Fifty minerals meme
Dang, this particular meme is a strong one … nearly everybody else in geoblogosphere is doin’ it! So many that I’m not even going to link to them all (I’m lazy). Lounge of the Lab Lemming started it all (here). Additionally, Geology News has a word cloud summarizing the most popular from the various bloggers out there.
Here’s the deal: use bold to indicate minerals you’ve seen in the wild. Italics is for those seen in laboratories, museums, stores, or other non field locations. To be quite honest, after doing this little meme I’ve realized that I need to get out and look at more igneous and metamorphic rocks! I might have seen some of these in sedimentary rocks and don’t even know it … typical sedimentary geologist.
Andalucite
Apatite
Barite
Beryl
Biotite
Chromite
Chrysotile
Cordierite
Corundum
Diamond
Dolomite
Florencite
Galena
Garnet
Graphite
Gypsum
Halite
Hematite
Horneblende
Illite
Illmenite
Kaolinite
Kyanite
Lepidolite
Limonite
Magnetite
Molybdenite
Monazite
Nepheline
Olivine
Omphacite (is that real?)
Opal
Perovskite
Plagioclase
Pyrite
Quartz
Rutile
Sanidine
Sillimanite
Silver (native)
Sphalerite
Staurolite
Sulphur (native)
Talc
Tourmaline
Tremolite
Turquoise
Vermiculite
Willemite
Zeolite
Zircon
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It’s quite possible I screwed something up in this list … I did it rather fast.
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If calcite was on the list, you’d surely have another *bold* mineral. ;)