Their are thousands of minerals from all over the world. Below is a list of the more common minerals group according to their Chemical Grouping. It will give the reader a basic idea of what their is and how they are grouped.
A.NATIVE ELEMENTS:
1.Copper
2.Diamond
3. Gold
4.Graphite
5.Mercury
6.Silver
8.Sulphur
B SULPHIDE:
1. Arsenopyrite
2. Bornite
3.Chalcocite
4.Chalcopyrite
5.Cinnabar
6.Cobaltite
7.Covellite
8.Erythrite ( Arsenate)
9.Galena
10. Jamesonite
11. Lollingite
12. Marcasite
13.Molybdenite
14.Orpiment
15.Pentlandite
16.Pyrite
17.Pyrrhotite
18.Realgar
19.Sphalerite
20.Stannite
21. Stibnite
22 Tennanite
23Tetrahedrite ( Antimony-Sulphide)
C.HALIDE
1.Flourite
2.Halite
3.Sylvite
D.OXIDE
1.Cassiterite
2.Corundum
3.Cuprite
E. HYDROXIDE:
1.Diaspore
2.Hematite
3. Ilmenite
4. Magnetite
5.Perovskite
6.Pryrochlore
7.Prysolusite
8.Romanechite
9.Rutile
10.Spinel
11.Uraninite
F. VANADATE
1.Vanadinite
G. TUNGSTATE
1.Wolframite
H.CARBONATE
1.Ankerite
2.Aragonite
3.Azurite
4.Calcite
5.Cerussite
6.Dolomite
7.Magnesite
8.Malachite
9.Rhodochrosite
10.Siderite
11.Stontianite
12.Witherite
I SULPHATE
1.Anglesite
2.Anhydrite
3.Barite
4.Celestine
5.Gypsum
J PHOSPHATE
1.APATITE.
2.Lazulite
3.Monazite
4.Pyromorphite
5.Vivianite
K SILICATE
1.Actinolite
2.Gaucophane
3.Hornblende
4.Riebeckite
5.Tremolite
L ALUMINO-SILICATE
1.Albite
2.Anorthite
3.Microline
4.Orthoclase
5. Plagioclase
6.Sanidine
7.Hauyne
8.leucite
9.Nepheline
10. Nosean
M SODIUM ALUMINIUM SILICATE
1.Sodalite
N SILICATE
1.Almandine
2.Andradite
3.Grossular
4.Pyrope
O HYDROUS SILICATE:
1. Biotite
2. Lepidolite
3.Muscovite
4.Phlogophite
P SILICATE
1.Olivine
2. Aegirine
3.Augite
4.Diopside
5.Entatite
6. Hedenbergite
7.Hypersthene
8.Jadeite
9. Pectolite
10.Rhodonite
11.Spodumene
12. Wollastonite
Q HYDROUS MAGNESIUM SILICATE
1. Antigorite
2.Chrysolite
R Silica
1.Quartz-chalcedony
2. Quartz
S Hydrous Silica
1. Opal
T HYDROUS SILICATE
2.Analcime
3.Apophyllite
4.Harmotome
5.Heulandite
6. Mesolite
7. Natrolite
8.Stilbite
U SILICATE
1.Beryl
2.Epidote
3.Melilite
4.Scapolite
5.Titanite
6.Topaz
7. Vesuvianite
8. Zircon
9.Zoisite
V HYDROUS SILICATE
1.Chlorite
W HYDROUS COPPER SILICATE
1.Chrysocolla
2 Dioptase
X BORO-SILICATE
1.Axinite
2.Datolite
3.Tourmaline
Y BORATE
1.BORAX
Z SUCCINIC ACID
1.Amber