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Pyrope | Pyrope is a garnet coming from great depths. |
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Zircon | Zircon is very important mineral for several reasons. |
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Monazite | Monazite is an important source of rare earth metals. |
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Mica | Mica minerals comprise 4% of the Earth’s crust. |
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Leucoxene | Strictly speaking, leucoxene is not a mineral but I think it still deserves a place here. |
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Rutile | Rutile is an important titanium-bearing placer mineral. |
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Serpentine | Serpentine minerals antigorite and lizardite. |
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Sodalite | Sodalite is a blue feldspathoid that is the most important component of very rare blue-colored sand samples. |
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Kyanite | Kyanite comes mostly from metamorphic rocks. |
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Chromite | There would be no stainless steel without this mineral. |
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Spinel | Gemstones in sand. |
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Cassiterite | Cassiterite is a principal tin ore. |
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Dolomite | Dolomite is both a rock and a mineral. |
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Goethite | Brown weathering product of iron-bearing minerals. |
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Almandine | Almandine is the most common garnet in sand. |
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Heavy minerals | What are heavy minerals. Table of provenance and resistance of most common heavy minerals. |
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Amphiboles | Amphiboles are important rock forming minerals but not so widespread in sand. Find out why. |
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Magnetite | This mineral absolutely loves magnets. |
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Spodumene | Important source of lithium. Not a common mineral in sand. |
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Ilmenite | Common Ti-bearing oxide in sand. |
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Staurolite | Metamorphic mineral which is frequently misidentified as garnet. |
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Sand minerals | List of common sand forming minerals and their characteristic features. |
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What is sand made of | What are the most common components of sand. |
