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877 relations: Abelsonite, Abenakiite-(Ce), Abernathyite, Abhurite, Abswurmbachite, Acanthite, Actinolite, Acuminite, Adamantine spar, Adamite, Adamsite-(Y), Adelite, Admontite, Aegirine, Aenigmatite, Aerinite, Aerugite, Aeschynite-(Ce), Aeschynite-(Nd), Aeschynite-(Y), Afghanite, Afwillite, Agardite, Agate, Agrellite, Agrinierite, Aguilarite, Aheylite, Ahlfeldite, Aikinite, Ajoite, Akaganeite, Akatoreite, Akdalaite, Aksaite, Alabandite, Alabaster, Alamosite, Alarsite, Albite, Alforsite, Algodonite, Aliettite, Allanite, Alloclasite, Almandine, Alstonite, Altaite, Alum, Aluminite, ... Expand index (827 more) »
Abelsonite
Abelsonite is a nickel porphyrin mineral with chemical formula C31H32N4Ni.
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Abenakiite-(Ce)
Abenakiite-(Ce) is a mineral of sodium, cerium, neodymium, lanthanum, praseodymium, thorium, samarium, oxygen, sulfur, carbon, phosphorus, and silicon with a chemical formula Na26Ce6(SiO3)6(PO4)6(CO3)6(S4+O2)O.
See List of minerals and Abenakiite-(Ce)
Abernathyite
Abernathyite is a mineral with formula K(UO2)(AsO4)·3H2O.
See List of minerals and Abernathyite
Abhurite
Abhurite is a mineral of tin, oxygen, hydrogen, and chlorine with the formula Sn21O6(OH)14Cl16 or Sn3O(OH)2Cl2.
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Abswurmbachite
Abswurmbachite is a copper manganese silicate mineral ((Cu,Mn2+)Mn3+6O8SiO4).
See List of minerals and Abswurmbachite
Acanthite
Acanthite is a form of silver sulfide with the chemical formula Ag2S.
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Actinolite
Actinolite is an amphibole silicate mineral with the chemical formula.
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Acuminite
Acuminite is a rare halide mineral with chemical formula: SrAlF4(OH)·(H2O).
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Adamantine spar
Adamantine spar is a silky brown variety of corundum.
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Adamite
Adamite is a zinc arsenate hydroxide mineral, Zn2AsO4OH.
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Adamsite-(Y)
Adamsite-(Y) (previously IMA 1999-020), chemical formula NaY(CO3)2·6H2O is a mineral of sodium, yttrium, carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen.
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Adelite
The rare mineral adelite, is a calcium, magnesium, arsenate with chemical formula CaMgAsO4OH.
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Admontite
Admontite is a hydrated magnesium borate mineral with formula MgB6O10·7H2O.
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Aegirine
Aegirine is a member of the clinopyroxene group of inosilicate minerals.
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Aenigmatite
Aenigmatite, also known as cossyrite after Cossyra, the ancient name of Pantelleria, is a sodium, iron, titanium inosilicate mineral.
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Aerinite
Aerinite is a bluish-purple inosilicate mineral.
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Aerugite
Aerugite is a rare complex nickel arsenate mineral with a variably reported formula: Ni9(AsO4)2AsO6.
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Aeschynite-(Ce)
Aeschynite-(Ce) (or Aschynite, Eschinite, Eschynite) is a rare earth mineral of cerium, calcium, iron, thorium, titanium, niobium, oxygen, and hydrogen with chemical formula.
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Aeschynite-(Nd)
Aeschynite-(Nd) is a rare earth mineral of neodymium, cerium, calcium, thorium, titanium, niobium, oxygen, and hydrogen with the chemical formula.
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Aeschynite-(Y)
Aeschynite-(Y) (or Aeschinite-(Y), Aeschynite-(Yt), Blomstrandine, Priorite) is a rare earth mineral of yttrium, calcium, iron, thorium, titanium, niobium, oxygen, and hydrogen with the chemical formula.
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Afghanite
Afghanite, (Na,K)22Ca10(SO4)6Cl6, is a hydrous sodium, calcium, potassium, sulfate, chloride, carbonate alumino-silicate mineral.
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Afwillite
Afwillite is a calcium hydroxide nesosilicate mineral with formula Ca3(SiO3OH)2·2H2O.
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Agardite
Agardite is a mineral group consisting of agardite-(Y), agardite-(Ce), agardite-(Nd), and agardite-(La).
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Agate
Agate is the banded variety of chalcedony, which comes in a wide variety of colors.
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Agrellite
Agrellite (NaCa2Si4O10F) is a rare triclinic inosilicate mineral with four-periodic single chains of silica tetrahedra.
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Agrinierite
Agrinierite (chemical formula) is a mineral often found in the oxidation zone of uranium deposits.
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Aguilarite
Aguilarite is an uncommon sulfosalt mineral with formula Ag4SeS.
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Aheylite
Aheylite is a rare phosphate mineral with formula (Fe2+Zn)Al62·4(H2O).
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Ahlfeldite
Ahlfeldite is a mineral of secondary origin.
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Aikinite
Aikinite is a sulfide mineral of lead, copper and bismuth with formula Pb Cu Bi S3.
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Ajoite
Ajoite is a hydrated sodium potassium copper aluminium silicate hydroxide mineral.
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Akaganeite
Akaganeite, also written as the deprecated Akaganéite,Ernst A.J. Burke (2008): "".
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Akatoreite
Akatoreite ((Mn2+, Fe2+)9Al2) is a mineral found in New Zealand.
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Akdalaite
Akdalaite (IMA symbol: Akd) is a very rare mineral found in Kazakhstan and has the formula.
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Aksaite
Aksaite (Mg·2H2O) is a mineral found in Kazakhstan.
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Alabandite
Alabandite or alabandine, formerly known as manganese blende or bluemenbachite is a rarely occurring manganese sulfide mineral.
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Alabaster
Alabaster is a mineral and a soft rock used for carvings and as a source of plaster powder. List of minerals and Alabaster are minerals.
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Alamosite
Alamosite (Pb12Si12O36) is a colorless silicate mineral named after the place where it was discovered, Álamos, Sonora, Mexico.
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Alarsite
Alarsite (AlAsO4) is an aluminium arsenate mineral with its name derived from its composition: aluminium and arsenate.
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Albite
Albite is a plagioclase feldspar mineral.
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Alforsite
Alforsite is a barium phosphate chloride mineral with formula: Ba5(PO4)3Cl.
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Algodonite
Algodonite is a copper arsenide mineral with formula: Cu6As.
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Aliettite
Aliettite is a complex phyllosilicate mineral of the smectite group with a formula of (Ca0.2Mg6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·4H2O) or.
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Allanite
Allanite (also called orthite) is a sorosilicate group of minerals within the broader epidote group that contain a significant amount of rare-earth elements.
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Alloclasite
Alloclasite, or, is a sulfosalt mineral (IMA symbol: Acl).
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Almandine
Almandine, also known as almandite, is a species of mineral belonging to the garnet group.
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Alstonite
Alstonite, also known as bromlite, is a low temperature hydrothermal mineral that is a rare double carbonate of calcium and barium with the formula, sometimes with some strontium.
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Altaite
Altaite, or lead telluride, is a yellowish white mineral with an isometric crystal structure.
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Alum
An alum is a type of chemical compound, usually a hydrated double sulfate salt of aluminium with the general formula, such that is a monovalent cation such as potassium or ammonium.
Aluminite
Aluminite is a hydrous aluminium sulfate mineral with formula: Al2SO4(OH)4·7H2O.
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Aluminium
Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.
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Alunite
Alunite is a hydroxylated aluminium potassium sulfate mineral, formula KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6.
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Alunogen
Alunogen (from French alun, "alum"), also called feather alum and hair salt is a colourless to white (although often coloured by impurities, such as iron substituting for aluminium) fibrous to needle-like aluminium sulfate mineral.
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Amazonite
Amazonite, also known as amazonstone, is a green tectosilicate mineral, a variety of the potassium feldspar called microcline.
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Amber
Amber is fossilized tree resin.
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Amblygonite
Amblygonite is a fluorophosphate mineral,, composed of lithium, sodium, aluminium, phosphate, fluoride and hydroxide.
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Ameghinite
Ameghinite, Na or NaB3O3(OH)4, is a mineral found in Argentina.
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Amethyst
Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz.
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Ametrine
Ametrine, also known as trystine or by its trade name as bolivianite, is a naturally occurring variety of quartz.
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Amphibole
Amphibole is a group of inosilicate minerals, forming prism or needlelike crystals, composed of double chain tetrahedra, linked at the vertices and generally containing ions of iron and/or magnesium in their structures.
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Analcime
Analcime or analcite is a white, gray, or colorless tectosilicate mineral.
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Anatase
Anatase is a metastable mineral form of titanium dioxide (TiO2) with a tetragonal crystal structure.
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Andalusite
Andalusite is an aluminium nesosilicate mineral with the chemical formula Al2SiO5.
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Andersonite
Andersonite, Na2Ca(UO2)(CO3)3·6H2O, or hydrated sodium calcium uranyl carbonate is a rare uranium carbonate mineral that was first described in 1948.
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Andesine
Andesine is a silicate mineral, a member of the plagioclase feldspar solid solution series.
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Andradite
Andradite is a mineral species of the garnet group.
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Anglesite
Anglesite is a lead sulfate mineral with the chemical formula PbSO4.
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Anhydrite
Anhydrite, or anhydrous calcium sulfate, is a mineral with the chemical formula CaSO4.
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Ankerite
Ankerite is a calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese carbonate mineral of the group of rhombohedral carbonates with the chemical formula.
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Annabergite
Annabergite is an arsenate mineral consisting of a hydrous nickel arsenate, Ni3(AsO4)2·8H2O, crystallizing in the monoclinic system and isomorphous with vivianite and erythrite.
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Anorthite
Anorthite (an.
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Anorthoclase
The mineral anorthoclase ((Na,K)AlSi3O8) is a crystalline solid solution in the alkali feldspar series, in which the sodium-aluminium silicate member exists in larger proportion.
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Anthophyllite
Anthophyllite is an orthorhombic amphibole mineral: ☐Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2 (☐ is for a vacancy, a point defect in the crystal structure), magnesium iron inosilicate hydroxide.
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Antimony
Antimony is a chemical element; it has symbol Sb and atomic number 51.
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Antimony trioxide
Antimony(III) oxide is the inorganic compound with the formula Sb2O3.
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Antitaenite
Antitaenite is a meteoritic metal alloy mineral composed of iron (Fe) and 20–40% nickel (Ni), (and traces of other elements) that has a face centered cubic crystal structure.
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Antlerite
Antlerite is a greenish hydrous copper sulfate mineral, with the formula Cu3(SO4)(OH)4.
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Anyolite
Anyolite is a metamorphic rock composed of intergrown green zoisite, black/dark green pargasite and ruby.
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Apatite
Apatite is a group of phosphate minerals, usually hydroxyapatite, fluorapatite and chlorapatite, with high concentrations of OH−, F− and Cl− ion, respectively, in the crystal.
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Aphthitalite
Aphthitalite is a potassium sulfate mineral with the chemical formula: (K,Na)3Na(SO4)2.
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Apophyllite
The name apophyllite refers to a specific group of phyllosilicates, a class of minerals.
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Aragonite
Aragonite is a carbonate mineral and one of the three most common naturally occurring crystal forms of calcium carbonate, the others being calcite and vaterite.
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Arcanite
Arcanite is a potassium sulfate mineral with formula K2SO4.
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Archerite
Archerite (IMA symbol: Aht) is a phosphate mineral with chemical formula (K,NH4)H2PO4.
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Arctite
Arctite (Na2Ca4(PO4)3F) is a colourless mineral found in the Kola Peninsula northern Russia.
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Arcubisite
Arcubisite (Ag6CuBiS4) is a sulfosalt mineral occurring with cryolite in Greenland.
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Arfvedsonite
Arfvedsonite or soda hornblende (partiellement obsolète) is a sodium amphibole mineral with composition:.
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Argentite
In mineralogy, argentite is cubic silver sulfide (Ag2S), which can only exist at temperatures above,, or.
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Argutite
Argutite (GeO2) is a rare germanium oxide mineral.
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Argyrodite
Argyrodite is an uncommon silver germanium sulfide mineral with formula Ag8GeS6.
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Armalcolite
Armalcolite is a titanium-rich mineral with the chemical formula (Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O5.
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Arsenic
Arsenic is a chemical element with the symbol As and the atomic number 33.
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Arsenolite
Arsenolite is an arsenic mineral, chemical formula As4O6.
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Arsenopyrite
Arsenopyrite (IMA symbol: Apy) is an iron arsenic sulfide (FeAsS).
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Artinite
Artinite is a hydrated basic magnesium carbonate mineral with formula:.
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Artroeite
Artroeite (PbAlF3(OH)2) is a mineral found in Arizona.
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Asisite
Asisite (Pb7SiO8Cl2) is a yellow tetragonal mineral.
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Astrophyllite
Astrophyllite is a very rare, brown to golden-yellow hydrous potassium iron titanium silicate mineral.
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Atacamite
Atacamite is a copper halide mineral: a copper(II) chloride hydroxide with formula Cu2Cl(OH)3.
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Atheneite
Atheneite is a rare palladium, mercury arsenide mineral with the chemical formula associated with palladium–gold deposits.
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Aubertite
Aubertite is a mineral with the chemical formula CuAl(SO4)2Cl·14H2O.
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Augelite
Augelite is an aluminium phosphate mineral with formula: Al2(PO4)(OH)3.
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Augite
Augite, also known as Augurite, is a common rock-forming pyroxene mineral with formula.
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Aurichalcite
Aurichalcite is a carbonate mineral, usually found as a secondary mineral in copper and zinc deposits.
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Auricupride
Auricupride is a natural alloy that combines copper and gold.
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Aurostibite
Aurostibite is an isometric gold antimonide mineral which is a member of the pyrite group.
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Austinite
Austinite is a member of the adelite-descloizite group, adelite subgroup, the zinc (Zn) end member of the copper-Zn series with conichalcite.
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Autunite
Autunite (hydrated calcium uranyl phosphate), with formula Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·10–12H2O, is a yellow-greenish fluorescent phosphate mineral with a hardness of 2–.
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Aventurine
Aventurine is a form of quartzite, characterised by its translucency and the presence of platy mineral inclusions that give it a shimmering or glistening effect termed aventurescence.
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Axinite
Axinite is a brown to violet-brown, or reddish-brown bladed group of minerals composed of calcium aluminium boro-silicate,.
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Azurite
Azurite is a soft, deep-blue copper mineral produced by weathering of copper ore deposits.
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Åkermanite
Åkermanite (Ca2Mg) is a melilite mineral of the sorosilicate group, containing calcium, magnesium, silicon, and oxygen.
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Babingtonite
Babingtonite is a calcium iron manganese inosilicate mineral with the formula.
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Baddeleyite
Baddeleyite is a rare zirconium oxide mineral (ZrO2 or zirconia), occurring in a variety of monoclinic prismatic crystal forms.
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Baotite
Baotite Ba4Ti4(Ti, Nb, Fe)4(Si4O12)O16Cl is a rare mineral recognized as having a unique four-fold silicate ring.
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Barstowite
Barstowite, formula Pb4•H2O, is a transparent to white mineral in the monoclinic system.
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Baryte
Baryte, barite or barytes is a mineral consisting of barium sulfate (BaSO4).
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Barytocalcite
Barytocalcite is an anhydrous barium calcium carbonate mineral with the chemical formula BaCa(CO3)2.
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Bastnäsite
The mineral bastnäsite (or bastnaesite) is one of a family of three carbonate-fluoride minerals, which includes bastnäsite-(Ce) with a formula of (Ce, La)CO3F, bastnäsite-(La) with a formula of (La, Ce)CO3F, and bastnäsite-(Y) with a formula of (Y, Ce)CO3F.
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Bauxite
Bauxite is a sedimentary rock with a relatively high aluminium content.
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Bazzite
Bazzite is a beryllium scandium cyclosilicate mineral with chemical formula. It crystallizes in the hexagonal crystal system typically as small blue hexagonal crystals up to 2 cm length.
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Benitoite
Benitoite is a rare blue barium titanium cyclosilicate mineral, found in hydrothermally altered serpentinite.
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Bentonite
Bentonite is an absorbent swelling clay consisting mostly of montmorillonite (a type of smectite) which can either be Na-montmorillonite or Ca-montmorillonite.
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Bentorite
Bentorite is a mineral with the chemical formula.
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Berborite
Berborite is a beryllium borate mineral with the chemical formula Be2(BO3)(OH,F)·(H2O).
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Berryite
Berryite is a mineral with the formula.
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Berthierite
Berthierite is a mineral, a sulfide of iron and antimony with formula FeSb2S4.
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Bertrandite
Bertrandite is a beryllium sorosilicate hydroxide mineral with composition: Be4Si2O7(OH)2.
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Beryl
Beryl is a mineral composed of beryllium aluminium silicate with the chemical formula Be3Al2Si6O18.
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Beryllonite
Beryllonite is a rare phosphate mineral with formula NaBePO4.
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Biotite
Biotite is a common group of phyllosilicate minerals within the mica group, with the approximate chemical formula.
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Birnessite
Birnessite (nominally MnO2·nH2O), also known as δ-, is a hydrous manganese dioxide mineral with a chemical formula of Na0.7Ca0.3Mn7O14·2.8H2O.
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Bischofite
Bischofite is a hydrous magnesium chloride mineral with formula MgCl2·6H2O.
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Bismite
Bismite is a bismuth oxide mineral, bismuth trioxide or Bi2O3.
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Bismuthinite
Bismuthinite is a mineral consisting of bismuth sulfide (Bi2S3).
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Bismutite
Bismutite or bismuthite is a bismuth carbonate mineral with formula Bi2(CO3)O2 (bismuth subcarbonate).
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Bixbyite
Bixbyite is a manganese iron oxide mineral with chemical formula:.
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Blödite
Blödite or bloedite is a hydrated sodium magnesium sulfate mineral with the formula Na2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O.
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Boehmite
Boehmite or böhmite is an aluminium oxide hydroxide (γ-AlO(OH)) mineral, a component of the aluminium ore bauxite.
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Boracite
Boracite is a magnesium borate mineral with formula: Mg3B7O13Cl.
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Borax
Borax (also referred to as sodium borate, tincal and tincar) is a salt (ionic compound), a hydrated or anhydrous borate of sodium, with the chemical formula (also written as). It is a colorless crystalline solid that dissolves in water to make a basic solution.
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Bornite
Bornite, also known as peacock ore, is a sulfide mineral with chemical composition that crystallizes in the orthorhombic system (pseudo-cubic).
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Botryogen
Botryogen is a hydrous magnesium sulfate mineral with formula: MgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O.
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Boulangerite
Boulangerite or antimonbleiblende is an uncommon monoclinic orthorhombic sulfosalt mineral, lead antimony sulfide, formula Pb5Sb4S11.
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Bournonite
Bournonite, also axotomous antimony glance,Robert Jameson.
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Bowenite
Bowenite is a hard, compact variety of the serpentinite species antigorite (Mg3(OH)O4Si2O5).
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Brammallite
Brammallite is a sodium rich analogue of illite.
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Brassite
Brassite is a rare arsenate mineral with the chemical formula Mg(AsO3OH)·4(H2O).
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Braunite
Braunite is a silicate mineral containing both di- and tri-valent manganese with the chemical formula: Mn2+Mn3+6.
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Brazilianite
Brazilianite, whose name derives from its country of origin, Brazil, is a typically yellow-green phosphate mineral, most commonly found in phosphate-rich pegmatites.
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Breithauptite
Breithauptite is a nickel antimonide mineral with the simple formula NiSb.
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Brewsterite
Brewsterite is the name of a series of tectosilicate minerals of the zeolite group.
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Brianite
Brianite is a phosphate mineral with the chemical formula Na2CaMg(PO4)2.
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Briartite
Briartite is an opaque iron-grey metallic sulfide mineral, with traces of Ga and Sn, found as inclusions in other germanium-gallium-bearing sulfides.
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Brochantite
Brochantite is a sulfate mineral, one of a number of cupric sulfates.
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Bromargyrite
Bromyrite or bromargyrite is a natural mineral form of silver bromide found mainly in Mexico and Chile.
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Bromellite
Bromellite, whose name derives from the Swedish chemist Magnus von Bromell (1670–1731), is a white oxide mineral.
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Bronzite
Bronzite is a member of the pyroxene group of minerals, belonging with enstatite and hypersthene to the orthorhombic series of the group.
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Brookite
Brookite is the orthorhombic variant of titanium dioxide (TiO2), which occurs in four known natural polymorphic forms (minerals with the same composition but different structure).
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Brownmillerite
Brownmillerite is a rare oxide mineral with chemical formula.
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Brucite
Brucite is the mineral form of magnesium hydroxide, with the chemical formula Mg(OH)2.
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Brushite
Brushite is a phosphate mineral with the chemical formula.
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Buddingtonite
Buddingtonite is an ammonium feldspar with formula: NH4AlSi3O8 (note: some sources add 0.5H2O to the formula).
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Bukovskyite
Bukovskyite (also known as "clay of Kutná Hora") is an iron arsenate sulfate mineral with formula: Fe2(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)·7H2O which forms nodules with a reniform (kidney-shaped) surface.
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Bytownite
Bytownite is a calcium rich member of the plagioclase solid solution series of feldspar minerals with composition between anorthite and labradorite.
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Cabriite
Cabriite (Pd2SnCu) is a mineral first found in the eastern Siberian region of Russia and named for the Canadian mineralogist Louis J. Cabri (born 1934).
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Cadmium
Cadmium is a chemical element; it has symbol Cd and atomic number 48.
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Cafetite
Cafetite is a rare titanium oxide mineral with formula ·.
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Calaverite
Calaverite, or gold telluride, is an uncommon telluride of gold, a metallic mineral with the chemical formula AuTe2, with approximately 3% of the gold replaced by silver.
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Calcite
Calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate (CaCO3).
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Calderite
Calderite is a mineral in the garnet group with the chemical formula (Mn2+, Ca)3(Fe3+, Al)2(SiO4)3.
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Caledonite
Caledonite, whose name derives from Caledonia, the historical name of its place of discovery (Scotland), is a richly colored blue-green sulfate-carbonate mineral of lead and copper with an orthorhombic crystal structure.
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Calomel
Calomel is a mercury chloride mineral with formula Hg2Cl2 (see mercury(I) chloride).
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Campylite
Campylite is a variety of the lead arsenate mineral mimetite which received the name from the Greek 'kampylos'- bent, on account of the barrel-shaped bend of its crystals.
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Cancrinite
Cancrinite is a complex carbonate and silicate of sodium, calcium and aluminium with the formula Na6Ca2·2H2O.
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Canfieldite
Canfieldite is a rare silver tin sulfide mineral with formula: Ag8SnS6.
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Carnallite
Carnallite (also carnalite) is an evaporite mineral, a hydrated potassium magnesium chloride with formula KCl.MgCl2·6(H2O).
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Carnelian
Carnelian (also spelled cornelian) is a brownish-red mineral commonly used as a semiprecious stone.
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Carnotite
Carnotite is a potassium uranium vanadate radioactive mineral with chemical formula K2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O.
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Carobbiite
Carobbiite, chemical formula KF (potassium fluoride), is a rare, soft (Mohs 2 - 2.5), colourless cubic mineral.
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Carpathite
Carpathite is a very rare hydrocarbon mineral, consisting of exceptionally pure coronene (C24H12), a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
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Carrollite
Carrollite, CuCo2S4, is a sulfide of copper and cobalt, often with substantial substitution of nickel for the metal ions, and a member of the linnaeite group.
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Cassiterite
Cassiterite is a tin oxide mineral, SnO2.
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Cavansite
Cavansite, named for its chemical composition of calcium vanadium silicate, is a deep blue hydrous calcium vanadium phyllosilicate mineral, occurring as a secondary mineral in basaltic and andesitic rocks along with a variety of zeolite minerals.
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Celadonite
Celadonite is a mica group mineral, a phyllosilicate of potassium, iron in both oxidation states, aluminium and hydroxide with formula.
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Celestine (mineral)
Celestine (the IMA-accepted name) or celestite is a mineral consisting of strontium sulfate (SrSO).
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Celsian
Celsian is an uncommon feldspar mineral, barium aluminosilicate, BaAl2Si2O8.
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Cementite
Cementite (or iron carbide) is a compound of iron and carbon, more precisely an intermediate transition metal carbide with the formula Fe3C.
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Cerite
Cerite is a complex silicate mineral group containing cerium, formula.
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Cerussite
Cerussite (also known as lead carbonate or white lead ore) is a mineral consisting of lead carbonate (PbCO3), and is an important ore of lead.
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Cesbronite
Cesbronite is a copper-tellurium oxysalt mineral with the chemical formula Cu3Te6+O4(OH)4 (IMA 17-C).
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Ceylonite
Ceylonite (first cited 1793) and pleonaste (first cited 1801) or pleonast are dingy blue or grey to black varieties of spinel.
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Chabazite
ChabaziteThe New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) - p. 300 "chabazite /'kabəzʌɪt/ noun "A colourless, pink or yellow zeolite mineral, typically occurring as rhombohedral crystals.". is a tectosilicate mineral of the zeolite group, closely related to gmelinite, with the chemical formula.
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Chalcanthite
Chalcanthite is a richly colored blue-green water-soluble sulfate mineral.
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Chalcedony
Chalcedony is a cryptocrystalline form of silica, composed of very fine intergrowths of quartz and moganite.
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Chalcocite
Chalcocite, copper(I) sulfide (Cu2S), is an important copper ore mineral.
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Chalcopyrite
Chalcopyrite is a copper iron sulfide mineral and the most abundant copper ore mineral.
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Challacolloite
Challacolloite, KPb2Cl5, is a rare halide mineral.
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Chaoite
Chaoite, or white carbon, is a mineral described as an allotrope of carbon whose existence is disputed.
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Chapmanite
Chapmanite is a rare silicate mineral belonging to the nesosilicate group, discovered in 1924, and named in honour of the late Edward John Chapman (1821–1904), a geology professor at the University of Toronto.
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Charoite
Charoite is a rare silicate mineral with the chemical composition, first described in 1978.
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Chiastolite
Chiastolite is a variety of the mineral andalusite with the chemical composition Al2SiO5.
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Childrenite
Childrenite is a rare hydrated phosphate mineral with elements iron, manganese, aluminium, phosphorus, oxygen and hydrogen.
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Chlorargyrite
Chlorargyrite is the mineral form of silver chloride (AgCl).
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Chlorastrolite
Chlorastrolite, also known as Isle Royale Greenstone, is a green or bluish green stone.
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Chlorite group
The chlorites are the group of phyllosilicate minerals common in low-grade metamorphic rocks and in altered igneous rocks.
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Chloritoid
Chloritoid is a silicate mineral of metamorphic origin.
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Chondrodite
Chondrodite is a nesosilicate mineral with formula.
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Chromite
Chromite is a crystalline mineral composed primarily of iron(II) oxide and chromium(III) oxide compounds.
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Chromium
Chromium is a chemical element; it has symbol Cr and atomic number 24.
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Chrysoberyl
The mineral or gemstone chrysoberyl is an aluminate of beryllium with the formula BeAl2O4.
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Chrysocolla
Chrysocolla is a hydrous copper phyllosilicate mineral and mineraloid with the formula (x or. The structure of the mineral has been questioned, as a 2006 spectrographic study suggest material identified as chrysocolla may be a mixture of the copper hydroxide spertiniite and chalcedony. Chrysocolla typically forms amorphously.
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Chrysoprase
Chrysoprase, chrysophrase or chrysoprasus is a gemstone variety of chalcedony (a cryptocrystalline form of silica) that contains small quantities of nickel.
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Chrysotile
Chrysotile or white asbestos is the most commonly encountered form of asbestos, accounting for approximately 95% of the asbestos in the United StatesOccupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor (2007).
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Cinnabar
Cinnabar, or cinnabarite, also known as mercurblende is the bright scarlet to brick-red form of mercury(II) sulfide (HgS).
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Clarkeite
Clarkeite is a uranium oxide mineral with the chemical formula or.
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Claudetite
Claudetite is an arsenic oxide mineral with chemical formula As2O3.
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Clausthalite
Clausthalite is a lead selenide mineral, PbSe.
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Cleveite
Cleveite is an impure radioactive variety of uraninite containing uranium, found in Norway.
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Clinoclase
Clinoclase is a hydrous copper arsenate mineral, Cu3AsO4(OH)3.
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Clinohedrite
Clinohedrite is a rare silicate mineral.
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Clinohumite
Clinohumite is an uncommon member of the humite group, a magnesium silicate according to the chemical formula (Mg, Fe)9(SiO4)4(F,OH)2.
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Clinoptilolite
Clinoptilolite is a natural zeolite composed of a microporous arrangement of silica and alumina tetrahedra.
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Clinozoisite
Clinozoisite is a complex calcium aluminium sorosilicate mineral with formula: Ca2Al3(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH).
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Clintonite
Clintonite is a calcium magnesium aluminium phyllosilicate mineral.
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Cobaltite
Cobaltite is a sulfide mineral composed of cobalt, arsenic, and sulfur, CoAsS.
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Coesite
Coesite is a form (polymorph) of silicon dioxide (SiO2) that is formed when very high pressure (2–3 gigapascals), and moderately high temperature, are applied to quartz.
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Coffinite
Coffinite is a uranium-bearing silicate mineral with formula: U(SiO4)1−x(OH)4x. It occurs as black incrustations, dark to pale-brown in thin section. It has a grayish-black streak. It has a brittle to conchoidal fracture. The hardness of coffinite is between 5 and 6. It was first described in 1954 for an occurrence at the La Sal No.
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Cohenite
Cohenite is a naturally occurring iron carbide mineral with the chemical structure (Fe, Ni, Co)3C.
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Colemanite
Colemanite (Ca2B6O11·5H2O) or (CaB3O4(OH)3·H2O) is a borate mineral found in evaporite deposits of alkaline lacustrine environments.
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Coltan
Coltan (short for columbite–tantalites and known industrially as tantalite) is a dull black metallic ore from which the elements niobium and tantalum are extracted.
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Columbite
Columbite, also called niobite, niobite-tantalite and columbate, with a general chemical formula of, is a black mineral group that is an ore of niobium.
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Combeite
Combeite is a rare silicate mineral with the formula Na2Ca2Si3O9.
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Connellite
Connellite is a rare mineral species, a hydrous copper chloro-sulfate, Cu19(OH)32(SO4)Cl4·3H2O, crystallizing in the hexagonal system.
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Cooperite (mineral)
Cooperite is a grey mineral consisting of platinum sulfide, generally in combinations with sulfides of other elements such as palladium and nickel (PdS and NiS).
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Copiapite
Copiapite is a hydrated iron sulfate mineral with formula: Fe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20(H2O).
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Corderoite
Corderoite is an extremely rare mercury sulfide chloride mineral with formula Hg3S2Cl2.
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Cordierite
Cordierite (mineralogy) or iolite (gemology) is a magnesium iron aluminium cyclosilicate.
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Corundum
Corundum is a crystalline form of aluminium oxide typically containing traces of iron, titanium, vanadium, and chromium.
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Cotunnite
Cotunnite is the natural mineral form of lead(II) chloride (PbCl2).
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Covellite
Covellite (also known as covelline) is a rare copper sulfide mineral with the formula CuS.
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Creedite
Creedite is a calcium aluminium sulfate fluoro hydroxide mineral with formula: Ca3Al2SO4(F,OH)10·2(H2O).
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Cristobalite
Cristobalite is a mineral polymorph of silica that is formed at very high temperatures.
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Crocoite
Crocoite is a mineral consisting of lead chromate, PbCrO4, and crystallizing in the monoclinic crystal system.
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Cronstedtite
Cronstedtite is a complex iron silicate mineral belonging to the serpentine group of minerals.
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Crookesite
Crookesite is a selenide mineral composed of copper and selenium with variable thallium and silver.
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Crossite
Crossite is an inosilicate double chain sodic amphibole and is a rare silicate mineral belonging to the riebeckite group.
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Cryolite
Cryolite (Na3AlF6, sodium hexafluoroaluminate) is an uncommon mineral identified with the once-large deposit at Ivittuut on the west coast of Greenland, mined commercially until 1987.
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Cummingtonite
Cummingtonite is a metamorphic amphibole with the chemical composition, magnesium iron silicate hydroxide.
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Cuprite
Cuprite is an oxide mineral composed of copper(I) oxide Cu2O, and is a minor ore of copper.
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Cyanotrichite
Cyanotrichite is a hydrous copper aluminium sulfate mineral with formula Cu4Al2·2H2O, also known as lettsomite.
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Cylindrite
Cylindrite is a sulfosalt mineral containing tin, lead, antimony and iron with formula: Pb3Sn4FeSb2S14.
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Danburite
Danburite is a calcium boron silicate mineral with a chemical formula of CaB2(SiO4)2.
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Datolite
Datolite is a calcium boron hydroxide nesosilicate, CaBSiO4(OH).
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Davidite
Davidite is a rare earth oxide mineral with chemical end members Lanthanum (La) and Cerium (Ce).
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Dawsonite
Dawsonite is a mineral composed of sodium aluminium carbonate hydroxide, chemical formula NaAlCO3(OH)2.
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Delessite
Delessite is a mineral variety, a magnesium-rich form of chamosite which is a member of the chlorite group.
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Delvauxite
Delvauxite, also known as borickite, is a yellow to brown to dark brown amorphous mineral, sometimes forming a botryoidal mass.
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Descloizite
Descloizite is a rare mineral species consisting of basic lead and zinc vanadate,, crystallizing in the orthorhombic crystal system and isomorphous with olivenite.
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Diadochite
Diadochite is a phospho-sulfate mineral.
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Diallage
Diallage is an inosilicate, meaning it is a chain silicate, and is a part of the pyroxene group.
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Diamond
Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic.
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Diaspore
Diasporealso called diasporite, empholite, kayserite, or tanatariteis an aluminium hydroxide oxide mineral, α-AlO(OH), crystallizing in the orthorhombic system and isomorphous with goethite.
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Dickite
Dickite is a phyllosilicate clay mineral named after the metallurgical chemist Allan Brugh Dick, who first described it.
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Digenite
Digenite is a copper sulfide mineral with formula: Cu9S5.
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Diopside
Diopside is a monoclinic pyroxene mineral with composition.
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Dioptase
Dioptase is an intense emerald-green to bluish-green copper cyclosilicate mineral.
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Djurleite
Djurleite is a copper sulfide mineral of secondary origin with formula Cu31S16 that crystallizes with monoclinic-prismatic symmetry.
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Dolomite (mineral)
Dolomite is an anhydrous carbonate mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate, ideally The term is also used for a sedimentary carbonate rock composed mostly of the mineral dolomite (see Dolomite (rock)).
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Domeykite
Domeykite is a copper arsenide mineral, Cu3As.
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Dumortierite
Dumortierite is a fibrous variably colored aluminium boro-silicate mineral, Al7BO3(SiO4)3O3.
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Edingtonite
Edingtonite is a white, gray, brown, colorless, pink or yellow zeolite mineral.
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Ekanite
Ekanite is an uncommon silicate mineral with chemical formula or.
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Elbaite
Elbaite, a sodium, lithium, aluminium boro-silicate, with the chemical composition Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)4, is a mineral species belonging to the six-member ring cyclosilicate tourmaline group.
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Emerald
Emerald is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) colored green by trace amounts of chromium or sometimes vanadium.
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Empressite
Empressite or tellursilberblende is a mineral form of silver telluride, AgTe.
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Enargite
Enargite is a copper arsenic sulfosalt mineral with formula Cu3AsS4.
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Enstatite
Enstatite is a mineral; the magnesium endmember of the pyroxene silicate mineral series enstatite (MgSiO3) – ferrosilite (FeSiO3).
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Eosphorite
Eosphorite is a brown (occasionally pink) manganese hydrous phosphate mineral with chemical formula: MnAl(PO4)(OH)2·H2O.
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Epidote
Epidote is a calcium aluminium iron sorosilicate mineral.
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Epsomite
Epsomite, Epsom salt, or magnesium sulfate heptahydrate, is a hydrous magnesium sulfate mineral with formula.
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Erythrite
Erythrite, also known as red cobalt, is a secondary hydrated cobalt arsenate mineral with the formula.
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Esperite
Esperite is a rare complex calcium lead zinc silicate (PbCa3Zn4(SiO4)4) related to beryllonite and trimerite that used to be called calcium larsenite.
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Ettringite
Ettringite is a hydrous calcium aluminium sulfate mineral with formula:.
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Euchroite
Euchroite is a hydrated copper arsenate hydroxide mineral with formula: Cu2AsO4OH·3H2O.
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Euclase
Euclase is a beryllium aluminium hydroxide silicate mineral (BeAlSiO4(OH)).
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Eucryptite
Eucryptite is a lithium bearing aluminium silicate mineral with formula LiAlSiO4.
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Eudialyte
Eudialyte, whose name derives from the Greek phrase,, meaning "well decomposable", is a somewhat rare, nine-member-ring cyclosilicate mineral, which forms in alkaline igneous rocks, such as nepheline syenites.
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Euxenite
Euxenite, or euxenite-(Y) (the official mineralogical name), is a brownish black mineral with a metallic luster.
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Evenkite
Evenkite is a rare hydrocarbon mineral with formula C24H50; specifically, H3C–(CH2)22–CH3, the alkane n-tetracosane.
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Fabianite
Fabianite is a borate mineral with the chemical formula CaB3O5(OH).
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Fassaite
Fassaite is a variety of augite with a very low iron content,.
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Fayalite
Fayalite (commonly abbreviated to Fa) is the iron-rich end-member of the olivine solid-solution series.
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Feldspar
Feldspar (sometimes spelled felspar) is a group of rock-forming aluminium tectosilicate minerals, also containing other cations such as sodium, calcium, potassium, or barium.
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Feldspathoid
The feldspathoids are a group of tectosilicate minerals which resemble feldspars but have a different structure and much lower silica content.
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Ferberite
Ferberite is the iron endmember of the manganese–iron wolframite solid solution series.
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Fergusonite
Fergusonite is a mineral comprising a complex oxide of various rare-earth elements.
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Feroxyhyte
Feroxyhyte is an oxide/hydroxide of iron, δ-Fe3+O(OH).
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Ferrierite
The ferrierite group of zeolite minerals (the FER structure) consists of three very similar species: ferrierite-Mg, ferrierite-Na, and ferrierite-K, based on the dominant cation in the A location.
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Ferrihydrite
Ferrihydrite (Fh) is a widespread hydrous ferric oxyhydroxide mineral at the Earth's surface, and a likely constituent in extraterrestrial materials.
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Ferrohortonolite
Ferrohortonolite is a mineral variety in the olivine series composed of 70% to 90% fayalite and 30% to 10% forsterite or Fe/(Fe+Mg) ratio of 0.7 to 0.9.
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Fichtelite
Fichtelite is a rare white mineral found in fossilized wood from Bavaria.
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Fluocerite
Fluocerite, also known as tysonite, is a mineral consisting of cerium and lanthanum fluorides, with the chemical formula.
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Fluor-buergerite
Fluor-buergerite, originally named buergerite, is a mineral species belonging to the tourmaline group.
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Fluorapatite
Fluorapatite, often with the alternate spelling of fluoroapatite, is a phosphate mineral with the formula Ca5(PO4)3F (calcium fluorophosphate).
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Fluorcaphite
Fluorcaphite is a mineral with the chemical formula.
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Fluorite
Fluorite (also called fluorspar) is the mineral form of calcium fluoride, CaF2.
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Fluoro-richterite
Fluororichterite is a rare amphibole with formula Na(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22F2.
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Fornacite
Fornacite is a rare lead, copper chromate arsenate hydroxide mineral with the formula: Pb2Cu(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH).
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Forsterite
Forsterite (Mg2SiO4; commonly abbreviated as Fo; also known as white olivine) is the magnesium-rich end-member of the olivine solid solution series.
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Fraipontite
Fraipontite is a zinc aluminium silicate mineral with a formula of.
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Franckeite
Franckeite, chemical formula Pb5Sn3Sb2S14, belongs to a family of complex sulfide minerals.
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Frankhawthorneite
Frankhawthorneite Cu2Te6+O4(OH)2 is a monoclinic copper tellurate mineral (space group P21/n) named after Prof.
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Franklinite
Franklinite is an oxide mineral belonging to the normal spinel subgroup's iron (Fe) series, with the formula Zn2+Fe23+O4.
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Freibergite
Freibergite is a complex sulfosalt mineral of silver, copper, iron, antimony and arsenic with formula.
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Freieslebenite
Freieslebenite is a sulfosalt mineral composed of antimony, lead, and silver.
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Fukuchilite
Fukuchilite,, is a copper iron sulfide named after the Japanese mineralogist Nobuyo Fukuchi (1877–1934), that occurs in ore bodies of gypsum-anhydrite at the intersection points of small masses of barite, covellite, gypsum and pyrite, and is mostly found in the Hanawa mine in the Akita prefecture of Honshū, Japan where it was first discovered in 1969.
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Gadolinite
Gadolinite, sometimes known as ytterbite, is a silicate mineral consisting principally of the silicates of cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, yttrium, beryllium, and iron with the formula.
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Gagarinite-(Ce)
Gagarinite-(Ce) previously zajacite-(Ce) is a rare radioactive fluoride mineral with formula Na(REExCa1−x)(REEyCa1−y)F6.
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Gahnite
Gahnite, ZnAl2O4, is a rare mineral belonging to the spinel group.
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Galaxite
Galaxite, also known as 'mangan-spinel' is an isometric mineral belonging to the spinel group of oxides with the ideal chemical formula.
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Galena
Galena, also called lead glance, is the natural mineral form of lead(II) sulfide (PbS).
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Garnet
Garnets are a group of silicate minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives.
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Garnierite
Garnierite is a general name for a green nickel ore which is found in pockets and veins within weathered and serpentinized ultramafic rocks.
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Gaspéite
Gaspéite, a very rare nickel carbonate mineral, with the formula, is named for the place it was first described, in the Gaspé Peninsula, Québec, Canada.
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Gaylussite
Gaylussite is a carbonate mineral, a hydrated sodium calcium carbonate, formula Na2Ca(CO3)2·5H2O.
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Gehlenite
Gehlenite, (Ca2Al), is a sorosilicate, Al-rich endmember of the melilite complete solid solution series with akermanite.
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Geigerite
Geigerite is a mineral, a complex hydrous manganese arsenate with formula: Mn5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·10H2O.
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Gemstone
A gemstone (also called a fine gem, jewel, precious stone, semiprecious stone, or simply gem) is a piece of mineral crystal which, when cut or polished, is used to make jewelry or other adornments. List of minerals and gemstone are mineralogy and minerals.
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Geocronite
Geocronite is a mineral, a mixed sulfosalt containing lead, antimony, and arsenic with a formula of Pb14(Sb, As)6S23.
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Germanite
Germanite is a rare copper iron germanium sulfide mineral, Cu26Fe4Ge4S32.
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Gersdorffite
Gersdorffite or Nickel glance (trivial name) is a nickel arsenic sulfide mineral with formula NiAsS.
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Gibbsite
Gibbsite, Al(OH)3, is one of the mineral forms of aluminium hydroxide.
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Gismondine
Gismondine is a mineral with the chemical formula CaAl2Si2O8·4(H2O).
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Glauberite
Glauberite is a monoclinic sodium calcium sulfate mineral with the formula Na2Ca(SO4)2.
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Glaucochroite
Glaucochroite is a calcium manganese nesosilicate mineral with formula.
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Glaucodot
Glaucodot is a cobalt iron arsenic sulfide mineral with formula.
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Glauconite
Glauconite is an iron potassium phyllosilicate (mica group) mineral of characteristic green color which is very friable and has very low weathering resistance.
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Glaucophane
Glaucophane is the name of a mineral and a mineral group belonging to the sodic amphibole supergroup of the double chain inosilicates, with the chemical formula ☐Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2.
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Gmelinite
Gmelinite-Na is one of the rarer zeolites but the most common member of the gmelinite series, gmelinite-Ca, gmelinite-K and gmelinite-Na.
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Goethite
Goethite is a mineral of the diaspore group, consisting of iron(III) oxide-hydroxide, specifically the α-polymorph.
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Gold
Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79.
Goslarite
Goslarite is a hydrated zinc sulfate mineral which was first found in the Rammelsberg mine, Goslar, Harz, Germany.
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Graftonite
Graftonite is an iron(II), manganese, calcium phosphate mineral with the chemical formula.
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Graphite
Graphite is a crystalline form of the element carbon.
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Greenockite
Greenockite, also cadmium blende or cadmium ochre (obsolete) is a rare cadmium bearing metal sulfide mineral consisting of cadmium sulfide (CdS) in crystalline form.
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Greigite
Greigite is an iron sulfide mineral with the chemical formula.
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Grossular
Grossular is a calcium-aluminium species of the garnet group of minerals.
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Grunerite
Grunerite is a mineral of the amphibole group of minerals with formula Fe7Si8O22(OH)2.
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Gunningite
Gunningite is one of the minerals in the Kieserite group, with the chemical formula.
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Gypsum
Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula.
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Haggertyite
Haggertyite is a rare barium, iron, magnesium, titanate mineral: Ba(Fe2+6Ti5Mg)O19 first described in 1996 from the Crater of Diamonds State Park near Murfreesboro in Pike County, Arkansas.
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Haidingerite
Haidingerite is a calcium arsenate mineral with formula Ca(AsO3OH)·H2O.
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Halite
Halite, commonly known as rock salt, is a type of salt, the mineral (natural) form of sodium chloride (NaCl).
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Halloysite
Halloysite is an aluminosilicate clay mineral with the empirical formula Al2Si2O5(OH)4.
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Halotrichite
Halotrichite, also known as feather alum, is a highly hydrated sulfate of aluminium and iron.
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Hanksite
Hanksite is a sulfate mineral, distinguished as one of only a handful that contain both carbonate and sulfate ions (a sulfate carbonate).
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Hapkeite
Hapkeite is a mineral discovered in the Dhofar 280 meteorite found in 2000 in Oman on the Arabian peninsula.
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Hardystonite
Hardystonite is a rare calcium zinc silicate mineral first described from the Franklin, New Jersey, U.S. zinc deposits.
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Harmotome
Harmotome is a mineral, one of the rarer zeolites; a hydrated barium silicate with formula: (Ba0.5,Ca0.5,Na,K)5Al5,Si11O32·12(H2O).
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Hatchettite
Hatchettite (also mountain tallow, mineral tallow, mineral adipocire, or adipocerite) is a mineral hydrocarbon. List of minerals and Hatchettite are minerals.
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Hauerite
Hauerite is a manganese sulfide mineral with the chemical formula MnS2.
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Hausmannite
Hausmannite is a complex oxide, or a mixed oxide, of manganese containing both di- and tri-valent manganese.
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Hauyne
Hauyne or haüyne, also called hauynite or haüynite, is a rare tectosilicate sulfate mineral with endmember formula.
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Hawleyite
Hawleyite is a rare sulfide mineral in the sphalerite group, dimorphous and easily confused with greenockite.
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Haxonite
Haxonite is an iron nickel carbide mineral found in iron meteorites and carbonaceous chondrites.
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Håleniusite-(La)
Håleniusite-(La), chemical formula.
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Hübnerite
Hübnerite or hubnerite is a mineral consisting of manganese tungsten oxide (chemical formula MnWO4).
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Heazlewoodite
Heazlewoodite, Ni3S2, is a rare sulfur-poor nickel sulfide mineral found in serpentinitized dunite.
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Hectorite
Hectorite is a rare soft, greasy, white clay mineral with a chemical formula of.
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Hedenbergite
Hedenbergite, CaFeSi2O6, is the iron rich end member of the pyroxene group having a monoclinic crystal system.
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Heliotrope (mineral)
The mineral aggregate heliotrope, also called Indian bloodstone or ematille, is a cryptocrystalline mixture of quartz that occurs mostly as jasper (opaque) or sometimes as chalcedony (translucent).
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Hellyerite
Hellyerite, NiCO3·6(H2O), is an hydrated nickel carbonate mineral.
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Hematite
Hematite, also spelled as haematite, is a common iron oxide compound with the formula, Fe2O3 and is widely found in rocks and soils.
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Hemimorphite
Hemimorphite is the chemical compound Zn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O, a component of mineral calamine.
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Herbertsmithite
Herbertsmithite is a mineral with chemical structure ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2.
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Hercynite
Hercynite is a spinel mineral with the formula FeAl2O4.
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Herderite
Herderite is a phosphate mineral belonging to the apatite, phosphate group, with formula CaBe(PO4)(F,OH).
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Hessite
Hessite is a mineral form of disilver telluride (Ag2Te).
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Heulandite
Heulandite is the name of a series of tecto-silicate minerals of the zeolite group.
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Hibonite
Hibonite is a mineral with the chemical formula, occurring in various colours, with a hardness of 7.5–8.0 and a hexagonal crystal structure.
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Hiddenite
Hiddenite is a pale-to-emerald green variety of spodumene that is sometimes used as a gemstone.
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Hilgardite
Hilgardite is a borate mineral with the chemical formula Ca2B5O9Cl·H2O.
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Hisingerite
Hisingerite is an iron(III) phyllosilicate mineral with formula.
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Holmquistite
Holmquistite is a lithium magnesium aluminium inosilicate mineral with chemical formula.
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Homilite
Homilite is a borosilicate mineral belonging to the gadolinite group of minerals with formula.
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Hopeite
Hopeite is a hydrated zinc phosphate with formula: Zn3(PO4)2·4H2O.
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Hornblende
Hornblende is a complex inosilicate series of minerals.
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Howlite
Howlite, a calcium borosilicate hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5), is a borate mineral found in evaporite deposits.
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Humite
Humite is a mineral found in the volcanically ejected masses of Vesuvius.
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Hutchinsonite
Hutchinsonite is a sulfosalt mineral of thallium, arsenic and lead with formula.
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Hyalite
Hyalite is a transparent form of opal with a glassy lustre.
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Hyalophane
Hyalophane or jaloallofane is a crystalline mineral, part of the feldspar group of tectosilicates.
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Hydrogrossular
Hydrogrossular is a calcium aluminium garnet series (formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3−x(OH)4x, with hydroxide (OH) partially replacing silica (SiO4)).
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Hydrokenoelsmoreite
Hydrokenoelsmoreite is a hydrous tungsten oxide mineral with formula □2W2O6(H2O).
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Hydromagnesite
Hydromagnesite is a hydrated magnesium carbonate mineral with the formula.
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Hydroxyapatite
Hydroxyapatite (IMA name: hydroxylapatite) (Hap, HAp, or HA) is a naturally occurring mineral form of calcium apatite with the formula, often written to denote that the crystal unit cell comprises two entities.
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Hydrozincite
Hydrozincite, also known as zinc bloom or marionite, is a white carbonate mineral consisting of Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6.
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Hypersthene
Hypersthene is a common rock-forming inosilicate mineral belonging to the group of orthorhombic pyroxenes.
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Idrialite
Idrialite is a rare hydrocarbon mineral with approximate chemical formula C22H14. Idrialite usually occurs as soft orthorhombic crystals, is usually greenish yellow to light brown in color with bluish fluorescence. It is named after Idrija, town in Slovenia, where its occurrence was first described. The mineral has also been called idrialine, and branderz in German It has also been called inflammable cinnabar due to its combustibility and association with cinnabar ores in the source locality.
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Ikaite
Ikaite is the mineral name for the hexahydrate of calcium carbonate,.
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Illite
Illite, also called hydromica or hydromuscovite, is a group of closely related non-expanding clay minerals.
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Ilmenite
Ilmenite is a titanium-iron oxide mineral with the idealized formula.
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Ilvaite
Ilvaite is a sorosilicate of iron and calcium with formula:.
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Indium
Indium is a chemical element; it has symbol In and atomic number 49.
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Iodargyrite
Iodyrite or iodargyrite is a natural mineral form of silver iodide.
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Iridium
Iridium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ir and atomic number 77.
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Jacobsite
Jacobsite is a manganese iron oxide mineral.
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Jadarite
Jadarite is a white, earthy monoclinic silicate mineral, sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide (LiNaSiB3O7(OH) or Na2OLi2O(SiO2)2(B2O3)3H2O).
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Jade
Jade is an umbrella term for two different types of decorative rocks used for jewelry or ornaments.
Jadeite
Jadeite is a pyroxene mineral with composition NaAlSi2O6.
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Jamesonite
Jamesonite (also axotomous antimony glance,David Thomas Ansted, Walter Mitchell. Geology, Mineralogy, and Crystallography: Being a Theoretical, Practical, and Descriptive View of Inorganic Nature The Form and Classification of Crystals, and a Chemical Arrangement of Minerals. — London, Houlston and Stoneman, 1855.
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Jarosewichite
Jarosewichite is a rare manganese arsenate mineral with formula: Mn2+3Mn3+(AsO4)(OH)6.
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Jarosite
Jarosite is a basic hydrous sulfate of potassium and ferric iron (Fe-III) with a chemical formula of KFe3(SO4)2(OH)6.
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Jasper
Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases, is an opaque, impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue.
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Jeffersonite
Jeffersonite is a dark green pyroxene mineral, a manganese zinc enriched variety of augite, chemical formula, sometimes compared to aegirine.
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Jerrygibbsite
Jerrygibbsite is a rare silicate mineral with the chemical formula.
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Julgoldite
Julgoldite is a member of the pumpellyite mineral series, a series of minerals characterized by the chemical bonding of silica tetrahedra with alkali and transition metal cations.
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Jurbanite
Jurbanite is a sulfate mineral with the chemical formula AlSO4(OH)·5H2O.
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Kaatialaite
Kaatialaite (Fe(H2AsO4)3·5H2O) is a ferric arsenate mineral found in Finland.
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Kaňkite
Kankite is a mineral with the chemical formula Fe3+AsO4·3.5(H2O).
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Kadyrelite
Kadyrelite is a mineral with the chemical formula discovered in 1987.
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Kainite
Kainite (KMg(SO4)Cl·3H2O) is an evaporite mineral in the class of "Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, with H2O" according to the Nickel–Strunz classification.
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Kalininite
Kalininite (ZnCr2S4) is a thiospinel mineral found in Russia in 1985 in the Pereval Marble Quarry, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region.
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Kalinite
Kalinite is a mineral composed of hydrated potassium aluminium sulfate (a type of alum).
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Kalsilite
Kalsilite (KAlSiO4) is a vitreous white to grey feldspathoidal mineral that is found in some potassium-rich lavas, such as from Chamengo Crater in Uganda.
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Kamacite
Kamacite is an alloy of iron and nickel, which is found on Earth only in meteorites.
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Kambaldaite
Kambaldaite, NaNi4(CO3)3(OH)3·3H2O, is an extremely rare hydrated sodium nickel carbonate mineral described from gossanous material associated with Kambalda type komatiitic nickel ore deposits at Kambalda, Western Australia, and Widgie Townsite nickel gossan, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia.
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Kaolinite
Kaolinite (also called kaolin) is a clay mineral, with the chemical composition: Al2Si2O5(OH)4.
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Kassite (mineral)
Kassite is a rare mineral whose chemical formula is CaTi2O4(OH)2.
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Keilhauite
Keilhauite (also known as yttrotitanite) is a variety of the mineral titanite of a brownish black color, related to titanite in form.
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Keilite
Keilite is an iron-magnesium sulfide mineral with the chemical formula that is found in enstatite chondrites. Keilite is the iron-dominant analog of niningerite. Keilite is named after Klaus Keil (born 1934).
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Kermesite
Kermesite or antimony oxysulfide is also known as red antimony or purpur blende (Sb2S2O).
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Kernite
Kernite, also known as rasorite, is a hydrated sodium borate hydroxide mineral with formula.
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Kerolite
Kerolite or cerolite is a metamorphic nickel bearing phyllosilicate mineral variety of talc, can be seen as a mixture of serpentine and saponite as well.
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Kieserite
Kieserite, or magnesium sulfate monohydrate, is a hydrous magnesium sulfate mineral with formula (MgSO4·H2O).
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Kinoite
Kinoite (or at Mindat.org) is a light blue copper silicate mineral.
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Knebelite
Knebelite is a manganese variety of the fayalite-tephroite series with formula.
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Knorringite
Knorringite is a mineral species belonging to the garnet group, and forms a series with the species pyrope.
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Kobellite
Kobellite is a gray, fibrous, metallic mineral with the chemical formula.
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Kogarkoite
Kogarkoite is a sodium sulfate fluoride mineral with formula Na3(SO4)F.
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Kolbeckite
Kolbeckite (scandium phosphate dihydrate) is a mineral with formula: ScPO4·2H2O.
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Kornerupine
Kornerupine (also called Prismatine) is a rare boro-silicate mineral with the chemical formula.
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Kratochvílite
Kratochvilite is a rare organic mineral formed by combustion of coal or pyritic black shale deposits.
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Kremersite
Kremersite is a rare mineral which is a hydrated multiple chloride of iron, ammonium and potassium with the formula: (NH4,K)2FeCl5·H2O.
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Krennerite
Krennerite is an orthorhombic gold telluride mineral which can contain variable amounts of silver in the structure.
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Krutovite
Krutovite is a cubic nickel diarsenide with a chemical composition of NiAs2 and a sulfur content of 0.02-0.34 weight percent.
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Kukharenkoite-(Ce)
Kukharenkoite-(Ce) is a barium cerium fluoride carbonate mineral, formula Ba2CeF(CO3)3.
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Kutnohorite
Kutnohorite is a rare calcium manganese carbonate mineral with magnesium and iron that is a member of the dolomite group.
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Kyanite
Kyanite is a typically blue aluminosilicate mineral, found in aluminium-rich metamorphic pegmatites and sedimentary rock.
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Labradorite
Labradorite ((Ca, Na)(Al, Si)4O8) is a calcium-enriched feldspar mineral first identified in Labrador, Canada, which can display an iridescent effect (schiller).
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Lamprophyre
Lamprophyres are uncommon, small-volume ultrapotassic igneous rocks primarily occurring as dikes, lopoliths, laccoliths, stocks, and small intrusions.
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Lanarkite
Lanarkite is a mineral, a form of lead sulfate with formula Pb2(SO4)O.
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Langbeinite
Langbeinite is a potassium magnesium sulfate mineral with the chemical formula K2Mg2(SO4)3.
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Lansfordite
Lansfordite is a hydrated magnesium carbonate mineral with composition: MgCO3·5H2O.
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Lanthanite
Lanthanites are a group of isostructural rare earth element (REE) carbonate minerals.
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Larimar
Larimar is the tradename for a rare blue variety of the silicate mineral pectolite found only in the Dominican Republic, around the city of Barahona.
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Laumontite
Laumontite is a mineral, one of the zeolite group.
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Laurite
Laurite is an opaque black, metallic ruthenium sulfide mineral with formula: RuS2.
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Lawsonite
Lawsonite is a hydrous calcium aluminium sorosilicate mineral with formula CaAl2Si2O7(OH)2·H2O.
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Lazulite
Lazulite is a transparent to semi-opaque, blue mineral that is a phosphate of magnesium, iron, and aluminium, with the chemical formula.
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Lazurite
Lazurite is a tectosilicate mineral with sulfate, sulfur and chloride with formula.
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Lévyne
Levyne or levynite is a zeolite mineral, i.e. a hydrated silicate mineral.
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Lópezite
Lópezite is a rare red chromate mineral with chemical formula: K2Cr2O7.
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Lead
Lead is a chemical element; it has symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82.
Leadhillite
Leadhillite is a lead sulfate carbonate hydroxide mineral, often associated with anglesite.
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Legrandite
Legrandite is a rare zinc arsenate mineral, Zn2(AsO4)(OH)·(H2O).
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Lepidocrocite
Lepidocrocite (γ-FeO(OH)), also called esmeraldite or hydrohematite, is an iron oxide-hydroxide mineral.
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Lepidolite
Lepidolite is a lilac-gray or rose-colored member of the mica group of minerals with chemical formula.
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Leucite
Leucite (from the Greek word leukos meaning white) is a rock-forming mineral of the feldspathoid group, silica-undersaturated and composed of potassium and aluminium tectosilicate KAlSi2O6.
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Leucophanite
Leucophanite is an inosilicate mineral with the chemical formula.
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Libethenite
Libethenite is a rare copper phosphate hydroxide mineral.
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Lignite
Lignite (derived from Latin lignum meaning 'wood'), often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat.
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Linarite
Linarite is a somewhat rare, crystalline mineral that is known among mineral collectors for its unusually intense, pure blue color.
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Liroconite
Liroconite is a complex mineral: Hydrated copper aluminium arsenate hydroxide, with the formula Cu2Al·4(H2O).
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List of minerals named after people
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List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association
Mineralogy is an active science in which minerals are discovered or recognised on a regular basis. List of minerals and List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association are geology-related lists, mineralogy and minerals.
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Litharge
Litharge (from Greek, 'stone' + 'silver') is one of the natural mineral forms of lead(II) oxide, PbO.
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Lithiophilite
Lithiophilite is a mineral containing the element lithium.
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Livingstonite
Livingstonite is a mercury antimony sulfosalt mineral.
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Lodestone
Lodestones are naturally magnetized pieces of the mineral magnetite.
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Loellingite
Loellingite, also spelled löllingite, is an iron arsenide mineral with formula FeAs2.
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Lonsdaleite
Lonsdaleite (named in honour of Kathleen Lonsdale), also called hexagonal diamond in reference to the crystal structure, is an allotrope of carbon with a hexagonal lattice, as opposed to the cubical lattice of conventional diamond.
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Loparite-(Ce)
Loparite-(Ce) is a granular, brittle oxide mineral of the perovskite class.
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Lorándite
Lorándite is a thallium arsenic sulfosalt with the chemical formula: TlAsS2.
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Lorenzenite
Lorenzenite is a rare sodium titanium silicate mineral with the formula Na2Ti2Si2O9 It is an orthorhombic mineral, variously found as colorless, grey, pinkish, or brown crystals.
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Ludwigite
Ludwigite is a magnesium-iron borate mineral: Mg2FeBO5.
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Lyonsite
Lyonsite (Cu3Fe+34(VO4)6) is a rare black vanadate mineral that is opaque with a metallic lustre.
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Mackinawite
Mackinawite is an iron nickel sulfide mineral with the chemical formula (where x.
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Maghemite
Maghemite (Fe2O3, γ-Fe2O3) is a member of the family of iron oxides.
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Magnesioferrite
Magnesioferrite is a magnesium iron oxide mineral, a member of the magnetite series of spinels.
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Magnesite
Magnesite is a mineral with the chemical formula (magnesium carbonate).
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Magnetite
Magnetite is a mineral and one of the main iron ores, with the chemical formula.
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Majorite
Majorite is a mineral found in the mantle of the Earth.
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Malachite
Malachite is a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral, with the formula Cu2CO3(OH)2.
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Manganite
Manganite is a mineral composed of manganese oxide-hydroxide, MnO(OH), crystallizing in the monoclinic system (pseudo-orthorhombic).
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Marcasite
The mineral marcasite, sometimes called "white iron pyrite", is iron sulfide (FeS2) with orthorhombic crystal structure.
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Margarite
Margarite is a calcium rich member of the mica group of the phyllosilicates with formula: CaAl2(Al2Si2)O10(OH)2.
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Mariposite
Mariposite is a mineral which is a chromium-rich variety of mica, which imparts an attractive green color to the generally white dolomitic marble in which it is commonly found.
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Mascagnite
Mascagnite is a rare ammonium sulfate mineral (NH4)2SO4.
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Massicot
Massicot is lead (II) oxide mineral with an orthorhombic lattice structure.
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Maucherite
Maucherite is a grey to reddish silver white nickel arsenide mineral.
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Mckelveyite-(Y)
Mckelveyite-(Y) is a hydrated sodium, barium, yttrium, and uranium–containing carbonate mineral, with the chemical formula Ba3Na(Ca,U)Y(CO3)6·3H2O.
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Meionite
Meionite is a tectosilicate belonging to the scapolite group with the formula Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3.
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Melanterite
Melanterite is a mineral form of hydrous iron(II) sulfate: FeSO4·7H2O.
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Melilite
Melilite refers to a mineral of the melilite group.
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Mellite
Mellite, also called honeystone, is an unusual mineral being also an organic chemical.
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Melonite
Melonite is a telluride of nickel; it is a metallic mineral.
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Mendozite
Mendozite is a sulfate mineral, one of the alum series, with formula NaAl(SO4)2·11H2O.
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Meneghinite
Meneghinite is a sulfosalt mineral with the chemical formula CuPb13 Sb7S24.
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Menilite
Menilite is a greyish-brown form of the mineraloid opal.
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Mesolite
Mesolite is a tectosilicate mineral with formula Na2Ca2(Al2Si3O10)3·8H2O.
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Metatorbernite
Metatorbernite (or meta-torbernite) is a radioactive phosphate mineral, and is a dehydration pseudomorph of torbernite.
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Miargyrite
Miargyrite, formerly known as ruby blende or garnet blende is a mineral, a sulfide of silver and antimony with the formula AgSbS2.
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Mica
Micas are a group of silicate minerals whose outstanding physical characteristic is that individual mica crystals can easily be split into extremely thin elastic plates.
Microcline
Microcline (KAlSi3O8) is an important igneous rock-forming tectosilicate mineral.
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Microlite
Microlite was once known as a pale-yellow, reddish-brown, or black isometric mineral composed of sodium calcium tantalum oxide with a small amount of fluorine.
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Mimetite
Mimetite is a lead arsenate chloride mineral (Pb5(AsO4)3Cl) which forms as a secondary mineral in lead deposits, usually by the oxidation of galena and arsenopyrite.
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Mineral
In geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid substance with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form. List of minerals and mineral are mineralogy and minerals.
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Mirabilite
Mirabilite, also known as Glauber's salt, is a hydrous sodium sulfate mineral with the chemical formula Na2SO4·10H2O.
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Mixite
Mixite is a rare copper bismuth arsenate mineral with formula: BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3(H2O).
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Moganite
Moganite is an oxide mineral with the chemical formula SiO2 (silicon dioxide) that was discovered in 1976.
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Mohite
Mohite is a copper tin sulfide mineral with the chemical formula Cu2SnS3.
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Moissanite
Moissanite is naturally occurring silicon carbide and its various crystalline polymorphs.
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Molybdenite
Molybdenite is a mineral of molybdenum disulfide, MoS2.
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Molybdite
Molybdite is the naturally occurring mineral form of molybdenum trioxide MoO3.
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Monazite
Monazite is a primarily reddish-brown phosphate mineral that contains rare-earth elements.
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Monohydrocalcite
Monohydrocalcite is a mineral that is a hydrous form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3·H2O.
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Monticellite
Monticellite and kirschsteinite (commonly also spelled kirschteinite) are gray silicate minerals of the olivine group with compositions CaMgSiO4 and CaFeSiO4, respectively.
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Montmorillonite
Montmorillonite is a very soft phyllosilicate group of minerals that form when they precipitate from water solution as microscopic crystals, known as clay.
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Moolooite
Moolooite is a rare blue-green mineral with the formula Cu(C2O4)·n(H2O) (n It has an orthorhombic crystalline structure, and is formed by the interaction of bird guano with weathering copper sulfides. A second occurrence is reported from the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines silver mining district of Vosges Mountains, France.
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Mordenite
Mordenite is a zeolite mineral with the chemical formula, (Ca, Na2, K2)Al2Si10O24·7H2O.
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Mullite
Mullite or porcelainite is a rare silicate mineral formed during contact metamorphism of clay minerals.
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Murdochite
Murdochite is a mineral combining lead and copper oxides with the chemical formula (x ≤ 0.5).
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Muscovite
Muscovite (also known as common mica, isinglass, or potash mica) is a hydrated phyllosilicate mineral of aluminium and potassium with formula KAl2(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2, or (KF)2(Al2O3)3(SiO2)6(H2O).
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Nabesite
Nabesite is a rare silicate mineral of the zeolite group with the chemical formula Na2BeSi4O10·4(H2O).
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Nacrite
Nacrite Al2Si2O5(OH)4 is a clay mineral that is polymorphous (or polytypic) with kaolinite.
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Nagyágite
Nagyágite is a rare sulfide mineral with known occurrence associated with gold ores.
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Nahcolite
Nahcolite is a soft, colourless or white carbonate mineral with the composition of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) also called thermokalite.
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Native copper
Native copper is an uncombined form of copper that occurs as a natural mineral.
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Natrolite
Natrolite is a tectosilicate mineral species belonging to the zeolite group.
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Natron
Natron is a naturally occurring mixture of sodium carbonate decahydrate (Na2CO3·10H2O, a kind of soda ash) and around 17% sodium bicarbonate (also called baking soda, NaHCO3) along with small quantities of sodium chloride and sodium sulfate.
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Natrophilite
Natrophilite is a mineral with the chemical formula NaMnPO4.
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Nekrasovite
Nekrasovite is a rare copper vanadium sulfosalt mineral with formula.
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Nelenite
Nelenite is a rare manganese iron phyllosilicate arsenate mineral found in Franklin Furnace, New Jersey.
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Nenadkevichite
Nenadkevichite is a rare silicate mineral containing niobium with the chemical formula.
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Nepheline
Nepheline, also called nephelite, is a rock-forming mineral in the feldspathoid groupa silica-undersaturated aluminosilicate, Na3KAl4Si4O16, that occurs in intrusive and volcanic rocks with low silica, and in their associated pegmatites.
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Nephrite
Nephrite is a variety of the calcium, magnesium, and iron-rich amphibole minerals tremolite or actinolite (aggregates of which also make up one form of asbestos).
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Neptunite
Neptunite is a silicate mineral with the formula KNa2Li(Fe2+, Mn2+)2Ti2Si8O24.
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Nickel
Nickel is a chemical element; it has symbol Ni and atomic number 28.
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Nickeline
Nickeline or niccolite is a mineral consisting primarily of nickel arsenide (NiAs).
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Niedermayrite
Niedermayrite is a rare hydrated copper cadmium sulfate hydroxide mineral with formula: Cu4Cd(SO4)2(OH)6·4H2O.
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Niningerite
Niningerite is a magnesium–iron–manganese sulfide mineral with the chemical formula MgS that is found in enstatite chondrite meteorites.
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Nissonite
Nissonite is a very rare copper phosphate mineral with formula: Cu2Mg2(PO4)2(OH)2·5H2O.
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Niter
Niter or nitre is the mineral form of potassium nitrate, KNO3.
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Nitratine
Nitratine or nitratite, also known as cubic niter (UK: nitre), soda niter or Chile saltpeter (UK: Chile saltpetre), is a mineral, the naturally occurring form of sodium nitrate, NaNO3.
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Nontronite
Nontronite is the iron(III) rich member of the smectite group of clay minerals.
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Normandite
Normandite is a brittle orange brown sorosilicate mineral discovered in 1997 by Charles Normand (born 1963), of Montreal.
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Nosean
Nosean, also known as noselite, is a mineral of the feldspathoid group with formula: Na8Al6Si6O24(SO4).
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Nsutite
Nsutite is a manganese oxide mineral with formula: (Mn4+1−xMn2+xO2-2x(OH)2x where x.
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Nyerereite
Nyerereite is a very rare sodium calcium carbonate mineral with formula Na2Ca(CO3)2.
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Oldhamite
Oldhamite is a calcium magnesium sulfide mineral with the chemical formula.
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Oligoclase
Oligoclase is a rock-forming mineral belonging to the plagioclase feldspars.
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Olivenite
Olivenite is a copper arsenate mineral, formula Cu2AsO4OH.
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Olivine
The mineral olivine is a magnesium iron silicate with the chemical formula.
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Omphacite
Omphacite is a member of the clinopyroxene group of silicate minerals with formula: (Ca, Na)(Mg, Fe2+, Al)Si2O6.
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Onyx
Onyx is the parallel-banded variety of chalcedony, a silicate mineral.
Ordoñezite
Ordoñezite or ordóñezite is a rare tetragonal zinc antimonate mineral with chemical formula: ZnSb2O6.
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Oregonite
Oregonite, Ni2FeAs2 is a nickel iron arsenide mineral first described from Josephine Creek, Oregon, United States.
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Orpiment
Orpiment, also known as ″yellow arsenic blende″ is a deep-colored, orange-yellow arsenic sulfide mineral with formula.
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Orthoclase
Orthoclase, or orthoclase feldspar (endmember formula KAlSi3O8), is an important tectosilicate mineral which forms igneous rock.
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Osarizawaite
Osarizawaite is a greenish yellow sulfate mineral with the chemical formula: PbCuAl2(SO4)2(OH)6.
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Osmium
Osmium is a chemical element; it has symbol Os and atomic number 76.
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Otavite
Otavite is a rare cadmium carbonate mineral with the formula CdCO3.
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Ottrelite
Ottrelite is a form of chloritoid.
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Otwayite
Otwayite, Ni2CO3(OH)2, is a hydrated nickel carbonate mineral.
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Pabstite
Pabstite is a barium tin titanium silicate mineral that is found in contact metamorphosed limestone.
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Painite
Painite is a very rare borate mineral.
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Palladium
Palladium is a chemical element; it has symbol Pd and atomic number 46.
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Palygorskite
Palygorskite or attapulgite is a magnesium aluminium phyllosilicate with the chemical formula) that occurs in a type of clay soil common to the Southeastern United States.
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Papagoite
Papagoite is a rare cyclosilicate mineral.
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Paragonite
Paragonite is a mineral, related to muscovite.
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Pararealgar
Pararealgar is an arsenic sulfide mineral with the chemical formula, also represented as AsS.
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Parisite-(Ce)
Parisite is a rare mineral consisting of cerium, lanthanum and calcium fluoro-carbonate,.
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Parthéite
Partheite or parthéite is a calcium aluminium silicate and a member of the zeolite group of minerals, a group of silicates with large open channels throughout the crystal structure, which allow passage of liquids and gasses through the mineral.
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Pectolite
Pectolite is a white to gray mineral, NaCa2Si3O8(OH), sodium calcium hydroxide inosilicate.
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Pelagosite
Pelagosite is a form of pisolitic aragonite (CaCO3) whose type locality is the Croatian island group of Palagruža (Italian Pelagosa, whence the name) in the middle of the Adriatic.
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Pentlandite
Pentlandite is an iron–nickel sulfide with the chemical formula.
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Periclase
Periclase is a magnesium mineral that occurs naturally in contact metamorphic rocks and is a major component of most basic refractory bricks.
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Pericline
Pericline is a form of albite exhibiting elongate prismatic crystals.
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Peridot
Peridot, sometimes called chrysolite, is a yellowish-green transparent variety of olivine.
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Perlite
Perlite is an amorphous volcanic glass that has a relatively high water content, typically formed by the hydration of obsidian.
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Petalite
Petalite, also known as castorite, is a lithium aluminum tektosilicate mineral LiAlSi4O10, crystallizing in the monoclinic system.
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Petzite
The mineral petzite, Ag3AuTe2, is a soft, steel-gray telluride mineral generally deposited by hydrothermal activity.
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Pezzottaite
Pezzottaite, marketed under the name raspberyl or raspberry beryl, is a mineral species first recognized by the International Mineralogical Association in September 2003.
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Pharmacosiderite
Pharmacosiderite is a hydrated basic ferric arsenate, with the chemical formula KFe4(AsO4)3(OH)4·(6-7)H2O and a molecular weight of 873.38 g/mol.
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Phenakite
Phenakite or phenacite is a fairly rare nesosilicate mineral consisting of beryllium orthosilicate, Be2SiO4.
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Phillipsite
Phillipsite is a mineral series of the zeolite group; a hydrated potassium, calcium and aluminium silicate, approximating to.
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Phlogopite
Phlogopite is a yellow, greenish, or reddish-brown member of the mica family of phyllosilicates.
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Phoenicochroite
Phoenicochroite, also known as melanochroite, is a lead chromate mineral with formula Pb2OCrO4.
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Phosgenite
Phosgenite is a rare mineral consisting of lead carbonate chloride, (PbCl)2CO3.
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Phosphophyllite
Phosphophyllite (and phosphate) is a rare mineral with the chemical formula, composed of hydrated zinc phosphate.
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Phosphorite
Phosphorite, phosphate rock or rock phosphate is a non-detrital sedimentary rock that contains high amounts of phosphate minerals.
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Pigeonite
Pigeonite is a mineral in the clinopyroxene subgroup of the pyroxene group.
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Plagioclase
Plagioclase is a series of tectosilicate (framework silicate) minerals within the feldspar group.
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Platinum
Platinum is a chemical element; it has symbol Pt and atomic number 78.
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Plessite
Plessite is a meteorite texture consisting of a fine-grained mixture of the minerals kamacite and taenite found in the octahedrite iron meteorites.
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Polarite
Polarite, is an opaque, yellow-white mineral with the chemical formula.
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Pollucite
Pollucite is a zeolite mineral with the formula with iron, calcium, rubidium and potassium as common substituting elements.
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Polybasite
Polybasite is a sulfosalt mineral of silver, copper, antimony and arsenic.
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Polycrase
Polycrase or polycrase-(Y) is a black or brown metallic complex uranium yttrium oxide mineral with the chemical formula.
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Polydymite
Polydymite, Ni2+Ni23+S4, is a supergene thiospinel sulfide mineral associated with the weathering of primary pentlandite nickel sulfide.
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Polyhalite
Polyhalite is an evaporite mineral, a hydrated sulfate of potassium, calcium and magnesium with formula:.
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Portlandite
Portlandite is a hydroxide-bearing mineral typically included in the oxide mineral class.
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Potassium alum
Potassium alum, potash alum, or potassium aluminium sulfate is a chemical compound first found mentioned under various Sanskrit names in Ayurvedic medicinal texts such as Charak Samhita, Sushrut Samhita, and Ashtang Hridaya; is chemically defined as the double sulfate of potassium and aluminium, with chemical formula KAl(SO4)2.
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Powellite
Powellite is a calcium molybdate mineral with formula CaMoO4.
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Prehnite
Prehnite is an inosilicate of calcium and aluminium with the formula: Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 with limited Fe3+ substitutes for aluminium in the structure.
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Proustite
Proustite is a sulfosalt mineral consisting of silver sulfarsenide, Ag3AsS3, known also as ruby blende, light red silver, arsenic-silver blende or ruby silver ore, and an important source of the metal.
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Pumpellyite
Pumpellyite is a group of closely related sorosilicate minerals.
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Purpurite
Purpurite is a manganese phosphate mineral with the formula MnPO4, with varying amounts of iron depending upon its source.
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Pyrargyrite
Pyrargyrite is a sulfosalt mineral consisting of silver sulfantimonite, Ag3SbS3.
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Pyrite
The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula FeS2 (iron (II) disulfide).
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Pyrochlore
Pyrochlore is a mineral group of the niobium end member of the pyrochlore supergroup.
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Pyrolusite
Pyrolusite is a mineral consisting essentially of manganese dioxide (MnO2) and is important as an ore of manganese.
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Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite is a mineral species composed of lead chlorophosphate: Pb5(PO4)3Cl, sometimes occurring in sufficient abundance to be mined as an ore of lead.
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Pyrope
The mineral pyrope is a member of the garnet group.
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Pyrophyllite
Pyrophyllite is a phyllosilicate mineral composed of aluminium silicate hydroxide: Al2Si4O10(OH)2.
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Pyroxene
The pyroxenes (commonly abbreviated Px) are a group of important rock-forming inosilicate minerals found in many igneous and metamorphic rocks.
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Pyroxferroite
Pyroxferroite (Fe2+,Ca)SiO3 is a single chain inosilicate.
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Pyrrhotite
Pyrrhotite (pyrrhos in Greek meaning "flame-coloured") is an iron sulfide mineral with the formula Fe(1-x)S (x .
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Quartz
Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide).
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Quenstedtite
Quenstedtite is an uncommon iron sulfate mineral with chemical formula Fe2(SO4)3·11H2O.
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Rambergite
Rambergite is a manganese sulfide mineral with formula.
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Rammelsbergite
Rammelsbergite is a nickel arsenide mineral with formula NiAs2.
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Rashleighite
Rashleighite, also called henwoodite, is a ferrian variety of turquoise.
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Realgar
Realgar, also known as ″arsenic blende″, ″ruby sulphur″ or ″ruby of arsenic″, is an arsenic sulfide mineral with the chemical formula α-.
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Renierite
Renierite is a rare copper zinc germanium bearing sulfide mineral with the chemical formula.
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Rheniite
Rheniite is a very rare rhenium sulfide mineral with the chemical formula (ReS2).
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Rhodium
Rhodium is a chemical element; it has symbol Rh and atomic number 45.
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Rhodochrosite
Rhodochrosite is a manganese carbonate mineral with chemical composition MnCO3.
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Rhodolite
Rhodolite is a varietal name for rose-pink to red mineral pyrope, a species in the garnet group.
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Rhodonite
Rhodonite is a manganese inosilicate, with the formula (Mn, Fe, Mg, Ca)SiO3, and member of the pyroxenoid group of minerals, crystallizing in the triclinic system.
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Rhomboclase
Rhomboclase is an acidic iron sulfate mineral with a formula reported as H5Fe3+O2(SO4)2·2(H2O)http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/rhomboclase.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy or HFe(SO4)2·4(H2O).
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Rickardite
Rickardite is a telluride mineral, a copper telluride (Cu7Te5) or Cu3-x (x.
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Riebeckite
Riebeckite is a sodium-rich member of the amphibole group of silicate minerals, chemical formula Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2.
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Ringwoodite
Ringwoodite is a high-pressure phase of Mg2SiO4 (magnesium silicate) formed at high temperatures and pressures of the Earth's mantle between depth.
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Robertsite
Robertsite, Ca3(Mn3+)42·3(H2O) (alternatively formulated Ca2(Mn3(PO4)3O2)(H2O)3), is a secondary phosphate mineral named for Willard Lincoln Roberts (1923–1987), mineralogist and professor at South Dakota School of Mines in Rapid City, South Dakota.
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Romanèchite
Romanèchite is the primary constituent of psilomelane, which is a mixture of minerals.
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Rosasite
Rosasite is a carbonate mineral with minor potential for use as a zinc and copper ore.
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Roscoelite
Roscoelite is a green mineral from the mica group that contains vanadium.
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Rosenbergite
Rosenbergite is a mineral with the chemical formula AlF3·3H2O.
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Routhierite
Routhierite is a rare thallium sulfosalt mineral with formula.
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Ruby
Ruby is a pinkish red to blood-red colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide).
Ruthenium
Ruthenium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ru and atomic number 44.
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Rutherfordine
Rutherfordine is a mineral containing almost pure uranyl carbonate (UO2CO3).
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Rutile
Rutile is an oxide mineral composed of titanium dioxide (TiO2), the most common natural form of TiO2.
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Rynersonite
Rynersonite is an oxide mineral.
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Sabatierite
Sabatierite (Cu6TlSe4) is a mineral found in the Czech Republic.
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Sabieite
Sabieite is a mineral with the chemical formula (NH4)Fe3+(SO4)2.
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Sabinaite
Sabinaite (Na4Zr2TiO4(CO3)4) is a rare carbonate mineral.
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Safflorite
Safflorite is a rare cobalt iron arsenide mineral with the chemical formula.
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Salammoniac
Salammoniac, also sal ammoniac or salmiac, is a rare naturally occurring mineral composed of ammonium chloride, NH4Cl.
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Saliotite
Saliotite is a rare colorless to pearl white phyllosilicate mineral in the smectite group with formula.
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Samarskite-(Y)
Samarskite is a radioactive rare earth mineral series which includes samarskite-(Y), with the chemical formula and samarskite-(Yb), with the chemical formula.
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Samsonite (mineral)
Samsonite is a silver manganese antimony sulfosalt mineral with formula Ag4MnSb2S6.
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Sanbornite
Sanbornite is a rare barium phyllosilicate mineral with formula BaSi2O5.
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Saneroite
Saneroite is a silicate mineral found in Italy.
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Sanidine
Sanidine is the high temperature form of potassium feldspar with a general formula K(AlSi3O8).
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Santabarbaraite
Santabarbaraite is an amorphous ferric hydroxy phosphate mineral hydrate that was discovered in Tuscany, Italy during 2000.
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Santite
Santite (KB5O8·4H2O) is a hydrated borate mineral of potassium found in Tuscany, Italy.
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Saponite
Saponite is a trioctahedral mineral of the smectite group.
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Sapphirine
Sapphirine is a rare mineral, a silicate of magnesium and aluminium, with the chemical formula ((with iron as a major impurity).
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Sassolite
Sassolite is a borate mineral, specifically the mineral form of boric acid.
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Sauconite
Sauconite is a complex phyllosilicate mineral of the smectite clay group, formula Na0.3Zn3(SiAl)4O10(OH)2·4H2O.
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Scapolite
The scapolites (σκάπος, "rod", and λίθος, "stone") are a group of rock-forming silicate minerals composed of aluminium, calcium, and sodium silicate with chlorine, carbonate and sulfate.
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Scheelite
Scheelite is a calcium tungstate mineral with the chemical formula CaWO4.
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Schoepite
Schoepite, empirical formula (UO2)8O2(OH)12·12(H2O) is a rare alteration product of uraninite in hydrothermal uranium deposits.
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Schreibersite
Schreibersite is generally a rare iron nickel phosphide mineral,, though common in iron-nickel meteorites.
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Schwertmannite
Schwertmannite is an iron-oxyhydroxysulfate mineral with an ideal chemical formula of or.
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Scolecite
Scolecite is a tectosilicate mineral belonging to the zeolite group; it is a hydrated calcium silicate, CaAl2Si3O10·3H2O.
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Scorodite
Scorodite is a common hydrated iron arsenate mineral, with the chemical formula FeAsO4·2H2O.
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Scorzalite
Scorzalite is a dark blue phosphate mineral containing iron, magnesium, and aluminium phosphate.
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Seamanite
Seamanite, named for discoverer Arthur E. Seaman, is a rare manganese boron phosphate mineral with formula Mn3(PO4)(OH)2.
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Seeligerite
Seeligerite is a rare complex lead chloride iodate mineral with formula: Pb3Cl3(IO3)O.
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Segelerite
Segelerite is a complex phosphate mineral with formula CaMgFe3+OH(PO4)2·H2O.
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Sekaninaite
Sekaninaite ((Fe+2,Mg)2Al4Si5O18) is a silicate mineral, the iron-rich analogue of cordierite.
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Selenite (mineral)
Selenite, satin spar, desert rose, and gypsum flower are crystal habit varieties of the mineral gypsum.
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Selenium
Selenium is a chemical element; it has the symbol Se and atomic number 34.
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Seligmannite
Seligmanite is a rare mineral, with the chemical formula PbCuAsS3.
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Sellaite
Sellaite is a magnesium fluoride mineral with the formula MgF2.
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Sepiolite
Sepiolite, also known in English by the German name meerschaum (meaning "sea foam"), is a soft white clay mineral, often used to make tobacco pipes (known as meerschaum pipes).
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Serpentine subgroup
Serpentine subgroup (part of the kaolinite-serpentine group in the category of phyllosilicates) are greenish, brownish, or spotted minerals commonly found in serpentinite.
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Shattuckite
Shattuckite is a copper silicate hydroxide mineral with formula Cu5(SiO3)4(OH)2.
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Siderite
Siderite is a mineral composed of iron(II) carbonate (FeCO3).
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Siderotil
Siderotil is an iron(II) sulfate hydrate mineral with formula: FeSO4·5H2O which forms by the dehydration of melanterite.
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Siegenite
Siegenite (also called grimmite, or nickel cobalt sulfide) is a ternary transition metal dichalcogenide compound with the chemical formula (Ni,Co)3S4.
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Silicon
Silicon is a chemical element; it has symbol Si and atomic number 14.
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Sillimanite
Sillimanite or fibrolite is an aluminosilicate mineral with the chemical formula Al2SiO5.
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Silver
Silver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag (derived from Proto-Indo-European ''*h₂erǵ'')) and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. The metal is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite.
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Simonellite
Simonellite (1,1-dimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-7-isopropyl phenanthrene) is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with a chemical formula C19H24.
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Skutterudite
Skutterudite is a cobalt arsenide mineral containing variable amounts of nickel and iron substituting for cobalt with the ideal formula CoAs3.
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Smaltite
Smaltite is a variety of the mineral skutterudite consisting of cobalt, iron, nickel, and arsenide.
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Smectite
A smectite is a mineral mixture of various swelling sheet silicates (phyllosilicates), which have a three-layer 2:1 (TOT) structure and belong to the clay minerals.
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Smithsonite
Smithsonite, also known as zinc spar, is the mineral form of zinc carbonate (ZnCO3).
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Smoky quartz
Smoky quartz is a brownish grey, translucent variety of quartz that ranges in clarity from almost complete transparency to an almost-opaque brownish-gray or black crystals.
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Sodalite
Sodalite is a tectosilicate mineral with the formula, with royal blue varieties widely used as an ornamental gemstone.
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Spectrolite
Spectrolite is an uncommon variety of labradorite feldspar.
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Sperrylite
Sperrylite is a platinum arsenide mineral with the chemical formula and is an opaque metallic tin white mineral which crystallizes in the isometric system with the pyrite group structure.
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Spessartine
Spessartine is a nesosilicate, manganese aluminium garnet species, Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3.Gemological Institute of America, GIA Gem Reference Guide 1995, This mineral is sometimes mistakenly referred to as spessartite. Spessartine's name is a derivative of Spessart in Bavaria, Germany, the type locality of the mineral.
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Sphalerite
Sphalerite is a sulfide mineral with the chemical formula.
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Spherocobaltite
Spherocobaltite or sphaerocobaltite is a cobalt carbonate mineral with chemical composition CoCO3.
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Spinel
Spinel is the magnesium/aluminium member of the larger spinel group of minerals.
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Spodumene
Spodumene is a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminium inosilicate, LiAl(SiO3)2, and is a commercially important source of lithium.
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Stannite
Stannite is a mineral, a sulfide of copper, iron, and tin, in the category of thiostannates.
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Staurolite
Staurolite is a reddish brown to black, mostly opaque, nesosilicate mineral with a white streak.
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Steacyite
Steacyite is a complex silicate mineral containing thorium and uranium; formula.
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Stephanite
Stephanite is a silver antimony sulfosalt mineral with formula: Ag5SbS4.
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Stercorite
Stercorite is the mineral form of microcosmic salt.
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Stibnite
Stibnite, sometimes called antimonite, is a sulfide mineral with the formula Sb2S3.
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Stichtite
Stichtite is a mineral, a carbonate of chromium and magnesium; formula Mg6Cr2CO3(OH)16·4H2O.
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Stilbite
Stilbite is the name of a series of tectosilicate minerals of the zeolite group.
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Stilleite
Stilleite is a selenide mineral, zinc selenide, with the formula ZnSe.
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Stishovite
Stishovite is an extremely hard, dense tetragonal form (polymorph) of silicon dioxide.
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Stolzite
Stolzite is a mineral, a lead tungstate; with the formula PbWO4.
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Stromeyerite
Stromeyerite or copper-silver glanceKrivovichev V. G. Mineralogical glossary.
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Strontianite
Strontianite (SrCO3) is an important raw material for the extraction of strontium.
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Struvite
Struvite (magnesium ammonium phosphate) is a phosphate mineral with formula: NH4MgPO4·6H2O.
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Studtite
Studtite, chemical formula ·2(H2O) or UO4·4(H2O), is a secondary uranium mineral containing peroxide formed by the alpha-radiolysis of water during formation.
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Sugilite
Sugilite is a relatively rare pink to purple cyclosilicate mineral with the complex chemical formula KNa2(Fe, Mn, Al)2Li3Si12O30.
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Sulfur
Sulfur (also spelled sulphur in British English) is a chemical element; it has symbol S and atomic number 16.
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Sunstone
Sunstone is a microcline or oligoclase feldspar, which when viewed from certain directions exhibits a spangled appearance.
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Sussexite
Sussexite is a manganese borate mineral MnBO2(OH).
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Sylvanite
Sylvanite or silver gold telluride, chemical formula, is the most common telluride of gold.
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Sylvite
Sylvite, or sylvine, is potassium chloride (KCl) in natural mineral form.
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Tachyhydrite
Tachyhydrite is an unstable mineral, a hydrous chloride of calcium and magnesium with formula: CaMg2Cl6·12H2O.
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Taenite
Taenite is a mineral found naturally on Earth mostly in iron meteorites.
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Talc
Talc, or talcum, is a clay mineral composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, with the chemical formula.
Tantalite
The mineral group tantalite is the primary source of the chemical element tantalum, a corrosion (heat and acid) resistant metal.
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Tantite
Tantite is a rare tantalum oxide mineral with formula: Ta2O5.
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Tanzanite
Tanzanite is the blue and violet variety of the mineral zoisite (a calcium aluminium hydroxyl sorosilicate), caused by small amounts of vanadium.
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Tarapacaite
Tarapacáite is the mineral form of potassium chromate with the chemical formula K2CrO4.
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Tausonite
Tausonite is the rare naturally occurring mineral form of strontium titanate: chemical formula: SrTiO3.
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Teallite
Teallite is a sulfide mineral of tin and lead with chemical formula: PbSnS2.
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Tellurite
The tellurite ion is.
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Tellurium
Tellurium is a chemical element; it has symbol Te and atomic number 52.
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Tellurobismuthite
Tellurobismuthite, or tellurbismuth, is a telluride mineral: bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3).
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Temagamite
Temagamite is a bright white palladium mercury telluride mineral with a hardness of on the Mohs scale.
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Tennantite
Tennantite is a copper arsenic sulfosalt mineral with an ideal formula.
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Tenorite
Tenorite is a copper oxide mineral with the chemical formula CuO.
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Tephroite
Tephroite is the manganese endmember of the olivine group of nesosilicate minerals with the formula Mn2SiO4.
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Terlinguaite
Terlinguaite is the naturally occurring mineral with formula Hg2ClO.
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Teruggite
Teruggite is a mineral with the chemical formula Ca4MgAs2B12O22(OH)12·12H2O.
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Tetradymite
Tetradymite is a mineral consisting of bismuth, tellurium and sulfide, Bi2Te2S, also known as telluric bismuth.
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Tetrahedrite
Tetrahedrite is a copper antimony sulfosalt mineral with formula:.
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Thaumasite
Thaumasite is a calcium silicate mineral, containing Si atoms in unusual octahedral configuration, with chemical formula Ca3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O, also sometimes more simply written as CaSiO3·CaCO3·CaSO4·15H2O.
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Thénardite
Thénardite is an anhydrous sodium sulfate mineral, Na2SO4 which occurs in arid evaporite environments, specifically lakes and playas.
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Thermonatrite
Thermonatrite is a naturally occurring evaporite mineral form of sodium carbonate, Na2CO3·H2O.
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Thomasclarkite-(Y)
Thomasclarkite-(Y) is a rare mineral which was known as UK-93 until 1997, when it was renamed in honour of Thomas H. Clark (1893–1996), McGill University professor.
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Thomsenolite
Thomsenolite is a mineral with formula: NaCaAlF6·H2O.
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Thomsonite
Thomsonite is the name of a series of tecto-silicate minerals of the zeolite group.
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Thorianite
Thorianite is a rare thorium oxide mineral, ThO2.
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Thorite
Thorite, (Th,U)SiO4, is a rare nesosilicate of thorium that crystallizes in the tetragonal system and is isomorphous with zircon and hafnon.
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Thortveitite
Thortveitite is a rare mineral consisting of scandium yttrium silicate (Sc,Y)2Si2O7.
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Thulite
Thulite (sometimes called rosaline) is a translucent, crystalline or massive pink manganese-bearing variety of the mineral zoisite.
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Thuringite
Thuringite is a variety of the chlorite mineral chamosite, a hydrous iron and aluminium silicate mineral.
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Tiemannite
Tiemannite is a mineral, mercury selenide, formula HgSe.
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Tin
Tin is a chemical element; it has symbol Sn and atomic number 50.
Tincalconite
Tincalconite is a hydrous sodium borate mineral closely related to borax, and is a secondary mineral that forms as a dehydration product of borax.
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Titanite
Titanite, or sphene, is a calcium titanium nesosilicate mineral, CaTiSiO5.
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Titanium
Titanium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ti and atomic number 22.
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Titanowodginite
Titanowodginite is a mineral with the chemical formula MnTiTa2O8.
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Todorokite
Todorokite is a complex hydrous manganese oxide mineral with generic chemical formula.
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Tokyoite
Tokyoite is a rare barium manganese vanadate mineral with the chemical formula: Ba2(Mn3+,Fe3+)OH(VO4)2.
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Topaz
Topaz is a silicate mineral made of aluminum and fluorine with the chemical formula AlSiO(F, OH).
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Torbernite
Torbernite, also known as chalcolite, is a relatively common mineral with the chemical formula Cu2(H2O)12.
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Tourmaline
Tourmaline is a crystalline silicate mineral group in which boron is compounded with elements such as aluminium, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, or potassium.
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Travertine
Travertine is a form of terrestrial limestone deposited around mineral springs, especially hot springs.
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Tremolite
Tremolite is a member of the amphibole group of silicate minerals with composition Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2.
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Trevorite
Trevorite is a rare nickel iron oxide mineral belonging to the spinel group.
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Tridymite
Tridymite is a high-temperature polymorph of silica and usually occurs as minute tabular white or colorless pseudo-hexagonal crystals, or scales, in cavities in felsic volcanic rocks.
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Triphylite
Triphylite is a lithium iron(II) phosphate mineral with the chemical formula LiFePO4.
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Triplite
Triplite is a rare phosphate mineral with formula:.
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Triploidite
Triploidite is an uncommon manganese iron phosphate mineral with formula:.
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Troilite
Troilite is a rare iron sulfide mineral with the simple formula of FeS.
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Trona
Trona (trisodium hydrogendicarbonate dihydrate, also sodium sesquicarbonate dihydrate, Na2CO3·NaHCO3·2H2O) is a non-marine evaporite mineral.
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Tsavorite
Tsavorite or tsavolite is a variety of the garnet group species grossular, a calcium-aluminium garnet with the formula Ca3Al2Si3O12.
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Tschermigite
Tschermigite is a mineral form of ammonium alum, formula NH4Al(SO4)2·12(H2O).
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Tugtupite
Tugtupite is a beryllium aluminium tectosilicate.
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Tungsten
Tungsten (also called wolfram) is a chemical element; it has symbol W and atomic number 74.
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Turquoise
Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium, with the chemical formula.
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Tusionite
Tusionite is a rare colorless to transparent to translucent yellow brown trigonal borate mineral with chemical formula: MnSn(BO3)2.
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Tyrolite
Tyrolite is a hydrous calcium copper arsenate carbonate mineral with the formula CaCu5(AsO4)2CO3(OH)4⋅6H2O.
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Tyuyamunite
Tyuyamunite (pronounced tuh-YOO-ya-moon-ite) is a very rare uranium mineral with formula Ca(UO2)2V2O8·(5–8)H2O.
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Uchucchacuaite
Uchucchacuaite (AgMnPb3Sb5S12) is a rare sulfosalt mineral found in hydrothermal deposits.
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Uklonskovite
Uklonskovite (Na Mg(S O4)F) is a colorless monoclinic mineral found in Chile, Italy and Uzbekistan.
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Ulexite
Ulexite sometimes called TV rock or TV stone due to its unusual optical properties, is a hydrous borate hydroxide of sodium and calcium with the chemical formula.
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Ullmannite
Ullmannite or Nickel glance (trivial name) is a nickel antimony sulfide mineral with formula: NiSbS.
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Ulrichite
Ulrichite is a rare green uranium phosphate mineral (CaCu(UO2)2·4H2O).
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Ulvöspinel
Ulvöspinel or ulvite is an iron titanium oxide mineral with formula: Fe2TiO4 or TiFe2+2O4.
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Umangite
Umangite is a copper selenide mineral, Cu3Se2, discovered in 1891.
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Umbite
Umbite (chemical formula) is a potassium zirconosilicate mineral found in northern Russia. Named after Lake Umb (Lake Umbozero), its type locality is Vuonnemiok River Valley, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia.
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Upalite
Upalite (Al(UO2)3(PO4)2O(OH)·7H2O) is a mineral found in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Uraninite
Uraninite, also known as pitchblende, is a radioactive, uranium-rich mineral and ore with a chemical composition that is largely UO2 but because of oxidation typically contains variable proportions of U3O8.
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Uranophane
Uranophane (Ca(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O), also known as uranotile, is a rare calcium uranium silicate hydrate mineral that forms from the oxidation of other uranium-bearing minerals.
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Uranopilite
Uranopilite is a minor ore of uranium with the chemistry (UO2)6SO4(OH)6O2·14H2O or, hydrated uranyl sulfate hydroxide.
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Urea
Urea, also called carbamide (because it is a diamide of carbonic acid), is an organic compound with chemical formula.
Uricite
Uricite is a rare organic mineral form of uric acid, C5H4N4O3.
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Uvarovite
Uvarovite is a chromium-bearing garnet group species with the formula: Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3.
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Vaesite
Vaesite (NiS2) is a mineral found together with cattierite in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Valentinite
Valentinite is an antimony oxide mineral with formula Sb2O3.
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Vanadinite
Vanadinite is a mineral belonging to the apatite group of phosphates, with the chemical formula Pb5(VO4)3Cl.
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Vanadium
Vanadium is a chemical element; it has symbol V and atomic number 23.
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Vantasselite
Vantasselite is a rare aluminium phosphate mineral with formula: Al4(PO4)3(OH)3 •9H2O.
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Variscite
Variscite is a hydrated aluminium phosphate mineral.
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Vaterite
Vaterite is a mineral, a polymorph of calcium carbonate (CaCO3).
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Vauquelinite
Vauquelinite is a complex mineral with the formula CuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH) making it a combined chromate and phosphate of copper and lead.
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Vauxite
Vauxite is a phosphate mineral with the chemical formula Fe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·6(H2O).
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Vermiculite
Vermiculite is a hydrous phyllosilicate mineral which undergoes significant expansion when heated.
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Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite, also known as idocrase, is a green, brown, yellow, or blue silicate mineral.
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Villiaumite
Villiaumite is a rare halide mineral composed of sodium fluoride, NaF.
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Violarite
Violarite (Fe2+Ni23+S4) is a supergene sulfide mineral associated with the weathering and oxidation of primary pentlandite nickel sulfide ore minerals.
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Vivianite
Vivianite is a hydrated iron(II) phosphate mineral found in a number of geological environments.
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Volborthite
Volborthite is a mineral containing copper and vanadium, with the formula Cu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O.
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Wadsleyite
Wadsleyite is an orthorhombic mineral with the formula β-(Mg,Fe)2SiO4.
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Wagnerite
Wagnerite is a mineral, a combined phosphate and fluoride of iron and magnesium, with the formula.
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Wardite
Wardite is a hydrous sodium aluminium phosphate hydroxide mineral with formula: NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2(H2O).
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Warwickite
Warwickite is an iron magnesium titanium borate mineral with the chemical formula or.
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Water
Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.
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Wavellite
Wavellite is an aluminium basic phosphate mineral with formula Al3(PO4)2(OH, F)3·5H2O.
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Wüstite
Wüstite (FeO, sometimes also written as Fe0.95O) is a mineral form of mostly iron(II) oxide found with meteorites and native iron.
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Weddellite
Weddellite (CaC2O4·2H2O) is a mineral form of calcium oxalate named for occurrences of millimeter-sized crystals found in bottom sediments of the Weddell Sea, off Antarctica.
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Weilite
Weilite (CaHAsO4) is a rare arsenate mineral.
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Weissite
Weissite is a telluride mineral, a copper telluride.
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Weloganite
Weloganite is a rare carbonate mineral with the formula: It was discovered by Canadian government mineralogist Ann P. Sabina in 1967 and named for Canadian geologist Sir William Edmond Logan (1798–1875).
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Whewellite
Whewellite is a mineral, hydrated calcium oxalate, formula Ca C2O4·H2O.
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Whitlockite
Whitlockite is a mineral, an unusual form of calcium phosphate.
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Willemite
Willemite is a zinc silicate mineral and a minor ore of zinc.
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Wiluite
Wiluite is a dark green, brownish, or black blocky silicate mineral with the chemical formula.
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Witherite
Witherite is a barium carbonate mineral, BaCO3, in the aragonite group.
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Wolframite
Wolframite is an iron, manganese, and tungstate mineral with a chemical formula of that is the intermediate mineral between ferberite (rich) and hübnerite (rich).
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Wollastonite
Wollastonite is a calcium inosilicate mineral (CaSiO3) that may contain small amounts of iron, magnesium, and manganese substituting for calcium.
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Wulfenite
Wulfenite is a lead molybdate mineral with the formula PbMoO4.
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Wurtzite
Wurtzite is a zinc and iron sulfide mineral with the chemical formula, a less frequently encountered structural polymorph form of sphalerite.
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Wyartite
Wyartite ·7H2O is a uranium bearing mineral named after Jean Wyart (1902–1992), mineralogist at the Sorbonne, Paris.
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Xenotime
Xenotime is a rare-earth phosphate mineral, the major component of which is yttrium orthophosphate (YPO4).
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Xifengite
Xifengite (Fe5Si3) is a rare metallic iron silicide mineral.
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Xonotlite
Xonotlite, or eakleite, is a mineral of general formula named by the German mineralogist Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg in 1866.
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Ye'elimite
Ye'elimite is the naturally occurring form of anhydrous calcium sulfoaluminate,.
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Yttrialite
Yttrialite or Yttrialite-(Y) is a rare yttrium thorium sorosilicate mineral with formula: (Y,Th)2Si2O7.
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Yttrocerite
Yttrocerite is a variety of the mineral fluorite with a chemical formula CaF2+(Y,Ce)F3.
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Zabuyelite
Zabuyelite is the natural mineral form of lithium carbonate, with a formula Li2CO3.
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Zaccagnaite
Zaccagnaite is a mineral, with a formula Zn4Al2CO3(OH)12·3H2O.
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Zaherite
Zaherite is a mineral, a complex sulfate of aluminium, formula Al12(OH)26(SO4)5·20H2O.
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Zakharovite
Zakharovite is a mineral, a silicate of sodium and manganese; formula Na4Mn5Si10O24(OH)6·6H2O.
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Zanazziite
Zanazziite is a complex hydrated phosphate mineral from the roscherite group.
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Zaratite
Zaratite is a bright emerald green nickel carbonate mineral with formula Ni3CO3(OH)4·4H2O.
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Zektzerite
The mineral zektzerite is a member of the tuhualite group and was first found in 1966 by Seattle mineralogist Benjamin Bartlett "Bart" Cannon.
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Zeolite
Zeolite is a family of several microporous, crystalline aluminosilicate materials commonly used as commercial adsorbents and catalysts.
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Zhanghengite
Zhanghengite is a mineral consisting of 80% copper and zinc, 10% iron, and 10% chromium and aluminium.
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Zharchikhite
Zharchikhite is a halide mineral, a hydroxyl fluoride of aluminium; formula AlF(OH)2.
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Zhemchuzhnikovite
Zhemchuzhnikovite is an oxalate mineral of organic origin; formula NaMg(FeAl)C2O4·8H2O.
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Ziesite
Ziesite is a copper vanadate mineral with formula: β-Cu2V2O7.
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Zimbabweite
Zimbabweite is a yellow brown mineral with orthorhombic crystal habit and a hardness of 5, with formula.
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Zincite
Zincite is the mineral form of zinc oxide (ZnO).
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Zincmelanterite
Zincmelanterite is a mineral, a sulfate of zinc, copper and iron with the chemical formula.
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Zincobotryogen
Zincobotryogen is a hydrous sulfate mineral with the chemical formula.
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Zincochromite
Zincochromite is a zinc chromium oxide mineral with the formula ZnCr2O4.
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Zinkenite
Zinkenite is a steel-gray metallic sulfosalt mineral composed of lead antimony sulfide Pb9Sb22S42.
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Zinnwaldite
Zinnwaldite, KLiFeAl(AlSi3)O10(OH,F)2, potassium lithium iron aluminium silicate hydroxide fluoride is a silicate mineral in the mica group.
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Zippeite
Zippeite is a hydrous potassium uranium sulfate mineral with formula: K4(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10·4(H2O).
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Zircon
Zircon is a mineral belonging to the group of nesosilicates and is a source of the metal zirconium.
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Zirconolite
Zirconolite is a mineral, calcium zirconium titanate; formula CaZrTi2O7.
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Zircophyllite
Zircophyllite is a complex mineral, formula.
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Zirkelite
Zirkelite is an oxide mineral with the chemical formula.
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Zoisite
Zoisite, first known as saualpite, after its type locality, is a calcium aluminum hydroxy sorosilicate belonging to the epidote group of minerals.
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Zunyite
Zunyite is a sorosilicate mineral, Al13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl, composed of aluminium, silicon, hydrogen, chlorine, oxygen, and fluorine.
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Zykaite
Zykaite or zýkaite is a grey-white mineral consisting of arsenic, hydrogen, iron, sulfur and oxygen with formula: Fe3+4(AsO4)3(SO4)(OH)·15(H2O).
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