Talk:List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association

message: This list is now generated automatically by an export process from mindat.org.
You should NOT add new minerals on this list (well, to be fair, you can add them, but you need to be prepared to see them vanish when we next reimport). If a mineral you add is NOT listed on mindat.org please contact me (Jolyon Ralph) to make sure it gets updated on both here and mindat.org.
To update the list yourself you can retrieve the source fragment from:
http://www.mindat.org/wikilist.php
This provides data in the format suitable for this page, and it is free to use in any project you wish.--Jolyonralph 20:15, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Important

message: This whole page is a little misleading, as I've stated on the page, there is no 'genuine' complete list of minerals. The IMA list from mindat.org is reasonably up to date, but you will need to update this site from that list regularly. And if you think something is missing, then let me know so I can fix it here and at mindat.org, otherwise it might get wiped on the next update.
I removed Axinite because it's NOT a valid mineral name now, Axinite is a group name consisting of Ferroaxinite and Manganaxinite.
Also, at the moment you must put the date the list was taken from mindat.org
:Done Vsmith 15:35, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That clever way to import would be neat, I imported the list into Wordperfect in chunks & used a simple macro to wikify last Nov. but it would be great for updates. I haven't checked Mindat to see how much has changed since Nov. probably needs an update? Vsmith 15:35, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

text: Sounds good to me. The numbers are not important, I used # originaly as a simple count - not needed. Yes, it is quite long so a sub-division might be worth doing. I did this in my preliminary work - still there User:Vsmith/experimental, but combined them all for the page move. Vsmith 04:49, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: *Nickel-Strunz class 09 - Silicates and Germanates:
**A (72), B (72), C (100), D (37), E (44), F (111), G (57), H (60), I (17), J (23), K (76), L (57), M (119), N (48), O (32), P (96), Q (3), R (38), S (107), T (75), U (9), V (25), W (23), X (1), Y (13), Z (15)
**Trend: (1,004 + 147)/ (3,448 + 147) = c. 32%
**Trend: (1,004 + 147 + 1205 * 0.32)/ (3,448 + 147 + 1205) = c. 32% (one third)
**Σ: approx. 27.5% (1330/4841)
*Groupings:
**Borate minerals: Rhodizite (redirect page), Londonite (redirect page)
**Serpentine subgroup: Antigorite (redirect page), Lizardite (redirect page)
**Chlorite group: Clinochlorite (redirect page), Viridite (redirect page), Clinochlore (redirect page), Nimite (redirect page), Pennantite (redirect page), Baileychlore (redirect page), Cookeite (redirect page), Donbassite (redirect page), Gonyerite (redirect page), Odinite (redirect page), Sudoite (redirect page), Orthochamosite (redirect page) 
**Tantalite: Ferrotantalite (redirect page), Manganotantalite (redirect page), Tantalite-(Mn) (redirect page), Tantalite-(Fe) (redirect page)
**Nepheline: Nephelite (redirect page), Elaeolite (redirect page), Kaliophilite (redirect page)
**Garnet: Ugrandite (redirect page), Pyralspite (redirect page), Schorlomite (redirect page) 
**List of minerals (synonyms)#Pyrochlore supergroup: Yttrobetafite-(Y)* (redirect page), Yttropyrochlore-(Y)* (redirect page), Uranmicrolite* (redirect page), Uranpyrochlore* (redirect page), Stetefeldtite* (redirect page), Partzite? (redirect page), Plumbobetafite* (redirect page), Plumbomicrolite* (redirect page), Plumbopyrochlore* (redirect page), Natrobistantite* (redirect page), Monimolite* (redirect page), Jixianite* (redirect page), Ferritungstite* (redirect page), Alumotungstite* (redirect page), Calciobetafite* (redirect page), Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce)* (redirect page), Bariomicrolite* (redirect page), Bariopyrochlore* (redirect page), Bindheimite* (redirect page), Bismutostibiconite* (redirect page), Bismutopyrochlore* (redirect page), Bismutomicrolite* (redirect page), Cuproroméite? (redirect page)
***Redefinitions: oxycalciopyrochlore (red. stibiobetafite*), hydropyrochlore (red. kalipyrochlore*), hydroxykenomicrolite (red. cesstibtantite*), oxystannomicrolite (red. stannomicrolite*), oxystibiomicrolite (red. stibiomicrolite*), hydroxycalcioromeite (red. lewisite (mineral)*)
*Check 'IMA Master List (January 2014)', up to 'IMA 2012-NNN': Z, X, O, Y, U, Q, W, V, N, R, T, J, E, D, G, P, L, H, I, A, S, F, C, K, B, M
*Check 'IMA Master List (July 2014)', up to 'IMA 2013-NNN': A to Z
*Check 'IMA Master List (September 2014)': done
*Check 'IMA Master List (September 2015)', up to 'IMA 2014-NNN': A to Z
*Commons got 1,501 (1,517-16) categories (minerals)
*IMA Database of Mineral Properties/ RRUFF Project lists: 
**4,741 minerals (4,499 valid species, it includes some varieties and polytypes, June 2011)
***of which: 240 minerals aren't valid yet, 35 are just IMA numbers and 1,627 are pre-IMA minerals
**4,773 minerals (4,532 valid species, it includes some varieties and polytypes, end June 2011)
**4,858 minerals (4,619 valid species, it includes some varieties and polytypes, end February 2012)
**4,913 minerals (4,663 valid species, it includes some varieties and polytypes, end August 2012)
**4,934 minerals (4,683 valid species, it includes some varieties and polytypes, end February 2013)
**5,029 minerals (4,858 valid species, it includes some varieties and polytypes, end September 2013)
**5,063 minerals (4,891 valid species, it includes some varieties and polytypes, end January 2014)
**4,962 currently valid species, 'IMA Master List (September 2014)'
**5,166 minerals (4,962 valid species, it includes some varieties and polytypes, middle December 2014)
**5,274 minerals (5,068 valid species, it includes some varieties and polytypes, end November 2015)
**5,350 minerals (5,141 valid species, it includes some varieties and polytypes, end July 2016)
***5,144 currently valid species, 'IMA Master List (May 2016)'
**5,525 minerals, middle November 2017 (5,291 valid species, September 2017)
*Parts of the list of minerals (complete):
**A (68+149+143-0); subtotal: 360 "items"
***First Strunz.ok, Commons.ok
***IMA2011.ok, IMA2012.ok*, IMA2013.ok, IMA2014.ok, IMA2015.ok, IMA2016.ok, IMA2017.ok, IMA2018. 
***Simple chemical formula and final Strunz () 
**B (94+75+113+97-(brammallite, biotite series and betafite group)-0); subtotal: 376 "items"
***First Strunz.ok, Commons.ok
***IMA2011.ok, IMA2012.ok*, IMA2013.ok, IMA2014.ok, IMA2015.ok, IMA2016.ok, IMA2017.ok, IMA2018.
***Simple chemical formula and final Strunz () 
**C (127+157+116+66-0); subtotal: 466 "items"
***First Strunz.ok, Commons.ok
***IMA2011.ok, IMA2012.ok*, IMA2013.ok, IMA2014.ok, IMA2015.ok, IMA2016.ok, IMA2017.ok, IMA2018.
***Simple chemical formula and final Strunz ()
**D (178-0); subtotal: 178 "items"  
***First Strunz.ok, Commons.ok
***IMA2011.ok, IMA2012.ok*, IMA2013.ok, IMA2014.ok, IMA2015.ok, IMA2016.ok, IMA2017.ok, IMA2018. 
***Simple chemical formula and final Strunz () 
**E (134-0); subtotal: 134 "items"  
***First Strunz.ok, Commons.ok
***IMA2011.ok, IMA2012.ok*, IMA2013.ok, IMA2014.ok, IMA2015.ok, IMA2016.ok, IMA2017.ok, IMA2018. 
***Simple chemical formula and final Strunz (E) 
**F (169+91+57-0);  subtotal: 317 "items" 
***First Strunz.ok, Commons.ok
***IMA2011.ok, IMA2012.ok*, IMA2013.ok, IMA2014.ok, IMA2015.ok, IMA2016.ok, IMA2017.ok, IMA2018.
***Simple chemical formula and final Strunz ()  
**G (90+150-(glauconite series)-0);  subtotal: 239 "items"  
***First Strunz.ok, Commons.ok
***IMA2011.ok, IMA2012.ok*, IMA2013.ok, IMA2014.ok, IMA2015.ok, IMA2016.ok, IMA2017.ok, IMA2018.
***Simple chemical formula and final Strunz () 
**H (129+152-0); subtotal: 281 "items"  
***First Strunz.ok, Commons.ok
***IMA2011.ok, IMA2012.ok*, IMA2013.ok, IMA2014.ok, IMA2015.ok, IMA2016.ok, IMA2017.ok, IMA2018.
***Simple chemical formula and final Strunz ()   
**I (84-(illite series)-0); subtotal: 83 "items" 
***First Strunz.ok, Commons.ok
***IMA2011.ok, IMA2012.ok*, IMA2013.ok, IMA2014.ok, IMA2015.ok, IMA2016.ok, IMA2017.ok, IMA2018. 
***Simple chemical formula and final Strunz (I) 
**J (107-0); subtotal: 107 "items"  
***First Strunz.ok, Commons.ok
***IMA2011.ok, IMA2012.ok*, IMA2013.ok, IMA2014.ok, IMA2015.ok, IMA2016.ok, IMA2017.ok, IMA2018. 
***Simple chemical formula and final Strunz (J)  
**K (78+88+57+73-kamacite); subtotal: 295 "items"  
***First Strunz.ok, Commons.ok
***IMA2011.ok, IMA2012.ok*, IMA2013.ok, IMA2014.ok, IMA2015.ok, IMA2016.ok, IMA2017.ok, IMA2018.
***Simple chemical formula and final Strunz (K) 
**L (126+110-(lepidolite series)-0); subtotal: 235 "items"  
***First Strunz.ok, Commons.ok
***IMA2011.ok, IMA2012.ok*, IMA2013.ok, IMA2014.ok, IMA2015.ok, IMA2016.ok, IMA2017.ok, IMA2018.
***Simple chemical formula and final Strunz () 
**M (204+128+157-(melilite and microlite group)-(manganese)); subtotal: 487 "items"  
***First Strunz.ok, Commons.ok
***IMA2011.ok, IMA2012.ok*, IMA2013.ok, IMA2014.ok, IMA2015.ok, IMA2016.ok, IMA2017.ok, IMA2018.
***Simple chemical formula and final Strunz () 
**N (197-0); subtotal: 197 "items"  
***First Strunz.ok, Commons.ok
***IMA2011.ok, IMA2012.ok*, IMA2013.ok, IMA2014.ok, IMA2015.ok, IMA2016.ok, IMA2017.ok, IMA2018.
***Simple chemical formula and final Strunz ()
**O (120-0); subtotal: 120 "items"  
***First Strunz.ok, Commons.ok
***IMA2011.ok, IMA2012.ok*, IMA2013.ok, IMA2014.ok, IMA2015.ok, IMA2016.ok, IMA2017.ok, IMA2018. 
***Simple chemical formula and final Strunz (O)
**P (130+106+58+139-(pyrochlore group)-0), Q (19-0); subtotal: 451 "items"  
***First Strunz.ok, Commons.ok
***IMA2011.ok, IMA2012.ok*, IMA2013.ok, IMA2014.ok, IMA2015.ok, IMA2016.ok, IMA2017.ok, IMA2018. 
***Simple chemical formula and final Strunz (P, Q)
**R (83+131-(roméite group)-(rhenium)); subtotal: 212 "items"  
***First Strunz.ok, Commons.ok
***IMA2011.ok, IMA2012.ok*, IMA2013.ok, IMA2014.ok, IMA2015.ok, IMA2016.ok, IMA2017.ok, IMA2018. 
***Simple chemical formula and final Strunz (R) 
**S (70+101+140+158-(serpentine subgroup)-0); subtotal: 468 "items"  
***First Strunz.ok, Commons.ok
***IMA2011.ok, IMA2012.ok*, IMA2013.ok, IMA2014.ok, IMA2015.ok, IMA2016.ok, IMA2017.ok, IMA2018.
***Simple chemical formula and final Strunz (S)
**T (107+70+126-0); subtotal: 303 "items"  
***First Strunz.ok, Commons.ok
***IMA2011.ok, IMA2012.ok*, IMA2013.ok, IMA2014.ok, IMA2015.ok, IMA2016.ok, IMA2017.ok, IMA2018. 
***Simple chemical formula and final Strunz (T) 
**U (53-0), V (124-0); subtotal: 177 "items"  
***First Strunz.ok, Commons.ok
***IMA2011.ok, IMA2012.ok*, IMA2013.ok, IMA2014.ok, IMA2015.ok, IMA2016.ok, IMA2017.ok, IMA2018.
***Simple chemical formula and final Strunz (U, V)
**W (135-0), X (17-0); subtotal: 152 "items"  
***First Strunz.ok, Commons.ok
***IMA2011.ok, IMA2012.ok*, IMA2013.ok, IMA2014.ok, IMA2015.ok, IMA2016.ok, IMA2017.ok, IMA2018. 
***Simple chemical formula and final Strunz (W, X)
**Y (48-0), Z (99-0), subtotal: 147 "items"  
***First Strunz.ok, Commons.ok
***IMA2011.ok, IMA2012.ok*, IMA2013.ok, IMA2014.ok, IMA2015.ok, IMA2016.ok, IMA2017.ok, IMA2018. 
***Simple chemical formula and final Strunz (Y, Z)
**Total: 5,785 "items" (first X, Q, Y, U, O, I, J)
**Notes: 
***Pyrochlore supergroup: N (valid minerals)
***Amphibole supergroup: N (valid minerals)
****Ca amphiboles; Li amphiboles; Mg-Fe-Mn amphiboles; Na amphiboles; Na-Ca amphiboles; Na-(Mg-Fe-Mn) amphiboles
*Time stamp: --Chris.urs-o (talk) 16:38, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Checking - II 

message: I found that there are no IMA-2018-001 in this list, and found a link. Please check this link please...
https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/eurjmin/article/538475/ima-commission-on-new-minerals-nomenclature-and
 Thank you.Luke Kern Choi 5 (talk) 09:16, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  2018 

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thread_title:  "Mineral species" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

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message: The series of articles should be moved to the full name of the association written out.  Thoughts?Catchpoke (talk) 02:05, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requesting move to "List of minerals approved by the International Mineralogical Association" 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: Moved   (t · c) buidhe 08:09, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I've made the suggested changes per WP:UCRN.  I guess that's the relevant policy here.  British or American spelling makes no difference to me.  Apologies for not getting back yesterday. -- Catchpoke (talk) 19:27, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 12 April 2021