This page is intended as a list of all minerals.

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A

• Abelsonite
• Abenakiite-(Ce)
• Abichite (not a valid species)
• Actinolite
• Agate (not a valid species - variety of quartz)
• Alabaster (not a valid species - variety of gypsum or calcite-rich rock)
• Albite
• Alexandrite (not a valid species - variety of chrysoberyl)
• Alforsite
• Allingite (not a valid species - synonym of amber)
• Altaite
• Alum (not a valid species)
• Alunite
• Alvanite
• Amazonite (not a valid species - variety of microcline)
• Amber (not a valid species - fossilized resin)
• Amblygonite
• Amethyst (not a valid species - variety of quartz)
• Amosite (not a valid species - asbestiform grunerite)
• Amphibole (mineral group)
• Analcime
• Analcite (synonym of analcime)
• Anatase
• Andalusite
• Anglesite
• Anorthite
• Anorthocite (its a rock)
• Anorthoclase
• Antigorite
• Apatite (mineral group)
• Aquamarine (not a valid species - variety of beryl)
• Aragonite
• Arfvedsonite
• Armalcolite
• Arsenopyrite
• Asbestos (not a valid species - fibrous serpentine- or amphibole minerals)
• Astrophyllite
• Augite
• Autunite
• Avalit
• Aventurine (not a valid species - variety of quartz)
• Axinite (mineral group)
• Azurite

B

• Baddeleyite
• Barite (Baryte, British spelling)
• Bastnaesite (mineral group)
• Bauxite (it's a rock)
• Beckerite (not a valid species - natural resin)
• Bertrandite
• Beryl
• Biotite (mineral group)
• Bixbite
• Blomstrandine (synonym of aeschynite-(Y))
• Boehmite
• Bornite
• Briartite
• Brucite
• Burmite (not a valid species - amber from Burma)
• Bytownite

C

• Calcflinta (maybe a rock?)
• Calcite
• Caledonite
• Canfieldite
• Carnallite
• Carnelian (not a valid species - variety of quartz)
• Carnotite
• Cassiterite
• Celadonite
• Celestite
• Cerussite
• Chabazite (a group of closely-related minerals in the zeolite group)
• Chalcedony (not a valid species - cryptocrystalline variety of quartz)
• Chalcocite
• Chalcopyrite
• Chalk (it's a carbonate rock)
• Chlorapatite
• Chlorite (mineral group)
• Chromite
• Chrysoberyl
• Chrysocolla
• Chrysolite (not a valid species - gemmy yellow-green forsterite)
• Chrysotile (group name - asbestiform serpentine)
• Cinnabar
• Cinnabarite (synonym of cinnabar)
• Citrine (not a valid species - yellow variety of quartz)
• Cleveite (not a valid species)
• Clinochrysotile
• Clinoclase
• Coesite
• Colemanite
• Coltan (not a valid species - short for minerals of the columbite group)
• Columbite (mineral group)
• Cooperite
• Cordierite
• Corundum
• Covellite
• Crocidolite (not a valid species - asbestiform riebeckite)
• Crookesite
• Cryolite
• Cummingtonite
• Cuprite
• Cylindrite
• Cymophane (not a valid species - variety of chrysoberyl)

D

• Datolite
• Dawsonite
• Delessite (not a valid species - magnesian chamosite)
• Diamond
• Diaspore
• Diopside

E

• Emerald (not a valid species - variety of beryl)
• Epsom salt (synonym of epsomite)
• Euxenite-(Y)

F

• Feldspar (mineral group)
• Ferberite
• Ferricrete
• Ferrierite (subgroup of zeolite minerals)
• Ferro-anthophyllite
• Ferrocolumbite
• Ferrotantalite
• Fergusonite (mineral group)
• Fluorapatite (apatite group)
• Fluorichterite (amphibole group)
• Fluorite
• Fluorspar (synonym of fluorite)
• Forsterite (olivine group)
• Franckeite
• Franklinite (spinel group)

G

• Gadolinite (mineral group)
• Galena
• Garnet (mineral group)
• Gedanite (not a valid species - fossilized resin)
• Germanite
• Geigerite
• Gibbsite
• Glauconite
• Glessite (not a valid species - natural resin)
• Goethite
• Graphite
• Greenockite
• Grunerite
• Gypsum

H

• Halite
• Hapkeite
• Hematite
• Hemimorphite
• Hibonite
• Hiddenite (not a valid species - variety of spodumene)
• Hornblende (some minerals of the amphibole group)
• Hübnerite
• Hutchinsonite
• Hyalite (not a valid species - variety of opal)
• Hydroxylapatite
• Hydrozincite

I

• Ice
• Idocrase (synonym of vesuvianite)
• Idrialite
• Illite
• Ilmenite

J

• Jade (not a valid species - tough, green rock, chiefly made of jadeite or amphiboles)
• Jasper (not a valid species - variety of quartz)

K

• Kainite
• Kalsilite
• Kamacite
• Kaolinite
• Karpinskyite
• Keilhauite (not a valid species - variety of titanite)
• Kernite
• Kobellite
• Kogarkoite
• Kolbeckite
• Krantzite (not a valid species - natural resin)
• Kunzite (not a valid species - variety of spodumene)
• Kyanite

L

• Labradorite
• Lapis lazuli (not a valid mineral, a rock consisting primarily of lazurite, calcite and pyrite
• Lazurite
• Lepidolite
• Leucite
• Lignite (not a valid mineral, a type of coal)
• Limonite (not a valid mineral, a mixture of iron oxides and hydroxides - rust!)
• Lizardite
• Lodestone (not a valid mineral, a synonym of magnetite)
• Lonsdaleite
• Lorandite

M

• Magnesia
• Magnesite
• Magnetite
• Malachite
• Malacolite
• Manganocolumbite
• Marcasite
• Margaritasite
• Mariposite (not a valid species - variety of phengite/muscovite)
• Meerschaum (not a valid species - variety of sepiolite)
• Mendozite
• Menilite
• Metacinnabarite
• Mica (a group of silicate minerals that cleave to form flexible sheets)
• Microcline
• Milk quartz (synonym of milky quartz)
• Milky quartz (not a valid species - a cloudy white quartz)
• Millarite
• Millerite
• Molybdenite
• Monazite
• Morganite (not a valid species - a pink beryl)
• Morion (synonum of smoky quartz)
• Muscovite

N

• Nepheline
• Niccolite
• Niobite (synonym of columbite)
• Niobite-tantalite (synonym of columbite-tantalite)

O

• Olivine (a group of silicate minerals)
• Onyx (not a valid species - a monochromatic banded variety of chalcedony)
• Opal (mineraloid)
• Orpiment
• Orthochrysotile
• Orthoclase

P

• Palagonite
• Parachrysotile
• Pentlandite
• Periclase
• Perlite
• Petalite
• Petzite
• Phenacite
• Phillipsite
• Phlogopite
• Phosphorite
• Pitchblende (not a valid species - a massive impure form of uraninite)
• Plagioclase
• Plivine
• Pollucite
• Potassium alum
• Polycrase
• Prehnite
• Pumicite (not a valid species - a rock? synonym of pumice)
• Pyrite
• Pyrochlore
• Pyromorphite
• Pyrophyllite
• Pyroxene (group of silicate minerals)
• Pyrrhotite

Q

• Quartz

R

• Rhodochrosite
• Riebeckite
• Rock crystal
• Rose quartz
• Roumanite
• Ruby
• Rutile

S

• Safflorite
• Sal ammoniac
• Salt (synonym of halite)
• Samarskite
• Sanbornite
• Sanidine
• Saponite
• Sapphire
• Sard (not a valid species - a variety of chalcedony/quartz)
• Satinspar
• Sauconite
• Scapolite (a group of silicate minerals)
• Scheelite
• Schorl
• Seeligerite
• Segelerite
• Selenide
• Selenite
• Selenium
• Seligmannite
• Sepiolite
• Serpentine
• Shattuckite
• Siderite
• Sillimanite
• Silver
• Simetite
• Skutterudite
• Smaltite
• Smithsonite
• Smectite
• Smoky quartz (a brown or black variety of quartz)
• Soapstone (a rock)
• Soda niter
• Sodalite
• Sodium
• Sperrylite
• Spessartite
• Sphalerite
• Spinel
• Spodumene
• Stannite
• Stantienite
• Staurolite
• Steacyite
• Steatite
• Stephanite
• Stibnite
• Stichtite
• Stilbite
• Stolzite
• Stromeyerite
• Strontianite
• Strontium
• Sulfur
• Sussexite
• Sylvite

T

• Talc
• Tantalite
• Tantalum
• Tanzanite (not a valid species - variety of Zoisite)
• Tarapacaite
• Teallite
• Tellurium
• Tennanite
• Tephroite
• Telinguaite
• Tetrahedrite
• Thorianite
• Thorite
• Thorium
• Thortveitite
• Thulite
• Tiemannite
• Tin
• Titanite
• Titanium
• Topaz
• Torbernite
• Tourmaline (group of related silicate minerals)
• Trachyte
• Travertine (form of calcium carbonate)
• Tremolite
• Trevolite
• Trevorite
• Tridymite
• Triphylite
• Troctolite
• Troilite
• Tschermigite
• Tungstate
• Tungsten
• Tungstenite
• Turquoise
• Tutty
• Tyuyamunite

U

• Ulexite
• Ullmannite
• Ultramarine
• Ulvospinel
• Umangite
• Uralite
• Uraninite
• Uranium
• Uranophane
• Uvarovite

V

• Vanadinite
• Variscite
• Vaterite
• Vermiculite
• Villiaumite
• Vivianite

W

• Wernerite
• Weloganite
• Whitlockite
• Willemite
• Wiserine
• Witherite
• Wolframite
• Wollastonite
• Wulfenite

X

• Xenotime

Y

• Yttria

Z

• Zabuyelite
• Zaccagnaite
• Zaherite
• Zajacite-(Ce)
• Zakharovite
• Zamboninite
• Zanazziite
• Zapalite
• Zappinite
• Zaratite
• Zeolite
• Zeuxite
• Zhanghengite
• Zharchikhite
• Zhemchuzhnikovite
• Zhonghuacerite-(Ce)
• Ziesite
• Zimbabweite
• Zinalsite
• Zinc-melanterite
• Zincite
• Zincobotryogen
• Zincochromite
• Zinkenite
• Zinnwaldite
• Zippeite
• Zircon
• Zirconolite
• Zircophyllite
• Zirkelite
• Zoisite

External Links

• mindat.org - The Mineral Database