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Minerals Amazonite
- Can be a dark blue-green color. Raines reports that they can range in size up to 10cm across and have been found with gemmy smoky quartz crystals to over 30cm long.
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
- Groups of brown 5 cm hexagonal tabular crystals are reported by Raines. The core of each crystal was waxy-yellow fluocerite-(Ce).
Fayalite
- Cleavage masses up to .9 kg are reported by Raines. They sometimes contain inclusions of laihunite and magnetite.
Fluocerite-(Ce)
- This waxy-yellow mineral has been found in the core of 5 cm hexagonal tabular crystals, according to Raines. The outer rind is bastnasite which is replacing the fluocerite.
Fluorite
- Green, purple and white crystals. A common accessory mineral, the largest crystal mentioned by Raines was a 5 cm cube on a smoky quartz crystal.
Genthelvite
- Raines reports that a dark brownish-red crystal was collected here. It was 2.5 cm, had a modified tetrahedral habit and was associated with amazonite and green fluorite cubes.
Phenakite
- Crystal Park was the first reported occurence of phenakite in the U.S. Raines mentions that the largest found was a rhombohedral crystal that was 7.5 cm across. Usually associated with amazonite and/or smoky quartz.
Smoky Quartz
- Often gemmy and a dark brown or black color. Can occur in long crystals.
Topaz
- Gemmy colorless, pink, sherry and blue crystals have been found, up to 8.7 cm, according to Raines.
Tourmaline
- Black color (aka "schorl").
Zinnwaldite
- Tan colored, tapered, pseudohexagonal "barrels" are reported in Raines. He also reports a "probable zinnwaldite" as tapering, elongated, silvery-gray crystals associated with quartz, albite and microcline.
Other Notable Minerals
Beryl, Biotite, Columbite, Epidote, Goethite, Hematite, Hematite after Siderite, Hornblende, Laihunite, Magnetite, Microcline, Quartz, Zircon
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