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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).

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

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Sorted by name:

A

  1. Actinolite
  2. Adamite
  3. Aegirine
  4. Albite
  5. Alforsite
  6. Altaite
  7. Alunite
  8. Amblygonite
  9. Amphibole (mineral group)
  10. Analcite
  11. Anatase
  12. Andalusite
  13. Anglesite
  14. Anhydrite
  15. Ankerite
  16. Anorthite
  17. Anorthoclase
  18. Anthophyllite
  19. Antigorite
  20. Apatite (mineral group)
  21. Aragonite
  22. Arfvedsonite
  23. Argentite
  24. Armalcolite
  25. Arsenopyrite
  26. Astrophyllite
  27. Augite
  28. Aurichalcite
  29. Auricupride
  30. Autunite
  31. Axinite (mineral group)
  32. 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. Blödite
  11. Blossite
  12. Boehmite
  13. Boracite
  14. Borax
  15. Bornite
  16. Brazilianite
  17. Briartite
  18. Brookite
  19. Brucite
  20. Bytownite
Varieties that are not valid species:
  1. Bauxite (it's an ore)
  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. Cavansite
  9. Celadonite
  10. Celestite
  11. Cerussite
  12. Chabazite (a group of closely-related minerals in the zeolite group)
  13. Chalcanthite
  14. Chalcocite
  15. Chalcopyrite
  16. Chlorite (mineral group)
  17. Chromite
  18. Chrysoberyl
  19. Chrysocolla
  20. Cinnabar
  21. Clinochrysotile
  22. Clinoclase
  23. Clintonite
  24. Cobaltite
  25. Coesite
  26. Coffinite
  27. Colemanite
  28. Columbite (mineral group)
  29. Cooperite
  30. Copper
  31. Cordierite
  32. Corundum
  33. Covellite
  34. Creedite
  35. Cristobalite
  36. Crookesite
  37. Cryolite
  38. Cummingtonite
  39. Cuprite
  40. Cyanotrichite
  41. 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. Dickite
  6. Diopside
  7. Dioptase
  8. Dolomite
  9. Dumortierite
Varieties that are not valid species:
  1. Delessite (magnesian chamosite)
  2. Diatomite (diatomaceous earth)

E

  1. Enargite
  2. Enstatite
  3. Epidote
  4. Epsomite
  5. Erythrite
  6. Euchroite
  7. Euclase
  8. Euxenite
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. Ferrierite (subgroup of zeolite minerals)
  7. Ferro-anthophyllite
  8. Ferrocolumbite
  9. Ferrohortonolite (olivine group)
  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)
  19. Freieslebenite
Varieties that are not valid species:
  1. Ferricrete Iron oxide cemented soil or sediment

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. Haggertyite
  2. Halite
  3. Hapkeite
  4. Hematite
  5. Hemimorphite
  6. Hibonite
  7. Hornblende
  8. Hübnerite
  9. Hutchinsonite
  10. Hydroxylapatite
  11. 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. Idocrase (synonym of vesuvianite)
  2. Idrialite
  3. Illite
  4. Ilmenite

J

  1. Jadeite
  2. Jarosite
  3. Juonniite
Varieties that are not valid species:
  1. Jade (tough, green mineral either jadeite or nephrite amphibole)
  2. Jasper (variety of quartz)
  3. Jet (fossilised wood)

K

  1. Kainite
  2. Kalsilite
  3. Kamacite
  4. Kaolinite
  5. Kernite
  6. Kieserite
  7. Kobellite
  8. Kogarkoite
  9. Kolbeckite
  10. Krennerite
  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. Larimar (blue variety of pectolite)
  3. Lechatelierite (fused quartz glass)
  4. Lignite (a type of coal)
  5. Limonite -(a mineraloid )
  6. Lodestone (a synonym of magnetite)

M

  1. Maghemite
  2. Magnesite
  3. Magnetite
  4. Malachite
  5. Malacolite
  6. Manganite
  7. Manganocolumbite
  8. Manganotantalite
  9. Marcasite
  10. Margaritasite
  11. Mendozite
  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. Menilite (variety of opal)
  4. Meerschaum (variety of sepiolite)
  5. Milky quartz (a cloudy white quartz)
  6. Morganite (a pink beryl)
  7. Morion (synonym of smoky quartz)

N

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

O

  1. Olivine (a group of silicate minerals)
  2. Opal
  3. Orpiment
  4. Orthochrysotile
  5. Orthoclase
  6. Overite
Varieties that are not valid species:
  • Onyx (a monochromatic banded variety of chalcedony)

    • P

    1. Parachrysotile
    2. Paragonite
    3. Pectolite
    4. Pentlandite
    5. Periclase
    6. Perovskite
    7. Petalite
    8. Petzite
    9. Pezzottaite
    10. Pharmacosiderite
    11. Phenakite
    12. Phillipsite
    13. Phlogopite
    14. Plagioclase Na-Ca feldspar.
    15. Pollucite
    16. Potassium alum
    17. Polycrase
    18. Prehnite
    19. Proustite
    20. Pyrite
    21. Pyrochlore
    22. Pyrolusite
    23. Pyromorphite
    24. Pyrophyllite
    25. Pyroxene (group of silicate minerals)
    26. Pyrrhotite
    Varieties that are not valid species:
    1. Palagonite (basaltic volcanic glass)
    2. Perlite (volcanic glass)
    3. Phosphorite (name given to impure, massive apatite.)
    4. Plessite (mixture of kamacite and taenite)
    5. Pitchblende (a massive impure form of uraninite)
    6. Pumicite (synonym of pumice)

    Q

    1. Quartz

    R

    1. Realgar
    2. Rheniite
    3. Rhodochrosite
    4. Rhodonite
    5. Riebeckite
    6. Rutile
    Varieties that are not valid species:
    1. Rock crystal (quartz)
    2. Rose quartz
    3. Roumanite (amber)
    4. 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. Stilleite
    49. Stolzite
    50. Stromeyerite
    51. Strontianite
    52. Sugilite
    53. Sulfur
    54. Sussexite
    55. Sylvanite
    56. Sylvite
    Varieties that are not valid species:
    1. Sapphire (gem corundum of any color except 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. Taenite
    2. Talc
    3. Tantalite
    4. Tarapacaite
    5. Teallite
    6. Tennantite
    7. Tenorite
    8. Tephroite
    9. Terlinguaite
    10. Tetrahedrite
    11. Thenardite
    12. Thorianite
    13. Thorite
    14. Thortveitite
    15. Tiemannite
    16. Tin
    17. Tincalconite
    18. Titanite
    19. Topaz
    20. Torbernite
    21. Tourmaline (group of silicate minerals)
    22. Tremolite
    23. Tridymite
    24. Triphylite
    25. Trona
    26. Tschermigite
    27. Tugtupite
    28. Turquoise
    29. 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. Uraninite
    7. Uranophane
    8. Uvarovite
    Varieties that are not valid species:
    1. Ultramarine
    2. Uralite alteration actinolite

    V

    1. Valentinite
    2. Vanadinite
    3. Variscite
    4. Vaterite
    5. Vermiculite
    6. Vesuvianite
    7. Villiaumite
    8. 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. Yttrialite

    Z

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