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    The document provides a list of over 100 different types of rocks and minerals organized into families. It includes common igneous rocks like granite and basalt, metamorphic rocks such as gneiss and marble, sedimentary rocks like limestone and sandstone, and many mineral varieties within families such as the carbonate, silicate, and oxide families.

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    Rocks & Minerals Official 2022-23 List

    Borate Family Beryl Basalt


    Ulexite Epidote Diorite
    Carbonate Family Kaolinite Gabbro
    Aragonite Kyanite Granite
    Azurite Olivine Obsidian
    Calcite Quartz varieties: Pegmatite
    Dolomite Aventurine Peridotite
    Malachite Agate Pumice
    Rhodochrosite* Amethyst Rhyolite
    Native Element Family Chalcedony Scoria
    Copper Citrine* Syenite
    Diamond Jasper* Tuff
    Gold Milky Quartz SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
    Graphite Opal Banded Iron Formation
    Silver Rock Crystal Bauxite3
    Sulfur Rose Quartz Breccia
    Halide Family Smoky Quartz* Chert/Flint
    Fluorite Sodalite Conglomerate
    Halite4 Staurolite Diatomite
    Oxide/Hydroxide Families Stilbite* Dolostone
    Corundum Talc Rock Salt (Halite)4
    Goethite/Limonite Topaz Rock Gypsum4
    Hematite Tourmaline Group Shale
    Magnetite Willemite* Coal varieties:
    Pyrolusite* Zircon* Anthracite
    Rutile* Amphibole Group Bituminous
    Zincite* Actinolite* Lignite
    Phosphate Family Hornblende Limestone varieties:
    Apatite Tremolite* Chalk
    Pyromorphite* Feldspar Group Coquina
    Turquoise* Plagioclase feldspars Fossil Limestone
    Vanadinite* Albite Oolitic Limestone
    Sulfate Family Labradorite Travertine
    Barite Potassium feldspars Sandstone varieties:
    Celestite* Amazonite Arkose
    Gypsum4 Orthoclase/Microcline Greywacke
    varieties: (pink)2 Quartz Sandstone
    Alabaster (massive) Garnet Group METAMORPHIC ROCKS
    Satin Spar (fibrous) Almandine Amphibolite
    Selenite (crystalline) Mica Group Gneiss
    Sulfide Family Biotite Marble
    Bornite* Lepidolite* Phyllite
    Chalcopyrite Muscovite Quartzite
    Galena Pyroxene Group Schist Varieties:
    Pyrite Augite Garnet Schist
    Sphalerite Rhodonite* Mica Schist
    Stibnite* Spodumene* Talc Schist (Soapstone)
    Silicate Family IGNEOUS ROCKS Serpentinite
    Apophyllite* Andesite Slate

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