This list includes those recognised minerals beginning with the letter H . The International Mineralogical Association is the international group that recognises new minerals and new mineral names; however, minerals discovered before 1959 did not go through the official naming procedure, although some minerals published previously have been either confirmed or discredited since that date. This list contains a mixture of mineral names that have been approved since 1959 and those mineral names believed to still refer to valid mineral species (these are called "grandfathered" species).
The list is divided into groups:
The data was exported from mindat.org on 29 April 2005; updated up to 'IMA2021'.
The minerals are sorted by name, followed by the structural group (rruff.info/ima and ima-cnmnc by mineralienatlas.de, mainly ) or chemical class (mindat.org and basics ), the year of publication (if it's before of an IMA approval procedure), the IMA approval and the Strunz-mindat code . The first link is to mindat.org , the second link is to webmineral.com , and the third is to the Handbook of Mineralogy (Mineralogical Society of America).
Abbreviations:
D – discredited (IMA/CNMNC status).
Q – questionable/ doubtful (IMA/CNMNC, mindat.org or mineralienatlas.de status).
N – published without approval of the IMA/CNMNC, or just not an IMA approved mineral but with some acceptance in the scientific community nowadays.
I – intermediate member of a solid-solution series.
H – hypothetical mineral (synthetic, anthropogenic, suspended approval procedure, etc.)
ch – incomplete description, hypothetical solid solution end member.
Rd – redefinition of ...
"s.p." – special procedure.
group – a name used to designate a group of species, sometimes only a mineral group name.
no – no link available.
IUPAC – chemical name.
Y: NNNN – year of publication.
Y: old – known before publications were available. Bright, yellow crystals of haineaultite Haiweeite and gypsum , Perus, São Paulo (state) , BrazilHalite crystal-chain, Stassfurt potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt , Germany; size: 6.7 × 1.9 × 1.7 cmPink halite crystals from Searles Lake , California , US; size: 8.8 × 4.6 × 4.6 cm Hanksite from Searles Lake , San Bernardino County, California, USAHausmannite pseudo-octahedrons with pink datolite , Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province , South Africa; size: 2.7 × 2.6 × 1.6 cmHauyne from Mayen , Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany; crystal is about 0.5 cmTwo intergrown, dark brown color, tetrahedral crystals of helvite, with some small andradite crystals Andradite coating hematite , Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province , South Africa; 4.2 x 2.8 x 2.4 cmOxidized botryoidal hematite with a distinctive multi-colored patina, from Crowders Mountain iron prospect near Kings Mountain, North Carolina ; size: 19.7 × 14.2 × 6.2 cm Hemimorphite from Wenshan Mine, Wenshan County , China; size: 12.4 × 6.8 × 3.1 cmHessite , gold from Botez, Alba County , RomaniaBlue-green botryoidal chrysocolla coating a plate of botryoidal heterogenite , from Kolwezi, old Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo ; size: 14 × 12.6 × 2.4 cm Heulandite included by celadoniteHübnerite and quartz, from Black Pine Mine, Flint Creek Valley, Philipsburg District, Granite County, Montana , USAHutchinsonite from Quiruvilca Mine, Santiago de Chuco Province , PeruHydroxylherderite crystal (about 2 cm) on albite , from Chhappu, Skardu District , Gilgit–Baltistan , PakistanHaapalaite (valleriite: IMA1972-021) 2.FD.30 [1] [2] [3]
Hafnon (zircon: IMA1974-018) 9.AD.30 [4] [5] [6] (IUPAC: hafnium tetraoxysilicate)
Hagendorfite (alluaudite: 1954) 8.AC.10 [7] [8] [9] (IUPAC: disodium manganese (iron(II) iron(III)) triphosphate)
Haggertyite (magnetoplumbite: IMA1996-054) 4.CC.45 [10] [11] [12] (IUPAC: barium hexairon pentatitanium magnesium nonadecaoxide)
Häggite (Y: 1958) 4.HE.25 [13] [14] [15] (IUPAC: vanadium(III) vanadium(IV) trihydro dioxide)
Hagstromite (IMA2019-093) 7.0 [16] [no] [no]
Haidingerite (Y: 1827) 8.CJ.20 [17] [18] [19] (IUPAC: calcium hydroxoarsenate monohydrate)
Haigerachite (IMA1997-049) 8.CF.10 [20] [21] [22] (IUPAC: potassium triiron(III) hexa(dihydroxophosphate) di(hydroxophosphate) tetrahydrate)
Haineaultite (IMA1997-015) 9.DG.50 [23] [24] [25]
Hainite-(Y) (seidozerite, rinkite: IMA2016 s.p., Y: 1893) 9.BE.22 [26] [27] [28]
Haitaite-(La) (IMA2019-033a) [29] [no] [no]
Haiweeite (IMA1962 s.p., 1959) 9.AK.25 [30] [31] [32] (IUPAC: calcium diuranyl dodecaoxypentasilicate dihydroxyl hexahydrate)
Hakite-(Hg) (tetrahedrite: IMA2018-K, IMA1970-019) 2.GB.05 [33] [34] [35] (Cu6 [Cu4 Hg2 ]Sb4 Se13 )
Halamishite (phosphide: IMA2013-105) 1.0 [36] [no] [no] (IUPAC: pentanickel tetraphosphide)
Håleniusite (fluorite) 3.DE.05
Håleniusite-(La) (fluorite: IMA2003-028) 3.DE.05 [37] [38] [no] (IUPAC: lanthanum oxofluoride)
Håleniusite-(Ce) (fluorite: IMA2021-042) 3.DE.05 [39] [no] [no]
Halilsarpite (IMA2019-023) 8.CH.05 [40] [no] [no]
Halite (halite, rocksalt: 1847) 3.AA.20 [41] [42] [43] (IUPAC: sodium chloride)
Hallimondite (IMA1965-008) 8.EA.10 [44] [45] [46] (IUPAC: dilead uranyl diarsenate (n)hydrate)
Halloysite (kaolinite: 1826) 9.ED.10 [47] [48] [49]
Halotrichite (halotrichite: 1777) 7.CB.85 [50] [51] [52] (IUPAC: iron(II) dialuminium tetrasulfate docosahydrate)
Halurgite (IMA1967 s.p., 1962) 6.H0.35 [53] [54] [55]
Hambergite (Y: 1890) 6.AB.05 [56] [57] [58] (IUPAC: diberyllium hydro borate)
Hammarite (meneghinite: 1924) 2.HB.05a [59] [60] [61] (Cu2 Pb2 Bi4 S9 )
Hanahanite (IMA2022-012) 4.E0. [62] [no] [no]
Hanauerite (IMA2018-045) 2.0 [63] [no] [no] (IUPAC: silver mercury sulfide iodide)
Hanawaltite (IMA1994-036) 3.DD.15 [64] [65] [66] ((Hg-Hg)3 HgO3 Cl2 )
Hancockite (epidote, clinozoisite: IMA2006 s.p., 1899) 9.BG.05a [67] [68] [69]
Hanjiangite (IMA2009-082) 9.E?. [70] [no] [no]
Hanksite (Y: 1885) 7.BD.30 [71] [72] [73] (IUPAC: potassium docosasodium chloro nonasulfate dicarbonate)
Hannayite (Y: 1878) 8.CH.35 [74] [75] [76] (IUPAC: diammonium trimagnesium tetra(hydroxophosphate) octahydrate)
Hannebachite (IMA1983-056) 4.JE.10 [77] [78] [79] (IUPAC: dicalcium sulfite monohydrate).
Hansblockite (IMA2015-103) 2.0 [80] [no] [no] ((Cu,Hg)(Bi,Pb)Se2 )
Hansesmarkite (polyoxometalate: IMA2015-067) 4.0 [81] [no] [no]
Hanswilkeite (IMA2022-041) 2.CB. [82] [no] [no]
Hapkeite (silicide: IMA2003-014) 1.BB.35 [83] [84] [85] (IUPAC: diiron silicide)
Haradaite (IMA1963-011) 9.DH.15 [86] [87] [88] (IUPAC: strontium vanadium(IV) heptaoxodisilicate)
Hardystonite (melilite: 1899) 9.BB.10 [89] [90] [91] (IUPAC: dicalcium zinc heptaoxodisilicate)
Harkerite (Y: 1951) 6.AB.70 [92] [93] [94]
Harmotome (zeolitic tectosilicate: IMA1997 s.p., 1801) 9.GC.10 [95] [96] [97]
Harmunite (post-spinel: IMA2012-045) 4.0 [98] [no] [no] (IUPAC: calcium diiron tetraoxide)
Harrisonite (IMA1991-010) 8.AC.55 [99] [100] [101] (IUPAC: calcium hexairon(II) di(tetraoxysilicate) diphosphate)
Harstigite (Y: 1886) 9.BF.05 [102] [103] [104] (IUPAC: hexacalcium tetraberyllium manganese(II) di(tetraoxysilicate) di(heptaoxodisilicate) dihydroxyl)
Hasanovite (IMA2020-033) [105] [no] [no]
Hashemite (baryte: IMA1978-006) 7.FA.15 [106] [107] [108] (IUPAC: barium chromate(VI))
Hastingsite [Ca-amphibole: IMA2012 s.p., 1896] 9.DE.15 [109] [110] [111]
Hatchite (hatchite: 1912) 2.GC.05 [112] [113] [114] (IUPAC: silver lead thallium diarsenide pentasulfide)
Hatertite (alluaudite: IMA2012-048) 8.0 [115] [no] [no] (NaNaCa(Cu2+ Fe3+ )(AsO4 )3 )
Hatrurite (Y: 1977) 9.AG.65 [116] [117] [118] (IUPAC: tricalcium oxo(tetraoxysilicate))
Hauchecornite (hauchecornite: IMA1975-006a, 1893 Rd) 2.BB.10 [119] [120] [121] (IUPAC: nonanickel bismuth antimonide octasulfide)
Hauckite (IMA1979-012) 7.BB.10 [122] [123] [124]
Hauerite (pyrite: 1846) 2.EB.05a [125] [126] [127] (IUPAC: manganese disulfide)
Hausmannite (spinel: 1813) 4.BB.10 [128] [129] [130] (IUPAC: manganese(II) dimanganese(III) tetraoxide)
Haüyne (sodalite: 1807) 9.FB.10 [131] [132] [133]
Hawleyite (sphalerite: 1955) 2.CB.05a [134] [135] [136] (IUPAC: cadmium sulfide)
Hawthorneite (magnetoplumbite: IMA1988-019) 4.CC.45 [137] [138] [139]
Haxonite (carbide: IMA1971-001) 1.BA.10 [140] [141] [142] (IUPAC: triicosa(iron,nickel) hexacarbide)
Haycockite (chalcopyrite: IMA1971-028) 2.CB.10b [143] [144] [145] (IUPAC: tetracopper pentairon octasulfide)
Haydeeite (atacamite: IMA2006-046) 3.DA.10c [146] [147] [148] (IUPAC: tricopper magnesium hexahydro dichloride)
Haynesite (IMA1990-023) 4.JJ.25 [149] [150] [151] (IUPAC: triuranyl dihydro disulfite pentahydrate)
Haywoodite (IMA2021-115)
Hazenite (IMA2007-061) 8.CH.40 [152] [153] [no] (IUPAC: potassium sodium dimagnesium diphosphate tetradecahydrate)
Heamanite-(Ce) (IMA2020-001) 4.0 [154] [no] [no]
Heazlewoodite (Y: 1897) 2.BB.05 [155] [156] [157] (IUPAC: trinickel disulfide)
Hechtsbergite (atelestite: IMA1995-050) 8.BO.15 [158] [159] [160] (IUPAC: dibismuth hydro oxovanadate)
Hectorfloresite (IMA1987-050a) 7.BD.60 [161] [162] [163] (IUPAC: nonasodium iodate tetrasulfate)
Hectorite Q (montmorillonite, smectite: 1941) 9.EC.45 [164] [165] [166]
Hedegaardite (whitlockite: IMA2014-069) 8.0 [167] [no] [no]
Hedenbergite (pyroxene: IMA1988 s.p., 1819) 9.DA.15 [168] [169] [170] (IUPAC: calcium iron(II) hexaoxydisilicate)
Hedleyite (tetradymite: 1945) 2.DC.05 [171] [172] [173] (IUPAC: heptabismuth tritelluride)
Hedyphane (apatite: IMA1980 s.p., 1830) 8.BN.05 [174] [175] [176] (IUPAC: dicalcium trilead chloro triarsenate)
Heftetjernite (wolframite: IMA2006-056) 4.DB.30 [177] [178] [179] (IUPAC: scandium tantalum tetraoxide)
Heideite (IMA1973-062) 2.DA.15 [180] [181] [182] ((Fe,Cr)1.15 (Ti,Fe)2 S4 )
Heidornite (Y: 1956) 6.EC.30 [183] [184] [185]
Heinrichite (Y: 1958) 8.EB.05 [186] [187] [188] (IUPAC: barium diuranyl diarsenate decahydrate)
Heisenbergite (IMA2010-076) 4.GA. [189] [no] [no] (IUPAC: uranyl dihydroxide monohydrate)
Hejtmanite (seidozerite, bafertisite: IMA1989-038) 9.BE.55 [190] [191] [192]
Heklaite (fluorosilicate: IMA2008-052) 3.0 [193] [194] [195] (IUPAC: potassium sodium hexafluorosilicate)
Hellandite 9.DK.20
Hellandite-(Ce) (IMA2001-019) 9.DK.20 [196] [197] [no]
Hellandite-(Y) (IMA2000-F, 1903) 9.DK.20 [198] [199] [200]
Hellyerite (IMA1962 s.p., 1959) 5.CA.20 [201] [202] [203] (IUPAC: nickel carbonate hexahydrate)
Helmutwinklerite (tsumcorite: IMA1979-010) 8.CG.20 [204] [205] [206] (IUPAC: lead dizinc diarsenate dihydrate)
Helvine (sodalite: 1804) 9.FB.10 [207] [208] [209] (IUPAC: triberyllium tetramanganese(II) tri(tetraoxysilicate) sulfide)
Hematite (corundum: IMA1971 s.p., 1546) 4.CB.05 [210] [211] [212] (IUPAC: diiron trioxide)
Hematolite (hematolite: 1884) 8.BE.45 [213] [214] [215]
Hematophanite (perovskite: 1928) 3.DB.35 [216] [217] [218] (Pb4 Fe(III)3 O8 (Cl,OH) )
Hemihedrite (iranite: IMA1967-011) 7.FC.15 [219] [220] [221] (IUPAC: zinc decalead hexachromate di(tetraoxysilicate) dihydroxyl)
Hemimorphite (IMA1962 s.p., 1853) 9.BD.10 [222] [223] [224] (IUPAC: tetrazinc heptaoxodisilicate dihydroxyl monohydrate)
Hemleyite (corundum: IMA2016-085) 9.0 [225] [no] [no] (IUPAC: iron trioxysilicate)
Hemloite (IMA1987-015) 04.JB.60 [226] [227] [228]
Hemusite (sphalerite: IMA1968-038) 2.CB.35a [229] [230] [231] (IUPAC: tetracopper(I) dicopper(II) tin molybdenum octasulfide)
Hendekasartorite (sartorite: IMA2015-075) 2.0 [232] [no] [no] (Tl2 Pb48 As82 S172 )
Hendersonite (hewettite: IMA1967 s.p., 1962) 4.HG.50 [233] [234] [235]
Hendricksite (mica: IMA1965-027) 9.EC.20 [236] [237] [238] (IUPAC: potassium trizinc (aluminotrisilicate) decaoxydihydroxyl)
Heneuite (IMA1983-057) 8.BO.25 [239] [240] [241] (IUPAC: calcium pentamagnesium hydro triphosphate carbonate)
Henmilite (IMA1981-050) 6.AC.30 [242] [243] [244] (IUPAC: dicalcium copper tetrahydro di[tetrahydroborate])
Hennomartinite (lawsonite: IMA1992-033) 9.BE.05 [245] [246] [247] (IUPAC: strontium dimanganese(III) heptaoxodisilicate dihydroxyl monohydrate)
Henritermierite (garnet, henritermierite: IMA1968-029) 9.AD.25 [248] [249] [250] (IUPAC: tricalcium dimanganese(III) di(tetraoxysilicate) tetrahydroxyl)
Henryite (IMA1982-094) 2.BA.65 [251] [252] [253] ((Cu,Ag)3+x Te2 , with x ~ 0.40)
Henrymeyerite (hollandite, coronadite: IMA1999-016) 4.DK.05b [254] [255] [256] (IUPAC: barium (heptatitanium iron(II)) hexadecaoxide)
Hentschelite (IMA1985-057) 8.BB.40 [257] [258] [259] (IUPAC: copper diiron(III) dihydro diphosphate)
Hephaistosite (IMA2006-043) 3.AA.60 [260] [261] [262] (IUPAC: thallium dilead pentachloride)
Heptasartorite (sartorite: IMA2015-073) 2.0 [263] [no] [no] (Tl7 Pb22 As55 S108 )
Herbertsmithite (atacamite: IMA2003-041) 3.DA.10c [264] [265] [266] (IUPAC: tricopper zinc hexahydro dichloride)
Hercynite (spinel, spinel: 1839) 4.BB.05 [267] [268] [269] (IUPAC: iron(II) dialuminium tetraoxide)
Herderite (gadolinite, herderite: 1828) 8.BA.10 [270] [271] [272] (IUPAC: calcium beryllium fluoro phosphate)
Hereroite (hereroite: IMA2011-027) 8.0 [273] [no] [274]
Hermannjahnite (zinkosite: IMA2015-050) 7.0 [275] [no] [no] (IUPAC: copper zinc disulfate)
Hermannroseite (adelite: IMA2010-006) 8.BH.35 [276] [no] [277] (IUPAC: calcium copper hydro phosphate)
Herzenbergite (Y: 1935) 2.CD.05 [278] [279] [280] (IUPAC: tin sulfide)
Hessite (Y: 1843) 2.BA.60 [281] [282] [283] (IUPAC: disilver telluride)
Hetaerolite (spinel: 1877) 4.BB.10 [284] [285] [286] (IUPAC: zinc dimanganese(III) tetraoxide)
Heterogenite ("O(OH)" group: IMA1967 s.p., 1872) 4.FE.20 [287] [288] [289] (IUPAC: hydrocobalt(III) oxide)
HeteromorphiteI (plagionite: 1849) 2.HC.10c [290] [291] [292] (IUPAC: heptalead octaantimonide nonadecasulfide)
Heterosite (olivine: 1826) 8.AB.10 [293] [294] [295] (IUPAC: iron(III) phosphate)
Heulandite (zeolitic tectosilicate) 9.GE.05
Heulandite-Ba (IMA2003-001) 9.GE.05 [296] [297] [298] (NaBa4 (Si27 Al9 O72 )·24H2 O , zeolite family, chain of T10 O20 tetrahedra)
Heulandite-Ca (IMA1997 s.p.) 9.GE.05 [299] [300] [301] (NaCa4 (Si27 Al9 O72 )·24H2 O , zeolite family, chain of T10 O20 tetrahedra)
Heulandite-K (IMA1997 s.p., 1822) 9.GE.05 [302] [303] [no] (KCa4 (Si27 Al9 O72 )·24H2 O , zeolite family, chain of T10 O20 tetrahedra)
Heulandite-Na (IMA1997 s.p.) 9.GE.05 [304] [305] [no] ((Na,Ca)6 (Si,Al)36 O72 ·24H2 O , zeolite family, chain of T10 O20 tetrahedra)
Heulandite-Sr (IMA1997 s.p.) 9.GE.05 [306] [307] [no] (NaSr4 (Si27 Al9 O72 )·24H2 O , zeolite family, chain of T10 O20 tetrahedra)
Hewettite (hewetite: 1914) 4.HE.15 [308] [309] [310] (IUPAC: calcium hexavanadium(V) hexadecaoxide nonahydrate)
Hexacelsian (dmisteinbergite: IMA2015-045) 9.F?. [311] [no] [no] (IUPAC: barium (dialuminium octaoxydisilicate))
Hexaferrum (alloy: IMA1995-032) 1.AG.05 [312] [313] [no] (Fe,Os,Ru,Ir )
Hexahydrite (hexahydrite: 1911) 7.CB.25 [314] [315] [316] (IUPAC: magnesium sulfate hexahydrate)
Hexahydroborite (IMA1977-015) 6.AC.25 [317] [318] [319] (IUPAC: calcium di[tetrahydroborate] dihydrate)
Hexamolybdenum (alloy: IMA2007-029) 1.0 [320] [321] [no] (Mo,Ru,Fe,Ir,Os )
HexatestibiopanickeliteN (Y: 1974) 2.CC.30 [322] [323] [324] ((Pd,Ni)(Sb,Te) )
Hexathioplumbite (IMA2021-092) 7.JA. [325] [no] [no]
Heyerdahlite (astrophyllite: IMA2016-108) 9.D?. [326] [no] [no]
HeyiteQ (brackebuschite: IMA1971-042) 8.BK.20 [327] [328] [329] Note, Uwe Kolitsch: it might be calderonite.
Heyrovskýite (lillianite: IMA1970-022) 2.JB.40b [330] [331] [332] (IUPAC: hexalead nonasulfa dibismuthide)
Hezuolinite (chevkinite: IMA2010-045) 9.BE.70 [333] [no] [334] Hiärneite (IMA1996-040) 4.DL.10 [335] [336] [no]
Hibbingite (atacamite: IMA1991-036) 3.DA.10a [337] [338] [339] (IUPAC: diiron(II) trihydroxide chloride)
Hibonite (magnetoplumbite: 1956) 4.CC.45 [340] [341] [342]
Hidalgoite (alunite, beudantite: IMA1987 s.p., 1953 Rd) 8.BL.05 [343] [344] [345] (IUPAC: lead trialuminium sulfate arsenate hexahydrate)
Hielscherite (ettringite: IMA2011-037) 7.0 [346] [no] [no]
Hieratite (fluorosilicate: 1882) 3.CH.15 [347] [348] [349] (IUPAC: dipotassium hexafluorosilicate)
Hilairite (hilairite: IMA1972-019) 9.DM.10 [350] [351] [352] (IUPAC: disodium zircon nonaoxo trisilicate trihydrate)
Hilarionite (kaňkite: IMA2011-089) 8.0 [353] [no] [no] (IUPAC: diiron(III) hydro sulfate arsenate hexahydrate)
Hilgardite (hilgardite: 1937) 6.ED.05 [354] [355] [356] (IUPAC: dicalcium nonaoxo pentaborate monohydrate)
Hillebrandite (Y: 1908) 9.DG.40 [357] [358] [359] (IUPAC: dicalcium trioxo silicate dihydroxyl)
Hillesheimite (günterblassite: IMA2011-080) 9.0 [360] [no] [no]
Hillite (fairfieldite: IMA2003-005) 8.CG.05 [361] [362] [363] (IUPAC: dicalcium zinc diphosphate dihydrate)
Hingganite (gadolinite) 9.AJ.20
Hingganite-(Ce) (IMA2004-004, 1987) 9.AJ.20 [364] [365] [366] (IUPAC: cerium beryllium tetraoxysilicate hydroxyl)
Hingganite-(Nd) (IMA2019-028) 9.AJ.20 [367] [no] [no]
Hingganite-(Y) (IMA1981-052) 9.AJ.20 [368] [369] [370] (IUPAC: yttrium beryllium tetraoxysilicate hydroxyl)
Hingganite-(Yb) (IMA1982-041) 9.AJ.20 [371] [372] [373] (IUPAC: ytterbium beryllium tetraoxysilicate hydroxyl)
Hinsdalite (alunite, beudandite: IMA1987 s.p., 1911 Rd) 8.BL.05 [374] [375] [376] (IUPAC: lead trialuminium hexahydro sulfate phosphate)
Hiortdahlite (wöhlerite: IMA1987 s.p., 1890) 9.BE.17 [377] [no] [378]
Hiortdahlite IIN (Y: 1988, 1890) 9.BE.17 [379] [no] [no]
Hiroseite (perovskite: IMA2019-019) 9.0 [380] [no] [no] (IUPAC: iron trioxy silicate)
Hisingerite (kaolinite: 1819) 09.ED.10 [381] [382] [383]
Hitachiite (tetradymite: IMA2018-027) 2.0 [384] [no] [no] (Pb5 Bi2 Te2 S6 )
Hizenite-(Y) (tengerite: IMA2011-030) 5.0 [385] [no] [386] (IUPAC: dicalcium hexayttrium undecacarbonate tetradecahydrate)
Hjalmarite (amphibole: IMA2017-070) 9.D?. [387] [no] [no]
Hloušekite (lindackerite: IMA2013-048) 8.0 [388] [no] [no] ((Ni,Co)Cu4 (AsO4 )2 (AsO3 OH)2 ·9H2 O )
Hocartite (stannite: IMA1967-046) 2.CB.15a [389] [390] [391] (IUPAC: disilver iron tin tetrasulfide)
Hochelagaite (IMA1983-088) 4.FM.15 [392] [393] [394] (IUPAC: calcium tetraniobium undecaoxide octahydrate)
Hodgesmithite (ktenasite: IMA2015-112) 7.0 [395] [no] [no] (IUPAC: hexa(copper,zinc) zinc decahydro disulfate trihydrate)
Hodgkinsonite (Y: 1913) 9.AE.20 [396] [397] [398] (IUPAC: dizinc manganese tetraoxysilicate dihydroxyl)
Hodrušite (cuprobismutite: IMA1969-025) 2.JA.10c [399] [400] [401] (IUPAC: tetracopper hexabismuth undecasulfide)
Hoelite (Y: 1922) 10.CA.15 [402] [403] [404] (IUPAC: 9,10-anthraquinone)
Hoganite (IMA2001-029) 10.AA.35 [405] [406] [407] (IUPAC: copper diacetate monohydrate)
Hogarthite (lemoynite: IMA2009-043) 9.E?. [408] [no] [no]
Høgtuvaite (sapphirine: IMA1990-051) 9.DH.40 [409] [410] [411]
Hohmannite (amarantite: 1888) 7.DB.30 [412] [413] [414] (IUPAC: diiron(III) oxodisulfate octahydrate)
Holdawayite (IMA1986-001) 5.BA.20 [415] [416] [417] (IUPAC: hexamanganese(VI) (chloro,hydro) dicarbonate heptahydro)
Holdenite (Y: 1927) 8.BE.55 [418] [419] [420] (IUPAC: hexamanganese(II) trizinc diarsenate tetraoxysilicate octahydroxyl)
Holfertite (IMA2003-009) 4.GB.70 [421] [422] [423] ((UO2 )1.75 Ca0.25 TiO4 ·3H2 O)
Hollandite (hollandite, coronadite: IMA2012 s.p., 1906 Rd) 4.DK.05a [424] [425] [426] (IUPAC: barium hexamanganese(IV) dimanganese(III) hexadecaoxide)
Hollingworthite (ullmannite: IMA1964-029) 2.EB.25 [427] [428] [429] (IUPAC: rhodium arsenide sulfide)
Hollisterite (alloy: IMA2016-034) 1.0 [430] [no] [no] (IUPAC: trialuminium iron alloy)
Holmquistite [Li-amphibole: IMA2012 s.p., IMA1997 s.p., 1913] 9.DD.05 [431] [432] [433]
Holtedahlite (IMA1976-054) 8.BB.20 [434] [435] [436] (IUPAC: dodecamagnesium hexa(hydro,oxo) (hydroxophosphate,carbonate) pentaphosphate)
Holtite (dumortierite: IMA1969-029 Rd) 9.AJ.10 [437] [438] [439] ((Ta0.6 ☐0.4 )Al6 BSi3 O18 )
Holtstamite (garnet: IMA2003-047) 9.AD.25 [440] [441] [442] (IUPAC: tricalcium dialuminium di(tetraoxysilicate) tetrahydroxyl)
Homilite (gadolinite: 1876) 9.AJ.20 [443] [444] [445] (IUPAC: dicalcium iron(II) decaoxo diboro disilicate)
Honeaite (IMA2015-060) 2.0 [446] [no] [no] (IUPAC: trigold thallium ditelluride)
Honessite (hydrotalcite, woodwardite: IMA1962 s.p., 1956) 7.DD.35 [447] [448] [449]
Hongheite (vesuvianite: IMA2017-027) 9.B [450] [no] [no]
Hongshiite (alloy: IMA1988-xxx, 1974) 1.AG.45 [451] [452] [453] (IUPAC: platinum copper alloy)
Honzaite (burgessite: IMA2014-105) 8.0 [454] [no] [no] (IUPAC: dinickel dihydroxoarsenate pentawater)
Hopeite (hopeite: 1822) 8.CA.30 [455] [456] [457] (IUPAC: trizinc diphosphate tetrahydrate)
Horákite (IMA2017-033) 8.0 [458] [no] [no]
Hörnesite (vivianite: 1860) 8.CE.40 [459] [460] [461] (IUPAC: trimagnesium diarsenate octahydrate)
Horomanite (IMA2007-037) 2.BB. [462] [463] [464] (IUPAC: hexairon trinickel octasulfide)
Horváthite-(Y) (IMA1996-032) 5.BD.25 [465] [466] [467] (IUPAC: sodium yttrium difluoro carbonate)
Höslite (IMA2021-084) 8.DB. [468] [no] [no]
Hotsonite (IMA1983-033) 8.DF.05 [469] [470] [471] (IUPAC: pentaluminium decahydro sulfate phosphate octahydrate)
Housleyite (IMA2009-024) 7.0 [472] [no] [no] (Pb6 CuTe4 O18 (OH)2 )
Howardevansite (howardevansite: IMA1987-011) 8.AC.05 [473] [474] [475] (IUPAC: sodium copper(II) diiron(III) trivanadate)
Howieite (IMA1964-017) 9.DH.65 [476] [477] [478]
Howlite (Y: 1868) 6.CB.20 [479] [480] [481] (IUPAC: dicalcium nonaoxo pentaboro silicate pentahydroxyl)
Hrabákite (hauchecornite: IMA2020-034) [482] [no] [no]
Hsianghualite (zeolitic tectosilicate: IMA1997 s.p., 1958) 9.GB.05 [483] [484] [485] (IUPAC: dilithium tricalcium triberyllium tri(tetraoxosilicate) difluoride)
Huanghoite-(Ce) (IMA1967 s.p., 1961) 5.BD.35 [486] [487] [488] (IUPAC: barium cerium fluoro dicarbonate)
Huangite (alunite, alunite: IMA1991-009) 7.BC.10 [489] [490] [491]
Huanzalaite (wolframite: IMA2009-018) 4.DB.30 [492] [no] [493] (IUPAC: magnesium tungstate)
Hubeite (IMA2000-022) 9.BJ.60 [494] [495] [no]
Hübnerite (wolframite: 1865) 4.DB.30 [496] [497] [498] (IUPAC: manganese(II) tungstate)
Huemulite (decavanadate: IMA1965-012) 4.HG.10 [499] [500] [501]
Huenite (IMA2015-122) 7.0 [502] [no] [no] (IUPAC: tetracopper dihydro trimolybdate)
Hügelite (Y: 1913) 8.EC.15 [503] [504] [505]
Hughesite (decavanadate: IMA2009-035a) 8.0 [506] [no] [507]
Huizingite-(Al) (IMA2015-014) 7.0 [508] [no] [509]
Hulsite (hulsite: 1908) 6.AB.45 [510] [511] [512]
Humberstonite (IMA1967-015) 7.DG.10 [513] [514] [515] (IUPAC: tripotassium heptasodium dimagnesium hexasulfate dinitrate hexahydrate)
Humboldtine (humboldtine: 1821) 10.AB.05 [516] [517] [518] (IUPAC: iron(II) oxalate dihydrate)
Humite (humite: 1813) 9.AF.50 [519] [520] [521] (IUPAC: heptamagnesium tri(tetraoxosilicate) di(fluoride,hydroxyl))
Hummerite (Y: 1951) 4.HC.10 [522] [523] [524]
Hunchunite (alloy: IMA1991-033) 1.AA.25 [525] [526] [527] (IUPAC: digold lead alloy)
Hundholmenite-(Y) (okanoganite: IMA2006-005) 9.AJ.35 [528] [529] [no] (IUPAC: magnesium pentaoxo tetraborate tetrahydro heptahydrate)
Hungchaoite (IMA1967 s.p., 1964) 6.DA.20 [530] [531] [532]
Huntite (Y: 1953) 5.AB.25 [533] [534] [535] (IUPAC: calcium trimagnesium tetracarbonate)
Hureaulite (IMA2007 s.p., 1825) 8.CB.10 [536] [537] [538] (IUPAC: pentamanganese(II) di(hydroxophosphate) diphosphate tetrahydrate)
Hurlbutite (danburite: 1952) 8.AA.15 [539] [540] [541] (IUPAC: calcium diberyllium diphosphate)
Hutcheonite (garnet, garnet: IMA2013-029) 9.AD.25 [542] [no] [no] (IUPAC: tricalcium dititanium dodecaoxy dialuminosilicate)
Hutchinsonite (Y: 1905) 2.HD.45 [543] [544] [545] (IUPAC: lead thallium pentarsenide nonasulfide)
Huttonite (monazite: 1951) 9.AD.35 [546] [547] [548] (IUPAC: thorium tetraoxysilicate)
Hyalophane I (Y: 1855) 9.FA.30 [549] [550] [551]
Hyalotekite (hyalotekite: 1877) 9.CH.05 [552] [553] [554]
HydroastrophylliteN (astrophyllite: 2003) 9.DC.05 [555] [556] [557]
Hydrobasaluminite (Y: 1948) 7.DE.60 [558] [559] [560] (IUPAC: tetraluminium decahydro sulfate pentadecahydrate)
Hydrobiotite (corrensite: IMA1983 s.p., 1882 Rd) 9.EC.60 [561] [562] [563] A 1:1 regular interstratification of biotite and vermiculite layers.
Hydroboracite (Y: 1834) 6.CB.15 [564] [565] [566]
Hydrocalumite (hydrotalcite: 1934) 4.FL.10 [567] [568] [569]
Hydrocerussite (Y: 1877) 5.BE.10 [570] [571] [572] (IUPAC: trilead dihydro dicarbonate)
Hydrochlorborite (Y: 1965) 6.DA.30 [573] [574] [575]
Hydrodelhayelite (IMA1979-023) 9.EB.10 [576] [577] [578]
Hydrodresserite (dundasite: IMA1976-036) 5.DB.15 [579] [580] [581] (IUPAC: barium dialuminium tetrahydro dicarbonate trihydrate)
Hydroglauberite (IMA1968-026) 7.CD.20 [582] [583] [584] (IUPAC: decasodium tricalcium octasulfate hexahydrate)
Hydrohalite (Y: 1847) 3.BA.05 [585] [586] [587] (IUPAC: sodium chloride dihydrate)
Hydrohalloysite (kaolinite: 1943) 9.ED. [588] [589] [no]
Hydrohonessite (hydrotalcite, woodwardite: IMA1980-037a) 7.DD.35 [590] [591] [592]
Hydrokenoelsmoreite (pyrochlore, elsmoreite: IMA2010 s.p., IMA2003-059 Rd) 4.DH.15 [593] [594] [595]
Hydrokenomicrolite (pyrochlore, microlite: IMA2011-103) 4.D [596] [no] [no]
Hydrokenopyrochlore (pyrochlore, pyrochlore: IMA2017-005) 4.D [597] [no] [no]
Hydrokenoralstonite (pyrochlore: 1871) 3.CF.05 [598] [599] [600]
Hydromagnesite (Y: 1828) 5.DA.05 [601] [602] [603] (IUPAC: pentamagnesium dihydro tetracarbonate tetrahydrate)
Hydrombobomkulite (chalcoalumite: IMA1979-079a) 5.ND.15 [604] [605] [606]
Hydroniumjarosite (alunite, alunite: IMA1987 s.p., 1960 Rd) 7.BC.10 [607] [608] [609]
Hydroniumpharmacoalumite (pharmacosiderite: IMA2012-050) 8.D [610] [no] [no]
Hydroniumpharmacosiderite (pharmacosiderite: IMA2010-014) 8.DK.10 [611] [no] [612]
Hydronováčekite (IMA2007 s.p., 1951) 8.EB.05 [613] [no] [no] (IUPAC: magnesium diuranyl diarsenate dodecahydrate)
Hydropascoite (pascoite: IMA2016-032) 4.0 [614] [no] [no]
Hydroplumboelsmoreite (jixianite, pyrochlore: IMA2021 s.p., IMA2013 s.p., IMA2010 s.p., IMA1984-062) 4.DH.15 [615] [616] [617]
Hydropyrochlore (pyrochlore, pyrochlore: IMA2010 s.p., 1977 Rd) 4.DH.15 [618] [619] [620]
Hydroredmondite (redmondite: IMA2021-073) [621] [no] [no]
Hydroromarchite ("O(OH)" group: IMA1969-007) 4.FF.05 [622] [623] [624] (IUPAC: dihydrotritin(II) dioxide)
HydroscarbroiteQ (Y: 1960) 5.DA.35 [625] [626] [627]
Hydrotalcite (hydrotalcite: 1842) 5.DA.50 [628] [629] [630]
Hydroterskite (terskite: IMA2015-042) 4.0 [631] [no] [no] (IUPAC: disodium dodecaoxy zirconhexasilicate hexahydroxyl)
Hydrotungstite (Y: 1944) 4.FJ.15 [632] [633] [634] (IUPAC: tungsten dihydro dioxide monohydrate)
Hydrowoodwardite (hydrotalcite, woodwardite: IMA1996-038) 7.DD.35 [635] [636] [637]
Hydroxyapophyllite -(K) (apophyllite: IMA2013 s.p., IMA1978 s.p.) 9.EA.15 [638] [639] [640]
Hydroxycalciomicrolite (pyrochlore, microlite: IMA2013-073) 4.D [641] [no] [no] (IUPAC: pentadecacalcium ditantalum hexaoxo hydro)
Hydroxycalciopyrochlore (pyrochlore, pyrochlore: IMA2011-026) 4.D [642] [no] [no]
Hydroxycalcioroméite (pyrochlore, roméite: IMA2010 s.p., 1895 Rd) 4.D [643] [644] [645]
Hydroxycancrinite (cancrinite: IMA1990-014) 9.FB.05 [646] [647] [648]
Hydroxyferroroméite (pyrochlore, roméite: IMA2016-006) 4.D [649] [no] [no]
Hydroxykenoelsmoreite (pyrochlore, elsmoreite: IMA2016-056) 4.D [650] [no] [no]
Hydroxykenomicrolite (pyrochlore, microlite: IMA2010 s.p., IMA1980-021 Rd) 4.DH. [651] [652] [653]
Hydroxykenopyrochlore (pyrochlore, pyrochlore: IMA2017-030a) 4.D [654] [no] [no]
Hydroxylapatite (apatite: IMA2010 s.p., 1856) 8.BN.05 [655] [656] [657] (IUPAC: pentacalcium hydro triphosphate)
Hydroxylbastnäsite (bastnäsite) 5.BD.20a (IUPAC: REE hydrocarbonate)
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce) (IMA1987 s.p., 1964) 5.BD.20a [658] [659] [660]
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(La) (1986, IMA2021-001) 5.BD.20a [661] [662] [no]
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Nd) (IMA1984-060) 5.BD.20a [663] [664] [665]
Hydroxylborite (IMA2005-054) 6.AB.50 [666] [667] [668] (IUPAC: trimagnesium trihydro borate)
Hydroxylchondrodite (humite: IMA2010-019) 9.AF.45 [669] [no] [670] (IUPAC: pentamagnesium di(tetraoxysilicate) dihydroxyl)
Hydroxylclinohumite (humite: IMA1998-065) 9.AF.55 [671] [672] [no] (IUPAC: nonamagnesium tetra(tetraoxysilicate) dihydroxyl)
Hydroxyledgrewite (humite: IMA2011-113) 9.AF. [673] [no] [no] (IUPAC: nonacalcium tetra(tetraoxysilicate) dihydroxyl)
Hydroxylellestadite (apatite: IMA2010 s.p., IMA1970-026) 9.AH.25 [674] [675] [676]
Hydroxylgugiaite (melilite: IMA2016-009) 9.B?. [677] [no] [no]
Hydroxylhedyphane (apatite: IMA2018-052) 8.BN. [678] [no] [no] (IUPAC: dicalcium trilead hydro triarsenate)
Hydroxylherderite (gadolinite: IMA2007 s.p., 1894) 8.BA.10 [679] [680] [681] (IUPAC: calcium beryllium hydro phosphate)
Hydroxylpyromorphite (apatite: IMA2017-075) 8.0 [682] [no] [no] (IUPAC: pentalead hydro triphosphate)
Hydroxylwagnerite (wagnerite: IMA2004-009) 8.BB.15 [683] [no] [no] (IUPAC: dimagnesium hydro phosphate)
Hydroxymanganopyrochlore (pyrochlore, pyrochlore: IMA2012-005) 4.D [684] [no] [685]
Hydroxymcglassonite-(K) (apophyllite: IMA2020-066) 9.0 [686] [no] [no]
Hydroxynatropyrochlore (pyrochlore, pyrochlore: IMA2017-074) 4.D [687] [no] [no]
Hydroxyplumbopyrochlore (pyrochlore: IMA2018-145) 4.0 [688] [no] [no]
Hydrozincite (Y: 1853) 5.BA.15 [689] [690] [691] (IUPAC: pentazinc hexahydro dicarbonate)
Hylbrownite (kanonerovite: IMA2010-054) 8.FC. [692] [no] [no]
Hypercinnabar (IMA1977-D) 2.CD.15b [693] [694] [695] (IUPAC: mercury sulfide)
Hyršlite (sartorite: IMA2016-097) 2.0 [696] [no] [no] (Pb8 As10 Sb6 S32 )
Hyttsjöite (IMA1993-056) 9.EG.60 [697] [698] [no]
"Special cases" ("native elements and organic minerals") "Sulfides and oxides"
Sulfides (IDs 2.A–F)
Sulfosalts ; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites (IDs 2.G)
Sulfosalts; sulfarsenates, sulfantimonates (IDs 2.K)
Other sulfosalts (IDs 2.H–J and 2.L–M)
Tellurium oxysalts
Vanadium oxides (IDs 4.H)
"Evaporites and similars" "Mineral structures with tetrahedral units" (sulfate anion, phosphate anion, silicon, etc.)
Monomeric minerals (similar to nesosilicates)
Sulfates (VI) (IDs 7.A–E)
Thiosulphates (IDs 7.J)
Silicate frameworks, tectosilicates
Other tectosilicates (IDs 9.FA. and 9.FB.15, e.g. feldspars )
Other silicate frameworks
Ribbon or multiple chain inosilicates (IDs 9.D, e.g. amphiboles )
Other non monomeric minerals
Unclassified silicates (IDs 9.H)