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List of minerals with Wikipedia articles
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 .
A
Amethyst crystals – a purple quartz
Apophyllite crystals sitting right beside a cluster of peachy bowtie
stilbite
Aquamarine variety of
beryl with
tourmaline on
orthoclase
Arsenopyrite from
Hidalgo del Parral ,
Chihuahua , Mexico
Aurichalcite needles spraying out within a protected pocket lined by bladed
calcite crystals
Austinite from the Ojuela Mine,
Mapimí ,
Durango , Mexico
Ametrine containing
amethyst and
citrine , from
Bolivia
Varieties that are not valid species:
B
Baryte (included by malachite) on malachite, from Shangulowé Mine,
Kambove , Central area, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
Spiky calcite scalenohedra with a coating of whitish
benstonite on a layer of teal-colored fluorite
Thin tabular
biotite cluster
Brookite from
Kharan ,
Balochistan , Pakistan
Varieties that are not valid species:
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
Varieties that are not valid species:
D
The slightly misshapen octahedral shape of this rough
diamond crystal in matrix is typical of the mineral
Varieties that are not valid species:
E
Emerald on quartz, from Carnaiba Mine, Pindobaçu, Campo Formoso ultramafic complex,
Bahia , Brazil
Varieties that are not valid species:
F
Translucent
fluorapophyllit-(K) crystal and stilbite, from Jalgaon District,
Maharashtra , India
Deep green isolated
fluorite crystal showing cubic and octahedral faces, set upon a
micaceous matrix
Varieties that are not valid species:
G
Garnet
Gold vein stockwork in limonite, from Gold Flake Vein, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County,
Colorado , USA
Varieties that are not valid species:
H
Brazilian
trigonal
hematite crystals
Heulandite
Hübnerite and quartz
Varieties that are not valid species:
I
Inyoite from Monte Azul deposit, Sijes, Salta, Argentina
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
Varieties that are not valid species:
K
Kainosite-(Y) from the Amphibolite quarry,
Haslach ,
Black Forest ,
Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Kröhnkite from Cuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District,
Calama ,
El Loa Province ,
Antofagasta Region , Chile
Varieties that are not valid species:
L
Langite from
Elsass , France
Legrandite on limonite
Liddicoatite on quartz and feldspar
Varieties that are not valid species:
M
Magnetite from Speen Ghar, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
Manganite from Ilfeld, Thuringia, Germany
Mesolite at the
Carnegie Museum of Natural History ,
Pittsburgh ,
Pennsylvania , USA
Mimetite on limonite matrix
Varieties that are not valid species:
N
Needles of
natrolite on deep pink inesite
Neptunite from
California , USA
Varieties that are not valid species:
O
Boulder
opal , Carisbrooke Station near
Winton, Queensland , Australia
Varieties that are not valid species:
P
Paravauxite and sigloite crystals associated with micro crystallized iron-stained wavellite needles on matrix
Pectolite from
Paterson ,
Passaic County ,
New Jersey , USA
Phosphophyllite from Cerro de Potosí,
Potosí Department , Bolivia
Pyrrhotite on quartz
Varieties that are not valid species:
Q
Quartz
R
Crystals of cherry red
ruby in matrix
Rock crystal
Varieties that are not valid species:
S
Acicular colorless
scolecite crystals in a group with pale green apophyllite and very light pink stilbite
Gypsum (
selenite variety):
Santa Eulalia District ,
Chihuahua , Mexico
Serandite clusters from Poudrette quarry,
Mont Saint-Hilaire ,
Montérégie ,
Québec , Canada
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
Varieties that are not valid species:
T
Crystal of
titanite with adularia and minor clinochlore on matrix
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
Varieties that are not valid species:
U
Crystals of tourmaline (
uvite variety) on quartz, from Pomba pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
V
Vanadinite from the Mibladen Mining District, Morocco
W
Deep green balls of
wavellite in exposed pocket, from Mauldin Mountain Quarries, Montgomery County,
Arkansas , USA
X
Radial fibrous inesite and
xonotlite from Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Y
Yugawaralite crystals in a sheltered vug, from Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
Varieties that are not valid species:
Z
Zeolite with heulandite on quartz
Zircon from
Gilgit , Pakistan
Varieties that are not valid species:
See also
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