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Minerals List Type Database

Minerals A - B   Minerals C - D  Minerals E - F  Minerals G - H  Minerals I - J  Minerals K - L 

Minerals M - N  Minerals O - P  Minerals Q - R  Minerals S - T  Minerals U - V  Minerals W - X  Minerals Y - Z

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Minerals play a huge role in gold prospecting and the study of minerals in and of itself is fascinating. The more we know about the earth and what it is composed of the better our chances are of having a successful gold prospecting or rock hounding trip. Here is a list of minerals listed alphabetically. If you want to see an image from Google of a mineral just click the link.

Minerals A - B

Abelsonite Find it on Google

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Acanthite Find it on Google

Acetamide Find it on Google

Actinolite Find it on Google

Acuminite Find it on Google

Adamite Find it on Google

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Adelite Find it on Google

Admontite Find it on Google

Aegirine Find it on Google

Aegirine-augite Find it on Google

Aenigmatite Find it on Google

Aerinite Find it on Google

Aerugite Find it on Google

Aeschynite-(Ce) Find it on Google

Aeschynite-(Nd) Find it on Google

Aeschynite-(Y) Find it on Google

Afghanite Find it on Google

Afwillite Find it on Google

Agardite-(Ce) Find it on Google

Agardite-(La) Find it on Google

Agardite-(Y) Find it on Google

Agrellite Find it on Google

Agrinierite Find it on Google

Aguilarite Find it on Google

Aheylite Find it on Google

Ahlfeldite Find it on Google

Aikinite Find it on Google

Ajoite Find it on Google

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Akatoreite Find it on Google

Akdalaite Find it on Google

Akermanite Find it on Google

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Akimotoite Find it on Google

Akrochordite Find it on Google

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Aktashite Find it on Google

Alabandite Find it on Google

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Alamosite Find it on Google

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Aldermanite Find it on Google

Aleksite Find it on Google

Alforsite Find it on Google

Algodonite Find it on Google

Aliettite Find it on Google

Allabogdanite Find it on Google

Allactite Find it on Google

Allanite-(Ce) Find it on Google

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Allanite-(Y) Find it on Google

Allanpringite Find it on Google

Allargentum Find it on Google

Alleghanyite Find it on Google

Allochalcoselite Find it on Google

Alloclasite Find it on Google

Allophane Find it on Google

Alluaivite Find it on Google

Alluaudite Find it on Google

Almandine Find it on Google

Almarudite Find it on Google

Alpersite Find it on Google

Alsakharovite-Zn Find it on Google

Alstonite Find it on Google

Altaite Find it on Google

Althausite Find it on Google

Althupite Find it on Google

Altisite Find it on Google

Aluminite Find it on Google

Alumino-ferro-hornblende Find it on Google

Alumino-ferrobarroisite Find it on Google

Alumino-ferrotschermakite Find it on Google

Alumino-katophorite Find it on Google

Alumino-magnesio-hornblende Find it on Google

Alumino-magnesiohulsite Find it on Google

Alumino-magnesiotaramite Find it on Google

Alumino-winchite Find it on Google

Aluminobarroisite Find it on Google

Aluminoceladonite Find it on Google

Aluminocopiapite Find it on Google

Aluminotaramite Find it on Google

Aluminotschermakite Find it on Google

Aluminum Find it on Google

Alumohydrocalcite Find it on Google

Alumoklyuchevskite Find it on Google

Alumopharmacosiderite Find it on Google

Alumotantite Find it on Google

Alumotungstite Find it on Google

Alunite Find it on Google

Alunogen Find it on Google

Alvanite Find it on Google

Amakinite Find it on Google

Amarantite Find it on Google

Amarillite Find it on Google

Amber Find it on Google

Amblygonite Find it on Google

Ameghinite Find it on Google

Amesite Find it on Google

Amicite Find it on Google

Aminoffite Find it on Google

Ammonioalunite Find it on Google

Ammonioborite Find it on Google

Ammoniojarosite Find it on Google

Ammonioleucite Find it on Google

Amphibole Find it on Google

Amstallite Find it on Google

Analcime Find it on Google

Anandite Find it on Google

Anapaite Find it on Google

Anatase Find it on Google

Ancylite-(Ce) Find it on Google

Ancylite-(La) Find it on Google

Andalusite Find it on Google

Andersonite Find it on Google

Andesine Find it on Google

Andorite Find it on Google

Andradite Find it on Google

Andremeyerite Find it on Google

Anduoite Find it on Google

Andyrobertsite Find it on Google

Angelaite Find it on Google

Angelellite Find it on Google

Anglesite Find it on Google

Anhydrite Find it on Google

Anilite Find it on Google

Ankangite Find it on Google

Ankerite Find it on Google

Ankinovichite Find it on Google

Annabergite Find it on Google

Annite Find it on Google

Anorthite Find it on Google

Anorthoclase Find it on Google

Anorthominasragrite Find it on Google

Ansermetite Find it on Google

Antarcticite Find it on Google

Anthoinite Find it on Google

Anthonyite Find it on Google

Anthophyllite Find it on Google

Anthraxolite Find it on Google

Antigorite Find it on Google

Antimonpearceite Find it on Google

Antimonselite Find it on Google

Antimony Find it on Google

Antlerite Find it on Google

Anyuiite Find it on Google

Apachite Find it on Google

Aphthitalite Find it on Google

Apjohnite Find it on Google

Aplowite Find it on Google

Apuanite Find it on Google

Aqualite Find it on Google

Aragonite Find it on Google

Arakiite Find it on Google

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Arapovite Find it on Google

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Arcanite Find it on Google

Archerite Find it on Google

Arctite Find it on Google

Arcubisite Find it on Google

Ardaite Find it on Google

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Ardennite Find it on Google

Arfvedsonite Find it on Google

Argentojarosite Find it on Google

Argentopentlandite Find it on Google

Argentopyrite Find it on Google

Argentotennantite Find it on Google

Argutite Find it on Google

Argyrodite Find it on Google

Arhbarite Find it on Google

Aristarainite Find it on Google

Armalcolite Find it on Google

Armangite Find it on Google

Armenite Find it on Google

Armstrongite Find it on Google

Arrojadite Find it on Google

Arsenbrackebuschite Find it on Google

Arsendescloizite Find it on Google

Arsenic Find it on Google

Arseniopleite Find it on Google

Arseniosiderite Find it on Google

Arsenoclasite Find it on Google

Arsenocrandallite Find it on Google

Arsenoflorencite-(Ce) Find it on Google

Arsenogorceixite Find it on Google

Arsenogoyazite Find it on Google

Arsenohauchecornite Find it on Google

Arsenolamprite Find it on Google

Arsenolite Find it on Google

Arsenopalladinite Find it on Google

Arsenopyrite Find it on Google

Arsenpolybasite Find it on Google

Arsentsumebite Find it on Google

Arsenuranospathite Find it on Google

Arsenuranylite Find it on Google

Arthurite Find it on Google

Artinite Find it on Google

Artroeite Find it on Google

Artsmithite Find it on Google

Arupite Find it on Google

Arzakite Find it on Google

Asbecasite Find it on Google

Asbolane Find it on Google

Aschamalmite Find it on Google

Ashanite Find it on Google

Ashburtonite Find it on Google

Ashcroftine-(Y) Find it on Google

Ashoverite Find it on Google

Asisite Find it on Google

Aspidolite Find it on Google

Asselbornite Find it on Google

Astrocyanite-(Ce) Find it on Google

Astrophyllite Find it on Google

Atacamite Find it on Google

Atelestite Find it on Google

Atencioite Find it on Google

Athabascaite Find it on Google

Atheneite Find it on Google

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Atokite Find it on Google

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Aubertite Find it on Google

Augelite Find it on Google

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Auricupride Find it on Google

Aurivilliusite Find it on Google

Aurorite Find it on Google

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Austinite Find it on Google

Autunite Find it on Google

Avdoninite Find it on Google

Averievite Find it on Google

Avicennite Find it on Google

Avogadrite Find it on Google

Awaruite Find it on Google

Axinite Find it on Google

Azoproite Find it on Google

Azurite Find it on Google

Babefphite Find it on Google

Babingtonite Find it on Google

Babkinite Find it on Google

Baddeleyite Find it on Google

Bafertisite Find it on Google

Baghdadite Find it on Google

Bahianite Find it on Google

Baileychlore Find it on Google

Bakerite Find it on Google

Bakhchisaraitsevite Find it on Google

Baksanite Find it on Google

Balangeroite Find it on Google

Balipholite Find it on Google

Balkanite Find it on Google

Balyakinite Find it on Google

Bambollaite Find it on Google

Bamfordite Find it on Google

Banalsite Find it on Google

Bandylite Find it on Google

Bannermanite Find it on Google

Bannisterite Find it on Google

Baotite Find it on Google

Bararite Find it on Google

Baratovite Find it on Google

Barberiite Find it on Google

Barbertonite Find it on Google

Barbosalite Find it on Google

Barentsite Find it on Google

Bariandite Find it on Google

Baricite Find it on Google

Bario-olgite Find it on Google

Bario-orthojoaquinite Find it on Google

Bariomicrolite Find it on Google

Bariopyrochlore Find it on Google

Bariosincosite Find it on Google

Barite Find it on Google

Barium-pharmacosiderite Find it on Google

Barnesite Find it on Google

Barquillite Find it on Google

Barrerite Find it on Google

Barringerite Find it on Google

Barringtonite Find it on Google

Barroisite Find it on Google

Barstowite Find it on Google

Bartelkeite Find it on Google

Bartonite Find it on Google

Barylite Find it on Google

Barysilite Find it on Google

Barytocalcite Find it on Google

Barytolamprophyllite Find it on Google

Basaluminite Find it on Google

Bassanite Find it on Google

Bassetite Find it on Google

Bastnasite-(Ce) Find it on Google

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Bastnasite-(Y) Find it on Google

Batiferrite Find it on Google

Batisite Find it on Google

Baumhauerite Find it on Google

Baumhauerite-2a Find it on Google

Baumstarkite Find it on Google

Bauranoite Find it on Google

Bavenite Find it on Google

Bayerite Find it on Google

Bayldonite Find it on Google

Bayleyite Find it on Google

Baylissite Find it on Google

Bazhenovite Find it on Google

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Bazzite Find it on Google

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Bearthite Find it on Google

Beaverite Find it on Google

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Bederite Find it on Google

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Behoite Find it on Google

Beidellite Find it on Google

Belendorffite Find it on Google

Belkovite Find it on Google

Bellbergite Find it on Google

Bellidoite Find it on Google

Bellingerite Find it on Google

Belloite Find it on Google

Belovite-(Ce) Find it on Google

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Bementite Find it on Google

Benauite Find it on Google

Benavidesite Find it on Google

Benitoite Find it on Google

Benjaminite Find it on Google

Benleonardite Find it on Google

Benstonite Find it on Google

Bentorite Find it on Google

Benyacarite Find it on Google

Beraunite Find it on Google

Berborite Find it on Google

Berdesinskiite Find it on Google

Berezanskite Find it on Google

Bergenite Find it on Google

Bergslagite Find it on Google

Berlinite Find it on Google

Bermanite Find it on Google

Bernalite Find it on Google

Bernardite Find it on Google

Berndtite Find it on Google

Berndtite-2T Find it on Google

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Berryite Find it on Google

Berthierine Find it on Google

Berthierite Find it on Google

Bertossaite Find it on Google

Bertrandite Find it on Google

Beryl Find it on Google

Beryllite Find it on Google

Beryllonite Find it on Google

Berzelianite Find it on Google

Berzeliite Find it on Google

Betafite Find it on Google

Betekhtinite Find it on Google

Betpakdalite Find it on Google

Beudantite Find it on Google

Beusite Find it on Google

Beyerite Find it on Google

Bezsmertnovite Find it on Google

Bianchite Find it on Google

Bicchulite Find it on Google

Bideauxite Find it on Google

Bieberite Find it on Google

Biehlite Find it on Google

Bigcreekite Find it on Google

Bijvoetite-(Y) Find it on Google

Bikitaite Find it on Google

Bilibinskite Find it on Google

Bilinite Find it on Google

Billietite Find it on Google

Billingsleyite Find it on Google

Bindheimite Find it on Google

Biotite Find it on Google

Biphosphammite Find it on Google

Biraite-(Ce) Find it on Google

Biringuccite Find it on Google

Birnessite Find it on Google

Bisbeeite Find it on Google

Bischofite Find it on Google

Bismite Find it on Google

Bismoclite Find it on Google

Bismuth Find it on Google

Bismuthinite Find it on Google

Bismutite Find it on Google

Bismutocolumbite Find it on Google

Bismutoferrite Find it on Google

Bismutohauchecornite Find it on Google

Bismutomicrolite Find it on Google

Bismutopyrochlore Find it on Google

Bismutostibiconite Find it on Google

Bismutotantalite Find it on Google

Bityite Find it on Google

Bixbyite Find it on Google

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Blatonite Find it on Google

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Bleasdaleite Find it on Google

Blixite Find it on Google

Blodite Find it on Google

Bloditedel Find it on Google

Blossite Find it on Google

Bobfergusonite Find it on Google

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Bobkingite Find it on Google

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Bogdanovite Find it on Google

Boggildite Find it on Google

Boggsite Find it on Google

Bogvadite Find it on Google

Bohdanowiczite Find it on Google

Bohmite Find it on Google

Bokite Find it on Google

Boleite Find it on Google

Boltwoodite Find it on Google

Bonaccordite Find it on Google

Bonattite Find it on Google

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Boothite Find it on Google

Boracite Find it on Google

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Borax Find it on Google

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Bornemanite Find it on Google

Bornhardtite Find it on Google

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Borocookeite Find it on Google

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Borovskite Find it on Google

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Botryogen Find it on Google

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Bournonite Find it on Google

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Bowieite Find it on Google

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Brabantite Find it on Google

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Bradaczekite Find it on Google

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Braggite Find it on Google

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Brandholzite Find it on Google

Brandtite Find it on Google

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Braunite Find it on Google

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Brewsterite-Ba Find it on Google

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Brezinaite Find it on Google

Brianite Find it on Google

Brianroulstonite Find it on Google

Brianyoungite Find it on Google

Briartite Find it on Google

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Brizziite Find it on Google

Brochantite Find it on Google

Brockite Find it on Google

Brodtkorbite Find it on Google

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Bromellite Find it on Google

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Brushite Find it on Google

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Buckhornite Find it on Google

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Bulachite Find it on Google

Bultfonteinite Find it on Google

Bunsenite Find it on Google

Burangaite Find it on Google

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Bushmakinite Find it on Google

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Butlerite Find it on Google

Butschliite Find it on Google

Buttgenbachite Find it on Google

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Bykovaite Find it on Google

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