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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 expanded selection of mineral pictures.

**Alphabetical Listings**
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**Breakdown of Mineral Species In Webmineral**
# of Species	Remarks
2,722	Valid Mineral Species Approved by the IMA.
1,627	Current Count of Valid Minerals prior to 1959 (Grandfathered species).
4,349	Total Valid Species
111	Not Approved by the IMA.
81	Formerly valid species Discredited by the IMA.
149	Proposed new minerals awaiting publication.
6+6=12	Duplicate minerals with valid Dana or Strunz Classification Numbers.
12	Potentially valid minerals not submitted to the IMA.
4,714	Grand Total in Webmineral
2691	Number of synonyms of mineral names (All Minerals=7,405)

Other Alphabetical Mineral Species Listings on the Web

Alkali-Nuts (English)

Alkali-Nuts (Francais)

Amethyst Galleries, Inc. - The Mineral Gallery

ATHENA Mineralogy

California Institute of Technology

Euromin Project

l'École des Mines de Paris

Les minéraux entre le Big Bang et les étoiles

MinDat.org (Jolyon Ralph listings)

Mineralogy Club of Antwerp, Belgium (Michael Cooper list)

MinLex (Deutsch) "Mineral Lexicon"

MinMax(Deutsch)

MinMax(English)

The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom