List of minerals

2008/9 Schools Wikipedia Selection. Related subjects: Mineralogy

Gem animals. Click the picture to see a list of the minerals
Gem animals. Click the picture to see a list of the minerals

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

Native copper
Native copper
  • 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

The slightly misshapen octahedral shape of this rough diamond crystal in matrix is typical of the mineral.
The slightly misshapen octahedral shape of this rough diamond crystal in matrix is typical of the mineral.
  • 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:

H

Hematite carving.
Hematite carving.
  • 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

A polished slice of Malachite
A polished slice of Malachite
Muscovite
Muscovite
  • 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

Polished Opal
Polished Opal
  • 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

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:

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 colour 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

Massive turquoise in matrix with quartz from Mineral Park, Arizona.
Massive turquoise in matrix with quartz from Mineral Park, Arizona.
  • 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

Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minerals"
This Wikipedia DVD Selection is sponsored by SOS Children , and is mainly selected from the English Wikipedia with only minor checks and changes (see www.wikipedia.org for details of authors and sources). The articles are available under the GNU Free Documentation License. See also our Disclaimer.