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Just a list of minerals (more or less complete) with no detailed description but with proper names)
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A
1. Actinolite
2. Adamite
3. Aegirine
4. Albite
5. Alforsite
6. Altaite
7. Alunite
8. Amblygonite
9. Amphibole (mineral group)
10. Analcite
11. Anatase
12. Andalusite
13. Anglesite
14. Anhydrite
15. Ankerite
16. Anorthite
17. Anorthoclase
18. Anthophyllite
19. Antigorite
20. Apatite (mineral group)
21. Aragonite
22. Arfvedsonite
23. Argentite
24. Armalcolite
25. Arsenopyrite
26. Astrophyllite
27. Augite
28. Aurichalcite
29. Auricupride
30. Autunite
31. Axinite (mineral group)
32. Azurite
Varieties that are not valid species:
1. Agate (variety of quartz)
2. Alabaster (variety of gypsum)
3. Alexandrite (variety of chrysoberyl)
4. Allingite (synonym of amber)
5. Alum
6. Amazonite (variety of microcline)
7. Amber (fossilized resin)
8. Amethyst (purple variety of quartz)
9. Ammolite (organic; also a gemstone)
10. Amosite (asbestiform grunerite)
11. Anyolite (metamorphic rock - zoisite,
ruby, and hornblende)
12. Aquamarine (light blue variety of beryl)
13. Asbestos (fibrous serpentine- or
amphibole minerals)
14. Avalite (A chromian variety of Illite.)
15. Aventurine (variety of quartz)
B
1. Baddeleyite
2. Barite (Baryte, British spelling)
3. Bastnaesite (mineral group)
4. Benitoite
5. Bertrandite
6. Beryl
7. Biotite
8. Bismuthinite
9. Bixbyite
10. Blödite
11. Blossite
12. Boehmite
13. Boracite
14. Borax
15. Bornite
16. Brazilianite
17. Briartite
18. Brookite
19. Brucite
20. Bytownite
Varieties that are not valid species:
1. Bauxite (it's an ore)
2. Beckerite (natural resin)
3. Bixbite (red gem variety of beryl)
4. Burmite (amber from Burma)
C
1. Calaverite
2. Calcite
3. Caledonite
4. Canfieldite
5. Carnallite
6. Carnotite
7. Cassiterite
8. Cavansite
9. Celadonite
10. Celestite
11. Cerussite
12. Chabazite (a group of closely-related
minerals in the zeolite group)
13. Chalcanthite
14. Chalcocite
15. Chalcopyrite
16. Chlorite (mineral group)
17. Chromite
18. Chrysoberyl
19. Chrysocolla
20. Cinnabar
21. Clinochrysotile
22. Clinoclase
23. Clintonite
24. Cobaltite
25. Coesite
26. Coffinite
27. Colemanite
28. Columbite (mineral group)
29. Cooperite
30. Copper
31. Cordierite
32. Corundum
33. Covellite
34. Creedite
35. Cristobalite
36. Crookesite
37. Cryolite
38. Cummingtonite
39. Cuprite
40. Cyanotrichite
41. Cylindrite
Varieties that are not valid species:
1. Carnelian (variety of quartz)
2. Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline variety of
quartz)
3. Chrysolite (gemmy yellow-green
forsterite)
4. Chrysoprase (green nickel bearing
chalcedony)
5. Chrysotile (group name - asbestiform
serpentine)
6. Citrine (yellow variety of quartz)
7. Cleveite
8. Coltan (short for minerals of the
columbite group)
9. Crocidolite (asbestiform riebeckite)
10. Cymophane (variety of chrysoberyl)
D
1. Datolite
2. Dawsonite
3. Diamond
4. Diaspore
5. Dickite
6. Diopside
7. Dioptase
8. Dolomite
9. Dumortierite
Varieties that are not valid species:
1. Delessite (magnesian chamosite)
2. Diatomite (diatomaceous earth)
E
1. Enargite
2. Enstatite
3. Epidote
4. Epsomite
5. Erythrite
6. Euchroite
7. Euclase
8. Euxenite
Varieties that are not valid species:
1. Emerald (green gem variety of beryl)
F
1. Fayalite (olivine group)
2. Feldspar (mineral group)
3. Feldspathoid (mineral group)
4. Ferberite
5. Feroxyhyte
6. Ferrierite (subgroup of zeolite minerals)
7. Ferro-anthophyllite
8. Ferrocolumbite
9. Ferrohortonolite (olivine group)
10. Ferrotantalite
11. Fergusonite (mineral group)
12. Fluorapatite (apatite group)
13. Fluorichterite (amphibole group)
14. Fluorite
15. Fluorspar (synonym of fluorite)
16. Forsterite (olivine group)
17. Franckeite
18. Franklinite (spinel group)
19. Freieslebenite
Varieties that are not valid species:
1. Ferricrete Iron oxide cemented soil or
sediment
G
1. Gadolinite (mineral group)
2. Gahnite
3. Galena
4. Garnet (mineral group)
5. Garnierite
6. Germanite
7. Geigerite
8. Gibbsite
9. Glauberite
10. Glauconite
11. Glaucophane
12. Goethite
13. Gold
14. Graphite
15. Greenockite
16. Grunerite
17. Gypsum
Varieties that are not valid species:
1. Gedanite (fossilized resin)
2. Golden beryl (golden-yellow variety of
beryl)
3. Green beryl (light green variety of beryl)
4. Glessite (natural resin)
H
1. Haggertyite
2. Halite
3. Hapkeite
4. Hematite
5. Hemimorphite
6. Hibonite
7. Hornblende
8. Hübnerite
9. Hutchinsonite
10. Hydroxylapatite
11. Hydrozincite
Varieties that are not valid species:
1. Heliodor (greenish-yellow variety of
beryl)
2. Hiddenite (variety of spodumene)
3. Hyalite (variety of opal)
I
1. Idocrase (synonym of vesuvianite)
2. Idrialite
3. Illite
4. Ilmenite
5. Iron
J
1. Jadeite
2. Jarosite
3. Juonniite
Varieties that are not valid species:
1. Jade (tough, green mineral either jadeite
or nephrite amphibole)
2. Jasper (variety of quartz)
3. Jet (fossilised wood)
K
1. Kainite
2. Kalsilite
3. Kamacite
4. Kaolinite
5. Kernite
6. Kieserite
7. Kobellite
8. Kogarkoite
9. Kolbeckite
10. Krennerite
11. Kyanite
Varieties that are not valid species:
1. Keilhauite (variety of titanite)
2. Krantzite (natural resin)
3. Kunzite (variety of spodumene)
L
1. Labradorite
2. Lansfordite
3. Lazurite
4. Lepidolite
5. Leucite
6. Lizardite
7. Lonsdaleite
8. Lorandite
Varieties that are not valid species:
1. Lapis lazuli (a rock consisting primarily
of lazurite, calcite and pyrite)
2. Larimar (blue variety of pectolite)
3. Lechatelierite (fused quartz glass)
4. Lignite (a type of coal)
5. Limonite -(a mineraloid )
6. Lodestone (a synonym of magnetite)
M
1. Maghemite
2. Magnesite
3. Magnetite
4. Malachite
5. Malacolite
6. Manganite
7. Manganocolumbite
8. Manganotantalite
9. Marcasite
10. Margaritasite
11. Mendozite
12. Metacinnabarite
13. Mica (a group of silicate minerals)
14. Microcline
15. Millerite
16. Mimetite
17. Mirabilite
18. Moissanite
19. Molybdenite
20. Monazite
21. Montmorillonite (clay mineral)
22. Moolooite
23. Murdochite
24. Muscovite
Varieties that are not valid species:
1. Magnesia
2. Mariposite (variety of
phengite/muscovite)
3. Menilite (variety of opal)
4. Meerschaum (variety of sepiolite)
5. Milky quartz (a cloudy white quartz)
6. Morganite (a pink beryl)
7. Morion (synonym of smoky quartz)
N
1. Native copper
2. Natrolite
3. Natron
4. Nepheline
5. Nephrite
6. Niccolite
7. Niobite (synonym of columbite)
8. Niobite-tantalite (synonym of columbite-
tantalite)
O
1. Olivine (a group of silicate minerals)
2. Opal
3. Orpiment
4. Orthochrysotile
5. Orthoclase
6. Overite
Varieties that are not valid species:
1. Onyx (a monochromatic banded variety
of chalcedony)
P
1. Parachrysotile
2. Paragonite
3. Pectolite
4. Pentlandite
5. Periclase
6. Perovskite
7. Petalite
8. Petzite
9. Pezzottaite
10. Pharmacosiderite
11. Phenakite
12. Phillipsite
13. Phlogopite
14. Plagioclase Na-Ca feldspar.
15. Pollucite
16. Potassium alum
17. Polycrase
18. Prehnite
19. Proustite
20. Pyrite
21. Pyrochlore
22. Pyrolusite
23. Pyromorphite
24. Pyrophyllite
25. Pyroxene (group of silicate minerals)
26. Pyrrhotite
Varieties that are not valid species:
1. Palagonite (basaltic volcanic glass)
2. Perlite (volcanic glass)
3. Phosphorite (name given to impure,
massive apatite.)
4. Plessite (mixture of kamacite and
taenite)
5. Pitchblende (a massive impure form of
uraninite)
6. Pumicite (synonym of pumice)
Q
1. Quartz
R
1. Realgar
2. Rheniite
3. Rhodochrosite
4. Rhodonite
5. Riebeckite
6. Rutile
Varieties that are not valid species:
1. Rock crystal (quartz)
2. Rose quartz
3. Roumanite (amber)
4. Ruby (red gem corundum)
S
1. Safflorite
2. Sal ammoniac
3. Samarskite
4. Sanbornite
5. Sanidine (orthoclase variety)
6. Saponite (clay mineral)
7. Sapphirine
8. Sauconite
9. Scapolite (a group of silicate minerals)
10. Scheelite
11. Schorl (black tourmaline)
12. Schreibersite
13. Scolecite
14. Seeligerite
15. Segelerite
16. Sekaninaite
17. Selenide
18. Selenite
19. Selenium
20. Seligmannite
21. Sepiolite
22. Serpentine
23. Shattuckite
24. Siderite
25. Sillimanite
26. Silver
27. Simetite
28. Skutterudite
29. Smaltite
30. Smectite
31. Smithsonite
32. Soda niter
33. Sodalite
34. Sperrylite
35. Spessartite
36. Sphalerite
37. Sphene
38. Spinel
39. Spodumene
40. Stannite
41. Staurolite
42. Steacyite
43. Steatite (talc)
44. Stephanite
45. Stibnite
46. Stichtite
47. Stilbite
48. Stilleite
49. Stolzite
50. Stromeyerite
51. Strontianite
52. Sugilite
53. Sulfur
54. Sussexite
55. Sylvanite
56. Sylvite
Varieties that are not valid species:
1. Sapphire (gem corundum of any color
except red, especially blue varieties)
2. Sard (a variety of chalcedony/quartz)
3. Satinspar (a variety of Gypsum)
4. Smoky quartz (a brown or black variety
of quartz)
5. Soapstone (a rock)
6. Stantienite (variety of amber)
T
1. Taenite
2. Talc
3. Tantalite
4. Tarapacaite
5. Teallite
6. Tennantite
7. Tenorite
8. Tephroite
9. Terlinguaite
10. Tetrahedrite
11. Thenardite
12. Thorianite
13. Thorite
14. Thortveitite
15. Tiemannite
16. Tin
17. Tincalconite
18. Titanite
19. Topaz
20. Torbernite
21. Tourmaline (group of silicate minerals)
22. Tremolite
23. Tridymite
24. Triphylite
25. Trona
26. Tschermigite
27. Tugtupite
28. Turquoise
29. Tyuyamunite
Varieties that are not valid species:
1. Tanzanite (variety of Zoisite)
2. Thulite (variety of Zoisite)
3. Travertine (form of calcium carbonate)
4. Tsavorite (gem variety of grossularite
garnet)
U
1. Ulexite
2. Ullmannite
3. Ulvospinel
4. Umangite
5. Unakite
6. Uraninite
7. Uranophane
8. Uvarovite
Varieties that are not valid species:
1. Ultramarine
2. Uralite alteration actinolite
V
1. Valentinite
2. Vanadinite
3. Variscite
4. Vaterite
5. Vermiculite
6. Vesuvianite
7. Villiaumite
8. Vivianite
W
1. Wardite
2. Wavellite
3. Weloganite
4. Whitlockite
5. Willemite
6. Witherite
7. Wolframite
8. Wollastonite
9. Wulfenite
X
1. Xenotime
Y
1. Yttrialite
Z
1. Zabuyelite
2. Zaccagnaite
3. Zaherite
4. Zajacite-(Ce)
5. Zakharovite
6. Zanazziite
7. Zaratite
8. Zeolite (group of silicate minerals)
9. Zhanghengite
10. Zharchikhite
11. Zhemchuzhnikovite
12. Zhonghuacerite-(Ce)
13. Ziesite
14. Zimbabweite
15. Zinalsite
16. Zinc-melanterite
17. Zincite
18. Zincobotryogen
19. Zincochromite
20. Zinkenite
21. Zinnwaldite
22. Zippeite
23. Zircon
24. Zirconolite
25. Zircophyllite
26. Zirkelite
27. Zoisite
28. Zunyite