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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

Latest revision as of 12:23, 1 May 2017

To be done: Merge useful names from Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minerals


  • 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