List of minerals - Definition and Overview

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

For a complete listing (about 4000) of all mineral names: List of minerals (complete)

Sorted by name:

A

1. Actinolite
2. Adamite
3. Albite
4. Alforsite
5. Altaite
6. Alunite
7. Amblygonite
8. Amphibole (mineral group)
9. Analcime (synonym of analcite)
10. Analcite
11. Anatase
12. Andalusite
13. Anglesite
14. Anhydrite
15. Anorthite
16. Anorthoclase
17. Antigorite
18. Apatite (mineral group)
19. Aragonite
20. Arfvedsonite
21. Argentite
22. Armalcolite
23. Arsenopyrite
24. Astrophyllite
25. Augite
26. Aurichalcite
27. Auricupride
28. Autunite
29. Axinite (mineral group)
30. Azurite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Abichite
2. Agate(variety of quartz)
3. Alabaster (variety of gypsum)
4. Alexandrite (variety of chrysoberyl)
5. Allingite (synonym of amber)
6. Alum
7. Amazonite (variety of microcline)
8. Amber (fossilized resin)
9. Amethyst (purple variety of quartz)
10. Ammolite (organic; also a gemstone)
11. Amosite (asbestiform grunerite)
12. Anyolite (metamorphic rock - zoisite, ruby, and hornblende)
13. Aquamarine (light blue variety of beryl)
14. Asbestos (fibrous serpentine- or amphibole minerals)
15. Avalite (A chromian variety of Illite.)
16. Aventurine (variety of quartz)

B

1. Baddeleyite
2. Barite (Baryte, British spelling)
3. Bastnaesite (mineral group)
4. Benitoite
5. Bertrandite
6. Beryl
7. Biotite
8. Bismuthinite
9. Bixbyite
10. Boehmite
11. Boracite
12. Borax
13. Bornite
14. Brazilianite
15. Briartite
16. Brookite
17. Brucite
18. Bytownite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Bauxite (it's a rock)
2. Beckerite (natural resin)
3. Bixbite (red gem variety of beryl)
4. Burmite (amber from Burma)

C

1. Calaverite
2. Calcite
3. Caledonite
4. Canfieldite
5. Carnallite
6. Carnotite
7. Cassiterite
8. Celadonite
9. Celestite
10. Cerussite
11. Chabazite (a group of closely-related minerals in the zeolite group)
12. Chalcanthite
13. Chalcocite
14. Chalcopyrite
15. Chlorite (mineral group)
16. Chromite
17. Chrysoberyl
18. Chrysocolla
19. Cinnabar
20. Clinochrysotile
21. Clinoclase
22. Clintonite
23. Cobaltite
24. Coesite
25. Coffinite
26. Colemanite
27. Columbite (mineral group)
28. Copper
29. Cooperite
30. Cordierite
31. Corundum
32. Covellite
33. Creedite
34. Cristobalite
35. Crookesite
36. Cryolite
37. Cummingtonite
38. Cuprite
39. Cyanotrichite
40. Cylindrite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Carnelian (variety of quartz)
2. Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline variety of quartz)
3. Chrysolite (gemmy yellow-green forsterite)
4. Chrysoprase (green nickel bearing chalcedony)
5. Chrysotile (group name - asbestiform serpentine)
6. Citrine (yellow variety of quartz)
7. Cleveite
8. Coltan (short for minerals of the columbite group)
9. Crocidolite (asbestiform riebeckite)
10. Cymophane (variety of chrysoberyl)

D

1. Datolite
2. Dawsonite
3. Diamond
4. Diaspore
5. Diopside
6. Dioptase
7. Dolomite
8. Dumortierite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Delessite (magnesian chamosite)

E

1. Enargite
2. Enstatite
3. Epidote
4. Epsomite
5. Erythrite
6. Euclase
7. Euxenite-(Y)

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Emerald (green gem variety of beryl)

F

1. Fayalite (olivine group)
2. Feldspar (mineral group)
3. Feldspathoid (mineral group)
4. Ferberite
5. Feroxyhyte
6. Ferricrete
7. Ferrierite (subgroup of zeolite minerals)
8. Ferro-anthophyllite
9. Ferrocolumbite
10. Ferrotantalite
11. Fergusonite (mineral group)
12. Fluorapatite (apatite group)
13. Fluorichterite (amphibole group)
14. Fluorite
15. Fluorspar (synonym of fluorite)
16. Forsterite (olivine group)
17. Franckeite
18. Franklinite (spinel group)

G

1. Gadolinite (mineral group)
2. Gahnite
3. Galena
4. Garnet (mineral group)
5. Garnierite
6. Germanite
7. Geigerite
8. Gibbsite
9. Glauberite
10. Glauconite
11. Glaucophane
12. Goethite
13. Graphite
14. Greenockite
15. Grunerite
16. Gypsum

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Gedanite (fossilized resin)
2. Golden beryl (golden-yellow variety of beryl)
3. Green beryl (light green variety of beryl)
4. Glessite (natural resin)

H

1. Halite
2. Hapkeite
3. Hematite
4. Hemimorphite
5. Hibonite
6. Hornblende
7. Hübnerite
8. Hutchinsonite
9. Hydroxylapatite
10. Hydrozincite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Heliodor (greenish-yellow variety of beryl)
2. Hiddenite (variety of spodumene)
3. Hyalite (variety of opal)

I

1. Ice
2. Idocrase (synonym of vesuvianite)
3. Idrialite
4. Illite
5. Ilmenite

J

1. Jadeite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Jade (tough, green mineral either jadeite or nephrite amphibole)
2. Jasper (variety of quartz)

K

1. Kainite
2. Kalsilite
3. Kamacite
4. Kaolinite
5. Karpinskyite
6. Kernite
7. Kieserite
8. Kobellite
9. Kogarkoite
10. Kolbeckite
11. Kyanite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Keilhauite (variety of titanite)
2. Krantzite (natural resin)
3. Kunzite (variety of spodumene)

L

1. Labradorite
2. Lansfordite
3. Lazurite
4. Lepidolite
5. Leucite
6. Lizardite
7. Lonsdaleite
8. Lorandite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Lapis lazuli (a rock consisting primarily of lazurite, calcite and pyrite)
2. Lignite (a type of coal)
3. Limonite (a mixture of iron oxides and hydroxides - rust!)
4. Lodestone (a synonym of magnetite)

M

1. Maghemite
2. Magnesite
3. Magnetite
4. Malachite
5. Malacolite
6. Manganite
7. Manganocolumbite
8. Marcasite
9. Margaritasite
10. Mendozite
11. Menilite
12. Metacinnabarite
13. Mica (a group of silicate minerals)
14. Microcline
15. Millerite
16. Mimetite
17. Mirabilite
18. Moissanite
19. Molybdenite
20. Monazite
21. Montmorillonite (clay mineral)
22. Moolooite
23. Murdochite
24. Muscovite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Magnesia
2. Mariposite (variety of phengite/muscovite)
3. Meerschaum (variety of sepiolite)
4. Milky quartz (a cloudy white quartz)
5. Morganite (a pink beryl)
6. Morion (synonum of smoky quartz)

N

1. Natrolite
2. Natron
3. Nepheline
4. Nephrite
5. Niccolite
6. Niobite (synonym of columbite)
7. Niobite-tantalite (synonym of columbite-tantalite)

O

1. Olivine (a group of silicate minerals)
2. Opal
3. Orpiment
4. Orthochrysotile
5. Orthoclase

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Onyx (a monochromatic banded variety of chalcedony)

P

1. Palagonite
2. Parachrysotile
3. Pentlandite
4. Periclase
5. Perovskite
6. Petalite
7. Petzite
8. Pezzottaite
9. Phenacite
10. Phillipsite
11. Phlogopite
12. Plagioclase - a variety of feldspar.
13. Plivine
14. Pollucite
15. Potassium alum
16. Polycrase
17. Prehnite
18. Proustite
19. Pyrite
20. Pyrochlore
21. Pyrolusite
22. Pyromorphite
23. Pyrophyllite
24. Pyroxene (group of silicate minerals)
25. Pyrrhotite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Perlite (volcanic glass)
2. Phosphorite (name given to impure, massive apatite.)
3. Pitchblende (a massive impure form of uraninite)
4. Pumicite (synonym of pumice)

Q

1. Quartz

R

1. Realgar
2. Rhodochrosite
3. Rhodonite
4. Riebeckite
5. Roumanite
6. Rutile

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Rock crystal (quartz)
2. Rose quartz
3. Ruby (red gem corundum)

S

1. Safflorite
2. Sal ammoniac
3. Samarskite
4. Sanbornite
5. Sanidine (orthoclase variety)
6. Saponite (clay mineral)
7. Sapphirine
8. Sauconite
9. Scapolite (a group of silicate minerals)
10. Scheelite
11. Schorl (black tourmaline)
12. Schreibersite
13. Scolecite
14. Seeligerite
15. Segelerite
16. Sekaninaite
17. Selenide
18. Selenite
19. Selenium
20. Seligmannite
21. Sepiolite
22. Serpentine
23. Shattuckite
24. Siderite
25. Sillimanite
26. Silver
27. Simetite
28. Skutterudite
29. Smaltite
30. Smectite
31. Smithsonite
32. Soda niter
33. Sodalite
34. Sperrylite
35. Spessartite
36. Sphalerite
37. Sphene
38. Spinel
39. Spodumene
40. Stannite
41. Staurolite
42. Steacyite
43. Steatite (talc)
44. Stephanite
45. Stibnite
46. Stichtite
47. Stilbite
48. Stolzite
49. Stromeyerite
50. Strontianite
51. Sulfur
52. Sussexite
53. Sylvanite
54. Sylvite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Sapphire (gem corundum of any color execpt red, especially blue varieties)
2. Sard (a variety of chalcedony/quartz)
3. Satinspar (a variety of Gypsum)
4. Smoky quartz (a brown or black variety of quartz)
5. Soapstone (a rock)
6. Stantienite (variety of amber)

T

1. Talc
2. Tantalite
3. Tarapacaite
4. Teallite
5. Tennanite
6. Tephroite
7. Telinguaite
8. Tetrahedrite
9. Thorianite
10. Thorite
11. Thortveitite
12. Tiemannite
13. Tin
14. Tincalconite
15. Titanite
16. Topaz
17. Torbernite
18. Tourmaline (group of silicate minerals)
19. Tremolite
20. Tridymite
21. Triphylite
22. Troctolite
23. Trona
24. Tschermigite
25. Tugtupite
26. Turquoise
27. Tyuyamunite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Tanzanite (variety of Zoisite)
2. Thulite (variety of Zoisite)
3. Travertine (form of calcium carbonate)
4. Tsavorite (gem variety of grossularite garnet)

U

1. Ulexite
2. Ullmannite
3. Ulvospinel
4. Umangite
5. Unakite
6. Uralite
7. Uraninite
8. Uranophane
9. Uvarovite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Ultramarine

V

1. Valentinite
2. Vanadinite
3. Variscite
4. Vaterite
5. Vermiculite
6. Villiaumite
7. Vivianite

W

1. Wardite
2. Wavellite
3. Weloganite
4. Whitlockite
5. Willemite
6. Witherite
7. Wolframite
8. Wollastonite
9. Wulfenite

X

1. Xenotime

Y

1. Yttria

Z

1. Zabuyelite
2. Zaccagnaite
3. Zaherite
4. Zajacite-(Ce)
5. Zakharovite
6. Zanazziite
7. Zappinite
8. Zaratite
9. Zeolite
10. Zhanghengite
11. Zharchikhite
12. Zhemchuzhnikovite
13. Zhonghuacerite-(Ce)
14. Ziesite
15. Zimbabweite
16. Zinalsite
17. Zinc-melanterite
18. Zincite
19. Zincobotryogen
20. Zincochromite
21. Zinkenite
22. Zinnwaldite
23. Zippeite
24. Zircon
25. Zirconolite
26. Zircophyllite
27. Zirkelite
28. Zoisite

See also

• List of minerals (complete)
• List of stone
• List of rocks
• Geology
• mineralogy
• mineraloid
• rock
• List of fictional minerals

External links

• mindat.org - The Mineral Database (http://www.mindat.org/index.php)