Mineral Names Starting With Y
Comprehensive List of Minerals
Browse minerals by first letter
Yield a deeper understanding of minerals starting with Y, including Yttrotantalite and Yeatmanite. Though few in number, these minerals often contain rare elements and exhibit complex crystallography that fascinates mineralogists.
| Name | CNMMN/CNMNC Approved Formula | First Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Yafsoanite | Ca3Te6+ (ZnO ) 2 4 3 |
Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 111 (1982), 118 |
| Yagiite | NaMg2(AlMg2Si12)O30 | American Mineralogist 54 (1969), 14 |
| Yakhontovite | (Ca,Na,K)0.2(Cu,Fe,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·3H2O | Mineralogicheskij Zhurnal 8 (1986), 80 |
| Yakovenchukite-(Y) | K3NaCaY2Si12O30·4H2O | American Mineralogist 92 (2007), 1525 |
| Yakubovichite | CaNi2Fe3+(PO4)3 | American Mineralogist 108 (2023), 2142 |
| Yamhamelachite | KCrP2O7 | CNMNC Newsletter 78 – Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), xxx; European Journal of Mineralogy 36 (2024), 361 |
| Yancowinnaite | PbCuAl(AsO4)2OH·H2O | Australian Journal of Mineralogy 17 (2015), 73 |
| Yangite | PbMnSi3O8·H2O | American Mineralogist 101 (2016), 2539 |
| Yangzhumingite | KMg2.5Si4O10F2 | European Journal of Mineralogy 23 (2011), 467 |
| Yanomamite | In(AsO4)·2H2O | European Journal of Mineralogy 6 (1994), 245 |
| Yarlongite | (Cr4Fe4Ni)C4 | Acta Geologica Sinica 83 (2008), 52 |
| Yaroshevskite | Cu9O2(VO4)4Cl2 | Mineralogical Magazine 77 (2013), 107 |
| Yaroslavite | Ca3Al2F10(OH)2·H2O | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 95 (1966), 39 |
| Yarrowite | Cu9S8 | Canadian Mineralogist 18 (1980), 511 |
| Yarzhemskiite | K[B5O7(OH)2]·H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 84 (2020), 335 |
| Yavapaiite | KFe3+(SO4)2 | American Mineralogist 44 (1959), 1105 |
| Yazganite | NaMgFe3+ (AsO ) ·H O
2 4 3 2 |
European Journal of Mineralogy 17 (2005), 367 |
| Yeatmanite | Zn6Mn2+ Sb5+ O (SiO ) 9 2 12 4 4 |
American Mineralogist 23 (1938), 527 |
| Yecoraite | Fe3+ Bi O (Te4+O )(Te6+O ) ·9H O 3 5 9 3 4 2 2 |
Boletin de la Sociedad Mexicana de Mineralogia 1 (1985), 10 |
| Yedlinite | Pb6Cr(Cl,OH)6(OH,O)8 | American Mineralogist 59 (1974), 1157 |
| Ye’elimite | Ca4Al6O12(SO4) | Geological Survey of Israel, Current Research (1984), 1 |
| Yegorovite | Na4[Si2O4(OH)2]2·7H2O | Zapiski Rossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 138(3) (2009), 82 |
| Yeite | TiSi | Materials 16 (2023), 7578 |
| Yellowcatite | KNaFe3+ (Se4+O ) (V5+ O )·7H O 2 3 2 2 7 2 |
CNMNC Newsletter 81 – Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), 632; European Journal of Mineralogy 36 (2024), 917 |
| Yeomanite | Pb2O(OH)Cl | Mineralogical Magazine 79 (2015), 1203 |
| Yimengite | K[Ti3Cr5Fe3+ Mg2]O19 2 |
Chinese Science Bulletin [Kexue Tongbao] 28 (1983), 932 |
| Yingjiangite | K2Ca(UO2)7(PO4)4(OH)6·6H2O | Acta Mineralogica Sinica 10 (1990), 102 |
| Yixunite | Pt3In | Acta Geologica Sinica 71 (1997), 332 |
| Yoderite | (MgAl3)(MgAl)Al2O2(SiO4)4(OH)2 | Mineralogical Magazine 32 (1959), 282 |
| Yofortierite | Mn2+ 5Si8O20(OH)2·7H2O |
Canadian Mineralogist 13 (1975), 68 |
| Yoshimuraite | Ba4Mn2+ Ti (Si O ) (PO ) O (OH) 4 2 2 7 2 4 2 2 2 |
Mineralogical Journal 3 (1961), 156 |
| Yoshiokaite | Ca1-x(Al,Si)2O4 | American Mineralogist 75 (1990), 676 |
| Yttriaite-(Y) | Y2O3 | American Mineralogist 96 (2011), 1166 |
| Yttrialite-(Y) | Y2Si2O7 | American Journal of Science 138 (1889), 477 |
| Yttrocolumbite-(Y) | (Y,U,Fe2+)(Nb,Ta)O4 | A System of Mineralogy. Durrie & Peck and Herrick & Noyes, New Haven (1837), 370 |
| Yttrocrasite-(Y) | (Y,Th,Ca,U)(Ti,Fe)2(O,OH)6 | American Journal of Science 22 (1906), 515 |
| Yttrotantalite-(Y) | (Y,U,Fe2+)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)4 | Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps- Akademiens Handlingar 23 (1802), 63 |
| Yttrotungstite-(Ce) | CeW2O6(OH)3 | Bulletin de la Société Géologique de Finlande 42 (1970), 223 |
| Yttrotungstite-(Nd) | NdW2O7(OH)·H2O | CNMNC Newsletter 76 – Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), 105; European Journal of Mineralogy 35 (2023), 1073 |
| Yttrotungstite-(Y) | Y(W,Fe,Si,Al,Ti)2(O,OH,H2O)9 | Colonial Geology and Mineral Resources 1 (1950), 50 |
| Yuanfuliite | Mg(Fe3+,Al)O(BO3) | Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 13 (1994), 328 |
| Yuanjiangite | AuSn | Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 13 (1994), 232 |
| Yuchuanite-(Y) | Y2(CO3)3·H2O | American Mineralogist 109 (2024), 599 |
| Yugawaralite | Ca(Si6Al2)O16·4H2O | Science Reports of the Yokohama National University, ser. II 1 (1952), 69 |
| Yukonite | Ca2Fe3+ (AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O 3 |
Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Ser. III 7 (1913), 13 |
| Yuksporite | K4(Ca,Na)14(Sr,Ba)2(☐,Mn,Fe)(Ti,Nb)4(O,OH)4 (Si6O17)2(Si2O7)3(H2O,OH)3 | Transactions of the Northern Scientific and Economic Expedition 16 (1923), 16 |
| Yurgensonite | K2SnTiO2(AsO4)2 | Mineralogical Magazine 85 (2021), 698 |
| Yurmarinite | Na7(Fe3+,Mg,Cu)4(AsO4)6 | Mineralogical Magazine 78 (2014), 905 |
| Yushkinite | (Mg,Al)(OH)2VS2 | Mineralogicheskij Zhurnal 6 (1984), 91 |
| Yusupovite | Na2Zr(Si6O15)(H2O)3 | American Mineralogist 100 (2015), 1502 |
| Yuzuxiangite | Sr3Fe3+(Si2O6)2(OH)·3H2O | Acta Mineralogica Sinica 44 (2024), 630 |
| Yvonite | Cu(AsO3OH)·2H2O | American Mineralogist 83 (1998), 383 |