List of minerals
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This is a List of minerals for which there are Wikipedia articles. Mineral variety names and mineraloids are to be listed after the valid minerals for each letter.
For a complete listing (about 4,000) of all mineral names: List of minerals (complete).
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Sorted by name:
[edit] A
- Abelsonite
- Abenakiite-(Ce)
- Abernathyite
- Abhurite
- Abswurmbachite
- Actinolite
- Acuminite
- Adamite
- Adamsite-(Y)
- Adelite
- Admontite
- Aegirine
- Aenigmatite
- Aerinite
- Aerugite
- Aeschynite-(Ce)
- Aeschynite-(Nd)
- Aeschynite-(Y)
- Aetites
- Afghanite
- Afwillite
- Agardite
- Agrellite
- Agrinierite
- Aguilarite
- Aheylite
- Ahlfeldite
- Aikinite
- Ajoite
- Akaganéite
- Akatoreite
- Akdalaite
- Åkermanite
- Aksaite
- Alabandite
- Alamosite
- Alarsite
- Albite
- Alforsite
- Algodonite
- Aliettite
- Allanite
- Alloclasite
- Allophane
- Almandine
- Alstonite
- Altaite
- Aluminite
- Aluminium
- Alunite
- Alunogen
- Amblygonite
- Ameghinite
- Amphibole (mineral group)
- Analcite
- Anatase
- Andalusite
- Andesine
- Andradite
- Anglesite
- Anhydrite
- Ankerite
- Annabergite
- Anorthite
- Anorthoclase
- Anthophyllite
- Antigorite
- Antimony
- Antitaenite
- Antlerite
- Apatite (mineral group)
- Apophyllite
- Aragonite
- Archerite
- Arctite
- Arcubisite
- Arfvedsonite
- Argentite
- Argutite
- Armalcolite
- Arsenic
- Arsenopyrite
- Arthurite
- Artinite
- Artroeite
- Asisite
- Astrophyllite
- Atacamite
- Atheneite
- Aubertite
- Augelite
- Augite
- Aurichalcite
- Auricupride
- Aurostibite
- Autunite
- Axinite (mineral group)
- Azurite
- Varieties that are not valid species:
- Agate (variety of quartz)
- Alabaster (variety of gypsum)
- Alexandrite (variety of chrysoberyl)
- Allingite (synonym of amber)
- Alum
- Amazonite (variety of microcline)
- Amber (fossilized resin)
- Amethyst (purple variety of quartz)
- Ammolite (organic; also a gemstone)
- Amosite (asbestiform grunerite)
- Anyolite (metamorphic rock - zoisite, ruby, and hornblende)
- Aquamarine (light blue variety of beryl)
- Asbestos (fibrous serpentine- or amphibole minerals)
- Avalite (A chromian variety of Illite.)
- Aventurine (variety of quartz)
[edit] B
- Babingtonite
- Baddeleyite
- Baotite
- Barite (Baryte, British spelling)
- Barstowite
- Barytocalcite
- Bastnäsite (mineral group)
- Bazzite
- Benitoite
- Bensonite
- Bentorite
- Berryite
- Berthierite
- Bertrandite
- Beryl
- Beryllonite
- Biotite
- Birnessite
- Bismite
- Bismuth
- Bismuthinite
- Bixbyite
- Blödite
- Blossite
- Boehmite
- Boracite
- Borax
- Bornite
- Botryogen
- Boulangerite
- Bournonite
- Brammallite
- Brassite
- Braunite
- Brazilianite
- Breithauptite
- Brewsterite
- Brianite
- Briartite
- Brochantite
- Brookite
- Bromargyrite
- Bromellite
- Bronzite
- Brucite
- Brushite
- Buddingtonite
- Buergerite
- Bukovskyite
- Bytownite
- Varieties that are not valid species:
[edit] C
- Cabriite
- Cadmium
- Cafetite
- Calaverite
- Calcite
- Cancrinite
- Calderite
- Caledonite
- Cancrinite
- Canfieldite
- Carnallite
- Carnotite
- Carobbiite
- Carrollite
- Cassiterite
- Cavansite
- Celadonite
- Celestine
- Celsian
- Cementite
- Cerite
- Cerussite
- Cesbronite
- Ceylonite
- Chabazite (a group of closely-related minerals in the zeolite group)
- Chalcanthite
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- Challacolloite
- Chaoite
- Chapmanite
- Charoite
- Childrenite
- Chlorargyrite
- Chlorastrolite
- Chlorite (mineral group)
- Chloritoid
- Chondrodite
- Chromite
- Chromium
- Chrysoberyl
- Chrysocolla
- Cinnabar
- Clarkeite
- Clinochrysotile
- Clinoclase
- Clinohedrite
- Clinohumite
- Clinoptilolite
- Clinozoisite
- Clintonite
- Cobaltite
- Coesite
- Coffinite
- Colemanite
- Coloradoite
- Columbite (mineral group)
- Combeite
- Connellite
- Cooperite
- Copiapite
- Copper
- Corderoite
- Cordierite
- Corundum
- Covellite
- Creedite
- Cristobalite
- Crocoite
- Cronstedtite
- Crookesite
- Crossite
- Cryolite
- Cumberlandite
- Cummingtonite
- Cuprite
- Cyanotrichite
- Cylindrite
- Varieties that are not valid species:
- Carnelian (variety of quartz)
- Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline variety of quartz)
- Chrysolite (gemmy yellow-green forsterite)
- Chrysoprase (green nickel bearing chalcedony)
- Chrysotile (group name - asbestiform serpentine)
- Citrine (yellow variety of quartz)
- Cleveite
- Coltan (short for minerals of the columbite group)
- Crocidolite (asbestiform riebeckite)
- Cymophane (variety of chrysoberyl)
[edit] D
- Danburite
- Datolite
- Davidite
- Dawsonite
- Delvauxite
- Descloizite
- Diadochite
- Diamond
- Diaspore
- Dickite
- Digenite
- Diopside
- Dioptase
- Djurleite
- Dolomite
- Domeykite
- Dumortierite
- Varieties that are not valid species:
[edit] E
- Edingtonite
- Ekanite
- Elbaite
- Elsmoreite
- Emery (mineral)
- Empressite
- Enargite
- Enstatite
- Eosphorite
- Epidote
- Epsomite
- Erythrite
- Esperite
- Ettringite
- Euchroite
- Euclase
- Eucryptite
- Eudialyte
- Euxenite
- Varieties that are not valid species:
- Emerald (green gem variety of beryl)
[edit] F
- Fabianite
- Fayalite (olivine group)
- Feldspar (mineral group)
- Feldspathoid (mineral group)
- Ferberite
- Fergusonite
- Feroxyhyte
- Ferrierite (subgroup of zeolite minerals)
- Ferrihydrite
- Ferro-anthophyllite
- Ferrocolumbite
- Ferrohortonolite (olivine group)
- Ferrotantalite
- Fergusonite (mineral group)
- Fichtelite
- Fluorapatite (apatite group)
- Fluorcaphite
- Fluorichterite (amphibole group)
- Fluorite
- Fluorspar (synonym of fluorite)
- Fornacite
- Forsterite (olivine group)
- Franckeite
- Frankhawthorneite
- Franklinite (spinel group)
- Freibergite
- Freieslebenite
- Fukuchilite
- Varieties that are not valid species:
- Fassaite Variety of augite
- Ferricrete Iron oxide cemented soil or sediment
[edit] G
- Gadolinite (mineral group)
- Gahnite
- Galaxite
- Galena
- Garnet (mineral group)
- Garnierite
- Gaylussite
- Gehlenite
- Geigerite
- Geocronite
- Germanite
- Gersdorffite
- Gibbsite
- Gismondine
- Glauberite
- Glaucochroite
- Glaucodot
- Glauconite
- Glaucophane
- Gmelinite
- Goethite
- Gold
- Goslarite
- Graftonite
- Graphite
- Greenockite
- Greigite
- Grossular
- Grunerite
- Guanine
- Gummite
- Gunningite
- Gypsum
- Varieties that are not valid species:
[edit] H
- Haggertyite
- Haidingerite
- Halite
- Halloysite
- Halotrichite
- Hanksite
- Hapkeite
- Hardystonite
- Harmotome
- Hauerite
- Hausmannite
- Hauyne
- Hawleyite
- Haxonite
- Heazlewoodite
- Hectorite
- Hedenbergite
- Hellyerite
- Hematite
- Hemimorphite
- Herbertsmithite
- Herderite
- Hessite
- Hessonite
- Heulandite
- Hibonite
- Hilgardite
- Hisingerite
- Holmquistite
- Homilite
- Hopeite
- Hornblende
- Howlite
- Hübnerite
- Humite
- Hutchinsonite
- Hyalophane
- Hydrogrossular
- Hydromagnesite
- Hydroxylapatite
- Hydrozincite
- Hypersthene
- Varieties that are not valid species:
- Heliodor (greenish-yellow variety of beryl)
- Heliotrope (variety of chalcedony)
- Hiddenite (variety of spodumene)
- Hyalite (variety of opal)
[edit] I
- Idocrase (synonym of vesuvianite)
- Idrialite
- Ikaite
- Illite
- Ilmenite
- Ilvaite
- Iodargyrite
- Iron
- Ivanukite
[edit] J
- Jacobsite
- Jadarite
- Jadeite
- Jamesonite
- Jarosewichite
- Jarosite
- Jeffersonite
- Jerrygibbsite
- Juonniite
- Jurbanite
- Varieties that are not valid species:
- Jade (tough, green mineral either jadeite or nephrite amphibole)
- Jasper (variety of quartz)
- Jet (fossilised wood)
[edit] K
- Kaatialaite
- Kadyrelite
- Kainite
- Kalininite
- Kalinite
- Kalsilite
- Kamacite
- Kambaldaite
- Kankite
- Kaolinite
- Kassite
- Keilite
- Kermesite
- Kernite
- Kerolite
- Kieserite
- Kinoite
- Knebelite
- Knorringite
- Kobellite
- Kogarkoite
- Kolbeckite
- Kornerupine
- Kratochvilite
- Kremersite
- Krennerite
- Kukharenkoite-(Ce)
- Kutnohorite
- Kyanite
- Varieties that are not valid species:
- Keilhauite (variety of titanite)
- Krantzite (natural resin)
- Kunzite (variety of spodumene)
[edit] L
- Labradorite
- Lanarkite
- Langbeinite
- Lansfordite
- Lanthanite
- Laumontite
- Laurite
- Lawsonite
- Lazulite
- Lazurite
- Lead
- Leadhillite
- Legrandite
- Lepidocrocite
- Lepidolite
- Leucite
- Leucophanite
- Leucoxene
- Levyne
- Lewisite
- Libethenite
- Linarite
- Liroconite
- Litharge
- Lithiophilite
- Livingstonite
- Lizardite
- Lollingite
- Lonsdaleite
- Loparite-(Ce)
- Lopezite
- Lorandite
- Lorenzenite
- Ludwigite
- Lyonsite
- Varieties that are not valid species:
- Lapis lazuli (a rock consisting primarily of lazurite, calcite and pyrite)
- Larimar (blue variety of pectolite)
- Lechatelierite (fused quartz glass)
- Lignite (a type of coal)
- Limonite -(a mineraloid )
- Lodestone (a synonym of magnetite)
- Lublinite variety of calcite
[edit] M
- Mackinawite
- Maghemite
- Magnesite
- Magnesioferrite
- Magnetite
- Majorite
- Malachite
- Malacolite
- Magnesioferrite
- Manganite
- Manganocolumbite
- Manganotantalite
- Marcasite
- Margaritasite
- Margarite
- Mascagnite
- Massicot
- McKelveyite
- Meionite
- Melaconite
- Melanite
- Melilite
- Melonite
- Mendozite
- Meneghinite
- Mercury
- Mesolite
- Metacinnabarite
- Metatorbernite
- Miargyrite
- Mica (a group of silicate minerals)
- Microcline
- Microlite
- Millerite
- Mimetite
- Minium
- Mirabilite
- Mixite
- Moganite
- Mohite
- Moissanite
- Molybdenite
- Monazite
- Monohydrocalcite
- Monticellite
- Montmorillonite (clay mineral)
- Moolooite
- Mordenite
- Mottramite
- Mullite
- Murdochite
- Muscovite
- Varieties that are not valid species:
- Magnesia
- Mariposite (variety of phengite/muscovite)
- Menilite (variety of opal)
- Meerschaum (variety of sepiolite)
- Milky quartz (a cloudy white quartz)
- Morganite (a pink beryl)
- Morion (synonym of smoky quartz)
[edit] N
- Nabesite
- Nacrite
- Nagyagite
- Nahcolite
- Native copper
- Natrolite
- Natron
- Natrophilite
- Nekrasovite
- Nelenite
- Nenadkevichite
- Nepheline
- Nephrite
- Neptunite
- Nickel
- Nickeline
- Niedermayrite
- Niningerite
- Niobite (synonym of columbite)
- Niobite-tantalite (synonym of columbite-tantalite)
- Nissonite
- Nitratine
- Nitre
- Nontronite
- Nosean
- Nsutite
- Nyerereite
[edit] O
- Oligoclase
- Olivine (a group of silicate minerals)
- Olivenite
- Omphacite
- Ordonezite
- Oregonite
- Orpiment
- Orthochrysotile
- Orthoclase
- Osarizawaite
- Osmium
- Osumilite
- Otavite
- Otteri
- Ottrelite
- Overite
- Varieties that are not valid species:
[edit] P
- Painite
- Palladium
- Palygorskite
- Papagoite
- Parachrysotile
- Paragonite
- Pararealgar
- Parisite
- Partheite
- Pectolite
- Pelagosite
- Pentlandite
- Periclase
- Perovskite
- Petalite
- Petzite
- Pezzottaite
- Pharmacosiderite
- Phenakite
- Phillipsite
- Phlogopite
- Phoenicochroite
- Phosgenite
- Phosphophyllite
- Pigeonite
- Plagioclase Na-Ca feldspar.
- Platinum
- Polarite
- Pollucite
- Polybasite
- Potassium alum
- Polycrase
- Polydymite
- Polyhalite
- Powellite
- Prehnite
- Proustite
- Psilomelane
- Purpurite
- Pumpellyite
- Pyrargyrite
- Pyrite
- Pyrochlore
- Pyrolusite
- Pyromorphite
- Pyrope
- Pyrophyllite
- Pyroxene (group of silicate minerals)
- Pyroxferroite
- Pyrrhotite
- Varieties that are not valid species:
- Palagonite (basaltic volcanic glass)
- Perlite (volcanic glass)
- Phosphorite (name given to impure, massive apatite.)
- Plessite (mixture of kamacite and taenite)
- Pitchblende (a massive impure form of uraninite)
- Pumicite (synonym of pumice)
[edit] Q
[edit] R
- Rambergite
- Rammelsbergite
- Realgar
- Renierite
- Rheniite
- Rhodium
- Rhodochrosite
- Rhodonite
- Rhomboclase
- Rickardite
- Riebeckite
- Romanèchite
- Robertsite
- Rosasite
- Roscoelite
- Rosenbergite
- Routhierite
- Ruthenium
- Rutherfordine
- Rutile
- Rynersonite
- Varieties that are not valid species:
- Rock crystal (quartz)
- Rose quartz
- Roumanite (amber)
- Ruby (red gem corundum)
[edit] S
- Sabatierite
- Sabieite
- Sabinaite
- Safflorite
- Sal ammoniac
- Saliotite
- Samarskite
- Samsonite
- Sanbornite
- Saneroite
- Sanidine (orthoclase variety)
- Santite
- Saponite (clay mineral)
- Sapphirine
- Sassolite
- Sauconite
- Scapolite (a group of silicate minerals)
- Scheelite
- Schoepite
- Schorl (black tourmaline)
- Schreibersite
- Schwertmannite
- Scolecite
- Scorodite
- Scorzalite
- Seamanite
- Seeligerite
- Segelerite
- Sekaninaite
- Selenide
- Selenite
- Selenium
- Seligmannite
- Sellaite
- Senarmontite
- Sepiolite
- Serpentine
- Shattuckite
- Siderite
- Siderotil
- Siegenite
- Sillimanite
- Silver
- Simetite
- Simonellite
- Skutterudite
- Smaltite
- Smectite
- Smithsonite
- Soda niter
- Sodalite
- Sperrylite
- Spessartite
- Sphalerite
- Sphene
- Spinel
- Spodumene
- Spurrite
- Stannite
- Staurolite
- Steacyite
- Steatite (talc)
- Stephanite
- Stibnite
- Stichtite
- Stilbite
- Stilleite
- Stolzite
- Stromeyerite
- Strontianite
- Struvite
- Studtite
- Sugilite
- Sulfur
- Sussexite
- Sylvanite
- Sylvite
- Varieties that are not valid species:
- Sapphire (gem corundum of any color except red, especially blue varieties)
- Sard (a variety of chalcedony/quartz)
- Satinspar (a variety of Gypsum)
- Smoky quartz (a brown or black variety of quartz)
- Soapstone (a rock)
- Spectrolite (a variety of labradorite)
- Stantienite (a variety of amber)
[edit] T
- Tachyhydrite
- Taenite
- Talc
- Tantalite
- Tantite
- Tanzanite
- Tarapacaite
- Tausonite
- Teallite
- Tellurite
- Tellurium
- Tellurobismuthite
- Temagamite
- Tennantite
- Tenorite
- Tephroite
- Terlinguaite
- Teruggite
- Tetradymite
- Tetrahedrite
- Thaumasite
- Thenardite
- Thomasclarkite
- Thomsenolite
- Thorianite
- Thorite
- Thortveitite
- Thuringite
- Tiemannite
- Tin
- Tincalconite
- Titanite
- Titanowodginite
- Todorokite
- Tokyoite
- Topaz
- Torbernite
- Tourmaline (group of silicate minerals)
- Tremolite
- Trevorite
- Tridymite
- Triphylite
- Triplite
- Triploidite
- Trona
- Tsavorite
- Tschermigite
- Tugtupite
- Tungstite
- Tyrolite
- Turquoise
- Tusionite
- Tyuyamunite
- Varieties that are not valid species:
- Tanzanite (variety of Zoisite)
- Thulite (variety of Zoisite)
- Travertine (form of calcium carbonate)
- Tsavorite (gem variety of grossularite garnet)
[edit] U
- Uchucchacuaite
- Uklonskovite
- Ulexite
- Ullmannite
- Ulvospinel
- Umangite
- Umber
- Umbite
- Upalite
- Uraninite
- Uranophane
- Uranopilite
- Uvarovite
- Varieties that are not valid species:
- Ultramarine
- Unakite, a rock composed of feldspar, epidote and quartz
- Uralite alteration actinolite
[edit] V
- Vaesite
- Valentinite
- Vanadinite
- Variscite
- Vaterite
- Vauquelinite
- Vauxite
- Vermiculite
- Vesuvianite
- Villiaumite
- Violarite
- Vivianite
- Volborthite
[edit] W
- Wad
- Wagnerite
- Wardite
- Warwickite
- Wavellite
- Weddellite
- Weilite
- Weissite
- Weloganite
- Whewellite
- Whitlockite
- Willemite
- Wiluite
- Witherite
- Wolframite
- Wollastonite
- Wulfenite
- Wurtzite
- Wüstite
- Wyartite
[edit] X
[edit] Y
[edit] Z
- Zabuyelite
- Zaccagnaite
- Zaherite
- Zajacite-(Ce)
- Zakharovite
- Zanazziite
- Zaratite
- Zeolite (group of silicate minerals)
- Zhanghengite
- Zharchikhite
- Zektzerite
- Zhemchuzhnikovite
- Zhonghuacerite-(Ce)
- Ziesite
- Zimbabweite
- Zinalsite
- Zinc-melanterite
- Zincite
- Zincobotryogen
- Zincochromite
- Zinkenite
- Zinnwaldite
- Zippeite
- Zircon
- Zirconolite
- Zircophyllite
- Zirkelite
- Zoisite
- Zunyite
[edit] See also
- List of gemstones
- List of minerals (complete)
- List of stone
- List of rock types
- Industrial minerals
- Gemstone
- Geology
- Mineralogy
- Mineraloid
- Nonmineral
- Rock
