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ZINCITE


The spinel group

FRANKLINITE

GAHNITE

HERCYNITE

JACOBSITE

MAGNETITE

SPINEL


Other oxides

ANATASE

AURORITE

BIRNESSITE

BROOKITE

BRUCITE

CHALCOPHANITE

CIANCIULLIITE

CORUNDUM

CRYPTOMELANE

CUPRITE

FEITKNECHTITE

GOETHITE

GROUTITE

HAUSMANNITE

HEMATITE

HETAEROLITE

HYDROHETAEROLITE

ILMENITE

MANGANITE

MANGANOSITE

PYROCHROITE

PYROPHANITE

ROMEITE

RUTILE

TODOROKITE

URANINITE

WOODRUFFITE

The spinel group

The spinel group of minerals, found in all the economic units in the area, is the most important group here. Locally, franklinite is the principal member of the group and is the primary and dominant oxide mineral in both orebodies. Franklinite, magnetite, jacobsite, and gahnite all occur within the orebodies; magnetite occurs also within the Furnace Magnetite Bed; and spinel is common and hercynite is rare in the Franklin Marble. The locally-occurring members of the spinel group are listed below.

Franklinite         

Gahnite      

Hercynite

Jacobsite           

Magnetite    

Spinel

 

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CHAPTER 22. OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES