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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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Top of page — See also — External links

Sorted by name:

[edit] A

Abelsonite Abenakiite-(Ce) Abernathyite Abhurite Abswurmbachite Acanthite Actinolite Acuminite Adamite Adamsite-(Y) Adelite Admontite Aegirine Aenigmatite Aerinite Aerugite Aeschynite-(Ce) Aeschynite-(Nd) Aeschynite-(Y) Afghanite Afwillite Agardite Agrellite Agrinierite Aguilarite Aheylite Ahlfeldite Aikinite Ajoite Akaganéite Akatoreite Akdalaite Åkermanite

Aksaite Alabandite Alamosite Alarsite Albite Alforsite Algodonite Aliettite Allabogdanite Allanite Alloclasite Allophane Almandine Alstonite Altaite Aluminite Aluminium Alunite Alunogen Amblygonite Ameghinite Amphibole (mineral group) Analcite Anapaite Anatase Andalusite Andesine Andradite Anglesite Anhydrite Ankerite Annabergite Anorthite

Anorthoclase Anthophyllite Antigorite Antimony Antitaenite Antlerite Apatite (mineral group) Apophyllite Aragonite Archerite Arctite Arcubisite Arfvedsonite 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)
• Antozonite (variety of fluorite)
• Aquamarine (light blue variety of beryl)
• Argentite (high temperature form of acanthite)
• Asbestos (fibrous serpentine- or amphibole minerals)
• Avalite (chromian variety of illite.)
• Aventurine (variety of quartz)

[edit] B

Babingtonite Baddeleyite Baotite Barstowite Baryte (Barite) 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:

• Bauxite (aluminium ore)
• Beckerite (natural resin)
• Bixbite (red gem variety of beryl)

[edit] C

Cabriite Cadmium Cafetite Calaverite Calcite Calderite Caledonite Cancrinite Canfieldite Carnallite Carnotite Carobbiite Carrollite Cassiterite Cavansite Celadonite Celestine Celsian Cementite Cerite Cerussite Cesbronite Ceylonite Chabazite 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

Native copper

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

The slightly misshapen octahedral shape of this rough diamond crystal in matrix is typical of the mineral.

Danburite Datolite Davidite Dawsonite Delvauxite Descloizite Diadochite Diamond Diaspore

Dickite Digenite Diopside Dioptase Djurleite Dollaseite-(Ce) Dolomite Domeykite Dumortierite

Varieties that are not valid species:

• Delessite (magnesian chamosite)
• Diatomite (diatomaceous earth)

[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) Ferropericlase Ferrotantalite Fergusonite (mineral group)

Fichtelite Fluorapatite (apatite group) Fluorcaphite Fluorichterite (amphibole group) Fluorite Fluorspar (synonym of fluorite) Fornacite Forsterite (olivine group) Fougerite (layered double hydroxide) 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:

• Gedanite (fossilized resin)
• Glessite (natural resin)

[edit] H

Hanksite, from Searles Lake.

Hematite carving.

Haggertyite Haidingerite Halite Halloysite Halotrichite Hanksite Hapkeite Hardystonite Harmotome Hauerite Hausmannite Hauyne Hawleyite Haxonite Hazenite 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

Ice Idocrase (synonym of vesuvianite) Idrialite Ikaite Illite

Ilmenite Ilvaite Iodargyrite

[edit] J

Jacobsite Jadarite Jadeite Jamesonite Jarosewichite

Jarosite Jennite 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

Levyne Libethenite Linarite Liroconite Litharge Lithiophilite Livingstonite Lizardite Löllingite 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

A polished slice of Malachite

Muscovite

Mackinawite Maghemite Magnesite Magnesioferrite Magnetite Majorite Malachite Malacolite Magnesioferrite Manganite Manganocolumbite Manganotantalite Marcasite Margaritasite Margarite Mascagnite Massicot Matlockite 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)

[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 Ottrelite Overite

Polished Opal

Varieties that are not valid species:

• Onyx (a monochromatic banded variety of chalcedony)
• Opal

[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

Quartz

• Quartz
• Quenstedtite

[edit] R

Rambergite Rammelsbergite Raspite 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 Selenite Selenium Seligmannite Sellaite Senarmontite Sepiolite Serpentine group 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

Massive turquoise in matrix with quartz from Mineral Park, Arizona.

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 Tobermorite Torbernite Tourmaline (group of silicate minerals) Tremolite Trevorite Tridymite Triphylite Triplite Triploidite Tripuhyite 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

Wagnerite Wardite Warikahnite Warwickite Wassonite Wavellite Weddellite Weilite Weissite Weloganite

Whewellite Whitlockite Willemite Wiluite Witherite Wolframite Wollastonite Wulfenite Wurtzite Wüstite Wyartite

Varieties that are not valid species:

• Wad

[edit] X

• Xenotime
• Xifengite
• Xonotlite

[edit] Y

• Ye'elimite
• Yttrialite
• Yttrocerite
• Yttrocolumbite

[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