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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

83
1.AA.05 Copper

Cu

4706
1.AA.05 Electrum

(Au, Ag)

Gold 99
1.AA.05 Gold

Au

6694
1.AA.05 Lead

Pb

377
1.AA.05 Nickel

Ni

33
1.AA.05 Silver

Ag

5233
1.AA.10a Auricupride

Cu3Au

60
1.AA.10b Tetra-auricupride

AuCu

11
1.AA.25 Hunchunite

Au2Pb

9
1.AB.05 Cadmium

Cd

76
1.AB.05 Titanium

Ti

14
1.AB.05 Zinc

Zn

40
1.AB.10a Zhanghengite

CuZn

7
1.AB.10a α-Brass

Cu3Zn

24
1.AB.10b Danbaite

CuZn2

13
1.AB.10b Tongxinite

Cu2Zn

12
1.AC.05 Indium

In

11
1.AC.10 Tin

Sn

55
1.AC.15 Sorosite

Cu1+x(Sn,Sb), where 0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.2

19
1.AD. Aurihydrargyrumite

Au6Hg5

4
1.AD.05 Mercury

Hg

406
1.AD.10 Belendorffite

Cu7Hg6

52
1.AD.10 Kolymite

Cu7Hg6

8
1.AD.15a Paraschachnerite

Ag3Hg2

32
1.AD.15a Schachnerite

Ag1.1Hg0.9

13
1.AD.15b Luanheite

Ag3Hg

170
1.AD.15c Eugenite

Ag11Hg2

104
1.AD.15d Moschellandsbergite

Ag2Hg3

103
1.AD.20a Weishanite

(Au,Ag)3Hg2

30
1.AD.25 Potarite

PdHg

67
1.AD.30 Leadamalgam

Pb0.7Hg0.3

12
1.AE.05 Chromium

Cr

54
1.AE.05 Iron

Fe

197
1.AE.05 Kamacite

(Fe,Ni)

Iron 45
1.AE.05 Molybdenum

Mo

1
1.AE.05 Tungsten

W

12
1.AE.10 Taenite

(Fe,Ni)

33
1.AE.10 Tetrataenite

FeNi

3
1.AE.15 Chromferide

Fe3Cr1-x (x=0.6)

23
1.AE.15 Ferchromide

Cr3Fe1-x

10
1.AE.15 Wairauite

CoFe

3
1.AE.20 Awaruite

Ni3Fe

75
1.AF.05 Osmium

(Os,Ir,Ru)

166
1.AF.05 Ruthenium

(Ru,Ir)

46
1.AF.10 Iridium

(Ir,Os,Ru)

64
1.AF.10 Palladium

(Pd,Pt)

75
1.AF.10 Platinum

Pt

326
1.AF.10 Rhodium

(Rh,Pt)

3
1.AG.05 Garutiite

(Ni,Fe,Ir)

2
1.AG.05 Hexaferrum

(Fe,Os,Ru,Ir)

14
1.AG.10 Atokite

(Pd,Pt)3Sn

32
1.AG.10 Rustenburgite

(Pt,Pd)3Sn

19
1.AG.10 Zvyagintsevite

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

25
1.AG.15 Taimyrite-I

(Pd,Cu,Pt)3Sn

1
1.AG.15 Tatyanaite

(Pt,Pd,Cu)9Cu3Sn4

5
1.AG.20 Paolovite

Pd2Sn

37
1.AG.25 Plumbopalladinite

Pd3Pb2

12
1.AG.25 Stannopalladinite

(Pd,Cu)3Sn2

12
1.AG.30 Cabriite

Pd2CuSn

18
1.AG.35 Chengdeite

Ir3Fe

3
1.AG.35 Isoferroplatinum

Pt3Fe

111
1.AG.40 Ferronickelplatinum

Pt2FeNi

9
1.AG.40 Tetraferroplatinum

PtFe

22
1.AG.40 Tulameenite

Pt2CuFe

34
1.AG.45 Hongshiite

PtCu

6
1.AG.45 Skaergaardite

PdCu

4
1.AG.60 Niggliite

PtSn

12
1.AG.70 Nielsenite

PdCu3

1
1.BA.05 Cohenite

(Fe,Ni,Co)3C

43
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

6
1.BA.20 Niobocarbide

(Nb,Ta)C

3
1.BA.20 Tantalcarbide

TaC

9
1.BB.05 Suessite

(Fe,Ni)3Si

11
1.BB.10 Perryite

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

6
1.BB.15 Naquite

FeSi

6
1.BB.20 Linzhiite

FeSi2

10
1.BB.25 Luobusaite

Fe0.84Si2

3
1.BB.30 Gupeiite

Fe3Si

9
1.BB.35 Hapkeite

Fe2Si

1
1.BB.40 Xifengite

Fe5Si3

6
1.BC.05 Roaldite

(Fe,Ni)4N

1
1.BC.15 Carlsbergite

CrN

7
1.BC.15 Osbornite

TiN

1
1.BD.05 Nickelphosphide

(Ni,Fe)3P

10
1.BD.05 Schreibersite

(Fe,Ni)3P

25
1.BD.10 Barringerite

(Fe,Ni)2P

22
1.BD.15 Allabogdanite

(Fe,Ni)2P

4
1.BD.20 Melliniite

(Ni,Fe)4P

3
1.CA.05 Antimony

Sb

401
1.CA.05 Arsenic

As

1208
1.CA.05 Bismuth

Bi

1074
1.CA.05 Stibarsen

AsSb

90
1.CA.10 Arsenolamprite

As

95
1.CA.10 Pararsenolamprite

(As,Sb)

3
1.CA.15 Paradocrasite

Sb3As

1

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