A

1. Actinolite

2. Adamite

3. Aegirine

4. Albite

5. Alforsite

6. Altaite

7. Alunite

8. Amblygonite

9. Amphibole (mineral group)

10. Analcite

11. Anatase

12. Andalusite

13. Anglesite

14. Anhydrite

15. Ankerite

16. Anorthite

17. Anorthoclase

18. Anthophyllite

19. Antigorite

20. Apatite (mineral group)

21. Aragonite

22. Arfvedsonite

23. Argentite

24. Armalcolite

25. Arsenopyrite

26. Astrophyllite

27. Augite

28. Aurichalcite

29. Auricupride

30. Autunite

31. Axinite (mineral group)

32. Azurite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Agate (variety of quartz)

2. Alabaster (variety of gypsum)

3. Alexandrite (variety of chrysoberyl)

4. Allingite (synonym of amber)

5. Alum

6. Amazonite (variety of microcline)

7. Amber (fossilized resin)

8. Amethyst (purple variety of quartz)

9. Ammolite (organic; also a gemstone)

10. Amosite (asbestiform grunerite)

11. Anyolite (metamorphic rock - zoisite,

ruby, and hornblende)

12. Aquamarine (light blue variety of beryl)

13. Asbestos (fibrous serpentine- or

amphibole minerals)

14. Avalite (A chromian variety of Illite.)

15. Aventurine (variety of quartz)

B

1. Baddeleyite

2. Barite (Baryte, British spelling)

3. Bastnaesite (mineral group)

4. Benitoite

5. Bertrandite

6. Beryl

7. Biotite

8. Bismuthinite

9. Bixbyite

10. Blödite

11. Blossite

12. Boehmite

13. Boracite

14. Borax

15. Bornite

16. Brazilianite

17. Briartite

18. Brookite

19. Brucite

20. Bytownite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Bauxite (it's an ore)

2. Beckerite (natural resin)

3. Bixbite (red gem variety of beryl)

4. Burmite (amber from Burma)

C

1. Calaverite

2. Calcite

3. Caledonite

4. Canfieldite

5. Carnallite

6. Carnotite

7. Cassiterite

8. Cavansite

9. Celadonite

10. Celestite

11. Cerussite

12. Chabazite (a group of closely-related

minerals in the zeolite group)

13. Chalcanthite

14. Chalcocite

15. Chalcopyrite

16. Chlorite (mineral group)

17. Chromite

18. Chrysoberyl

19. Chrysocolla

20. Cinnabar

21. Clinochrysotile

22. Clinoclase

23. Clintonite

24. Cobaltite

25. Coesite

26. Coffinite

27. Colemanite

28. Columbite (mineral group)

29. Cooperite

30. Copper

31. Cordierite

32. Corundum

33. Covellite

34. Creedite

35. Cristobalite

36. Crookesite

37. Cryolite

38. Cummingtonite

39. Cuprite

40. Cyanotrichite

41. Cylindrite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Carnelian (variety of quartz)

2. Chalcedony (cryptocrystalline variety of

quartz)

3. Chrysolite (gemmy yellow-green

forsterite)

4. Chrysoprase (green nickel bearing

chalcedony)

5. Chrysotile (group name - asbestiform

serpentine)

6. Citrine (yellow variety of quartz)

7. Cleveite

8. Coltan (short for minerals of the

columbite group)

9. Crocidolite (asbestiform riebeckite)

10. Cymophane (variety of chrysoberyl)

D

1. Datolite

2. Dawsonite

3. Diamond

4. Diaspore

5. Dickite

6. Diopside

7. Dioptase

8. Dolomite

9. Dumortierite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Delessite (magnesian chamosite)

2. Diatomite (diatomaceous earth)

E

1. Enargite

2. Enstatite

3. Epidote

4. Epsomite

5. Erythrite

6. Euchroite

7. Euclase

8. Euxenite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Emerald (green gem variety of beryl)

F

1. Fayalite (olivine group)

2. Feldspar (mineral group)

3. Feldspathoid (mineral group)

4. Ferberite

5. Feroxyhyte

6. Ferrierite (subgroup of zeolite minerals)

7. Ferro-anthophyllite

8. Ferrocolumbite

9. Ferrohortonolite (olivine group)

10. Ferrotantalite

11. Fergusonite (mineral group)

12. Fluorapatite (apatite group)

13. Fluorichterite (amphibole group)

14. Fluorite

15. Fluorspar (synonym of fluorite)

16. Forsterite (olivine group)

17. Franckeite

18. Franklinite (spinel group)

19. Freieslebenite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Ferricrete Iron oxide cemented soil or

sediment

G

1. Gadolinite (mineral group)

2. Gahnite

3. Galena

4. Garnet (mineral group)

5. Garnierite

6. Germanite

7. Geigerite

8. Gibbsite

9. Glauberite

10. Glauconite

11. Glaucophane

12. Goethite

13. Gold

14. Graphite

15. Greenockite

16. Grunerite

17. Gypsum

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Gedanite (fossilized resin)

2. Golden beryl (golden-yellow variety of

beryl)

3. Green beryl (light green variety of beryl)

4. Glessite (natural resin)

H

1. Haggertyite

2. Halite

3. Hapkeite

4. Hematite

5. Hemimorphite

6. Hibonite

7. Hornblende

8. Hübnerite

9. Hutchinsonite

10. Hydroxylapatite

11. Hydrozincite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Heliodor (greenish-yellow variety of

beryl)

2. Hiddenite (variety of spodumene)

3. Hyalite (variety of opal)

I

1. Idocrase (synonym of vesuvianite)

2. Idrialite

3. Illite

4. Ilmenite

5. Iron

J

1. Jadeite

2. Jarosite

3. Juonniite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Jade (tough, green mineral either jadeite

or nephrite amphibole)

2. Jasper (variety of quartz)

3. Jet (fossilised wood)

K

1. Kainite

2. Kalsilite

3. Kamacite

4. Kaolinite

5. Kernite

6. Kieserite

7. Kobellite

8. Kogarkoite

9. Kolbeckite

10. Krennerite

11. Kyanite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Keilhauite (variety of titanite)

2. Krantzite (natural resin)

3. Kunzite (variety of spodumene)

L

1. Labradorite

2. Lansfordite

3. Lazurite

4. Lepidolite

5. Leucite

6. Lizardite

7. Lonsdaleite

8. Lorandite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Lapis lazuli (a rock consisting primarily

of lazurite, calcite and pyrite)

2. Larimar (blue variety of pectolite)

3. Lechatelierite (fused quartz glass)

4. Lignite (a type of coal)

5. Limonite -(a mineraloid )

6. Lodestone (a synonym of magnetite)

M

1. Maghemite

2. Magnesite

3. Magnetite

4. Malachite

5. Malacolite

6. Manganite

7. Manganocolumbite

8. Manganotantalite

9. Marcasite

10. Margaritasite

11. Mendozite

12. Metacinnabarite

13. Mica (a group of silicate minerals)

14. Microcline

15. Millerite

16. Mimetite

17. Mirabilite

18. Moissanite

19. Molybdenite

20. Monazite

21. Montmorillonite (clay mineral)

22. Moolooite

23. Murdochite

24. Muscovite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Magnesia

2. Mariposite (variety of

phengite/muscovite)

3. Menilite (variety of opal)

4. Meerschaum (variety of sepiolite)

5. Milky quartz (a cloudy white quartz)

6. Morganite (a pink beryl)

7. Morion (synonym of smoky quartz)

N

1. Native copper

2. Natrolite

3. Natron

4. Nepheline

5. Nephrite

6. Niccolite

7. Niobite (synonym of columbite)

8. Niobite-tantalite (synonym of columbite-

tantalite)

O

1. Olivine (a group of silicate minerals)

2. Opal

3. Orpiment

4. Orthochrysotile

5. Orthoclase

6. Overite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Onyx (a monochromatic banded variety

of chalcedony)

P

1. Parachrysotile

2. Paragonite

3. Pectolite

4. Pentlandite

5. Periclase

6. Perovskite

7. Petalite

8. Petzite

9. Pezzottaite

10. Pharmacosiderite

11. Phenakite

12. Phillipsite

13. Phlogopite

14. Plagioclase Na-Ca feldspar.

15. Pollucite

16. Potassium alum

17. Polycrase

18. Prehnite

19. Proustite

20. Pyrite

21. Pyrochlore

22. Pyrolusite

23. Pyromorphite

24. Pyrophyllite

25. Pyroxene (group of silicate minerals)

26. Pyrrhotite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Palagonite (basaltic volcanic glass)

2. Perlite (volcanic glass)

3. Phosphorite (name given to impure,

massive apatite.)

4. Plessite (mixture of kamacite and

taenite)

5. Pitchblende (a massive impure form of

uraninite)

6. Pumicite (synonym of pumice)

Q

1. Quartz

R

1. Realgar

2. Rheniite

3. Rhodochrosite

4. Rhodonite

5. Riebeckite

6. Rutile

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Rock crystal (quartz)

2. Rose quartz

3. Roumanite (amber)

4. Ruby (red gem corundum)

S

1. Safflorite

2. Sal ammoniac

3. Samarskite

4. Sanbornite

5. Sanidine (orthoclase variety)

6. Saponite (clay mineral)

7. Sapphirine

8. Sauconite

9. Scapolite (a group of silicate minerals)

10. Scheelite

11. Schorl (black tourmaline)

12. Schreibersite

13. Scolecite

14. Seeligerite

15. Segelerite

16. Sekaninaite

17. Selenide

18. Selenite

19. Selenium

20. Seligmannite

21. Sepiolite

22. Serpentine

23. Shattuckite

24. Siderite

25. Sillimanite

26. Silver

27. Simetite

28. Skutterudite

29. Smaltite

30. Smectite

31. Smithsonite

32. Soda niter

33. Sodalite

34. Sperrylite

35. Spessartite

36. Sphalerite

37. Sphene

38. Spinel

39. Spodumene

40. Stannite

41. Staurolite

42. Steacyite

43. Steatite (talc)

44. Stephanite

45. Stibnite

46. Stichtite

47. Stilbite

48. Stilleite

49. Stolzite

50. Stromeyerite

51. Strontianite

52. Sugilite

53. Sulfur

54. Sussexite

55. Sylvanite

56. Sylvite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Sapphire (gem corundum of any color

except red, especially blue varieties)

2. Sard (a variety of chalcedony/quartz)

3. Satinspar (a variety of Gypsum)

4. Smoky quartz (a brown or black variety

of quartz)

5. Soapstone (a rock)

6. Stantienite (variety of amber)

T

1. Taenite

2. Talc

3. Tantalite

4. Tarapacaite

5. Teallite

6. Tennantite

7. Tenorite

8. Tephroite

9. Terlinguaite

10. Tetrahedrite

11. Thenardite

12. Thorianite

13. Thorite

14. Thortveitite

15. Tiemannite

16. Tin

17. Tincalconite

18. Titanite

19. Topaz

20. Torbernite

21. Tourmaline (group of silicate minerals)

22. Tremolite

23. Tridymite

24. Triphylite

25. Trona

26. Tschermigite

27. Tugtupite

28. Turquoise

29. Tyuyamunite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Tanzanite (variety of Zoisite)

2. Thulite (variety of Zoisite)

3. Travertine (form of calcium carbonate)

4. Tsavorite (gem variety of grossularite

garnet)

U

1. Ulexite

2. Ullmannite

3. Ulvospinel

4. Umangite

5. Unakite

6. Uraninite

7. Uranophane

8. Uvarovite

Varieties that are not valid species:

1. Ultramarine

2. Uralite alteration actinolite

V

1. Valentinite

2. Vanadinite

3. Variscite

4. Vaterite

5. Vermiculite

6. Vesuvianite

7. Villiaumite

8. Vivianite

W

1. Wardite

2. Wavellite

3. Weloganite

4. Whitlockite

5. Willemite

6. Witherite

7. Wolframite

8. Wollastonite

9. Wulfenite

X

1. Xenotime

Y

1. Yttrialite

Z

1. Zabuyelite

2. Zaccagnaite

3. Zaherite

4. Zajacite-(Ce)

5. Zakharovite

6. Zanazziite

7. Zaratite

8. Zeolite (group of silicate minerals)

9. Zhanghengite

10. Zharchikhite

11. Zhemchuzhnikovite

12. Zhonghuacerite-(Ce)

13. Ziesite

14. Zimbabweite

15. Zinalsite

16. Zinc-melanterite

17. Zincite

18. Zincobotryogen

19. Zincochromite

20. Zinkenite

21. Zinnwaldite

22. Zippeite

23. Zircon

24. Zirconolite

25. Zircophyllite

26. Zirkelite

27. Zoisite

28. Zunyite