List of minerals

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.

For a more complete listing of all mineral names, see List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association.

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
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
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
The slightly misshapen octahedral shape of this rough diamond crystal in matrix is typical of the mineral
Emerald on quartz, from Carnaiba Mine, Pindobaçu, Campo Formoso ultramafic complex, Bahia , Brazil
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
Garnet
Gold vein stockwork in limonite, from Gold Flake Vein, Farncomb Hill, Breckenridge Mining District, Summit County, Colorado , USA
Brazilian trigonal hematite crystals
Heulandite
Hübnerite and quartz
Inyoite from Monte Azul deposit, Sijes, Salta, Argentina
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
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
Langite from Elsass , France
Legrandite on limonite
Liddicoatite on quartz and feldspar
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
Needles of natrolite on deep pink inesite
Neptunite from California , USA
Boulder opal , Carisbrooke Station near Winton, Queensland , Australia
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
Quartz
Crystals of cherry red ruby in matrix
Rock crystal
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
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
Crystals of tourmaline ( uvite variety) on quartz, from Pomba pit, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
Vanadinite from the Mibladen Mining District, Morocco
Deep green balls of wavellite in exposed pocket, from Mauldin Mountain Quarries, Montgomery County, Arkansas , USA
Radial fibrous inesite and xonotlite from Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Yugawaralite crystals in a sheltered vug, from Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
Zeolite with heulandite on quartz
Zircon from Gilgit , Pakistan