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# List of minerals

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This is a list of minerals.

Contents: | Top - 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

## [edit] A

- Abelsonite
- Abenakiite-(Ce)
- Abichite (not a valid species)
- Actinolite
- Agate (not a valid species - variety of quartz)
- Alabaster (not a valid species - variety of gypsum or calcite-rich rock)
- Albite
- Alexandrite (not a valid species - variety of chrysoberyl)
- Alforsite
- Allingite (not a valid species - synonym of amber)
- Altaite
- Alum (not a valid species)
- Alunite
- Alvanite
- Amazonite (not a valid species - variety of microcline)
- Amber (not a valid species - fossilized resin)
- Amblygonite
- Amethyst (not a valid species - variety of quartz)
- Amosite (not a valid species - asbestiform grunerite)
- Amphibole (mineral group)
- Analcime
- Analcite (synonym of analcime)
- Anatase
- Andalusite
- Anglesite
- Anorthite
- Anorthocite (its a rock)
- Anorthoclase
- Antigorite
- Apatite (mineral group)
- Aquamarine (not a valid species - variety of beryl)
- Aragonite
- Arfvedsonite
- Armalcolite
- Asbestos (not a valid species - fibrous serpentine- or amphibole minerals)
- Astrophyllite
- Augite
- Avalit
- Aventurine (not a valid species - variety of quartz)
- Axinite (mineral group)
- Azurite

## [edit] B

- Baddeleyite
- Barite
- Bastnaesite (mineral group)
- Bauxite (it's a rock)
- Beckerite (not a valid species - natural resin)
- Bertrandite
- Beryl
- Biotite (mineral group)
- Bixbite
- Blomstrandine (synonym of aeschynite-(Y))
- Boehmite
- Bornite
- Briartite
- Brucite
- Burmite (not a valid species - amber from Burma)
- Bytownite

## [edit] C

- Calcflinta (maybe a rock?)
- Calcite
- Canfieldite
- Carnallite
- Carnelian (not a valid species - variety of quartz)
- Carnotite
- Cassiterite
- Celadonite
- Celestite
- Cerussite
- Chabasite (mineral group)
- Chalcedony (not a valid species - variety of quartz)
- Chalcopyrite
- Chalcocite
- Chalk (it's a carbonate rock)
- Chlorapatite
- Chlorite (mineral group)
- Chromite
- Chrysoberyl
- Chrysolite (not a valid species - gemmy yellow-green forsterite)
- Chrysotile (group name - asbestiform serpentine)
- Cinnabar
- Cinnabarite (synonym of cinnabar)
- Citrine
- Clevite (not a valid species)
- Clinochrysotile
- Clinoclase
- Coesite
- Colemanite
- Coltan (not a valid species - short for minerals of the columbite group)
- Columbite (mineral group)
- Cooperite
- Cordierite
- Corundum
- Covellite
- Crocidolite (not a valid species - asbestiform riebeckite)
- Crookesite
- Cryolite
- Cummingtonite
- Cuprite
- Cylindrite
- Cymophane (not a valid species - variety of chrysoberyl)

## [edit] D

- Datolite
- Dawsonite
- Delessite (not a valid species - magnesian chamosite)
- Diamond
- Diaspore
- Diopside

## [edit] E

- Emerald (not a valid species - variety of beryl)
- Epsom salt (synonym of epsomite)
- Euxenite-(Y)

## [edit] F

- Feldspar (mineral group)
- Ferberite
- Ferricrete
- Ferro-anthophyllite
- Ferrocolumbite
- Ferrotantalite
- Fergusonite (mineral group)
- Fluorapatite
- Fluorichterite
- Fluorite
- Fluorspar (synonym of fluorite)
- Franckeite
- Franklinite

## [edit] G

- Gadolinite (mineral group)
- Galena
- Garnet (mineral group)
- Gedanite (not a valid species - fossilized resin)
- Germanite
- Gibbsite
- Glauconite
- Glessite (not a valid species - natural resin)
- Goethite
- Gold
- Graphite
- Grunerite
- Gypsum

## [edit] H

- Halite
- Hematite
- Hemimorphite
- Hibonite
- Hiddenite (not a valid species - variety of spodumene)
- Hornblende (some minerals of the amphibole group)
- Hübnerite
- Hutchinsonite
- Hyalite (not a valid species - variety of opal)
- Hydroxylapatite

## [edit] I

- Ice
- Idocrase (synonym of vesuvianite)
- Illite
- Ilmenite

## [edit] J

- Jade (not a valid species - tough, green rock, chiefly made of jadeite or amphiboles)
- Jasper (not a valid species - variety of quartz)

## [edit] K

- Kainite
- Kalsilite
- Kamacite
- Kaolinite
- Karpinskyite
- Keilhauite (not a valid species - variety of titanite)
- Kernite
- Kobellite
- Kogarkoite
- Krantzite (not a valid species - natural resin)
- Kunzite (not a valid species - variety of spodumene)
- Kyanite

## [edit] L

- Labradorite
- Lapis lazuli
- Lazurite
- Lepidolite
- Leucite
- Lignite
- Limonite
- Lizardite
- Lodestone
- Lonsdaleite
- Lorandite

## [edit] M

- Magnesia
- Magnesite
- Magnetite
- Malachite
- Malacolite
- Manganocolumbite
- Marcasite
- Mariposite (not a valid species - variety of phengite/muscovite)
- Meerschaum
- Mendozite
- Menilite
- Metacinnabarite
- Mica
- Microcline
- Milk quartz
- Milky quartz (synonym of milk quartz)
- Molybdenite
- Monazite
- Morganite
- Morion
- Muscovite

## [edit] N

- Nepheline
- Niobite
- Niobite-tantalite

## [edit] O

- Olivine
- Onyx
- Opal
- Orthochrysotile
- Orthoclase

## [edit] P

- Palagonite
- Parachrysotile
- Pentlandite
- Periclase
- Perlite
- Petalite
- Petzite
- Phenacite
- Phillipsite
- Phlogopite
- Phosphorite
- Pitchblende
- Plagioclase
- Plivine
- Pollucite
- Polycrase
- Prehnite
- Pumicite
- Pyrite
- Pyrochlore
- Pyroxene

## [edit] Q

- Quartz

## [edit] R

- Rhodochrosite
- Riebeckite
- Rock crystal
- Rose quartz
- Roumanite
- Ruby
- Rutile

## [edit] S

- Salt (sodium chloride)
- Samarskite
- Sapphire
- Sard
- Scapolite
- Scheelite
- Serpentine
- Sillimanite
- Silver
- Simetite
- Smectite
- Smoky quartz
- Soapstone
- Sodalite
- Soda niter
- Sperrylite
- Spinel
- Spodumene
- Stannite
- Stantienite
- Staurolite
- Steacyite
- Steatite
- Stibnite
- Strontianite
- Sylvite

## [edit] T

- Talc
- Talcum
- Tantalite
- Tanzanite
- Teallite
- Telluride
- Thortveitite
- Titanite
- Topaz
- Tourmaline
- Travertine
- Tremolite
- Troctolite
- Tufa
- Turquoise
- Tutty

## [edit] U

- Ulexite
- Uralite
- Uraninite

## [edit] V

- Vaterite
- Vermiculite

## [edit] W

- Weloganite
- Willemite
- Wiserine
- Wolframite
- Wollastonite

## [edit] X

- Xenotime

## [edit] Y

- Yttria

## [edit] Z

- Zabuyelite
- Zaccagnaite
- Zaherite
- Zajacite-(Ce)
- Zakharovite
- Zamboninite
- Zanazziite
- Zapalite
- Zappinite
- Zaratite
- Zeolite
- Zeuxite
- Zhanghengite
- Zharchikhite
- Zhemchuzhnikovite
- Zhonghuacerite-(Ce)
- Ziesite
- Zimbabweite
- Zinalsite
- Zinc-melanterite
- Zincite
- Zincobotryogen
- Zincochromite
- Zinkenite
- Zinnwaldite
- Zippeite
- Zircon
- Zirconolite
- Zircophyllite
- Zirkelite
- Zoisite

## [edit] See also

- Mineral
- List of rocks

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