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Gem animals. Click the picture to see a list of the minerals

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

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

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Sorted by name:

A[]

  • Abelsonite
  • Abenakiite-(Ce)
  • Abernathyite
  • Abhurite
  • Abswurmbachite
  • Actinolite
  • Acuminite
  • Adamite
  • Adamsite-(Y)
  • Adelite
  • Admontite
  • Aegirine
  • Aenigmatite
  • Aerinite
  • Aerugite
  • Aeschynite-(Ce)
  • Aeschynite-(Nd)
  • Aeschynite-(Y)
  • Aetites
  • Afghanite
  • Afwillite
  • Agardite
  • Agrellite
  • Agrinierite
  • Aguilarite
  • Aheylite
  • Ahlfeldite
  • Aikinite
  • Ajoite
  • Akaganéite
  • Akatoreite
  • Akdalaite
  • Åkermanite
  • Aksaite
  • Alabandite
  • Alamosite
  • Alarsite
  • Albite
  • Alforsite
  • Algodonite
  • Aliettite
  • Allanite
  • Alloclasite
  • Allophane
  • Almandine
  • Alstonite
  • Altaite
  • Aluminite
  • Aluminium
  • Alunite
  • Alunogen
  • Amblygonite
  • Ameghinite
  • Amphibole (mineral group)
  • Analcite
  • Anatase
  • Andalusite
  • Andesine
  • Andradite
  • Anglesite
  • Anhydrite
  • Ankerite
  • Annabergite
  • Anorthite
  • Anorthoclase
  • Anthophyllite
  • Antigorite
  • Antimony
  • Antitaenite
  • Antlerite
  • Apatite (mineral group)
  • Apophyllite
  • Aragonite
  • Archerite
  • Arctite
  • Arcubisite
  • Arfvedsonite
  • Argentite
  • Argutite
  • Armalcolite
  • Arsenic
  • Arsenopyrite
  • Arthurite
  • Artinite
  • Artroeite
  • Asisite
  • Astrophyllite
  • Atacamite
  • Atheneite
  • Aubertite
  • Augelite
  • Augite
  • Aurichalcite
  • Auricupride
  • Aurostibite
  • Autunite
  • Axinite (mineral group)
  • Azurite
Varieties that are not valid species:
  • Agate (variety of quartz)
  • Alabaster (variety of gypsum)
  • Alexandrite (variety of chrysoberyl)
  • Allingite (synonym of amber)
  • Alum
  • Amazonite (variety of microcline)
  • Amber (fossilized resin)
  • Amethyst (purple variety of quartz)
  • Ammolite (organic; also a gemstone)
  • Amosite (asbestiform grunerite)
  • Anyolite (metamorphic rock - zoisite, ruby, and hornblende)
  • Aquamarine (light blue variety of beryl)
  • Asbestos (fibrous serpentine- or amphibole minerals)
  • Avalite (A chromian variety of Illite.)
  • Aventurine (variety of quartz)

B[]

  • Babingtonite
  • Baddeleyite
  • Baotite
  • Barite (Baryte, British spelling)
  • Barstowite
  • Barytocalcite
  • Bastnäsite (mineral group)
  • Bazzite
  • Benitoite
  • Bensonite
  • Bentorite
  • Berryite
  • Berthierite
  • Bertrandite
  • Beryl
  • Beryllonite
  • Biotite
  • Birnessite
  • Bismite
  • Bismuth
  • Bismuthinite
  • Bixbyite
  • Blödite
  • Blossite
  • Boehmite
  • Boracite
  • Borax
  • Bornite
  • Botryogen
  • Boulangerite
  • Bournonite
  • Brammallite
  • Brassite
  • Braunite
  • Brazilianite
  • Breithauptite
  • Brewsterite
  • Brianite
  • Briartite
  • Brochantite
  • Brookite
  • Bromargyrite
  • Bromellite
  • Bronzite
  • Brucite
  • Brushite
  • Buddingtonite
  • Buergerite
  • Bukovskyite
  • Bytownite
Varieties that are not valid species:
  • Bauxite (aluminium ore)
  • Beckerite (natural resin)
  • Bixbite (red gem variety of beryl)

C[]

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Native copper

Varieties that are not valid species:
  • Carnelian (variety of quartz)
  • Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline variety of quartz)
  • Chrysolite (gemmy yellow-green forsterite)
  • Chrysoprase (green nickel bearing chalcedony)
  • Chrysotile (group name - asbestiform serpentine)
  • Citrine (yellow variety of quartz)
  • Cleveite
  • Coltan (short for minerals of the columbite group)
  • Crocidolite (asbestiform riebeckite)
  • Cymophane (variety of chrysoberyl)

D[]

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The slightly misshapen octahedral shape of this rough diamond crystal in matrix is typical of the mineral.

  • Danburite
  • Datolite
  • Davidite
  • Dawsonite
  • Delvauxite
  • Descloizite
  • Diadochite
  • Diamond
  • Diaspore
  • Dickite
  • Digenite
  • Diopside
  • Dioptase
  • Djurleite
  • Dolomite
  • Domeykite
  • Dumortierite
Varieties that are not valid species:
  • Delessite (magnesian chamosite)
  • Diatomite (diatomaceous earth)

E[]

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

F[]

  • Fabianite
  • Fayalite (olivine group)
  • Feldspar (mineral group)
  • Feldspathoid (mineral group)
  • Ferberite
  • Fergusonite
  • Feroxyhyte
  • Ferrierite (subgroup of zeolite minerals)
  • Ferrihydrite
  • Ferro-anthophyllite
  • Ferrocolumbite
  • Ferrohortonolite (olivine group)
  • Ferropericlase
  • Ferrotantalite
  • Fergusonite (mineral group)
  • Fichtelite
  • Fluorapatite (apatite group)
  • Fluorcaphite
  • Fluorichterite (amphibole group)
  • Fluorite
  • Fluorspar (synonym of fluorite)
  • Fornacite
  • Forsterite (olivine group)
  • Franckeite
  • Frankhawthorneite
  • Franklinite (spinel group)
  • Freibergite
  • Freieslebenite
  • Fukuchilite
Varieties that are not valid species:
  • Fassaite Variety of augite
  • Ferricrete Iron oxide cemented soil or sediment

G[]

Varieties that are not valid species:
  • Gedanite (fossilized resin)
  • Glessite (natural resin)

H[]

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Hematite carving.

Varieties that are not valid species:
  • Heliodor (greenish-yellow variety of beryl)
  • Heliotrope (variety of chalcedony)
  • Hiddenite (variety of spodumene)
  • Hyalite (variety of opal)

I[]

  • Idocrase (synonym of vesuvianite)
  • Idrialite
  • Ikaite
  • Illite
  • Ilmenite
  • Ilvaite
  • Iodargyrite
  • Iron
  • Ivanukite

J[]

Varieties that are not valid species:
  • Jade (tough, green mineral either jadeite or nephrite amphibole)
  • Jasper (variety of quartz)
  • Jet (fossilised wood)

K[]

Varieties that are not valid species:
  • Keilhauite (variety of titanite)
  • Krantzite (natural resin)
  • Kunzite (variety of spodumene)

L[]

  • Labradorite
  • Lanarkite
  • Langbeinite
  • Lansfordite
  • Lanthanite
  • Laumontite
  • Laurite
  • Lawsonite
  • Lazulite
  • Lazurite
  • Lead
  • Leadhillite
  • Legrandite
  • Lepidocrocite
  • Lepidolite
  • Leucite
  • Leucophanite
  • Leucoxene
  • Levyne
  • Lewisite
  • Libethenite
  • Linarite
  • Liroconite
  • Litharge
  • Lithiophilite
  • Livingstonite
  • Lizardite
  • Lollingite
  • Lonsdaleite
  • Loparite-(Ce)
  • Lopezite
  • Lorandite
  • Lorenzenite
  • Ludwigite
  • Lyonsite
Varieties that are not valid species:
  • Lapis lazuli (a rock consisting primarily of lazurite, calcite and pyrite)
  • Larimar (blue variety of pectolite)
  • Lechatelierite (fused quartz glass)
  • Lignite (a type of coal)
  • Limonite -(a mineraloid )
  • Lodestone (a synonym of magnetite)
  • Lublinite variety of calcite

M[]

Malachite Zaire

A polished slice of Malachite

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Muscovite

  • Mackinawite
  • Maghemite
  • Magnesite
  • Magnesioferrite
  • Magnetite
  • Majorite
  • Malachite
  • Malacolite
  • Magnesioferrite
  • Manganite
  • Manganocolumbite
  • Manganotantalite
  • Marcasite
  • Margaritasite
  • Margarite
  • Mascagnite
  • Massicot
  • McKelveyite
  • Meionite
  • Melaconite
  • Melanite
  • Melilite
  • Melonite
  • Mendozite
  • Meneghinite
  • Mercury
  • Mesolite
  • Metacinnabarite
  • Metatorbernite
  • Miargyrite
  • Mica (a group of silicate minerals)
  • Microcline
  • Microlite
  • Millerite
  • Mimetite
  • Minium
  • Mirabilite
  • Mixite
  • Moganite
  • Mohite
  • Moissanite
  • Molybdenite
  • Monazite
  • Monohydrocalcite
  • Monticellite
  • Montmorillonite (clay mineral)
  • Moolooite
  • Mordenite
  • Mottramite
  • Mullite
  • Murdochite
  • Muscovite
Varieties that are not valid species:

N[]

  • Nabesite
  • Nacrite
  • Nagyagite
  • Nahcolite
  • Native copper
  • Natrolite
  • Natron
  • Natrophilite
  • Nekrasovite
  • Nelenite
  • Nenadkevichite
  • Nepheline
  • Nephrite
  • Neptunite
  • Nickel
  • Nickeline
  • Niedermayrite
  • Niningerite
  • Niobite (synonym of columbite)
  • Niobite-tantalite (synonym of columbite-tantalite)
  • Nissonite
  • Nitratine
  • Nitre
  • Nontronite
  • Nosean
  • Nsutite
  • Nyerereite

O[]

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Polished Opal

  • Oligoclase
  • Olivine (a group of silicate minerals)
  • Olivenite
  • Omphacite
  • Ordonezite
  • Oregonite
  • Orpiment
  • Orthochrysotile
  • Orthoclase
  • Osarizawaite
  • Osmium
  • Osumilite
  • Otavite
  • Ottrelite
  • Overite
Varieties that are not valid species:
  • Onyx (a monochromatic banded variety of chalcedony)
  • Opal

P[]

Varieties that are not valid species:
  • Palagonite (basaltic volcanic glass)
  • Perlite (volcanic glass)
  • Phosphorite (name given to impure, massive apatite.)
  • Plessite (mixture of kamacite and taenite)
  • Pitchblende (a massive impure form of uraninite)
  • Pumicite (synonym of pumice)

Q[]

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Quartz

R[]

  • Rambergite
  • Rammelsbergite
  • Realgar
  • Renierite
  • Rheniite
  • Rhodium
  • Rhodochrosite
  • Rhodonite
  • Rhomboclase
  • Rickardite
  • Riebeckite
  • Romanèchite
  • Robertsite
  • Rosasite
  • Roscoelite
  • Rosenbergite
  • Routhierite
  • Ruthenium
  • Rutherfordine
  • Rutile
  • Rynersonite
Varieties that are not valid species:
  • Rock crystal (quartz)
  • Rose quartz
  • Roumanite (amber)
  • Ruby (red gem corundum)

S[]

  • Sabatierite
  • Sabieite
  • Sabinaite
  • Safflorite
  • Sal ammoniac
  • Saliotite
  • Samarskite
  • Samsonite
  • Sanbornite
  • Saneroite
  • Sanidine (orthoclase variety)
  • Santite
  • Saponite (clay mineral)
  • Sapphirine
  • Sassolite
  • Sauconite
  • Scapolite (a group of silicate minerals)
  • Scheelite
  • Schoepite
  • Schorl (black tourmaline)
  • Schreibersite
  • Schwertmannite
  • Scolecite
  • Scorodite
  • Scorzalite
  • Seamanite
  • Seeligerite
  • Segelerite
  • Sekaninaite
  • Selenide
  • Selenite
  • Selenium
  • Seligmannite
  • Sellaite
  • Senarmontite
  • Sepiolite
  • Serpentine
  • Shattuckite
  • Siderite
  • Siderotil
  • Siegenite
  • Sillimanite
  • Silver
  • Simetite
  • Simonellite
  • Skutterudite
  • Smaltite
  • Smectite
  • Smithsonite
  • Soda niter
  • Sodalite
  • Sperrylite
  • Spessartite
  • Sphalerite
  • Sphene
  • Spinel
  • Spodumene
  • Spurrite
  • Stannite
  • Staurolite
  • Steacyite
  • Steatite (talc)
  • Stephanite
  • Stibnite
  • Stichtite
  • Stilbite
  • Stilleite
  • Stolzite
  • Stromeyerite
  • Strontianite
  • Struvite
  • Studtite
  • Sugilite
  • Sulfur
  • Sussexite
  • Sylvanite
  • Sylvite
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)
  • Smoky quartz (a brown or black variety of quartz)
  • Soapstone (a rock)
  • Spectrolite (a variety of labradorite)
  • Stantienite (a variety of amber)

T[]

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Massive turquoise in matrix with quartz from Mineral Park, Arizona.

  • Tachyhydrite
  • Taenite
  • Talc
  • Tantalite
  • Tantite
  • Tanzanite
  • Tarapacaite
  • Tausonite
  • Teallite
  • Tellurite
  • Tellurium
  • Tellurobismuthite
  • Temagamite
  • Tennantite
  • Tenorite
  • Tephroite
  • Terlinguaite
  • Teruggite
  • Tetradymite
  • Tetrahedrite
  • Thaumasite
  • Thenardite
  • Thomasclarkite
  • Thomsenolite
  • Thorianite
  • Thorite
  • Thortveitite
  • Thuringite
  • Tiemannite
  • Tin
  • Tincalconite
  • Titanite
  • Titanowodginite
  • Todorokite
  • Tokyoite
  • Topaz
  • Torbernite
  • Tourmaline (group of silicate minerals)
  • Tremolite
  • Trevorite
  • Tridymite
  • Triphylite
  • Triplite
  • Triploidite
  • Trona
  • Tsavorite
  • Tschermigite
  • Tugtupite
  • Tungstite
  • Tyrolite
  • Turquoise
  • Tusionite
  • Tyuyamunite
Varieties that are not valid species:
  • Tanzanite (variety of Zoisite)
  • Thulite (variety of Zoisite)
  • Travertine (form of calcium carbonate)
  • Tsavorite (gem variety of grossularite garnet)

U[]

  • Uchucchacuaite
  • Uklonskovite
  • Ulexite
  • Ullmannite
  • Ulvospinel
  • Umangite
  • Umber
  • Umbite
  • Upalite
  • Uraninite
  • Uranophane
  • Uranopilite
  • Uvarovite
Varieties that are not valid species:
  • Ultramarine
  • Unakite, a rock composed of feldspar, epidote and quartz
  • Uralite alteration actinolite

V[]

  • Vaesite
  • Valentinite
  • Vanadinite
  • Variscite
  • Vaterite
  • Vauquelinite
  • Vauxite
  • Vermiculite
  • Vesuvianite
  • Villiaumite
  • Violarite
  • Vivianite
  • Volborthite

W[]

  • Wad
  • Wagnerite
  • Wardite
  • Warwickite
  • Wavellite
  • Weddellite
  • Weilite
  • Weissite
  • Weloganite
  • Whewellite
  • Whitlockite
  • Willemite
  • Wiluite
  • Witherite
  • Wolframite
  • Wollastonite
  • Wulfenite
  • Wurtzite
  • Wüstite
  • Wyartite

X[]

Y[]

Z[]

  • Zabuyelite
  • Zaccagnaite
  • Zaherite
  • Zajacite-(Ce)
  • Zakharovite
  • Zanazziite
  • Zaratite
  • Zeolite (group of silicate minerals)
  • Zhanghengite
  • Zharchikhite
  • Zektzerite
  • Zhemchuzhnikovite
  • Zhonghuacerite-(Ce)
  • Ziesite
  • Zimbabweite
  • Zinalsite
  • Zinc-melanterite
  • Zincite
  • Zincobotryogen
  • Zincochromite
  • Zinkenite
  • Zinnwaldite
  • Zippeite
  • Zircon
  • Zirconolite
  • Zircophyllite
  • Zirkelite
  • Zoisite
  • Zunyite

See also[]

  • List of gemstones
  • List of minerals (complete)
  • List of stone
  • List of rock types
  • Industrial minerals
  • Gemstone
  • Geology
  • Mineralogy
  • Mineraloid
  • Nonmineral
  • Rock

External links[]



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