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Select a letter from the list above to jump to all minerals starting with that letter. All mineral names, commonly used variety names, and synonyms are listed below. As this site continually grows, new minerals and pictures are constantly added. Many minerals have not been catalogued in our database, so please understand this if the mineral you are looking for cannot be found.

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AGATE OPAL Agate Opal
ALBITE (Plagioclase Feldspar) Albite, variety Cleavlandite
ANGLESITE Colorless Anglesite crystal
ARAGONITE Pseudohexagonal prismatic Aragonite trilling , Red crystal cluster of prismatic penetrating Aragonite trillings , Tuberose Aragonite blobs , Rounded cluster of pseudohexagonal Aragonite trillings , Spray of prismatic Aragonite crystals
ARSENOPYRITE Arsenopyrite with Quartz
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BABINGTONITE Grouping of lustrous black Babingtonite crystals
BLACK OPAL Unpolished Black Opal , Polished Black Opal , Polished Black Opal , Polished Black Opal
BONAMITE (Smithsonite) Bonamite (globular blue or green variety of Smithsonite)
BOULDER OPAL Polished Boulder Opal
BROCHANTITE Green mass of tiny radiating Brochantite crystals
BUSTAMITE Pink Bustamite with Franklinite
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CADMIUM SMITHSONITE Cadmium Smithsonite (yellow Smithsonite colored by cadmium impurities)
CALCITE White Calcite rhombohedrons with Pyrite , Cluster of brown scalenohedrons , Yellow rhombohedral-scalenohedral crystal , Calcite rhombohedrons of different colors , Colorless crystal , Orange Calcite stalactites , Brain-like growth of Calcite , Interesting platy form of Calcite , Salmon Calcite rhomb , Aggregate of spiky scalenohedral crystals
CALCITE (cont.) Aggregate of white crystals , Rhombohedral crystal cleaved from original mineral , Botryoidal grouping of rhombohedral crystals
CERUSSITE Bipyramidal Cerussite crystal , Fragile white Cerussite crystals
CHALCOPYRITE Curved tetrahedral Chalcopyrite crystals , Chalcopyrite with Hematite on Calcite
CHERRY OPAL Cherry Opal on matrix , Faceted Cherry Opal
CLARO OPAL Polished Claro Opal
CLEAVELANDITE (Albite) Cleavlandite (bladed or platy variety of Albite)
COLEMANITE Grainy crystal aggregate
COPPER Distorted Copper mass , Copper crystals in Copper mass
COPPER SMITHSONITE Copper Smithsonite (blue or green variety of Smithsonite colored by copper impurities)
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DOGTOOTH CALCITE Cluster of brown scalenohedrons
DOLLAR (Pyrite) Pyrite "Dollars"
DOLOMITE Curved pink Dolomite crystals ("Pearl Spar") , Curved white Dolomite crystals with Chalcopyrite
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ELBAITE (Tourmaline) Green Elbaite Tourmaline in Calcite
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FELDSPAR Albite (Plagioclase Feldspar group)
FIRE OPAL Unpolished Mexican Fire Opal
FLASH OPAL Flash Opal
FOOL'S GOLD (Pyrite) Single Pyrite cube , Pyrite "Pyritohedron" , Mass of Pyrite crystals , Pyrite "Dollars" , Intergrown cubic Pyrite twins
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GLAUBERITE Glauberite crystal twins
GOLD Roasted Gold
GOLD OPAL Faceted Gold Opal
GRAPHITE Mass from a Graphite vein
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HONEY OPAL Faceted Honey Opal
HOWLITE Two polished Howlite specimens
HYALITE (Opal) Hyalite Opal replacement of wood , amorphous Hyalite Opal with a yellow tinge
HYDROZINCITE Hydrozincite and Zincite , Massive Hydrozincite
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JELLY OPAL Jelly Opal with play of color , Jelly Opal with billow bluish sheen
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KERNITE Efflorescent Kernite crystal
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LARIMAR (Pectolite) Pectolite variety Larimar
LECHOSOS OPAL Polished Lechosos Opal
LEMON OPAL Faceted Lemon Opal
LINARITE Blue vein of Linarite , Blue spray of Linarite
LODESTONE (Magnetite) Lodestone (magnetic variety of Magnetite)
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MAGNETITE Oxidized Magnetite crystal grouping , Distorted Magnetite crystal , Octahedral Magnetite crystal , Lodestone (magnetic variety of Magnetite) , Magnetite in Calcite
MARCASITE Marcasite crystal aggregate
MERCURY Mercury blobs on Cinnabar
MEXICAN FIRE OPAL Unpolished Mexican Fire Opal , Faceted Mexican Fire Opal , Faceted Mexican Fire Opal (variety Chery Opal) , Faceted Mexican Fire Opal (variety Honey Opal)
MILK OPAL Unpolished Milk Opal
MIMETITE Yellow blobs of Mimetite with Wulfenite
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NATIVE COPPER Distorted Copper mass , Copper crystals in Copper mass
NATIVE GOLD Roasted Gold
NATIVE SILVER Dendritic Silver , Silver "nugget" , Silver in vein from Cobalt, Ontario
NATIVE SULFUR Bright yellow Sulfur crystal fragment , Small rounded Sulfur crystals , Glassy rouned Sulfur crystals on rock , Massive bubbly Sulfur
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OPAL Unpolished Black Opal , Polished Black Opal , Polished Black Opal , Polished Black Opal , Polished White Opal , Hyalite Opal replacement of wood , Amorphous Hyalite Opal with a yellow tinge , Cherry Opal on matrix , Faceted Cherry Opal , Polished Claro Opal
OPAL (cont.) Faceted Gold Opal , Polished Jelly Opal , Polished Lechosos Opal , Faceted Lemon Opal , Unpolished Mexican Fire Opal , Faceted Mexican Fire Opal , Unpolished Milk Opal , Agate Opal , Flash Opal , Water Opal with billowy bluish sheen
OPAL (cont.) Polished Boulder Opal , Unpolished Mexican Fire Opal , Polished Precious Fire Opal , Quinzite Opal (rose to pink colored Opal)
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PEARL SPAR (Dolomite) Pearl Spar (Curved pink Dolomite)
PECTOLITE Radiating Pectolite needles , Fibrous Pectolite needles , Pectolite variety Larimar
PINFIRE OPAL Unpolished Mexican Fire Opal
PLAGIOCLASE FELDSPARS Albite (Plagioclase Feldspar group)
PRECIOUS OPAL Polished White Opal , Polished Black Opal , Polished Precious Fire Opal , Jelly Opal with play of color
PRECIOUS FIRE OPAL Polished Precious Fire Opal
PYRITE Single Pyrite cube , Pyrite "Pyritohedron" , Mass of Pyrite crystals , Pyrite "Dollars" , Intergrown cubic Pyrite twins
PYROMORPHITE Hexagonal Pyromorphite "barrels"
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QUINZITE OPAL Quinzite Opal (rose to pink colored Opal)
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RHODOCHROSITE Blood-red Rhodochrosite scalenohedrons , Pink Rhodochrosite rhombohedrons in rock , Pink Rhodochrosite on Quartz , Slab of banded Rhodochrosite , Rhodochrosite stalactite
ROSINCA (Rhodochrosite) Rosicna (banded Rhodochrosite from Stalactite)
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SALMON CALCITE Salmon Calcite rhomb
SHELL OPAL Shell Opal (Opal replacement of shell)
SILVER Dendritic Silver , Silver "nugget" , Silver in vein from Cobalt, Ontario
SIDERITE Rounded Siderite crystal , Greenish-brown, platy Siderite aggregate
SMITHSONITE Botryoidal yellow Smithsonite ("Turkey Fat Ore") , Blue Smithsonite ("Bonamite")
STRONTIANITE Ball-like, radiating aggregate of Strontianite , Radiating cluster of spiky crystals
SULFUR Bright yellow Sulfur crystal fragment , Small rounded Sulfur crystals , Glassy rouned Sulfur crystals on rock , Massive bubbly Sulfur
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TOURMALINE Group Green Elbaite Tourmaline in Calcite
TURKEY FAT ORE (Smithsonite) Turkey Fat Ore (globular or stalactitic yellow Smithsonite)
   
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ULEXITE Massive hunk , Fibrous vein , Vein in rock
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WATER OPAL Water Opal with billowy bluish sheen
WOLLASTONITE Wollastonite crystal grouping , Radiating Wollastonite
WHITE OPAL Polished White Opal , Polished White "Jelly" Opal , Polished White Opal
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