SYNONYMS OF MINERALS

Synonyms of Minerals


The following table presents synonyms for many common minerals or rocks, or in some cases, both.
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Name Synonym
Aegirite Acmite
Alalite Diopside
Allanite Orthite
Alum stone Alunite
Amphibole Hornblende
Amphigene Leucite
Antimonite Stibnite
Aphthitalite Arcanite
Arsenic nickel Niccolite
Asparagus-stone Apatite
Beausite Bausite
Black hematite Psilomelane
Black lead Graphite
Black mica Biotite
Blue iron ore Vivianite
Blue malachite Azurite
Blue stone Chalcanthite
Blue vitriol Chalcanthite
Bortz Diamond
Brimstone Sulfur
+Fe Bronzite Enstatite
Brown hematite Limonite
Calcium-chromium garnet Uvarovite
Calcspar Calcite
Caporcianite Laumonite
Carbonado Diamond
Carbuncle, Al-Fe garnet Almandite
Chalybite Siderite
Chessylite Azurite
Chile saltpeter Soda niter
China clay Kaolinlte
Chlorite Clinochlorite
Chrome-spinel Picotite
Cobalt bloom Erythrite
Cobalt glance Cobaltite
Copper pyrites Chalcopyrite
Copper uranite Torbernite (R)
Copperas Melanterite
Cromfordite Phosgenite
Crysolite Olivine
Cymophane Chrysoberyl
Dark red silver ore Pyrargyrite
Desmine Stilbite
Dialogite Rhodochrosite
Dichroite
Disthene Cyanite
Dry bone Smithsonite
Elaeolite Nephelite
Emerald Beryl
Epsom salt Epsomite
Erubescite Bornite
Facellite Kaliophilite
Fahlerz Tetrahedrite
Fibrolite Sillimanite
Flint Chalcedony
Fluorapatite Apatite
Fluorspar Fluorite
Fool's gold Pyrite
Fowlerite Rhodonite
Glance Galena
Glaserite Arcanite
Glauber salt Mirabilite
Grammatite Tremolite
Gray copper ore Tetrahedrite
Gray manganese ore Manganite
Green carbonate of copper Malachite
Green lead ore Pyromorphite
Harmotomite Harmotome
EIebronite Amblygonite
Hessonite Grossularite
Hiddenite Spodumene
Horn mercury Calomel
Horn silver Cerussite
Hyacinth Zircon
Hydrargillite Gibbsite
Hydrohematite Turgite
Hypersthene Enstatite
Ice stone Cryolite
Iceland spar Calcite
Idocrase Vesuvinnite
Iolite Cordierite
Iron pyrites Pyrite
Iron spinel Elercynite
Jargon Zircon
Kunzite Spodumene
Lapis-Lazuli Lazurite
Lead carbonate Cerussite
Lead oxie Litharge
Leonhardite
Lime-soda feldspar oligoclas
Lithiophyllite Triphylite
Lithium mica Lepidolite
Lodestone Magnetite
Magnesium mica Phlogopite
Magnetic pyrites Pyrrhotite
Malacolite Viopside
Manganblende Alabandite
Manganese-aluminum garnet Spessartite
Meershaum Sepiolite
Menaccanite Ilmenite
Microcosmic salt Stercorite
Mispickel Arsenopyrite
Molybdenum glance Molybdenite
Needle zeolite Natrolite
Nickelin Niccolite
Nigrine Rutile
Niobite Columbite
Noumeite Garnierite
Octahedrite Anatase
Peanut ore Wolframite
Pearl spar Dolomite
Pencil stone agalmatolite Pyrophyllite
Peridot Olivine
Pistacite Epidote
Plumbago Graphite
Polianite Pyrolusite
Potassium feldspar Orthoclase
Purple copper ore Bornite
Red copper ore Cuprite
Red zinc ore Zincite
Rock salt Halite
Ruby Corundum
Ruby silver ore Proustite
Sapphire Corundum
Silver glance Argentite
Soapstone Talc
Soda-microcline Anorthoclase
Sodium feldspar Albite
Spathic iron Siderite
Sphene Titanite
Stassfurtite Boracite
Steatite Talc
Stream tin Cassiterite
Tabular spar
Tincal Borax
Tinstone Cassiterite
Titanic iron ore Ilmenite
Troosite, var. cont. Mn Willemite
Urao Trona
Vermilion, natural Cinnabar
Websterite Aluminite
Vernerite Scapolite
Wheel ore Bournonite
White iron pyrites Marcasite
White lead ore Cerussite
White mica Muscovite
Wood tin Cassiterite
Zincblende Sphalerite
Zinc-spinel Gahnite
Zinc vitriol Goslarite


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