Mineral Groups Flashcards
What subgroups are in the Silicates group?
- Nesosilicates
- Sorosilicates
- Cyclosilicates
- Inosilicates (double and single chain)
- Phyllosilicates
- Tectosilicates
What minerals are in the Nesosilicates group?
- Olivine
- Garnets
- Zircon
- Titanite
- Staurolite
- Aluminium silicates
What minerals are in the Olivine group?
- Forsterite
* Fayalite
What minerals are in the Garnets group?
- Pyrope
- Almandine
- Grossular
- Andradite
- Spessartine
What minerals are in the Aluminium silicate group?
- Andalusite
- Sillimanite
- Kyanite
What minerals are in the Sorosilicates group?
The Epidote group: • Zoesite • Clinozoesite • Epidote • Allanite
What mineral is in the Cyclosilicates group?
Tourmaline
What minerals are in the Inosilicates (single chain) group?
The Pyroxenes: • Diopside • Hedenbergite • Augite • Pigeonite • Enstatite • Ferrosilite • Aegirine • Jadeite • Wollastonite
What minerals are in the Inosilicates (double chain) group?
Amphiboles • Hornblendes • Tremolite • Actinolite • Glaucophane • Riebekite • Richterite
What minerals are in the Phyllosilicates?
- Micas
- Clays
- Talc
- Serpentine
- Chlorite
What minerals are in the Micas group?
- Biotite
- Muscovite
- Phologopite
- Annite
What minerals are in the Clays group?
- Kaolinite
* Montmorillonite
What minerals are in the Tectosilicates group?
- Feldspars
* Feldspathoids
What minerals are in the Feldspars group?
- Othoclase/Microcline/Sanidine
- Anorthoclase
- Albite
- Anorthite
What minerals are in the Feldspathoids group?
- Leucite
* Nepheline
What minerals are in the Oxides group?
- Spinels
- Ilmenite
- Hematite
- Rutile
What minerals are in the Spinels group?
- Magnetite
- Spinel
- Chromite
What minerals are in the Sulfides group?
- Pyrite
* Pyrrhotite
What minerals are in the Sulfates group?
- Gypsum
- Anhydrite
- Barite
What minerals are in the Carbonates group?
- Calcite
- Aragonite
- Dolomite
- Magnesite
- Ankerite
What minerals are in the Phosphates group?
- Apatite
* Monazite
