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).

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

Native copper

• Cabriite
• Cadmium
• Cafetite
• Calaverite
• Calcite
• Cancrinite
• Calderite
• Caledonite
• Cancrinite
• Canfieldite
• Carnallite
• Carnotite
• Carobbiite
• Carrollite
• Cassiterite
• Cavansite
• Celadonite
• Celestine
• Celsian
• Cementite
• Cerite
• Cerussite
• Cesbronite
• Ceylonite
• Chabazite (a group of closely-related minerals in the zeolite group)
• Chalcanthite
• Chalcocite
• Chalcopyrite
• Challacolloite
• Chaoite
• Chapmanite
• Charoite
• Childrenite
• Chlorargyrite
• Chlorastrolite
• Chlorite (mineral group)
• Chloritoid
• Chondrodite
• Chromite
• Chromium
• Chrysoberyl
• Chrysocolla
• Cinnabar
• Clarkeite
• Clinochrysotile
• Clinoclase
• Clinohedrite
• Clinohumite
• Clinoptilolite
• Clinozoisite
• Clintonite
• Cobaltite
• Coesite
• Coffinite
• Colemanite
• Coloradoite
• Columbite (mineral group)
• Combeite
• Connellite
• Cooperite
• Copiapite
• Copper
• Corderoite
• Cordierite
• Corundum
• Covellite
• Creedite
• Cristobalite
• Crocoite
• Cronstedtite
• Crookesite
• Crossite
• Cryolite
• Cumberlandite
• Cummingtonite
• Cuprite
• Cyanotrichite
• Cylindrite

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

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

• Edingtonite
• Ekanite
• Elbaite
• Elsmoreite
• Emery (mineral)
• Empressite
• Enargite
• Enstatite
• Eosphorite
• Epidote
• Epsomite
• Erythrite
• Esperite
• Ettringite
• Euchroite
• Euclase
• Eucryptite
• Eudialyte
• Euxenite

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)
• 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

• Gadolinite (mineral group)
• Gahnite
• Galaxite
• Galena
• Garnet (mineral group)
• Garnierite
• Gaylussite
• Gehlenite
• Geigerite
• Geocronite
• Germanite
• Gersdorffite
• Gibbsite
• Gismondine
• Glauberite
• Glaucochroite
• Glaucodot
• Glauconite
• Glaucophane
• Gmelinite
• Goethite
• Gold
• Goslarite
• Graftonite
• Graphite
• Greenockite
• Greigite
• Grossular
• Grunerite
• Guanine
• Gummite
• Gunningite
• Gypsum

Varieties that are not valid species:

• Gedanite (fossilized resin)
• Glessite (natural resin)

H

Hematite carving.

• Haggertyite
• Haidingerite
• Halite
• Halloysite
• Halotrichite
• Hanksite
• Hapkeite
• Hardystonite
• Harmotome
• Hauerite
• Hausmannite
• Hauyne
• Hawleyite
• Haxonite
• Heazlewoodite
• Hectorite
• Hedenbergite
• Hellyerite
• Hematite
• Hemimorphite
• Herbertsmithite
• Herderite
• Hessite
• Hessonite
• Heulandite
• Hibonite
• Hilgardite
• Hisingerite
• Holmquistite
• Homilite
• Hopeite
• Hornblende
• Howlite
• Hübnerite
• Humite
• Hutchinsonite
• Hyalophane
• Hydrogrossular
• Hydromagnesite
• Hydroxylapatite
• Hydrozincite
• Hypersthene

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

• Jacobsite
• Jadarite
• Jadeite
• Jamesonite
• Jarosewichite
• Jarosite
• Jeffersonite
• Jerrygibbsite
• Juonniite
• Jurbanite

Varieties that are not valid species:

• Jade (tough, green mineral either jadeite or nephrite amphibole)
• Jasper (variety of quartz)
• Jet (fossilised wood)

K

• Kaatialaite
• Kadyrelite
• Kainite
• Kalininite
• Kalinite
• Kalsilite
• Kamacite
• Kambaldaite
• Kankite
• Kaolinite
• Kassite
• Keilite
• Kermesite
• Kernite
• Kerolite
• Kieserite
• Kinoite
• Knebelite
• Knorringite
• Kobellite
• Kogarkoite
• Kolbeckite
• Kornerupine
• Kratochvilite
• Kremersite
• Krennerite
• Kukharenkoite-(Ce)
• Kutnohorite
• Kyanite

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

A polished slice of Malachite

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:

• Magnesia
• Mariposite (variety of phengite/muscovite)
• Menilite (variety of opal)
• Meerschaum (variety of sepiolite)
• Milky quartz (a cloudy white quartz)
• Morganite (a pink beryl)
• Morion (synonym of smoky quartz)

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

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

• Painite
• Palladium
• Palygorskite
• Papagoite
• Parachrysotile
• Paragonite
• Pararealgar
• Parisite
• Partheite
• Pectolite
• Pelagosite
• Pentlandite
• Periclase
• Perovskite
• Petalite
• Petzite
• Pezzottaite
• Pharmacosiderite
• Phenakite
• Phillipsite
• Phlogopite
• Phoenicochroite
• Phosgenite
• Phosphophyllite
• Pigeonite
• Plagioclase Na-Ca feldspar.
• Platinum
• Polarite
• Pollucite
• Polybasite
• Potassium alum
• Polycrase
• Polydymite
• Polyhalite
• Powellite
• Prehnite
• Proustite
• Psilomelane
• Purpurite
• Pumpellyite
• Pyrargyrite
• Pyrite
• Pyrochlore
• Pyrolusite
• Pyromorphite
• Pyrope
• Pyrophyllite
• Pyroxene (group of silicate minerals)
• Pyroxferroite
• Pyrrhotite

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

Quartz

• Quartz
• Quenstedtite

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

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

• Xenotime
• Xifengite
• Xonotlite

Y

• Ye'elimite
• Ytterbite
• Yttrialite
• Yttrium(III) oxide
• Yttrocerite
• Yttrocolumbite

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

• Minerals.net - The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom
• Mindat.org - The Mineral Database