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List of minerals

This page is intended as a list of all minerals.

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A

  • Abelsonite
  • Abenakiite-(Ce)
  • Abichite (not a valid species)
  • Actinolite
  • Agate (not a valid species - variety of quartz)
  • Alabaster (not a valid species - variety of gypsum or calcite-rich rock)
  • Albite
  • Alexandrite (not a valid species - variety of chrysoberyl)
  • Alforsite
  • Allingite (not a valid species - synonym of amber)
  • Altaite
  • Alum (not a valid species)
  • Alunite
  • Alvanite
  • Amazonite (not a valid species - variety of microcline)
  • Amber (not a valid species - fossilized resin)
  • Amblygonite
  • Amethyst (not a valid species - variety of quartz)
  • Amosite (not a valid species - asbestiform grunerite)
  • Amphibole (mineral group)
  • Analcime
  • Analcite (synonym of analcime)
  • Anatase
  • Andalusite
  • Anglesite
  • Anorthite
  • Anorthocite (its a rock)
  • Anorthoclase
  • Antigorite
  • Apatite (mineral group)
  • Aquamarine (not a valid species - variety of beryl)
  • Aragonite
  • Arfvedsonite
  • Armalcolite
  • Asbestos (not a valid species - fibrous serpentine- or amphibole minerals)
  • Astrophyllite
  • Augite
  • Avalit
  • Aventurine (not a valid species - variety of quartz)
  • Axinite (mineral group)
  • Azurite

B

  • Baddeleyite
  • Barite
  • Bastnaesite (mineral group)
  • Bauxite (it's a rock)
  • Beckerite (not a valid species - natural resin)
  • Bertrandite
  • Beryl
  • Biotite (mineral group)
  • Bixbite
  • Blomstrandine (synonym of aeschynite-(Y))
  • Boehmite
  • Bornite
  • Briartite
  • Brucite
  • Burmite (not a valid species - amber from Burma)
  • Bytownite

C

  • Calcflinta (maybe a rock?)
  • Calcite
  • Canfieldite
  • Carnallite
  • Carnelian (not a valid species - variety of quartz)
  • Carnotite
  • Cassiterite
  • Celadonite
  • Celestite
  • Cerussite
  • Chabasite (mineral group)
  • Chalcedony (not a valid species - variety of quartz)
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalk (it's a carbonate rock)
  • Chlorapatite
  • Chlorite (mineral group)
  • Chromite
  • Chrysoberyl
  • Chrysolite (not a valid species - gemmy yellow-green forsterite)
  • Chrysotile (group name - asbestiform serpentine)
  • Cinnabar
  • Cinnabarite (synonym of cinnabar)
  • Citrine
  • Clevite (not a valid species)
  • Clinochrysotile
  • Clinoclase
  • Coesite
  • Colemanite
  • Coltan (not a valid species - short for minerals of the columbite group)
  • Columbite (mineral group)
  • Cooperite
  • Cordierite
  • Corundum
  • Covellite
  • Crocidolite (not a valid species - asbestiform riebeckite)
  • Crookesite
  • Cryolite
  • Cummingtonite
  • Cuprite
  • Cylindrite
  • Cymophane (not a valid species - variety of chrysoberyl)

D

  • Datolite
  • Dawsonite
  • Delessite (not a valid species - magnesian chamosite)
  • Diamond
  • Diaspore
  • Diopside

E

  • Emerald (not a valid species - variety of beryl)
  • Epsom salt (synonym of epsomite)
  • Euxenite-(Y)

F

G

  • Gadolinite (mineral group)
  • Galena
  • Garnet (mineral group)
  • Gedanite (not a valid species - fossilized resin)
  • Germanite
  • Gibbsite
  • Glauconite
  • Glessite (not a valid species - natural resin)
  • Goethite
  • Graphite
  • Grunerite
  • Gypsum

H

  • Halite
  • Hematite
  • Hemimorphite
  • Hibonite
  • Hiddenite (not a valid species - variety of spodumene)
  • Hornblende (some minerals of the amphibole group)
  • Hübnerite
  • Hutchinsonite
  • Hyalite (not a valid species - variety of opal)
  • Hydroxylapatite

I

  • Ice
  • Idocrase (synonym of vesuvianite)
  • Illite
  • Ilmenite

J

  • Jade (not a valid species - tough, green rock, chiefly made of jadeite or amphiboles)
  • Jasper (not a valid species - variety of quartz)

K

  • Kainite
  • Kalsilite
  • Kamacite
  • Kaolinite
  • Karpinskyite
  • Keilhauite (not a valid species - variety of titanite)
  • Kernite
  • Kobellite
  • Kogarkoite
  • Krantzite (not a valid species - natural resin)
  • Kunzite (not a valid species - variety of spodumene)
  • Kyanite

L

M

  • Magnesia
  • Magnesite
  • Magnetite
  • Malachite
  • Malacolite
  • Manganocolumbite
  • Marcasite
  • Mariposite (not a valid species - variety of phengite/muscovite)
  • Meerschaum
  • Mendozite
  • Menilite
  • Metacinnabarite
  • Mica
  • Microcline
  • Milk quartz
  • Milky quartz (synonym of milk quartz)
  • Molybdenite
  • Monazite
  • Morganite
  • Morion
  • Muscovite

N

  • Nepheline
  • Niobite
  • Niobite-tantalite

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

  • Vaterite
  • Vermiculite

W

  • Weloganite
  • Willemite
  • Wiserine
  • Wolframite
  • Wollastonite

X

  • Xenotime

Y

  • Yttria

Z

  • Zabuyelite
  • Zaccagnaite
  • Zaherite
  • Zajacite-(Ce)
  • Zakharovite
  • Zamboninite
  • Zanazziite
  • Zapalite
  • Zappinite
  • Zaratite
  • Zeolite
  • Zeuxite
  • Zhanghengite
  • Zharchikhite
  • Zhemchuzhnikovite
  • Zhonghuacerite-(Ce)
  • Ziesite
  • Zimbabweite
  • Zinalsite
  • Zinc-melanterite
  • Zincite
  • Zincobotryogen
  • Zincochromite
  • Zinkenite
  • Zinnwaldite
  • Zippeite
  • Zircon
  • Zirconolite
  • Zircophyllite
  • Zirkelite
  • Zoisite

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