A to Z Listing of Minerals

A to Z Listing of Minerals

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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
U. C Berkeley