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List of minerals

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   This is a List of minerals for which there are Wikipedia articles.
   Mineral variety names and mineraloids are to be listed after the valid
   minerals for each letter.

   For a complete listing (about 4,000) of all mineral names: List of
   minerals (complete).

   Sorted by name:

A

    1. Actinolite
    2. Adamite
    3. Aegirine
    4. Albite
    5. Alforsite
    6. Altaite
    7. Alunite
    8. Amblygonite
    9. Amphibole (mineral group)
   10. Analcite
   11. Anatase
   12. Andalusite
   13. Anglesite
   14. Anhydrite
   15. Ankerite
   16. Anorthite
   17. Anorthoclase
   18. Anthophyllite
   19. Antigorite
   20. Apatite (mineral group)
   21. Aragonite
   22. Arfvedsonite
   23. Argentite
   24. Armalcolite
   25. Arsenopyrite
   26. Astrophyllite
   27. Augite
   28. Aurichalcite
   29. Auricupride
   30. Autunite
   31. Axinite (mineral group)
   32. Azurite

          Varieties that are not valid species:

    1. Agate (variety of quartz)
    2. Alabaster (variety of gypsum)
    3. Alexandrite (variety of chrysoberyl)
    4. Allingite (synonym of amber)
    5. Alum
    6. Amazonite (variety of microcline)
    7. Amber (fossilized resin)
    8. Amethyst (purple variety of quartz)
    9. Ammolite (organic; also a gemstone)
   10. Amosite (asbestiform grunerite)
   11. Anyolite (metamorphic rock - zoisite, ruby, and hornblende)
   12. Aquamarine (light blue variety of beryl)
   13. Asbestos (fibrous serpentine- or amphibole minerals)
   14. Avalite (A chromian variety of Illite.)
   15. Aventurine (variety of quartz)

B

    1. Baddeleyite
    2. Barite (Baryte, British spelling)
    3. Bastnaesite (mineral group)
    4. Benitoite
    5. Bertrandite
    6. Beryl
    7. Biotite
    8. Bismuthinite
    9. Bixbyite
   10. Blödite
   11. Blossite
   12. Boehmite
   13. Boracite
   14. Borax
   15. Bornite
   16. Brazilianite
   17. Briartite
   18. Brookite
   19. Brucite
   20. Bytownite

          Varieties that are not valid species:

    1. Bauxite (it's an ore)
    2. Beckerite (natural resin)
    3. Bixbite (red gem variety of beryl)
    4. Burmite (amber from Burma)

C

    1. Calaverite
    2. Calcite
    3. Caledonite
    4. Canfieldite
    5. Carnallite
    6. Carnotite
    7. Cassiterite
    8. Cavansite
    9. Celadonite
   10. Celestite
   11. Cerussite
   12. Chabazite (a group of closely-related minerals in the zeolite
       group)
   13. Chalcanthite
   14. Chalcocite
   15. Chalcopyrite
   16. Chlorite (mineral group)
   17. Chromite
   18. Chrysoberyl
   19. Chrysocolla
   20. Cinnabar
   21. Clinochrysotile
   22. Clinoclase
   23. Clintonite
   24. Cobaltite
   25. Coesite
   26. Coffinite
   27. Colemanite
   28. Columbite (mineral group)
   29. Cooperite
   30. Copper
   31. Cordierite
   32. Corundum
   33. Covellite
   34. Creedite
   35. Cristobalite
   36. Crookesite
   37. Cryolite
   38. Cummingtonite
   39. Cuprite
   40. Cyanotrichite
   41. Cylindrite

          Varieties that are not valid species:

    1. Carnelian (variety of quartz)
    2. Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline variety of quartz)
    3. Chrysolite (gemmy yellow-green forsterite)
    4. Chrysoprase (green nickel bearing chalcedony)
    5. Chrysotile (group name - asbestiform serpentine)
    6. Citrine (yellow variety of quartz)
    7. Cleveite
    8. Coltan (short for minerals of the columbite group)
    9. Crocidolite (asbestiform riebeckite)
   10. Cymophane (variety of chrysoberyl)

D

    1. Datolite
    2. Dawsonite
    3. Diamond
    4. Diaspore
    5. Dickite
    6. Diopside
    7. Dioptase
    8. Dolomite
    9. Dumortierite
   10. Dacite

          Varieties that are not valid species:

    1. Delessite (magnesian chamosite)
    2. Diatomite (diatomaceous earth)

E

    1. Enargite
    2. Enstatite
    3. Epidote
    4. Epsomite
    5. Erythrite
    6. Euchroite
    7. Euclase
    8. Euxenite

          Varieties that are not valid species:

    1. Emerald (green gem variety of beryl)

F

    1. Fayalite (olivine group)
    2. Feldspar (mineral group)
    3. Feldspathoid (mineral group)
    4. Ferberite
    5. Feroxyhyte
    6. Ferrierite (subgroup of zeolite minerals)
    7. Ferro-anthophyllite
    8. Ferrocolumbite
    9. Ferrohortonolite (olivine group)
   10. Ferrotantalite
   11. Fergusonite (mineral group)
   12. Fluorapatite (apatite group)
   13. Fluorichterite (amphibole group)
   14. Fluorite
   15. Fluorspar (synonym of fluorite)
   16. Forsterite (olivine group)
   17. Franckeite
   18. Franklinite (spinel group)
   19. Freieslebenite

          Varieties that are not valid species:

    1. Ferricrete Iron oxide cemented soil or sediment

G

    1. Gadolinite (mineral group)
    2. Gahnite
    3. Galena
    4. Garnet (mineral group)
    5. Garnierite
    6. Germanite
    7. Geigerite
    8. Gibbsite
    9. Glauberite
   10. Glauconite
   11. Glaucophane
   12. Goethite
   13. Gold
   14. Graphite
   15. Greenockite
   16. Grunerite
   17. Gypsum

          Varieties that are not valid species:

    1. Gedanite (fossilized resin)
    2. Golden beryl (golden-yellow variety of beryl)
    3. Green beryl (light green variety of beryl)
    4. Glessite (natural resin)

H

    1. Haggertyite
    2. Halite
    3. Hapkeite
    4. Hematite
    5. Hemimorphite
    6. Hibonite
    7. Hornblende
    8. Hübnerite
    9. Hutchinsonite
   10. Hydroxylapatite
   11. Hydrozincite

          Varieties that are not valid species:

    1. Heliodor (greenish-yellow variety of beryl)
    2. Hiddenite (variety of spodumene)
    3. Hyalite (variety of opal)

I

    1. Idocrase (synonym of vesuvianite)
    2. Idrialite
    3. Illite
    4. Ilmenite
    5. Iron

J

    1. Jadeite
    2. Jarosite
    3. Juonniite

          Varieties that are not valid species:

    1. Jade (tough, green mineral either jadeite or nephrite amphibole)
    2. Jasper (variety of quartz)
    3. Jet (fossilised wood)

K

    1. Kainite
    2. Kalsilite
    3. Kamacite
    4. Kaolinite
    5. Kernite
    6. Kieserite
    7. Kobellite
    8. Kogarkoite
    9. Kolbeckite
   10. Krennerite
   11. Kyanite

          Varieties that are not valid species:

    1. Keilhauite (variety of titanite)
    2. Krantzite (natural resin)
    3. Kunzite (variety of spodumene)

L

    1. Labradorite
    2. Lansfordite
    3. Lazurite
    4. Lepidolite
    5. Leucite
    6. Lizardite
    7. Lonsdaleite
    8. Lorandite

          Varieties that are not valid species:

    1. Lapis lazuli (a rock consisting primarily of lazurite, calcite and
       pyrite)
    2. Larimar (blue variety of pectolite)
    3. Lechatelierite (fused quartz glass)
    4. Lignite (a type of coal)
    5. Limonite -(a mineraloid )
    6. Lodestone (a synonym of magnetite)

M

    1. Maghemite
    2. Magnesite
    3. Magnetite
    4. Malachite
    5. Malacolite
    6. Manganite
    7. Manganocolumbite
    8. Manganotantalite
    9. Marcasite
   10. Margaritasite
   11. Mendozite
   12. Metacinnabarite
   13. Mica (a group of silicate minerals)
   14. Microcline
   15. Millerite
   16. Mimetite
   17. Mirabilite
   18. Moissanite
   19. Molybdenite
   20. Monazite
   21. Montmorillonite (clay mineral)
   22. Moolooite
   23. Murdochite
   24. Muscovite

          Varieties that are not valid species:

    1. Magnesia
    2. Mariposite (variety of phengite/muscovite)
    3. Menilite (variety of opal)
    4. Meerschaum (variety of sepiolite)
    5. Milky quartz (a cloudy white quartz)
    6. Morganite (a pink beryl)
    7. Morion (synonym of smoky quartz)

N

    1. Native copper
    2. Natrolite
    3. Natron
    4. Nepheline
    5. Nephrite
    6. Niccolite
    7. Niobite (synonym of columbite)
    8. Niobite-tantalite (synonym of columbite-tantalite)

O

    1. Olivine (a group of silicate minerals)
    2. Opal
    3. Orpiment
    4. Orthochrysotile
    5. Orthoclase
    6. Overite

          Varieties that are not valid species:

    1. Onyx (a monochromatic banded variety of chalcedony)

   ((Ore)) iron; rust

P

    1. Parachrysotile
    2. Paragonite
    3. Pectolite
    4. Pentlandite
    5. Periclase
    6. Perovskite
    7. Petalite
    8. Petzite
    9. Pezzottaite
   10. Pharmacosiderite
   11. Phenakite
   12. Phillipsite
   13. Phlogopite
   14. Plagioclase Na-Ca feldspar.
   15. Pollucite
   16. Potassium alum
   17. Polycrase
   18. Prehnite
   19. Proustite
   20. Pyrite
   21. Pyrochlore
   22. Pyrolusite
   23. Pyromorphite
   24. Pyrophyllite
   25. Pyroxene (group of silicate minerals)
   26. Pyrrhotite

          Varieties that are not valid species:

    1. Palagonite ( basaltic volcanic glass)
    2. Perlite (volcanic glass)
    3. Phosphorite (name given to impure, massive apatite.)
    4. Plessite (mixture of kamacite and taenite)
    5. Pitchblende (a massive impure form of uraninite)
    6. Pumicite (synonym of pumice)

Q

    1. Quartz

R

    1. Realgar
    2. Rheniite
    3. Rhodochrosite
    4. Rhodonite
    5. Riebeckite
    6. Rutile

          Varieties that are not valid species:

    1. Rock crystal (quartz)
    2. Rose quartz
    3. Roumanite (amber)
    4. Ruby (red gem corundum)

S

    1. Safflorite
    2. Sal ammoniac
    3. Samarskite
    4. Sanbornite
    5. Sanidine (orthoclase variety)
    6. Saponite (clay mineral)
    7. Sapphirine
    8. Sauconite
    9. Scapolite (a group of silicate minerals)
   10. Scheelite
   11. Schorl (black tourmaline)
   12. Schreibersite
   13. Scolecite
   14. Seeligerite
   15. Segelerite
   16. Sekaninaite
   17. Selenide
   18. Selenite
   19. Selenium
   20. Seligmannite
   21. Sepiolite
   22. Serpentine
   23. Shattuckite
   24. Siderite
   25. Sillimanite
   26. Silver
   27. Simetite
   28. Skutterudite
   29. Smaltite
   30. Smectite
   31. Smithsonite
   32. Soda niter
   33. Sodalite
   34. Sperrylite
   35. Spessartite
   36. Sphalerite
   37. Sphene
   38. Spinel
   39. Spodumene
   40. Stannite
   41. Staurolite
   42. Steacyite
   43. Steatite (talc)
   44. Stephanite
   45. Stibnite
   46. Stichtite
   47. Stilbite
   48. Stilleite
   49. Stolzite
   50. Stromeyerite
   51. Strontianite
   52. Sugilite
   53. Sulfur
   54. Sussexite
   55. Sylvanite
   56. Sylvite

          Varieties that are not valid species:

    1. Sapphire (gem corundum of any colour except red, especially blue
       varieties)
    2. Sard (a variety of chalcedony/quartz)
    3. Satinspar (a variety of Gypsum)
    4. Smoky quartz (a brown or black variety of quartz)
    5. Soapstone (a rock)
    6. Stantienite (variety of amber)

T

    1. Taenite
    2. Talc
    3. Tantalite
    4. Tarapacaite
    5. Teallite
    6. Tennantite
    7. Tenorite
    8. Tephroite
    9. Terlinguaite
   10. Tetrahedrite
   11. Thenardite
   12. Thorianite
   13. Thorite
   14. Thortveitite
   15. Tiemannite
   16. Tin
   17. Tincalconite
   18. Titanite
   19. Topaz
   20. Torbernite
   21. Tourmaline (group of silicate minerals)
   22. Tremolite
   23. Tridymite
   24. Triphylite
   25. Trona
   26. Tschermigite
   27. Tugtupite
   28. Turquoise
   29. Tyuyamunite

          Varieties that are not valid species:

    1. Tanzanite (variety of Zoisite)
    2. Thulite (variety of Zoisite)
    3. Travertine (form of calcium carbonate)
    4. Tsavorite (gem variety of grossularite garnet)

U

    1. Ulexite
    2. Ullmannite
    3. Ulvospinel
    4. Umangite
    5. Unakite
    6. Uraninite
    7. Uranophane
    8. Uvarovite

          Varieties that are not valid species:

    1. Ultramarine
    2. Uralite alteration actinolite

V

    1. Valentinite
    2. Vanadinite
    3. Variscite
    4. Vaterite
    5. Vermiculite
    6. Vesuvianite
    7. Villiaumite
    8. Vivianite

W

    1. Wardite
    2. Wavellite
    3. Weloganite
    4. Whitlockite
    5. Willemite
    6. Witherite
    7. Wolframite
    8. Wollastonite
    9. Wulfenite

X

    1. Xenotime

Y

    1. Yttrialite

Z

    1. Zabuyelite
    2. Zaccagnaite
    3. Zaherite
    4. Zajacite-(Ce)
    5. Zakharovite
    6. Zanazziite
    7. Zaratite
    8. Zeolite (group of silicate minerals)
    9. Zhanghengite
   10. Zharchikhite
   11. Zhemchuzhnikovite
   12. Zhonghuacerite-(Ce)
   13. Ziesite
   14. Zimbabweite
   15. Zinalsite
   16. Zinc-melanterite
   17. Zincite
   18. Zincobotryogen
   19. Zincochromite
   20. Zinkenite
   21. Zinnwaldite
   22. Zippeite
   23. Zircon
   24. Zirconolite
   25. Zircophyllite
   26. Zirkelite
   27. Zoisite
   28. Zunyite

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