Mineral Names Starting With Z
Comprehensive List of Minerals
Browse minerals by first letter
Zoom into the zone of Z minerals—from the colorful Zincite to the uncommon Zoisite. These minerals are prized in jewelry, geology, and scientific study, rounding out your A–Z journey through the mineral kingdom.
| Name | CNMMN/CNMNC Approved Formula | First Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Żabińskiite | Ca[Al0.5(Ta,Nb)0.5)](SiO4)O | Mineralogical Magazine 81 (2017), 591 |
| Zabuyelite | Li2(CO3) | Acta Mineralogica Sinica 7 (1987), 221 |
| Zaccagnaite | Zn4Al2(OH)12(CO3)·3H2O | American Mineralogist 86 (2001), 1293 |
| Zaccariniite | RhNiAs | Canadian Mineralogist 50 (2012), 1321 |
| Zadovite | BaCa6[(SiO4)(PO4)](PO4)2F | Mineralogical Magazine 79 (2015), 1073 |
| Zagamiite | CaAl2Si3.5O11 | Minerals 14 (2024), 18 |
| Zaherite | Al12(SO4)5(OH)26·20H2O | American Mineralogist 62 (1977), 1125 |
| Zaïrite | BiFe3+ (PO ) (OH) 3 4 2 6 |
Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 98 (1975), 351 |
| Zakharovite | Na4Mn2+ Si O (OH) ·6H O 5 10 24 6 2 |
Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 111 (1982), 491 |
| Zálesíite | CaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Abhandlungen 175 (1999), 105 |
| Zanazziite | Ca2Be4Mg5(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O | Mineralogical Record 21 (1990), 413 |
| Zanelliite | PbCu9[AsO3.5(OH)0.5]2(AsO4)2(OH)9(H2O)3 | CNMNC Newsletter 82 – Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), xxx; European Journal of Mineralogy 36 (2024), 1005 |
| Zangboite | TiFeSi2 | Canadian Mineralogist 47 (2009), 1265 |
| Zapatalite | Cu3Al4(PO4)3(OH)9·4H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 38 (1972), 541 |
| Zaratite | Ni3(CO3)(OH)4·4H2O | Revista Minera 1 (1851), 302 |
| Zavalíaite | Mn2+ 3(PO4)2 |
Canadian Mineralogist 50 (2012), 1445 |
| Zavaritskite | BiOF | Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 146 (1962), 680 |
| Zaykovite | Rh3Se4 | Mineralogical Magazine 87 (2023), 118 |
| Zdenĕkite | NaPbCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O | European Journal of Mineralogy 7 (1995), 553 |
| Zektzerite | NaLiZrSi6O15 | American Mineralogist 62 (1977), 416 |
| Zellerite | Ca(UO2)(CO3)2·5H2O | American Mineralogist 51 (1966), 1567 |
| Zemannite | Mg0.5ZnFe3+(Te4+O3)3·n H2O (3 ≤ n ≤ 4.5) | Canadian Mineralogist 10 (1969), 139 |
| Zemkorite | Na2Ca(CO3)2 | Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 301 (1988), 188 |
| Zenzénite | Pb3Fe3+ Mn4+ O 4 3 15 |
Canadian Mineralogist 29 (1991), 347 |
| Zeophyllite | Ca13Si10O28(OH)2F8·6H2O | Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch- Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 111 (1902), 334 |
| Zeravshanite | Na2Cs4Zr3Si18O45·2H2O | New Data on Minerals 39 (2004), 21 |
| Zeunerite | Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie (1872), 207 |
| Zhanghengite | CuZn | Acta Mineralogica Sinica 6 (1986), 220 |
| Zhanghuifenite | Na3Mn4Mg2Al(PO4)6 | American Mineralogist 106 (2021), 1009 |
| Zhangpeishanite | BaFCl | European Journal of Mineralogy 20 (2008), 1141 |
| Zharchikhite | Al(OH)2F | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 117 (1988), 79 |
| Zhemchuzhnikovite | NaMgAl(C2O4)3·9H2O | Trudy Vsesouznogo Nauchno- Issledovatelskovo Geologiceskogo Instituta 96 (1963), 131 |
| Zhengminghuaite | Cu6Fe3As4S12 | American Mineralogist 109 (2024), 1220 |
| Zhenruite | (MoO3)2·H2O | CNMNC Newsletter 69 – Mineralogical Magazine 86 (2022), 988; European Journal of Mineralogy 34 (2022), 463 |
| Zheshengite | Pb4ZnZn2(AsO4)2(PO4)2(OH)2 | Minerals 14 (2024), 1276 |
| Zhiqinite | TiSi2 | European Journal of Mineralogy 32 (2020), 557 |
| Zhonghongite | Cu29(As,Sb)12S33 | CNMNC Newsletter 77 – Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), 203; European Journal of Mineralogy 36 (2024), 165 |
| Ziesite | Cu2V5+ O7 2 |
American Mineralogist 65 (1980), 1146 |
| Zigrasite | MgZr(PO4)2·4H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 73 (2009), 415 |
| Zilbermintsite-(La) | (CaLa5)(Fe3+Al3Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]5O(OH)3 | Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), 302 |
| Zimbabweite | Na(Pb,Na,K)2(Ta,Nb,Ti)4As4O18 | Bulletin de Minéralogie 109 (1986), 331 |
| Ziminaite | Fe3+(VO4) | Mineralogy and Petrology 112 (2018), 371 |
| Zinc | Zn | original paper? |
| Zincalstibite | Zn2Al(OH)6[Sb(OH)6] | American Mineralogist 92 (2007), 198 |
| Zincaluminite | (Zn1-x Alx )(SO4)x /2(OH)2·n H2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x /2) | Bulletin de la Société Minéralogique de France 4 (1881), 135 |
| Zincgartrellite | PbZn2(AsO4)2(H2O,OH)2 | Mineralogical Magazine 64 (2000), 1109 |
| Zincite | ZnO | Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie. Braumüller and Seidel, Wien (1845), 548 |
| Zinclipscombite | ZnFe3+ (PO ) (OH) 2 4 2 2 |
Zapiski Rossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 135(6) (2006), 13 |
| Zincmelanterite | Zn(SO4)·7H2O | American Journal of Science 50 (1920), 225 |
| Zincoberaunite | ZnFe3+ (PO ) (OH) ·6H O 5 4 4 5 2 |
Mineralogy and Petrology 111 (2017), 351 |
| Zincobotryogen | ZnFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O | Mineralogy and Petrology 111 (2017), 363 |
| Zincobradaczekite | NaCuCuZn2(AsO4)3 | Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 47 (2020), 36 |
| Zincobriartite | Cu2(Zn,Fe)(Ge,Ga)S4 | CNMNC Newsletter 29 – Mineralogical Magazine 80 (2016), 199 |
| Zincochenite | Pb4Zn(OH)6(SO4)2 | Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology 62 (2024), 529 |
| Zincochromite | ZnCr2O4 | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 116 (1987), 367 |
| Zincocopiapite | ZnFe3+ (SO ) (OH) ·20H O 4 4 6 2 2 |
Acta Geologica Sinica 44 (1964), 99 |
| Zincohögbomite-2N 2S | (Zn,Al,Fe)3(Al,Fe,Ti)8O15(OH) | European Journal of Mineralogy 10 (1998), 1361 |
| Zincohögbomite-2N 6S | (Zn,Al)7(Al,Fe3+,Ti,Mg)16O31(OH) | Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 78 (1998), 461 |
| Zincolibethenite | CuZn(PO4)(OH) | Mineralogical Magazine 69 (2005), 145 |
| Zincolivenite | CuZn(AsO4)(OH) | Doklady Earth Sciences 415A (2007), 841 |
| Zincomenite | ZnSeO3 | European Journal of Mineralogy 28 (2016), 997 |
| Zinconigerite-2N 1S | ZnSn2Al12O22(OH)2 | American Mineralogist 107 (2022), 1952 |
| Zinconigerite-6N 6S | Zn3Sn2Al16O30(OH)2 | American Mineralogist 107 (2022), 1952 |
| Zincorietveldite | Zn(UO2)(SO4)2(H2O)5 | Mineralogical Magazine 87 (2023), 528 |
| Zincorinmanite-(Zn) | ZnSb5+(Fe3+ Zn)O (OH) 2 7 |
CNMNC Newsletter 78 – Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), xxx; European Journal of Mineralogy 36 (2024), 361 |
| Zincospiroffite | Zn2Te3O8 | Canadian Mineralogist 42 (2004), 763 |
| Zincostaurolite | Zn2Al9Si4O23(OH) | European Journal of Mineralogy 15 (2003), 167 |
| Zincostottite | ZnGe(OH)6 | CNMNC Newsletter 81 – Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), 632; European Journal of Mineralogy 36 (2024), 917 |
| Zincostrunzite | ZnFe3+ (PO ) (OH) ·6.5H O 2 4 2 2 2 |
European Journal of Mineralogy 29 (2017), 315 |
| Zincovelesite-6N 6S | Zn3(Fe3+,Mn3+,Al,Ti)8O15(OH) | Mineralogy and Petrology 112 (2018), 733 |
| Zincovoltaite | K2Zn5Fe3+ Al(SO4)12·18H2O 3 |
Acta Mineralogica Sinica 7 (1987), 307 |
| Zincowoodwardite | (Zn1-x Alx )(SO4)x /2(OH)2·n H2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x /2) | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (2000), 455 |
| Zincrosasite | (Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2 | Fortschritte der Mineralogie 37 (1959), 87 |
| Zincroselite | Ca2Zn(AsO4)2(H2O)2 | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (1986), 523 |
| Zincsilite | Zn3Si4O10(OH)2·4H2O (?) | Report of the Meeting of the International Committee for the Study of Clays (1960), 45 |
| Zinczippeite | Zn(UO2)2(SO4)O2·3.5H2O | Canadian Mineralogist 14 (1976), 429 |
| Zinkenite | Pb9Sb22S42 | Annalen der Physik und Chemie 7 (1826), 91 |
| Zinkgruvanite | Ba4Mn2+ Fe3+ (Si2O7)2(SO4)2O2(OH)2 4 2 |
European Journal of Mineralogy 33 (2021), 659 |
| Zinkosite | Zn(SO4) | Berg- und Hüttenmännische Zeitung 11 (1852), 100 |
| Zippeite | K2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)4 | Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie. Braumüller and Seidel, Wien (1845), 510 |
| Zipserite | Bi5S4 | Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), 482 |
| Zircarsite | Na18Cu12ZrO8(AsO4)8Cl6 | CNMNC Newsletter 81 – Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), 632; European Journal of Mineralogy 36 (2024), 917 |
| Zircon | Zr(SiO4) | Bergmannisches Journal 1 (1789), 369 |
| Zirconolite | (Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O7 | Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps- Akademiens Handlingar (1824), 334 |
| Zircophyllite | K2NaFe2+ Zr (Si O ) O (OH) F 7 2 4 12 2 2 4 |
Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 101 (1972), 459 |
| Zircosulfate | Zr(SO4)2·4H2O | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 94 (1965), 530 |
| Zirkelite | (Ti,Ca,Zr)O2-x | Mineralogical Magazine 11 (1895), 80 |
| Zirklerite | (Fe,Mg)9Al4Cl18(OH)12·14H2O (?) | Kali und Verwandte Salze 22 (1928), 157 |
| Ziroite | ZrO2 | Materials 16 (2023), 7578 |
| Zirsilite-(Ce) | (Na,☐)12(Ce,Na)3Ca6Mn3Zr3NbSi25O73(OH)3 (CO3)·H2O | Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 132(5) (2003), 40 |
| Zirsinalite | Na6CaZrSi6O18 | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 103 (1974), 551 |
| Zlatogorite | CuNiSb2 | Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Geologiya Seriya 50 (1995), 57 |
| Znamenskyite | Pb4In2Bi4S13 | CNMNC Newsletter 21 – Mineralogical Magazine 78 (2014), 797 |
| Znucalite | Zn10Ca(UO2)(CO3)4(OH)16(H2O)5 | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (1990), 393 |
| Zodacite | Ca4Mn2+Fe3+ (PO ) (OH) ·12H O 4 4 6 4 2 |
American Mineralogist 73 (1988), 1179 |
| Zoharite | (Ba,K)6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S27 | CNMNC Newsletter 39 – Mineralogical Magazine 81 (2017), 1279; European Journal of Mineralogy 29 (2017), 931 |
| Zoisite | Ca2Al3(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) | System of Mineralogy, Vol. 2. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh (1805), 597 |
| Zoisite-(Pb) | CaPbAl3(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) | Minerals 12 (2022), 51 |
| Zolenskyite | FeCr2S4 | American Mineralogist 107 (2022), 1030 |
| Zolotarevite | Na5Zr[Si6O15(ОН)3]·3H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 86 (2022), 263 |
| Zoltaiite | BaV4+ V3+ 2 12Si2O27 |
American Mineralogist 90 (2005), 1655 |
| Zorite | Na6Ti5Si12O34(O,OH)5·11H2O | Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 102 (1973), 54 |
| Zoubekite | AgPb4Sb4S10 | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (1986), 1 |
| Zubkovaite | Ca3Cu3(AsO4)4 | Mineralogical Magazine 83 (2019), 879 |
| Zugshunstite-(Ce) | CeAl(SO4)2(C2O4)·12H2O | Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 65 (2001), 1101 |
| Zuktamrurite | FeP2 | Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 46 (2019), 361 |
| Zunyite | Al13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl | Proceedings of the Colorado Scientific Society 1 (1884), 124 |
| Zussmanite | K(Fe,Mg,Mn)13(Si,Al)18O42(OH)14 | American Mineralogist 50 (1965), 278 |
| Zvĕstovite-(Fe) | Ag6(Ag4Fe2)As4S13 | European Journal of Mineralogy 36 (2024), 529 |
| Zvĕstovite-(Zn) | Ag6(Ag4Zn2)As4S13 | Mineralogical Magazine 85 (2021), 716 |
| Zvyaginite | Na☐Nb2NaZn☐Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2(H2O)4 | Zapiski Rossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 143(2) (2014), 45 |
| Zvyagintsevite | Pd3Pb | Geologiya Rudnykh Mestorozhdeniy 8 (1966), 94 |
| Zwieselite | Fe2+ (PO )F 2 4 |
Vollständiges Handbuch der Mineralogie, Vol. 2. Arnoldische, Dresden und Leipzig (1849), 299 |
| Zýkaite | Fe3+ (AsO ) (SO )(OH)·15H O 4 4 3 4 2 |
Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (1978), 134 |