Department of Earth and Environmental Science

Minerals

Examples of minerals include: amazonite, augite, barite, muscovite, biotite, phlogopite, bauxite, bornite, azurite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, galena, calcite, halite, gypsum, chert, flint, jasper, chrysocolla, corundum, fosterite, garnet, graphite, hematite, hornblende, kaolinite, kayanite, labrodorite, limonite, magnetite, olivine, plagioclase feldspar, potassium feldspar, quartz, serpentine, sulfur, talc, topaz.

Minerals are inorganic, naturally occuring substances that have a characteristic chemical composition, distinctive physical properties, and crystalline structure. Aggregates of one or more minerals make up rocks.

Click on any mineral to find out more information about that mineral type.

Photo Credits: Rebecca Caldwell

Collections

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Contact

Department of Earth and Environmental Science
240 S. 33rd Street
Hayden Hall
Philadelphia, PA
19104-6316

jessie@sas.upenn.edu

(T) - 215-746-0086