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The following table presents synonyms for many common minerals. It was prepared by Dr. Oliver Seely, Department of Chemistry, California State University at Dominguez Hills. This table is in the public domain and may be copied without limit. Dr. Seely encourages the user to download it for private use and public distribution in any form including that of making it available on other Web servers.
| 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 | Cordierite |
| 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 | Laumontite |
| Lime feldspar | Anorthite |
| 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 | Wollastonite |
| 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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