Important economic minerals
These are specimens of economic minerals from the University of Auckland's collection. These minerals are economically important to us as they are either the sources of industrial materials or of chemicals used in industrial processes.
Click on either a thumbnail, or the name in the list at the side, for details and larger photographs of each mineral.
chalcopyrite |
chromite |
galena |
graphite |
halite |
hematite |
sphalerite |
sulphur |