List of minerals

Overview
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).

Sorted by name:

A

 * Abelsonite
 * Abenakiite-(Ce)
 * Abernathyite
 * Abhurite
 * Abswurmbachite
 * Actinolite
 * Acuminite
 * Adamite
 * Adamsite-(Y)
 * Adelite
 * Admontite
 * Aegirine
 * Aenigmatite
 * Aerinite
 * Aerugite
 * Aeschynite-(Ce)
 * Aeschynite-(Nd)
 * Aeschynite-(Y)
 * Aetites
 * Afghanite
 * Afwillite
 * Agardite
 * Agrellite
 * Agrinierite
 * Aguilarite
 * Aheylite
 * Ahlfeldite
 * Aikinite
 * Ajoite
 * Akaganéite
 * Akatoreite
 * Akdalaite
 * Åkermanite
 * Aksaite
 * Alabandite
 * Alamosite
 * Alarsite
 * Albite
 * Alforsite
 * Algodonite
 * Aliettite
 * Allanite
 * Alloclasite
 * Allophane
 * Almandine
 * Alstonite
 * Altaite
 * Aluminite
 * Aluminium
 * Alunite
 * Alunogen
 * Amblygonite
 * Ameghinite
 * Amphibole (mineral group)
 * Analcite
 * Anatase
 * Andalusite
 * Andesine
 * Andradite
 * Anglesite
 * Anhydrite
 * Ankerite
 * Annabergite
 * Anorthite
 * Anorthoclase
 * Anthophyllite
 * Antigorite
 * Antimony
 * Antitaenite
 * Antlerite
 * Apatite (mineral group)
 * Apophyllite
 * Aragonite
 * Archerite
 * Arctite
 * Arcubisite
 * Arfvedsonite
 * Argentite
 * Argutite
 * Armalcolite
 * Arsenic
 * Arsenopyrite
 * Arthurite
 * Artinite
 * Artroeite
 * Asisite
 * Astrophyllite
 * Atacamite
 * Atheneite
 * Aubertite
 * Augelite
 * Augite
 * Aurichalcite
 * Auricupride
 * Aurostibite
 * Autunite
 * Axinite (mineral group)
 * Azurite


 * Varieties that are not valid species:


 * Agate (variety of quartz)
 * Alabaster (variety of gypsum)
 * Alexandrite (variety of chrysoberyl)
 * Allingite (synonym of amber)
 * Alum
 * Amazonite (variety of microcline)
 * Amber (fossilized resin)
 * Amethyst (purple variety of quartz)
 * Ammolite (organic; also a gemstone)
 * Amosite (asbestiform grunerite)
 * Anyolite (metamorphic rock - zoisite, ruby, and hornblende)
 * Aquamarine (light blue variety of beryl)
 * Asbestos (fibrous serpentine- or amphibole minerals)
 * Avalite (A chromian variety of Illite.)
 * Aventurine (variety of quartz)

B

 * Babingtonite
 * Baddeleyite
 * Baotite
 * Barite (Baryte, British spelling)
 * Barstowite
 * Barytocalcite
 * Bastnäsite (mineral group)
 * Bazzite
 * Benitoite
 * Bensonite
 * Bentorite
 * Berryite
 * Berthierite
 * Bertrandite
 * Beryl
 * Beryllonite
 * Biotite
 * Birnessite
 * Bismite
 * Bismuth
 * Bismuthinite
 * Bixbyite
 * Blödite
 * Blossite
 * Boehmite
 * Boracite
 * Borax
 * Bornite
 * Botryogen
 * Boulangerite
 * Bournonite
 * Brammallite
 * Brassite
 * Braunite
 * Brazilianite
 * Breithauptite
 * Brewsterite
 * Brianite
 * Briartite
 * Brochantite
 * Brookite
 * Bromargyrite
 * Bromellite
 * Bronzite
 * Brucite
 * Brushite
 * Buddingtonite
 * Buergerite
 * Bukovskyite
 * Bytownite


 * Varieties that are not valid species:


 * Bauxite (aluminium ore)
 * Beckerite (natural resin)
 * Bixbite (red gem variety of beryl)

C

 * Cabriite
 * Cadmium
 * Cafetite
 * Calaverite
 * Calcite
 * Cancrinite
 * Calderite
 * Caledonite
 * Cancrinite
 * Canfieldite
 * Carnallite
 * Carnotite
 * Carobbiite
 * Carrollite
 * Cassiterite
 * Cavansite
 * Celadonite
 * Celestine
 * Celsian
 * Cementite
 * Cerite
 * Cerussite
 * Cesbronite
 * Ceylonite
 * Chabazite (a group of closely-related minerals in the zeolite group)
 * Chalcanthite
 * Chalcocite
 * Chalcopyrite
 * Challacolloite
 * Chaoite
 * Chapmanite
 * Charoite
 * Childrenite
 * Chlorargyrite
 * Chlorastrolite
 * Chlorite (mineral group)
 * Chloritoid
 * Chondrodite
 * Chromite
 * Chromium
 * Chrysoberyl
 * Chrysocolla
 * Cinnabar
 * Clarkeite
 * Clinochrysotile
 * Clinoclase
 * Clinohedrite
 * Clinohumite
 * Clinoptilolite
 * Clinozoisite
 * Clintonite
 * Cobaltite
 * Coesite
 * Coffinite
 * Colemanite
 * Coloradoite
 * Columbite (mineral group)
 * Combeite
 * Connellite
 * Cooperite
 * Copiapite
 * Copper
 * Corderoite
 * Cordierite
 * Corundum
 * Covellite
 * Creedite
 * Cristobalite
 * Crocoite
 * Cronstedtite
 * Crookesite
 * Crossite
 * Cryolite
 * Cumberlandite
 * Cummingtonite
 * Cuprite
 * Cyanotrichite
 * Cylindrite


 * Varieties that are not valid species:


 * Carnelian (variety of quartz)
 * Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline variety of quartz)
 * Chrysolite (gemmy yellow-green forsterite)
 * Chrysoprase (green nickel bearing chalcedony)
 * Chrysotile (group name - asbestiform serpentine)
 * Citrine (yellow variety of quartz)
 * Cleveite
 * Coltan (short for minerals of the columbite group)
 * Crocidolite (asbestiform riebeckite)
 * Cymophane (variety of chrysoberyl)

D

 * Danburite
 * Datolite
 * Davidite
 * Dawsonite
 * Delvauxite
 * Descloizite
 * Diadochite
 * Diamond
 * Diaspore
 * Dickite
 * Digenite
 * Diopside
 * Dioptase
 * Djurleite
 * Dolomite
 * Domeykite
 * Dumortierite


 * Varieties that are not valid species:


 * Delessite (magnesian chamosite)
 * Diatomite (diatomaceous earth)

E

 * Edingtonite
 * Ekanite
 * Elbaite
 * Elsmoreite
 * Emery (mineral)
 * Empressite
 * Enargite
 * Enstatite
 * Eosphorite
 * Epidote
 * Epsomite
 * Erythrite
 * Esperite
 * Ettringite
 * Euchroite
 * Euclase
 * Eucryptite
 * Eudialyte
 * Euxenite


 * Varieties that are not valid species:


 * Emerald (green gem variety of beryl)

F

 * Fabianite
 * Fayalite (olivine group)
 * Feldspar (mineral group)
 * Feldspathoid (mineral group)
 * Ferberite
 * Fergusonite
 * Feroxyhyte
 * Ferrierite (subgroup of zeolite minerals)
 * Ferrihydrite
 * Ferro-anthophyllite
 * Ferrocolumbite
 * Ferrohortonolite (olivine group)
 * Ferrotantalite
 * Fergusonite (mineral group)
 * Fichtelite
 * Fluorapatite (apatite group)
 * Fluorcaphite
 * Fluorichterite (amphibole group)
 * Fluorite
 * Fluorspar (synonym of fluorite)
 * Fornacite
 * Forsterite (olivine group)
 * Franckeite
 * Frankhawthorneite
 * Franklinite (spinel group)
 * Freibergite
 * Freieslebenite
 * Fukuchilite


 * Varieties that are not valid species:


 * Fassaite Variety of augite
 * Ferricrete Iron oxide cemented soil or sediment

G

 * Gadolinite (mineral group)
 * Gahnite
 * Galaxite
 * Galena
 * Garnet (mineral group)
 * Garnierite
 * Gaylussite
 * Gehlenite
 * Geigerite
 * Geocronite
 * Germanite
 * Gersdorffite
 * Gibbsite
 * Gismondine
 * Glauberite
 * Glaucochroite
 * Glaucodot
 * Glauconite
 * Glaucophane
 * Gmelinite
 * Goethite
 * Gold
 * Goslarite
 * Graftonite
 * Graphite
 * Greenockite
 * Greigite
 * Grossular
 * Grunerite
 * Guanine
 * Gummite
 * Gunningite
 * Gypsum


 * Varieties that are not valid species:


 * Gedanite (fossilized resin)
 * Glessite (natural resin)

H

 * Haggertyite
 * Haidingerite
 * Halite
 * Halloysite
 * Halotrichite
 * Hanksite
 * Hapkeite
 * Hardystonite
 * Harmotome
 * Hauerite
 * Hausmannite
 * Hauyne
 * Hawleyite
 * Haxonite
 * Heazlewoodite
 * Hectorite
 * Hedenbergite
 * Hellyerite
 * Hematite
 * Hemimorphite
 * Herbertsmithite
 * Herderite
 * Hessite
 * Hessonite
 * Heulandite
 * Hibonite
 * Hilgardite
 * Hisingerite
 * Holmquistite
 * Homilite
 * Hopeite
 * Hornblende
 * Howlite
 * Hübnerite
 * Humite
 * Hutchinsonite
 * Hyalophane
 * Hydrogrossular
 * Hydromagnesite
 * Hydroxylapatite
 * Hydrozincite
 * Hypersthene


 * Varieties that are not valid species:


 * Heliodor (greenish-yellow variety of beryl)
 * Heliotrope (variety of chalcedony)
 * Hiddenite (variety of spodumene)
 * Hyalite (variety of opal)

I

 * Idocrase (synonym of vesuvianite)
 * Idrialite
 * Ikaite
 * Illite
 * Ilmenite
 * Ilvaite
 * Iodargyrite
 * Iron
 * Ivanukite

J

 * Jacobsite
 * Jadarite
 * Jadeite
 * Jamesonite
 * Jarosewichite
 * Jarosite
 * Jeffersonite
 * Jerrygibbsite
 * Juonniite
 * Jurbanite


 * Varieties that are not valid species:


 * Jade (tough, green mineral either jadeite or nephrite amphibole)
 * Jasper (variety of quartz)
 * Jet (fossilised wood)

K

 * Kaatialaite
 * Kadyrelite
 * Kainite
 * Kalininite
 * Kalinite
 * Kalsilite
 * Kamacite
 * Kambaldaite
 * Kankite
 * Kaolinite
 * Kassite
 * Keilite
 * Kermesite
 * Kernite
 * Kerolite
 * Kieserite
 * Kinoite
 * Knebelite
 * Knorringite
 * Kobellite
 * Kogarkoite
 * Kolbeckite
 * Kornerupine
 * Kratochvilite
 * Kremersite
 * Krennerite
 * Kukharenkoite-(Ce)
 * Kutnohorite
 * Kyanite


 * Varieties that are not valid species:


 * Keilhauite (variety of titanite)
 * Krantzite (natural resin)
 * Kunzite (variety of spodumene)

L

 * Labradorite
 * Lanarkite
 * Langbeinite
 * Lansfordite
 * Lanthanite
 * Laumontite
 * Laurite
 * Lawsonite
 * Lazulite
 * Lazurite
 * Lead
 * Leadhillite
 * Legrandite
 * Lepidocrocite
 * Lepidolite
 * Leucite
 * Leucophanite
 * Leucoxene
 * Levyne
 * Lewisite
 * Libethenite
 * Linarite
 * Liroconite
 * Litharge
 * Lithiophilite
 * Livingstonite
 * Lizardite
 * Lollingite
 * Lonsdaleite
 * Loparite-(Ce)
 * Lopezite
 * Lorandite
 * Lorenzenite
 * Ludwigite
 * Lyonsite


 * Varieties that are not valid species:


 * Lapis lazuli (a rock consisting primarily of lazurite, calcite and pyrite)
 * Larimar (blue variety of pectolite)
 * Lechatelierite (fused quartz glass)
 * Lignite (a type of coal)
 * Limonite -(a mineraloid )
 * Lodestone (a synonym of magnetite)
 * Lublinite variety of calcite

M

 * Mackinawite
 * Maghemite
 * Magnesite
 * Magnesioferrite
 * Magnetite
 * Majorite
 * Malachite
 * Malacolite
 * Magnesioferrite
 * Manganite
 * Manganocolumbite
 * Manganotantalite
 * Marcasite
 * Margaritasite
 * Margarite
 * Mascagnite
 * Massicot
 * McKelveyite
 * Meionite
 * Melaconite
 * Melanite
 * Melilite
 * Melonite
 * Mendozite
 * Meneghinite
 * Mercury
 * Mesolite
 * Metacinnabarite
 * Metatorbernite
 * Miargyrite
 * Mica (a group of silicate minerals)
 * Microcline
 * Microlite
 * Millerite
 * Mimetite
 * Minium
 * Mirabilite
 * Mixite
 * Moganite
 * Mohite
 * Moissanite
 * Molybdenite
 * Monazite
 * Monohydrocalcite
 * Monticellite
 * Montmorillonite (clay mineral)
 * Moolooite
 * Mordenite
 * Mottramite
 * Mullite
 * Murdochite
 * Muscovite


 * Varieties that are not valid species:


 * Magnesia
 * Mariposite (variety of phengite/muscovite)
 * Menilite (variety of opal)
 * Meerschaum (variety of sepiolite)
 * Milky quartz (a cloudy white quartz)
 * Morganite (a pink beryl)
 * Morion (synonym of smoky quartz)

N

 * Nabesite
 * Nacrite
 * Nagyagite
 * Nahcolite
 * Native copper
 * Natrolite
 * Natron
 * Natrophilite
 * Nekrasovite
 * Nelenite
 * Nenadkevichite
 * Nepheline
 * Nephrite
 * Neptunite
 * Nickel
 * Nickeline
 * Niedermayrite
 * Niningerite
 * Niobite (synonym of columbite)
 * Niobite-tantalite (synonym of columbite-tantalite)
 * Nissonite
 * Nitratine
 * Nitre
 * Nontronite
 * Nosean
 * Nsutite
 * Nyerereite

O

 * Oligoclase
 * Olivine (a group of silicate minerals)
 * Olivenite
 * Omphacite
 * Ordonezite
 * Oregonite
 * Orpiment
 * Orthochrysotile
 * Orthoclase
 * Osarizawaite
 * Osmium
 * Osumilite
 * Otavite
 * Ottrelite
 * Overite
 * Varieties that are not valid species:


 * Onyx (a monochromatic banded variety of chalcedony)
 * Opal

P

 * Painite
 * Palladium
 * Palygorskite
 * Papagoite
 * Parachrysotile
 * Paragonite
 * Pararealgar
 * Parisite
 * Partheite
 * Pectolite
 * Pelagosite
 * Pentlandite
 * Periclase
 * Perovskite
 * Petalite
 * Petzite
 * Pezzottaite
 * Pharmacosiderite
 * Phenakite
 * Phillipsite
 * Phlogopite
 * Phoenicochroite
 * Phosgenite
 * Phosphophyllite
 * Pigeonite
 * Plagioclase Na-Ca feldspar.
 * Platinum
 * Polarite
 * Pollucite
 * Polybasite
 * Potassium alum
 * Polycrase
 * Polydymite
 * Polyhalite
 * Powellite
 * Prehnite
 * Proustite
 * Psilomelane
 * Purpurite
 * Pumpellyite
 * Pyrargyrite
 * Pyrite
 * Pyrochlore
 * Pyrolusite
 * Pyromorphite
 * Pyrope
 * Pyrophyllite
 * Pyroxene (group of silicate minerals)
 * Pyroxferroite
 * Pyrrhotite


 * Varieties that are not valid species:


 * Palagonite (basaltic volcanic glass)
 * Perlite (volcanic glass)
 * Phosphorite (name given to impure, massive apatite.)
 * Plessite (mixture of kamacite and taenite)
 * Pitchblende (a massive impure form of uraninite)
 * Pumicite (synonym of pumice)

Q

 * Quartz
 * Quenstedtite

R

 * Rambergite
 * Rammelsbergite
 * Realgar
 * Renierite
 * Rheniite
 * Rhodium
 * Rhodochrosite
 * Rhodonite
 * Rhomboclase
 * Rickardite
 * Riebeckite
 * Romanèchite
 * Robertsite
 * Rosasite
 * Roscoelite
 * Rosenbergite
 * Routhierite
 * Ruthenium
 * Rutherfordine
 * Rutile
 * Rynersonite
 * Varieties that are not valid species:


 * Rock crystal (quartz)
 * Rose quartz
 * Roumanite (amber)
 * Ruby (red gem corundum)

S

 * Sabatierite
 * Sabieite
 * Sabinaite
 * Safflorite
 * Sal ammoniac
 * Saliotite
 * Samarskite
 * Samsonite
 * Sanbornite
 * Saneroite
 * Sanidine (orthoclase variety)
 * Santite
 * Saponite (clay mineral)
 * Sapphirine
 * Sassolite
 * Sauconite
 * Scapolite (a group of silicate minerals)
 * Scheelite
 * Schoepite
 * Schorl (black tourmaline)
 * Schreibersite
 * Schwertmannite
 * Scolecite
 * Scorodite
 * Scorzalite
 * Seamanite
 * Seeligerite
 * Segelerite
 * Sekaninaite
 * Selenide
 * Selenite
 * Selenium
 * Seligmannite
 * Sellaite
 * Senarmontite
 * Sepiolite
 * Serpentine
 * Shattuckite
 * Siderite
 * Siderotil
 * Siegenite
 * Sillimanite
 * Silver
 * Simetite
 * Simonellite
 * Skutterudite
 * Smaltite
 * Smectite
 * Smithsonite
 * Soda niter
 * Sodalite
 * Sperrylite
 * Spessartite
 * Sphalerite
 * Sphene
 * Spinel
 * Spodumene
 * Spurrite
 * Stannite
 * Staurolite
 * Steacyite
 * Steatite (talc)
 * Stephanite
 * Stibnite
 * Stichtite
 * Stilbite
 * Stilleite
 * Stolzite
 * Stromeyerite
 * Strontianite
 * Struvite
 * Studtite
 * Sugilite
 * Sulfur
 * Sussexite
 * Sylvanite
 * Sylvite


 * Varieties that are not valid species:


 * Sapphire (gem corundum of any color except red, especially blue varieties)
 * Sard (a variety of chalcedony/quartz)
 * Satinspar (a variety of Gypsum)
 * Smoky quartz (a brown or black variety of quartz)
 * Soapstone (a rock)
 * Spectrolite (a variety of labradorite)
 * Stantienite (a variety of amber)

T

 * Tachyhydrite
 * Taenite
 * Talc
 * Tantalite
 * Tantite
 * Tanzanite
 * Tarapacaite
 * Tausonite
 * Teallite
 * Tellurite
 * Tellurium
 * Tellurobismuthite
 * Temagamite
 * Tennantite
 * Tenorite
 * Tephroite
 * Terlinguaite
 * Teruggite
 * Tetradymite
 * Tetrahedrite
 * Thaumasite
 * Thenardite
 * Thomasclarkite
 * Thomsenolite
 * Thorianite
 * Thorite
 * Thortveitite
 * Thuringite
 * Tiemannite
 * Tin
 * Tincalconite
 * Titanite
 * Titanowodginite
 * Todorokite
 * Tokyoite
 * Topaz
 * Torbernite
 * Tourmaline (group of silicate minerals)
 * Tremolite
 * Trevorite
 * Tridymite
 * Triphylite
 * Triplite
 * Triploidite
 * Trona
 * Tsavorite
 * Tschermigite
 * Tugtupite
 * Tungstite
 * Tyrolite
 * Turquoise
 * Tusionite
 * Tyuyamunite
 * Varieties that are not valid species:


 * Tanzanite (variety of Zoisite)
 * Thulite (variety of Zoisite)
 * Travertine (form of calcium carbonate)
 * Tsavorite (gem variety of grossularite garnet)

U

 * Uchucchacuaite
 * Uklonskovite
 * Ulexite
 * Ullmannite
 * Ulvospinel
 * Umangite
 * Umber
 * Umbite
 * Upalite
 * Uraninite
 * Uranophane
 * Uranopilite
 * Uvarovite


 * Varieties that are not valid species:


 * Ultramarine
 * Unakite, a rock composed of feldspar, epidote and quartz
 * Uralite alteration actinolite

V

 * Vaesite
 * Valentinite
 * Vanadinite
 * Variscite
 * Vaterite
 * Vauquelinite
 * Vauxite
 * Vermiculite
 * Vesuvianite
 * Villiaumite
 * Violarite
 * Vivianite
 * Volborthite

W

 * Wad
 * Wagnerite
 * Wardite
 * Warwickite
 * Wavellite
 * Weddellite
 * Weilite
 * Weissite
 * Weloganite
 * Whewellite
 * Whitlockite
 * Willemite
 * Wiluite
 * Witherite
 * Wolframite
 * Wollastonite
 * Wulfenite
 * Wurtzite
 * Wüstite
 * Wyartite

X

 * Xenotime
 * Xifengite
 * Xonotlite

Y

 * Ye'elimite
 * Ytterbite
 * Yttrialite
 * Yttrium(III) oxide
 * Yttrocerite
 * Yttrocolumbite

Z

 * Zabuyelite
 * Zaccagnaite
 * Zaherite
 * Zajacite-(Ce)
 * Zakharovite
 * Zanazziite
 * Zaratite
 * Zeolite (group of silicate minerals)
 * Zhanghengite
 * Zharchikhite
 * Zektzerite
 * Zhemchuzhnikovite
 * Zhonghuacerite-(Ce)
 * Ziesite
 * Zimbabweite
 * Zinalsite
 * Zinc-melanterite
 * Zincite
 * Zincobotryogen
 * Zincochromite
 * Zinkenite
 * Zinnwaldite
 * Zippeite
 * Zircon
 * Zirconolite
 * Zircophyllite
 * Zirkelite
 * Zoisite
 * Zunyite