List of minerals (complete)

Mineralogy is an active science in which minerals are discovered or recognised on a regular basis. Use of old mineral names is also discontinued, for example when a name is no longer considered valid. Therefore, a list of recognised mineral species is never complete. 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. Some minerals published previously have been either confirmed or discredited since that date. This list contains a mixture of mineral names that have been approved since 1959 and those mineral names believed to still refer to valid mineral species (these are called "grandfathered" species). Presently, each year about 50-60 new mineral species are officially approved by the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) of the International Mineralogical Association.[1]

The IMA/CNMNC administrates c. 6,500 names,[2] and the Handbook of Mineralogy lists 3,803 species.[3] As of January 2016, the IMA Database of Mineral Properties/ Rruff Project lists 5,090 valid species (IMA/CNMNC) of a total of 5,297 minerals. There are 1,289 Pre-IMA minerals.[4]

The Webmineral.com lists 2,722 published and approved (IMA/CNMNC) minerals, 1,627 pre-IMA minerals, 81 discredited minerals (IMA/CNMNC status), 2,691 synonyms, 149 approved minerals but without a published description yet and 123 not approved names.[5]

Due to the length of this list, it is divided into alphabetical groups. The minerals are sorted by name.

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Notes

Feldspar series
Phase diagram of Al2SiO5
(nesosilicates).[48]

Gallery

See also

Further reading

Notes

  1. No Webmineral reference
  2. No Webmineral reference
  3. No Handbook of Mineralogy reference
  4. No Webmineral reference

References

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  3. Handbook of Mineralogy
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  5. A to Z Listing of Minerals
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  37. Mindat.org - Schapbachite
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  40. Mindat.org - Tohdite
  41. Mindat.org - Tellurocanfieldite
  42. Argentit (German)
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  44. Back, Malcolm E.; Mandarino, Joseph A. (2008). Fleischer’s Glossary of Mineral Species (10 ed.). Tucson AZ: Mineralogical Record Inc. p. 345.
  45. MinDat - Tiragalloite
  46. MinDat - Grenmarite
  47. Whitney, D.L. (2002), "Coexisting andalusite, kyanite, and sillimanite: Sequential formation of three Al2SiO5 polymorphs during progressive metamorphism near the triple point, Sivrihisar, Turkey", American Mineralogist 87 (4): 405–416
  48. Whitney, D.L. (2002), "Coexisting andalusite, kyanite, and sillimanite: Sequential formation of three Al2SiO5 polymorphs during progressive metamorphism near the triple point, Sivrihisar, Turkey", American Mineralogist 87 (4): 405–416
  49. Mindat.org - Chloromagnesite
  50. Mindat.org - Zinkosite
  51. Mindat.org - Biotite
  52. Handbookofmineralogy - Biotite
  53. Rieder, Milan, Cavazzini, Giancarlo, D'yakonov, Yurii S., Frank-Kamenetskii, Viktor A. (1998). "Nomenclature of the micas (IMA/CNMMN Mica Group Subcommittee Report)" (PDF). Canadian Mineralogist 36: 905–912.
  54. Mindat.org - Chabazite
  55. Handbookofmineralogy - Chabazite
  56. Mindat.org - Dachiardite
  57. Webmineral - Dachiardite
  58. Mindat.org - Heulandite
  59. Handbookofmineralogy - Heulandite
  60. Mindat.org - Pyrochlore
  61. Webmineral - Pyrochlore
  62. Handbookofmineralogy - Pyrochlore
  63. Mindat.org - Roméite
  64. Webmineral - Roméite
  65. Handbookofmineralogy - Roméite
  66. Mindat.org - Betafite
  67. Webmineral - Betafite
  68. Handbookofmineraology - Betafite
  69. Mindat.org - Microlite group
  70. Mindat.org - Elsmoreite group
  • Web: rruff.info/ima/, 'IMA database of mineral properties' switchboard:
    • 'Not an IMA approved mineral' tag – E.g. buserite
    • 'Discredited' mineral tag – E.g. bindheimite
    • 'Pending publication' tag – E.g. drobecite (IMA 2002-034)
    • 'Questionable mineral species' tag – E.g. shubnikovite

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