Mineral Factbook

Classification

776 species organized by the Nickel-Strunz system (10th edition), which groups minerals by chemistry and crystal structure. Jump to a class:

1. Elements 2. Sulfides and sulfosalts 3. Halides 4. Oxides and hydroxides 5. Carbonates and nitrates 6. Borates 7. Sulfates, chromates, molybdates, tungstates 8. Phosphates, arsenates, vanadates 9. Silicates 10. Organic compounds

1. Elements

1.AA Auricupride, Khatyrkite

1.AD Moschellandsbergite

1.AE Tetrataenite, Taenite, Awaruite

1.BA Cohenite, Haxonite, Tantalcarbide, Qusongite

1.BC Osbornite, Carlsbergite

1.BD Schreibersite, Allabogdanite

1.CA Stibarsen

1.CB Graphite, Chaoite, Diamond, Lonsdaleite

1.DA Moissanite

1.DB Sinoite

2. Sulfides and sulfosalts

2.AA Algodonite, Domeykite, Dyscrasite

2.AC Polarite

2.BA Chalcocite, Djurleite, Digenite, Anilite, Bornite, Athabascaite, Acanthite, Jalpaite, Aguilarite, Hessite, Argyrodite, Canfieldite, Petzite, Uytenbogaardtite

2.BB Heazlewoodite, Oregonite, Pentlandite

2.BD Crookesite

2.BE Rhodplumsite

2.CA Covellite

2.CB Sphalerite, Metacinnabar, Coloradoite, Hawleyite, Tiemannite, Chalcopyrite, Stannite, Germanite, Renierite, Wurtzite, Greenockite, Cubanite, Vulcanite, Empressite

2.CC Nickeline, Breithauptite, Achávalite, Pyrrhotite, Troilite, Millerite, Mackinawite, Braggite

2.CD Teallite, Galena, Alabandite, Altaite, Oldhamite, Clausthalite, Cinnabar

2.DA Greigite, Carrollite, Violarite, Daubréelite, Linnaeite, Siegenite, Indite, Polydymite, Brezinaite

2.DB Stibnite, Bismuthinite, Bowieite

2.DC Tetradymite, Tellurobismuthite

2.EA Sylvanite, Calaverite, Krennerite, Melonite, Molybdenite

2.EB Pyrite, Sperrylite, Laurite, Vaesite, Cattierite, Hauerite, Aurostibite, Marcasite, Alloclasite, Glaucodot, Löllingite, Safflorite, Rammelsbergite, Arsenopyrite, Cobaltite, Gersdorffite, Ullmannite, Rheniite

2.EC Skutterudite, Patrónite

2.FA Dimorphite, Realgar, Pararealgar, Alacránite, Orpiment, Getchellite

2.FC Corderoite

2.FD Kermesite, Valleriite

2.GA Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Samsonite, Bournonite

2.GB Stephanite, Polybasite

2.HA Miargyrite, Berthierite

2.HB Aikinite, Nagyágite

2.HC Boulangerite

2.HD Lorándite, Hutchinsonite

2.HF Cylindrite

2.JA Livingstonite

2.KA Enargite

3. Halides

3.AA Iodargyrite, Chlorargyrite, Bromargyrite, Halite, Sylvite, Villiaumite, Carobbiite, Salammoniac

3.AB Coccinite, Sellaite, Fluorite, Frankdicksonite

3.BA Hydrohalite, Carnallite

3.BB Antarcticite

3.C0 Ammineite

3.CA Avogadrite

3.CB Cryolite, Kësterite

3.CC Acuminite

3.CE Chiolite

3.CG Creedite

3.CH Bararite

3.DA Atacamite, Botallackite, Herbertsmithite, Paratacamite, Connellite, Abhurite

3.DB Diaboleite, Boleite, Cumengeite

3.DC Matlockite, Bismoclite, Zavaritskite, Perite, Mendipite, Cotunnite

3.DD Terlinguaite

4. Oxides and hydroxides

4.AA Cuprite, Paramelaconite

4.AB Tenorite, Delafossite, Zincite, Bromellite, Wüstite, Periclase, Bunsenite, Manganosite

4.AC Brownmillerite, Montroydite, Litharge, Massicot

4.BA Chrysoberyl

4.BB Spinel, Magnetite, Chromite, Franklinite, Galaxite, Hercynite, Gahnite, Cuprospinel, Jacobsite, Magnesioferrite, Ulvöspinel, Trevorite, Hausmannite, Maghemite

4.BD Minium

4.CB Hematite, Corundum, Ilmenite, Eskolaite, Akimotoite, Geikielite, Pyrophanite, Avicennite, Armalcolite, Pseudobrookite, Arsenolite, Valentinite, Bismite

4.CC Perovskite, Loparite, Tausonite, Hibonite

4.DA Quartz, Opal, Tridymite, Cristobalite, Mogánite, Melanophlogite, Lechatelierite, Coesite, Stishovite, Seifertite

4.DB Rutile, Cassiterite, Pyrolusite, Plattnerite, Tapiolite-(Fe), Ramsdellite, Nsutite, Samarskite-(Y), Hübnerite, Ferberite, Wodginite

4.DC Simpsonite

4.DD Anatase, Brookite

4.DE Russellite, Tellurite, Cervantite, Baddeleyite

4.DF Aeschynite-(Ce), Aeschynite-(Y)

4.DG Euxenite-(Y), Polycrase-(Y), Raspite

4.DH Brannerite, Stibiconite, Zirconolite

4.DK Akaganeite, Hollandite, Cryptomelane, Coronadite, Romanèchite, Todorokite

4.DL Uraninite, Thorianite

4.EA Molybdite

4.FC Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S, Magnesiotaaffeite-6N'3S

4.FD Spertiniite, Goethite, Diaspore, Manganite

4.FE Brucite, Portlandite, Gibbsite, Doyleite, Böhmite, Lepidocrocite, Heterogenite, Ferrihydrite, Feroxyhyte, Quetzalcoatlite

4.FJ Tungstite

4.FL Fougèrite, Aurorite, Asbolane, Birnessite

4.GA Schoepite, Studtite

4.GB Becquerelite, Curite

4.HB Carnotite, Tyuyamunite

4.JA Zimbabweite

5. Carbonates and nitrates

5.AA Zabuyelite, Gregoryite, Nahcolite

5.AB Calcite, Rhodochrosite, Magnesite, Siderite, Smithsonite, Gaspéite, Spherocobaltite, Otavite, Dolomite, Ankerite, Kutnohorite, Aragonite, Cerussite, Strontianite, Witherite, Vaterite, Huntite, Alstonite, Barytocalcite, Benstonite

5.AC Shortite

5.BA Azurite, Malachite, Rosasite, Aurichalcite, Hydrozincite

5.BB Dawsonite

5.BD Parisite-(Ce)

5.BE Phosgenite, Bismutite

5.BF Leadhillite

5.CA Nesquehonite, Hellyerite

5.CB Thermonatrite, Natron, Trona, Monohydrocalcite, Ikaite, Gaylussite, Chalconatronite

5.DA Hydromagnesite, Artinite, Zaratite, Hydrotalcite, Stichtite

5.EB Rutherfordine

5.ED Andersonite

5.NA Nitratine, Gwihabaite

6. Borates

6.AA Sassolite

6.AB Hambergite, Jeremejevite, Ludwigite, Painite

6.AC Sinhalite

6.CA Inderite

6.CB Colemanite, Howlite

6.DA Borax, Tincalconite

6.DB Kernite

6.EA Ulexite

6.FA Admontite

6.GA Chambersite, Boracite

7. Sulfates, chromates, molybdates, tungstates

7.AC Langbeinite, Thénardite, Aphthitalite

7.AD Arcanite, Mascagnite, Glauberite, Anhydrite, Celestine, Anglesite, Baryte

7.BB Antlerite, Brochantite

7.BC Alunite, Jarosite, Ye'elimite, Caledonite, Linarite

7.BD Hanksite, Lanarkite

7.CB Kieserite, Rozenite, Chalcanthite, Melanterite, Bieberite, Epsomite, Goslarite, Alunogen, Halotrichite, Meridianiite

7.CC Kalinite, Alum-(K), Tschermigite, Kröhnkite, Blödite, Leonite, Picromerite, Polyhalite

7.CD Mirabilite, Syngenite, Gypsum, Bassanite

7.DB Amarantite, Copiapite

7.DC Aluminite, Botryogen

7.DD Langite, Devilline, Serpierite, Shigaite

7.DE Cyanotrichite, Schwertmannite

7.DF Kainite

7.DG Ettringite, Thaumasite, Charlesite

7.EB Johannite

7.EC Zippeite

7.FA Crocoite

7.FB Edoylerite

7.FC Fornacite, Iranite

7.FD Lópezite

7.GA Scheelite, Wulfenite, Powellite, Stolzite

8. Phosphates, arsenates, vanadates

8.AA Berlinite, Beryllonite

8.AB Purpurite, Triphylite, Lithiophilite

8.AC Changesite-(Y), Marićite, Whitlockite, Merrillite

8.AD Monazite-(Ce)

8.BA Väyrynenite, Herderite

8.BB Amblygonite, Triplite, Wagnerite, Triploidite, Adamite, Olivenite, Libethenite, Lazulite, Scorzalite, Fingerite

8.BC Aerugite

8.BD Pseudomalachite, Cornwallite

8.BE Augelite, Clinoclase

8.BG Tsumebite, Tokyoite

8.BH Carminite, Austinite, Conichalcite, Adelite, Duftite, Descloizite, Mottramite, Bayldonite

8.BK Brazilianite

8.BL Beudantite, Plumbogummite, Crandallite

8.BN Hydroxylapatite, Fluorapatite, Vanadinite, Pyromorphite, Mimetite, Alforsite

8.CA Hopeite, Phosphophyllite

8.CB Hureaulite

8.CD Phosphosiderite, Variscite, Scorodite, Strengite, Ludlamite

8.CE Vivianite, Erythrite, Annabergite, Köttigite, Santabarbaraite

8.CG Roselite

8.CH Anapaite, Taranakite, Struvite, Hazenite

8.CJ Brockite, Brushite

8.DC Legrandite, Arthurite, Metavivianite, Vauxite, Cacoxenite, Wavellite

8.DD Turquoise, Faustite, Childrenite, Eosphorite

8.DF Liroconite, Chalcophyllite

8.DG Lavendulan

8.DL Wardite, Mixite

8.DM Tyrolite

8.EB Torbernite, Autunite, Uranocircite, Zeunerite, Saléeite, Metatorbernite, Metazeunerite, Abernathyite, Arsenuranospathite

9. Silicates

9.AA Phenakite, Willemite, Eucryptite

9.AB Esperite

9.AC Forsterite, Fayalite, Tephroite, Monticellite, Ringwoodite

9.AD Larnite, Almandine, Spessartine, Pyrope, Grossular, Andradite, Uvarovite, Majorite, Calderite, Goldmanite, Knorringite, Zircon, Thorite, Coffinite, Hafnon, Reidite

9.AE Euclase, Clinohedrite

9.AF Sillimanite, Andalusite, Kyanite, Mullite, Staurolite, Topaz, Chondrodite, Humite, Chloritoid, Olmiite

9.AG Braunite, Abswurmbachite, Titanite, Afwillite, Tranquillityite

9.AH Spurrite

9.AJ Grandidierite, Dumortierite, Datolite, Jadarite

9.AK Cuprosklodowskite, Sklodowskite, Uranophane, Kasolite

9.BB Hardystonite, Gehlenite, Åkermanite

9.BC Thortveitite, Yttrialite-(Y)

9.BD Bertrandite, Hemimorphite

9.BE Wadsleyite, Lawsonite, Ilvaite

9.BG Piemontite, Dollaseite-(Ce), Epidote, Clinozoisite, Zoisite, Vesuvianite, Wiluite

9.BH Kinoite

9.BJ Kornerupine, Prismatine

9.CA Benitoite, Catapleiite, Pseudowollastonite

9.CE Papagoite

9.CJ Beryl, Bazzite, Cordierite, Sekaninaite, Combeite, Dioptase

9.CK Elbaite, Fluor-liddicoatite, Fluor-uvite, Abenakiite-(Ce)

9.CM Sugilite, Poudretteite, Osumilite, Milarite

9.CO Eudialyte, Aqualite, Labyrinthite

9.DA Enstatite, Pigeonite, Kanoite, Diopside, Augite, Hedenbergite, Omphacite, Jadeite, Aegirine, Spodumene

9.DB Plancheite, Shattuckite, Aerinite

9.DC Astrophyllite

9.DD Gedrite, Holmquistite

9.DE Cummingtonite, Anthophyllite, Grunerite, Tremolite, Actinolite, Tschermakite, Ferro-actinolite, Pargasite, Edenite, Kaersutite, Fluoro-edenite, Richterite, Winchite, Riebeckite, Arfvedsonite, Glaucophane, Potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite

9.DF Bavenite

9.DG Wollastonite, Pectolite, Serandite, Bustamite, Tobermorite, Jennite, Xonotlite, Tinaksite, Canasite, Charoite

9.DH Balangeroite, Serendibite, Aenigmatite, Sapphirine, Agrellite

9.DJ Narsarsukite

9.DK Rhodonite, Nambulite

9.DL Inesite

9.DM Vlasovite

9.DN Zektzerite

9.DO Pyroxferroite, Pyroxmangite

9.DP Prehnite

9.EA Ekanite, Armstrongite, Okenite, Nekoite, Cavansite, Pentagonite, Ajoite

9.EB Carletonite

9.EC Talc, Minnesotaite, Pyrophyllite, Muscovite, Celadonite, Paragonite, Roscoelite, Phlogopite, Annite, Siderophyllite, Margarite, Clintonite, Anandite, Nontronite, Saponite, Hectorite, Stevensite, Vermiculite, Chamosite, Cookeite, Macaulayite

9.ED Kaolinite, Dickite, Nacrite, Halloysite, Chrysotile, Antigorite, Lizardite, Greenalite, Amesite, Népouite, Cronstedtite, Chrysocolla, Allophane, Imogolite

9.EE Friedelite, Palygorskite, Sepiolite, Gyrolite

9.EF Petalite

9.EG Stilpnomelane, Bannisterite

9.EH Neptunite, Ussingite

9.FA Nepheline, Kalsilite, Orthoclase, Microcline, Sanidine, Anorthoclase, Celsian, Buddingtonite, Albite, Anorthite, Danburite

9.FB Afghanite, Sacrofanite, Cancrinite, Vishnevite, Sodalite, Lazurite, Haüyne, Tugtupite, Nosean, Danalite, Marialite, Meionite

9.GA Natrolite, Scolecite, Mesolite

9.GB Analcime, Pollucite, Leucite, Laumontite, Yugawaralite

9.GC Gismondine-Ca, Amicite, Harmotome

9.GD Mordenite

9.GE Stellerite

9.HE Gilalite, Apachite

10. Organic compounds

10.AA Calclacite

10.AB Humboldtine, Moolooite, Zhemchuzhnikovite, Weddellite, Whewellite

10.AC Mellite

10.BA Idrialite, Carpathite, Evenkite

10.CA Hoelite, Abelsonite, Tinnunculite