Type locality, also called type area, type site or type section, is the locality where a particular rock type, stratigraphic unit or mineral species is first identified.
The term is similar to the term type site in archaeology or the term type specimen in biology.
Rocks and minerals
Aragonite: Molina de Aragón, Guadalajara, Spain
Autunite: Autun, France
Benmoreite: Ben More (Mull), Scotland
Blairmorite: Blairmore, Alberta, Canada
Boninite: Bonin Islands, Japan
Comendite: Comende, San Pietro Island, Sardinia
Coyoteite: Coyote Peak near Orick, California, USA
Cummingtonite: Cummington, Massachusetts
Dunite: Dun Mountain, New Zealand.
Essexite: Essex County, Massachusetts, US
Fayalite: Horta, Fayal Island, Azores, Portugal
Harzburgite: Bad Harzburg, Germany
Hilairite: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Icelandite: Thingmuli (Þingmúli), Iceland
Ijolite: Livaara, Kuusamo, Finland
Kimberlite: Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa
Komatiite: Komati River, South Africa
Labradorite: Paul's Island, Labrador, Canada
Lherzolite: Étang de Lers, France (Old spelling was: Étang de Lherz).
Mimetite: Treue Freundschaft Mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Germany
Mugearite: Mugeary, Skye, Scotland
Mullite: Isle of Mull, Scotland
Pantellerite: Pantelleria, off Sicily
Portlandite: Scawt Hill, Ballygalley, Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Rodingite: Roding River, New Zealand.
Sabugalite: Sabugal, Guarda District, Portugal
Sovite: Norsjø, Norway
Strontianite: Strontian, Scotland (also the element strontium derived from the mineral)
Temagamite: Temagami, Ontario, Canada
Tonalite: Tonale Pass
Trondhjemite: Follstad, Støren, Norway
Tyuyamunite: Tyuya-Muyun, Fergana Valley, Kyrgyzstan
Uraninite: Joachimsthal, Austria-Hungary (now Jáchymov, Czech Republic)
Websterite: Webster in North Carolina.
Widgiemoolthalite: Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, Australia
Bearpaw Formation: Bear Paw Mountains, Montana, USA
Burgess Shale: Burgess Pass on Mount Burgess, Alberta-BC, Canada
Caldera: Caldera de Taburiente, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
Calvert Formation: Calvert Cliffs State Park, Maryland, USA
Chapel Island Formation: Chapel Island, Newfoundland, Canada
Chattanooga Shale: Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Chazy Formation: Chazy, New York, USA
Coon Creek Formation: Coon Creek, McNairy County, Tennessee, USA
Fort Payne Formation: Fort Payne, Alabama, USA
Jacobsville Sandstone: Jacobsville, Michigan, USA
Holston Formation: Holston River, Tennessee, USA
St. Louis Limestone: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Ste. Genevieve Limestone: Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, USA
Temple Butte Limestone: Temple Butte, Grand Canyon, USA
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