite Fe2O3
Magnesite MgCO3
Magnetite Fe3O4
Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Manganite MnO(OH)
Manjiroite (Na,K)Mn8O16ún(H2O)
Mansfieldite AlAsO4ú2(H2O)
Marcasite FeS2
Massicot PbO
Maucherite Ni11As8
Melanophlogite SiO2 with organic impurity
Melanotekite Pb2Fe2Si2O9
Melanterite FeSO4ú7(H2O)
Meneghinite Pb13CuSb7S24
Mercury Hg
Mesolite Na2Ca2Al6Si9O30ú8(H2O)
Metaautunite Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2ú8(H2O)
Metatorbernite Cu2(UO2)2(PO4)2ú8(H2O)
Meymacite WO3ú2(H2O)
Microcline KAlSi3O8
Millerite NiS
Mimetite Pb5(AsO4,PO4)3Cl
Minium Pb3O4
Minnesotaite (Fe,Mg)3Si4O10(OH)2
Molybdenite MoS2
Molybdite MoO3
MonaziteCe (Ce,La,Nd,Th)PO4
Monteponite CdO
Montmorillonite (Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2ún(H2O)
Mordenite (Ca,Na2,K2)Al2Si10O24ú7(H2O)
Mottramite PbCu(VO4)(OH)
Mullite Al6Si2O13
Muscovite KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2
N
Namuwite (Zn,Cu)4(SO4)(OH)6ú4(H2O)
Natrojarosite NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6
Natrolite Na2Al2Si3O10ú2(H2O)
Nepheline (Na,K)AlSiO4
Nepouite Ni3Si2O5(OH)4
Nickeline NiAs
Nickelskutterudite (Ni,Co)As2-3
O
Oligoclase (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)4O8
Olivenite Cu2(AsO4)(OH)
Olsacherite Pb2(SeO4)(SO4)
Orpiment As2S3
Orthoclase KAlSi3O8
Osarizawaite PbCuAl2(SO4)2(OH)6
Osumilite (K,Na)(Fe,Mg)2(Al,Fe)3(Si,Al)12O30
Otavite CdCO3
P
Palygorskite (Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)ú4(H2O)
Paragonite NaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2
Parnauite Cu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10ú7(H2O)
Parsonsite Pb2(UO2)(PO4)2ú2(H2O)
Partzite Cu2Sb2(O,OH)7
Pearceite (Ag,Cu)16As2S11
Pectolite NaCa2Si3O8(OH)
Pentlandite (Fe,Ni)9S8
Periclase MgO
Perrierite (Ca,Ce,Th)4(Mg,Fe)2(Ti,Fe)3Si4O22
Philipsburgite (Cu,Zn)6(AsO4,PO4)2(OH)6ú6(H2O)
Philipsbornite PbAl3(AsO4)2(OH)5ú(H2O)
Phillipsite (K,Na,Ca)1-2(Si,Al)8O16ú6(H2O)
Phosgenite Pb2(CO3)Cl2
Pickeringite MgAl2(SO4)4ú22(H2O)
Picropharmacolite H2Ca4Mg(AsO4)4ú11(H2O)
Pitticite Fe(AsO4,SO4)xún(H2O)
Plancheite Cu8Si8O22(OH)4ú(H2O)
Planerite Al6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8ú4(H2O)
Platinum Pt
Plattnerite PbO2
Plumbogummite PbAl3(PO4)2(OH)5ú(H2O)
Plumbojarosite PbFe6(SO4)4(OH)12
Polybasite (Ag,Cu)16Sb2S11
Posnjakite Cu4(SO4)(OH)6ú(H2O)
Powellite CaMoO4
Prehnite Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Proustite Ag3AsS3
Pseudobrookite Fe2(Ti,Fe)O5
Pseudomalachite Cu5(PO4)2(OH)
PumpellyiteFe+2 Ca2FeAl2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)ú(H2O)
Pyrargyrite Ag3SbS3
Pyrite FeS2
Pyrolusite MnO2
Pyromorphite Pb5(PO4,AsO4)3Cl
Pyrope Mg3Al2(SiO4)3
Pyrophyllite Al2Si4O10(OH)2
Pyrostilpnite Ag3SbS3
Pyrrhotite Fe(1-x)S
Q
Quartz SiO2
R
Rammelsbergite NiAs2
Ramsdellite MnO2
Rancieite (Ca,Mn)Mn4O9ú3(H2O)
Realgar AsS
Renierite (Cu,Zn)11(Ge,As)2Fe4S16
Rhodochrosite Mn(CO3)
Roedderite (Na,K)2(Mg,Fe)5Si12O30
Romanechite (Ba,H2O)Mn5O10
Rooseveltite BiAsO4
Rosasite (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Rutile TiO2
S
Sabugalite HAl(UO2)4(PO4)4ú16(H2O)
Safflorite (Co,Fe)As2
Saleeite Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2ú10(H2O)
Sampleite NaCaCu5(PO4)4Clú5(H2O)
Sanidine (K,Na)AlSi3O8
Saponite (Ca,Na2)0.15(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2ú4(H2O)
Sartorite PbAs2S4
Scheelite CaWO4
Schmiederite Pb2Cu2(SeO3)(SeO4)(OH)4
Scholzite CaZn2(PO4)2ú2(H2O)
Schorl NaFe3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4
Schulenbergite (Cu,Zn)7(SO4,CO3)2(OH)10ú3(H2O)
Schultenite PbHAsO4
Scolecite CaAl2Si3O10ú3(H2O)
Scorodite FeAsO4ú2(H2O)
Serpierite Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6ú3(H2O)
Siderite FeCO3
Siderotil FeSO4ú5(H2O)
Sillimanite Al2SiO5
Silver Ag
Sjogrenite Mg6Fe2(CO3)(OH)16ú4(H2O)
Skutterudite CoAs2-3
Smaltite (Co,Ni)As(~1.9)
Smithsonite Zn(CO3)
Spangolite Cu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Clú3(H2O)
Spessartine Mn3Al2(SiO4)3
Sphaerocobaltite Co(CO3)
Sphalerite (Zn,Fe)S
Spinel MgAl2O4
Stannite Cu2FeSnS4
Stellerite CaAl2Si7O18ú7(H2O)
Stephanite Ag5SbS4
Stibiconite Sb3O6(OH)
Stibnite Sb2S3
Stilbite NaCa2Al5Si13O36ú14(H2O)
Stolzite PbWO4
Strengite FePO4ú5(H2O)
Sulfur S8
Surite Pb(Pb,Ca)(Al,Fe,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2(CO3)2
Svabite Ca5(AsO4)3F
Symplesite Fe3(AsO4)2ú8(H2O)
SynchysiteCe Ca(Ce,La)(CO3)2F
T
Talc Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Tantalite (Fe,Mn)Ta2O6
Tennantite (Cu,Fe)12As4S13
Tenorite CuO
Tetrahedrite (Cu,Fe)12Sb4S13
Theisite Cu5Zn5(AsO4,SbO4)2(OH)14
Thomsonite NaCa2Al5Si5O20ú6(H2O)
Thorite (Th,U)SiO4
Titanite CaTiSiO5
Todorokite (Mn,Ca,Mg)Mn3O7ú(H2O)
Topaz Al2SiO4(F,OH)2
Torbernite Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2ú8-12(H2O)
Tremolite Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
Tridymite SiO2
Triplite (Mn,Fe,Mg,Ca)2(PO4)(F,OH)
Tripuhyite FeSb2O6
Tungstite WO3ú(H2O)
U
Ullmannite NiSbS
Uralolite Ca2Be4(PO4)3(OH)3ú5(H2O)
Uraninite UO2
Uranophane Ca(UO2)2(SiO3(OH))2ú5(H2O)
Uvarovite Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3
V
Valentinite Sb2O3
Valleriite 4[(Fe,Cu)S]ú3[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]
Vanadinite Pb5(VO4)3Cl
Vesuvianite Ca10Mg2Al4(SiO4)5(Si2O7)2(OH)4
W
Wavellite Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3ú5(H2O)
Willemite Zn2SiO4
Willyamite (Co,Ni)SbS
Witherite Ba(CO3)
Wolframite (Fe,Mn)WO4
Wollastonite CaSiO3
Wroewolfeite Cu4(SO4)(OH)6ú2(H2O)
Wulfenite PbMoO4
Y
Yugawaralite CaAl2Si6O16ú4(H2O)
Z
Zincite (Zn,Mn)O
Zinkenite Pb9Sb22S42
Zircon ZrSiO4
Zoisite CaAl3(SiO4)3(OH)