Florida Geological Survey - Geologic Topics

Florida's Rocks and Minerals

Rocks of Florida

Minerals of Florida

Guide to Rocks and Minerals of Florida (SP-8)

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Rocks of Florida

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Anastasia Formation Coquina Chert Agatized Coral Avon Park Formation

Caloosahatchee Formation Chattahoochee Formation Key Largo Limestone Marianna Limestone

Miami Limestone Ocala Limestone St. Marks Formation Suwannee Limestone

Tamiami Formation Tampa Limestone

Minerals of Florida back to top
Anhydrite	Calcite	Common Clay	Dolostone
Fuller's Earth	Gypsum	Hardrock Phosphate	Ilmenite
Kaolin	Monazite	Peat	Rutile
Sand & Gravel	Sandstone	Silicified-Wood	Staurolite
Zircon

Guide to Rocks and Minerals of Florida
(FGS Special Publication No. 8)

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This guide is in Adobe pdf format and you will need to download and install the free Adobe reader in order to view it.

Guide to Rocks and Minerals of Florida was first Printed in 1961 and reprinted in 1981, and currently is not available in printed form. Because of the age of this publication some of the information contained within it is outdated.

This guide was written to serve as a tool for the identification, occurrence, production and use of Florida's most common rocks and minerals. It was primarily intended to be a simplified general reference for the student; therefore, technical information and detailed descriptive material was minimized.

Some of the terminology used in these web pages (color, streak, hardness, specific gravity, cleavage) is explained in the guide.