Minerals

A

1. Actinolite
2. Adamite
3. Aegirine
4. Albite
5. Alforsite
6. Altaite
7. Alunite
8. Amblygonite
9. Amphibole (mineral group)
10. Analcime (synonym of analcite)
11. Analcite
12. Anatase
13. Andalusite
14. Anglesite
15. Anhydrite
16. Ankerite
17. Anorthite
18. Anorthoclase
19. Anthophyllite
20. Antigorite
21. Apatite (mineral group)
22. Aragonite
23. Arfvedsonite
24. Argentite
25. Armalcolite
26. Arsenopyrite
27. Astrophyllite
28. Augite
29. Aurichalcite
30. Auricupride
31. Autunite
32. Axinite (mineral group)
33. Azurite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Abichite
2. Agate(variety of quartz)
3. Alabaster (variety of gypsum)
4. Alexandrite (variety of chrysoberyl)
5. Allingite (synonym of amber)
6. Alum
7. Amazonite (variety of microcline)
8. Amber (fossilized resin)
9. Amethyst (purple variety of quartz)
10. Ammolite (organic; also a gemstone)
11. Amosite (asbestiform grunerite)
12. Anyolite (metamorphic rock - zoisite, ruby, and hornblende)
13. Aquamarine (light blue variety of beryl)
14. Asbestos (fibrous serpentine- or amphibole minerals)
15. Avalite (A chromian variety of Illite.)
16. 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. Blodite
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 a rock)
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. Graphite
14. Greenockite
15. Grunerite
16. 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. Hubnerite
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. Ice
2. Idocrase (synonym of vesuvianite)
3. Idrialite
4. Illite
5. Ilmenite

J

1. Jadeite
2. Juonniite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Jade (tough, green mineral either jadeite or nephrite amphibole)
2. Jasper (variety of quartz)

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 mixture of iron oxides and hydroxides - rust!)
6. Lodestone (a synonym of magnetite)

M

1. Maghemite
2. Magnesite
3. Magnetite
4. Malachite
5. Malacolite
6. Manganite
7. Manganocolumbite
8. Marcasite
9. Margaritasite
10. Mendozite
11. Menilite
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. Meerschaum (variety of sepiolite)
4. Milky quartz (a cloudy white quartz)
5. Morganite (a pink beryl)
6. Morion (synonum 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. Pectolite
3. Pentlandite
4. Periclase
5. Perovskite
6. Petalite
7. Petzite
8. Pezzottaite
9. Pharmacosiderite
10. Phenakite
11. Phillipsite
12. Phlogopite
13. Plagioclase Na-Ca feldspar.
14. Pollucite
15. Potassium alum
16. Polycrase
17. Prehnite
18. Proustite
19. Pyrite
20. Pyrochlore
21. Pyrolusite
22. Pyromorphite
23. Pyrophyllite
24. Pyroxene (group of silicate minerals)
25. 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. Rhodochrosite
3. Rhodonite
4. Riebeckite
5. 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. Seligmanite
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. Spessartine
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. Sulfur
53. Sussexite
54. Sylvanite
55. 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. Yttrium

Z

1. Zabuyelite
2. Zaccagnaite
3. Zaherite
4. Zajacite-(Ce)
5. Zakharovite
6. Zanazziite
7. Zappinite
8. Zaratite
9. Zeolite (group of silicate minerals)
10. Zhanghengite
11. Zharchikhite
12. Zhemchuzhnikovite
13. Zhonghuacerite-(Ce)
14. Ziesite
15. Zimbabweite
16. Zinalsite
17. Zinc-melanterite
18. Zincite
19. Zincobotryogen
20. Zincochromite
21. Zinkenite
22. Zinnwaldite
23. Zippeite
24. Zircon
25. Zirconolite
26. Zircophyllite
27. Zirkelite
28. Zoisite
29. Zunyite

Rocks & Minerals: Classification Of Rocks