Mineral variety names are listed after the valid minerals for each letter. For a more complete listing of all mineral names, see List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association.

This comprehensive list of minerals from A to Z serves as a valuable resource for researchers, students, and enthusiasts alike, providing a detailed overview of the Earth’s remarkable mineral diversity.

Complete index of minerals varieties and other names.

Alphabetical Listing of Mineral Species. These alphabetical listings include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of that name, name origins, and locality information. Visit our …

The official list of IMA mineral species is regularly updated and published here. To search by physical properties, click here, or to search by chemistry click here.

Bauxite ore is the main source of aluminum and is imported from Jamaica, Brazil, Guyana and Turkey. It’s used in transportation (automobiles), packaging, building/construction, electrical, machinery and …

Photos and information about 80 common rock-forming, ore and gemstone minerals from around the world.

We walked through a list of minerals and touched on the detailed aspects of a comprehensive mineral compendium, the catalog of crystalline substances, and the alphabetical element listing.

The letters above link into the alphabetic list of minerals; those below link back here to the top.

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).