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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.

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

Strunz Title Formula Items
2.CA.05a Covellite

CuS

421
2.CA.05b Klockmannite

CuSe

65
2.CA.05c Spionkopite

Cu39S28

9
2.CA.05d Yarrowite

Cu9S8

27
2.CA.10 Nukundamite

Cu3.4Fe0.6S4

5
2.CA.15 Calvertite

Cu5Ge0.5S4

2
2.CB. Agmantinite

Ag2MnSnS4

1
2.CB.05a Coloradoite

HgTe

177
2.CB.05a Hawleyite

CdS

54
2.CB.05a Metacinnabar

HgS

94
2.CB.05a Rudashevskyite

(Fe,Zn)S

3
2.CB.05a Sphalerite

ZnS

7505
2.CB.05a Stilleite

ZnSe

6
2.CB.05a Tiemannite

HgSe

132
2.CB.05b Sakuraiite

(Cu,Zn,Fe)3(In,Sn)S4

25
2.CB.05c Polhemusite

(Zn,Hg)S

5
2.CB.07a Shenzhuangite

NiFeS2

3
2.CB.10a Chalcopyrite

CuFeS2

4319
2.CB.10a Eskebornite

CuFeSe2

42
2.CB.10a Gallite

CuGaS2

62
2.CB.10a Lenaite

AgFeS2

14
2.CB.10a Roquesite

CuInS2

31
2.CB.10b Mooihoekite

Cu9Fe9S16

54
2.CB.10b Putoranite

Cu9(Fe,Ni)9S16

18
2.CB.10b Talnakhite

Cu9(Fe,Ni)8S16

80
2.CB.15a Černýite

Cu2(Cd,Zn,Fe)SnS4

7
2.CB.15a Ferrokësterite

Cu2(Fe,Zn)SnS4

20
2.CB.15a Hocartite

Ag2(Fe2+,Zn)SnS4

44
2.CB.15a Idaite

Cu5FeS6

26
2.CB.15a Kësterite

Cu2(Zn,Fe)SnS4

85
2.CB.15a Kuramite

Cu3SnS4

6
2.CB.15a Pirquitasite

Ag2ZnSnS4

38
2.CB.15a Stannite

Cu2(Fe,Zn)SnS4

167
2.CB.15a Velikite

Cu2HgSnS4

13
2.CB.15b Mohite

Cu2SnS3

7
2.CB.15c Stannoidite

Cu+6Cu2+2(Fe2+,Zn)3Sn2S12

45
2.CB.20 Mawsonite

Cu6Fe2SnS8

10
2.CB.30 Colusite

Cu26V2(As,Sn,Sb)6S32

92
2.CB.30 Germanite

Cu13Fe2Ge2S16

275
2.CB.30 Germanocolusite

Cu26V2(Ge,As)6S32

6
2.CB.30 Maikainite

Cu20(Fe,Cu)6Mo2Ge6S32

4
2.CB.30 Nekrasovite

Cu26V2(Sn,As,Sb)6S32

16
2.CB.30 Ovamboite

Cu20(Fe,Cu,Zn)6W2Ge6S32

33
2.CB.35a Hemusite

Cu6SnMoS8

13
2.CB.35a Kiddcreekite

Cu6SnWS8

9
2.CB.35a Morozeviczite

(Pb,Fe)3Ge1-xS4

8
2.CB.35a Renierite

(Cu,Zn)11(Ge,As)2Fe4S16

219
2.CB.35a Vinciennite

Cu+7Cu2+3Fe2+2Fe3+2Sn(As,Sb)S16

20
2.CB.35b Catamarcaite

Cu6GeWS8

2
2.CB.40 Lautite

CuAsS

89
2.CB.45 Cadmoselite

CdSe

21
2.CB.45 Greenockite

CdS

419
2.CB.45 Rambergite

MnS

30
2.CB.45 Wurtzite

(Zn,Fe)S

536
2.CB.55a Cubanite

CuFe2S3

235
2.CB.55b Isocubanite

CuFe2S3

9
2.CB.60 Picotpaulite

TlFe2S3

38
2.CB.60 Raguinite

TlFeS2

93
2.CB.65 Argentopyrite

AgFe2S3

275
2.CB.65 Sternbergite

AgFe2S3

68
2.CB.70 Sulvanite

Cu3VS4

121
2.CB.75 Vulcanite

CuTe

3
2.CB.80 Empressite

AgTe

27
2.CB.85 Muthmannite

AuAgTe2

1
2.CC.05 Achávalite

(Fe,Cu)Se

12
2.CC.05 Breithauptite

NiSb

92
2.CC.05 Freboldite

CoSe

1
2.CC.05 Kotulskite

Pd(Te,Bi)

53
2.CC.05 Langisite

(Co,Ni)As

2
2.CC.05 Nickeline

NiAs

548
2.CC.05 Sederholmite

beta-NiSe

7
2.CC.05 Sobolevskite

Pd(Bi,Te)

46
2.CC.05 Stumpflite

Pt(Sb,Bi)

7
2.CC.05 Sudburyite

(Pd,Ni)Sb

39
2.CC.10 Pyrrhotite

Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)

1304
2.CC.10 Smythite

(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x=0-0.3)

41
2.CC.10 Troilite

FeS

65
2.CC.15 Cherepanovite

RhAs

11
2.CC.15 Modderite

(Co,Fe)As

4
2.CC.15 Ruthenarsenite

(Ru,Ni)As

2
2.CC.15 Westerveldite

(Fe,Ni,Co)As

35
2.CC.20 Mäkinenite

γ-NiSe

1
2.CC.20 Millerite

NiS

661
2.CC.25 Mackinawite

(Fe,Ni)9S8

20
2.CC.35a Braggite

(Pt,Pd,Ni)S

32
2.CC.35a Vysotskite

(Pd,Ni)S

20
2.CC.35b Cooperite

PtS

36
2.CD.05 Herzenbergite

(Sn,Pb)SnS2

27
2.CD.05 Teallite

(Pb,Sn)SnS2

73
2.CD.10 Alabandite

MnS

302
2.CD.10 Altaite

PbTe

163
2.CD.10 Clausthalite

PbSe

229
2.CD.10 Galena

PbS

6963
2.CD.10 Keilite

(Fe2+,Mg)S

2
2.CD.10 Niningerite

(Mg,Fe2+,Mn2+)S

1
2.CD.10 Oldhamite

(Ca,Mg)S

20
2.CD.15a Cinnabar

HgS

1747
2.CD.15b Hypercinnabar

HgS

12