Sp Spl Spd Spu St Stl Stf Stm Std Stb Stp Sti Str Tlc Tap Tsn Tn Tep Td Thm Thr Tmn Til Ttn Toz Tur Tr Trd Tph Tro Ts
sphalerite spinel spodumene spurrite staurolite stellerite stibiobetafite stibiomicrolite stibiopalladinite stilbite stilpnomelane stishovite strontianite talc tapiolite tausonite tennantite tephroite tetrahedrite thomsonite thorite tiemannite tilleyite titanite topaz tourmaline* tremolite tridymite triphylite troilite tschermakite
Jrs Jh Jsv Jnt Krs Kls Kln Ktp Kfs Kob Krn Krp Kut Ky Ltk Lan Ltp Lmt Lrt Lws Lzr Lpd Lct Lnd Lz Lol Ldn Lop Lou Lue Mkw
jarosite johannsenite johnsomervilleite junoite kaersutite kalsilite kaolinite katophorite K-feldspar* kobellite kornerupine krupkaite kutnohorite kyanite laitakarite lanarkite latrappite laumontite laurite lawsonite lazurite lepidolite* leucite lindströmite lizardite löllingite londonite loparite loughlinite lueshite mackinawite
* Names shown with an asterisk refer to series of minerals, i.e., they are not names of a single mineral species. This list is a compilation heavily inspired by the original listing of Kretz (1983); it incorporates selected symbols from the listing of Spear (1993), and includes symbols used by authors of papers published in The Canadian Mineralogist. REFERENCES KRETZ, R. (1983): Symbols for rock-forming minerals. Am. Mineral. 68, 277-279. SPEAR, F.S. (1993): Metamorphic phase-equilibria and Pressure – Temperature – Time Paths. Mineralogical Society of America, Washington, D.C.
SYMBOLS FOR ROCK- AND ORE-FORMING MINERALS ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Act Ae Aik Ak Ab All Aln Alm Amp Anl Ant And Adr Anh Ank Ann An Atg Ath Ap Apo Arg Arf Arm Apy Asp Aug Brt actinolite aegirine aikinite åkermanite albite allactite allanite almandine amphibole* analcime anatase andalusite andradite anhydrite ankerite annite anorthite antigorite anthophyllite apatite* apophyllite aragonite arfvedsonite armangite arsenopyrite aspidolite augite barite Brr Brs Blt Bsl Bnj Ber Bet Brl Bry Beu Bt Bmt Bhm Bor Bn Bnn Brg Brk Brc Bst Cal Ccn Car Cst Cel Cls Cbz Cc barrerite barroisite barylite barysilite benjaminite berryite betafite beryl beryllonite beusite biotite* bismuthinite böhmite boralsilite bornite bournonite braggite brookite brucite bustamite calcite cancrinite caryopilite cassiterite celadonite celestite chabazite chalcocite Ccp Chm Chl Cld Chn Csl Chr Ccl Ctl Chu Cpt Cpx Czo Cbt Coe Cpr Crd Crr Crn Cv Crs Cum Dsp Dg Di Dol Drv Dum chalcopyrite chamosite chlorite* chloritoid chondrodite chrisstanleyite chromite chrysocolla chrysotile clinohumite clinoptilolite clinopyroxene* clinozoisite cobaltite coesite cooperite cordierite corrensite corundum covellite cristobalite cummingtonite diaspore digenite diopside dolomite dravite dumortierite Eas Eck Ed Elb En Ep Ess Fa Fac Fcl Fed Fs Ftn Fts Fer Fl Foi Fo Frd Gn Grt Ged Gh Gdf Gbs Gir Gld Glt eastonite eckermannite edenite elbaite enstatite epidote esseneite fayalite ferro-actinolite ferrocolumbite ferro-edenite ferrosilite ferrotantalite ferrotschermakite feruvite fluorite foitite forsterite friedrichite galena garnet* gedrite gehlenite gersdorffite gibbsite giraudite gladite glauconite*
Pmp Py Pya Pyc Prp Pyf Prl Pxm Po Qtz Rnk Rbk Rdz Rds Rdn Rsm Rsb Rt Sa Spr Sar Scp Srl Skn Sep Srp Sd Sil Sm Sdl Sps
pumpellyite pyrite pyroaurite pyrochroite pyrope pyrophanite pyrophyllite pyroxmangite pyrrhotite quartz rankinite riebeckite rhodizite rhodochrosite rhodonite rossmanite rustenbergite rutile sanidine sapphirine sarcopside scapolite* schorl sekaninaite sepiolite serpentine* siderite sillimanite smectite sodalite spessartine
Usp Urn Umc Uv Vrm Ves Vtm Vsk Wai Wrd Wtc Wo Wus Xnt Zrn Zo
ulvöspinel uraninite uranmicrolite uvarovite vermiculite vesuvianite viitaniemiite vysotskite wairakite werdingite witherite wittichenite wollastonite wüstite xenotime zircon zoisite
Gln Gt Gft Gdd Gr Gre Grg Grs Gru Gp Hak Hl Ham Hmr Hs Hyn Hz Hd Hdl Hlv Hem Hc Hrd Hul Hbl Hu Ill Ilm Ins Ixl Jd
glaucophane goethite graftonite grandidierite graphite greenalite greigite grossular grunerite gypsum hakite halite hambergite hammarite hastingsite haüyne heazlewoodite hedenbergite hedleyite helvite hematite hercynite herderite heulandite hornblende* humite illite* ilmenite inesite ixiolite jadeite