The International Mineralogical Association (IMA) is the international group that recognises new minerals and new mineral names.
However, minerals discovered before 1959 did not go through the official naming procedure although some minerals published previously have been either confirmed or discredited since that date.
Mainly renamed minerals and synonyms used by the Handbook of Mineralogy.
[1] Mainly minerals varieties used by the Handbook of Mineralogy.
[48] The hydrotalcite supergroup might need another review.