Cochise College Photos of Minerals

Roger Weller, geology instructor

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Common Ore Minerals

Copper                                 Lead                                 Zinc
bornite                                    galena                                sphalerite
chalcopyrite
chalcocite                               Aluminum                       Tin
cuprite                                    bauxite                               Cassiterite

Iron                                        Antimony                        Titanium
magnetite                               stibnite                                rutile
hematite
limonite                                  Fluorine                           Arsenic
                                               fluorite                                orpiment
Barium                                                                             realgar
barite                                      Manganese
                                               pyrolusite                           Molybdenum
Mercury                                                                          molybdenite
cinnabar                                 Uranium
                                               carnotite