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MINERALS INDEX
The following list gives the names of species which have been reported in previous lists as found in the district but which, in the author's opinion, have not been confirmed. For none of them could specimens or authentic descriptions be discovered.
| Anatase | Seymour (97). A mistake for rutile. |
| Annabergite | Assumed by Koenig (137) to be present as an impurity in desaulesite but not known as a definite mineral at Franklin. |
| Beryl | Robinson (22) and in all later lists. As no specimens were seen in any collection it is believed that green microcline was mistaken for beryl in early days. |
| Chrysocolla | Seymour (97). Reported also by Darton (126) at Sterling Hill but not verified. |
| Clinozoisite | Palache (257). Reported doubtfully as such but now definitely known to be chlorophoenicite. |
| Epistilbite | Palache (257). A mistake for stilbite. |
| Pyroxene group: Augite, coccolite, diallage, sahlite | All these names are found in the earlier lists, but none of them could be verified by specimens. |
| Rammelsbergite and smaltite | These two minerals have been reported only through mistake for chloanthite. (See b, below.) |
| Vivianite | Fowler (21). Included in most lists on Fowler's authority, but unsupported by specimens or description. |
| Wad | Valiant (189). Probably is really psilomelane. |
| Yttrocerite | Gibbs (15). A doubtful occurrence, never confirmed. |
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