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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).

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

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Sorted by name:

A

Varieties that are not valid species:

B

Varieties that are not valid species:

C

Native copper
Varieties that are not valid species:

D

The slightly misshapen octahedral shape of this rough diamond crystal in matrix is typical of the mineral.
Varieties that are not valid species:

E

Varieties that are not valid species:
  • Emerald (green gem variety of beryl)

F

Varieties that are not valid species:

G

Varieties that are not valid species:

H

Hematite carving.
Varieties that are not valid species:

I

J

Varieties that are not valid species:

K

Varieties that are not valid species:

L

Varieties that are not valid species:

M

A polished slice of Malachite
Muscovite
Varieties that are not valid species:

N

O

Polished Opal
Varieties that are not valid species:
  • Onyx (a monochromatic banded variety of chalcedony)
  • Opal

P

Varieties that are not valid species:

Q

R

Varieties that are not valid species:

S

Varieties that are not valid species:

T

Massive turquoise in matrix with quartz from Mineral Park, Arizona.
Varieties that are not valid species:

U

Varieties that are not valid species:

V

W

Varieties that are not valid species:

X

Y

Z

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Simple English

This is a list of minerals.

Top - 0-9 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

A

  • Abelsonite
  • Abenakiite-(Ce)
  • 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
  • Anorthoclase
  • Antigorite
  • Apatite (mineral group)
  • Aquamarine (not a valid species - variety of beryl)
  • Aragonite
  • Arfvedsonite
  • Armalcolite
  • Asbestos (not a valid species - fibrous serpentine- or amphibole minerals)
  • Astrophyllite
  • Augite
  • Avalit
  • Aventurine (not a valid species - variety of quartz)
  • Axinite (mineral group)
  • Azurite

B

  • Baddeleyite
  • Barite
  • Bastnaesite (mineral group)
  • 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

  • Calcite
  • Canfieldite
  • Carnallite
  • Carnelian (not a valid species - variety of quartz)
  • Carnotite
  • Cassiterite
  • Celadonite
  • Celestite
  • Cerussite
  • Chabasite (mineral group)
  • Chalcedony (not a valid species - variety of quartz)
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chlorapatite
  • Chlorite (mineral group)
  • Chromite
  • Chrysoberyl
  • Chrysolite (not a valid species - gemmy yellow-green forsterite)
  • Chrysotile (group name - asbestiform serpentine)
  • Cinnabar
  • Cinnabarite (synonym of cinnabar)
  • Citrine
  • Clevite (not a valid species)
  • Clinochrysotile
  • Clinoclase
  • coal (Mineral group)
  • 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
  • Ferro-anthophyllite
  • Ferrocolumbite
  • Ferrotantalite
  • Fergusonite (mineral group)
  • Fluorapatite
  • Fluorichterite
  • Fluorite
  • Fluorspar (synonym of fluorite)
  • Franckeite
  • Franklinite

G

H

  • Halite
  • 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

I

  • Ice
  • Idocrase (synonym of vesuvianite)
  • 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)
  • Kern
  • Kobellite
  • Kogarkoite
  • Krantzite (not a valid species - natural resin)
  • Kunzite (not a valid species - variety of spodumene)
  • Kyanite

L

M

  • Magnesia (mineral)
  • Magnesite
  • Magnetite
  • Malachite
  • Malacolite
  • Manganocolumbite
  • Marcasite
  • Mariposite (not a valid species - variety of phengite/muscovite)
  • Meerschaum
  • Mendozite
  • Menilite
  • Metacinnabarite
  • Mica
  • Microcline
  • Milk quartz
  • Milky quartz (synonym of milk quartz)
  • Molybdenite
  • Monazite
  • Morganite
  • Morion
  • Muscovite

N

  • Nepheline
  • Niobite
  • Niobite-tantalite

O

P

  • Palagonite
  • Parachrysotile
  • Pentlandite
  • Periclase
  • Perlite
  • Petalite
  • Petzite
  • Phenacite
  • Phillipsite
  • Phlogopite
  • Phosphorite
  • Pitchblende
  • Plagioclase
  • Plivine
  • Pollucite
  • Polycrase
  • Prehnite
  • Pumicite
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrochlore
  • Pyroxene

Q

R

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

S

  • Salt (sodium chloride)
  • Samarskite
  • Sapphire
  • Sard
  • Scapolite
  • Scheelite
  • Serpentine
  • Sillimanite
  • Simetite
  • Smectite
  • Smoky quartz
  • Sodalite
  • Soda niter
  • Sperrylite
  • Spinel
  • Spodumene
  • Stannite
  • Stantienite
  • Staurolite
  • Steacyite
  • Stibnite
  • Strontianite
  • Sylvite

T

U

  • Ulexite
  • Uralite
  • Uraninite

V

  • Vaterite
  • Vermiculite

W

  • Weloganite
  • Willemite
  • Wiserine
  • Wolframite
  • Wollastonite

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

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