List of minerals Y–Z (complete)

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 'IMA2016'.

The minerals are sorted by name, followed by the structural group (rruff.info/ima and ima-cnmnc by mineralienatlas.de) 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, 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
    (IUPAC: tricalcio ditellurium(IV) tri(tetraoxozincate))
  2. Yagiite (milarite: IMA1968-020) 09.CM.05
  3. Yakhontovite (montmorillonite, smectite: IMA1984-032a) 09.EC.40
  4. Yakovenchukite-(Y) (IMA2006-002) 09.EF.30 [no]
  5. Yancowinnaite (tsumcorite: IMA2010-030) 08. [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: lead copper alumino diarsenate hydroxy monohydrate)
  6. Yangite (IMA2012-052) 09.D?. [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: lead manganese octaoxotrisilicate monohydrate)
  7. Yangzhumingite (mica: IMA2009-017) 09.EC.20 [no]
    (IUPAC: dipotassio pentamagnesio icosaoxooctasilicate tetrafluorine)
  8. Yanomamite (IMA1990-052) 08.CD.10
    (IUPAC: indium arsenate dihydrate)
  9. Yarlongite (carbide: IMA2007-035) 01.BA.30 [no]
    (IUPAC: (tetrachromio tetrairon nickel) tetracarbide)
  10. Yaroshevskite (IMA2012-003) 08. [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: nonacopper dioxo tetravanadate dichloride)
  11. Yaroslavite (IMA1968 s.p., 1966) 03.CB.50
    (IUPAC: tricalcio dialumino decafluoride dihydroxy monohydrate)
  12. Yarrowite (IMA1978-022) 02.CA.05d
    (IUPAC: nonacopper octasulfide)
  13. Yarzhemskiite (IMA2018-019) 06. [no] [no]
  14. Yavapaiite (IMA1962 s.p., 1959) 07.AC.15
    (IUPAC: potassio iron(III) disulfate)
  15. Yazganite (IMA2003-033) 08.AC.10
    (IUPAC: sodio magnesio diiron(III) triarsenate monohydrate)
  16. Yeatmanite (Y: 1938) 09.AE.45
  17. Yecoraite (tellurite-tellurium oxysalt: IMA1983-062) 07.DF.70
    (IUPAC: triiron(III) pentabismuth nonaoxo trioxotellurate(IV) di(tetraoxotellurate(VI)) nonahydrate)
  18. Yedlinite (IMA1974-001) 03.DB.50
  19. Ye'elimite (IMA1984-052) 07.BC.15
    (IUPAC: tetracalcio hexalumino dodecaoxo sulfate)
  20. Yegorovite (IMA2008-033) 09.00.?? [no]
  21. Yftisite-(Y)ch (Y: 1971) 09.AG.25 [no]
    Note: discredited 1987, but crystal-structure determination was reported (Balko & Bakakin, 1975).
  22. Yeomanite (IMA2013-024) 03. [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: dilead oxyhydroxy chloride)
  23. Yimengite (plumboferrite: IMA1982-046) 04.CC.45
  24. Yingjiangite (phosphuranylite: IMA1989-001) 08.EC.10
    (IUPAC: dipotassio calcio heptauranyl tetraphosphate hexahydroxy hexahydrate)
  25. Yixunite (auricupride: IMA1995-042) 01.AG.50
    (IUPAC: triplatino indium alloy)
  26. Yoderite (IMA1962 s.p., 1959) 09.AF.25
  27. Yofortierite (palygorskite: IMA1974-045) 09.EE.20
  28. Yoshimuraite (epistolite: IMA1967 s.p., 1961) 09.BE.42
  29. Yoshiokaite (nepheline: IMA1989-043) 09.FA.05
  30. Yttriaite-(Y) (IMA2010-039) 04.CC.?? [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: diyttrium trioxide)
  31. Yttrialite-(Y) (IMA1987 s.p., 1889) 09.BC.05
  32. Yttrocolumbite-(Y)Q (IMA1987 s.p., 1837) 04.DB.25
    Note: possibly samarskite-(Y).
  33. Yttrocrasite-(Y)Q (columbite: IMA1987 s.p., 1906) 04.DG.05
    Note: its description is poor and so it is questionable.
  34. Yttrotantalite-(Y) (IMA1987 s.p., 1802) 04.DG.10
  35. Yttrotungstite 04.FD.20
    (IUPAC: REE ditungsten hexaoxide trihydroxy)
    1. Yttrotungstite-(Ce) (IMA1970-008) 04.FD.20 [no]
    2. Yttrotungstite-(Y) (IMA1987 s.p., 1927) 04.FD.20
  36. Yuanfuliite (IMA1994-001) 06.AB.20
  37. Yuanjiangite (alloy: IMA1993-028) 01.AC.15
    (IUPAC: gold stannide)
  38. Yugawaralite (zeolitic tectosilicate: IMA1997 s.p., 1952) 09.GB.15
  39. Yukonite (Y: 1913) 08.DM.25
    (IUPAC: dicalcio triiron(III) triarsenate tetrahydroxy tetrahydrate)
  40. Yuksporite (Y: 1923) 09.DG.95
  41. Yurmarinite (anhydrous arsenate: IMA2013-033) 08. [no] [no]
  42. Yushkinite (valleriite: IMA1983-050) 02.FD.30
  43. Yusupovite (IMA2014-022) 09.D [no] [no]
  44. Yvonite (IMA1995-012) 08.CB.25
    (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
Zinnwaldite
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 [no] [no]
  2. Zabuyelite (IMA1985-018) 05.AA.05
    (IUPAC: dilithio carbonate)
  3. Zaccagnaite (hydrotalcite: IMA1997-019) 05.DA.45
    (IUPAC: tetrazinc dialumino dodecahydroxide carbonate trihydrate)
  4. Zaccariniite (IMA2011-086) 02. [no]
    (IUPAC: rhenium nickel arsenide)
  5. Zadovite (zadovite: IMA2013-031) 08. [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: bario hexacalcio [tetraoxosilicate phosphate] diphosphate fluorine)
  6. Zagamiite (IMA2015-022a) 09. [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: dicalcio tetralumo undecaoxoheptasilicate)
  7. Zaherite (IMA1977-002) 07.DE.65
    (IUPAC: dodecalumino pentasulfate hexaicosahydroxy icosahydrate)
  8. Zaïrite (alunite: IMA1975-018) 08.BL.13
    (IUPAC: bismuth triiron(III) diphosphate hexahydroxy)
  9. Zakharovite (IMA1981-049) 09.EE.65
    (IUPAC: tetrasodio pentamanganese(V) tetraicosaoxodecasilicate hexahydroxy hexahydrate)
  10. Zálesíite (mixite: IMA1997-009) 08.DL.15 [no]
    (IUPAC: calcio hexacopper diarsenate hydroxoarsenate(V) hexahydroxy trihydrate)
  11. Zanazziite (roscherite: IMA1986-054) 08.DA.10
    (IUPAC: dicalcio tetraberyllio pentamagnesio hexaphosphate tetrahydroxy hexahydrate)
  12. Zangboite (silicide: IMA2007-036) 01.BB. [no]
    (IUPAC: titano iron disilicide)
  13. Zapatalite (IMA1971-023) 08.DE.20
    (IUPAC: tricopper tetralumino triphosphate nonahydroxy tetrahydrate)
  14. ZaratiteQ (Y: 1934) 05.DA.15
    (IUPAC: trinickel carbonate tetrahydroxide tetrahydrate)
    Note: partially amorphous.
  15. Zavalíaite (olivine: IMA2011-012) 08. [no]
    (IUPAC: trimanganese(II) diphosphate)
  16. Zavaritskite (matlockite: IMA1967 s.p., 1962) 03.DC.25
    (IUPAC: bismuth oxofluoride)
  17. Zdeněkite (lavendulan: IMA1992-037) 08.DG.05
    (IUPAC: sodio lead pentacopper tetraarsenate chloride pentahydrate)
  18. Zektzerite (IMA1976-034) 09.DN.05
    (IUPAC: sodio lithio zircono pentadecaoxohexasilicate)
  19. Zellerite (IMA1965-031) 05.EC.10
    (IUPAC: calcio uranyl dicarbonate pentahydrate)
  20. Zemannite (zemannite: IMA1968-009) 04.JM.05
  21. Zemkorite (IMA1985-041) 05.AC.10
    (IUPAC: disodio calcio dicarbonate)
  22. Zenzénite (IMA1990-031) 04.CC.55
    (IUPAC: trilead tetrairon(III) trimanganese(IV) pentadecaoxide)
  23. Zeophyllite (Y: 1902) 09.EE.70
  24. Zeravshanite (IMA2003-034) 09.EA.75
    (IUPAC: disodio tetracaesium trizircono pentatetracontaoxooctadecasilicate dihydrate)
  25. Zeunerite (autunite: 1872) 08.EB.05
    (IUPAC: copper diuranyl diarsenate dodecahydrate)
  26. Zhanghengite (iron: IMA1985-049) 01.AB.10a
    (IUPAC: copper zinc alloy)
  27. Zhanghuifenite (alluaudite: IMA2016-074) 08. [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: trisodio tetramanganese(II) dimagnesio alumino hexaphosphate)
  28. Zhangpeishanite (matlockite: IMA2006-045) 03.DC.25
    (IUPAC: bario fluoride chloride)
  29. Zharchikhite (IMA1986-059) 03.AC.05
    (IUPAC: alumino dihydroxide fluoride)
  30. Zhemchuzhnikovite (oxalate: 1963) 10.AB.35
  31. Ziesite (IMA1979-055) 08.FA.10
    (IUPAC: beta-dicopper heptaoxodivanadate(V))
  32. Zigrasite (IMA2008-046) 08.CE.75 [no]
    (IUPAC: magnesio zircono diphosphate tetrahydrate)
  33. Zimbabweite (IMA1984-034) 04.JA.40
  34. Ziminaite (howardevansite: IMA2014-062) 08.??. [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: hexairon(III) hexavanadate)
  35. Zinc (element: old) 01.AB.05
  36. Zincalstibite (hydrotalcite: IMA1998-033) 04.FB.10 [no]
    (IUPAC: dizinc alumino hexahydroxide [antimony hexahydroxide])
  37. ZincaluminiteQ (woodwardite: 1881) 07.DD.35
    Note: undetermined X-ray powder diffraction pattern and unknown crystallography.
  38. Zincgartrellite (tsumcorite: IMA1998-014) 08.CG.20
    (IUPAC: lead dizinc di(water,hydroxy) diarsenate)
  39. Zincite (wurzite: 1845) 04.AB.20
    (IUPAC: zinc oxide)
  40. Zinclipscombite (IMA2006-008) 08.BB.90 [no]
    (IUPAC: zinc diiron(III) diphosphate dihydroxy)
  41. Zincmelanterite (melanterite: IMA2007 s.p., 1920) 07.CB.35
    (IUPAC: zinc sulfate heptahydrate)
  42. Zincoberaunite (beraunite: IMA2015-117) 08. [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: zinc pentairon(III) tetraphosphate pentahydroxy hexahydrate)
  43. Zincobotryogen (IMA2015-107, 1964) 07.DC.25
    (IUPAC: zinc pentairon(III) disulfate hydroxy heptahydrate)
  44. Zincobradaczekite (alluaudite: IMA2016-041) 08. [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: sodium dizinc dicopper triarsenate)
  45. Zincobriartite (stannite: IMA2015-094) 02. [no] [no]
  46. Zincochromite (spinel, spinel: IMA1986-015) 04.BB.05
    (IUPAC: zinc dichromio(III) tetraoxide)
  47. Zincocopiapite (copiapite: 1964) 07.DB.35
    (IUPAC: zinc tetrairon(III) hexasulfate dihydroxy icosahydrate)
  48. Zincohögbomite 04.CB.20
    1. Zincohögbomite-2N2S (högbomite: IMA1994-016) 04.CB.20 [no]
    2. Zincohögbomite-2N6S (högbomite: IMA2001 s.p., 1952) 04.CB.20 [no]
  49. Zincolibethenite (andalusite: IMA2003-010) 08.BB.30
    (IUPAC: copper zinc phosphate hydroxy)
  50. Zincolivenite (andalusite: IMA2006-047) 08.BB.30 [no]
    (IUPAC: copper zinc hydro arsenate)
  51. Zincomenite (IMA2014-014) 07.A0. [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: zinc selenite)
  52. Zinconigerite 04.FC.20
    1. Zinconigerite-6N6SN (högbomite: IMA2002 s.p.) 04.FC.20 [no] [no]
    2. Zinconigerite-2N1S (högbomite: IMA2018-037) 04.FC.20 [no] [no]
  53. Zincospiroffite (tellurite: IMA2002-047) 04.JK.10
    (IUPAC: dizinc tritellurium octaoxide)
  54. Zincostaurolite (IMA1992-036) 09.AF.30 [no]
    (IUPAC: dizinc nonalumo triicosaoxotetrasilicate hydroxy)
  55. Zincostrunzite (strunzite: IMA2016-023) 08. [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: dizinc tetrairon(III) tetraphosphate tetrahydroxy tridecahydrate)
  56. Zincovelesite-6N6S (högbomite: IMA2017-034) 04. [no] [no]
  57. Zincovoltaite (voltaite: IMA1985-059) 07.CC.25
    (IUPAC: dipotassio pentazinc triiron(III) aluminium dodecasulfate octadecahydrate)
  58. Zincowoodwardite (hydrotalcite: IMA1998-026) 07.DD.35
  59. ZincrosasiteQ (malachite: 1952) 05.BA.10
    Note: description incomplete, possibly rosasite.
  60. Zincroselite (roselite: IMA1985-055) 08.CG.10
    (IUPAC: dicalcio zinc diarsenate dihydrate)
  61. Zincsilite (saponite, smectite: 1960) 09.EC.45
  62. Zinczippeite (zippeite: IMA1971-008) 07.EC.05
    (IUPAC: dizinc tetrauranyl disulfate tetraoxy heptahydrate)
  63. Zinkenite (Y: 1826) 02.JB.35a
    (Pb9Sb22S42)
  64. ZinkositeQ (zinkosite: 1852) 07.AB.10 [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: zinc sulfate)
    Note: possibly a chemical analysis artifact as its occurrence is improbable at the type locality.
  65. Zippeite (zippeite: IMA1971-002a Rd) 07.EC.05
    (IUPAC: tripotassio tetrauranyl disulfate trioxyhydroxy trihydrate)
  66. Zircon (zircon: old) 09.AD.30
    (IUPAC: zircono(IV) tetraoxosilicate)
  67. Zirconolite (zirconolite-laachite: IMA1989 s.p., 1956 Rd) 04.DH.30
    (IUPAC: calcio zircono dititano heptaoxide)
    Zirconolite-laachite: three polytypoids known (2M, 3O, 3T), laachite.
  68. Zircophyllite (astrophyllite: IMA1971-047) 09.DC.05
  69. Zircosulfate (Y: 1965) 07.CD.50
    (IUPAC: zircono disulfate tetrahydrate)
  70. Zirkelite (fluorite: IMA1989 s.p., 1895 Rd) 04.DL.05
  71. ZirkleriteQ (Y: 1928) 03.CJ.30
    Note: chemical formula uncertain.
  72. Zirsilite-(Ce) (eudialyte: IMA2002-057) 09.CO.10 [no]
  73. Zirsinalite (lovozerite: IMA1973-025) 09.CJ.15a
    (IUPAC: hexasodio calcio zircono octadecaoxohexasilicate)
  74. Zlatogorite (nickeline: IMA1994-014) 02.CC.05
    (IUPAC: copper nickel diantimonide)
  75. Znamenskyite (IMA2014-026) 02. [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: tetralead diindium tridecasulfa tetrabismuthide)
  76. Znucalite (IMA1989-033) 05.ED.45
    (IUPAC: calcio undecazinc uranyl tricarbonate icosahydroxy tetrahydrate)
  77. Zodacite (calcioferrite: IMA1987-014) 08.DH.25
    (IUPAC: tetracalcio manganese(IV) tetrairon(IV) hexaphosphate tetrahydroxy dodecahydrate)
  78. Zoharite (djerfisherite: IMA2017-049) 02. [no] [no]
  79. Zoisite (Y: 1805) 09.BG.10
    (IUPAC: dicalcio trialumino heptaoxosilicate tetraoxosilicate oxyhydroxy)
  80. Zoltaiite (IMA2003-006) 09.AG.85 [no]
    (IUPAC: bario divanadio(IV) dodecavanadio(III) heptaicosaoxodisilicate)
  81. Zorite (IMA1972-011) 09.DG.45
  82. Zoubekite (IMA1983-032) 02.HC.35
    (AgPb4Sb4S10)
  83. Zubkovaite (IMA2018-008) 08. [no] [no]
  84. Zugshunstite-(Ce) (oxalate: IMA1996-055) 10.AB.75
  85. Zuktamrurite (phosphide: IMA2013-107) 01.BD. [no] [no]
    (IUPAC: iron diphosphide)
  86. Zunyite (Y: 1885) 09.BJ.55
    (IUPAC: tridecalumino icosaoxopentasilicate (hydroxy,fluorine) chloride)
  87. Zussmanite (IMA1964-018) 09.EG.35
  88. Zvyaginite (epistolite: IMA2013-071) 09.B?. [no]
  89. Zvyagintsevite (auricupride: IMA1966-006) 01.AG.10
    (IUPAC: tripalladio lead alloy)
  90. Zwieselite (triplite-zwieselite series: IMA2008 s.p., 1841 Rd) 08.BB.10
    (IUPAC: iron(II) manganese(II) phosphate fluoride)
  91. Zýkaite (sanjuanite-destinezite: IMA1976-039) 08.DB.45
    (IUPAC: tetrairon(III) triarsenate sulfate hydroxy pentadecahydrate)
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