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This is a List of Mineral s for which there are Wikipedia articles. Mineral variety names and Mineraloid s 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

# 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

crystal in matrix is typical of the mineral.]]
# 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

carving.]]
# 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 ( Basalt ic 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

in matrix with quartz from Mineral Park , Arizona .]]
# 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