Mineral Names Starting With X
Comprehensive List of Minerals
Browse minerals by first letter
Examine the extremely rare minerals that begin with X. While this category may be short, minerals like Xenotime hold important roles in rare earth element sourcing and geochronology. Discover what makes these minerals so scientifically valuable.
| Name | CNMMN/CNMNC Approved Formula | First Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Xanthiosite | Ni3(AsO4)2 | Annales des Mines 15 (1869), 405 |
| Xanthoconite | Ag3AsS3 | Journal für Praktische Chemie 20 (1840), 67 |
| Xanthoxenite | Ca4Fe3+ (PO ) (OH) ·3H O 2 4 4 2 2 |
Mineralogical Magazine 42 (1978), 309 |
| Xenophyllite | Na4Fe7(PO4)6 | Minerals 10 (2020), 300 |
| Xenotime-(Gd) | Gd(PO4) | Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), 613 |
| Xenotime-(Y) | Y(PO4) | Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd ed. Verdière, Paris (1832), 552 |
| Xenotime-(Yb) | Yb(PO4) | Canadian Mineralogist 37 (1999), 1303 |
| Xiangjiangite | Fe3+(UO2)4(PO4)2(SO4)2(OH)·22H2O | Scientia Geologica Sinica 2 (1978), 183 |
| Xieite | FeCr2O4 | Chinese Science Bulletin 53 (2008), 3341 |
| Xifengite | Fe5Si3 | Acta Petrologica Mineralogica et Analytica 3 (1984), 231 |
| Xilingolite | Pb3Bi2S6 | Acta Petrologica Mineralogica et Analytica 1 (1982), 14 |
| Ximengite | Bi(PO4) | Acta Mineralogica Sinica 9 (1989), 15 |
| Xingzhongite | Pb2+Ir3+ 2S4 |
Acta Geologica Sinica 2 (1974), 202 |
| Xitieshanite | Fe3+(SO4)Cl·6H2O | Acta Mineralogica Sinica 2 (1982), 241 |
| Xocolatlite | Ca2Mn4+ Te6+ O ·H O 2 2 12 2 |
American Mineralogist 93 (2008), 1911 |
| Xocomecatlite | Cu3(Te6+O4)(OH)4 | Mineralogical Magazine 40 (1975), 221 |
| Xonotlite | Ca6Si6O17(OH)2 | Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 18 (1866), 33 |
| Xuite | Ca3Fe2[(AlO3(OH)]3 | American Mineralogist 107 (2022), 930 |
| Xuwenyuanite | Ag9Fe3+Te2S4 | CNMNC Newsletter 64 – Mineralogical Magazine 86 (2022), 178; European Journal of Mineralogy 34 (2022), 1 |