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This is a list of minerals.

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B

Baddeleyite
Barite
Bastnaesite (mineral group)
Beckerite natural resin
Bertrandite
Beryl
Biotite (mineral group)
Bixbite
Blomstrandine synonym of aeschynite-(Y)
Boehmite
Bornite
Briartite
Brucite
Burmite amber from Burma
Bytownite

C

D

Datolite
Dawsonite
Delessite [[magnesian chamosite]]
Diamond
Diaspore
Diopside

E

Emerald variety of beryl
Epsom salt synonym of epsomite
Euxenite-(Y)

F

Feldspar (mineral group)
Ferberite
Ferricrete
Ferro-anthophyllite
Ferrocolumbite
Ferrotantalite
Fergusonite (mineral group)
Fluorapatite
Fluorichterite
Fluorite
Fluorspar synonym of fluorite
Franckeite
Franklinite

G

Gadolinite (mineral group)
Galena
Garnet (mineral group)
Germanite
Gibbsite
Glauconite
Goethite
Gold
Graphite
Grunerite
Gypsum

H

Halite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hibonite
Hiddenite variety of spodumene
Hornblende some minerals of the amphibole group
Hübnerite
Hutchinsonite
Hyalite variety of opal
Hydroxylapatite

I

Ice
Idocrase synonym of vesuvianite
Illite
Ilmenite

J

Jade tough, green rock, chiefly made of jadeite or amphiboles
Jasper a variety of quartz

K

Kainite
Kalsilite
Kamacite
Kaolinite
Karpinskyite
Keilhauite variety of titanite
Kern
Kobellite
Kogarkoite
Krantzite natural resin
Kunzite variety of spodumene
Kyanite

L

Labradorite
Lapis lazuli
Lazurite
Lepidolite
Leucite
Lignite
Limonite
Lizardite
Lodestone
Lonsdaleite
Lorandite

M

Magnesia (mineral)
Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Malacolite
Manganocolumbite
Marcasite
Mariposite variety of phengite/muscovite
Meerschaum
Mendozite
Menilite
Metacinnabarite
Mica
Microcline
Milk quartz
Molybdenite
Monazite
Morganite
Morion
Muscovite

N

Nepheline
Niobite
Niobite-tantalite

O

P

Palagonite
Parachrysotile
Pentlandite
Periclase
Perlite
Petalite
Petzite
Phenacite
Phillipsite
Phlogopite
Phosphorite
Pitchblende
Plagioclase
Plivine
Pollucite
Polycrase
Prehnite
Pumicite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore
Pyroxene

Q

Quartz

R

Rhodochrosite
Riebeckite
Rock crystal
Rose quartz
Roumanite
Ruby
Rutile

S

Salt (sodium chloride)
Samarskite
Sapphire
Sard
Scapolite
Scheelite
Serpentine
Sillimanite
Simetite
Smectite
Smoky quartz
Sodalite
Soda niter
Sperrylite
Spinel
Spodumene
Stannite
Stantienite
Staurolite
Steacyite
Stibnite
Strontianite
Sylvite

T

Talc
Talcum
Tantalite
Tanzanite
Teallite
Telluride
Thortveitite
Titanite
Topaz
Tourmaline
Travertine
Tremolite
Troctolite
Tufa
Turquoise
Tutty

U

Ulexite
Uralite
Uraninite

V

Vaterite
Vermiculite

W

Weloganite
Willemite
Wiserine
Wolframite
Wollastonite

X

Xenotime

Y

Yttria

Z

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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

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Minerales para niños

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