List of minerals facts for kids
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

Amethyst crystals – a purple quartz

Aurichalcite needles spraying out within a protected pocket lined by bladed calcite crystals
- Abelsonite
- Abenakiite-(Ce)
- Abernathyite
- Abhurite
- Abramovite
- Abswurmbachite
- Acanthite
- Achávalite
- 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
- Arsendescloizite
- Arsenic
- Arseniosiderite
- Arsenoclasite
- Arsenolite
- Arsenopyrite
- Arthurite
- Artinite
- Artroeite
- Asbecasite
- 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
- 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

Radiating spray of colorless wheatsheaf calcite crystals on matrix, from Iraí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Rhombohedrons of calcite that appear almost as books of petals, piled up 3-dimensionally on the matrix, from Eastern Europe

Sky blue, prismatic crystals of celestine from Majunga, Madagascar

Pocket cavity of small chrysocolla stalactites from Ray Mine, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Arizona, USA

Cinnabar on dolomite
- Cabalzarite
- Cabriite
- Cacoxenite
- Cadmium
- Cadmoindite
- Cadmoselite
- Cadwaladerite
- Cafarsite
- Cafetite
- Cahnite
- Calaverite
- Calciborite
- 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
- Chaoite
- Chapmanite
- Charlesite
- Charoite
- Chatkalite
- Chesterite
- Chibaite
- Childrenite
- 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
- 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

The slightly misshapen octahedral shape of this rough diamond crystal in matrix is typical of the mineral
- Danalite
- Danburite
- Datolite
- Daubréeite
- Daubréelite
- Davemaoite
- 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)
- 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
- Edenite
- Edingtonite
- Edscottite
- Efremovite
- Ekanite
- Elaliite
- Elbaite (type of multicoloured tourmaline)
- Elkinstantonite
- 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

Translucent fluorapophyllit-(K) crystal and stilbite, from Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Varieties that are not valid species:
- Garnierite (a nickel ore)
- Gedanite (fossilized resin)
- Glessite (natural resin)
- Goshenite (colorless variety of beryl)
H

Brazilian trigonal hematite crystals
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Varieties that are not valid species:
- Idocrase (synonym of vesuvianite)
- Iolite (a gem-quality variety of cordierite)
J

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
- Jacobsite
- Jadarite
- Jadeite
- Jaffeite
- Jalpaite
- Jamesonite
- Janggunite
- Jarosewichite
- Jarosite
- Jennite
- Jeremejevite
- Jerrygibbsite
- Jimthompsonite
- 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

Kröhnkite from Cuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
- Kaatialaite
- Kadyrelite
- Kaersutite
- Kainite
- Kainosite-(Y)
- Kalininite
- Kalinite
- Kalsilite
- Kamacite
- Kambaldaite
- Kamiokite
- Kampfite
- Kaňkite
- Kanoite
- Kaolinite
- Karlite
- 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) (not approved by IMA)
- Krantzite (natural resin)
- Kunzite (variety of spodumene)
L

Langite from Elsass, France
- Labradorite
- Labyrinthite
- Lanarkite
- Langbeinite
- Langite
- Lansfordite
- Lanthanite (group of rare earth carbonates)
- Laplandite-(Ce)
- Larnite
- Laumontite
- Laurionite
- Laurite
- Lautenthalite
- 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

Magnetite from Speen Ghar, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
- 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
- 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
- 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

Neptunite from California, USA
- Nabalamprophyllite
- Nabesite
- Nacrite
- Nadorite
- Nagyágite
- Nahcolite
- Naldrettite
- Nambulite
- Narsarsukite
- 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 tremolite/actinolite)
- Niobite (synonym of columbite)
- Niobite-tantalite (synonym of columbite-tantalite)
O
- 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

Phosphophyllite from Cerro de Potosí, Potosí Department, Bolivia
- Pääkkönenite
- Pabstite
- Painite
- Palladium
- 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)
- Phosphorite (name given to impure, massive apatite.)
- Pimelite (not approved by IMA)
- 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

Crystals of cherry red ruby in matrix
- Rakovanite
- Rambergite
- Rameauite
- Rammelsbergite
- Rapidcreekite
- Raslakite
- Raspite
- Rastsvetaevite
- Realgar
- Reederite-(Y)
- Reedmergnerite
- 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

Botryoidal balls of shattuckite, from Otjikotu, Kaokoveld, Kunene, Namibia

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
- Sabatierite
- Sabieite
- Sabinaite
- Sacrofanite
- Safflorite
- Sal ammoniac
- Saleeite
- Saliotite
- Salzburgite
- Samarskite-(Y)
- Sampleite
- Samsonite
- Samuelsonite
- Sanbornite
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- Stibiconite (grandfathered by IMA)
- Sunstone (a variety of either oligoclase or orthoclase)
T

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

Crystals of turquoise, from Copper Cities Mine, Globe-Miami District, Arizona, USA
- Taaffeite
- Tachyhydrite
- Taenite
- Taikanite
- 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
- 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
V
- Vaesite
- Valentinite
- Valleriite
- Vanadinite
- Vanadiocarpholite
- Vanadium
- Vandenbrandeite
- Vantasselite
- Vanuralite
- Variscite
- Vaterite
- Vauquelinite
- Vauxite
- Veatchite
- Vermiculite
- Vesuvianite
- Villiaumite
- Violarite
- Vishnevite
- Vivianite
- Vladimirite
- Vlasovite
- Volborthite
- Vuagnatite
- Vulcanite
W

Deep green balls of wavellite in exposed pocket, from Mauldin Mountain Quarries, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA
- 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
- Wöhlerite
- Wulfenite
- Wurtzite
- Wüstite
- Wyartite
X
- Xanthiosite
- Xanthoconite
- Xanthoxenite
- Xenophyllite
- Xenotime
- Xiangjiangite
- Xieite
- Xifengite
- Xilingolite
- Ximengite
- Xingzhongite
- Xitieshanite
- Xocolatlite
- Xocomecatlite
- Xonotlite
Y
- 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
- 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
In Spanish: Anexo:Minerales para niños
- Chemical gardening
-
- Classification of non-silicate minerals
- Classification of silicate minerals
- Classification of organic minerals
- Industrial mineral
- Critical mineral raw materials
- List of decorative stones
- List of individual gemstones
- List of meteorite minerals
- List of minerals named after people
- List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association
- List of mineral tests
- List of minerals by optical properties
- Mineral collecting
- Timeline of the discovery and classification of minerals
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