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e-Rocks Mineral Database

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The e-Rocks database holds over 500K mineral items and 2.5 Million photos, developed over 15 years. It is an excellent resource to explore minerals and their localities in reference to collecting and commerce.

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Strunz Grouping

This list contains all valid mineral names arranged by Strunz grouping, by exploring this list you will see our minerals compared to the Strunz classification.

Name Search

This section lets you explore our database of minerals by name, variety or colloquialism - plus other items in our database.

Strunz Title Formula Variety Of Items
1.AA.05 Aluminium

Al

79
1.AA.05 Copper

Cu

4770
1.AA.05 Electrum

(Au, Ag)

Gold 87
1.AA.05 Gold

Au

6037
1.AA.05 Lead

Pb

386
1.AA.05 Nickel

Ni

30
1.AA.05 Silver

Ag

5205
1.AA.10a Auricupride

Cu3Au

58
1.AA.10b Tetra-auricupride

AuCu

11
1.AA.25 Hunchunite

Au2Pb

12
1.AB.05 Cadmium

Cd

77
1.AB.05 Titanium

Ti

13
1.AB.05 Zinc

Zn

35
1.AB.10a Zhanghengite

CuZn

5
1.AB.10a α-Brass

Cu3Zn

22
1.AB.10b Danbaite

CuZn2

15
1.AB.10b Tongxinite

Cu2Zn

9
1.AC.05 Indium

In

9
1.AC.10 Tin

Sn

51
1.AC.15 Sorosite

Cu1+x(Sn,Sb), where 0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.2

18
1.AD. Aurihydrargyrumite

Au6Hg5

3
1.AD.05 Mercury

Hg

393
1.AD.10 Belendorffite

Cu7Hg6

55
1.AD.10 Kolymite

Cu7Hg6

7
1.AD.15a Paraschachnerite

Ag3Hg2

32
1.AD.15a Schachnerite

Ag1.1Hg0.9

12
1.AD.15b Luanheite

Ag3Hg

202
1.AD.15c Eugenite

Ag11Hg2

126
1.AD.15d Moschellandsbergite

Ag2Hg3

86
1.AD.20a Weishanite

(Au,Ag)3Hg2

30
1.AD.25 Potarite

PdHg

74
1.AD.30 Leadamalgam

Pb0.7Hg0.3

11
1.AE.05 Chromium

Cr

55
1.AE.05 Iron

Fe

198
1.AE.05 Kamacite

(Fe,Ni)

Iron 42
1.AE.05 Molybdenum

Mo

1
1.AE.05 Tungsten

W

9
1.AE.10 Taenite

(Fe,Ni)

32
1.AE.10 Tetrataenite

FeNi

2
1.AE.15 Chromferide

Fe3Cr1-x (x=0.6)

25
1.AE.15 Ferchromide

Cr3Fe1-x

10
1.AE.15 Wairauite

CoFe

3
1.AE.20 Awaruite

Ni3Fe

80
1.AF.05 Osmium

(Os,Ir,Ru)

138
1.AF.05 Ruthenium

(Ru,Ir)

43
1.AF.10 Iridium

(Ir,Os,Ru)

57
1.AF.10 Palladium

(Pd,Pt)

79
1.AF.10 Platinum

Pt

277
1.AF.10 Rhodium

(Rh,Pt)

3
1.AG.05 Garutiite

(Ni,Fe,Ir)

2
1.AG.05 Hexaferrum

(Fe,Os,Ru,Ir)

15
1.AG.10 Atokite

(Pd,Pt)3Sn

31
1.AG.10 Rustenburgite

(Pt,Pd)3Sn

18
1.AG.10 Zvyagintsevite

(Pd,Pt,Au)3(Pb,Sn)

20
1.AG.15 Taimyrite-I

(Pd,Cu,Pt)3Sn

1
1.AG.15 Tatyanaite

(Pt,Pd,Cu)9Cu3Sn4

4
1.AG.20 Paolovite

Pd2Sn

33
1.AG.25 Plumbopalladinite

Pd3Pb2

12
1.AG.25 Stannopalladinite

(Pd,Cu)3Sn2

12
1.AG.30 Cabriite

Pd2CuSn

17
1.AG.35 Chengdeite

Ir3Fe

3
1.AG.35 Isoferroplatinum

Pt3Fe

89
1.AG.40 Ferronickelplatinum

Pt2FeNi

9
1.AG.40 Tetraferroplatinum

PtFe

22
1.AG.40 Tulameenite

Pt2CuFe

42
1.AG.45 Hongshiite

PtCu

7
1.AG.45 Skaergaardite

PdCu

5
1.AG.60 Niggliite

PtSn

12
1.AG.70 Nielsenite

PdCu3

1
1.BA.05 Cohenite

(Fe,Ni,Co)3C

36
1.BA.10 Haxonite

(Fe,Ni)23C6

3
1.BA.10 Isovite

(Cr,Fe)23C6

10
1.BA.15 Tongbaite

Cr3C2

6
1.BA.20 Khamrabaevite

(Ti,V,Fe)C

2
1.BA.20 Niobocarbide

(Nb,Ta)C

1
1.BA.20 Tantalcarbide

TaC

7
1.BB.05 Suessite

(Fe,Ni)3Si

9
1.BB.10 Perryite

(Ni,Fe)5(Si,P)2

6
1.BB.15 Naquite

FeSi

5
1.BB.20 Linzhiite

FeSi2

9
1.BB.25 Luobusaite

Fe0.84Si2

3
1.BB.30 Gupeiite

Fe3Si

8
1.BB.35 Hapkeite

Fe2Si

1
1.BB.40 Xifengite

Fe5Si3

7
1.BC.05 Roaldite

(Fe,Ni)4N

1
1.BC.15 Carlsbergite

CrN

5
1.BD.05 Nickelphosphide

(Ni,Fe)3P

5
1.BD.05 Schreibersite

(Fe,Ni)3P

19
1.BD.10 Barringerite

(Fe,Ni)2P

22
1.BD.15 Allabogdanite

(Fe,Ni)2P

3
1.BD.20 Melliniite

(Ni,Fe)4P

3
1.CA.05 Antimony

Sb

383
1.CA.05 Arsenic

As

1202
1.CA.05 Bismuth

Bi

1063
1.CA.05 Stibarsen

AsSb

74
1.CA.10 Arsenolamprite

As

101
1.CA.10 Pararsenolamprite

(As,Sb)

2
1.CA.15 Paradocrasite

Sb3As

1
1.CB.05a Graphite

C

591

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