353 minerals · Prized Specimens · sorted with popular first
Variety
Agate SiO₂
Almandine Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃
Mineraloid
Amber C₁₀H₁₆O (fossil resin)
Variety
Amethyst SiO₂
Group
Apatite Ca₅(PO₄)₃(F,Cl,OH)
Azurite Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂
Baryte Ba(SO₄)
Beryl Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈
Group
Biotite K(Mg,Fe)₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
Calcite Ca(CO₃)
Cinnabar HgS
Copper Cu
Fluorapatite Ca₅(PO₄)₃F
Fluorite CaF₂
Galena PbS
Group
Garnet X₃Y₂(SiO₄)₃
Gypsum Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O
Halite NaCl
Hematite Fe₂O₃
Jadeite NaAlSi₂O₆
Variety
Jasper SiO₂
Variety
Labradorite (Ca,Na)(Al,Si)₄O₈
Rock
Lapis Lazuli Rock — mainly lazurite
Group
Lepidolite K(Li,Al)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(F,OH)₂
Magnetite Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄
Malachite Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂
Muscovite KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂
Mineraloid
Obsidian SiO₂-rich volcanic glass
Opal SiO₂·nH₂O
Pyrite FeS₂
Featured
Quartz SiO₂
Rhodochrosite Mn(CO₃)
Rhodonite CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)
Variety
Selenite CaSO₄·2H₂O
Variety
Smoky Quartz SiO₂
Sodalite Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl
Spodumene LiAlSi₂O₆
Sulphur S
Topaz Al₂SiO₄F₂
Group
Tourmaline (Na,Ca)(Mg,Fe,Li,Al)₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄
Turquoise CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O
Vanadinite Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl
Wulfenite PbMoO₄
Zircon Zr(SiO₄)
Acanthite Ag₂S
Actinolite Ca₂(Mg₄.₅₋₂.₅Fe²⁺₀.₅₋₂.₅)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Adamite Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)
Aegirine NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆
Group
Allanite (Ca,Ce)₂(Al,Fe)₃Si₃O₁₂(OH)
Allanite-(Ce) CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)
Alunite KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆
Variety
Amazonite KAlSi₃O₈
Amblygonite LiAl(PO₄)F
Analcime Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O
Anatase TiO₂
Andalusite Al₂SiO₅
Variety
Andesine (Ca,Na)(Al,Si)₄O₈
Andradite Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃
Anglesite Pb(SO₄)
Anhydrite Ca(SO₄)
Annabergite Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O
Anthophyllite Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Antigorite Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄
Antlerite Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄
Aragonite Ca(CO₃)
Arsenic As
Arsenopyrite FeAsS
Atacamite Cu₂Cl(OH)₃
Augite (Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆
Autunite Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O
Group
Axinite Ca₂(Mn,Fe,Mg)Al₂BSi₄O₁₅(OH)
Axinite-(Fe) Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂
Axinite-(Mg) Ca₄Mg₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂
Axinite-(Mn) Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂
Bavenite Ca₄Be₂₊ₓAl₂₋ₓSi₉O₂₆₋ₓ(OH)₂₊ₓ (x = 0 to 1)
Bazzite Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na₀.₃₂·nH₂O
Beidellite (Na,Ca)₀.₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O
Benitoite BaTiSi₃O₉
Bertrandite Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂
Beudantite PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆
Bismuth Bi
Bixbyite-(Fe) Fe³⁺₂O₃
Boleite KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈
Boracite Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl
Bornite Cu₅FeS₄
Boulangerite Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁
Bournonite CuPbSbS₃
Braunite Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)
Brazilianite NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄
Brewsterite-Sr Sr(Al₂Si₆)O₁₆·5H₂O
Brochantite Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆
Bromargyrite AgBr
Brookite TiO₂
Bustamite Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂
Variety
Bytownite (Ca,Na)(Al,Si)₄O₈
Cancrinite (Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O
Carminite PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂
Cassiterite SnO₂
Catapleiite Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O
Cavansite Ca(V⁴⁺O)(Si₄O₁₀)·4H₂O
Celadonite KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂
Celestine Sr(SO₄)
Celsian Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)
Cerussite Pb(CO₃)
Chabazite-Ca Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O
Chalcanthite Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O
Chalcopyrite CuFeS₂
Chamosite (Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈
Charoite (K,Sr,Ba,Mn)₁₅₋₁₆(Ca,Na)₃₂[Si₇₀(O,OH)₁₈₀](OH,F)₄·nH₂O
Chlorapatite Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl
Chlorargyrite AgCl
Chloritoid Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂
Variety
Chrysoprase SiO₂
Chrysotile Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄
Clinochlore Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈
Clinoclase Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃
Clinoptilolite-Ca Ca₃(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂·20H₂O
Clinozoisite Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)
Cobaltite CoAsS
Colemanite CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O
Group
Columbite (Fe,Mn)Nb₂O₆
Conichalcite CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)
Cordierite Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈
Corundum Al₂O₃
Cotunnite PbCl₂
Covellite CuS
Cristobalite SiO₂
Crocoite Pb(CrO₄)
Cryolite Na₂NaAlF₆
Cummingtonite Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Cuprite Cu₂O
Danburite CaB₂Si₂O₈
Datolite CaB(SiO₄)(OH)
Descloizite PbZn(VO₄)(OH)
Diaspore AlO(OH)
Dickite Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄
Diopside CaMgSi₂O₆
Dioptase CuSiO₃·H₂O
Dolomite CaMg(CO₃)₂
Dravite NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)
Dumortierite AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈
Elbaite Na(Al₁.₅Li₁.₅)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)
Enargite Cu₃AsS₄
Enstatite Mg₂Si₂O₆
Epidote Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)
Epistilbite Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O
Erionite-Ca Ca₅[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O
Erythrite Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O
Esperite PbCa₂(ZnSiO₄)₃
Euchroite Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)·3H₂O
Euclase BeAlSiO₄(OH)
Eucryptite LiAlSiO₄
Eudialyte Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂
Fayalite Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)
Ferberite Fe²⁺(WO₄)
Ferrierite-Mg [Mg₂(K,Na)₂Ca₀.₅](Si₂₉Al₇)O₇₂·18H₂O
Ferrosilite Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆
Fluor-buergerite NaFe³⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃O₃F
Fluor-liddicoatite Ca(Li₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F
Fluorapophyllite-(K) KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O
Foitite (Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)
Fornacite CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)
Franklinite ZnFe³⁺₂O₄
Friedelite Mn²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH)₁₀
Group
Gadolinite (Y,Ce)₂FeBe₂Si₂O₁₀
Gadolinite-(Y) Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂
Gahnite ZnAl₂O₄
Gedrite Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂
Glauberite Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂
Glaucophane Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Goethite FeO(OH)
Greenockite CdS
Grossular Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃
Grunerite Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Hambergite Be₂(BO₃)(OH)
Hardystonite Ca₂ZnSi₂O₇
Harmotome Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O
Hastingsite NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂
Hausmannite Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄
Haüyne Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)
Hedenbergite CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆
Hemimorphite Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O
Herderite CaBe(PO₄)F
Group
Heulandite (Ca,Na)₂Al₂Si₇O₁₈·6H₂O
Heulandite-Ca (Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O
Holdenite Mn²⁺₆Zn₃(AsO₄)₂(SiO₄)(OH)₈
Group
Hornblende Ca₂(Mg,Fe,Al)₅(Al,Si)₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Hübnerite Mn²⁺(WO₄)
Ilvaite CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)
Inderite MgB₃O₃(OH)₅·5H₂O
Inyoite CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·4H₂O
Iodargyrite AgI
Jamesonite Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄
Jarosite KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆
Mineraloid
Jet C — fossilized wood
Kaersutite NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂
Kentrolite Pb₂Mn³⁺₂O₂(Si₂O₇)
Kernite Na₂B₄O₆(OH)₂·3H₂O
Kurnakovite MgB₃O₃(OH)₅·5H₂O
Kyanite Al₂OSiO₄
Langbeinite K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃
Laumontite CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O
L
Lautarite Ca(IO₃)₂
Lawsonite CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O
Lazulite MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂
Lazurite Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃)¹⁻·H₂O
Legrandite Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)·H₂O
Lepidocrocite Fe³⁺O(OH)
Leucite K(AlSi₂O₆)
Linarite CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂
Liroconite Cu₂Al(AsO₄)(OH)₄·4H₂O
Lithiophilite LiMn²⁺(PO₄)
Lizardite Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄
Ludwigite Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)
Magnesite Mg(CO₃)
Malayaite CaSnO(SiO₄)
Manganite Mn³⁺O(OH)
Marcasite FeS₂
Margarite CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂
Marialite Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl
Matlockite PbClF
Meionite Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)
Melanotekite Pb₂Fe³⁺₂O₂(Si₂O₇)
Melanterite Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O
Mesolite Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O
Microcline K(AlSi₃O₈)
Milarite KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O
Millerite NiS
Mimetite Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl
Molybdenite MoS₂
Group
Monazite (Ce,La,Nd,Th)PO₄
Monazite-(Ce) Ce(PO₄)
Monticellite CaMg(SiO₄)
Mordenite (Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O
Variety
Moss Agate SiO₂
Mottramite PbCu(VO₄)(OH)
Nasonite Ca₄Pb₆(Si₂O₇)₃Cl₂
Natrolite Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O
Nepheline Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)
Nickeline NiAs
Nontronite Na₀.₃Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O
Nosean Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O
Olenite NaAl₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃O₃(OH)
Variety
Oligoclase (Ca,Na)(Al,Si)₄O₈
Olivenite Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)
Omphacite (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆
Orpiment As₂S₃
Osumilite KFe₂(Al₅Si₁₀)O₃₀
Paragonite NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂
Pargasite NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂
Pectolite NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)
Perovskite CaTiO₃
Petalite LiAlSi₄O₁₀
Pharmacosiderite KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O
Phenakite Be₂(SiO₄)
Phillipsite-Ca Ca₃(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O
Phlogopite KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂
Phoenicochroite Pb₂O(CrO₄)
Phosphophyllite Zn₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·4H₂O
Piemontite Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)
Pigeonite (Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆
Polylithionite KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂
Powellite Ca(MoO₄)
Priceite Ca₂B₅O₇(OH)₅·H₂O
Probertite NaCaB₅O₇(OH)₄·3H₂O
Proustite Ag₃AsS₃
Pumpellyite-(Mg) Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O
Pyrargyrite Ag₃SbS₃
Group
Pyrochlore Supergroup (Na,Ca)₂Nb₂O₆(OH,F)
Pyrolusite MnO₂
Pyrope Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃
Pyrophyllite Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂
Pyroxmangite Mn²⁺SiO₃
Pyrrhotite Fe₇S₈
Realgar AsS
Rhodizite KBe₄Al₄(B₁₁Be)O₂₈
Richterite Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Riebeckite Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Romanèchite (Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀
Rossmanite (Al₂Li)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)
Rutile TiO₂
Sanidine K(AlSi₃O₈)
Saponite (Ca,Na)₀.₃(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O
Group
Scapolite Marialite–meionite series
Scheelite Ca(WO₄)
Schorl NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)
Schorlomite Ca₃Ti₂(SiFe³⁺₂)O₁₂
Scolecite Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O
Scorodite Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O
Sellaite MgF₂
Sepiolite Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O
Group
Serpentine (Mg,Fe)₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄
Siderite Fe(CO₃)
Sillimanite Al₂SiO₅
Silver Ag
Smithsonite Zn(CO₃)
Spessartine Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃
Sphalerite ZnS
Spinel MgAl₂O₄
Staurolite Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)
Stellerite Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O
Stephanite Ag₅SbS₄
Stibnite Sb₂S₃
Group
Stilbite NaCa₄(Al₉Si₂₇)O₇₂·nH₂O
Stilbite-Ca NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O
Stilbite-Na Na₉(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O
Stolzite Pb(WO₄)
Strengite Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O
Strontianite Sr(CO₃)
Sugilite KNa₂Fe³⁺₂(Li₃Si₁₂)O₃₀
Szaibélyite MgBO₂(OH)
Group
Tantalite (Fe,Mn)Ta₂O₆
Tellurium Te
Group
Tennantite (Cu,Fe)₁₂As₄S₁₃
Tennantite-(Fe) Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃
Tephroite Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)
Group
Tetrahedrite (Cu,Fe)₁₂Sb₄S₁₃
Tetrahedrite-(Fe) Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)Sb₄S₁₃
Thomsonite-Ca NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O
Thorite Th(SiO₄)
Thortveitite Sc₂Si₂O₇
Thénardite Na₂(SO₄)
Titanite CaTi(SiO₄)O
Torbernite Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O
Tremolite Ca₂(Mg₅.₀₋₄.₅Fe²⁺₀.₀₋₀.₅)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Tridymite SiO₂
Trilithionite KLi₁.₅Al₁.₅(Si₃Al)O₁₀F₂
Triphylite LiFe²⁺(PO₄)
Tyuyamunite Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O
Ulexite NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O
Uvarovite Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃
Uvite CaMg₃(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)
Variscite Al(PO₄)·2H₂O
Vauquelinite CuPb₂(CrO₄)(PO₄)(OH)
Vermiculite Mg₀.₇(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O
Vesuvianite (Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀
Villiaumite NaF
Vivianite Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O
Volborthite Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O
Wairakite Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O
Wavellite Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O
Willemite Zn₂SiO₄
Witherite Ba(CO₃)
Group
Wolframite (Fe,Mn)WO₄
Wollastonite CaSiO₃
Group
Xenotime YPO₄
Xenotime-(Y) Y(PO₄)
Yugawaralite Ca(Si₆Al₂)O₁₆·4H₂O
Group
Zeolite Hydrated aluminosilicates·nH₂O
Zincite ZnO
Group
Zinnwaldite KLiFe²⁺Al(AlSi₃)O₁₀(F,OH)₂
Zoisite Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)
Zunyite Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl