Mineral Names Starting With H
Comprehensive List of Minerals
Browse minerals by first letter
Head into the fascinating mineral group starting with H. With minerals like Hematite, Halite, and Hübnerite, this list includes economically vital resources and collector favorites alike. Each mineral comes with a detailed profile covering its scientific and historical significance.
| Name | CNMMN/CNMNC Approved Formula | First Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Ianbruceite | Zn2(AsO4)(OH)(H2O)·2H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 76 (2012), 1119 |
| Iangreyite | Ca2Al7(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH,F)15·8H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 75 (2011), 327 |
| Ianthinite | U4+ (UO ) O (OH) ·9H O 2 2 4 6 4 2 |
Natuurwetenschappelijk Tijdschrift 7 (1925), 97 |
| Ice | H2O | original paper? |
| Ichnusaite | Th(MoO4)2·3H2O | American Mineralogist 99 (2014), 2089 |
| Icosahedrite | Al63Cu24Fe13 | American Mineralogist 96 (2011), 928 |
| Idaite | Cu3FeS4 | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (1958), 142 |
| Idrialite | C22H14 | Annales de Chimie et de Physique 50 (1832), 182 |
| Igelströmite | Fe3+(SbPb)O4 | European Journal of Mineralogy 36 (2024), 311 |
| Iimoriite-(Y) | Y2(SiO4)(CO3) | Geological Survey of Japan 39 (1968), 85 |
| Ikaite | Ca(CO3)·6H2O | Naturens Verden (1963), 168 |
| Ikorskyite | KMn3+(Si4O10)·3H2O | Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 153(1) (2024), 61 |
| Ikranite | (Na,H3O)15(Ca,Mn,REE )6Fe3+ Zr3Si24O66 2 (O,OH)6Cl·nH2O |
Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 132(5) (2003), 22 |
| Ikunolite | Bi4S3 | Mineralogical Journal 2 (1959), 397 |
| Ilesite | Mn2+(SO4)·4H2O | American Chemical Journal 3 (1881), 420 |
| Ilímaussite-(Ce) | (Ba,Na)10K3Na4.5Ce5(Nb,Ti)6O6(Si12O36)(Si9O18) (O,OH)24 |
Meddelelser om Grønland 181(7) (1968), 3 |
| Ilinskite | NaCu5O2(Se4+O3)2Cl3 | Doklady Akademii Nauk 353 (1997), 641 |
| Ilirneyite | Mg0.5[ZnMn3+(TeO3)3]·4.5H2O | Canadian Mineralogist 56 (2018), 913 |
| Illoqite-(Ce) | Na2NaBaCeZnSi6O17 | Mineralogical Magazine 86 (2022), 141 |
| Ilmajokite-(Ce) | Na11KBaCe2Ti12Si37.5O94(OH)30·29H2O | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 101 (1972), 75 |
| Ilmenite | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | Archiv für die Gesammte Naturlehre 10 (1827), 1 |
| Ilsemannite | Mo3O8·nH2O (?) | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie (1871), 566 |
| Iltisite | HgAgSCl | Archives des Sciences de Genève 50 (1997), 1 |
| Ilvaite | CaFe3+Fe2+ O(Si O )(OH) 2 2 7 |
Vollständiges Handbuch der Oryktognosie, Erster Theil. Halle (1811), 356 |
| Ilyukhinite | (H3O,Na)14Ca6Mn2Zr3Si26O72(OH)2·3H2O | Zapiski Rossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 145(4) (2016), 44 |
| Imandrite | Na12Ca3Fe3+ Si O 2 12 36 |
Mineralogiceskij Zhurnal 1 (1979), 89 |
| Imayoshiite | Ca3Al(CO3)[B(OH)4](OH)6∙12H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 79 (2015), 413 |
| Imhofite | Tl5.8As15.4S26 | Chimia 19 (1965), 499 |
| Imiterite | Ag2HgS2 | Bulletin de Minéralogie 108 (1985), 457 |
| Imogolite | Al2SiO3(OH)4 | Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 8(3) (1962), 114 |
| Inaglyite | PbCu3Ir8S16 | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 113 (1984), 712 |
| Incomsartorite | Tl6Pb144As246S516 | CNMNC Newsletter 33 – Mineralogical Magazine 80 (2016), 1135 |
| Inderborite | CaMg[B3O3(OH)5]2(H2O)4·2H2O | Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 33 (1941), 254 |
| Inderite | Mg[B3O3(OH)5](H2O)4·H2O | Zapiski Rossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 66 (1937), 315 |
| Indialite | Mg2Al3(AlSi5)O18 | Proceedings of the Japan Academy 30 (1954), 746 |
| Indigirite | Mg2Al2(CO3)4(OH)2·15H2O | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 100 (1971), 178 |
| Indite | FeIn2S4 | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 92 (1963), 445 |
| Indium | In | Geochemistry, mineralogy, and genetic types of deposits of rare elements 2 (1964), 568 |
| Inesite | Ca2Mn2+ Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O 7 |
Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 39 (1887), 829 |
| Ingersonite | Ca3Mn2+Sb5+ O 4 14 |
American Mineralogist 73 (1988), 405 |
| Ingodite | Bi2TeS | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 110 (1981), 594 |
| Innelite | Ba4Ti2Na(NaMn2+)Ti(Si2O7)2[(SO4)(PO4)]O2[O(OH)] | Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 141 (1961), 1198 |
| Innsbruckite | Mn33(Si2O5)14(OH)38 | Mineralogical Magazine 78 (2014), 1613 |
| Insizwaite | PtBi2 | Mineralogical Magazine 38 (1972), 794 |
| Interliveingite | AgPb18As25S56 | CNMNC Newsletter 72 – Mineralogical Magazine 87 (2023), 512; European Journal of Mineralogy 35 (2023), 285 |
| Intersilite | Na6Mn(Ti,Nb)Si10(O,OH)28·4H2O | Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 125(4) (1996), 79 |
| Inyoite | CaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O | Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 4 (1914), 354 |
| Iodargyrite | AgI | Cours de Minéralogie (Histoire naturelle). Masson, Paris (1859), 386 |
| Iowaite | Mg6Fe3+ (OH)16Cl2·4H2O 2 |
American Mineralogist 52 (1967), 1261 |
| Iquiqueite | K3Na4Mg(CrO4)B24O39(OH)·12H2O | American Mineralogist 71 (1986), 830 |
| Iranite | CuPb10(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)2 | Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 86 (1963), 133 |
| Iraqite-(La) | KCa2(La,Ce,Th)Si8O20 | Mineralogical Magazine 40 (1976), 441 |
| Irarsite | IrAsS | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 95 (1966), 700 |
| Irhtemite | Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·4H2O | Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 95 (1972), 365 |
| Iridarsenite | IrAs2 | Canadian Mineralogist 12 (1974), 280 |
| Iridium | Ir | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 94 (1804), 411 |
| Iriginite | (UO2)Mo6+ O7·3H2O 2 |
Mineraly Urana Spravochnik (Uranium Minerals Handbook). Moscow (1957) |
| Irinarassite | Ca3Sn2(SiAl2)O12 | Mineralogical Magazine 77 (2013), 2857 |
| Iron | Fe | original paper? |
| Irtyshite | Na2Ta4O11 | Mineralogicheskij Zhurnal 7(3) (1985), 87 |
| Iseite | Mn2+ Mo4+ O 2 3 8 |
Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 108 (2013), 37 |
| Ishiharaite | (Cu,Ga,Fe,In,Zn)S | Canadian Mineralogist 52 (2014), 969 |
| Ishikawaite | (U,Fe,Y)NbO4 | Journal of the Chemical Society of Japan 43 (1922), 648 |
| Iskandarovite | Sb6O7(SO4)2 | CNMNC Newsletter 68 – Mineralogical Magazine 86 (2022), 854; European Journal of Mineralogy 34 (2022), 385 |
| Isoclasite | Ca2(PO4)(OH)·2H2O | Journal für Praktische Chemie, Neue Folge 2 (1870), 125 |
| Isocubanite | CuFe2S3 | Mineralogical Magazine 52 (1988), 509 |
| Isoferroplatinum | Pt3Fe | Canadian Mineralogist 13 (1975), 117 |
| Isokite | CaMg(PO4)F | Mineralogical Magazine 30 (1955), 681 |
| Isolueshite | NaNbO3 | European Journal of Mineralogy 9 (1997), 483 |
| Isomertieite | Pd11Sb2As2 | Mineralogical Magazine 39 (1974), 528 |
| Isovite | (Cr,Fe)23C6 | Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 127(5) (1998), 26 |
| Isselite | Cu6(SO4)(OH)10(H2O)4·H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 84 (2020), 653 |
| Itelmenite | Na2CuMg2(SO4)4 | Mineralogical Magazine 82 (2018), 1233 |
| Itoigawaite | SrAl2Si2O7(OH)2·H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 63 (1999), 909 |
| Itoite | Pb3GeO2(SO4)2(OH)2 | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (1960), 132 |
| Itsiite | Ba2Ca(BSi2O7)2 | Canadian Mineralogist 52 (2014), 401 |
| Ivanyukite-Cu | Cu[Ti4O2(OH)2(SiO4)3]·7H2O | American Mineralogist 94 (2009), 1450 |
| Ivanyukite-K | K2[Ti4O2(OH)2(SiO4)3]·9H2O | American Mineralogist 94 (2009), 1450 |
| Ivanyukite-Na | Na2[Ti4O2(OH)2(SiO4)3]·6H2O | American Mineralogist 94 (2009), 1450 |
| Ivsite | Na3H(SO4)2 | Doklady Earth Sciences 468 (2016), 632 |
| Iwashiroite-(Y) | YTaO4 | Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 101 (2006), 170 |
| Iwateite | Na2BaMn(PO4)2 | Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 109 (2014), 34 |
| Ixiolite-(Fe2+) | (Ta2/3Fe2+ /3)O2 1 |
Annalen der Physik und Chemie 11 (1857), 625 |
| Ixiolite-(Mn2+) | (Ta2/3Mn2+ /3)O2 1 |
Annalen der Physik und Chemie 11 (1857), 625 |
| Iyoite | MnCuCl(OH)3 | Mineralogical Magazine 81 (2017), 485 |
| Izoklakeite | Pb26.4(Cu,Fe)2(Sb,Bi)19.6S57 | Canadian Mineralogist 24 (1986), 1 |