It is currently not possible to have a "complete list of minerals". The International Mineralogical Association is the international group that recognises new minerals and new mineral names, however minerals discovered before 1959 did not go through the official naming procedure, although some minerals published previously have been either confirmed or discredited since that date. This list contains a mixture of mineral names that have been approved since 1959 and those mineral names believed to still refer to valid mineral species (these are called "grandfathered" species).

The list is divided into groups:

The data was exported from mindat.org on April 29, 2005, revised 2011.

The minerals are sorted by name with the IMA approval, followed by the year of publication (if it's before an IMA approval procedure) and the Nickel-Strunz code. The first link is to mindat.org, the second link is to webmineral.com, and the third is to the Handbook of Mineralogy (Mineralogical Society of America).

  • Abbreviations:
    • "*" - discredited (IMA/CNMNC status).
    • "?" - questionable/doubtful (IMA/CNMNC status).
    • N - published without approval of the IMA/CNMNC.
    • G - a name used to designate a group of species.
    • I - intermediate member of a solid-solution series.
    • H - hypothetical mineral (synthetic, anthropogenic, etc.)
    • ch - chemical analysis incomplete. Published without approval and formally discredited or not approved, yet.
    • no - no link available.
    • IUPAC - IUPAC name.
    • red. - redefinition of ...
    • Y: 1NNN - year of publication.
    • Y: old - known before publications were available.

H

File:Haiweeite-Gypsum-171827.jpg
Haiweeite & Gypsum, Perus, São Paulo (state), Brazil. Detail; click on photo for full specimen.
File:Halite-249322.jpg
Halite crystal-chain, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Size: 6.7 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm.
File:Halite-Nahcolite-132156.jpg
Pink halite crystals from Searles Lake, California, USA. Size: 8.8 x 4.6 x 4.6 cm.
File:Hausmannite-Datolite-273106.jpg
Hausmannite pseudo-octahedrons with pink Datolite, Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Size: 2.7 x 2.6 x 1.6 cm.
File:Hauyne-169904.jpg
Hauyne from Mayen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Crystal is about 0.5 cm.
File:Hematite-Andradite-120684.jpg
Andradite coating Hematite, Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. 4.2 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm. This Photo was Mindat.org Photo of the Day - 15th Mar 2008.
File:Hematite-284766.jpg
Oxidized botryoidal Hematite with a distinctive multi-colored patina, from Crowders Mountain Iron Prospect near Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Size: 19.7 x 14.2 x 6.2 cm.
File:Hemimorphite-193876.jpg
Hemimorphite from Wenshan Mine, Wenshan County, China. Size: 12.4 x 6.8 x 3.1 cm.
File:Heterogenite-Chrysocolla-117552.jpg
Blue-green botryoidal Chrysocolla coating a plate of botryoidal Heterogenite, from Kolwezi, old Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Size: 14 x 12.6 x 2.4 cm.
  1. Haapalaite [1] [2] [3]
  2. Hafnon [4] [5] [6]
  3. Hagendorfite [7] [8] [9]
  4. Haggertyite [10] [11] [12]
  5. Häggite [13] [14] [15]
  6. Haidingerite [16] [17] [18]
  7. Haigerachite [19] [20] [21]
  8. Haineaultite [22] [23] [no]
  9. Hainite [24] [25] [26]
  10. Haiweeite [27] [28] [29]
  11. Hakite [30] [31] [32]
  12. Håleniusite-(La) [33] [34] [no]
  13. Halite [35] [36] [37]
    (IUPAC: Sodium chloride)
  14. Hallimondite [38] [39] [40]
  15. Halloysite-7A 09.ED.10 [41] [42] [43]
  16. Halloysite-10A 09.ED.10 [44] [45] [no]
  17. Halotrichite [46] [47] [48]
  18. Halurgite [49] [50] [51]
  19. Hambergite [52] [53] [54]
  20. Hammarite [55] [56] [57]
  21. Hanawaltite [58] [59] [60]
  22. Hanksite [61] [62] [63]
  23. Hannayite [64] [65] [66]
  24. Hannebachite [67] [68] [69]
  25. Hapkeite [70] [71] [no]
  26. Haradaite [72] [73] [74]
  27. Hardystonite [75] [76] [77]
  28. Harkerite [78] [79] [80]
  29. Harmotome [81] [82] [83]
  30. Harrisonite [84] [85] [86]
  31. Harstigite [87] [88] [89]
  32. Hartite 10.BA.10 [90] [91] [92]
  33. Hashemite [93] [94] [95]
  34. Hastingsite [96] [97] [98]
  35. Hatchite [99] [100] [101]
  36. Hatrurite [102] [103] [104]
  37. Hauchecornite [105] [106] [107]
  38. Hauckite [108] [109] [110]
  39. Hauerite [111] [112] [113]
  40. Hausmannite 04.BB.10 [114] [115] [116]
  41. Haüyne [117] [118] [119]
  42. Hawleyite [120] [121] [122]
  43. Hawthorneite [123] [124] [125]
  44. Haxonite [126] [127] [128]
  45. Haycockite [129] [130] [131]
  46. Haydeeite (2006-046) 03.DA.10c [132] [133] [no]
  47. Haynesite [134] [135] [136]
  48. Hazenite (2007-061) 08.CH.40 [137] [138] [no]
  49. Heazlewoodite [139] [140] [141]
  50. Hechtsbergite [142] [143] [144]
  51. Hectorfloresite [145] [146] [147]
  52. Hectorite? [148] [149] [150]
  53. Hedenbergite [151] [152] [153]
  54. Hedleyite [154] [155] [156]
  55. Hedyphane [157] [158] [159]
  56. Heftetjernite (2006-056) 04.DB.30 [160] [161] [no]
  57. Heideite [162] [163] [164]
  58. Heidornite [165] [166] [167]
  59. Heinrichite [168] [169] [170]
  60. Hejtmanite [171] [172] [173]
  61. Heklaite (2008-052) 03.?? [174] [175] [no]
    (IUPAC: Potassium sodium silicon hexafluoride)
  62. Heliophyllite? [176] [177] [178]
  63. Hellandite-(Ce) [179] [180] [no]
  64. Hellandite-(Y) [181] [182] [183]
  65. Hellyerite [184] [185] [186]
    (IUPAC: Nickel carbonate hexahydrate)
  66. Helmutwinklerite [187] [188] [189]
  67. Helvite 09.FB.10 [190] [191] [192]
  68. Hematite [193] [194] [195]
  69. Hematolite [196] [197] [198]
  70. Hematophanite [199] [200] [201]
  71. Hemihedrite [202] [203] [204]
  72. Hemimorphite [205] [206] [207]
  73. Hemloite [208] [209] [210]
  74. Hemusite [211] [212] [213]
  75. Hendersonite [214] [215] [216]
  76. Hendricksite [217] [218] [219]
  77. Heneuite [220] [221] [222]
  78. Henmilite [223] [224] [225]
  79. Hennomartinite [226] [227] [228]
  80. Henritermierite [229] [230] [231]
  81. Henryite [232] [233] [234]
  82. Henrymeyerite [235] [236] [237]
  83. Hentschelite [238] [239] [240]
  84. Hephaistosite (2006-043) 03.AA.60 [241] [242] [no]
  85. Herbertsmithite [243] [244] [no]
  86. Hercynite [245] [246] [247]
  87. Herderite [248] [249] [250]
  88. Hermannroseite (2010-006) 08.BH.35 [251] [no] [no]
  89. Herzenbergite [252] [253] [254]
  90. Hessite [255] [256] [257]
  91. Hetaerolite [258] [259] [260]
  92. Heterogenite [261] [262] [263]
  93. Heteromorphite [264] [265] [266]
  94. Heterosite [267] [268] [269]
  95. Heulandite-Ba [270] [271] [no]
  96. Heulandite-Ca [272] [273] [no]
  97. Heulandite-K [274] [275] [no]
  98. Heulandite-Na [276] [277] [no]
  99. Heulandite-Sr [278] [279] [no]
  100. Hewettite [280] [281] [282]
  101. Hexaferrum (mineral) [283] [284] [no]
  102. Hexahydrite [285] [286] [287]
  103. Hexahydroborite [288] [289] [290]
  104. Hexamolybdenum (2007-029) 01.?? [291] [292] [no]
  105. HexatestibiopanickeliteN [293] [294] [295]
  106. Heyite? [296] [297] [298]
  107. Heyrovskýite [299] [300] [301]
  108. Hiärneite [302] [303] [no]
  109. Hibbingite [304] [305] [306]
  110. Hibonite 04.CC.45 [307] [308] [309]
  111. Hibonite-(Fe) (2009-027) 04.?? [no] [no] [no]
  112. Hibschite (IMA 83-B) 09.AD.25 [310] [311] [312]
  113. Hidalgoite [313] [314] [315]
  114. Hieratite [316] [317] [318]
  115. Hilairite [319] [320] [321]
  116. Hilgardite 06.ED.05 [322] [323] [324]
  117. Hillebrandite [325] [326] [327]
  118. Hillite [328] [329] [330]
  119. Hingganite-(Ce) [331] [332] [333]
  120. Hingganite-(Y) [334] [335] [336]
  121. Hingganite-(Yb) [337] [338] [339]
  122. Hinsdalite [340] [341] [342]
  123. Hiortdahlite IN 09.BE.17 [343] [no] [344]
  124. Hiortdahlite IIN 09.BE.17 [345] [no] [346]
  125. Hisingerite [347] [348] [349]
  126. Hocartite [350] [351] [352]
  127. Hochelagaite [353] [354] [355]
  128. Hodgkinsonite [356] [357] [358]
  129. Hodrušhite [359] [360] [361]
  130. HoeliteH 10.CA.15 [362] [363] [364]
  131. Hoganite [365] [366] [367]
  132. Høgtuvaite [368] [369] [370]
  133. Hohmannite [371] [372] [373]
  134. Holdawayite [374] [375] [376]
  135. Holdenite [377] [378] [379]
  136. Holfertite [380] [381] [no]
  137. Hollandite [382] [383] [384]
  138. Hollingworthite [385] [386] [387]
  139. Holmquistite [388] [389] [390]
  140. Holtedahlite [391] [392] [393]
  141. Holtite [394] [395] [396]
  142. Holtstamite (2003-047) 09.AD.25 [397] [398] [no]
  143. Homilite [399] [400] [401]
  144. Honessite [402] [403] [404]
  145. Hongshiite [405] [406] [407]
  146. Hopeite [408] [409] [410]
  147. Hörnesite [411] [412] [413]
  148. Horomanite (2007-037) 02.BB. [414] [415] [no]
  149. Horsfordite* (none) [416] [no] [417]
  150. Horváthite-(Y) [418] [419] [420]
  151. Hotsonite [421] [422] [423]
  152. Housleyite (2009-024) 04.?? [424] [no] [no]
  153. Howardevansite [425] [426] [427]
  154. Howieite [428] [429] [430]
  155. Howlite [431] [432] [433]
  156. Hsianghualite [434] [435] [436]
  157. Huanghoite-(Ce) [437] [438] [439]
  158. Huangite [440] [441] [442]
  159. Huanzalaite (2009-018) 04.DB.30 [443] [no] [444]
  160. Hubeite [445] [446] [no]
  161. Hübnerite [447] [448] [449]
  162. Huemulite [450] [451] [452]
  163. Hügelite [453] [454] [455]
  164. Hulsite [456] [457] [458]
  165. Humberstonite [459] [460] [461]
  166. Humboldtine [462] [463] [464]
  167. Humite [465] [466] [467]
  168. Hummerite [468] [469] [470]
  169. Hunchunite [471] [472] [473]
  170. Hundholmenite-(Y) (2006-005) 09.AJ.35 [474] [475] [no]
  171. Hungchaoite [476] [477] [478]
  172. Huntite [479] [480] [481]
  173. Huréaulite [482] [483] [484]
  174. Hurlbutite [485] [486] [487]
  175. Hutchinsonite [488] [489] [490]
  176. Huttonite [491] [492] [493]
  177. Hyalophane? [494] [495] [496]
  178. Hyalotekite [497] [498] [499]
  179. HydroastrophylliteN [500] [501] [502]
  180. Hydrobasaluminite [503] [504] [505]
  181. Hydrobiotite [506] [507] [508]
  182. Hydroboracite [509] [510] [511]
  183. Hydrocalumite [512] [513] [514]
  184. Hydrocerussite [515] [516] [517]
  185. Hydrochlorborite [518] [519] [520]
  186. Hydrodelhayelite [521] [522] [523]
  187. Hydrodresserite [524] [525] [526]
  188. Hydroglauberite [527] [528] [529]
  189. Hydrohalite [530] [531] [532]
  190. Hydrohetaerolite [533] [534] [535]
  191. Hydrohonessite [536] [537] [538]
  192. Hydrokenoelsmoreite (2003-059) 04.DH.15 [539] (red. elsmoreite) [540] [541]
  193. Hydromagnesite [542] [543] [544]
  194. Hydrombobomkulite [545] [546] [547]
  195. Hydroniumjarosite [548] [549] [550]
  196. Hydroniumpharmacosiderite (2010-014) 08.DK.10 [551] [no] [no]
  197. Hydropyrochlore 04.DH.15 [552] [553] [554]
  198. Hydrophilite? [555] [556] [557]
  199. Hydroromarchite [558] [559] [560]
  200. Hydroscarbroite? [561] [562] [563]
  201. Hydrotalcite [564] [565] [566]
  202. Hydrotungstite [567] [568] [569]
  203. Hydrowoodwardite [570] [571] [572]
  204. Hydroxycalcioroméite (Y: 1895) 04.?? [573] (red. [574]) [575] [576]
  205. Hydroxycancrinite [577] [578] [579]
  206. Hydroxykenomicrolite (1980-021) 04.?? [580] (red. [581]) [582] [583]
  207. Hydroxylapatite [584] [585] [586]
  208. Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) [587] [588] [589]
  209. Hydroxylbastnäsite-(La)N [590] [591] [no]
  210. Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Nd) [592] [593] [594]
  211. Hydroxylborite (2005-054) 06.AB.50 [595] [596] [no]
  212. Hydroxylchondrodite (2010-019) 09.AF.45 [597] [no] [no]
  213. Hydroxylclinohumite [598] [599] [no]
  214. Hydroxylellestadite [600] [601] [602]
  215. Hydroxylherderite [603] [604] [605]
  216. Hydrozincite [606] [607] [608]
  217. Hypercinnabar [609] [610] [611]
  218. Hyttsjöite [612] [613] [no]

I

File:Ilsemannite-252683.jpg
Blue Ilsemannite from Mogul Tunnel Occurrence, Boulder County Tungsten District, Boulder County, Colorado, USA. Detail -- click and scroll down for whole specimen
File:Inesite-122380.jpg
Inesite, from Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Size 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm.
File:Iron-135048.jpg
Meteoric iron var. Kamacite, with about 7% nickel. Nandan iron meteorites, Nandan County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Size: 2.9 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm.
  1. Ianthinite [614] [615] [616]
  2. Ice [617] [618] [619]
  3. Icosahedrite (2010-042) 01.?? [620] [no] [no]
  4. Idaite [621] [622] [623]
  5. Idrialite [624] [625] [626]
  6. Iimoriite-(Y) [627] [628] [629]
  7. Ikaite [630] [631] [632]
  8. Ikranite [633] [634] [no]
  9. Ikunolite [635] [636] [637]
  10. Ilesite [638] [639] [640]
  11. Ilímaussite-(Ce) [641] [642] [643]
  12. Ilinskite [644] [645] [646]
  13. IlliteG (none) [647] [648] [no]
  14. Ilmajokite [649] [650] [651]
  15. Ilmenite [652] [653] [654]
  16. Ilsemannite? [655] [656] [657]
  17. Iltisite (1994-031) [658] [659] [no]
  18. Ilvaite 09.BE.07 [660] [661] [662]
  19. Imandrite (1979-025) 09.CJ.15b [663] [664] [665]
  20. Imhofite 02.HD.30 [666] [667] [668]
  21. Imiterite (1983-038) 02.BD.05 [669] [670] [671]
  22. Imogolite 09.ED.20 [672] [673] [674]
  23. Inaglyite [675] [676] [677]
  24. Inderborite [678] [679] [680]
  25. Inderite [681] [682] [683]
  26. Indialite [684] [685] [686]
  27. Indigirite [687] [688] [689]
  28. Indite [690] [691] [692]
  29. Indium [693] [694] [695]
  30. Inesite [696] [697] [698]
  31. Ingersonite [699] [700] [701]
  32. Ingodite [702] [703] [704]
  33. Innelite [705] [706] [707]
  34. Insizwaite [708] [709] [710]
  35. Intersilite [711] [712] [no]
  36. Inyoite [713] [714] [715]
  37. Iodargyrite [716] [717] [718]
    (IUPAC: Silver iodide)
  38. Iowaite [719] [720] [721]
  39. Iquiqueite [722] [723] [724]
  40. Iranite [725] [726] [727]
  41. Iraqite-(La) [728] [729] [730]
  42. Irarsite [731] [732] [733]
  43. Irhtemite [734] [735] [736]
  44. Iridarsenite [737] [738] [739]
  45. Iridium [740] [741] [742]
  46. Iriginite [743] [744] [745]
  47. Iron [746] [747] [748]
  48. Irtyshite [749] [750] [751]
  49. Ishikawaite 04.DB.25 [752] [753] [754]
  50. Isocubanite [755] [756] [757]
  51. Isoferroplatinum [758] [759] [760]
  52. Isokite [761] [762] [763]
  53. Isolueshite [764] [765] [766]
  54. Isomertieite [767] [768] [769]
  55. Isovite [770] [771] [no]
  56. Itoigawaite [772] [773] [no]
  57. Itoite [774] [775] [776]
  58. Ivanukite-Cu (2007-043) (none) [777] [778] [no]
  59. Ivanukite-K (2007-042) (none) [779] [780] [no]
  60. Ivanukite-Na-C (2007-041C) (none) [781] [782] [no]
  61. Iwakiite [783] [784] [785]
  62. Iwashiroite-(Y) [786] [787] [no]
  63. Ixiolite [788] [789] [790]
  64. Izoklakeite [791] [792] [793]

J

File:Jalpaite-rom38a.jpg
Jalpaite, Ag3CuS2, Jalpa, Municipio de Jalpa, Zacatecas, Mexico. Size: 3.6 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm. From the type locality.
File:Johachidolite-177597.jpg
Johachidolite, a calcium aluminum borate, from Pein Pyit , Mogok, Mandalay Division, Burma. Size: 3.5 x 3.0 x 1.6 cm. Per Robert Lavinsky, "this specimen is an incredible rarity of size and stat[no]ure."
File:Jouravskite-251534.jpg
Jouravskite, a secondary manganese mineral, from N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Gemmy yellow microcrystals,up to 1 mm.
  1. Jáchymovite [794] [795] [796]
  2. Jacobsite [797] [798] [799]
  3. Jacquesdietrichite [800] [801] [no]
  4. Jadeite [802] [803] [804]
  5. Jaffeite [805] [806] [807]
  6. Jagoite [808] [809] [810]
  7. Jagowerite [811] [812] [813]
  8. Jaguéite [814] [815] [no]
  9. Jahnsite-(CaFeFe)N 08.DH.15 [816] [no] [no]
  10. Jahnsite-(CaMnFe) 08.DH.15 [817] [818] [819]
  11. Jahnsite-(CaMnMg) 08.DH.15 [820] [821] [822]
  12. Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) (1987-020, 1987-020a) 08.DH.15 [823] [824] [825]
  13. Jahnsite-(MnMnMn) 08.DH.15 [826] [827] [no]
  14. Jahnsite-(NaFeMg) (2007-016) 08.DH.15 [828] [829] [no]
  15. Jahnsite-(NaMnMg)N 08.DH.15 [830] [831] [no]
  16. Jaipurite? [832] [833] [no]
  17. Jalpaite [834] [835] [836]
  18. Jamborite [837] [838] [839]
  19. Jamesite [840] [841] [842]
  20. Jamesonite [843] [844] [845]
  21. Janggunite [846] [847] [848]
  22. Janhaugite [849] [850] [851]
  23. Jankovićite [852] [853] [854]
  24. Jarandolite [855] [856] [no]
  25. Jarlite [857] [858] [859]
  26. Jarosewichite [860] [861] [862]
  27. Jarosite [863] [864] [865]
  28. Jaskólskiite [866] [867] [868]
  29. Jasmundite [869] [870] [871]
  30. Jeanbandyite [872] [873] [874]
  31. Jedwabite [875] [876] [877]
  32. Jeffreyite [878] [879] [880]
  33. Jennite [881] [882] [883]
  34. Jensenite [884] [885] [886]
  35. Jentschite [887] [888] [889]
  36. Jeppeite [890] [891] [892]
  37. Jeremejevite [893] [894] [895]
  38. Jerrygibbsite [896] [897] [898]
  39. Jervisite [899] [900] [901]
  40. Jianshuiite [902] [903] [904]
  41. Jimboite [905] [906] [907]
  42. Jimthompsonite [908] [909] [910]
  43. Jinshajiangite [911] [912] [913]
  44. Jixianite* [914] [915] [916]
  45. Joaquinite-(Ce) [917] [918] [919]
  46. Joëlbruggerite (2008-034) 08.B0.20 [920] [921] [no]
  47. Joesmithite [922] [923] [924]
  48. Johachidolite [925] [926] [927]
  49. Johannite [928] [929] [930]
  50. Johannsenite [931] [932] [933]
  51. Johillerite (1980-014) 08.AC.10 [934] [935] [936]
  52. Johnbaumite [937] [938] [939]
  53. Johninnesite [940] [941] [942]
  54. Johnsenite-(Ce) (2004-026) 09.CO.10 [943] [944] [no]
  55. Johnsomervilleite [945] [946] [947]
  56. Johntomaite [948] [949] [950]
  57. Johnwalkite [951] [952] [953]
  58. Jokokuite [954] [955] [956]
  59. Joliotite [957] [958] [959]
  60. Jolliffeite [960] [961] [962]
  61. Jonassonite (2004-031) 02.LA.65 [963] [964] [no]
  62. Jonesite [965] [966] [967]
  63. Joosteite (2005-013) 08.BB.15 [968] [969] [no]
  64. Jordanite [970] [971] [972]
  65. Jordisite 02.EA.30 [973] [974] [975]
  66. Jørgensenite [976] [977] [978]
  67. Joséite-A? [979] [980] [981]
  68. Joséite-B? [982] [983] [984]
  69. Jouravskite [985] [986] [987]
  70. Juabite [988] [989] [990]
  71. Juangodoyite (2004-036) 05.AB.60 [991] [992] [no]
  72. Juanitaite [993] [994] [995]
  73. Juanite? [996] [997] [998]
  74. Julgoldite-(Fe2+) (1966-033) 09.BG.20 [999] [1,000] [1,001]
  75. Julgoldite-(Fe3+) (1972-003) 09.BG.20 [1,002] [1,003] [no]
  76. Julgoldite-(Mg) (1972-003a) 09.BG.20 [1,004] [no] [no]
  77. Julienite 10.AD.05 [1,005] [1,006] [1,007]
  78. Jungite (1977-034) 08.DJ.25 [1,008] [1,009] [1,010]
  79. Junitoite [1,011] [1,012] [1,013]
  80. Junoite [1,014] [1,015] [1,016]
  81. Juonniite [1,017] [1,018] [1,019]
  82. Jurbanite [1,020] [1,021] [1,022]


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