Earth:List of minerals Y–Z (complete)

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This list includes those recognised minerals beginning with the letters Y and Z. 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 'IMA2018'.

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 Nickel–Strunz 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: 1NNN – year of publication.
    • Y: old – known before publications were available.

Y

Yingjiangite. Tirpersdorf, Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany .
  1. Yafsoanite (garnet: IMA1981-022) 04.CC.25 [1] [2] [3]
    (IUPAC: tricalcium ditellurium(IV) tri(tetraoxozincate))
  2. Yagiite (milarite: IMA1968-020) 09.CM.05 [4] [5] [6]
  3. Yakhontovite (montmorillonite, smectite: IMA1984-032a) 09.EC.40 [7] [8] [9]
  4. Yakovenchukite-(Y) (IMA2006-002) 09.EF.30 [10] [11] [no]
  5. Yancowinnaite (tsumcorite: IMA2010-030) 08. [12] [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: lead copper aluminium diarsenate hydroxide monohydrate)
  6. Yangite (IMA2012-052) 09.D?. [13] [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: lead manganese octaoxotrisilicate monohydrate)
  7. Yangzhumingite (mica: IMA2009-017) 09.EC.20 [14] [no] [15]
    (IUPAC: dipotassium pentamagnesium icosaoxooctasilicate tetrafluoride)
  8. Yanomamite (IMA1990-052) 08.CD.10 [16] [17] [18]
    (IUPAC: indium arsenate dihydrate)
  9. Yarlongite (carbide: IMA2007-035) 01.BA.30 [19] [20] [no]
    (IUPAC: (tetrachromium tetrairon nickel) tetracarbide)
  10. Yaroshevskite (IMA2012-003) 08. [21] [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: nonacopper dioxide tetravanadate dichloride)
  11. Yaroslavite (IMA1968 s.p., 1966) 03.CB.50 [22] [23] [24]
    (IUPAC: tricalcium dialuminium decafluoride dihydroxide monohydrate)
  12. Yarrowite (IMA1978-022) 02.CA.05d [25] [26] [27]
    (IUPAC: nonacopper octasulfide)
  13. Yarzhemskiite (IMA2018-019) 06. [28] [no] [no]
  14. Yavapaiite (IMA1962 s.p., 1959) 07.AC.15 [29] [30] [31]
    (IUPAC: potassium iron(III) disulfate)
  15. Yazganite (alluaudite: IMA2003-033) 08.AC.10 [32] [33] [34]
    (IUPAC: sodium magnesium diiron(III) triarsenate monohydrate)
  16. Yeatmanite (Y: 1938) 09.AE.45 [35] [36] [37]
  17. Yecoraite (tellurite-tellurium oxysalt: IMA1983-062) 07.DF.70 [38] [39] [40]
    (IUPAC: triiron(III) pentabismuth nonaoxide trioxotellurate(IV) di(tetraoxotellurate(VI)) nonahydrate)
  18. Yedlinite (IMA1974-001) 03.DB.50 [41] [42] [43]
  19. Ye'elimite (IMA1984-052) 07.BC.15 [44] [45] [46]
    (IUPAC: tetracalcium hexaluminium dodecaoxide sulfate)
  20. Yegorovite (IMA2008-033) 09.00. [47] [48] [no]
  21. Yftisite-(Y)ch (Y: 1971) 09.AG.25 [49] [50] [no]
    Note: discredited 1987, but crystal-structure determination was reported (Balko & Bakakin, 1975).
  22. Yeomanite (IMA2013-024) 03. [51] [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: dilead oxidehydroxide chloride)
  23. Yimengite (magnetoferrite: IMA1982-046) 04.CC.45 [52] [53] [54]
  24. Yingjiangite (phosphuranylite: IMA1989-001) 08.EC.10 [55] [56] [57]
    (IUPAC: dipotassium calcium heptauranyl tetraphosphate hexahydroxide hexahydrate)
  25. Yixunite (auricupride: IMA1995-042) 01.AG.50 [58] [59] [60]
    (IUPAC: triplatinum indium alloy)
  26. Yoderite (IMA1962 s.p., 1959) 09.AF.25 [61] [62] [63]
  27. Yofortierite (palygorskite: IMA1974-045) 09.EE.20 [64] [65] [66]
  28. Yoshimuraite (seidozerite, bafertisite: IMA1967 s.p., 1961) 09.BE.42 [67] [68] [69]
  29. Yoshiokaite (feldspathoid, nepheline: IMA1989-043) 09.FA.05 [70] [71] [72]
  30. Yttriaite-(Y) (IMA2010-039) 04.CC. [73] [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: diyttrium trioxide)
  31. Yttrialite-(Y) (IMA1987 s.p., 1889) 09.BC.05 [74] [75] [76]
  32. Yttrocolumbite-(Y)Q (IMA1987 s.p., 1837) 04.DB.25 [77] [78] [79]
    Note: possibly samarskite-(Y).
  33. Yttrocrasite-(Y)Q (columbite: IMA1987 s.p., 1906) 04.DG.05 [80] [81] [82]
    Note: its description is poor and so it is questionable.
  34. Yttrotantalite-(Y) (IMA1987 s.p., 1802) 04.DG.10 [83] [84] [85]
  35. Yttrotungstite 04.FD.20
    (IUPAC: REE ditungsten hexaoxide trihydroxide)
    1. Yttrotungstite-(Ce) (IMA1970-008) 04.FD.20 [86] [87] [no]
    2. Yttrotungstite-(Y) (IMA1987 s.p., 1927) 04.FD.20 [88] [89] [90]
  36. Yuanfuliite (IMA1994-001) 06.AB.20 [91] [92] [93]
  37. Yuanjiangite (tin alloy: IMA1993-028) 01.AC.15 [94] [95] [96]
    (IUPAC: gold stannide)
  38. Yugawaralite (zeolitic tectosilicate: IMA1997 s.p., 1952) 09.GB.15 [97] [98] [99]
  39. Yukonite (Y: 1913) 08.DM.25 [100] [101] [102]
    (IUPAC: dicalcium triiron(III) triarsenate tetrahydroxide tetrahydrate)
  40. Yuksporite (Y: 1923) 09.DG.95 [103] [104] [105]
  41. Yurgensonite (IMA2019-059) 08. [106] [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: dipotassium tin titanium dioxo diarsenate)
  42. Yurmarinite (anhydrous arsenate: IMA2013-033) 08. [107] [no] [no]
  43. Yushkinite (valleriite: IMA1983-050) 02.FD.30 [108] [109] [110]
  44. Yusupovite (IMA2014-022) 09.D?. [111] [no] [no]
  45. Yvonite (IMA1995-012) 08.CB.25 [112] [113] [114]
    (IUPAC: copper hydroxoarsenate(V) dihydrate)

Z

Zanazziite on quartz var. rose quartz: Ilha claim, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais Brazil
Zellerite from White Canyon No. 1 Mine (Cameo Mine), White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan County (Utah), USA
Zeolite with heulandite on quartz
Crystal blades of zincite
Zircon. Harchu (Harchoo), Astor valley (Astore valley), Astor District (Astore District), Northern Areas, Pakistan .
Zoisite. Merelani Hills (Mererani), Lelatema Mts, Arusha Region, Tanzania.
Zoisite (var. tanzanite), rough stone and cut stone
  1. Żabińskiite (titanite: IMA2015-033) 09.AG.15 [115] [no] [no]
  2. Zabuyelite (IMA1985-018) 05.AA.05 [116] [117] [118]
    (IUPAC: dilithium carbonate)
  3. Zaccagnaite (hydrotalcite: IMA1997-019) 05.DA.45 [119] [120] [121]
    (IUPAC: tetrazinc dialuminium dodecahydroxide carbonate trihydrate)
  4. Zaccariniite (IMA2011-086) 02. [122] [no] [123]
    (IUPAC: rhenium nickel arsenide)
  5. Zadovite (zadovite, arctite: IMA2013-031) 08. [124] [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: barium hexacalcium [tetraoxosilicate phosphate] diphosphate fluorine)
  6. Zagamiite (IMA2015-022a) 09. [125] [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: dicalcium tetraluminium undecaoxoheptasilicate)
  7. Zaherite (IMA1977-002) 07.DE.65 [126] [127] [128]
    (IUPAC: dodecaluminium pentasulfate hexaicosahydroxide icosahydrate)
  8. Zaïrite (alunite, crandallite: IMA1975-018) 08.BL.13 [129] [130] [131]
    (IUPAC: bismuth triiron(III) diphosphate hexahydroxide)
  9. Zakharovite (IMA1981-049) 09.EE.65 [132] [133] [134]
    (IUPAC: tetrasodium pentamanganese(V) tetraicosaoxodecasilicate hexahydroxide hexahydrate)
  10. Zálesíite (mixite: IMA1997-009) 08.DL.15 [135] [136] [no]
    (IUPAC: calcium hexacopper diarsenate hydroxoarsenate(V) hexahydroxide trihydrate)
  11. Zanazziite (roscherite: IMA1986-054) 08.DA.10 [137] [138] [139]
    (IUPAC: dicalcium tetraberyllium pentamagnesium hexaphosphate tetrahydroxide hexahydrate)
  12. Zangboite (silicide: IMA2007-036) 01.BB. [140] [no] [141]
    (IUPAC: titanum iron disilicide)
  13. Zapatalite (IMA1971-023) 08.DE.20 [142] [143] [144]
    (IUPAC: tricopper tetraluminium triphosphate nonahydroxide tetrahydrate)
  14. ZaratiteQ (amorphous: 1934) 05.DA.15 [145] [146] [147]
    (IUPAC: trinickel carbonate tetrahydroxide tetrahydrate)
    Note: partially amorphous.
  15. Zavalíaite (olivine: IMA2011-012) 08. [148] [no] [149]
    (IUPAC: trimanganese(II) diphosphate)
  16. Zavaritskite (matlockite: IMA1967 s.p., 1962) 03.DC.25 [150] [151] [152]
    (IUPAC: bismuth oxofluoride)
  17. Zdeněkite (lavendulan: IMA1992-037) 08.DG.05 [153] [154] [155]
    (IUPAC: sodium lead pentacopper tetraarsenate chloride pentahydrate)
  18. Zektzerite (IMA1976-034) 09.DN.05 [156] [157] [158]
    (IUPAC: sodium lithium zirconium pentadecaoxohexasilicate)
  19. Zellerite (IMA1965-031) 05.EC.10 [159] [160] [161]
    (IUPAC: calcium uranyl dicarbonate pentahydrate)
  20. Zemannite (zemannite: IMA1968-009) 04.JM.05 [162] [163] [164]
  21. Zemkorite (IMA1985-041) 05.AC.10 [165] [166] [167]
    (IUPAC: disodium calcium dicarbonate)
  22. Zenzénite (IMA1990-031) 04.CC.55 [168] [169] [170]
    (IUPAC: trilead tetrairon(III) trimanganese(IV) pentadecaoxide)
  23. Zeophyllite (Y: 1902) 09.EE.70 [171] [172] [173]
  24. Zeravshanite (IMA2003-034) 09.EA.75 [174] [175] [176]
    (IUPAC: disodium tetracaesium trizirconium pentatetracontaoxooctadecasilicate dihydrate)
  25. Zeunerite (autunite: 1872) 08.EB.05 [177] [178] [179]
    (IUPAC: copper diuranyl diarsenate dodecahydrate)
  26. Zhanghengite (iron: IMA1985-049) 01.AB.10a [180] [181] [182]
    (IUPAC: copper zinc alloy)
  27. Zhanghuifenite (alluaudite: IMA2016-074) 08. [183] [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: trisodium tetramanganese(II) dimagnesium aluminium hexaphosphate)
  28. Zhangpeishanite (matlockite: IMA2006-045) 03.DC.25 [184] [185] [186]
    (IUPAC: barium fluoride chloride)
  29. Zharchikhite (IMA1986-059) 03.AC.05 [187] [188] [189]
    (IUPAC: aluminium dihydroxide fluoride)
  30. Zhemchuzhnikovite (oxalate: 1963) 10.AB.35 [190] [191] [192]
  31. Zhiqinite (silicide: IMA2019-077) 01. [193] [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: titanium disilicide)
  32. Ziesite (IMA1979-055) 08.FA.10 [194] [195] [196]
    (IUPAC: beta-dicopper heptaoxodivanadate(V))
  33. Zigrasite (IMA2008-046) 08.CE.75 [197] [no] [198]
    (IUPAC: magnesium zirconium diphosphate tetrahydrate)
  34. Zimbabweite (IMA1984-034) 04.JA.40 [199] [200] [201]
  35. Ziminaite (howardevansite: IMA2014-062) 08. [202] [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: hexairon(III) hexavanadate)
  36. Zinc (element: old) 01.AB.05 [203] [204] [205]
  37. Zincalstibite (hydrotalcite: IMA1998-033) 04.FB.10 [206] [207] [no]
    (IUPAC: dizinc aluminium hexahydroxide [antimony hexahydroxide])
  38. ZincaluminiteQ (woodwardite: 1881) 07.DD.35 [208] [209] [210]
    Note: undetermined X-ray powder diffraction pattern and unknown crystallography.
  39. Zincgartrellite (tsumcorite: IMA1998-014) 08.CG.20 [211] [212] [213]
    (IUPAC: lead dizinc di(water,hydroxide) diarsenate)
  40. Zincite (wurzite: 1845) 04.AB.20 [214] [215] [216]
    (IUPAC: zinc oxide)
  41. Zinclipscombite (IMA2006-008) 08.BB.90 [217] [218] [no]
    (IUPAC: zinc diiron(III) diphosphate dihydroxide)
  42. Zincmelanterite (melanterite: IMA2007 s.p., 1920) 07.CB.35 [219] [220] [221]
    (IUPAC: zinc sulfate heptahydrate)
  43. Zincoberaunite (beraunite: IMA2015-117) 08. [222] [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: zinc pentairon(III) tetraphosphate pentahydroxide hexahydrate)
  44. Zincobotryogen (IMA2015-107, 1964) 07.DC.25 [223] [224] [225]
    (IUPAC: zinc pentairon(III) disulfate hydroxide heptahydrate)
  45. Zincobradaczekite (alluaudite: IMA2016-041) 08. [226] [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: sodium dizinc dicopper triarsenate)
  46. Zincobriartite (stannite: IMA2015-094) 02. [227] [no] [no]
  47. Zincochromite (spinel, spinel: IMA1986-015) 04.BB.05 [228] [229] [230]
    (IUPAC: zinc dichromium(III) tetraoxide)
  48. Zincocopiapite (copiapite: 1964) 07.DB.35 [231] [232] [233]
    (IUPAC: zinc tetrairon(III) hexasulfate dihydroxide icosahydrate)
  49. Zincohögbomite 04.CB.20
    1. Zincohögbomite-2N2S (högbomite: IMA1994-016) 04.CB.20 [234] [235] [no]
    2. Zincohögbomite-2N6S (högbomite: IMA2001 s.p., 1952) 04.CB.20 [236] [237] [no]
  50. Zincolibethenite (andalusite: IMA2003-010) 08.BB.30 [238] [239] [240]
    (IUPAC: copper zinc phosphate hydroxide)
  51. Zincolivenite (andalusite: IMA2006-047) 08.BB.30 [241] [242] [no]
    (IUPAC: copper zinc hydro arsenate)
  52. Zincomenite (IMA2014-014) 07.A0. [243] [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: zinc selenite)
  53. Zinconigerite 04.FC.20
    1. Zinconigerite-2N1S (högbomite: IMA2018-037) 04.FC.20 [244] [no] [no]
    2. Zinconigerite-6N6SN (högbomite: IMA2002 s.p.) 04.FC.20 [245] [no] [no]
  54. Zincospiroffite (tellurite: IMA2002-047) 04.JK.10 [246] [247] [248]
    (IUPAC: dizinc tritellurium octaoxide)
  55. Zincostaurolite (IMA1992-036) 09.AF.30 [249] [250] [no]
    (IUPAC: dizinc nonaluminium triicosaoxotetrasilicate hydroxide)
  56. Zincostrunzite (strunzite: IMA2016-023) 08. [251] [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: dizinc tetrairon(III) tetraphosphate tetrahydroxide tridecahydrate)
  57. Zincovelesite-6N6S (högbomite: IMA2017-034) 04. [252] [no] [no]
  58. Zincovoltaite (voltaite: IMA1985-059) 07.CC.25 [253] [254] [255]
    (IUPAC: dipotassium pentazinc triiron(III) aluminium dodecasulfate octadecahydrate)
  59. Zincowoodwardite (hydrotalcite: IMA1998-026) 07.DD.35 [256] [257] [258]
  60. ZincrosasiteQ (malachite: 1952) 05.BA.10 [259] [260] [261]
    Note: description incomplete, possibly rosasite.
  61. Zincroselite (roselite: IMA1985-055) 08.CG.10 [262] [263] [264]
    (IUPAC: dicalcium zinc diarsenate dihydrate)
  62. Zincsilite (saponite, smectite: 1960) 09.EC.45 [265] [266] [267]
  63. Zinczippeite (zippeite: IMA1971-008) 07.EC.05 [268] [269] [270]
    (IUPAC: dizinc tetrauranyl disulfate tetraoxide heptahydrate)
  64. Zinkenite (Y: 1826) 02.JB.35a [271] [272] [273]
    (Pb9Sb22S42)
  65. ZinkositeQ (zinkosite: 1852) 07.AB.10 [274] [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: zinc sulfate)
    Note: possibly a chemical analysis artifact as its occurrence is improbable at the type locality.
  66. Zippeite (zippeite: IMA1971-002a Rd) 07.EC.05 [275] [276] [277]
    (IUPAC: tripotassium tetrauranyl disulfate trioxidehydroxide trihydrate)
  67. Zircon (zircon: old) 09.AD.30 [278] [279] [280]
    (IUPAC: zirconium(IV) tetraoxosilicate)
  68. Zirconolite (zirconolite-laachite: IMA1989 s.p., 1956 Rd) 04.DH.30 [281] [282] [283]
    (IUPAC: calcium zirconium dititanium heptaoxide)
    Zirconolite-laachite: three polytypoids known (2M, 3O, 3T), laachite.
  69. Zircophyllite (astrophyllite: IMA1971-047) 09.DC.05 [284] [285] [286]
  70. Zircosulfate (Y: 1965) 07.CD.50 [287] [288] [289]
    (IUPAC: zirconium disulfate tetrahydrate)
  71. Zirkelite (fluorite: IMA1989 s.p., 1895 Rd) 04.DL.05 [290] [291] [292]
  72. ZirkleriteQ (Y: 1928) 03.CJ.30 [293] [294] [295]
    Note: chemical formula uncertain.
  73. Zirsilite-(Ce) (eudialyte: IMA2002-057) 09.CO.10 [296] [297] [no]
  74. Zirsinalite (lovozerite: IMA1973-025) 09.CJ.15a [298] [299] [300]
    (IUPAC: hexasodium calcium zirconium octadecaoxohexasilicate)
  75. Zlatogorite (nickeline: IMA1994-014) 02.CC.05 [301] [302] [303]
    (IUPAC: copper nickel diantimonide)
  76. Znamenskyite (IMA2014-026) 02. [304] [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: tetralead diindium tridecasulfa tetrabismuthide)
  77. Znucalite (IMA1989-033) 05.ED.45 [305] [306] [307]
    (IUPAC: calcium undecazinc uranyl tricarbonate icosahydroxide tetrahydrate)
  78. Zodacite (calcioferrite: IMA1987-014) 08.DH.25 [308] [309] [310]
    (IUPAC: tetracalcium manganese(IV) tetrairon(IV) hexaphosphate tetrahydroxide dodecahydrate)
  79. Zoharite (djerfisherite: IMA2017-049) 02. [311] [no] [no]
  80. Zoisite (Y: 1805) 09.BG.10 [312] [313] [314]
    (IUPAC: dicalcium trialuminium heptaoxosilicate tetraoxosilicate oxidehydroxide)
  81. Zoltaiite (IMA2003-006) 09.AG.85 [315] [316] [no]
    (IUPAC: barium divanadium(IV) dodecavanadium(III) heptaicosaoxodisilicate)
  82. Zorite (IMA1972-011) 09.DG.45 [317] [318] [319]
  83. Zoubekite (IMA1983-032) 02.HC.35 [320] [321] [322]
    (AgPb4Sb4S10)
  84. Zubkovaite (IMA2018-008) 08. [323] [no] [no]
  85. Zugshunstite-(Ce) (sulfate-oxalate: IMA1996-055) 10.AB.75 [324] [325] [326]
  86. Zuktamrurite (phosphide: IMA2013-107) 01.BD. [327] [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: iron diphosphide)
  87. Zunyite (Y: 1885) 09.BJ.55 [328] [329] [330]
    (IUPAC: tridecaluminium icosaoxopentasilicate (hydroxide,fluorine) chloride)
  88. Zussmanite (IMA1964-018) 09.EG.35 [331] [332] [333]
  89. Zvyaginite (seidozerite, lamprophyllite: IMA2013-071) 09.B?. [334] [no] [335]
  90. Zvyagintsevite (auricupride: IMA1966-006) 01.AG.10 [336] [337] [338]
    (IUPAC: tripalladium lead alloy)
  91. Zwieselite (triplite-zwieselite series: IMA2008 s.p., 1841 Rd) 08.BB.10 [339] [340] [341]
    (IUPAC: iron(II) manganese(II) phosphate fluoride)
  92. Zýkaite (sanjuanite-destinezite: IMA1976-039) 08.DB.45 [342] [343] [344]
    (IUPAC: tetrairon(III) triarsenate sulfate hydroxide pentadecahydrate)

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