Featured Minerals

The list below leads you to descriptions and photos of minerals found in the Mineral Museum at Granite Gap. Click the detail button to view the descriptions.

Apatite Calcium chlorophosphate, Ca5[Cl|(PO4)3]

Azurite Copper carbonate hydroxide, Cu3[OH|CO3]2

Barite Barium sulfate, BaSO4

Bayldonite Hydrated copper lead arsenate hydroxide, Cu3Pb[OH|AsO4]2

Benitoite Barium titanium silicate, BaTi[Si3O9]

Beryl Beryllium aluminum silicate, Be3Al2Si6O18

Botryogen Hydrated magnesium iron sulfate hydroxide, MgFe3+[OH|(SO4)2]•7H2O

Bournonite Copper lead antimony sulfide, PbCuSbS3

Calcite Calcium carbonate, CaCO3

Caledonite Copper lead carbonate sulfate hydroxide, Cu2Pb5[(OH)6|CO3|(SO4)3]