Geographic Minerals

Canfieldite is a rare silver tin sulfide mineral with formula: Ag8SnS6. The mineral typically contains variable amounts of germanium substitution in the tin site and…

Cancrinite is a complex carbonate and silicate of sodium, calcium, and aluminum with the formula Na6Ca2[(CO3)2|Al6Si6O24]·2H2O. It is one of the rarer members of the…

Canavesite, Mg2(HBO3)(CO3)∙5H2O, is a rare carboborate mineral from the abandoned Brosso mine in Italy. The only other locality for Canavesite is at the Sterling mine…

Campigliaite is a copper and manganese sulfate mineral with a chemical formula of Cu4Mn(SO4)2(OH)6·4H2O. It is a rare secondary mineral in the oxidized zone of…

Calumetite is a natural rarely occurring mineral. It was discovered in 1963 at the Centennial Mine near Calumet, Michigan, United States. It was named after…

Caledonite, whose name derives from Caledonia, the historical name of its place of discovery (Scotland), is a richly colored blue-green sulfate-carbonate mineral of lead and…

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Calderite is a mineral in the garnet group with the chemical formula (Mn2+, Ca)3(Fe3+, Al)2(SiO4)3. It was named after James Calder, an early writer on…

Calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). The Mohs scale of mineral hardness, based on scratch hardness comparison,…

Calciborite, CaB2O4, is a rare calcium borate mineral. It was named after the chemical components in its composition – Calcium, and Boron. It was first…

Calaverite, or gold telluride, is an uncommon telluride of gold, a metallic mineral with the chemical formula AuTe2, with approximately 3% of the gold replaced…

Cahnite is a brittle white or colorless mineral that has perfect cleavage and is usually transparent. The chemical formula for cahnite is Ca2B[AsO4](OH)4. It is…