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Elements
Native Copper, Keeweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA
Diamond (Pure Carbon), provenance unknown
Gold on Calcite, Frenchman's Adit, Placer County, California, USA
Native Silver, Caballo Mine, Balopilas District, Chihuahua, Mexico
Sulphur, Girgenti, Sicily, Italy
Arsenates, Phosphates and Vanadates
Annabergite,[Nickel Arsenate], KM3 Mine, Agios Konstandinos, Lavrion, Greece
Apatite [Fluorinated Calcium Phosphate], Gav Valadare, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Pyromorphite [Chlorinated Lead Phosphate], Daoping Mine, Guangxi Province, China.
Vanadinite [Chlorinated Lead Vanadate], Mibladen, Khenifra, Morocco
Vivianite, Machacamarca (Colavi) District, Saavedra Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia
Sulphides
Arsenopyrite, Yangangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chengzhou City, Hunan Province, China
Chalcopyrite, East Pool Mine, Redruth, Cornwall, England Covellite, Butte, Montana, USA Realgar, Shimen, Hunan Province, China Stibnite, Baia Sprie Mine (Felsobanya), Baia Sprie, Maramures Co., Romania
Oxides
Hematite on Magnesite, Brumado, Serra das Eguas, Bahia, Brazil
Quartz, Guangdong, China
Ruby, Ponshir, Nuristan, Pakistan
Rutile in Quartz, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil Spinel, Aliabad, Hunza Valley, Pakistan
Carbonates, Nitrates and Borates
Aurichalcite, 79-Mine, Hayden, Gila County, Arizona, USA Azurite, provenance unknown Calcite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia Cerussite, Tsumeb Mine, Otavi, Namibia, South West Africa Rhodochrosite, Uchucchaqua Mine, Lima Department, Peru
Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Anglesite (Lead Sulphate), Touissit, Oujda, Morocco
Brochantite in Cyanotrichite, La Vieja Mine, Potrerillos, Copiapo District, Chile
Crocoite, Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania
Wolframite in Quartz, Yangangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chengzhou City, Hunan Province, China
Wulfenite on Calcite, Red Cloud Mine, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
Silicates
Apophyllite on Stilbite, Pashan Hills, Poona, Deccan, India
Kyanite, Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Mesolite, Ballynulto Quarry, Broughshane, County Antrim, Ireland
Plancheite, M'sesa, Katanga, Zaire
Stilbite, Jalgaon, 375 Km north-east of Bombay, India

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