Minerals Encyclopedia

We offer you simple and useful informations on each mineral species, from their most beautiful worldwide and French localities to their physico-chemical characteristics and their syntheses and treatments.

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Acanthite

Actinolite

Adamite

Adelite

Adularia

Aegyrine

Aenigmatite

Aeschynite

Afghanite

Afwillite

Agate

Alexandrite
Allanite

Almandine

Amazonite

Amber

Amesite

Amethyst

Ametrine

Amphibole

Aquamarine

Analcime

Anatase

Andalusite

Andratite
Anglesite

Antigorite
Apatite
Apophyllite
Aragonite

Arsenopyrite

Astrophyllite

Atacamite

Augelite

Augite

Autunite

Axinite

Azurite

Babingtonite

Barite
Bastnäsite

Benitoite
Beryl

Beryllonite

Betafite

BIF

Biotite

Bixbyite
Boleite

Boracite

Bornite
Boulangerite

Bournonite

Bowenite

Brazilianite

Brochantite

Bronzite

Brookite

Brucite

Calcite

Carnelian
Carrollite
Cassiterite
Cavansite
Celestite
Cerussite

Chalcanthite
Chalcedony

Chalcocite

Chalcophyllite

Chalcopyrite

Chalcosiderite

Charoite

Chiastolite

Chlorite

Chondrodite

Chrysoberyl
Chrysocolla

Chrysoprase

Chrysotile
Cinnabar

Citrine

Cleiophane

Clinochlore

Copal

Copper
Cordierite

Cornetite

Corundum

Crocoite

Cuprite
Cyanotrichite

Danburite
Datolite
Descloizite

Diamond
Diaspore

Diopside

Dioptase

Dolomite

Dumortierite

Emerald

Enstatite
Epidote

Erythrite
Ettringite

Euclase

Eudialyte

Feldspar

Feldspathoid

Ferberite

Fluorite
Forsterite

Galena

Garnet
Gibbsite

Glauberite

Goethite

Gold

Gormanite

Grandidierite

Grossularite

Groutite

Gypsum

Hackmanite

Halite

Heliotrope
Hematite
Hemimorphite

Hessonite

Heulandite

Hibonite

Hiddenite

Hubnerite

Hypersthene

Idocrase

Ilvaite

Inesite
Iolite

Iron tiger's eye

Jade

Jadeite (jade)

Jamesonite

Jasper

Jeremejevite

Kämmererite

Kunzite
Kutnohorite

Kyanite

Labradorite

Lapis lazuli

Larimar

Lazulite

Lazurite

Legrandite
Lepidolite

Leucite

Libethenite

Linarite

Lizardite

Lussatite (var.)

Magnetite
Malachite

Marcasite

Marialite

Marmatite

Meionite

Melanophlogite

Mica
Mimetite

Molybdenite

Monazite

Muscovite

Narsarsukite
Natrolite

Nepheline

Nephrite (jade)

Neptunite

Okenite

Olivine

Onyx
Opal

Orpiment

Pargasite
Pectolite

Pentagonite
Peridot

Pezzottaite
Phenakite

Phillipsite

Phosphosiderite

Pietersite

Pinite

Prehnite

Prixite

Pyrite

Pyrolusite

Pyromorphite

Pyrope

Pyroxene

Pyrrhotite

Quartz

Realgar
Rhodochrosite

Rhodonite

Roselite
Ruby

Rutile

Sanidine

Sapphire

Scapolite

Scheelite

Scolecite

Semseyite

Senarmontite

Serandite

Serpentine

Shattuckite

Siderite

Silver
Skutterudite
Smithsonite
Sodalite
Spessartite
Sphalerite
Sphene
Spinel
Spodumene
Staurolite
Stibnite
Stilbite
Stolzite
Sturmanite
Sulphur

Tantalite

Tanzanite

Tetrahedrite

Titanite

Topaz

Torbernite

Tourmaline

Tsavorite

Turquoise

Ugrandite

Unakite

Uranocircite

Uranophane

Vanadinite

Variscite

Väyrynenite

Vesuvianite

Villiaumite
Vivianite

Wardite

Wavellite

Whiteite

Wiluite

Wolframite
Wulfenite

Zeolite

Zinkenite

Zircon

Zoisite

Zunyite