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ColorSpeciesChemical Composition
Birnessite(Na4Mn14O27
 Celestite(SrSO4)
 Dachiardite((Ca,Na2,K2)5Al10Si38O96
 Donnayite-(Y)(Sr3NaCaY(CO3)6
 Sodium-dachiardite((Na2,Ca,K2)4-5Al8Si40O96
 Strontiodresserite((Sr,Ca)Al2(CO3)2(OH)4
black, honey yellow or sapphire blue.Anatase(TiO2)
black, medium to dark brown, reddish bronze or brownish red.Astrophyllite((K,Na)3(Fe2+,Mn)7Ti2Si8O24(O,OH)7)
brown or green to dark green.Aegerine(NaFe3+Si2O6)
brown to black and sometimes banded.Brookite(TiO2)
brown, black, yellow, green, red, gray, white or colorless.Sphalerite((Zn,Fe)S)
brown, olive green, yellow red or blue.Vesuvianite(Ca10Mg2Al4(SiO4)5(Si2O7)2(OH)4)
brown, red, black, yellow and green.Andradite(Ca3Fe23+Si3O12)
brown.Biotite(K(Mg,Fe2+)3(Al,Fe3+)Si3O10(OH,F)2)
can be colorless, opaque, white, gray, yellow, green, purple, blue/brown or black.Calcite(CaCO3)
can be colorless, white, yellow, green, light or dark blue and red.Sodalite(Na8Al6Si6O24Cl2)
can be tan, beige, pale gray, brown or colorless; more rarely it is pale yellow, orange pink or pale blue.Catapleiite(Na2ZrSi3O9·2H2O)
colorless or white.Analcime(NaAlSi2O6·H2O)
 Dawsonite(NaAl(CO3 )(OH)2)
 Epididymite(NaBeSi3O7(OH))
colorless to white.Dresserite(BaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O)
 Franconite(Na2Nb4O11·H2O)
 Leifite(Na2(Si,Al,Be)7(O,OH,F)14)
colorless, pale pink, rose/pink, orange and brown/red.Nenadkevichite((Na,Ca,K)(Nb,Ti)Si2O6(O,OH)·2H2O)
colorless, silvery, pale brown or pale yellow/brown.Polylithonite(KLi2AlSi4O10(F,OH)2)
colorless, tan., yellow, brown, gray or green.Zircon(ZrSiO4)
colorless, white or gray.Pectolite(NaCa2Si3O8(OH))
colorless, white or pale blue.Leucosphenite(BaNa4Ti2B2Si10O30)
colorless, white pink or yellowish.Natrolite(Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O)
colorless, white, brown, red, black or gray.Cryolite(Na3AlF6)
colorless, white, gray, green, pale brown, pink.Dolomite(CaMg(CO3)2)
colorless, white, gray, yellow, pink or orange/red.Barite(BaSO4)
colorless, white, gray, yellow, purple, violet, pink brown and black.Quartz(SiO2)
colorless, white, light yellow, green, orange/yellow grading to pink, light green, olive, gray or red.Weloganite(Sr3 Na2Zr(CO3)6·3H2O)
colorless, white, pink, gray or green.Strontianite(SrCO3)
colorless, yellow/white, or if it contains impurities it can be light red.Elpidite(Na2ZrSi6O15·3H2O)
extremely variable; it is completely colorless and transparent if pure; it can also be found as yellow, green, blue, pink, purple or black.Fluorite(CaF2)
gray/yellow or yellow.Burbankite((Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5)
green/black to black.Arfvedsonite(Na2-3(Fe2+,Mg,Al)5Si8O22(OH,F)2)
has a great variety; pale to dark yellow, greenish yellow, dark green, grayish brown to dark brown, colorless, pale pink, lemon yellow to orange-yellow and can often show a zoning of colors.Narsarsukite(Na2(Ti,Fe3+)Si4(O,F)11)
lead gray.Galena(PbS)
mainly pink, pale orange or pale gray.Ancylite-(Ce)(SrCe(CO3)2(OH)·H2O)
pale brass yellow.Pyrite(FeS2)
pale orange to deep red.Villiaumite(NaF)
pale pink to deep red, orange red, yellow/gray, tan or brown.Rhodochrosite(MnCO3)
pale pink, salmon red, rose red, deep orange, brown or black; rarely colorless, tan or white.Serandite(Na(Mn2+,Ca)2Si3O8(OH))
pale to dark brown or pink to rose colored.Hilairite(Na2ZrSi3O9·3H2O)
pale to medium red/violet.Miserite(K(Ca,Ce)6Si8O22(OH,F)2)
pale yellow and commonly tarnished to blue, violet or green metallic.Marcasite(FeS2)
pale yellow to dark brown or black.Siderite(Fe2+CO3)
ranges from reddish brown to orange and black.Mangan-neptunite(KNa2Li(Mn2+,Fe2+)2Ti2Si8O24)
silver white to steel gray with pink tints.Arsenopyrite(FeAsS)
tan, beige, pale green, yellow or brown.Synchysite-(Y)(Ca(Y,Ce)(CO3)2F)
typically colorless, white or gray.Albite(NaAlSi3O8)
varies intensely. Pale to deep cornflower-blue, pink to pale violet, white or colorless.; some crystals form a white outer edge with a deep blue center.Carletonite(KNa4Ca4Si8O18(CO3)4(OH,F)·H2O)
various shades of yellowish brown, brownish red, pink and red.Eudialyte(Na4(Ca,Ce)2(Fe2+,Mn2+,Y)ZrSi8O22(OH,Cl)2)
white to pale yellow, and in rare circumstances red or green.Microcline(KAlSi3O8)
white, pale yellow, lemon yellow, green/yellow, very pale green or very pale brown.Genthelvite(Zn4Be3(SiO4)3S)
white, yellow, gray, green or red.Nephaline((Na,K)AlSiO4)







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