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Revision as of 02:17, 28 July 2004
This page is intended as a list of all minerals.
See also: List of stone – List of rocks -- Earth science -- mineralogy -- mineraloid -- rock -- metamorphic rock -- igneous rock -- sedimentary rock -- List of fictional minerals
Sorted by name:
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
- Arsenopyrite
- 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 (Baryte, British spelling)
- 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
- Caledonite
- Canfieldite
- Carnallite
- Carnelian (not a valid species - variety of quartz)
- Carnotite
- Cassiterite
- Celadonite
- Celestite
- Cerussite
- Chabazite (a group of closely-related minerals in the zeolite group)
- Chalcedony (not a valid species - cryptocrystalline variety of quartz)
- Chalcocite
- Chalcopyrite
- 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 (not a valid species - yellow variety of quartz)
- Cleveite (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
E
- Emerald (not a valid species - variety of beryl)
- Epsom salt (synonym of epsomite)
- Euxenite-(Y)
F
- Feldspar (mineral group)
- Ferberite
- Ferricrete
- Ferrierite (subgroup of zeolite minerals)
- Ferro-anthophyllite
- Ferrocolumbite
- Ferrotantalite
- Fergusonite (mineral group)
- Fluorapatite (apatite group)
- Fluorichterite (amphibole group)
- Fluorite
- Fluorspar (synonym of fluorite)
- Forsterite (olivine group)
- Franckeite
- Franklinite (spinel group)
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
- Hapkeite
- 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
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
- Labradorite
- Lapis lazuli (not a valid mineral, a rock consisting primarily of lazurite, calcite and pyrite
- Lazurite
- Lepidolite
- Leucite
- Lignite (not a valid mineral, a type of coal)
- Limonite (not a valid mineral, a mixture of iron oxides and hydroxides - rust!)
- Lizardite
- Lodestone (not a valid mineral, a synonym of magnetite)
- Lonsdaleite
- Lorandite
M
- Magnesia
- Magnesite
- Magnetite
- Malachite
- Malacolite
- Manganocolumbite
- Marcasite
- Margaritasite
- Mariposite (not a valid species - variety of phengite/muscovite)
- Meerschaum
- Mendozite
- Menilite
- Metacinnabarite
- Mica (a group of silicate minerals that cleave to form flexible sheets)
- Microcline
- Milk quartz (synonym of milky quartz)
- Milky quartz (not a valid species - a cloudy white quartz)
- Millarite
- Millerite
- Molybdenite
- Monazite
- Morganite (not a valid species - a pink beryl)
- Morion (synonum of smoky quartz)
- Muscovite
N
- Nepheline
- Niobite (synonym of columbite)
- Niobite-tantalite (synonym of columbite-tantalite)
O
- Olivine (a group of silicate minerals)
- Onyx (not a valid species - a monochromatic banded variety of chalcedony)
- Opal
- Orthochrysotile
- Orthoclase
P
- Palagonite
- Parachrysotile
- Pentlandite
- Periclase
- Perlite
- Petalite
- Petzite
- Phenacite
- Phillipsite
- Phlogopite
- Phosphorite
- Pitchblende (not a valid species - a massive impure form of uraninite)
- Plagioclase
- Plivine
- Pollucite
- Polycrase
- Prehnite
- Pumicite (not a valid species - a rock? synonym of pumice)
- Pyrite
- Pyrochlore
- Pyromorphite
- Pyrophyllite
- Pyroxene (group of silicate minerals)
Q
R
S
- Salt (synonym of halite)
- Samarskite
- Sapphire
- Sard (not a valid species - a variety of chalcedony/quartz)
- Scapolite (a group of silicate minerals)
- Scheelite
- Selenite
- Serpentine
- Sillimanite
- Simetite
- Smectite
- Smoky quartz (a brown or black variety of quartz)
- Soapstone (a rock)
- Sodalite
- Soda niter
- Sperrylite
- Spinel
- Spodumene
- Stannite
- Stantienite
- Staurolite
- Steacyite
- Steatite
- Stibnite
- Strontianite
- Sylvite
T
- Talc
- Tantalite
- Tanzanite (not a valid species - variety of Zoisite)
- Teallite
- Thortveitite
- Titanite
- Topaz
- Tourmaline (group of related silicate minerals)
- Travertine (form of calcium carbonate)
- Tremolite
- Troctolite
- Turquoise
- Tutty
U
- Ulexite
- Ullmannite
- Ultramarine
- Ulvospinel
- Umangite
- Uralite
- Uraninite
- Uranium
- Uraninite
- Uranophane
- Uvarovite
V
W
X
Y
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