List of minerals

This is a list of minerals.


A
Abelsonite
Abernathyite
Abenakiite-(Ce)
Abswurmbachite
Abhurite
Actinolite
Acuminite
Agate a variety of quartz
Alabaster a variety of gypsum or calcite-rich rock
Albite
Alexandrite a variety of chrysoberyl
Alforsite
Allingite a synonym of ambe
Altaite
Alum 
Alunite
Alvanite
Amazonite a variety of microclin
Amber fossilized resin
Amblygonite
Amethyst a variety of quartz
Amosite asbestiform grunerite
Amphibole (mineral group)
Analcime
Analcite synonym of analcime
Anatase
Andalusite
Anglesite
Anorthite
Anorthoclase
Antigorite
Apatite (mineral group)
Aquamarine a variety of beryl
Aragonite
Arfvedsonite
Armalcolite
Asbestos  fibrous serpentine or amphibole minerals
Astrophyllite
Augite
Avalit
Aventurine a variety of quartz
Axinite (mineral group)
Azurite

B
Baddeleyite
Barite
Bastnaesite (mineral group)
Beckerite natural resin
Bertrandite
Beryl
Biotite (mineral group)
Bixbite
Blomstrandine synonym of aeschynite-(Y)
Boehmite
Bornite
Briartite
Brucite
Burmite amber from Burma
Bytownite

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

D
Datolite
Dawsonite
Delessite [[magnesian chamosite]]
Diamond
Diaspore
Diopside

E
Emerald variety of beryl
Epsom salt synonym of epsomite
Euxenite-(Y)

F
Feldspar (mineral group)
Ferberite
Ferricrete
Ferro-anthophyllite
Ferrocolumbite
Ferrotantalite
Fergusonite (mineral group)
Fluorapatite
Fluorichterite
Fluorite
Fluorspar synonym of fluorite
Franckeite
Franklinite

G
Gadolinite (mineral group)
Galena
Garnet (mineral group)
Germanite
Gibbsite
Glauconite
Goethite
Gold
Graphite
Grunerite
Gypsum

H
Halite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hibonite
Hiddenite variety of spodumene
Hornblende some minerals of the amphibole group
Hübnerite
Hutchinsonite
Hyalite variety of opal
Hydroxylapatite

I
Ice
Idocrase synonym of vesuvianite
Illite
Ilmenite

J
Jade  tough, green rock, chiefly made of jadeite or amphiboles
Jasper a variety of quartz

K
Kainite
Kalsilite
Kamacite
Kaolinite
Karpinskyite
Keilhauite  variety of titanite
Kern
Kobellite
Kogarkoite
Krantzite natural resin
Kunzite variety of spodumene
Kyanite

L
Labradorite
Lapis lazuli
Lazurite
Lepidolite
Leucite
Lignite
Limonite
Lizardite
Lodestone
Lonsdaleite
Lorandite

M
Magnesia (mineral)
Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Malacolite
Manganocolumbite
Marcasite
Mariposite variety of phengite/muscovite
Meerschaum
Mendozite
Menilite
Metacinnabarite
Mica
Microcline
Milk quartz
Molybdenite
Monazite
Morganite
Morion
Muscovite

N
Nepheline
Niobite
Niobite-tantalite

O
Olivine
Onyx
Opal
Orthochrysotile
Orthoclase

P
Palagonite
Parachrysotile
Pentlandite
Periclase
Perlite
Petalite
Petzite
Phenacite
Phillipsite
Phlogopite
Phosphorite
Pitchblende
Plagioclase
Plivine
Pollucite
Polycrase
Prehnite
Pumicite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore
Pyroxene

Q
Quartz

R
Rhodochrosite
Riebeckite
Rock crystal
Rose quartz
Roumanite
Ruby
Rutile

S
Salt (sodium chloride)
Samarskite
Sapphire
Sard
Scapolite
Scheelite
Serpentine
Sillimanite
Simetite
Smectite
Smoky quartz
Sodalite
Soda niter
Sperrylite
Spinel
Spodumene
Stannite
Stantienite
Staurolite
Steacyite
Stibnite
Strontianite
Sylvite

T
Talc
Talcum
Tantalite
Tanzanite
Teallite
Telluride
Thortveitite
Titanite
Topaz
Tourmaline
Travertine
Tremolite
Troctolite
Tufa
Turquoise
Tutty

U
Ulexite
Uralite
Uraninite

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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