Mineral Names Starting With K
Comprehensive List of Minerals
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Keep exploring with minerals that begin with K. From the potassium-rich Kalsilite to the fluorescent Kyanite, this section showcases minerals with compelling crystal forms and practical uses, particularly in ceramics and manufacturing.
| Name | CNMMN/CNMNC Approved Formula | First Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Kaatialaite | Fe3+[AsO2(OH)2]3·5H2O | American Mineralogist 69 (1984), 383 |
| Kabalovite | Fe2+ 3+ 3Fe 4(PO4)6 |
CNMNC Newsletter 67 – Mineralogical Magazine 86 (2022), 849; European Journal of Mineralogy 34 (2022), 359 |
| Kadyrelite | ([Hg1+]2)3OBr3(OH) | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 116 (1987), 733 |
| Kaersutite | NaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2 | Meddelelser om Grønland 7 (1893), 27 |
| Kahlenbergite | KAl11O17 | European Journal of Mineralogy 33 (2021), 341 |
| Kahlerite | Fe2+(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O | Der Karinthin 23 (1953), 277 |
| Kainite | KMg(SO4)Cl·2.75H2O | Berg- und Huttenmannische Zeitung 24 (1865), 79 |
| Kainosite-(Y) | Ca2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O | Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 8 (1886), 143 |
| Kainotropite | Cu4Fe3+O2(V2O7)(VO4) | Canadian Mineralogist 58 (2020), 155 |
| Kaitianite | Ti3+ Ti4+O 2 5 |
Meteoritics and Planetary Science 56 (2021), 96 |
| Kalborsite | K6Al4BSi6O20(OH)4Cl | Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 252 (1980), 1465 |
| Kalgoorlieite | As2Te3 | CNMNC Newsletter 30 – Mineralogical Magazine 80 (2016), 407 |
| Kaliborite | KHMg2B12O16(OH)10·4H2O | Chemiker-Zeitung 73 (1889), 1188 |
| Kalicinite | KH(CO3) | Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences de Paris 60 (1865), 918 |
| Kalifersite | K5Fe3+ Si20O50(OH)6·12H2O 7 |
European Journal of Mineralogy 10 (1998), 865 |
| Kalininite | ZnCr2S4 | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 114 (1985), 622 |
| Kalinite | KAl(SO4)2·11H2O | A System of Mineralogy, 5th ed. Wiley, New York (1868), 652 |
| Kaliochalcite | KCu2(SO4)2[(OH)(H2O)] | European Journal of Mineralogy 26 (2014), 597 |
| Kaliophilite | KAlSiO4 | Mineralogische und Petrographische Mittheilungen 8 (1887), 113 |
| Kalistrontite | K2Sr(SO4)2 | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 91 (1962), 712 |
| Kalithallite | K3Tl3+Cl6·2H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 87 (2023), 186 |
| Kalsilite | KAlSiO4 | Mineralogical Magazine 26 (1942), 218 |
| Kalungaite | PdAsSe | Mineralogical Magazine 70 (2006), 123 |
| Kalyuzhnyite-(Ce) | NaKCaSrCeTi(Si8O21)OF(H2O)3 | Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), 19 |
| Kamaishilite | Ca2(SiAl2)O6(OH)2 | Proceedings of the Japan Academy 57B (1981), 239 |
| Kamarizaite | Fe3+ (AsO ) (OH) ·3H O 3 4 2 3 2 |
Zapiski Rossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 138(3) (2009), 100 |
| Kambaldaite | NaNi4(CO3)3(OH)3·3H2O | American Mineralogist 70 (1985), 419 |
| Kamchatkite | KCu3O(SO4)2Cl | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 117 (1988), 459 |
| Kamenevite | K2TiSi3O9·H2O | European Journal of Mineralogy 31 (2019), 557 |
| Kamiokite | Fe2+ 4+ 2Mo 3O8 | Mineralogical Journal 12 (1985), 393 |
| Kamitugaite | PbAl(UO2)5(PO4)3O2(OH)2(H2O)11.5 | Bulletin de Minéralogie 107 (1984), 15 |
| Kamotoite-(Y) | Y2O4(UO2)4(CO3)3·14H2O | Bulletin de Minéralogie 109 (1986), 643 |
| Kampelite | Ba3Mg1.5Sc4(PO4)6(OH)3·4H2O | Mineralogy and Petrology 112 (2018), 111 |
| Kampfite | Ba12(Si11Al5)O31(CO3)8Cl5 | Canadian Mineralogist 39 (2001), 1053 |
| Kamphaugite-(Y) | CaY(CO3)2(OH)·H2O | European Journal of Mineralogy 5 (1993), 679 |
| Kanatzidisite | (SbBiS3)2Te2 | Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (2023), 18227 |
| Kanemite | NaSi2O4(OH)·3H2O | Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 95 (1972), 371 |
| Kangite | (Sc,Ti,Al,Zr,Mg,Ca,☐)2O3 | American Mineralogist 98 (2013), 870 |
| Kangjinlaite | Ti11Si10 | American Mineralogist 108 (2023), 197 |
| Kaňkite | Fe3+(AsO4)·3.5H2O | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (1976), 426 |
| Kannanite | Ca4Al4(MgAl)(VO4)(SiO4)2(Si3O10)(OH)6 | Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 113 (2018), 245 |
| Kanoite | MnMgSi2O6 | Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 83 (1977), 537 |
| Kanonaite | Mn3+AlOSiO4 | Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 66 (1978), 325 |
| Kanonerovite | Na3MnP3O10·12H2O | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (2002), 117 |
| Kantorite | K2NaMg(SO4)2F | CNMNC Newsletter 81 – Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), 632; European Journal of Mineralogy 36 (2024), 917 |
| Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | Clays and Clay Minerals 28 (1980), 97 |
| Kapellasite | Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2 | Mineralogical Magazine 70 (2006), 329 |
| Kapitsaite-(Y) | Ba4Y2Si8B4O28F | Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 129(6) (2000), 42 |
| Kapundaite | CaNaFe3+ (PO ) (OH) ·5H O 4 4 4 3 2 |
American Mineralogist 95 (2010), 754 |
| Kapustinite | Na6ZrSi6O16(OH)2 | Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 132(6) (2003), 1 |
| Karasugite | SrCaAlF7 | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (1994), 209 |
| Karchevskyite | Mg18Al9(OH)54Sr2(CO3)9(H2O)6(H3O)5 | Zapiski Rossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 136(5) (2007), 52 |
| Karelianite | V2O3 | American Mineralogist 48 (1963), 33 |
| Karenwebberite | NaFe2+(PO4) | American Mineralogist 98 (2013), 767 |
| Karibibite | Fe3+ 3+ 3+ 3(As O2)4(As 2O5)(OH) |
Lithos 6 (1973), 265 |
| Karlditmarite | Cu9O4(PO4)2(SO4)2 | CNMNC Newsletter 61 – Mineralogical Magazine 85 (2021), 459; European Journal of Mineralogy 33 (2021), 299 |
| Karlite | (Mg,Al)6.5(BO3)3(OH)4(☐,Cl)0.5 | American Mineralogist 66 (1981), 872 |
| Karlleuite | Ca2MnO4 | Mineralogy and Petrology 118 (2024), 569 |
| Karlseifertite | Pb(Ga2Ge)(AsO4)2(OH)6 | European Journal of Mineralogy 36 (2024), 873 |
| Karnasurtite-(Ce) | CeTiAlSi2O7(OH)4·3H2O | Trudy Institut Mineralogii, Geokhimii, Kristallokhimii Redkikh Elementov, Akademiia Nauk SSSR 2 (1959), 95 |
| Karpenkoite | Co3(V2O7)(OH)2·2H2O | Journal of Geosciences 60 (2015), 251 |
| Karpinskite | (Mg,Ni)2Si2O5(OH)2 (?) | Kora Vyvetrivaniya 2 (1956), 124 |
| Karpovite | Tl2VO(SO4)2(H2O) | Mineralogical Magazine 78 (2014), 1699 |
| Karupmøllerite-Ca | (Na,Ca,K)2Ca(Nb,Ti)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·7H2O | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (2002), 433 |
| Karwowskiite | Ca9Mg(Fe2+ ☐ )(PO ) 0.5 0.5 4 7 |
Minerals 14 (2024), 825 |
| Kasatkinite | Ba2Ca8B5Si8O32(OH)3·6H2O | Zapiski Rossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 141(3) (2012), 39 |
| Kashinite | Ir2S3 | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 114 (1985), 617 |
| Kaskasite | (Mo,Nb)S2·(Mg1-xAlx)(OH)2+x | Mineralogical Magazine 78 (2014), 663 |
| Kasolite | Pb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O | Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences 173 (1921), 1476 |
| Kassite | CaTi2O4(OH)2 | The Caledonian complex of the ultrabasic alkaline rocks and carbonatites of the Kola Peninsula and northern Karelia. Izdatelstvo “Nedra”, Moscow (1965), 368 |
| Kastningite | Mn2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O | Lapis 24(6) (1999), 39 |
| Katayamalite | KLi3Ca7Ti2(SiO3)12(OH)2 | Mineralogical Journal 11 (1983), 261 |
| Katerinopoulosite | (NH4)2Zn(SO4)2·6H2O | European Journal of Mineralogy 30 (2018), 821 |
| Katiarsite | KTiO(AsO4) | Mineralogical Magazine 80 (2016), 639 |
| Katoite | Ca3Al2(OH)12 | Bulletin de Minéralogie 107 (1984), 605 |
| Katophorite | Na(NaCa)(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 | Mineralogical Magazine 79 (2015), 355 |
| Katoptrite | Mn2+ Al Sb5+ O (SiO ) 13 4 2 20 4 2 |
Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 39 (1917), 426 |
| Katsarosite | Zn(C2O4)·2H2O | Mineralogy and Petrology 117 (2023), 259 |
| Kawazulite | Bi2Te2Se | Geological Survey of Japan 39 (1970), 87 |
| Kayrobertsonite | MnAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O | European Journal of Mineralogy 28 (2016), 649 |
| Kayupovaite | Na2Mn10[(Si14Al2)O38(OH)8]·7H2O | CNMNC Newsletter 69 – Mineralogical Magazine 86 (2022), 988; European Journal of Mineralogy 34 (2022), 463 |
| Kazakhstanite | Fe3+ V4+ V5+ O (OH) ·9H O 5 3 12 39 9 2 |
Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 118(5) (1989), 95 |
| Kazakovite | Na6Mn2+TiSi6O18 | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 103 (1974), 342 |
| Kazanskyite | Ba☐TiNbNa3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2(H2O)2 | Mineralogical Magazine 76 (2012), 473 |
| Kaznakhtite | Ni6Co3+ (OH) (CO )∙4H O 2 16 3 2 |
Mineralogical Magazine 86 (2022), 841 |
| Keckite | CaMn(Fe3+,Mn)2Fe3+ (PO4)4(OH)3·7H2O 2 |
Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Abhandlungen 134 (1979), 183 |
| Kegelite | Pb4Al2Si4O10(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)4 | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (1976), 110 |
| Kegginite | Pb3Ca3[AsV12O40(VO)]·20H2O | American Mineralogist 102 (2017), 461 |
| Keilite | FeS | Canadian Mineralogist 40 (2002), 1687 |
| Keithconnite | Pd20Te7 | Canadian Mineralogist 17 (1979), 589 |
| Keiviite-(Y) | Y2Si2O7 | Mineralogiceskij Zhurnal 7 (1985), 79 |
| Keiviite-(Yb) | Yb2Si2O7 | Mineralogiceskij Zhurnal 5 (1983), 94 |
| Keldyshite | Na2ZrSi2O7 | Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 142 (1962), 916 |
| Kellyite | (Mn2+,Mg,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4 | American Mineralogist 59 (1974), 1153 |
| Kelyanite | Hg12SbO6BrCl2 | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 111 (1982), 330 |
| Kemmlitzite | SrAl3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6 | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (1969), 201 |
| Kempite | Mn2+ Cl(OH) 2 3 |
American Journal of Science 8 (1924), 145 |
| Kenhsuite | Hg3S2Cl2 | Canadian Mineralogist 36 (1998), 201 |
| Kenngottite | Mn2+ Fe3+ (PO ) (OH) (H O) 3 4 4 4 6 2 2 |
European Journal of Mineralogy 31 (2019), 629 |
| Kennygayite | [Pb4O2(OH)2](SO4) | Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology 62 (2024), 391 |
| Kenoargentotennantite-(Fe) | Ag6(Cu4Fe2)As4S12☐ | CNMNC Newsletter 58 – Mineralogical Magazine 84 (2020), 971; European Journal of Mineralogy 32 (2020), 645 |
| Kenoargentotetrahedrite-(Fe) | Ag6(Cu4Fe2)Sb4S12☐ | Das Mohs’sche Mineralsystem. Gerold, Wien (1853), 117 |
| Kenoargentotetrahedrite-(Zn) | Ag6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S12☐ | European Journal of Mineralogy 36 (2024), 397 |
| Kenoplumbomicrolite | (Pb,☐)2Ta2O6[☐,(OH),O] | Mineralogical Magazine 82 (2018), 1049 |
| Kenorozhdestvenskayaite-(Fe) | Ag6(Ag4Fe2)Sb4S12☐ | American Mineralogist 109 (2024), 1275 |
| Kenotobermorite | Ca4Si6O15(OH)2(H2O)2·3H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 79 (2015), 485 |
| Kentbrooksite | (Na,REE )15(Ca,REE )6Mn3Zr3Nb(Si25O73)(O,OH, H2O)3(F,Cl)2 |
European Journal of Mineralogy 10 (1998), 207 |
| Kentrolite | Pb2Mn3+ O2(Si2O7) 2 |
Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie 5 (1881), 32 |
| Kenyaite | Na2Si22O41(OH)8·6H2O | Science 157 (1967), 1177 |
| Keplerite | Ca9(Ca0.5☐0.5)Mg(PO4)7 | American Mineralogist 106 (2021), 1917 |
| Kerimasite | Ca3Zr2(SiFe3+ )O 2 12 |
Mineralogical Magazine 74 (2010), 803 |
| Kermesite | Sb2OS2 | Practical mineralogy. Bailliere, London (1843), 61 |
| Kernite | Na2B4O6(OH)2·3H2O | American Mineralogist 12 (1927), 24 |
| Kernowite | Cu2Fe3+(AsO4)(OH)4·4H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 85 (2021), 283 |
| Kesebolite-(Ce) | CeCa2Mn(AsO4)(SiO3)3 | Minerals 10 (2020), 385 |
| Kësterite | Cu2ZnSnS4 | Trudy Vsesouznogo Magadansk Nauchno-Issledovatelskii Institut Magadan 2 (1956), 76 |
| Kettnerite | CaBiO(CO3)F | Časopis pro Mineralogii a Geologii 1 (1956), 195 |
| Keutschite | Cu2AgAsS4 | CNMNC Newsletter 21 – Mineralogical Magazine 78 (2014), 797 |
| Keyite | (☐0.5Cu0.5)CuCdZn2(AsO4)3·H2O | Mineralogical Record 8 (1977), 87 |
| Keystoneite | Mg0.5NiFe3+(Te4+O3)3·4H2O | Canadian Mineralogist 59 (2021), 355 |
| Khademite | Al(SO4)F(H2O)5 | Comptes Rendus des Seances de l’Académie des Sciences, Série C 277 (1973), 1585 |
| Khaidarkanite | Cu4Al3(OH)14F3·2H2O | Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 128(3) (1999), 58 |
| Khamrabaevite | TiC | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 113 (1984), 697 |
| Khanneshite | (Na,Ca)3(Ba,Sr,Ce,Ca)3(CO3)5 | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 111 (1982), 321 |
| Kharaelakhite | (Cu,Pt,Pb,Fe,Ni)9S8 | Mineralogiceskij Zhurnal 7 (1985), 78 |
| Khatyrkite | CuAl2 | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 114 (1985), 90 |
| Khesinite | Ca4(Mg2Fe3+ 0)O4(Fe3+ 0Si2)O36 1 1 |
European Journal of Mineralogy 29 (2017), 101 |
| Khibinskite | K2ZrSi2O7 | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 103 (1974), 110 |
| Khinite | Cu2+ 6+ 3PbTe O6(OH)2 |
American Mineralogist 63 (1978), 1016 |
| Khmaralite | Mg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si5Be2Al5O36] | American Mineralogist 84 (1999), 1650 |
| Khomyakovite | Na12Sr3Ca6Fe3Zr3W(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2 | Canadian Mineralogist 37 (1999), 893 |
| Khorixasite | (Bi0.67☐0.33)Cu(VO4)(OH) | CNMNC Newsletter 33 – Mineralogical Magazine 80 (2016), 1135 |
| Khrenovite | Na3Fe3+ (AsO ) 2 4 3 |
Mineralogical Magazine 86 (2022), 897 |
| Khristovite-(Ce) | CaCe(MgAlMn2+)(Si2O7)(SiO4)F(OH) | Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 122(3) (1993), 103 |
| Khurayyimite | Ca7Zn4(Si2O7)2(OH)10·4H2O | Mineralogy and Petrology 117 (2023), 191 |
| Khvorovite | Pb4Ca2[Si8B2(SiB)O28]F | Mineralogical Magazine 79 (2015), 949 |
| Kiddcreekite | Cu6WSnS8 | Canadian Mineralogist 22 (1984), 227 |
| Kidwellite | NaFe3+ (PO ) (OH) ·3H O (x ≈ 0.33) 9+x 4 6 11 2 |
Mineralogical Magazine 42 (1978), 137 |
| Kieftite | CoSb3 | Canadian Mineralogist 32 (1994), 179 |
| Kieserite | Mg(SO4)·H2O | Nova Acta Leopoldina 27 (1860), 634 |
| Kihlmanite-(Ce) | Ce2TiO2(SiO4)(HCO3)2(H2O) | Mineralogical Magazine 78 (2014), 483 |
| Kilchoanite | Ca6(SiO4)(Si3O10) | Nature 189 (1961), 743 |
| Killalaite | Ca6.4[H0.6Si2O7]2(OH)2 | Mineralogical Magazine 39 (1974), 544 |
| Kimrobinsonite | Ta(OH)3(O,CO3) | Canadian Mineralogist 23 (1985), 573 |
| Kimuraite-(Y) | CaY2(CO3)4·6H2O | American Mineralogist 71 (1986), 1028 |
| Kimzeyite | Ca3Zr2(SiAl2)O12 | Science 127 (1958), 1343 |
| Kingite | Al3(PO4)2F2(OH)·7H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 31 (1957), 351 |
| Kingsgateite | ZrMo6+ O (OH) ∙2H O 2 7 2 2 |
Mineralogical Magazine 86 (2022), 486 |
| Kingsmountite | Ca3MnFe2+Al4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O | Canadian Mineralogist 17 (1979), 579 |
| Kingstonite | Rh3S4 | Mineralogical Magazine 69 (2005), 447 |
| Kinichilite | Mg0.5Mn2+Fe3+(Te4+O3)3·4.5H2O | Mineralogical Journal 10 (1981), 333 |
| Kinoite | Ca2Cu2Si3O10·2H2O | American Mineralogist 55 (1970), 709 |
| Kinoshitalite | BaMg3(Si2Al2O10)(OH)2 | Chigaku Kenkyu 24 (1973), 181 |
| Kintoreite | PbFe3+ (PO )(PO OH)(OH) 3 4 3 6 |
Mineralogical Magazine 59 (1995), 143 |
| Kipushite | Cu6(PO4)2(OH)6·H2O | Canadian Mineralogist 23 (1985), 35 |
| Kircherite | [Na5Ca2K](Si6Al6O24)(SO4)2·0.33H2O | American Mineralogist 97 (2012), 1494 |
| Kirchhoffite | CsBSi2O6 | Canadian Mineralogist 50 (2012), 523 |
| Kirkiite | Pb10Bi3As3S19 | Bulletin de Minéralogie 108 (1985), 667 |
| Kirschsteinite | CaFe2+(SiO4) | Mineralogical Magazine 31 (1957), 698 |
| Kiryuite | NaMnAl(PO4)F3 | Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 118 (2023), 230605 |
| Kishonite | VH2 | Minerals 10 (2020), 1118 |
| Kitagohaite | Pt7Cu | Mineralogical Magazine 78 (2014), 739 |
| Kitkaite | NiTeSe | American Mineralogist 50 (1965), 581 |
| Kittatinnyite | Ca2Mn2+Mn3+ (SiO ) (OH) ·9H O 2 4 2 4 2 |
American Mineralogist 68 (1983), 1029 |
| Kladnoite | C6H4(CO)2NH | Rozpravy České Akademie 52 (1942), 4 p. |
| Klajite | MnCu4(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·9H2O | European Journal of Mineralogy 23 (2011), 829 |
| Klaprothite | Na6(UO2)(SO4)4(H2O)4 | Mineralogical Magazine 81 (2017), 753 |
| Klebelsbergite | Sb3+ O (SO )(OH) 4 4 4 2 |
Mathematikai és Természet-tudományi Értesítö 46 (1929), 19 |
| Kleberite | Fe3+Ti6O11(OH)5 | Mineralogical Magazine 77 (2013), 45 |
| Kleemanite | ZnAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·3H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 43 (1979), 93 |
| Kleinite | (Hg2N)(Cl,SO4)·nH2O | Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 21 (1905), 1091 |
| Klöchite | (Fe2+Fe3+)☐2KZn3(Si12O30) | Canadian Mineralogist 49 (2011), 1115 |
| Klockmannite | Cu5.2Se6 | Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie (1928), 225 |
| Klyuchevskite | K3Cu3Fe3+O2(SO4)4 | Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 118(1) (1989), 70 |
| Knasibfite | K3Na4(SiF6)3(BF4) | Canadian Mineralogist 46 (2008), 447 |
| Knorringite | Mg3Cr2(SiO4)3 | American Mineralogist 53 (1968), 1833 |
| Koashvite | Na6CaTiSi6O18 | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 103 (1974), 559 |
| Kobeite-(Y) | (Y,U)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6 (?) | Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 56 (1950), 509 |
| Kobellite | Pb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S35 | Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar (1841), 188 |
| Kobokoboite | Al6(PO4)4(OH)6·11H2O | European Journal of Mineralogy 22 (2010), 305 |
| Kobyashevite | Cu5(SO4)2(OH)6·4H2O | Mineralogy and Petrology 107 (2013), 201 |
| Kochite | Ca2(MnZr)Na3Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F2 | European Journal of Mineralogy 15 (2003), 551 |
| Kochkarite | PbBi4Te7 | Geologiya Rudnykh Mestorozhdenii 31 (1989), 98 |
| Kochsándorite | CaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O | Canadian Mineralogist 45 (2007), 479 |
| Kodamaite | Na3(Ca5Na)Si16O36(OH)4F2∙(14-x )H2O (x ~ 5) | Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology 62 (2024), 133 |
| Koechlinite | Bi2MoO6 | Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 4 (1914), 354 |
| Koenenite | Na4Mg9Al4Cl12(OH)22 | Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie (1902), 493 |
| Kogarkoite | Na3(SO4)F | American Mineralogist 58 (1973), 116 |
| Kojonenite | Pd7-xSnTe2 (0.3 ≤ x ≤ 0.8) | American Mineralogist 100 (2015), 447 |
| Kokchetavite | K(AlSi3O8) | Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 148 (2004), 380 |
| Kokinosite | Na2Ca2(V10O28)·24H2O | Canadian Mineralogist 52 (2014), 15 |
| Koksharovite | CaMg2Fe3+ (VO4)6 4 |
European Journal of Mineralogy 26 (2014), 667 |
| Koktaite | (NH4)2Ca(SO4)2·H2O | Acta Academiae Scientiarum Naturalium Moravo-Silesiacae 20 (1948), 1 |
| Kolarite | PbTeCl2 | Canadian Mineralogist 23 (1985), 501 |
| Kolbeckite | Sc(PO4)·2H2O | Jahrbuch für das Berg-und Hüttenwesen im Sachsen 100 (1926), 73 |
| Kolfanite | Ca2Fe3+ O2(AsO4)3·2H2O 3 |
Mineralogicheskij Zhurnal 4(2) (1982), 90 |
| Kolicite | Zn4Mn2+ (AsO ) (SiO ) (OH) 7 4 2 4 2 8 |
American Mineralogist 64 (1979), 708 |
| Kolitschite | Pb[Zn0.5,☐0.5]Fe3(AsO4)2(OH)6 | Australian Journal of Mineralogy 14 (2008), 63 |
| Kollerite | (NH4)2Fe3+(SO3)2(OH)·H2O | Mineralogy and Petrology 117 (2023), 231 |
| Kolovratite | (Ni,Zn)x(VO4)·nH2O | Comptes Rendus de l’Academie des Sciences de Russie (1922), 37 |
| Kolskyite | (Ca☐)Ti2Na2Ti2(Si2O7)2O4(H2O)2(H2O)5 | Canadian Mineralogist 51 (2013), 921 |
| Kolwezite | CuCo(CO3)(OH)2 | Bulletin de Minéralogie 103 (1980), 179 |
| Kolymite | Cu7Hg6 | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 109 (1980), 206 |
| Komarovite | (Ca,Sr,Na)6-x(Nb,Ti)6(Si4O12)(O,OH,F)16·nH2O | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 100 (1971), 599 |
| Kombatite | Pb14O9(VO4)2Cl4 | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (1986), 519 |
| Komkovite | BaZrSi3O9·3H2O | Mineralogicheskij Zhurnal 12(3) (1990), 69 |
| Konderite | PbCu3Rh8S16 | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 113 (1984), 703 |
| Koninckite | Fe3+(PO4)·3H2O | Société Géologique de Belgique, Mémoires, 11 (1883-1884), 274 |
| Kononovite | NaMg(SO4)F | European Journal of Mineralogy 27 (2015), 575 |
| Konyaite | Na2Mg(SO4)2·5H2O | American Mineralogist 67 (1982), 1035 |
| Koragoite | Mn2+ Mn3+Nb (Nb,Ta) W O 2 2 3 2 20 |
Transactions (Doklady) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Earth Science Section 353A (1996), 341 |
| Koritnigite | Zn(AsO3OH)·H2O | Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 26 (1979), 51 |
| Kornelite | Fe3+ (SO ) ·7H O (?) 2 4 3 2 |
Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Értesítője 22 (1888), 131 |
| Kornerupine | (Mg,Fe2+,Al,☐)10(Si,Al,B)5O21(OH,F)2 | Meddelelser om Grønland 7 (1884), 19 |
| Korobitsynite | (Na,☐)4Ti2(Si4O12)(O,OH)2·4H2O | Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 128(3) (1999), 72 |
| Korshunovskite | Mg2Cl(OH)3·4H2O | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 111 (1982), 324 |
| Koryakite | NaKMg2Al2(SO4)6 | Mineralogical Magazine 84 (2020), 283 |
| Korzhinskite | CaB2O4·0.5H2O | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 92 (1963), 555 |
| Kosmochlor | NaCr3+Si2O6 | Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie 27 (1897), 586 |
| Kosnarite | KZr2(PO4)3 | American Mineralogist 78 (1993), 653 |
| Kostovite | AuCuTe4 | American Mineralogist 51 (1966), 29 |
| Kostylevite | K2ZrSi3O9·H2O | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 112 (1983), 469 |
| Kotoite | Mg3(BO3)2 | Mineralogische und Petrographische Mittheilungen 50 (1939), 441 |
| Kottenheimite | Ca3Si(SO4)2(OH)6·12H2O | Canadian Mineralogist 50 (2012), 55 |
| Köttigite | Zn3(AsO4)2·8H2O | A System of Mineralogy, 3rd ed. Putnam, New York (1850), 487 |
| Kotulskite | Pd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4) | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 92 (1963), 33 |
| Koutekite | Cu5As2 | Nature 181 (1958), 1553 |
| Kovdorskite | Mg2(PO4)(OH)·3H2O | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 109 (1980), 341 |
| Kozłowskiite | Ca4Fe2+Sn3(Si2O7)2(Si2O6OH)2 | Mineralogical Magazine 86 (2022), 507 |
| Kozoite-(La) | La(CO3)(OH) | Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 98 (2003), 137 |
| Kozoite-(Nd) | Nd(CO3)(OH) | American Mineralogist 85 (2000), 1076 |
| Kozyrevskite | Cu4O(AsO4)2 | Mineralogical Magazine 78 (2014), 1553 |
| Kraisslite | Zn3(Mn,Mg)25(Fe3+,Al)(As3+O3)2[(Si,As5+)O4]10 (OH)16 | American Mineralogist 63 (1978), 938 |
| Králikite | BaCl2·2H2O | CNMNC Newsletter 81 – Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), 632; European Journal of Mineralogy 36 (2024), 917 |
| Krasheninnikovite | KNa2CaMg(SO4)3F | American Mineralogist 97 (2012), 1788 |
| Krásnoite | Ca3Al7.7Si3P4O22.9(OH)13.3F2·8H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 76 (2012), 625 |
| Krasnoshteinite | Al8[B2O4(OH)2](OH)16Cl4·7H2O | Crystals 10 (2020), 301 |
| Krasnovite | Ba(Al,Mg)(PO4,CO3)(OH)2·H2O | Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 125(3) (1996), 110 |
| Kratochvílite | C13H10 | Rozpravy Ceske Akademie, Kl II 47 (1937), 6 p. |
| Krausite | KFe3+(SO4)2·H2O | American Mineralogist 16 (1931), 352 |
| Krauskopfite | BaSi2O5·3H2O | American Mineralogist 50 (1965), 314 |
| Krautite | Mn(AsO3OH)·H2O | Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 98 (1975), 78 |
| Kravtsovite | PdAg2S | European Journal of Mineralogy 29 (2017), 597 |
| Kreiterite | CsLi2Fe3+Si4O10F2 | CNMNC Newsletter 51 – Mineralogical Magazine 83 (2019), 757; European Journal of Mineralogy 31 (2019), 1099 |
| Kremersite | (NH4)2Fe3+Cl5·H2O | Das Mohs’sche Mineralsystem. Gerold, Wien (1853), 9 |
| Krennerite | Au3AgTe8 | Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie 1 (1877), 614 |
| Krettnichite | PbMn3+ (VO ) (OH) 2 4 2 2 |
European Journal of Mineralogy 13 (2001), 145 |
| Kribergite | Al5(PO4)3(SO4)(OH)4·4H2O | Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 67 (1945), 78 |
| Krieselite | Al2(GeO4)F2 | Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie Abhandlungen 187 (2010), 33 |
| Krinovite | Na4[Mg8Cr3+ ]O4[Si12O36] 4 |
Science 161 (1968), 786 |
| Kristiansenite | Ca4Sc2Sn2(Si2O7)2(Si2O6OH)2 | Mineralogy and Petrology 75 (2002), 89 |
| Kristjánite | KNa2H(SO4)2 | Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), 211 |
| Krivovichevite | Pb3Al(OH)6(SO4)(OH) | Canadian Mineralogist 45 (2007), 451 |
| Kröhnkite | Na2Cu(SO4)2(H2O)2 | Mineralojía. Libreria Central de Servat I CA, Santiago (1879), 250 |
| Krotite | CaAl2O4 | American Mineralogist 96 (2011), 709 |
| Kroupaite | KPb0.5[(UO2)8O4(OH)10]·10H2O | American Mineralogist 105 (2020), 561 |
| Krügerite | BaCa6(SiO4)2[(P0.5S0.5)O4]2F | CNMNC Newsletter 79 – Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), 510; European Journal of Mineralogy 36 (2024), 525 |
| Kruijenite | Ca4Al4(SO4)F2(OH)16·2H2O | Mineralogy and Petrology 113 (2019), 229 |
| Krupičkaite | Cu6[AsO3(OH)]6·8H2O | Journal of Geosciences 66 (2021), 37 |
| Krupkaite | PbCuBi3S6 | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (1974), 533 |
| Krut’aite | CuSe2 | Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 95 (1972), 475 |
| Krutovite | NiAs2 | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 105 (1976), 59 |
| Kryachkoite | (Al,Cu)6(Fe,Cu) | American Mineralogist 102 (2017), 690 |
| Kryzhanovskite | (Fe3+,Mn2+)3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)3 | Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 72 (1950), 763 |
| Ktenasite | ZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O | Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 1 (1950), 342 |
| Kuannersuite-(Ce) | NaCeBa3(PO4)3F0.5Cl0.5 | Canadian Mineralogist 42 (2004), 95 |
| Kudriavite | (Cd,Pb)Bi2S4 | Canadian Mineralogist 43 (2005), 695 |
| Kudryavtsevaite | Na3MgFe3+Ti4O12 | Mineralogical Magazine 77 (2013), 327 |
| Kufahrite | PtPb | Mineralogical Magazine 85 (2021), 254 |
| Kukharenkoite-(Ce) | Ba2Ce(CO3)3F | European Journal of Mineralogy 8 (1996), 1327 |
| Kukharenkoite-(La) | Ba2La(CO3)3F | Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 132(3) (2003), 55 |
| Kukisvumite | Na6ZnTi4O4(SiO3)8·4H2O | Mineralogicheskij Zhurnal 13(2) (1991), 63 |
| Kuksite | Pb3Zn3TeO6(PO4)2 | Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 119(5) (1990), 50 |
| Kulanite | BaFe2+ Al (PO ) (OH) 2 2 4 3 3 |
Canadian Mineralogist 14 (1976), 127 |
| Kuliginite | Fe3Mg(OH)6Cl2 | American Mineralogist 103 (2018), 1435 |
| Kuliokite-(Y) | Y4Al(SiO4)2(OH)2F5 | Mineralogicheskij Zhurnal 8(2) (1986), 94 |
| Kulkeite | Na0.3Mg8Al(Si,Al)8O20(OH)10 | Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 80 (1982), 103 |
| Kullerudite | NiSe2 | Comptes Rendus de la Société Geologique de Finlande 36 (1964), 113 |
| Kumdykolite | Na(AlSi3O8) | European Journal of Mineralogy 21 (2009), 1325 |
| Kummerite | Mn2+Fe3+Al(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 80 (2016), 1243 |
| Kumtyubeite | Ca5(SiO4)2F2 | American Mineralogist 94 (2009), 1361 |
| Kunatite | CuFe3+ (PO ) (OH) ·4H O 2 4 2 2 2 |
Australian Journal of Mineralogy 14 (2008), 3 |
| Kupčíkite | Cu3.4Fe0.6Bi5S10 | Canadian Mineralogist 41 (2003), 1155 |
| Kupletskite | K2NaMn2+ Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F 7 |
Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 108 (1956), 933 |
| Kupletskite-(Cs) | Cs2NaMn2+ Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F 7 |
Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 197 (1971), 1394 |
| Kuramite | Cu3SnS4 | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 108 (1979), 564 |
| Kuranakhite | PbMn4+Te6+O6 | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 104 (1975), 310 |
| Kuratite | Ca2(Fe2+ Ti)O2[Si4Al2O18] 5 |
Mineralogical Magazine 80 (2016), 1067 |
| Kurchatovite | CaMgB2O5 | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 95 (1966), 203 |
| Kurgantaite | CaSrB5O9Cl·H2O | Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 130(3) (2001), 71 |
| Kurilite | Ag8Te3Se | Mineralogical Magazine 74 (2010), 463 |
| Kurnakovite | MgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O | Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 28 (1940), 638 |
| Kurumsakite | Zn8Al8V5+ Si5O35·27H2O (?) 2 |
Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR 134(19) (1954), 116 |
| Kusachiite | Cu2+Bi3+ O 2 4 |
Mineralogical Magazine 59 (1995), 545 |
| Kushiroite | CaAlAlSiO6 | American Mineralogist 94 (2009), 1479 |
| Kutinaite | Ag6Cu14As7 | American Mineralogist 55 (1970), 1083 |
| Kutnohorite | CaMn2+(CO3)2 | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie (1903), 338 |
| Kuvaevite | Ir5Ni10S16 | Russian Geology and Geophysics 63 (2022), 1373 |
| Kuzelite | Ca4Al2(OH)12(SO4)·6H2O | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (1997), 423 |
| Kuzmenkoite-Mn | K2MnTi4(Si4O12)2(OH)4·5-6H2O | Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 128(4) (1999), 42 |
| Kuzmenkoite-Zn | K2ZnTi4(Si4O12)2(OH)4·6-8H2O | Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 131(2) (2002), 45 |
| Kuzminite | HgBr | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 115 (1986), 595 |
| Kuznetsovite | Hg1+ Hg2+(AsO )Cl 2 4 |
Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 255 (1980), 963 |
| Kvačekite | NiSbSe | Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), 565 |
| Kvanefjeldite | Na4CaSi6O14(OH)2 | Canadian Mineralogist 22 (1984), 465 |
| Kyanite | Al2OSiO4 | Bergmannisches Journal 1 (1789), 369 |
| Kyanoxalite | Na7(Al5-6Si6-7O24)(C2O4)0.5-1.0·5H2O | Zapiski Rossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 138(6) (2009), 18 |
| Kyawthuite | Bi3+Sb5+O4 | Mineralogical Magazine 81 (2017), 477 |
| Kyrgyzstanite | ZnAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O | New Data on Minerals 40 (2005), 23 |
| Kyzylkumite | Ti2V3+O5(OH) | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 110 (1981), 607 |