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Abelsonite
Abenakiite-(Ce)
Abernathyite
Abhurite
Abramovite
Abswurmbachite
Acanthite
Achavalite
Actinolite
Acuminite
Adamantine spar (variety of corundum)
Adamite
Adamsite-(Y)
Adelite
Admontite
Aegirine
Aenigmatite
Aerinite
Aerugite
Aeschynite-(Ce)
Aeschynite-(Nd)
Aeschynite-(Y)
Afghanite
Afwillite
Agardite
Agate (variety of quartz)
Agrellite
Agrinierite
Aguilarite
Aheylite
Ahlfeldite
Aikinite
Ajoite
Akaganéite
Akatoreite
Akdalaite
Akhtenskite
Akimotoite
Akrochordite
Aksaite
Aktashite
Alabandite
Alabaster (variety of gypsum)
Alacránite
Alamosite
Alarsite
Albite
Albrechtschraufite
Aldermanite
Aleksite
Alexandrite (variety of chrysoberyl)
Alforsite
Algodonite
Aliettite
Allabogdanite
Allactite
Allanite
Allanpringite
Allargentum
Alleghanyite
Allingite (synonym of amber)
Alloclasite
Allophane
Alluaivite
Alluaudite
Almandine
Almarudite
Alsakharovite-Zn
Alstonite
Altaite
Althausite
Althupite
Altisite
Alum
Alum-(K)
Aluminite
Aluminium
Alunite
Alunogen
Amakinite
Amarantite
Amazonite (variety of microcline)
Amber (fossilized resin)
Amblygonite
Ameghinite
Amesite
Amethyst (purple variety of quartz)
Amicite
Ammolite (organic; also a gemstone)
Amosite (asbestiform grunerite)
Amphibole (mineral group)
Analcime (analcite)
Anandite
Anapaite
Anatase
Ancylite (mineral group)
Andalusite
Andersonite
Andesine
Andorite (IV/VI)
Andradite
Andyrobertsite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Annabergite
Annite
Anorthite
Anorthoclase
Antarcticite
Anthonyite
Anthophyllite
Antigorite
Antimony
Antitaenite
Antlerite
Antozonite (variety of fluorite)
Anyolite (metamorphic rock - zoisite, ruby, and hornblende)
Apachite
Apatite (mineral group)
Aphthitalite
Apophyllite
Aquamarine (light blue variety of beryl)
Aragonite
Arcanite
Archerite
Arctite
Arcubisite
Ardaite
Arfvedsonite
Argentite
Argentite (high temperature form of acanthite)
Argutite
Argyrodite
Armalcolite
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenoclasite
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Arthurite
Artinite
Artroeite
Asbestos (fibrous serpentine- or amphibole minerals)
Ashburtonite
Ashoverite
Asisite
Astrophyllite
Atacamite
Athabascaite
Atheneite
Aubertite
Auerlite (variety of thorite)
Augelite
Augite
Aurichalcite
Auricupride
Aurostibite
Austinite
Autunite
Avalite (chromian variety of illite)
Aventurine (variety of quartz)
Avicennite
Avogadrite
Awaruite
Axinite (mineral group)
Azurite
Babefphite
Babingtonite
Baddeleyite
Bakerite
Balangeroite
Banalsite
Baotite
Bararite
Barbertonite (polytype of stichtite)
Barrerite
Barstowite
Baryte (barite)
Barytocalcite
Bassanite
Bastnäsite (mineral group)
Baumhauerite
Bauxite (aluminium ore)
Bayldonite
Bayleyite
Bazzite
Beckerite (natural resin)
Becquerelite
Benitoite
Benstonite
Bentonite (mixture of montmorillonite and other clays)
Bentorite
Beraunite
Berborite
Bergenite
Berlinite
Berryite
Berthierite
Bertrandite
Beryl
Beryllonite
Beudantite
Bicchulite
Biehlite
Billietite
Billwiseite
Biotite
Birnessite
Bischofite
Bismite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bityite
Bixbite (red gem variety of beryl)
Bixbyite
Blossite
Blödite
Bobfergusonite
Boehmite
Boleite
Boltwoodite
Bonaccordite
Boracite
Borax
Bornite
Botallackite
Botryogen
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Boussingaultite
Bowenite (variety of antigorite)
Bowieite
Braggite
Brammallite (variety of illite)
Brassite
Braunite
Brazilianite
Breithauptite
Brewsterite (series of zeolites)
Brezinaite
Brianite
Brianyoungite
Briartite
Bridgmanite
Brochantite
Brockite
Brokenhillite
Bromargyrite
Bromellite
Bronzite
Brookite
Brownleeite
Brownmillerite
Brucite
Brushite
Buddingtonite
Buergerite (renamed to fluor-buergerite)
Bukovite
Bukovskyite
Bultfonteinite
Bunsenite
Bursaite
Bustamite
Bystrite
Bytownite (variety of anorthite)
Bílinite
Cabalzarite
Cabriite
Cacoxenite
Cadmium
Cadmoindite
Cadmoselite
Cadwaladerite
Cafarsite
Cafetite
Cahnite
Calaverite
Calciborite
Calcite
Calderite
Caledonite
Calumetite
Campigliaite
Campylite (variety of mimetite)
Canavesite
Cancrinite
Canfieldite
Carletonite
Carlosruizite
Carlsbergite
Carminite
Carnallite
Carnelian (variety of quartz)
Carnotite
Carobbiite
Carpathite
Carpholite
Carrollite
Caryopilite
Cassiterite
Cattierite
Cavansite
Celadonite
Celestine
Celsian
Cementite (synthetic cohenite)
Cerite
Cerium
Cerussite
Cervandonite-(Ce)
Cervantite
Cesanite
Cesbronite
Ceylonite (variety of spinel)
Chabazite (series of zeolites)
Chaidamuite
Chalcanthite
Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline variety of quartz)
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Challacolloite
Chambersite
Chamosite
Changbaiite
Chaoite
Chapmanite
Charoite
Chatkalite
Chesterite
Chiastolite (variety of andalusite)
Chibaite
Childrenite
Chlorargyrite
Chlorastrolite (variety of pumpellyite-(Mg))
Chlorite (mineral group)
Chloritoid
Chlormayenite
Chlorocalcite
Chloroxiphite
Chondrodite
Chrisstanleyite
Christite
Chromite
Chromium
Chrysoberyl
Chrysocolla
Chrysoprase (green nickel bearing chalcedony)
Chrysotile
Chrysotile (group name - asbestiform serpentine)
Chvaleticeite
Cinnabar
Citrine (yellow variety of quartz)
Clarkeite
Claudetite
Clausthalite
Clearcreekite
Cleusonite
Cleveite (variety of uraninite)
Clinochrysotile (polytype of chrysotile)
Clinoclase
Clinohedrite
Clinohumite
Clinoptilolite
Clinozoisite
Clintonite
Cobaltite
Coccinite
Coconinoite
Coesite
Coffinite
Cohenite
Colemanite
Colimaite
Collinsite
Coloradoite
Coltan (short for minerals of the columbite group)
Columbite (mineral group)
Combeite
Conichalcite
Connellite
Cooperite
Copiapite
Copper
Corderoite
Cordierite
Corkite
Cornubite
Cornwallite
Corundum
Cotunnite
Covellite
Coyoteite
Creedite
Cristobalite
Crocidolite (asbestiform riebeckite)
Crocoite
Cronstedtite
Crookesite
Crossite
Cryolite
Cryptomelane
Cubanite
Cummingtonite
Cupalite
Cuprite
Cuprosklodowskite
Cuprospinel
Curite
Cuspidine
Cyanotrichite
Cylindrite
Cymophane (variety of chrysoberyl)
Cymrite
Cyrilovite
Danalite
Danburite
Datolite
Daubréeite
Daubréelite
Davidite
Dawsonite
Delafossite
Delessite (magnesian chamosite)
Delvauxite
Demesmaekerite
Derriksite
Descloizite
Devilline
Diaboleite
Diadochite
Diamond
Diaspore
Dickite
Digenite
Dimorphite
Diopside
Dioptase
Djerfisherite
Djurleite
Dmitryivanovite
Dollaseite-(Ce)
Dolomite
Domeykite
Donnayite-(Y)
Drysdallite
Duftite
Dumortierite
Dundasite
Dypingite
Dyscrasite
Dzhalindite
Edenite
Edingtonite
Efremovite
Ekanite
Elbaite
Elsmoreite (pure hydrokenoelsmoreite)
Emerald (green gem variety of beryl)
Emmonsite
Empressite
Enargite
Enstatite
Eosphorite
Ephesite
Epidote
Epsomite
Ericssonite
Erionite (series of zeolites)
Erythrite
Eskolaite
Esperite
Ettringite
Euchroite
Euclase
Eucryptite
Eudialyte
Eudialyte group
Euxenite-(Y)
Eveite
Evenkite
Eveslogite
Fabianite
Farneseite
Fassaite (variety of augite)
Faujasite (subgroup of zeolites)
Faustite
Fayalite (olivine group)
Feldspar (mineral group)
Feldspathoid (mineral group)
Felsőbányaite
Ferberite
Fergusonite (mineral group)
Feroxyhyte
Ferrierite (subgroup of zeolite minerals)
Ferrihydrite
Ferrimolybdite
Ferro-actinolite
Ferrocolumbite (synonym of columbite-(Fe))
Ferrogedrite
Ferrohortonolite (olivine group)
Ferronigerite-2N1S
Ferropericlase
Ferroselite
Ferrotantalite (synonym of tantalite-(Fe))
Fettelite
Fichtelite
Fletcherite
Fluckite
Fluellite
Fluoborite
Fluocerite
Fluor-buergerite
Fluor-liddicoatite
Fluor-uvite
Fluorapatite (apatite group)
Fluorapophyllite-(K)
Fluorcaphite
Fluorellestadite
Fluorite
Fluororichterite (amphibole group)
Fluorspar (synonym of fluorite)
Fornacite
Forsterite (olivine group)
Fougèrite (layered double hydroxide)
Fourmarierite
Fraipontite
Francevillite
Franckeite
Francolite (variety of fluorapatite)
Frankamenite
Frankdicksonite
Frankhawthorneite
Franklinite (spinel group)
Franklinphilite
Freibergite
Freieslebenite
Fukuchilite
Gabrielite
Gadolinite (mineral group)
Gagarinite-(Ce)
Gahnite
Galaxite
Galena
Galkhaite
Gananite
Garnet (mineral group)
Garnierite (a nickel ore)
Gaspeite
Gatehouseite
Gaylussite
Gedanite (fossilized resin)
Gedrite
Geerite
Gehlenite
Geigerite
Geikielite
Geocronite
Georgerobinsonite
Germanite
Gersdorffite
Getchellite
Gibbsite
Gilalite
Gismondine
Glauberite
Glaucochroite
Glaucodot
Glauconite
Glaucophane
Glessite (natural resin)
Gmelinite
Godovikovite
Goethite
Gold
Goldmanite
Gonnardite
Gordaite
Gormanite
Goslarite
Graftonite
Grandidierite
Grandreefite
Graphite
Gratonite
Greenalite
Greenockite
Gregoryite
Greifensteinite
Greigite
Grossite
Grossular
Groutite
Grunerite
Guettardite
Gugiaite
Guilleminite
Gunningite
Guyanaite
Gwihabaite
Gypsum
Hafnon
Hagendorfite
Haggertyite
Haidingerite
Haiweeite
Halite
Halloysite
Halotrichite
Hambergite
Hanksite
Hapkeite
Hardystonite
Harmotome
Hatchettite (a paraffin wax)
Hauerite
Hausmannite
Hauyne
Hawleyite
Haxonite
Hazenite
Heazlewoodite
Hectorite
Hedenbergite
Heliodor (greenish-yellow variety of beryl)
Heliotrope (variety of chalcedony)
Hellyerite
Hematite
Hemihedrite
Hemimorphite
Hemusite
Herbertsmithite
Hercynite
Herderite
Hessite
Hessonite (variety of grossular)
Heulandite (series of zeolites)
Hexaferrum
Hibonite
Hidalgoite
Hiddenite (variety of spodumene)
Hilgardite
Hisingerite
Hiärneite
Hodgkinsonite
Hoelite
Hollandite
Holmquistite
Homilite
Hopeite
Hornblende (series of amphiboles)
Howlite
Hsianghualite
Hubeite
Huemulite
Humite
Huntite
Hureaulite
Hutchinsonite
Huttonite
Hyalite (variety of opal)
Hyalophane
Hydroboracite
Hydrogrossular (series of garnets)
Hydrohalite
Hydrokenoelsmoreite
Hydromagnesite
Hydrotalcite
Hydroxylapatite
Hydrozincite
Hypersthene (synonym of enstatite or ferrosilite, or mid-way member of the enstatite–ferrosilite series)
Håleniusite-(La)
Hübnerite
Ianbruceite
Icosahedrite
Idocrase (synonym of vesuvianite)
Idrialite
Ikaite
Illite
Ilmenite
Ilvaite
Imogolite
Indite
Indium
Inyoite
Iodargyrite
Iolite (a gem-quality variety of cordierite)
Iranite
Iridium
Iron
Ixiolite
Jacobsite
Jadarite
Jade (tough, green mineral either jadeite or nephrite amphibole)
Jadeite
Jaffeite
Jalpaite
Jamesonite
Janggunite
Jarosewichite
Jarosite
Jasper (variety of quartz)
Jeffersonite (variety of augite)
Jennite
Jeremejevite
Jerrygibbsite
Jet (fossilised wood)
Jimthompsonite
Johannite
Jolliffeite
Jonesite
Jordanite
Julgoldite
Junitoite
Jurbanite
Kaatialaite
Kadyrelite
Kaersutite
Kainite
Kainosite-(Y)
Kalininite
Kalinite
Kalsilite
Kamacite
Kambaldaite
Kamiokite
Kampfite
Kanoite
Kaolinite
Karlite
Kassite
Kaňkite
Kegelite
Keilhauite (variety of titanite)
Keilite
Kermesite
Kernite
Kerolite (variety of talc)
Kesterite
Keyite
Khatyrkite
Kieserite
Kinoite
Knebelite
Knorringite
Kobellite
Kochite
Kogarkoite
Kolbeckite
Kornerupine
Kosmochlor
Kostovite
Kovdorskite
Krantzite (natural resin)
Kratochvílite
Kremersite
Krennerite
Krieselite
Krotite
Krut'aite
Krutovite
Kröhnkite
Kukharenkoite-(Ce)
Kunzite (variety of spodumene)
Kuratite
Kurnakovite
Kutnohorite
Kyanite
Köttigite
Labradorite
Lanarkite
Langbeinite
Langite
Lansfordite
Lanthanite (group of rare earth carbonates)
Laplandite-(Ce)
Larimar (blue variety of pectolite)
Larnite
Laumontite
Laurionite
Laurite
Lautite
Lavendulan
Lawsonite
Lazulite
Lazurite
Lead
Leadhillite
Lechatelierite (fused quartz glass)
Legrandite
Leifite
Leightonite
Lepidocrocite
Lepidolite
Letovicite
Leucite
Leucophanite
Leucophoenicite
Libethenite
Liebigite
Lignite (a type of coal)
Limonite (a mineraloid)
Linarite
Lindgrenite
Linnaeite
Lipscombite
Liroconite
Litharge
Lithiophilite
Livingstonite
Lizardite
Lodestone (a synonym of magnetite)
Loellingite
Lonsdaleite
Loparite-(Ce)
Lorenzenite
Lorándite
Loveringite
Lublinite (variety of calcite)
Ludlamite
Ludwigite
Lulzacite
Lyonsite
Lévyne (series of zeolites)
Lópezite
Macaulayite
Macdonaldite
Mackinawite
Madocite
Magadiite
Maghemite
Magnesia
Magnesiocummingtonite (magnesium-rich variety of cummingtonite)
Magnesioferrite
Magnesiohastingsite
Magnesiopascoite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Majorite
Malachite
Malacolite (synonym of diopside)
Malayaite
Manganite
Manganocolumbite (synonym of columbite-(Mn))
Manganosite
Manganotantalite (synonym of tantalite-(Mn))
Manganvesuvianite
Marcasite
Margaritasite
Margarite
Marialite
Maricite
Mariposite (variety of phengite/muscovite)
Marrite
Marthozite
Mascagnite
Massicot
Masuyite
Matlockite
Maucherite
Mawsonite
Mckelveyite-(Y)
Meerschaum (variety of sepiolite)
Meionite
Melanite (variety of andradite)
Melanophlogite
Melanterite
Melilite
Mellite
Melonite
Mendipite
Mendozite
Meneghinite
Menilite (variety of opal)
Mercury
Mereheadite
Merenskyite
Meridianiite
Merrillite
Mesolite
Messelite
Metacinnabar
Metatorbernite
Metazeunerite
Meyerhofferite
Miargyrite
Mica (a group of silicate minerals)
Microcline
Microlite
Milky quartz (a cloudy white quartz)
Millerite
Millosevichite
Mimetite
Minium
Minnesotaite
Minyulite
Mirabilite
Mixite
Moganite
Mohite
Mohrite
Moissanite
Molybdenite
Molybdite
Monazite
Monohydrocalcite
Monticellite
Montmorillonite (clay mineral)
Mooihoekite
Moolooite
Mordenite
Morganite (a pink beryl)
Moschellandsbergite
Mosesite
Mottramite
Motukoreaite
Mullite
Mundite
Murdochite
Muscovite
Musgravite (magnesiotaaffeite-6N'3S)
Nabalamprophyllite
Nabesite
Nacrite
Nadorite
Nagyágite
Nahcolite
Naldrettite
Nambulite
Narsarsukite
Native copper
Natrolite
Natron
Natrophilite
Nekrasovite
Nelenite
Nenadkevichite
Nepheline
Nephrite (variety of actinolite)
Neptunite
Nichromite
Nickel
Nickeline
Niedermayrite
Niningerite
Niobite (synonym of columbite)
Niobite-tantalite (synonym of columbite-tantalite)
Nissonite
Niter
Nitratine
Nobleite
Nontronite
Norbergite
Normandite
Northupite
Nosean
Nsutite
Nyerereite
Népouite
Obsidian (a mineraloid)
Okenite
Oldhamite
Olgite
Oligoclase (a mixture of albite and anorthite)
Olivenite
Olivine (a group of silicate minerals)
Omphacite
Onyx (a monochromatic banded variety of chalcedony)
Opal (a mineraloid)
Ordóñezite
Oregonite
Orpiment
Orthochrysotile (a polytype of chrysotile)
Orthoclase
Osarizawaite
Osmium
Osumilite
Otavite
Ottrelite
Otwayite
Pabstite
Painite
Palagonite (basaltic volcanic glass)
Palladium
Palygorskite
Panethite
Panguite
Papagoite
Parachrysotile (a polytype of chrysotile)
Paragonite
Paralaurionite
Paramelaconite
Pararealgar
Pargasite
Parisite-(Ce)
Parsonsite
Parthéite
Pascoite
Patrónite
Paulingite (series of zeolites)
Paulscherrerite
Pearceite
Pecoraite
Pectolite
Pelagosite (variety of aragonite)
Penikisite
Penroseite
Pentagonite
Pentlandite
Perhamite
Periclase
Pericline (variety of albite)
Peridot (gem-quality olivine)
Perite
Perlite (volcanic glass)
Perovskite
Petalite
Petzite
Pezzottaite
Pharmacolite
Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite
Phengite (variety of muscovite)
Phillipsite (series of zeolites)
Phlogopite
Phoenicochroite
Phosgenite
Phosphophyllite
Phosphorite (name given to impure, massive apatite.)
Phosphuranylite
Pickeringite
Picropharmacolite
Piemontite
Pigeonite
Pimelite ("discredited mineral species")
Pinalite
Pinnoite
Pitchblende (a massive impure form of uraninite)
Piypite
Plagioclase Na-Ca feldspar series
Plancheite
Platinum
Plattnerite
Playfairite
Plessite (mixture of kamacite and taenite)
Plumbogummite
Polarite
Pollucite
Polybasite
Polycrase
Polydymite
Polyhalite
Portlandite
Posnjakite
Potassium alum or potash alum (as a mineral, is called alum-(K))
Poudretteite
Povondraite
Powellite
Prehnite
Proustite
Pseudobrookite
Pseudomalachite
Pseudowollastonite
Psilomelane (refers collectively to hard black manganese oxides)
Pumicite (synonym of pumice)
Pumpellyite (group of sorosilicates)
Purpurite
Putnisite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore (mineral group)
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrope
Pyrophanite
Pyrophyllite
Pyroxene (group of silicate minerals)
Pyroxferroite
Pyroxmangite
Pyrrhotite
Pääkkönenite
Qingsongite
Quartz
Quenstedtite
Quintinite
Rambergite
Rameauite
Rammelsbergite
Rapidcreekite
Rashleighite (variety of turquoise)
Raspite
Realgar
Red amethyst is a type of quartz. This specimen was collected in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Reidite
Reinerite
Renierite
Rheniite
Rhodium
Rhodochrosite
Rhodolite (variety of pyrope)
Rhodonite
Rhodplumsite
Rhomboclase
Richterite
Rickardite
Riebeckite
Ringwoodite
Roaldite
Robertsite
Rock crystal (quartz)
Rodalquilarite
Romanèchite
Romeite
Rosasite
Roscoelite
Rose quartz (pink variety of quartz)
Roselite
Rosenbergite
Rosickýite
Roumanite (amber)
Routhierite
Rozenite
Rubicline
Ruby (red gem corundum)
Ruizite
Russellite
Ruthenium
Rutherfordine
Rutile
Rynersonite
Sabatierite
Sabieite
Sabinaite
Sacrofanite
Safflorite
Sal ammoniac
Saleeite
Saliotite
Salzburgite
Samarskite-(Y)
Sampleite
Samsonite
Samuelsonite
Sanbornite
Saneroite
Sanidine (orthoclase variety)
Santabarbaraite
Santite
Saponite (clay mineral)
Sapphire (gem corundum of any color except red, especially blue varieties)
Sapphirine
Sarabauite
Sard (a variety of chalcedony/quartz)
Sarkinite
Sassolite
Satinspar (a variety of gypsum)
Satterlyite
Sauconite
Sborgite
Scapolite (a group of silicate minerals)
Scheelite
Schmiederite
Schoepite
Schorl (black tourmaline)
Schreibersite
Schreyerite
Schröckingerite
Schwertmannite
Schäferite
Scolecite
Scorodite
Scorzalite
Scrutinyite
Seamanite
Searlesite
Seeligerite
Segelerite
Seifertite
Sekaninaite
Selenite (a variety of gypsum)
Selenium
Seligmannite
Sellaite
Semseyite
Senarmontite
Sepiolite
Serendibite
Serpentine group
Serpierite
Sewardite
Shandite
Shattuckite
Shigaite
Shortite
Shungite (a lustrous black mineraloid)
Siderite
Siderophyllite
Siderotil
Siegenite
Silicate perovskite
Silicon
Sillimanite
Silver
Simetite (a variety of amber)
Simonellite
Simpsonite
Sincosite
Sinkankasite
Sinoite
Skaergaardite
Sklodowskite
Skutterudite
Smaltite
Smectite (a group of clay minerals)
Smithsonite
Smoky quartz (a brown or black variety of quartz)
Soda niter (synonym of nitratine)
Sodalite
Soddyite
Sonolite
Spectrolite (a variety of labradorite)
Sperrylite
Spertiniite
Spessartine
Spessartite (synonym of spessartine)
Sphalerite
Sphene (synonym of titanite)
Spherocobaltite
Spinel
Spodumene
Spurrite
Stannite
Stannoidite
Stantienite (a variety of amber)
Staurolite
Steacyite
Stellerite
Stephanite
Stercorite
Stibarsen
Stibiconite
Stibiopalladinite
Stibnite
Stichtite
Stilbite (series of zeolites)
Stilleite
Stillwaterite
Stillwellite-(Ce)
Stilpnomelane
Stishovite
Stolzite
Strashimirite
Strengite
Stromeyerite
Strontianite
Struvite
Studenitsite
Studtite
Stützite
Suanite
Suessite
Sugilite
Sulfur
Sunstone (a variety of either oligoclase or orthoclase)
Sursassite
Susannite
Sussexite
Svanbergite
Sweetite
Switzerite
Sylvanite
Sylvite
Synchysite-(Ce)
Syngenite
Sérandite
Taaffeite
Tachyhydrite
Taenite
Talc
Talmessite
Talnakhite
Tamarugite
Tangeite
Tantalite
Tantite
Tanzanite (variety of zoisite)
Tapiolite (mineral series)
Taranakite
Tarapacaite
Tarbuttite
Tausonite
Teallite
Tellurite
Tellurium
Tellurobismuthite
Temagamite
Tennantite
Tenorite
Tephroite
Terlinguaite
Teruggite
Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite
Tetrataenite
Thaumasite
Thenardite
Thermonatrite
Thiospinel group
Thomasclarkite-(Y)
Thomsenolite
Thomsonite (series of zeolites)
Thorianite
Thorite
Thortveitite
Thulite (variety of zoisite)
Thuringite (variety of chamosite)
Tiemannite
Tienshanite
Tin
Tinaksite
Tincalconite
Titanite
Titanium
Titanowodginite
Tobermorite
Todorokite
Tokyoite
Tongbaite
Topaz
Torbernite
Tourmaline (group of silicate minerals)
Tranquillityite
Travertine (form of calcium carbonate)
Tremolite
Trevorite
Tridymite
Triphylite
Triplite
Triploidite
Tripuhyite
Troilite
Trona
Tsavorite (gem variety of grossularite garnet)
Tschermakite
Tschermigite
Tsumcorite
Tsumebite
Tugtupite
Tungsten
Tungstite
Tuperssuatsiaite
Turquoise
Tusionite
Tyrolite
Tyrrellite
Tyuyamunite
Uchucchacuaite
Uklonskovite
Ulexite
Ullmannite
Ulrichite
Ultramarine
Ulvöspinel
Umangite
Umbite
Upalite
Uralite (alteration actinolite)
Uraninite
Uranocircite-II
Uranophane
Uranopilite
Urea
Uricite
Urusovite
Ussingite
Utahite
Uvarovite
Uytenbogaardtite
Vaesite
Valentinite
Valleriite
Vanadinite
Vanadiocarpholite
Vanadium
Vantasselite
Vanuralite
Varieties that are not valid species:
Variscite
Vaterite
Vauquelinite
Vauxite
Veatchite
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite
Villiaumite
Violarite
Vishnevite
Vivianite
Vladimirite
Vlasovite
Volborthite
Vulcanite
Wadsleyite
Wagnerite
Wairakite
Wakabayashilite
Wakefieldite
Walfordite
Wardite
Warikahnite
Warwickite
Wassonite
Wattersite
Wavellite
Weddellite
Weeksite
Weilite
Weissite
Weloganite
Whewellite
Whiteite (group of minerals)
Whitlockite
Willemite
Wiluite
Witherite
Wodginite
Wolframite
Wollastonite
Woodhouseite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Wyartite
Wüstite
Xanthiosite
Xanthoconite
Xanthoxenite
Xenophyllite
Xenotime
Xiangjiangite
Xieite
Xifengite
Xilingolite
Ximengite
Xingzhongite
Xitieshanite
Xocolatlite
Xocomecatlite
Xonotlite
Ye'elimite
Yttrialite
Yttrocerite (variety of fluorite)
Yttrocolumbite (variety columbite)
Yttropyrochlore-(Y) (obruchevite)
Yuksporite
Zabuyelite
Zaccagnaite
Zaherite
Zajacite-(Ce) (name changed to gagarinite-(Ce))
Zakharovite
Zanazziite
Zaratite
Zaïrite
Zektzerite
Zemannite
Zeolite (group of silicate minerals)
Zeunerite
Zhanghengite
Zharchikhite
Zhemchuzhnikovite
Zhonghuacerite-(Ce) (considered to be kukharenkoite-(Ce) or huanghoite-(Ce))
Ziesite
Zimbabweite
Zinalsite (synonym for fraipontite)
Zincite
Zinclipscombite
Zincmelanterite
Zincobotryogen
Zincochromite
Zincolivenite
Zinkenite
Zinnwaldite
Zippeite
Zircon
Zirconolite
Zircophyllite
Zirkelite
Znucalite
Zoisite
Zorite
Zunyite
Zussmanite
Zykaite
Åkermanite

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Abelsonite Abenakiite-(Ce) Abernathyite Abhurite Abramovite Abswurmbachite Acanthite Achavalite Actinolite Acuminite Adamantine spar (variety of corundum) Adamite Adamsite-(Y) Adelite Admontite Aegirine Aenigmatite Aerinite Aerugite Aeschynite-(Ce) Aeschynite-(Nd) Aeschynite-(Y) Afghanite Afwillite Agardite Agate (variety of quartz) Agrellite Agrinierite Aguilarite Aheylite Ahlfeldite Aikinite Ajoite Akaganéite Akatoreite Akdalaite Akhtenskite Akimotoite Akrochordite Aksaite Aktashite Alabandite Alabaster (variety of gypsum) Alacránite Alamosite Alarsite Albite Albrechtschraufite Aldermanite Aleksite Alexandrite (variety of chrysoberyl) Alforsite Algodonite Aliettite Allabogdanite Allactite Allanite Allanpringite Allargentum Alleghanyite Allingite (synonym of amber) Alloclasite Allophane Alluaivite Alluaudite Almandine Almarudite Alsakharovite-Zn Alstonite Altaite Althausite Althupite Altisite Alum Alum-(K) Aluminite Aluminium Alunite Alunogen Amakinite Amarantite Amazonite (variety of microcline) Amber (fossilized resin) Amblygonite Ameghinite Amesite Amethyst (purple variety of quartz) Amicite Ammolite (organic; also a gemstone) Amosite (asbestiform grunerite) Amphibole (mineral group) Analcime (analcite) Anandite Anapaite Anatase Ancylite (mineral group) Andalusite Andersonite Andesine Andorite (IV/VI) Andradite Andyrobertsite Anglesite Anhydrite Ankerite Annabergite Annite Anorthite Anorthoclase Antarcticite Anthonyite Anthophyllite Antigorite Antimony Antitaenite Antlerite Antozonite (variety of fluorite) Anyolite (metamorphic rock - zoisite, ruby, and hornblende) Apachite Apatite (mineral group) Aphthitalite Apophyllite Aquamarine (light blue variety of beryl) Aragonite Arcanite Archerite Arctite Arcubisite Ardaite Arfvedsonite Argentite Argentite (high temperature form of acanthite) Argutite Argyrodite Armalcolite Arsenic Arseniosiderite Arsenoclasite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Arthurite Artinite Artroeite Asbestos (fibrous serpentine- or amphibole minerals) Ashburtonite Ashoverite Asisite Astrophyllite Atacamite Athabascaite Atheneite Aubertite Auerlite (variety of thorite) Augelite Augite Aurichalcite Auricupride Aurostibite Austinite Autunite Avalite (chromian variety of illite) Aventurine (variety of quartz) Avicennite Avogadrite Awaruite Axinite (mineral group) Azurite Babefphite Babingtonite Baddeleyite Bakerite Balangeroite Banalsite Baotite Bararite Barbertonite (polytype of stichtite) Barrerite Barstowite Baryte (barite) Barytocalcite Bassanite Bastnäsite (mineral group) Baumhauerite Bauxite (aluminium ore) Bayldonite Bayleyite Bazzite Beckerite (natural resin) Becquerelite Benitoite Benstonite Bentonite (mixture of montmorillonite and other clays) Bentorite Beraunite Berborite Bergenite Berlinite Berryite Berthierite Bertrandite Beryl Beryllonite Beudantite Bicchulite Biehlite Billietite Billwiseite Biotite Birnessite Bischofite Bismite Bismuth Bismuthinite Bismutite Bityite Bixbite (red gem variety of beryl) Bixbyite Blossite Blödite Bobfergusonite Boehmite Boleite Boltwoodite Bonaccordite Boracite Borax Bornite Botallackite Botryogen Boulangerite Bournonite Boussingaultite Bowenite (variety of antigorite) Bowieite Braggite Brammallite (variety of illite) Brassite Braunite Brazilianite Breithauptite Brewsterite (series of zeolites) Brezinaite Brianite Brianyoungite Briartite Bridgmanite Brochantite Brockite Brokenhillite Bromargyrite Bromellite Bronzite Brookite Brownleeite Brownmillerite Brucite Brushite Buddingtonite Buergerite (renamed to fluor-buergerite) Bukovite Bukovskyite Bultfonteinite Bunsenite Bursaite Bustamite Bystrite Bytownite (variety of anorthite) Bílinite Cabalzarite Cabriite Cacoxenite Cadmium Cadmoindite Cadmoselite Cadwaladerite Cafarsite Cafetite Cahnite Calaverite Calciborite Calcite Calderite Caledonite Calumetite Campigliaite Campylite (variety of mimetite) Canavesite Cancrinite Canfieldite Carletonite Carlosruizite Carlsbergite Carminite Carnallite Carnelian (variety of quartz) Carnotite Carobbiite Carpathite Carpholite Carrollite Caryopilite Cassiterite Cattierite Cavansite Celadonite Celestine Celsian Cementite (synthetic cohenite) Cerite Cerium Cerussite Cervandonite-(Ce) Cervantite Cesanite Cesbronite Ceylonite (variety of spinel) Chabazite (series of zeolites) Chaidamuite Chalcanthite Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline variety of quartz) Chalcocite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Challacolloite Chambersite Chamosite Changbaiite Chaoite Chapmanite Charoite Chatkalite Chesterite Chiastolite (variety of andalusite) Chibaite Childrenite Chlorargyrite Chlorastrolite (variety of pumpellyite-(Mg)) Chlorite (mineral group) Chloritoid Chlormayenite Chlorocalcite Chloroxiphite Chondrodite Chrisstanleyite Christite Chromite Chromium Chrysoberyl Chrysocolla Chrysoprase (green nickel bearing chalcedony) Chrysotile Chrysotile (group name - asbestiform serpentine) Chvaleticeite Cinnabar Citrine (yellow variety of quartz) Clarkeite Claudetite Clausthalite Clearcreekite Cleusonite Cleveite (variety of uraninite) Clinochrysotile (polytype of chrysotile) Clinoclase Clinohedrite Clinohumite Clinoptilolite Clinozoisite Clintonite Cobaltite Coccinite Coconinoite Coesite Coffinite Cohenite Colemanite Colimaite Collinsite Coloradoite Coltan (short for minerals of the columbite group) Columbite (mineral group) Combeite Conichalcite Connellite Cooperite Copiapite Copper Corderoite Cordierite Corkite Cornubite Cornwallite Corundum Cotunnite Covellite Coyoteite Creedite Cristobalite Crocidolite (asbestiform riebeckite) Crocoite Cronstedtite Crookesite Crossite Cryolite Cryptomelane Cubanite Cummingtonite Cupalite Cuprite Cuprosklodowskite Cuprospinel Curite Cuspidine Cyanotrichite Cylindrite Cymophane (variety of chrysoberyl) Cymrite Cyrilovite Danalite Danburite Datolite Daubréeite Daubréelite Davidite Dawsonite Delafossite Delessite (magnesian chamosite) Delvauxite Demesmaekerite Derriksite Descloizite Devilline Diaboleite Diadochite Diamond Diaspore Dickite Digenite Dimorphite Diopside Dioptase Djerfisherite Djurleite Dmitryivanovite Dollaseite-(Ce) Dolomite Domeykite Donnayite-(Y) Drysdallite Duftite Dumortierite Dundasite Dypingite Dyscrasite Dzhalindite Edenite Edingtonite Efremovite Ekanite Elbaite Elsmoreite (pure hydrokenoelsmoreite) Emerald (green gem variety of beryl) Emmonsite Empressite Enargite Enstatite Eosphorite Ephesite Epidote Epsomite Ericssonite Erionite (series of zeolites) Erythrite Eskolaite Esperite Ettringite Euchroite Euclase Eucryptite Eudialyte Eudialyte group Euxenite-(Y) Eveite Evenkite Eveslogite Fabianite Farneseite Fassaite (variety of augite) Faujasite (subgroup of zeolites) Faustite Fayalite (olivine group) Feldspar (mineral group) Feldspathoid (mineral group) Felsőbányaite Ferberite Fergusonite (mineral group) Feroxyhyte Ferrierite (subgroup of zeolite minerals) Ferrihydrite Ferrimolybdite Ferro-actinolite Ferrocolumbite (synonym of columbite-(Fe)) Ferrogedrite Ferrohortonolite (olivine group) Ferronigerite-2N1S Ferropericlase Ferroselite Ferrotantalite (synonym of tantalite-(Fe)) Fettelite Fichtelite Fletcherite Fluckite Fluellite Fluoborite Fluocerite Fluor-buergerite Fluor-liddicoatite Fluor-uvite Fluorapatite (apatite group) Fluorapophyllite-(K) Fluorcaphite Fluorellestadite Fluorite Fluororichterite (amphibole group) Fluorspar (synonym of fluorite) Fornacite Forsterite (olivine group) Fougèrite (layered double hydroxide) Fourmarierite Fraipontite Francevillite Franckeite Francolite (variety of fluorapatite) Frankamenite Frankdicksonite Frankhawthorneite Franklinite (spinel group) Franklinphilite Freibergite Freieslebenite Fukuchilite Gabrielite Gadolinite (mineral group) Gagarinite-(Ce) Gahnite Galaxite Galena Galkhaite Gananite Garnet (mineral group) Garnierite (a nickel ore) Gaspeite Gatehouseite Gaylussite Gedanite (fossilized resin) Gedrite Geerite Gehlenite Geigerite Geikielite Geocronite Georgerobinsonite Germanite Gersdorffite Getchellite Gibbsite Gilalite Gismondine Glauberite Glaucochroite Glaucodot Glauconite Glaucophane Glessite (natural resin) Gmelinite Godovikovite Goethite Gold Goldmanite Gonnardite Gordaite Gormanite Goslarite Graftonite Grandidierite Grandreefite Graphite Gratonite Greenalite Greenockite Gregoryite Greifensteinite Greigite Grossite Grossular Groutite Grunerite Guettardite Gugiaite Guilleminite Gunningite Guyanaite Gwihabaite Gypsum Hafnon Hagendorfite Haggertyite Haidingerite Haiweeite Halite Halloysite Halotrichite Hambergite Hanksite Hapkeite Hardystonite Harmotome Hatchettite (a paraffin wax) Hauerite Hausmannite Hauyne Hawleyite Haxonite Hazenite Heazlewoodite Hectorite Hedenbergite Heliodor (greenish-yellow variety of beryl) Heliotrope (variety of chalcedony) Hellyerite Hematite Hemihedrite Hemimorphite Hemusite Herbertsmithite Hercynite Herderite Hessite Hessonite (variety of grossular) Heulandite (series of zeolites) Hexaferrum Hibonite Hidalgoite Hiddenite (variety of spodumene) Hilgardite Hisingerite Hiärneite Hodgkinsonite Hoelite Hollandite Holmquistite Homilite Hopeite Hornblende (series of amphiboles) Howlite Hsianghualite Hubeite Huemulite Humite Huntite Hureaulite Hutchinsonite Huttonite Hyalite (variety of opal) Hyalophane Hydroboracite Hydrogrossular (series of garnets) Hydrohalite Hydrokenoelsmoreite Hydromagnesite Hydrotalcite Hydroxylapatite Hydrozincite Hypersthene (synonym of enstatite or ferrosilite, or mid-way member of the enstatite–ferrosilite series) Håleniusite-(La) Hübnerite Ianbruceite Icosahedrite Idocrase (synonym of vesuvianite) Idrialite Ikaite Illite Ilmenite Ilvaite Imogolite Indite Indium Inyoite Iodargyrite Iolite (a gem-quality variety of cordierite) Iranite Iridium Iron Ixiolite Jacobsite Jadarite Jade (tough, green mineral either jadeite or nephrite amphibole) Jadeite Jaffeite Jalpaite Jamesonite Janggunite Jarosewichite Jarosite Jasper (variety of quartz) Jeffersonite (variety of augite) Jennite Jeremejevite Jerrygibbsite Jet (fossilised wood) Jimthompsonite Johannite Jolliffeite Jonesite Jordanite Julgoldite Junitoite Jurbanite Kaatialaite Kadyrelite Kaersutite Kainite Kainosite-(Y) Kalininite Kalinite Kalsilite Kamacite Kambaldaite Kamiokite Kampfite Kanoite Kaolinite Karlite Kassite Kaňkite Kegelite Keilhauite (variety of titanite) Keilite Kermesite Kernite Kerolite (variety of talc) Kesterite Keyite Khatyrkite Kieserite Kinoite Knebelite Knorringite Kobellite Kochite Kogarkoite Kolbeckite Kornerupine Kosmochlor Kostovite Kovdorskite Krantzite (natural resin) Kratochvílite Kremersite Krennerite Krieselite Krotite Krut'aite Krutovite Kröhnkite Kukharenkoite-(Ce) Kunzite (variety of spodumene) Kuratite Kurnakovite Kutnohorite Kyanite Köttigite Labradorite Lanarkite Langbeinite Langite Lansfordite Lanthanite (group of rare earth carbonates) Laplandite-(Ce) Larimar (blue variety of pectolite) Larnite Laumontite Laurionite Laurite Lautite Lavendulan Lawsonite Lazulite Lazurite Lead Leadhillite Lechatelierite (fused quartz glass) Legrandite Leifite Leightonite Lepidocrocite Lepidolite Letovicite Leucite Leucophanite Leucophoenicite Libethenite Liebigite Lignite (a type of coal) Limonite (a mineraloid) Linarite Lindgrenite Linnaeite Lipscombite Liroconite Litharge Lithiophilite Livingstonite Lizardite Lodestone (a synonym of magnetite) Loellingite Lonsdaleite Loparite-(Ce) Lorenzenite Lorándite Loveringite Lublinite (variety of calcite) Ludlamite Ludwigite Lulzacite Lyonsite Lévyne (series of zeolites) Lópezite Macaulayite Macdonaldite Mackinawite Madocite Magadiite Maghemite Magnesia Magnesiocummingtonite (magnesium-rich variety of cummingtonite) Magnesioferrite Magnesiohastingsite Magnesiopascoite Magnesite Magnetite Majorite Malachite Malacolite (synonym of diopside) Malayaite Manganite Manganocolumbite (synonym of columbite-(Mn)) Manganosite Manganotantalite (synonym of tantalite-(Mn)) Manganvesuvianite Marcasite Margaritasite Margarite Marialite Maricite Mariposite (variety of phengite/muscovite) Marrite Marthozite Mascagnite Massicot Masuyite Matlockite Maucherite Mawsonite Mckelveyite-(Y) Meerschaum (variety of sepiolite) Meionite Melanite (variety of andradite) Melanophlogite Melanterite Melilite Mellite Melonite Mendipite Mendozite Meneghinite Menilite (variety of opal) Mercury Mereheadite Merenskyite Meridianiite Merrillite Mesolite Messelite Metacinnabar Metatorbernite Metazeunerite Meyerhofferite Miargyrite Mica (a group of silicate minerals) Microcline Microlite Milky quartz (a cloudy white quartz) Millerite Millosevichite Mimetite Minium Minnesotaite Minyulite Mirabilite Mixite Moganite Mohite Mohrite Moissanite Molybdenite Molybdite Monazite Monohydrocalcite Monticellite Montmorillonite (clay mineral) Mooihoekite Moolooite Mordenite Morganite (a pink beryl) Moschellandsbergite Mosesite Mottramite Motukoreaite Mullite Mundite Murdochite Muscovite Musgravite (magnesiotaaffeite-6N'3S) Nabalamprophyllite Nabesite Nacrite Nadorite Nagyágite Nahcolite Naldrettite Nambulite Narsarsukite Native copper Natrolite Natron Natrophilite Nekrasovite Nelenite Nenadkevichite Nepheline Nephrite (variety of actinolite) Neptunite Nichromite Nickel Nickeline Niedermayrite Niningerite Niobite (synonym of columbite) Niobite-tantalite (synonym of columbite-tantalite) Nissonite Niter Nitratine Nobleite Nontronite Norbergite Normandite Northupite Nosean Nsutite Nyerereite Népouite Obsidian (a mineraloid) Okenite Oldhamite Olgite Oligoclase (a mixture of albite and anorthite) Olivenite Olivine (a group of silicate minerals) Omphacite Onyx (a monochromatic banded variety of chalcedony) Opal (a mineraloid) Ordóñezite Oregonite Orpiment Orthochrysotile (a polytype of chrysotile) Orthoclase Osarizawaite Osmium Osumilite Otavite Ottrelite Otwayite Pabstite Painite Palagonite (basaltic volcanic glass) Palladium Palygorskite Panethite Panguite Papagoite Parachrysotile (a polytype of chrysotile) Paragonite Paralaurionite Paramelaconite Pararealgar Pargasite Parisite-(Ce) Parsonsite Parthéite Pascoite Patrónite Paulingite (series of zeolites) Paulscherrerite Pearceite Pecoraite Pectolite Pelagosite (variety of aragonite) Penikisite Penroseite Pentagonite Pentlandite Perhamite Periclase Pericline (variety of albite) Peridot (gem-quality olivine) Perite Perlite (volcanic glass) Perovskite Petalite Petzite Pezzottaite Pharmacolite Pharmacosiderite Phenakite Phengite (variety of muscovite) Phillipsite (series of zeolites) Phlogopite Phoenicochroite Phosgenite Phosphophyllite Phosphorite (name given to impure, massive apatite.) Phosphuranylite Pickeringite Picropharmacolite Piemontite Pigeonite Pimelite ("discredited mineral species") Pinalite Pinnoite Pitchblende (a massive impure form of uraninite) Piypite Plagioclase Na-Ca feldspar series Plancheite Platinum Plattnerite Playfairite Plessite (mixture of kamacite and taenite) Plumbogummite Polarite Pollucite Polybasite Polycrase Polydymite Polyhalite Portlandite Posnjakite Potassium alum or potash alum (as a mineral, is called alum-(K)) Poudretteite Povondraite Powellite Prehnite Proustite Pseudobrookite Pseudomalachite Pseudowollastonite Psilomelane (refers collectively to hard black manganese oxides) Pumicite (synonym of pumice) Pumpellyite (group of sorosilicates) Purpurite Putnisite Pyrargyrite Pyrite Pyrochlore (mineral group) Pyrolusite Pyromorphite Pyrope Pyrophanite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene (group of silicate minerals) Pyroxferroite Pyroxmangite Pyrrhotite Pääkkönenite Qingsongite Quartz Quenstedtite Quintinite Rambergite Rameauite Rammelsbergite Rapidcreekite Rashleighite (variety of turquoise) Raspite Realgar Red amethyst is a type of quartz. This specimen was collected in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Reidite Reinerite Renierite Rheniite Rhodium Rhodochrosite Rhodolite (variety of pyrope) Rhodonite Rhodplumsite Rhomboclase Richterite Rickardite Riebeckite Ringwoodite Roaldite Robertsite Rock crystal (quartz) Rodalquilarite Romanèchite Romeite Rosasite Roscoelite Rose quartz (pink variety of quartz) Roselite Rosenbergite Rosickýite Roumanite (amber) Routhierite Rozenite Rubicline Ruby (red gem corundum) Ruizite Russellite Ruthenium Rutherfordine Rutile Rynersonite Sabatierite Sabieite Sabinaite Sacrofanite Safflorite Sal ammoniac Saleeite Saliotite Salzburgite Samarskite-(Y) Sampleite Samsonite Samuelsonite Sanbornite Saneroite Sanidine (orthoclase variety) Santabarbaraite Santite Saponite (clay mineral) Sapphire (gem corundum of any color except red, especially blue varieties) Sapphirine Sarabauite Sard (a variety of chalcedony/quartz) Sarkinite Sassolite Satinspar (a variety of gypsum) Satterlyite Sauconite Sborgite Scapolite (a group of silicate minerals) Scheelite Schmiederite Schoepite Schorl (black tourmaline) Schreibersite Schreyerite Schröckingerite Schwertmannite Schäferite Scolecite Scorodite Scorzalite Scrutinyite Seamanite Searlesite Seeligerite Segelerite Seifertite Sekaninaite Selenite (a variety of gypsum) Selenium Seligmannite Sellaite Semseyite Senarmontite Sepiolite Serendibite Serpentine group Serpierite Sewardite Shandite Shattuckite Shigaite Shortite Shungite (a lustrous black mineraloid) Siderite Siderophyllite Siderotil Siegenite Silicate perovskite Silicon Sillimanite Silver Simetite (a variety of amber) Simonellite Simpsonite Sincosite Sinkankasite Sinoite Skaergaardite Sklodowskite Skutterudite Smaltite Smectite (a group of clay minerals) Smithsonite Smoky quartz (a brown or black variety of quartz) Soda niter (synonym of nitratine) Sodalite Soddyite Sonolite Spectrolite (a variety of labradorite) Sperrylite Spertiniite Spessartine Spessartite (synonym of spessartine) Sphalerite Sphene (synonym of titanite) Spherocobaltite Spinel Spodumene Spurrite Stannite Stannoidite Stantienite (a variety of amber) Staurolite Steacyite Stellerite Stephanite Stercorite Stibarsen Stibiconite Stibiopalladinite Stibnite Stichtite Stilbite (series of zeolites) Stilleite Stillwaterite Stillwellite-(Ce) Stilpnomelane Stishovite Stolzite Strashimirite Strengite Stromeyerite Strontianite Struvite Studenitsite Studtite Stützite Suanite Suessite Sugilite Sulfur Sunstone (a variety of either oligoclase or orthoclase) Sursassite Susannite Sussexite Svanbergite Sweetite Switzerite Sylvanite Sylvite Synchysite-(Ce) Syngenite Sérandite Taaffeite Tachyhydrite Taenite Talc Talmessite Talnakhite Tamarugite Tangeite Tantalite Tantite Tanzanite (variety of zoisite) Tapiolite (mineral series) Taranakite Tarapacaite Tarbuttite Tausonite Teallite Tellurite Tellurium Tellurobismuthite Temagamite Tennantite Tenorite Tephroite Terlinguaite Teruggite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Tetrataenite Thaumasite Thenardite Thermonatrite Thiospinel group Thomasclarkite-(Y) Thomsenolite Thomsonite (series of zeolites) Thorianite Thorite Thortveitite Thulite (variety of zoisite) Thuringite (variety of chamosite) Tiemannite Tienshanite Tin Tinaksite Tincalconite Titanite Titanium Titanowodginite Tobermorite Todorokite Tokyoite Tongbaite Topaz Torbernite Tourmaline (group of silicate minerals) Tranquillityite Travertine (form of calcium carbonate) Tremolite Trevorite Tridymite Triphylite Triplite Triploidite Tripuhyite Troilite Trona Tsavorite (gem variety of grossularite garnet) Tschermakite Tschermigite Tsumcorite Tsumebite Tugtupite Tungsten Tungstite Tuperssuatsiaite Turquoise Tusionite Tyrolite Tyrrellite Tyuyamunite Uchucchacuaite Uklonskovite Ulexite Ullmannite Ulrichite Ultramarine Ulvöspinel Umangite Umbite Upalite Uralite (alteration actinolite) Uraninite Uranocircite-II Uranophane Uranopilite Urea Uricite Urusovite Ussingite Utahite Uvarovite Uytenbogaardtite Vaesite Valentinite Valleriite Vanadinite Vanadiocarpholite Vanadium Vantasselite Vanuralite Varieties that are not valid species: Variscite Vaterite Vauquelinite Vauxite Veatchite Vermiculite Vesuvianite Villiaumite Violarite Vishnevite Vivianite Vladimirite Vlasovite Volborthite Vulcanite Wadsleyite Wagnerite Wairakite Wakabayashilite Wakefieldite Walfordite Wardite Warikahnite Warwickite Wassonite Wattersite Wavellite Weddellite Weeksite Weilite Weissite Weloganite Whewellite Whiteite (group of minerals) Whitlockite Willemite Wiluite Witherite Wodginite Wolframite Wollastonite Woodhouseite Wulfenite Wurtzite Wyartite Wüstite Xanthiosite Xanthoconite Xanthoxenite Xenophyllite Xenotime Xiangjiangite Xieite Xifengite Xilingolite Ximengite Xingzhongite Xitieshanite Xocolatlite Xocomecatlite Xonotlite Ye'elimite Yttrialite Yttrocerite (variety of fluorite) Yttrocolumbite (variety columbite) Yttropyrochlore-(Y) (obruchevite) Yuksporite Zabuyelite Zaccagnaite Zaherite Zajacite-(Ce) (name changed to gagarinite-(Ce)) Zakharovite Zanazziite Zaratite Zaïrite Zektzerite Zemannite Zeolite (group of silicate minerals) Zeunerite Zhanghengite Zharchikhite Zhemchuzhnikovite Zhonghuacerite-(Ce) (considered to be kukharenkoite-(Ce) or huanghoite-(Ce)) Ziesite Zimbabweite Zinalsite (synonym for fraipontite) Zincite Zinclipscombite Zincmelanterite Zincobotryogen Zincochromite Zincolivenite Zinkenite Zinnwaldite Zippeite Zircon Zirconolite Zircophyllite Zirkelite Znucalite Zoisite Zorite Zunyite Zussmanite Zykaite Åkermanite