Catalog of Delaware Minerals

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Invalid Mineral Names and Mineral Symbols (per IMA/CNMMN)

• bronzite = var. of enstatite
• canbyite = hisingerite
• deweylite = mixture of layer silicates
• fibrolite = sillimanite
• garnierite = probably nepouite
• hornblende = amphibole group
• eucoxene = most likely anatase or rutile
• limonite = most likely goethite
• marmolite = most likely chrysotile or lizardite (serpentine group)
• picotite = chrome spinel
• psilomelane = probably romanechite
• serpophite – most likely lizardite (serpentine group)
• wad = mixture of Mn oxides/hydroxides