Mineral Names Starting With W
Comprehensive List of Minerals
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Wander through the wonderful minerals that start with W. From Wolframite to Witherite, these minerals are often key to mining operations and scientific study. Learn about their occurrence, structure, and usage in detail.
| Name | CNMMN/CNMNC Approved Formula | First Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Wadalite | Ca6Al5Si2O16Cl3 | Acta Crystallographica C49 (1993), 205 |
| Wadeite | K2ZrSi3O9 | Mineralogical Magazine 25 (1939), 373 |
| Wadsleyite | Mg2SiO4 | Canadian Mineralogist 21 (1983), 29 |
| Wagnerite | Mg2(PO4)F | Journal für Chemie und Physik 33 (1821), 269 |
| Waimirite-(Y) | YF3 | Mineralogical Magazine 79 (2015), 767 |
| Waipouaite | Ca3(V4+ V5+ )O [(Si O (OH) ][Si O (OH) ]· 4.5 0.5 9 2 5 2 3 7.5 1.5 11H2O |
American Mineralogist 109 (2024), 924 |
| Wairakite | Ca(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 30 (1955), 691 |
| Wairauite | CoFe | Mineralogical Magazine 33 (1964), 942 |
| Wakabayashilite | (As,Sb)6As4S14 | Geological Survey of Japan 39 (1970), 92 |
| Wakefieldite-(Ce) | CeVO4 | Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 100 (1977), 39 |
| Wakefieldite-(La) | LaVO4 | European Journal of Mineralogy 20 (2008), 1135 |
| Wakefieldite-(Nd) | NdVO4 | Resource Geology 61 (2011), 101 |
| Wakefieldite-(Y) | YVO4 | American Mineralogist 56 (1971), 395 |
| Walentaite | [Mn(H2O)6][☐As3+ Fe3+ (PO4)2O7] 3 3 |
Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (1984), 169 |
| Walfordite | (Fe3+,Te6+,Ti4+,Mg)Te4+ O 3 8 |
Canadian Mineralogist 37 (1999), 1261 |
| Walkerite | Ca16(Mg,Li)2[B13O17(OH)12]4Cl6·28H2O | Canadian Mineralogist 40 (2002), 1675 |
| Wallisite | CuPbTlAs2S5 | Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 58 (1965), 403 |
| Wallkilldellite | Ca2Mn2+ (AsO4)2(OH)4·9H2O 3 |
American Mineralogist 68 (1983), 1029 |
| Wallkilldellite-(Fe) | Ca2Fe2+ (AsO ) (OH) ·9H O 3 4 2 4 2 |
Riviéra Scientifique 12 (1999), 5 |
| Walpurgite | Bi4O4(UO2)(AsO4)2·2H2O | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie (1871), 869 |
| Walstromite | BaCa2Si3O9 | American Mineralogist 50 (1965), 314 |
| Walthierite | Ba0.5Al3(SO4)2(OH)6 | American Mineralogist 77 (1992), 1275 |
| Wampenite | C18H16 | European Journal of Mineralogy 29 (2017), 511 |
| Wangdaodeite | FeTiO3 | Meteoritics & Planetary Science 55 (2020), 184 |
| Wangkuirenite | Pb3Cl2(SeO3)2 | CNMNC Newsletter 74 – Mineralogical Magazine 87 (2023), 783; European Journal of Mineralogy 35 (2023), 659 |
| Wangpuite | K3(PO4)(Mo12O36) | CNMNC Newsletter 71 – Mineralogical Magazine 87 (2023), 332; European Journal of Mineralogy 35 (2023), 75 |
| Wangyanite | PdNi8S8 | CNMNC Newsletter 82 – Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), xxx; European Journal of Mineralogy 36 (2024), 1005 |
| Wardite | NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O | American Journal of Science 152 (1896), 154 |
| Wardsmithite | Ca5Mg(B4O7)6·30H2O | American Mineralogist 55 (1970), 349 |
| Warikahnite | Zn3(AsO4)2·2H2O | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (1979), 389 |
| Warkite | Ca2Sc6Al6O20 | Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 277 (2020), 52 |
| Warwickite | (Mg,Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)2O(BO3) | American Journal of Science and Arts 34 (1838), 313 |
| Wassonite | TiS | American Mineralogist 97 (2012), 807 |
| Watanabeite | Cu4(As,Sb)2S5 | Mineralogical Magazine 57 (1993), 643 |
| Watatsumiite | LiNa2KMn2V2Si8O24 | Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 98 (2003), 142 |
| Waterhouseite | Mn7(PO4)2(OH)8 | Canadian Mineralogist 43 (2005), 1401 |
| Watkinsonite | PbCu2Bi4(Se,S)8 | Canadian Mineralogist 25 (1987), 625 |
| Wattersite | Hg1+ 2+ 4Hg O2(CrO4) |
Mineralogical Record 22 (1991), 269 |
| Wattevilleite | Na2Ca(SO4)2·4H2O (?) | Beiträge zur Kenntniss der am Bauersberge bei Bischofscheim vor der Rhön vorkommenden Sulfate. Wurzburg (1879), 18 |
| Wavellite | Al3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (1805), 162 |
| Wawayandaite | Ca6Be9Mn2+ BSi O (OH,Cl) 2 6 23 15 |
American Mineralogist 75 (1990), 405 |
| Waylandite | BiAl3(PO4)2(OH)6 | Geological Society of America Special Paper 73 (1963), 256A |
| Wayneburnhamite | Pb9Ca6(Si2O7)3(SiO4)3 | American Mineralogist 101 (2016), 2423 |
| Weberite | Na2MgAlF7 | Meddelelser om Grønland 119 (1938), 1 |
| Weddellite | Ca(C2O4)·2H2O | Science 95 (1942), 431 |
| Weeksite | (K)2(UO2)2(Si5O13)·4H2O | American Mineralogist 45 (1960), 39 |
| Wegscheiderite | Na5H3(CO3)4 | American Mineralogist 48 (1963), 800 |
| Weibullite | Ag0.33Pb5.33Bi8.33(S,Se)18 | Arkiv för Kemi, Mineralogi och Geologi 3 (1910), 4 |
| Weilerite | BaAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6 | Jahreshefte des Geologischen Landesamtes in Baden-Württemberg 4 (1961), 7 |
| Weilite | Ca(AsO3OH) | Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 86 (1963), 368 |
| Weinebeneite | CaBe3(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O | European Journal of Mineralogy 4 (1992), 1275 |
| Weishanite | (Au,Ag,Hg) | Acta Mineralogica Sinica 4 (1984), 102 |
| Weissbergite | TlSbS2 | American Mineralogist 63 (1978), 720 |
| Weissite | Cu2-xTe | American Journal of Science 13 (1927), 345 |
| Welinite | Mn2+ (W6+☐)(SiO ) O (OH) 6 4 2 4 2 |
Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi 4 (1967), 407 |
| Weloganite | Na2Sr3Zr(CO3)6·3H2O | Canadian Mineralogist 9 (1968), 468 |
| Welshite | Ca4[Mg9Sb5+ ]O [Si Be AlFe3+ O ] 3 4 6 3 2 36 |
Mineralogical Magazine 42 (1978), 129 |
| Wendwilsonite | Ca2Mg(AsO4)2(H2O)2 | American Mineralogist 72 (1987), 217 |
| Wenjiite | Ti10SixPy [x > y , 6 ≤ (x + y ) ≤ 7] | American Mineralogist 108 (2023), 197 |
| Wenkite | Ba4Ca6(Si,Al)20O41(OH)2(SO4)3·H2O | Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 42 (1962), 269 |
| Wenlanzhangite-(Y) | Y2V3+ 4+ 2V 2(SiO4)2O4(OH)4 |
American Mineralogist 109 (2024), 1738 |
| Werdingite | Mg2Al14Si4B4O37 | American Mineralogist 75 (1990), 415 |
| Wermlandite | Mg7Al2(OH)18[Ca(H2O)6](SO4)2·6H2O | Lithos 4 (1971), 213 |
| Wernerbaurite | {(NH4)2[Ca2(H2O)14](H2O)2}{V10O28} | Canadian Mineralogist 51 (2013), 297 |
| Wernerkrauseite | CaFe3+ Mn4+O 2 6 |
European Journal of Mineralogy 28 (2016), 485 |
| Wesselsite | SrCuSi4O10 | Mineralogical Magazine 60 (1996), 795 |
| Westerveldite | FeAs | American Mineralogist 57 (1972), 354 |
| Wetherillite | Na2Mg(UO2)2(SO4)4∙18H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 79 (2015), 695 |
| Wheatleyite | Na2Cu(C2O4)2·2H2O | American Mineralogist 71 (1986), 1240 |
| Whelanite | Cu2Ca6[Si6O17(OH)](CO3)(OH)3(H2O)2 | American Mineralogist 97 (2012), 2007 |
| Wherryite | Pb7Cu2(SO4)4(SiO4)2(OH)2 | American Mineralogist 35 (1950), 93 |
| Whewellite | Ca(C2O4)·H2O | An Elementary Introduction to Mineralogy. Longmans, London (1852), 523 |
| Whitecapsite | H16Fe2+ Fe3+ 4Sb3+ (AsO4)18O16·120H2O 5 1 6 |
European Journal of Mineralogy 26 (2014), 577 |
| Whiteite-(CaFeMg) | CaFe2+Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 42 (1978), 309 |
| Whiteite-(CaMgMg) | CaMg3Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O | Canadian Mineralogist 54 (2016), 1513 |
| Whiteite-(CaMnFe) | CaMnFe2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O | European Journal of Mineralogy 35 (2023), 95 |
| Whiteite-(CaMnMg) | CaMn2+Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O | Canadian Mineralogist 27 (1989), 699 |
| Whiteite-(CaMnMn) | CaMn2+Mn2+ Al (PO ) (OH) ·8H O 2 2 4 4 2 2 |
Mineralogical Magazine 76 (2012), 2761 |
| Whiteite-(MnFeMg) | Mn2+Fe2+Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 42 (1978), 309 |
| Whiteite-(MnMnMg) | Mn2+Mn2+Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O | Canadian Mineralogist 57 (2019), 215 |
| Whiteite-(MnMnMn) | Mn2+Mn2+Mn2+ 2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O |
Mineralogical Magazine 85 (2021), 862 |
| Whiterockite | CaMgMn3+ O (PO ) (CO )F·5H O 3 2 4 2 3 2 |
CNMNC Newsletter 58 – Mineralogical Magazine 84 (2020), 971; European Journal of Mineralogy 32 (2020), 645 |
| Whitlockite | Ca9☐Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)6 | American Mineralogist 26 (1941), 145 |
| Whitmoreite | Fe2+Fe3+ 2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O |
American Mineralogist 59 (1974), 900 |
| Wickenburgite | Pb3CaAl2Si10O27·4H2O | American Mineralogist 53 (1968), 1433 |
| Wickmanite | Mn2+Sn4+(OH)6 | Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi 4 (1967), 395 |
| Wicksite | NaCa2Fe2+ (Fe3+,Mn2+,Fe2+) (PO ) ·2H O 2 4 4 6 2 |
Canadian Mineralogist 19 (1981), 377 |
| Widenmannite | Pb2(OH)2[(UO2)(CO3)2] | Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 56 (1976), 167 |
| Widgiemoolthalite | Ni5(CO3)4(OH)2·4-5H2O | American Mineralogist 78 (1993), 819 |
| Wightmanite | Mg5O(BO3)(OH)5·2H2O | American Mineralogist 47 (1962), 718 |
| Wiklundite | Pb2(Mn2+,Zn)3(Fe3+,Mn2+)2(Mn2+,Mg)19(As3+O3)2 [(Si,As5+)O4]6(OH)18Cl6 |
Mineralogical Magazine 81 (2017), 841 |
| Wilancookite | (Ba5Li2☐)Ba6Be24P24O96·26H2O | European Journal of Mineralogy 29 (2017), 923 |
| Wilcoxite | MgAl(SO4)2F·17H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 47 (1983), 37 |
| Wildcatite | CaFe3+Te6+O5(OH) | Canadian Mineralogist 59 (2021), 729 |
| Wildenauerite | Zn(Fe3+ Mn2+ ) Mn2+Fe3+(PO ) (OH) (H O) 0.5 0.5 2 4 3 3 2 8 |
Mineralogical Magazine 83 (2019), 181 |
| Wilhelmgümbelite | [ZnFe2+Fe3+ (PO ) (OH) (H O) ]·2H O 3 4 3 4 2 5 2 |
Mineralogical Magazine 81 (2017), 287 |
| Wilhelmkleinite | ZnFe3+ (AsO ) (OH) 2 4 2 2 |
Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (1998), 558 |
| Wilhelmramsayite | Cu3FeS3·2H2O | Proceedings of the Russian Mineralogical Society 135(1) (2006), 38 |
| Wilhelmvierlingite | CaMn2+Fe3+(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O | Aufschluss 34 (1983), 267 |
| Wilkinsonite | Na4[Fe2+ Fe3+ ]O [Si O ] 8 4 4 12 36 |
American Mineralogist 75 (1990), 694 |
| Wilkmanite | Ni3Se4 | Comptes Rendus de la Société Geologique de Finlande 36 (1964), 113 |
| Willemite | Zn2SiO4 | Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde 1 (1830), 71 |
| Willemseite | Ni3Si4O10(OH)2 | National Institute for Metallurgy, Research Report 352 (1968), 1 |
| Willhendersonite | KCa(Si3Al3)O12·5H2O | American Mineralogist 69 (1984), 186 |
| Willyamite | CoSbS | Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 27 (1893), 366 |
| Wiluite | Ca19(Al,Mg)13(B,☐,Al)5(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(O,OH)10 | Canadian Mineralogist 36 (1998), 1301 |
| Winchite | (NaCa)(Mg4Al)Si8O22(OH)2 | Transactions of the Mining and Geological Institute of India 1 (1906), 69 |
| Windhoekite | Ca2Fe3+ -x[Si8O20](OH)4·10H2O 3 | European Journal of Mineralogy 24 (2012), 171 |
| Windmountainite | Fe3+ Mg ☐ Si O (OH) ∙8H O
2 2 2 8 20 2 2 |
Canadian Mineralogist 58 (2020), 477 |
| Winstanleyite | TiTe4+ O 3 8 |
Mineralogical Magazine 43 (1979), 453 |
| Wiperamingaite | NaCaFe3+Al(PO4)F5(OH)·H2O | CNMNC Newsletter 74 – Mineralogical Magazine 87 (2023), 783; European Journal of Mineralogy 35 (2023), 659 |
| Wiserite | Mn2+ (B O ) (OH) ·(Si,Mg)(O,OH) Cl 14 2 5 4 8 4 |
Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie. Braumüller and Seidel, Wien (1845), 493 |
| Witherite | Ba(CO3) | Bergmannisches Journal 1 (1789), 369 |
| Wittichenite | Cu3BiS3 | Das Mohs´sche Mineralsystem. Gerold, Wien (1853), 118 |
| Wittite | Pb8Bi10(S,Se)23 | Arkiv för Kemi, Mineralogi och Geologi 9 (1924), 2 |
| Witzkeite | Na4K4Ca(NO3)2(SO4)4·2H2O | American Mineralogist 97 (2012), 1783 |
| Wodegongjieite | KCa3(Al7Si9)O32 | Mineralogical Magazine 86 (2022), 975 |
| Wodginite | Mn2+Sn4+Ta2O8 | Canadian Mineralogist 7 (1963), 390 |
| Wöhlerite | Na2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)4 | Annalen der Physik und Chemie 59 (1843), 327 |
| Wolfeite | Fe2+ 2(PO4)(OH) |
American Mineralogist 34 (1949), 692 |
| Wollastonite | CaSiO3 | Nouveau Dictionnaire d’Histoire Naturelle 20 (1818), 28 |
| Wölsendorfite | Pb7(UO2)14O19(OH)4·12H2O | Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences de Paris 244 (1957), 2942 |
| Wonesite | (Na,K,☐)(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH,F)4 | American Mineralogist 66 (1981), 100 |
| Woodallite | Mg6Cr2(OH)16Cl2·4H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 65 (2001), 427 |
| Woodhouseite | CaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6 | American Mineralogist 22 (1937), 939 |
| Woodruffite | Zn2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10·4H2O | American Mineralogist 38 (1953), 761 |
| Woodwardite | (Cu1-x Alx )(SO4)x /2(OH)2·n H2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x /2) | Journal of the Chemical Society 19 (1866), 130 |
| Wooldridgeite | Na2CaCu2+ (P O ) ·10H O 2 2 7 2 2 |
Mineralogical Magazine 63 (1999), 13 |
| Wopmayite | Ca6Na3☐Mn(PO4)3(PO3OH)4 | Canadian Mineralogist 51 (2013), 93 |
| Wortupaite | MgNi2+ (Te4+O ) ·3H O 2 3 3 2 |
Mineralogical Magazine 87 (2023), 908 |
| Wrightite | K2Al2O(AsO4)2 | Mineralogical Magazine 82 (2018), 1243 |
| Wroewolfeite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 40 (1975), 1 |
| Wulfenite | PbMoO4 | Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie. Braumüller and Seidel, Wien (1845), 504 |
| Wulffite | K3NaCu4O2(SO4)4 | Canadian Mineralogist 52 (2014), 699 |
| Wülfingite | Zn(OH)2 | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (1985), 145 |
| Wumuite | KAl0.33W2.67O9 | European Journal of Mineralogy 32 (2020), 483 |
| Wupatkiite | CoAl2(SO4)4·22H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 59 (1995), 553 |
| Wurtzite | ZnS | Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences de Paris 52 (1861), 983 |
| Wüstite | FeO | Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie 166 (1927), 113 |
| Wuyanzhiite | Cu2S | CNMNC Newsletter 40 – Mineralogical Magazine 81 (2017), 1577; European Journal of Mineralogy 29 (2017), 1083 |
| Wyartite | CaU5+(UO2)2(CO3)O4(OH)·7H2O | Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 82 (1959), 80 |
| Wycheproofite | NaAlZr(PO4)2(OH)2·H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 58 (1994), 635 |
| Wyllieite | NaNaMn(Fe2+Al)(PO4)3 | Mineralogical Record 4 (1973), 131 |