The most common method if you want to simply look up a mineral.
All minerals belong to a chemical group.
The chemical group is represented by a distinctive element or compound in the mineral that makes up a fundamental part of it. Every mineral with a distinctive base element or compound belongs to a particular group. Minerals will be sorted by their chemical group with this selection. Sort by Color Minerals have distinct colors, but most occur in more than one color. In this method, every possible color range of each mineral is displayed based on the selection of the color chosen.