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The articles in this category are Minerals.

This is a list of minerals for which there are articles on Wikipedia.

Minerals are distinguished by various chemical and physical properties. Differences in chemical composition and crystal structure distinguish the various species. Within a mineral species there may be variation in physical properties or minor amounts of impurities that are recognized by mineralogists or wider society as a mineral variety.

Mineral variety names are listed after the valid minerals for each letter.

A[]

Abelsonite

Abenakiite-(Ce)

Abernathyite

Abhurite

Abramovite

Abswurmbachite

Acanthite

Achavalite

Actinolite

Acuminite

Adamite

Adamsite-(Y)

Adelite

Admontite

Aegirine

Aenigmatite

Aerinite

Aerugite

Aeschynite-(Ce)

Aeschynite-(Nd)

Aeschynite-(Y)

Afghanite

Afwillite

Agardite

Agrellite

Agrinierite

Aguilarite

Aheylite

Ahlfeldite

Aikinite

Ajoite

Akaganéite

Akatoreite

Akdalaite

Åkermanite

Akhtenskite

Akimotoite

Akrochordite

Aksaite

Aktashite

Alabandite

Alacránite

Alamosite

Alarsite

Albite

Albrechtschraufite

Aldermanite

Aleksite

Alforsite

Algodonite

Aliettite

Allabogdanite

Allactite

Allanite

Allanpringite

Allargentum

Alleghanyite

Alloclasite

Alluaivite

Alluaudite

Almandine

Almarudite

Alsakharovite-Zn

Alstonite

Altaite

Althausite

Althupite

Altisite

Alum-(K)

Aluminite

Aluminium

Alunite

Alunogen

Amakinite

Amarantite

Amblygonite

Ameghinite

Amesite

Amicite

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

Apachite

Apatite (mineral group)

Aphthitalite

Apophyllite

Aragonite

Arcanite

Archerite

Arctite

Arcubisite

Ardaite

Arfvedsonite

Argentite

Argutite

Argyrodite

Armalcolite

Arsenic

Arseniosiderite

Arsenoclasite

Arsenolite

Arsenopyrite

Arthurite

Artinite

Artroeite

Ashburtonite

Ashoverite

Asisite

Astrophyllite

Atacamite

Athabascaite

Atheneite

Aubertite

Augelite

Augite

Aurichalcite

Auricupride

Aurostibite

Austinite

Autunite

Avicennite

Avogadrite

Awaruite

Axinite (mineral group)

Azurite

Varieties that are not valid species:[]

Adamantine spar (variety of corundum)

Agate (variety of chalcedony and quartz)

Alabaster (variety of gypsum)

Alexandrite (variety of chrysoberyl)

Allingite (synonym of amber)

Alum

Amazonite (variety of microcline)

Amethyst (purple variety of quartz)

Ametrine (variety of quartz)

Ammolite (organic; also a gemstone)

Amosite (asbestiform grunerite)

Antozonite (variety of fluorite)

Anyolite (metamorphic rock - zoisite, ruby, and hornblende)

Aquamarine (light blue variety of beryl)

Argentite (high temperature form of acanthite)

Asbestos (fibrous serpentine- or amphibole minerals)

Auerlite (variety of thorite)

Avalite (chromian variety of illite)

Aventurine (variety of quartz)

B[]

Babefphite

Babingtonite

Baddeleyite

Bakerite

Balangeroite

Banalsite

Baotite

Bararite

Barrerite

Barstowite

Baryte (barite)

Barytocalcit

Bassanite

Bastnäsite (mineral group)

Baumhauerite

Bayldonite

Bayleyite

Bazzite

Becquerelite

Benitoite

Benstonite

Bentorite

Beraunite

Berborite

Bergenite

Berlinite

Berryite

Berthierite

Bertrandite

Beryl

Beryllonite

Beudantite

Bicchulite

Biehlite

Bilibinskite

Bílinite

Billietite

Billwiseite

Biotite

Birnessite

Bischofite

Bismite

Bismuth

Bismuthinite

Bismutite

Bityite

Bixbyite

Blödite

Blossite

Bobfergusonite

Boehmite

Boleite

Boltwoodite

Bonaccordite

Boracite

Borax

Bornite

Botallackite

Botryogen

Boulangerite

Bournonite

Boussingaultite

Bowieite

Braggite

Brassite

Braunite

Brazilianite

Breithauptite

Brewsterite (series of zeolites)

Brezinaite

Brianite

Brianyoungite

Briartite

Bridgmanite

Brochantite

Brockite

Bromargyrite

Bromellite

Bronzite

Brookite

Brownleeite

Brownmillerite

Brucite

Brushite

Buddingtonite

Bukovite

Bukovskyite

Bultfonteinite

Bunsenite

Bustamite

Bystrite

Varieties that are not valid species:[]

Barbertonite (polytype of stichtite)

Beckerite (natural resin)

Bentonite (mixture of montmorillonite and other clays)

Bixbite (red gem variety of beryl)

Bowenite (variety of antigorite)

Brammallite (variety of illite)

Brokenhillite (not approved by IMA)

Buergerite (renamed to fluor-buergerite)

Bursaite (not approved by IMA)

Bytownite (variety of anorthite)

C[]

Cabalzarite

Cabriite

Cacoxenite

Cadmium

Cadmoindite

Cadmoselite

Cadwaladerite

Cafarsite

Cafetite

Cahnite

Calaverite

Calciborite

Calcite

Calderite

Caledonite

Calumetite

Campigliaite

Canavesite

Cancrinite

Canfieldite

Carletonite

Carlosruizite

Carlsbergite

Carminite

Carnallite

Carnotite

Carobbiite

Carpathite

Carpholite

Carrollite

Caryopilite

Cassiterite

Cattierite

Cavansite

Celadonite

Celestine

Celsian

Cerite

Cerium

Cerussite

Cervandonite-(Ce)

Cervantite

Cesanite

Cesbronite

Chabazite (series of zeolites)

Chaidamuite

Chalcanthite

Chalcocite

Chalconatronite

Chalcophyllite

Chalcopyrite

Challacolloite

Chambersite

Chamosite

Changbaiite

Chaoite

Chapmanite

Charlesite

Charoite

Chatkalite

Chesterite

Chibaite

Childrenite

Chlorargyrite

Chlorite (mineral group)

Chloritoid

Chlormayenite

Chlorocalcite

Chloroxiphite

Chondrodite

Chrisstanleyite

Christite

Chromite

Chromium

Chrysoberyl

Chrysocolla

Chrysotile

Chvaleticeite

Cinnabar

Clarkeite

Claudetite

Clausthalite

Clearcreekite

Cleusonite

Clinoclase

Clinohedrite

Clinohumite

Clinoptilolite

Clinozoisite

Clintonite

Cobaltite

Coccinite

Coconinoite

Coesite

Coffinite

Cohenite

Colemanite

Colimaite

Collinsite

Coloradoite

Columbite (mineral group)

Combeite

Conichalcite

Connellite

Cooperite

Copiapite

Copper

Corderoite

Cordierite

Corkite

Cornubite

Cornwallite

Corundum

Cotunnite

Covellite

Coyoteite

Creedite

Cristobalite

Crocoite

Cronstedtite

Crookesite

Crossite

Cryolite

Cryptomelane

Cubanite

Cummingtonite

Cupalite

Cuprite

Cuprosklodowskite

Cuprospinel

Curite

Cuspidine

Cyanotrichite

Cylindrite

Cymrite

Cyrilovite

Varieties that are not valid species:[]

Campylite (variety of mimetite)

Carnelian (variety of quartz)

Cementite (synthetic cohenite)

Ceylonite (variety of spinel)

Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline variety of quartz and moganite)

Chiastolite (variety of andalusite)

Chlorastrolite (variety of pumpellyite-(Mg)

Chrysoprase (green nickel bearing chalcedony)

Chrysotile (group name - asbestiform serpentine)

Citrine (yellow variety of quartz)

Cleveite (variety of uraninite)

Clinochrysotile (polytype of chrysotile)

Coltan (short for minerals of the columbite group)

Crocidolite (asbestiform riebeckite)

Cymophane (variety of chrysoberyl)

D[]

Danalite

Danburite

Datolite

Daubréeite

Daubréelite

Davidite

Dawsonite

Delafossite

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

Varieties that are not valid species:[]

Delessite (magnesian chamosite)

E[]

Edenite

Edingtonite

Edscottite

Efremovite

Ekanite

Elbaite (type of multicoloured tourmaline)

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

Varieties that are not valid species:

Elsmoreite (pure hydrokenoelsmoreite)

Emerald (green gem variety of beryl)

F

Fabianite

Farneseite

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

Ferrogedrite

Ferrohortonolite (olivine group)

Ferronigerite-2N1S

Ferropericlase

Ferroselite

Fettelite

Fichtelite

Fletcherite

Fluckite

Fluellite

Fluoborite

Fluocerite

Fluor-buergerite

Fluor-liddicoatite

Fluor-uvite

Fluorapatite (apatite group)

Fluorapophyllite-(K)

Fluorcaphite

Fluorellestadite

Fluorite

Fluororichterite (amphibole group)

Fornacite

Forsterite (olivine group)

Fougèrite (layered double hydroxide)

Fourmarierite

Fraipontite

Francevillite

Franckeite

Frankamenite

Frankdicksonite

Frankhawthorneite

Franklinite (spinel group)

Franklinphilite

Freibergite

Freieslebenite

Fukuchilite

Varieties that are not valid species:

Fassaite (variety of augite)

Ferrocolumbite (synonym of columbite-(Fe))

Ferrotantalite (synonym of tantalite-(Fe))

Fluorspar (synonym of fluorite)

Francolite (variety of fluorapatite)

G

Gabrielite

Gadolinite (mineral group)

Gagarinite-(Ce)

Gahnite

Galaxite

Galena

Galkhaite

Gananite

Garnet (mineral group)

Gaspeite

Gatehouseite

Gaylussite

Gedrite

Geerite

Gehlenite

Geigerite

Geikielite

Gembone

Geocronite

Georgerobinsonite

Germanite

Gersdorffite

Getchellite

Gibbsite

Gilalite

Gismondine

Glauberite

Glaucochroite

Glaucodot

Glauconite

Glaucophane

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

Varieties that are not valid species:

Garnierite (a nickel ore)

Gedanite (fossilized resin)

Glessite (natural resin)

Goshenite (colorless variety of beryl)

H

Hafnon

Hagendorfite

Haggertyite

Haidingerite

Haiweeite

Håleniusite-(La)

Halite

Halloysite

Halotrichite

Hambergite

Hanksite

Hapkeite

Hardystonite

Harmotome

Hauerite

Hausmannite

Hauyne

Hawleyite

Haxonite

Hazenite

Heazlewoodite

Hectorite

Hedenbergite

Hellyerite

Hematite

Hemihedrite

Hemimorphite

Hemusite

Heptasartorite

Herbertsmithite

Hercynite

Herderite

Hermannjahnite

Hessite

Heulandite

Hübnerite and quartz

Hafnon

Hagendorfite

Haggertyite

Haidingerite

Haiweeite

Håleniusite-(La)

Halite

Halloysite

Halotrichite

Hambergite

Hanksite

Hapkeite

Hardystonite

Harmotome

Hauerite

Hausmannite

Hauyne

Hawleyite

Haxonite

Hazenite

Heazlewoodite

Hectorite

Hedenbergite

Hellyerite

Hematite

Hemihedrite

Hemimorphite

Hemusite

Heptasartorite

Herbertsmithite

Hercynite

Herderite

Hermannjahnite

Hessite

Heulandite (series of zeolites)

Hexaferrum

Hiärneite

Hibonite

Hidalgoite

Hilgardite

Hisingerite

Hodgkinsonite

Hoelite

Hollandite

Holmquistite

Homilite

Hopeite

Hornblende (series of amphiboles)

Howlite

Hsianghualite

Hubeite

Hübnerite

Huemulite

Humite

Huntite

Hureaulite

Hutchinsonite

Huttonite

Hydroboracite

Hydrogrossular (series of garnets)

Hydrohalite

Hydrokenoelsmoreite

Hydromagnesite

Hydrotalcite

Hydroxylapatite

Hydrozincite

Varieties that are not valid species:

Hatchettite (a paraffin wax)

Heliodor (greenish-yellow variety of beryl)

Heliotrope (variety of chalcedony)

Hessonite (variety of grossular)

Hiddenite (variety of spodumene)

Hyalite (variety of opal)

Hyalophane (synonym of jaloallofane)

Hypersthene (synonym of enstatite or ferrosilite, or mid-way member of the enstatite–ferrosilite series)

I

Ianbruceite

Ichnusaite

Icosahedrite

Idrialite

Ikaite

Illite

Ilmenite

Ilvaite

Imogolite

Indite

Indium

Inyoite

Iodargyrite

Iranite

Iridium

Iron

Ixiolite

Varieties that are not valid species:

Idocrase (synonym of vesuvianite)

Iolite (a gem-quality variety of cordierite)

J

Jacobsite

Jadarite

Jadeite

Jaffeite

Jalpaite

Jamesonite

Janggunite

Jarosewichite

Jarosite

Jennite

Jeremejevite

Jerrygibbsite

Jimthompsonite

Johannite

Jolliffeite

Jonesite

Jordanite

Julgoldite

Junitoite

Jurbanite

Varieties that are not valid species:

Jade (tough, green mineral either jadeite or nephrite amphibole)

Jasper (variety of quartz)

Jeffersonite (variety of augite)

K

Kaatialaite

Kadyrelite

Kaersutite

Kainite

Kainosite-(Y)

Kalininite

Kalinite

Kalsilite

Kamacite

Kambaldaite

Kamiokite

Kampfite

Kaňkite

Kanoite

Kaolinite

Karlite

Kassite

Kegelite

Keilite

Kenhsuite

Kermesite

Kernite

Kesterite

Keyite

Khatyrkite

Kieserite

Kinoite

Kleinite

Knebelite

Knorringite

Kobellite

Kochite

Kogarkoite

Kolbeckite

Kornerupine

Kosmochlor

Kostovite

Köttigite

Kovdorskite

Kratochvílite

Kremersite

Krennerite

Krieselite

Kröhnkite

Krotite

Krut'aite

Krutovite

Kukharenkoite-(Ce)

Kuratite

Kurnakovite

Kutnohorite

Kyanite

Varieties that are not valid species:

Keilhauite (variety of titanite)

Kerolite (variety of talc)

Krantzite (natural resin)

Kunzite (variety of spodumene)

L

Labradorite

Lanarkite

Langbeinite

Langite

Lansfordite

Lanthanite (group of rare earth carbonates)

Laplandite-(Ce)

Larnite

Laumontite

Laurionite

Laurite

Lautite

Lavendulan

Lawsonite

Lazulite

Lazurite

Lead

Leadhillite

Legrandite

Leifite

Leightonite

Lepidocrocite

Lepidolite

Letovicite

Leucite

Leucophanite

Leucophoenicite

Lévyne (series of zeolites)

Libethenite

Liebigite

Linarite

Lindgrenite

Linnaeite

Lipscombite

Liroconite

Litharge

Lithiophilite

Livingstonite

Lizardite

Loellingite

Lonsdaleite

Loparite-(Ce)

Lópezite

Lorándite

Lorenzenite

Loveringite

Ludlamite

Ludwigite

Lulzacite

Lyonsite

Varieties that are not valid species:

Larimar (blue variety of pectolite)

Lignite (a type of coal)

Lodestone (a synonym of magnetite)

Lublinite (variety of calcite)

M

Macaulayite

Macdonaldite

Mackinawite

Madocite

Magadiite

Maghemite

Magnesioferrite

Magnesiohastingsite

Magnesiopascoite

Magnesite

Magnetite

Majorite

Malachite

Malayaite

Manganite

Manganosite

Manganvesuvianite

Marcasite

Margaritasite

Margarite

Marialite

Maricite

Marrite

Marthozite

Mascagnite

Massicot

Masuyite

Mathesiusite

Matlockite

Maucherite

Mawsonite

Mckelveyite-(Y)

Meionite

Melanophlogite

Melanterite

Melilite

Mellite

Melonite

Mendipite

Mendozite

Meneghinite

Mercury (as solid)

Mereheadite

Merenskyite

Meridianiite

Merrillite

Mesolite

Messelite

Metacinnabar

Metatorbernite

Metazeunerite

Meyerhofferite

Miargyrite

Mica (a group of silicate minerals)

Microcline

Microlite

Millerite

Millosevichite

Mimetite

Minium

Minnesotaite

Minyulite

Mirabilite

Mixite

Moganite

Mohite

Mohrite

Moissanite

Molybdenite

Molybdite

Monazite

Monohydrocalcite

Monticellite

Montmorillonite (clay mineral)

Mooihoekite

Moolooite

Mordenite

Moschellandsbergite

Mosesite

Mottramite

Motukoreaite

Mullite

Mundite

Murdochite

Muscovite

Musgravite (magnesiotaaffeite-6N'3S)

Varieties that are not valid species:

Magnesia

Magnesiocummingtonite (magnesium-rich variety of cummingtonite)

Malacolite (synonym of diopside)

Manganocolumbite (synonym of columbite-(Mn))

Manganotantalite (synonym of tantalite-(Mn))

Mariposite (variety of phengite/muscovite)

Meerschaum (variety of sepiolite)

Melanite (variety of andradite)

Menilite (variety of opal)

Milky quartz (a cloudy white quartz)

Morganite (a pink beryl)

N

Nabalamprophyllite

Nabesite

Nacrite

Nadorite

Nagyágite

Nahcolite

Naldrettite

Nambulite

Narsarsukite

Native copper

Natrolite

Natron

Natrophilite

Nekrasovite

Nelenite

Nenadkevichite

Nepheline

Népouite

Neptunite

Nichromite

Nickel

Nickeline

Niedermayrite

Niningerite

Nissonite

Niter

Nitratine

Nobleite

Nontronite

Norbergite

Normandite

Northupite

Nosean

Nsutite

Nuragheite

Nyerereite

Varieties that are not valid species:

Nephrite (variety of actinolite)

Niobite (synonym of columbite)

Niobite-tantalite (synonym of columbite-tantalite)

O

Okenite

Oldhamite

Olgite

Olivenite

Olivine (a group of silicate minerals)

Omphacite

Oneillite

Oosterboschite

Oppenheimerite

Ordóñezite

Oregonite

Orpiment

Orthoclase

Osarizawaite

Osmium

Osumilite

Otavite

Ottrelite

Otwayite

Varieties that are not valid species:

Oligoclase (a mixture of albite and anorthite)

Onyx (a monochromatic banded variety of chalcedony)

Orthochrysotile (a polytype of chrysotile)

P

Pääkkönenite

Pabstite

Painite

Palladium

Palygorskite

Panethite

Panguite

Papagoite

Paragonite

Paralaurionite

Paramelaconite

Pararealgar

Pargasite

Parisite-(Ce)

Parsonsite

Parthéite

Pascoite

Patrónite

Paulingite (series of zeolites)

Paulscherrerite

Pearceite

Pecoraite

Pectolite

Penikisite

Penroseite

Pentagonite

Pentlandite

Perhamite

Periclase

Perite

Perovskite

Petalite

Petzite

Pezzottaite

Pharmacolite

Pharmacosiderite

Phenakite

Phillipsite (series of zeolites)

Phlogopite

Phoenicochroite

Phosgenite

Phosphophyllite

Phosphuranylite

Pickeringite

Picropharmacolite

Piemontite

Pigeonite

Pinalite

Pinnoite

Piypite

Plagioclase Na-Ca feldspar series

Plancheite

Platinum

Plattnerite

Playfairite

Plumbogummite

Polarite

Pollucite

Polybasite

Polycrase

Polydymite

Polyhalite

Portlandite

Posnjakite

Poudretteite

Povondraite

Powellite

Prehnite

Proustite

Pseudobrookite

Pseudomalachite

Pseudowollastonite

Pumpellyite (group of sorosilicates)

Purpurite

Putnisite

Pyrargyrite

Pyrite

Pyrochlore (mineral group)

Pyrolusite

Pyromorphite

Pyrope

Pyrophanite

Pyrophyllite

Pyroxene (group of silicate minerals)

Pyroxferroite

Pyroxmangite

Pyrrhotite

Varieties that are not valid species:

Parachrysotile (a polytype of chrysotile)

Pelagosite (variety of aragonite)

Pericline (variety of albite)

Peridot (gem-quality olivine)

Perlite (volcanic glass)

Phengite (variety of muscovite)

Phosphorite (name given to impure, massive apatite.)

Pimelite ("discredited mineral species")

Pitchblende (a massive impure form of uraninite)

Plessite (mixture of kamacite and taenite)

Potassium alum or potash alum (as a mineral, is called alum-(K))

Q

Qingsongite

Quartz

Quenstedtite

Quetzalcoatlite

Quintinite

Qusongite

R

Rakovanite

Rambergite

Rameauite

Rammelsbergite

Rapidcreekite

Raslakite

Raspite

Rastsvetaevite

Realgar

Reederite-(Y)

Reidite

Reinerite

Renierite

Rheniite

Rhodium

Rhodochrosite

Rhodonite

Rhodplumsite

Rhomboclase

Richterite

Rickardite

Riebeckite

Ringwoodite

Roaldite

Robertsite

Rodalquilarite

Romanèchite

Romeite

Rosasite

Roscoelite

Roselite

Rosenbergite

Rosickýite

Routhierite

Rozenite

Rubicline

Ruizite

Russellite

Ruthenium

Rutherfordine

Rutile

Rynersonite

Varieties that are not valid species:

Rashleighite (variety of turquoise)

Rhodolite (variety of pyrope)

Rock crystal (quartz)

Rose quartz (pink variety of quartz)

Roumanite (amber)

Ruby (red gem corundum)

S

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)

Sapphirine

Sarabauite

Sarkinite

Sassolite

Satterlyite

Sauconite

Sborgite

Scapolite (a group of silicate minerals)

Schäferite

Scheelite

Schmiederite

Schoepite

Schorl (black tourmaline)

Schreibersite

Schreyerite

Schröckingerite

Schwertmannite

Scolecite

Scorodite

Scorzalite

Scrutinyite

Seamanite

Searlesite

Seeligerite

Segelerite

Seifertite

Sekaninaite

Selenium

Seligmannite

Sellaite

Semseyite

Senarmontite

Sepiolite

Sérandite

Serendibite

Serpentine group

Serpierite

Sewardite

Shandite

Shattuckite

Shigaite

Shortite

Siderite

Siderophyllite

Siderotil

Siegenite

Silicate perovskite

Silicon

Sillimanite

Silver

Simonellite

Simpsonite

Sincosite

Sinkankasite

Sinoite

Skaergaardite

Sklodowskite

Skutterudite

Smaltite

Smectite (a group of clay minerals)

Smithsonite

Sodalite

Soddyite

Sonolite

Sperrylite

Spertiniite

Spessartine

Sphalerite

Spherocobaltite

Spinel

Spodumene

Spurrite

Stannite

Stannoidite

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

Sturmanite

Stützite

Suanite

Suessite

Sugilite

Sulfur

Sursassite

Susannite

Sussexite

Svanbergite

Sweetite

Switzerite

Sylvanite

Sylvite

Synchysite-(Ce)

Syngenite

Varieties that are not valid species:

Sapphire (gem corundum of any color except red, especially blue varieties)

Sard (a variety of chalcedony/quartz)

Satinspar (a variety of gypsum)

Selenite (a variety of gypsum)

Simetite (a variety of amber)

Smoky quartz (a brown or black variety of quartz)

Soda niter (synonym of nitratine)

Spectrolite (a variety of labradorite)

Spessartite (synonym of spessartine)

Sphene (synonym of titanite)

Stantienite (a variety of amber)

Sunstone (a variety of either oligoclase or orthoclase)

T

Taaffeite

Tachyhydrite

Taenite

Talc

Talmessite

Talnakhite

Tamarugite

Tangeite

Tantalite

Tantite

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

Tiemannite

Tienshanite

Tin

Tinaksite

Tincalconite

Titanite

Titanium

Titanowodginite

Tobermorite

Todorokite

Tokyoite

Tongbaite

Topaz

Torbernite

Tourmaline (group of silicate minerals)

Tranquillityite

Tremolite

Trevorite

Tridymite

Triphylite

Triplite

Triploidite

Tripuhyite

Troilite

Trona

Tschermakite

Tschermigite

Tsumcorite

Tsumebite

Tugtupite

Tungsten

Tungstite

Tuperssuatsiaite

Turquoise

Tusionite

Tyrolite

Tyrrellite

Tyuyamunite

Varieties that are not valid species:

Tanzanite (variety of zoisite)

Thulite (variety of zoisite)

Thuringite (variety of chamosite)

Travertine (form of calcium carbonate)

Tsavorite (gem variety of grossularite garnet)

U

Uchucchacuaite

Uklonskovite

Ulexite

Ullmannite

Ulrichite

Ulvöspinel

Umangite

Umbite

Upalite

Uraninite

Uranocircite-II

Uranophane

Uranopilite

Urea

Uricite

Urusovite

Ussingite

Utahite

Uvarovite

Uytenbogaardtite

Varieties that are not valid species:

Ultramarine

Uralite (alteration actinolite)

V

Vaesite

Valentinite

Valleriite

Vanadinite

Vanadiocarpholite

Vanadium

Vantasselite

Vanuralite

Variscite

Vaterite

Vauquelinite

Vauxite

Veatchite

Vermiculite

Vesuvianite

Villiaumite

Violarite

Vishnevite

Vivianite

Vladimirite

Vlasovite

Volborthite

Vulcanite

W

Wadsleyite

Wagnerite

Wairakite

Wakabayashilite

Wakefieldite

Walfordite

Wardite

Warikahnite

Warwickite

Wassonite

Water (as solid)

Wattersite

Wavellite

Weddellite

Weeksite

Weilite

Weissite

Weloganite

Whewellite

Whiteite (group of minerals)

Whitlockite

Willemite

Wiluite

Witherite

Wodginite

Wolframite

Wollastonite

Woodhouseite

Wulfenite

Wurtzite

Wüstite

Wyartite

X

Xanthiosite

Xanthoconite

Xanthoxenite

Xenophyllite

Xenotime

Xiangjiangite

Xieite

Xifengite

Xilingolite

Ximengite

Xingzhongite

Xitieshanite

Xocolatlite

Xocomecatlite

Xonotlite

Y

Ye'elimite

Yttrialite

Yttropyrochlore-(Y) (obruchevite)

Yuksporite

Varieties that are not valid species:

Yttrocerite (variety of fluorite)

Yttrocolumbite (variety of columbite)

Z

Zabuyelite

Zaccagnaite

Zaherite

Zaïrite

Zakharovite

Zanazziite

Zaratite

Zektzerite

Zemannite

Zeolite (group of silicate minerals)

Zeunerite

Zhanghengite

Zharchikhite

Zhemchuzhnikovite

Ziesite

Zimbabweite

Zincite

Zinclipscombite

Zincmelanterite

Zincobotryogen

Zincochromite

Zincolivenite

Zinkenite

Zinnwaldite

Zippeite

Zircon

Zirconolite

Zircophyllite

Zirkelite

Znucalite

Zoisite

Zorite

Zunyite

Zussmanite

Zykaite

Varieties that are not valid species:

Zajacite-(Ce) (name changed to gagarinite-(Ce))

Zhonghuacerite-(Ce) (considered to be kukharenkoite-(Ce) or huanghoite-(Ce))

Zinalsite (synonym of fraipontite)

See also

Earth sciences portal

Geology portal

Chemical gardening

Classification of minerals

Classification of non-silicate minerals – A list of IMA recognized minerals and groupings

Classification of silicate minerals – A list of IMA recognized minerals and groupings

Classification of organic minerals – A list of IMA recognized minerals and groupings

Industrial mineral

Critical mineral raw materials

List of decorative stones – list article

List of individual gemstones

List of meteorite minerals – list article

List of minerals approved by IMA – List of minerals, intended to be as complete as possible

List of minerals by optical properties

Mineral collecting

Timeline of the discovery and classification of minerals

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