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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).
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Contents

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

See also

External links

A

#Actinolite
#Adamite
#Agrellite
#Aegirine
#Albite
#Alforsite
#Altaite
#Alunite
#Amblygonite
#Amphibole (mineral group)
#Analcite
#Anatase
#Andalusite
#Anglesite
#Anhydrite
#Ankerite
#Anorthite
#Anorthoclase
#Anthophyllite
#Antigorite
#Antitaenite
#Apatite (mineral group)
#Aragonite
#Arfvedsonite
#Argentite
#Armalcolite
#Arsenopyrite
#Astrophyllite
#Augite
#Aurichalcite
#Auricupride
#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

#Baddeleyite
#Barite (Baryte, British spelling)
#Bastnäsite (mineral group)
#Benitoite
#Bertrandite
#Beryl
#Biotite
#Bismuthinite
#Bixbyite
#Blödite
#Blossite
#Boehmite
#Boracite
#Borax
#Bornite
#Brazilianite
#Briartite
#Brookite
#Brucite
#Bytownite
:Varieties that are not valid species:
#Bauxite (aluminium ore)
#Beckerite (natural resin)
#Bixbite (red gem variety of beryl)

C

#Calaverite
#Calcite
#Caledonite
#Canfieldite
#Carnallite
#Carnotite
#Cassiterite
#Cavansite
#Celadonite
#Celestine
#Cerussite
#Chabazite (a group of closely-related minerals in the zeolite group)
#Chalcanthite
#Chalcocite
#Chalcopyrite
#Chlorite (mineral group)
#Chromite
#Chrysoberyl
#Chrysocolla
#Cinnabar
#Clinochrysotile
#Clinoclase
#Clintonite
#Cobaltite
#Coesite
#Coffinite
#Colemanite
#Columbite (mineral group)
#Cooperite
#Copper
#Cordierite
#Corundum
#Covellite
#Creedite
#Cristobalite
#Crookesite
#Cryolite
#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

#Datolite
#Dawsonite
#Diamond
#Diaspore
#Dickite
#Diopside
#Dioptase
#Dolomite
#Dumortierite
:Varieties that are not valid species:
#Delessite (magnesian chamosite)
#Diatomite (diatomaceous earth)

E

#Elsmoreite
#Enargite
#Enstatite
#Epidote
#Epsomite
#Erythrite
#Euchroite
#Euclase
#Euxenite
:Varieties that are not valid species:
#Emerald (green gem variety of beryl)

F

#Fayalite (olivine group)
#Feldspar (mineral group)
#Feldspathoid (mineral group)
#Ferberite
#Feroxyhyte
#Ferrierite (subgroup of zeolite minerals)
#Ferro-anthophyllite
#Ferrocolumbite
#Ferrohortonolite (olivine group)
#Ferrotantalite
#Fergusonite (mineral group)
#Fluorapatite (apatite group)
#Fluorichterite (amphibole group)
#Fluorite
#Fluorspar (synonym of fluorite)
#Forsterite (olivine group)
#Franckeite
#Franklinite (spinel group)
#Freieslebenite
:Varieties that are not valid species:
#Ferricrete Iron oxide cemented soil or sediment

G

#Gadolinite (mineral group)
#Gahnite
#Galena
#Garnet (mineral group)
#Garnierite
#Germanite
#Geigerite
#Gibbsite
#Glauberite
#Glauconite
#Glaucophane
#Goethite
#Gold
#Graphite
#Greenockite
#Grunerite
#Gunningite
#Gypsum
:Varieties that are not valid species:
#Gedanite (fossilized resin)
#Glessite (natural resin)

H

#Haggertyite
#Halite
#Hapkeite
#Hematite
#Hemimorphite
#Hibonite
#Hornblende
#Hübnerite
#Hutchinsonite
#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
#Iron

J

#Jadarite
#Jadeite
#Jarosite
#Juonniite
:Varieties that are not valid species:
#Jade (tough, green mineral either jadeite or nephrite amphibole)
#Jasper (variety of quartz)
#Jet (fossilised wood)

K

#Kainite
#Kalsilite
#Kamacite
#Kaolinite
#Kernite
#Kieserite
#Kobellite
#Kogarkoite
#Kolbeckite
#Krennerite
#Kyanite
:Varieties that are not valid species:
#Keilhauite (variety of titanite)
#Krantzite (natural resin)
#Kunzite (variety of spodumene)

L

#Labradorite
#Lansfordite
#Lazurite
#Lepidolite
#Leucite
#Lizardite
#Lonsdaleite
#Lorandite
: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)

M

#Maghemite
#Magnesite
#Magnetite
#Malachite
#Malacolite
#Manganite
#Manganocolumbite
#Manganotantalite
#Marcasite
#Margaritasite
#Mendozite
#Metacinnabarite
#Mica (a group of silicate minerals)
#Microcline
#Millerite
#Mimetite
#Mirabilite
#Moissanite
#Molybdenite
#Monazite
#Montmorillonite (clay mineral)
#Moolooite
#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

#Native copper
#Natrolite
#Natron
#Nepheline
#Nephrite
#Neptunite
#Nickeline
#Niobite (synonym of columbite)
#Niobite-tantalite (synonym of columbite-tantalite)

O

#Olivine (a group of silicate minerals)
#Orpiment
#Orthochrysotile
#Orthoclase
#Overite
:Varieties that are not valid species:
#Onyx (a monochromatic banded variety of chalcedony)
#Opal

P

#Parachrysotile
#Paragonite
#Pectolite
#Pentlandite
#Periclase
#Perovskite
#Petalite
#Petzite
#Pezzottaite
#Pharmacosiderite
#Phenakite
#Phillipsite
#Phlogopite
#Plagioclase Na-Ca feldspar.
#Pollucite
#Potassium alum
#Polycrase
#Prehnite
#Proustite
#Pyrite
#Pyrochlore
#Pyrolusite
#Pyromorphite
#Pyrophyllite
#Pyroxene (group of silicate minerals)
#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

R

#Realgar
#Rheniite
#Rhodochrosite
#Rhodonite
#Riebeckite
#Rutile
:Varieties that are not valid species:
#Rock crystal (quartz)
#Rose quartz
#Roumanite (amber)
#Ruby (red gem corundum)

S

#Safflorite
#Sal ammoniac
#Samarskite
#Sanbornite
#Sanidine (orthoclase variety)
#Saponite (clay mineral)
#Sapphirine
#Sauconite
#Scapolite (a group of silicate minerals)
#Scheelite
#Schorl (black tourmaline)
#Schreibersite
#Scolecite
#Seeligerite
#Segelerite
#Sekaninaite
#Selenide
#Selenite
#Selenium
#Seligmannite
#Sepiolite
#Serpentine
#Shattuckite
#Siderite
#Sillimanite
#Silver
#Simetite
#Skutterudite
#Smaltite
#Smectite
#Smithsonite
#Soda niter
#Sodalite
#Sperrylite
#Spessartite
#Sphalerite
#Sphene
#Spinel
#Spodumene
#Stannite
#Staurolite
#Steacyite
#Steatite (talc)
#Stephanite
#Stibnite
#Stichtite
#Stilbite
#Stilleite
#Stolzite
#Stromeyerite
#Strontianite
#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

#Taenite
#Talc
#Tantalite
#Tarapacaite
#Teallite
#Temagamite
#Tennantite
#Tenorite
#Tephroite
#Terlinguaite
#Tetrahedrite
#Thenardite
#Thomasclarkite
#Thorianite
#Thorite
#Thortveitite
#Tiemannite
#Tin
#Tincalconite
#Titanite
#Topaz
#Torbernite
#Tourmaline (group of silicate minerals)
#Tremolite
#Tridymite
#Triphylite
#Trona
#Tschermigite
#Tugtupite
#Turquoise
#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

#Ulexite
#Ullmannite
#Ulvospinel
#Umangite
#Unakite
#Uraninite
#Uranophane
#Uvarovite
:Varieties that are not valid species:
#Ultramarine
#Uralite alteration actinolite

V

#Valentinite
#Vanadinite
#Variscite
#Vaterite
#Vermiculite
#Vesuvianite
#Villiaumite
#Vivianite

W

#Wardite
#Wavellite
#Weloganite
#Whitlockite
#Willemite
#Witherite
#Wolframite
#Wollastonite
#Wulfenite

X

#Xenotime

Y

#Yttrialite

Z

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

See also

★ List of gemstones

★ List of minerals (complete)

★ List of stone

★ List of rock types

★ Industrial minerals

★ Gemstone

★ Geology

★ Mineralogy

★ Mineraloid

★ Nonmineral

★ Rock

★ List of fictional minerals

External links

★ mindat.org - The Mineral Database