List of minerals

This is a list of minerals for which there are articles. Mineral variety names and mineraloids are to be listed after the valid minerals for each letter.

For a complete listing (about 4,700) of all mineral names, see List of minerals (complete).

Sorted by name:

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 Aldermanite 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 Arsenoclasite Arsenopyrite Arthurite Artinite Artroeite Ashburtonite 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)

B

Babingtonite Baddeleyite Baotite Barstowite Baryte (Barite) Barytocalcite Bastnäsite (mineral group) Bazzite Benitoite Benstonite Bentorite Berryite Berthierite Bertrandite Beryl Beryllonite Biotite Birnessite

Bismite Bismuth Bismuthinite Bixbyite Blödite Blossite Bobfergusonite 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 Bultfonteinite Bytownite

Varieties that are not valid species:

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

C

Cabriite Cadmium Cafetite Calaverite Calcite Calderite Caledonite Cancrinite Canfieldite Carnallite Carnotite Carobbiite Carrollite Caryopilite 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 Collinsite 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)
• 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)

D

Danburite Datolite Davidite Dawsonite Delvauxite Descloizite Diaboleite Diadochite Diamond

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

Varieties that are not valid species:

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

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)

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

G

Gadolinite (mineral group) Gahnite Galaxite Galena Garnet (mineral group) Garnierite Gatehouseite Gaylussite Gehlenite Geigerite Geocronite Georgerobinsonite

Germanite Gersdorffite Gibbsite Gismondine Glauberite Glaucochroite Glaucodot Glauconite Glaucophane Gmelinite Goethite

Gold Goslarite Graftonite Graphite Greenockite Greigite Grossular Grunerite Gummite Gunningite Gypsum

Varieties that are not valid species:

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

H

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 Huemulite 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)

I

Ice Idocrase (synonym of vesuvianite) Idrialite Ikaite Illite

Ilmenite Ilvaite Inyoite Iodargyrite

J

Jacobsite Jadarite Jadeite Jamesonite Jarosewichite Jarosite

Jennite Jeffersonite Jerrygibbsite Junitoite Juonniite Jurbanite

Varieties that are not valid species:

• Jade (tough, green mineral either jadeite or nephrite amphibole)
• Jasper (variety of quartz)
• Jet (fossilised wood)

K

Kaatialaite Kadyrelite Kainite Kalininite Kalinite Kalsilite Kamacite Kambaldaite Kampfite 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)

L

Labradorite Lanarkite Langbeinite Lansfordite Lanthanite Laumontite Laurite Lawsonite Lazulite Lazurite Lead Leadhillite Legrandite Lepidocrocite Lepidolite Leucite Leucophanite Leucophoenicite

Levyne Libethenite Linarite Lipscombite 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

M

Macdonaldite Mackinawite Maghemite Magnesite Magnesioferrite Magnetite Majorite Malachite Malacolite Manganite Manganocolumbite Manganotantalite Manganvesuvianite Marcasite Margaritasite Margarite Mascagnite Massicot Matlockite Mckelveyite-(Y) Meionite Melanite Melilite Melonite Mendozite Meneghinite Mercury Messelite

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 Motukoreaite Mullite Murdochite Muscovite

Varieties that are not valid species:

• Magnesia
• Mariposite (variety of phengite/muscovite)
• Meerschaum (variety of sepiolite)
• Menilite (variety of opal)
• Milky quartz (a cloudy white quartz)
• Morganite (a pink beryl)

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 Normandite Nosean Nsutite Nyerereite

O

Olgite Oligoclase Olivine (a group of silicate minerals) Olivenite Omphacite Ordonezite Oregonite Orpiment

Orthochrysotile Orthoclase Osarizawaite Osmium Osumilite Otavite Ottrelite Overite

Varieties that are not valid species:

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

P

Painite Palladium Palygorskite Panguite Papagoite Parachrysotile Paragonite Pararealgar Parisite Partheite Pascoite Pecoriate Pectolite Pentagonite 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)

Q

• Quartz
• Quenstedtite

R

Rambergite Rammelsbergite Rapidcreekite Raspite Realgar Renierite Rheniite Rhodium Rhodochrosite Rhodonite Rhomboclase Rickardite

Riebeckite Romanèchite Robertsite Rosasite Roscoelite Rosenbergite Routhierite Ruizite Ruthenium Rutherfordine Rutile Rynersonite

Varieties that are not valid species:

• Rock crystal (quartz)
• Rose quartz
• Roumanite (amber)
• Ruby (red gem corundum)

S

Sabatierite Sabieite Sabinaite Safflorite Sal ammoniac Saliotite Samarskite Samsonite Sanbornite Saneroite Sanidine (orthoclase variety) Santite Saponite (clay mineral) Sapphirine Sarkinite 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 Sérandite Serpentine group Shattuckite Shigaite Siderite Siderotil Siegenite Silicate perovskite Sillimanite Silver Simetite Simonellite Sinkankasite Skutterudite Smaltite Smectite Smithsonite Soda niter Sodalite Sonolite

Sperrylite Spessartite Sphalerite Sphene Spherocobaltite Spinel Spodumene Spurrite Stannite Staurolite Steacyite Steatite (talc) Stephanite Stibnite Stichtite Stilbite Stilleite Stolzite Stromeyerite Strontianite Struvite Studtite Sugilite Sulfur Sursassite Sussexite Sylvanite Sylvite

Varieties that are not valid species:

• Sapphire (gem corundum of any colour except red, especially blue varieties)
• Sard (a variety of chalcedony/quartz)
• Satinspar (a variety of Gypsum)
• Shungite (a lustrous black mineraloid)
• Smoky quartz (a brown or black variety of quartz)
• Soapstone (a rock)
• Spectrolite (a variety of labradorite)
• Stantienite (a variety of amber)

T

Tachyhydrite Taenite Talc Tantalite Tantite Tanzanite Tarapacaite Tarbuttite Tausonite Teallite Tellurite Tellurium Tellurobismuthite Temagamite Tennantite Tenorite Tephroite Terlinguaite Teruggite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Thaumasite Thenardite Thomasclarkite Thomsenolite Thorianite Thorite Thortveitite

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)

U

Uchucchacuaite Uklonskovite Ulexite Ullmannite Ulvospinel Umangite Umber

Umbite Upalite Uraninite Uranophane Uranopilite Uvarovite Uytenbogaardtite

Varieties that are not valid species:

• Ultramarine
• Unakite, a rock composed of feldspar, epidote and quartz
• Uralite alteration actinolite

V

Vaesite Valentinite Vanadinite Variscite Vaterite Vauquelinite Vauxite

Vermiculite Vesuvianite Villiaumite Violarite Vivianite Volborthite

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

X

• Xenotime
• Xifengite
• Xonotlite

Y

• Ye'elimite
• Yttrialite
• Yttrocerite
• Yttrocolumbite

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 Zinclipscombite Zincobotryogen Zincochromite Zinkenite Zinnwaldite Zippeite Zircon Zirconolite Zircophyllite Zirkelite Zoisite Zunyite