Minerals Most Commonly found in the Area include:
Some of the minerals listed and grouped into 5 classifications
Primary Rock-Forming Minerals of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
Feldspar group: microcline
Mica Group: muscovite, phlogopite, biotite
Amphibole Group: hornblende, actinolite, tremolite
Pyroxene Group: augite, diopside
quartz, nepheline, garnet, zircon, titanite (sphene)
Secondary Minerals formed by Alterations
serpentine, chlorite, epidote, scapolite
Chemically Precipitated Minerals, Forming Sedimentary Rocks:
calcite, gypsum , quartz
Metalic Ore Minerals:
Iron Minerals: magnetite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, hematite , goethite
Copper Minerals:chalcopyrite
Lead Mineral: galena
Uranium Minerals: uraninite, uranothorite
Rare-earth element and radioactive minerals:allanite
Molybdenum Mineral:molybdenite
Beryllium Mineral: beryl
Nonmetallic Minerals
apatite, brucite, corundum, graphite , sodalite, tourmaline
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