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• ader wax, earth wax, mineral wax, ozokerite, ozocerite go
  a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum
  
• amblygonite go
  a white or grey mineral consisting of lithium aluminum phosphate
  
• amphibole go
  a mineral or mineral variety belonging to the amphibole group
  
• amphibole group go
  a group of minerals with similar crystal structures containing a silicate chain and combinations of chiefly sodium and calcium and magnesium and iron and aluminum
  
• apatite go
  a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate
  
• aragonite go
  a mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate
  
• argentite go
  a valuable silver ore consisting of silver sulfide (Ag2S)
  
• argyrodite go
  a rare steel-grey mineral consisting of silver and germanium and sulfur
  
• arsenopyrite, mispickel go
  a silver-white or grey ore of arsenic
  
• asphalt, mineral pitch go
  a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation
  
• augite go
  dark-green to black glassy mineral of the pyroxene group containing large amounts of aluminum and iron and magnesium
  
• baddeleyite go
  a mineral consisting of zirconium oxide
  
• bastnasite, bastnaesite go
  a yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements
  
• bauxite go
  a clay-like mineral
  
• beryl go
  the chief source of beryllium
  
• borax go
  an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate
  
• bornite, peacock ore go
  a mineral consisting of sulfides of copper and iron that is found in copper deposits
  
• carnallite go
  a white or reddish mineral consisting of hydrous chlorides of potassium and magnesium
  
• cassiterite go
  a hard heavy dark mineral that is the chief source of tin
  
• celestite go
  a mineral consisting of strontium sulphate
  
• cerussite, white lead ore go
  a mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead
  
• chalcocite, copper glance go
  a heavy grey mineral that is an ore of copper
  
• chalcopyrite, copper pyrites go
  a yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper and iron sulfide
  
• chlorite go
  a generally green or black mineral
  
• chromite go
  a brownish-black mineral
  
• chrysoberyl go
  a rare hard yellow green mineral consisting of beryllium aluminate in crystal form
  
• cinnabar go
  a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide
  
• cobaltite go
  a rare silvery-white mineral
  
• halite, rock salt go
  naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride
  
• columbite-tantalite, coltan go
  a valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite
  
• cordierite go
  a blue mineral of magnesium and iron and aluminum and silicon and oxygen
  
• corundom, corundum go
  very hard mineral used as an abrasive
  
• cristobalite go
  a white mineral consisting of silica
  
• crocolite go
  a rare lead chromite mineral that forms bright orange crystals
  
• cryolite, Greenland spar go
  a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium
  
• cuprite go
  a mineral consisting of cuprous oxide that is a source of copper
  
• dolomite, bitter spar go
  a light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate
  
• earth color go
  a colored mineral used as a pigment
  
• emery go
  a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite
  
• erythrite, cobalt bloom go
  a reddish mineral consisting of hydrated cobalt arsenate in monoclinic crystalline form and used in coloring glass
  
• fergusonite go
  a dark mineral consisting of oxides of yttrium and erbium and tantalum and other minerals
  
• fluorite, fluorspar, fluor go
  a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light
  
• gadolinite, ytterbite go
  a mineral that is a source of rare earths
  
• galena go
  soft blue-grey mineral
  
• garnet go
  any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive
  
• garnierite go
  a green mineral consisting of hydrated nickel magnesium silicate
  
• germanite go
  a rare reddish-grey mineral consisting of a copper iron germanium sulfide
  
• gibbsite go
  white crystalline mineral consisting of aluminum hydroxide
  
• glauconite go
  a green mineral consisting of hydrated silicate of potassium or iron or magnesium or aluminum
  
• greenockite, cadmium sulphide go
  ore of cadmium
  
• gypsum go
  a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris)
  
• hausmannite go
  a mineral consisting of manganese tetroxide
  
• heavy spar, barite, barytes, barium sulphate go
  a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4)
  
• hemimorphite, calamine go
  a white mineral
  
• ilmenite go
  a weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks
  
• jadeite go
  a hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate in monoclinic crystalline form
  
• kainite go
  a white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride
  
• kaolinite go
  a mineral consisting of aluminum silicate
  
• kernite go
  a light soft mineral consisting of hydrated sodium borate in crystalline form
  
• kieserite go
  a white mineral consisting of hydrous magnesium sulfate often found in salt mines
  
• kyanite, cyanite go
  a grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form
  
• langbeinite go
  a mineral consisting of potassium magnesium double sulphate
  
• magnesite go
  a white mineral consisting of magnesium carbonate
  
• malachite go
  a green or blue mineral used as an ore of copper and for making ornamental objects
  
• maltha, mineral tar go
  a thick black tar intermediate between petroleum and asphalt
  
• manganite go
  a black mineral consisting of basic manganese oxide
  
• meerschaum, sepiolite go
  a white clayey mineral
  
• mica, isinglass go
  any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves
  
• millerite go
  a yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide
  
• molybdenite go
  a mineral resembling graphite that is valued as the chief source of molybdenum and its compounds
  
• monazite go
  a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals
  
• nepheline, nephelite go
  a whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form
  
• nephelinite go
  an igneous rock consisting of nepheline and pyroxene
  
• niobite, columbite go
  a black mineral that is an ore of niobium and tantalum
  
• nitrocalcite go
  the mineral form of calcium nitrate
  
• olivine go
  a mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate
  
• olivenite go
  rare green to black mineral consisting of hydrated copper arsenate that is found in copper deposits
  
• opal go
  a translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color
  
• ore go
  a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
  
• orpiment go
  a yellow mineral occurring in conjunction with realgar
  
• osmiridium, iridosmine go
  a hard and corrosion resistant mineral that is a natural alloy of osmium and iridium (usually containing small amounts of rhodium and platinum)
  
• pentlandite go
  a mineral (iron and nickel sulphide) that is the chief ore of nickel
  
• periclase, magnesia, magnesium oxide go
  a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase
  
• pinite go
  grey or green or brown mineral similar to mica and containing aluminum and potassium sulphates
  
• pollucite go
  a rare mineral that is an important source of cesium
  
• psilomelane go
  a mineral consisting of hydrated basic oxide of manganese and barium
  
• pyrite, iron pyrite, fool's gold go
  a common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color
  
• pyrolusite go
  a mineral consisting of manganese dioxide
  
• pyromorphite, green lead ore go
  a mineral consisting of lead chloride and phosphate
  
• pyrophyllite go
  a white or greenish aluminum silicate mineral (resembles talc)
  
• pyroxene go
  any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks
  
• pyrrhotite, pyrrhotine, magnetic pyrites go
  a brownish iron sulfide mineral (FeS) having weak magnetic properties
  
• quartz go
  a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form
  
• realgar go
  a rare soft orange mineral consisting of arsenic sulphide
  
• red clay go
  clay whose redness results from iron oxide
  
• rhodochrosite go
  a mineral consisting of manganese carbonate
  
• rhodonite go
  a pink or red mineral consisting of crystalline manganese silicate
  
• rutile go
  a mineral consisting of titanium dioxide in crystalline form
  
• samarskite go
  a complex black mineral occurring in pegmatites
  
• sapphirine go
  a rare light blue or green mineral
  
• scheelite go
  a mineral used as an ore of tungsten
  
• smaltite go
  a grey mineral consisting of cobalt arsenide and nickel
  
• sodalite go
  a vitreous mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate and sodium chloride in crystalline form
  
• spar go
  any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
  
• spinel go
  a hard glassy mineral consisting of an oxide of magnesium and aluminum
  
• spodumene go
  a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminum silicate
  
• stannite, tin pyrites go
  a dark grey mineral with a metallic luster that is a source of tin
  
• stibnite go
  a soft grey mineral
  
• strontianite go
  a mineral consisting of strontium carbonate
  
• sylvanite, graphic tellurium go
  a silver-white mineral consisting of silver gold telluride
  
• sylvite, sylvine go
  a mineral consisting of native potassium chloride
  
• talcum, talc go
  a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate
  
• tantalite go
  a mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite
  
• thorite go
  a radioactive mineral consisting of thorium silicate
  
• thortveitite go
  a mineral consisting of scandium yttrium silicate
  
• topaz go
  a mineral (fluosilicate of aluminum) that occurs in crystals of various colors and is used as a gemstone
  
• tourmaline go
  a mineral that is a complex borosilicate and hydroxide of aluminum containing iron and magnesium and calcium and lithium and sodium
  
• tridymite go
  a mineral form of silica
  
• turquoise go
  a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate
  
• vanadinite go
  a mineral consisting of chloride and vanadate of lead
  
• vermiculite go
  any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals having a micaceous structure
  
• vesuvianite, vesuvian, idocrase go
  a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate
  
• wolframite, iron manganese tungsten go
  a mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in crystalline form
  
• wollastonite go
  a white or greyish mineral typically found in metamorphic limestone
  
• wulfenite go
  a yellow to orange or brown mineral used as a molybdenum ore
  
• wurtzite go
  a brownish-black mineral consisting of zinc sulfide
  
• xenotime go
  a brown-to-yellow mineral that is a phosphate of yttrium in crystalline form
  
• zeolite go
  any of a family of glassy minerals analogous to feldspar containing hydrated aluminum silicates of calcium or sodium or potassium
  
• zinc blende, blende, sphalerite go
  an ore that is the chief source of zinc
  
• zinkenite go
  a steel grey metallic mineral (a sulphide of lead and antimony)
  
• zircon, zirconium silicate go
  a common mineral occurring in small crystals