{{Short description|none}} This is a '''list of minerals''' which have Wikipedia articles.
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.
For a more complete listing of all mineral names, see List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association.
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==A== [[File:(61-365) Can you imagine? (5320329773).jpg|thumb|Amethyst crystals – a purple quartz]] [[File:Apophyllite-(KF)-Stilbite-Ca-118260.jpg|thumb|Apophyllite crystals sitting right beside a cluster of peachy bowtie stilbite]] [[File:Aquamarine J1.JPG|thumb|Aquamarine variety of beryl with tourmaline on orthoclase]] [[File:Arsenopyrite-117874.jpg|thumb|Arsenopyrite from Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico]] [[File:Aurichalcite-Hemimorphite-230159.jpg|thumb|Aurichalcite needles spraying out within a protected pocket lined by bladed calcite crystals]] [[File:Austinite-177832.jpg|thumb|Austinite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico]] [[File:Ametrin from Bolivia.jpg|thumb|Ametrine containing amethyst and citrine, from Bolivia]] [[File:Azurite, Burra Mine, South Australia.jpg|thumb|Azurite, Burra Mine, South Australia]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Abellaite *Abelsonite *Abenakiite-(Ce) *Abernathyite *Abhurite *Abramovite *Abswurmbachite *Abuite *Acanthite *Acetamide *Achalaite *Achávalite *Actinolite *Acuminite *Adamite *Adamsite-(Y) *Adelite *Admontite *Adranosite *Aegirine *Aegirine-augite *Aenigmatite *Aerinite *Aerugite *Aeschynite-(Ce) *Aeschynite-(Nd) *Aeschynite-(Y) *Afghanite *Afmite *Afwillite *Agardite *Agate *Agrellite *Agrinierite *Aguilarite *Aheylite *Ahlfeldite *Aikinite *Aiolosite *Ajoite *Akaganéite *Akaogiite *Akasakaite-(Ce) *Akasakaite-(La) *Akatoreite *Akdalaite *Åkermanite *Akhtenskite *Akimotoite *Akrochordite *Aksaite *Aktashite *Alabandite *Alacránite *Alamosite *Alarsite *Albite *Albrechtschraufite *Alcantarillaite *Aldermanite *Aleksite *Aleutite *Alforsite *Algodonite *Aliettite *Allabogdanite *Allactite *Allanite *Allanpringite *Allantoin *Allargentum *Alleghanyite *Allendeite *Alloclasite *Allophane *Alloriite *Alluaivite *Alluaudite *Almandine *Almarudite *Alpeite *Alpersite *Alsakharovite-Zn *Alstonite *Altaite *Alterite *Althausite *Althupite *Altisite *Alum-(K) *Alum-(Na) *Aluminite *Aluminium *Aluminoceladonite *Aluminocopiapite *Aluminosilicate *Alumohydrocalcite *Alunite *Alunogen *Alvanite *Amakinite *Amarantite *Amblygonite *Ameghinite *Amesite *Amicite *Aminoffite *Ammineite *Amphibole (mineral group) *Analcime (analcite) *Anandite *Anapaite *Anatase *Ancylite (mineral group) *Andalusite *Andersonite *Andesine *Andorite (IV/VI) *Andradite *Andreybulakhita *Andrianovite *Andychristyite *Andyrobertsite *Anglesite *Anhydrite *Anilite *Ankerite *Annabergite *Annite *Anorthite *Anorthoclase *Antarcticite *Anthoinite *Anthonyite *Anthophyllite *Antigorite *Antimonselite *Antimony *Antipinite *Antitaenite *Antlerite *Anzaite-(Ce) *Apachite *Apatite (mineral group) *Aphthitalite *Apjohnite *Aplowite *Apophyllite *Apuanite *Aqualite *Aradite *Aragonite *Arakiite *Aramayoite *Arcanite *Archerite *Arctite *Arcubisite *Ardaite *Arfvedsonite *Argentite *Argentobaumhauerite *Argentojarosite *Argentopyrite *Argutite *Argyrodite *Arhbarite *Armalcolite *Armstrongite *Arsendescloizite *Arsenic *Arseniosiderite *Arsenoclasite *Arsenolite *Arsenopyrite *Arsenuranospathite *Arthurite *Artinite *Artroeite *Asbecasite *Asbolane *Aschamalmite *Ashburtonite *Ashcroftine-(Y) *Ashoverite *Asisite *Aspedamite *Aspidolite *Astrocyanite-(Ce) *Astrophyllite *Atacamite *Atelestite *Atencioite *Athabascaite *Atheneite *Attikaite *Aubertite *Augelite *Augite *Aurichalcite *Auricupride *Auropolybasite *Aurorite *Aurostibite *Austinite *Autunite *Avicennite *Avogadrite *Awaruite *Axinite (mineral group) *Azoproite *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== [[File:Barite-Malachite-denv08-37a.jpg|thumb|Baryte (included by malachite) on malachite, from Shangulowé Mine, Kambove, Central area, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo]] [[File:Benstonite-Calcite-Fluorite-154901.jpg|thumb|Spiky calcite scalenohedra with a coating of whitish benstonite on a layer of teal-colored fluorite]] [[File:Biotite aggregate - Ochtendung, Eifel, Germany.jpg|thumb|Thin tabular biotite cluster]] [[File:Brookite-gem7-07a.jpg|thumb|Brookite from Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Babefphite *Babingtonite *Baddeleyite *Baileychlore *Bakerite *Balangeroite *Banalsite *Bannisterite *Baotite *Bararite *Baratovite *Barrerite *Barstowite *Baryte (barite) *Barytocalcite *Bassanite *Bastnäsite (mineral group) *Baumhauerite *Bavenite *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) *Bauxite (aluminium ore) *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== [[File:Calcite-20188.jpg|thumb|Radiating spray of colorless wheatsheaf calcite crystals on matrix, from Iraí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil]] [[File:Calcite-Dolomite-Gypsum-159389.jpg|thumb|Rhombohedrons of calcite that appear almost as books of petals, piled up 3-dimensionally on the matrix, from Eastern Europe]] [[File:Celestine-d06-182a.jpg|thumb|Sky blue, prismatic crystals of celestine from Majunga, Madagascar ]] [[File:Chrysocolla-230109.jpg|thumb|Pocket cavity of small chrysocolla stalactites from Ray Mine, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Arizona, USA]] [[File:Cinnabar on Dolomite.jpg|thumb|Cinnabar on dolomite]] [[File:Cobaltite-mun05-71a.jpg|thumb|Cubic Cobaltite, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Cabalzarite *Cabrerite *Cabriite *Cacoxenite *Cadmium *Cadmoindite *Cadmoselite *Cadwaladerite *Cafarsite *Cafetite *Cahnite *Calaverite *Calciborite *Calcioveatchite *Calcite *Calderite *Caledonite *Calomel *Calumetite *Campigliaite *Canasite *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 *Changesite-(Y) *Chaoite *Chapmanite *Charlesite *Charoite *Chatkalite *Chesterite *Chibaite *Childrenite *Chinleite-(Ce) *Chiolite *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 (not approved by IMA) *Cryolite *Cryptomelane *Cubanite *Cumengeite *Cummingtonite *Cupalite *Cuprite *Cuprosklodowskite *Cuprospinel *Cuprozheshengite *Curite *Cuspidine *Cyanotrichite *Cylindrite *Cymrite *Cyrilovite }} :Varieties that are not valid species: *Campylite (variety of mimetite) *Carbonado (variety of diamond) *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) *Cotterite (variety of quartz) *Crocidolite (asbestiform riebeckite) *Cymophane (variety of chrysoberyl)
==D== [[File:Rough diamond.jpg|thumb|The slightly misshapen octahedral shape of this rough diamond crystal in matrix is typical of the mineral]] [[File:Dioptasetsumeb5.jpg|thumb|Dioptase from Tsumeb, Namibia ]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Danalite *Danburite *Datolite *Daubréeite *Daubréelite *Davemaoite *Davidite *Davidsmithite *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) *Doyleite *Dresserite *Drysdallite *Duftite *Dumortierite *Dundasite *Dypingite *Dyscrasite *Dzhalindite }} :Varieties that are not valid species: *Delessite (magnesian chamosite) *Diallage (a junction between augite and diopside)
==E== [[File:Émeraude, quartz 2.jpg|thumb|Emerald on quartz, from Carnaiba Mine, Pindobaçu, Campo Formoso ultramafic complex, Bahia, Brazil]] [[File:Эпидот(пушкинит).jpg|thumb|Epidote crystals on matrix mined in Katsna Yama, Pervouralsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Edenite *Edingtonite *Edscottite *Efremovite *Ehrigite *Ekanite *Elaliite *Elbaite (type of multicoloured tourmaline) *Elkinstantonite *Emerald (variety of beryl) *Emmonsite *Empressite *Enargite *Enstatite *Eosphorite *Ephesite *Epidote *Epsomite *Ericssonite *Erionite (series of zeolites) *Erythrite *Eskolaite *Esperite *Ettringite *Euchlorine *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== [[File:Fluorapophyllite-Stilbite-Ca-indi-94b.jpg|thumb|Translucent fluorapophyllit-(K) crystal and stilbite, from Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India]] [[File:3192M-fluorite1.jpg|thumb|Deep green isolated fluorite crystal showing cubic and octahedral faces, set upon a micaceous matrix]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Fabianite *Farneseite *Faujasite (subgroup of zeolites) *Faustite *Fayalite (olivine group) *Feldspar (mineral group) *Feldspathoid (mineral group) *Felsőbányaite *Fengchengite (eudialyte group) *Ferberite *Fergusonite (mineral group) *Feroxyhyte *Ferrierite (subgroup of zeolite minerals) *Ferrihydrite *Ferrimolybdite *Ferro-actinolite *Ferrogedrite *Ferrohortonolite (olivine group) *Ferronigerite-2N1S *Ferropericlase *Ferroselite *Fettelite *Fichtelite *Fingerite *Fletcherite *Fluckite *Fluellite *Fluoborite *Fluocerite *Fluor-buergerite *Fluor-liddicoatite *Fluor-uvite *Fluorapatite (apatite group) *Fluorapophyllite-(K) *Fluorcanasite *Fluorcaphite *Fluorellestadite *Fluorite *Fluororichterite (amphibole group) *Fontarnauite *Fornacite *Forsterite (olivine group) *Fougèrite (layered double hydroxide) *Fourmarierite *Fraipontite *Francevillite *Franckeite *Frankamenite *Frankdicksonite *Frankhawthorneite *Franklinite (spinel group) *Franklinphilite *Freibergite *Freieslebenite *Fukuchilite *Fuyuanite}} :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== [[File:Garnet Andradite20.jpg|thumb|Garnet]] [[File:Gold vein stockwork in limonite (Gold Flake Vein, Farncomb Hill, near Breckenridge, Colorado, USA) 3 (17078770851).jpg|thumb|Gold vein stockwork in limonite, from Gold Flake Vein, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado, USA]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Gabrielite *Gadolinite (mineral group) *Gagarinite-(Ce) *Gahnite *Galaxite *Galena *Galkhaite *Gananite *Ganophyllite *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 *Gyrolite }} :Varieties that are not valid species: *Garnierite (a nickel ore) *Goshenite (colorless variety of beryl)
==H== [[File:WLA hmns Hematite.jpg|thumb|Brazilian trigonal hematite crystals]] [[File:Heulandite-Celadonite-191727.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Heulandite and Celadonite, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India ]] [[File:Hubnerite-Quartz-denv08-32a.jpg|thumb|Hübnerite and quartz]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Hafnon *Hagendorfite *Haggertyite *Haidingerite *Haiweeite *Håleniusite-(La) *Halite *Halloysite *Halotrichite *Hambergite *Hanksite *Hanswilkeite *Hapkeite *Hardystonite *Harmotome *Hauerite *Hausmannite *Hauyne *Hawleyite *Haxonite *Hazenite *Heazlewoodite *Hectorite *Hedenbergite *Heimaeyite *Hellyerite *Hematite *Hemihedrite *Hemimorphite *Hemusite *Hendricksite *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 *Huntingdonite *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) (not approved by IMA)
==I== [[File:Inyoite-Meyerhofferite-146744.jpg|thumb|Inyoite from Monte Azul deposit, Sijes, Salta, Argentina]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Ianbruceite *Ice<ref name="HandbookMineral">{{cite web | url=https://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/Ice.pdf | title=Ice | publisher=Mineralogical Society of America | work=Handbook of Mineralogy | date=19 March 2021 | access-date=26 November 2024 | editor1-first=J.W. | editor1-last=Anthony | editor2-first=R.A. | editor2-last=Bideaux | editor3-first=K.W. | editor3-last=Bladh | editor4-first=M.C. | editor4-last=Nichols}}</ref><ref name="IMAMinerals">{{cite web | url=http://cnmnc.units.it/ | title=IMA List of Minerals | publisher=IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification | last=Pasero | first=Marco |display-authors=etal |date=July 2024 |access-date=19 July 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425003729/http://cnmnc.units.it/ |archive-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> *Ichnusaite *Icosahedrite *Idrialite *Ikaite *Illite *Ilmenite *Ilsemannite *Ilvaite *Imogolite *Inderite *Indite *Inesite *Inyoite *Iodargyrite *Iranite *Iridium *Native iron *Ixiolite }} :Varieties that are not valid species: *Idocrase (synonym of vesuvianite) *Iolite (a gem-quality variety of cordierite)
==J== [[File:Bénitoïte, neptunite, joaquinite-(Ce) sur natrolite et serpentine (USA) 2.jpg|thumb|Benitoite (blue), joaquinite-(Ce) (brown) and neptunite (dark red) on natrolite (white), from Dallas Gem Mine area, San Benito River headwaters area, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA ]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Jacobsite *Jadarite *Jadeite *Jaffeite *Jalpaite *Jamesonite *Janggunite *Jarosewichite *Jarosite *Jennite *Jeremejevite *Jerrygibbsite *Jianmuite *Jimthompsonite *Jinshajiangite *Johannite *Johannsenite *Jôkokuite *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== [[File:Kainosite-(Y)-tuc1051a.jpg|thumb|Kainosite-(Y) from the Amphibolite quarry, Haslach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany]] [[File:Krohnkite-21581.jpg|thumb|Kröhnkite from Cuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Kaatialaite *Kadyrelite *Kaersutite *Kainite *Kainosite-(Y) *Kartikite *Kalinite *Kalsilite *Kamacite *Kambaldaite *Kamiokite *Kampfite *Kaňkite *Kanoite *Kaolinite *Karlite *Karlseifertite *Kasolite *Kassite *Katayamalite *Kazakovite *Kegelite *Keilite *Kenhsuite *Kermesite *Kernite *Kesterite *Keyite *Khatyrkite *Kidwellite *Kieserite *Kinoite *Kleinite *Knebelite *Knorringite *Kobellite *Kochite *Kogarkoite *Kolbeckite *Kornerupine *Kosmochlor *Kostovite *Köttigite *Kovdorskite *Kratochvílite *Kremersite *Krennerite *Krieselite *Kröhnkite *Krotite *Kruťaite *Krutovite *Kukharenkoite-(Ce) *Kuratite *Kurnakovite *Kutnohorite *Kyanite *Kyawthuite }} :Varieties that are not valid species: *Keilhauite (variety of titanite) *Kerolite (variety of talc) *Krantzite (natural resin) *Kunzite (variety of spodumene)
==L== [[File:Langite-47272.jpg|thumb|Langite from Alsace, France]] [[File:Legrandite, limonite 1100.1.2839.jpg|thumb|Legrandite on limonite]] [[File:Liddicoatite, quartz, feldspath 300-4-0983.JPG|thumb|Liddicoatite on quartz and feldspar]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Labradorite *Labyrinthite *Lanarkite *Langbeinite *Langite *Lansfordite *Lanthanite (group of rare earth carbonates) *Laplandite-(Ce) *Larnite *Laumontite *Laurionite *Laurite *Lautenthalite *Lautite *Lavendulan *Lawsonite *Lazulite *Lazurite *Leadhillite *Legrandite *Leifite *Leightonite *Lepidocrocite *Lepidolite *Letovicite *Leucite *Leucophanite *Leucophoenicite *Lévyne (series of zeolites) *Libethenite *Liebigite * Limestone *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: *Lapis lazuli is a metamorphic rock, used as a semi-precious stone *Larimar (blue variety of pectolite) *Lodestone (a synonym of magnetite) *Lublinite (variety of calcite)
==M== [[File:Magnetite-170591.jpg|thumb|Magnetite from Speen Ghar, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan ]] [[File:Manganite-180085.jpg|thumb|Manganite from Ilfeld, Thuringia, Germany ]] [[File:Mesolite.jpg|thumb|Mesolite at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA]] [[File:Mimetite-145027.jpg|thumb|Mimetite on limonite matrix]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Macaulayite *Macdonaldite *Mackinawite *Madocite *Magadiite *Maghemite *Magnesioferrite *Magnesiohastingsite *Magnesiopascoite *Magnesite *Magnetite *Majorite *Malachite *Malayaite *Manganite *Manganophyllite *Manganosite *Manganvesuvianite *Mansfieldite *Marcasite *Margaritasite *Margarite *Marialite *Maricite *Marrite *Marsaalamite-(Y) *Marthozite *Mascagnite *Massicot *Masuyite *Mathesiusite *Matlockite *Maucherite *Mawsonite *Mckelveyite-(Y) *Meionite *Melanophlogite *Melanterite *Melilite *Mellite *Melonite *Mendipite *Mendozite *Meneghinite *Mereheadite *Merenskyite *Meridianiite *Merrillite *Mesolite *Messelite *Metacinnabar *Metatorbernite *Metazeunerite *Meyerhofferite *Miargyrite *Mica (a group of silicate minerals) *Microcline *Microlite *Miguelromeroite *Millerite *Millosevichite *Mimetite *Minium *Minnesotaite *Minyulite *Mirabilite *Mixite *Miyawakiite-(Y) *Moganite *Mohite *Mohrite *Moiraite *Moissanite *Molybdenite *Molybdite *Monazite *Monohydrocalcite *Monticellite *Montmorillonite (clay mineral) *Mooihoekite *Moolooite *Mordenite *Morningstarite *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== [[File:Natrolite-Inesite-21148.jpg|thumb|Needles of natrolite on deep pink inesite]] [[File:Neptunite, bénitoïte, joaquinite-(Ce) sur natrolite et serpentine (USA) 2.jpg|thumb|Neptunite from California, USA ]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Nabalamprophyllite *Nabesite *Nacrite *Nadorite *Nagyágite *Nahcolite *Naldrettite *Nambulite *Narsarsukite *Natrolite *Natron *Natrophilite *Nekrasovite *Nelenite *Nenadkevichite *Nepheline *Népouite *Neptunite *Nichromite *Nickel (as meteoric nickel-iron) *Nickeline *Niedermayrite *Niningerite *Nissonite *Niter *Nitratine *Nobleite *Nontronite *Norbergite *Normandite *Northupite *Nosean *Nsutite *Nuragheite *Nyerereite }} :Varieties that are not valid species: *Nephrite (variety of tremolite/actinolite) *Niobite (synonym of columbite) *Niobite-tantalite (synonym of columbite-tantalite)
==O== [[File:Boulder Opal.jpg|thumb|Boulder opal, Carisbrooke Station near Winton, Queensland, Australia]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| * Obsidian ( several types ) *Okenite *Oldhamite *Olgite *Olivenite *Olivine (a group of silicate minerals) *Olmiite *Omphacite *Oneillite *Oosterboschite *Oppenheimerite *Ordóñezite *Oregonite *Orpiment *Orthoclase *Osarizawaite *Osmium (often as osmiridium) *Osumilite *Otavite *Ottrelite *Otwayite }}
:Varieties that are not valid species: *Oligoclase (a mixture of albite and anorthite) *Onyx (a monochromatic banded variety of chalcedony) *Opal (a mineraloid. Colored variety used as a gemstone) * Opalite *Orthochrysotile (a polytype of chrysotile)
==P== [[File:Platinum-nugget.jpg|thumb|A native Platinum nugget from the Kondyor mine, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. ]] [[File:Pectolite-54540.jpg|thumb|Pectolite from Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA]] [[File:Phosphophyllite-359315.jpg|thumb|Phosphophyllite from Cerro de Potosí, Potosí Department, Bolivia]] [[File:Proustite (long prismatic crystal) - Chanarcillo, Copiapo Province, Atacama Region, Chile.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Proustite from Chanarcillo, Copiapo Province, Chile ]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Pääkkönenite *Pabstite *Painite *Palladium (as an alloy with gold or other PGMs) *Palygorskite *Panethite *Panguite *Papagoite *Paragonite *Paralaurionite *Paramelaconite *Pararealgar *Paravauxite *Pargasite *Parisite-(Ce) *Parsonsite *Parthéite *Pascoite *Patrónite *Paulingite (series of zeolites) *Paulscherrerite *Pearceite *Pecoraite *Pectolite *Penfieldite *Penikisite *Penroseite *Pentagonite *Pentlandite *Perhamite *Periclase *Perite *Perovskite *Petalite *Petrovite *Petzite *Pezzottaite *Pharmacolite *Pharmacosiderite *Phenakite *Phillipsite (series of zeolites) *Phlogopite *Phoenicochroite *Phosgenite *Phosphophyllite *Phosphosiderite *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)
*Pimelite *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== [[File:Quartz oisan.jpg|thumb|Quartz]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Qingsongite *Qiumingite *Quartz *Quenstedtite *Quetzalcoatlite *Quintinite *Qusongite }}
==R== [[File:Corundum-winza-17d.jpg|thumb|Crystals of cherry red ruby in matrix]] [[File:Quarz 01.JPG|thumb|Rock crystal]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Rakovanite *Rambergite *Rameauite *Rammelsbergite *Rapidcreekite *Raslakite *Raspite *Rastsvetaevite *Raydemarkite *Realgar *Reederite-(Y) *Reedmergnerite *Reidite *Reinerite *Renierite *Rheniite *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) *Ruby (red gem corundum)
==S== [[File:Acanthite-Silver-imiter4.jpg|thumb|Native silver on Acanthite, Imiter Mine, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco]] [[File:Gypse-sélénite 3.jpeg|thumb|Gypsum (selenite variety): Santa Eulalia District, Chihuahua, Mexico]] [[File:Serandite-Aegirine-20264.jpg|thumb|Serandite clusters from Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Montérégie, Québec, Canada]] [[File:Shattuckite-k-123a.jpg|thumb|Botryoidal balls of shattuckite, from Otjikotu, Kaokoveld, Kunene, Namibia]] [[File:Stannite-Chalcopyrite-Quartz-168837.jpg|thumb|Ball of stepped stannite crystals flanked by splaying GEM quartzes and golden chalcopyrite at its upper edge, from Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang County, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Sabatierite *Sabieite *Sabinaite *Sacrofanite *Safflorite *Sal ammoniac *Saleeite *Saliotite *Salzburgite *Samarskite-(Y) *Sampleite *Samsonite *Samuelsonite *Sanbornite * Sandstone *Saneroite *Sanguite *Sanidine (orthoclase variety) *Santabarbaraite *Santite *Saponite (clay mineral) *Sapphirine *Sarabauite *Sarcolite *Sarkinite *Sassolite *Satterlyite *Sauconite *Sborgite *Scapolite (a group of silicate minerals) *Schäferite *Scheelite *Schizolite *Schmiederite *Schoepite *Schorl (black tourmaline) *Schreibersite *Schreyerite *Schröckingerite *Schwertmannite *Scolecite *Scorodite *Scorzalite *Scotlandite *Scrutinyite *Seamanite *Searlesite *Seeligerite *Segelerite *Seifertite *Sekaninaite *Selenium *Seligmannite *Sellaite *Semseyite *Senarmontite *Sengierite *Sepiolite *Serandite *Serendibite *Serpentine group *Serpierite *Sewardite *Shandite *Shattuckite *Shigaite *Shortite *Siderite *Siderophyllite *Siderotil *Siegenite *Silicate perovskite *Sillimanite *Native silver *Simonellite *Simpsonite *Sincosite *Sinkankasite *Sinoite *Skaergaardite *Sklodowskite *Skutterudite *Slottaite *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 *Stunorthropite *Sturmanite *Stützite *Suanite *Suessite *Sugarwhiteite *Sugilite *Sulfur *Sursassite *Susannite *Sussexite *Svanbergite *Sweetite *Switzerite *Sylvanite *Sylvite *Synchysite-(Ce) *Syngenite *Szenicsite }} :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== [[File:Titanite-Adularia-Clinochlore-275128.jpg|thumb|Crystal of titanite with adularia and minor clinochlore on matrix]] [[File:Albite-Fluorite-jmix08-19a.jpg|thumb|Fluorite crystal sitting beside a glassy, dark green tourmaline crystal, which itself sits atop a green tourmaline of a lighter color. All sit on a bed of sparkly, bladed stark white albite]] [[File:Turquoise, pyrite, quartz 300-4-FS 1.jpeg|thumb|Turquoise from the Copper Cities Mine, near Miami, Arizona, USA]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Taaffeite *Tachyhydrite *Taenite *Taikanite *Takedaite *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 *Tilleyite *Tinaksite *Tincalconite *Titanite *Titanowodginite *Tobermorite *Todorokite *Tokyoite *Tongbaite *Topaz *Torbernite *Touretite *Tourmaline (group of silicate minerals) *Tranquillityite *Tremolite *Trevorite *Tridymite *Triphylite *Triplite *Triploidite *Tripuhyite *Troilite *Trona *Tschermakite *Tschermigite *Tsugaruite *Tsumcorite *Tsumebite *Tugtupite *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) *Tsavorite (gem variety of grossularite garnet) *Tiger's eye (chatoyant variety of quartz)
==U== [[File:Uranophan 1.jpg|thumb|Uranophane, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo. FOV: 6 mm]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Uralite (alteration actinolite) *Uchucchacuaite *Uklonskovite *Ulexite *Ullmannite *Ulrichite *Ulvöspinel *Umangite *Umbite *Umohoite *Ungemachite *Upalite *Uraninite *Uranocircite-II *Uranophane *Uranopilite *Urea (dubious as mineral) *Uricite *Urusovite *Ussingite *Utahite *Uvarovite *Uytenbogaardtite }}
==V== [[File:Vanadinite, barytine 4.jpeg|thumb|Vanadinite from the Mibladen Mining District, Morocco]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Vaesite *Valentinite *Valleriite *Vanadinite *Vanadiocarpholite *Native Vanadium (rare) *Vanadoakasakaite-(La) *Vandenbrandeite *Vantasselite *Vanuralite *Variscite *Vaterite *Vauquelinite *Vauxite *Veatchite *Vermiculite *Vegrandisite *Vesuvianite *Villiaumite *Violarite *Virgilluethite *Vishnevite *Vivianite *Vladimirite *Vlasovite *Volborthite *Vuagnatite *Vulcanite }}
==W== [[File:Wavellite-162460.jpg|thumb|Deep green balls of wavellite in exposed pocket, from Mauldin Mountain Quarries, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Wadsleyite *Wagnerite *Wairakite *Wakabayashilite *Wakefieldite *Walfordite *Wardite *Warikahnite *Warwickite *Wassonite *Wattersite *Water (as ice cubes) *Wavellite *Weddellite *Weeksite *Weilite *Weissite *Weloganite *Whewellite *Whiteite (group of minerals) *Whitlockite *Willemite *Wiluite *Witherite *Wodginite *Wolframite *Wolfsriedite *Wollastonite *Woodhouseite *Wöhlerite *Wulfenite *Wurtzite *Wüstite *Wyartite }}
==X== [[File:Xonotlite-Inesite-21179.jpg|thumb|Radial fibrous inesite and xonotlite from Northern Cape Province, South Africa]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Xanthiosite *Xanthoconite *Xanthoxenite *Xenophyllite *Xenotime *Xiangjiangite *Xieite *Xifengite *Xilingolite *Ximengite *Xingzhongite *Xitieshanite *Xocolatlite *Xocomecatlite *Xonotlite }}
==Y== [[File:Yugawaralite-pkn45b.jpg|thumb|Yugawaralite crystals in a sheltered vug, from Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Ye'elimite *Yingjiangite *Yoshiokaite *Yttrialite *Yttrogummite *Yttropyrochlore-(Y) (obruchevite) *Yugawaralite *Yuksporite }} :Varieties that are not valid species: *Yttrocerite (variety of fluorite) *Yttrocolumbite (variety of columbite)
==Z== [[File:Goosecreekite-Heulandite-Ca-Quartz-indi-41a.jpg|thumb|Zeolite with heulandite on quartz]] [[File:Zircon-dtn1a.jpg|thumb|Zircon from Gilgit, Pakistan]] {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Zabuyelite *Zaccagnaite *Zaherite *Zaïrite *Zakharovite *Zanazziite *Zaratite *Zavaritskite *Zektzerite *Zellerite *Zemannite *Zeolite (group of silicate minerals) *Zeunerite *Zhanghengite *Zhangpeishanite *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 == {{Portal|Earth sciences|Geology}} {{div col}} * {{annotated link|Chemical gardening}} * {{annotated link|Classification of minerals (disambiguation)|Classification of minerals}} ** {{annotated link|Classification of non-silicate minerals}} ** {{annotated link|Classification of silicate minerals}} ** {{annotated link|Classification of organic minerals}} * {{annotated link|Industrial mineral}} * {{annotated link|Critical mineral raw materials}} * {{annotated link|List of decorative stones}} * {{annotated link|List of individual gemstones}} * {{annotated link|List of meteorite minerals}} * List of minerals named after people * {{annotated link|List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association}} * {{annotated link|List of mineral tests}} * {{annotated link|List of minerals by optical properties}} * {{annotated link|Mineral collecting}} * Timeline of the discovery and classification of minerals {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category|Minerals}} * [https://www.mineralatlas.eu/ Mineralatlas.eu - The mineralogical and geological database] * [https://www.mindat.org/ Mindat.org – The Mineral Database] * [https://www.gemdat.org/ Gemdat.org – The Gemstone Database] * [https://www.gemsociety.org/article/gemstone-toxicity-table/ Gemsociety.org - Gemstone Toxicity Table]
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