Mineral Names Starting With J
Comprehensive List of Minerals
Browse minerals by first letter
Journey through the lesser-known but equally important minerals starting with J. From the ornamental Jadeite to the intriguing Jeremejevite, this list is perfect for expanding your knowledge of rare and specialized mineral types.
| Name | CNMMN/CNMNC Approved Formula | First Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Jáchymovite | (UO2)8(SO4)(OH)14·13H2O | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Abhandlungen 170 (1996), 155 |
| Jacobsite | Mn2+Fe3+ O 2 4 |
Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences 69 (1869), 168 |
| Jacquesdietrichite | Cu2BO(OH)5 | European Journal of Mineralogy 16 (2004), 361 |
| Jacutingaite | Pt2HgSe3 | Canadian Mineralogist 50 (2012), 431 |
| Jadarite | LiNaB3SiO7(OH) | European Journal of Mineralogy 19 (2007), 575 |
| Jade | ||
| Jadeite | NaAlSi2O6 | Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences 56 (1863), 861 |
| Jaffeite | Ca6Si2O7(OH)6 | American Mineralogist 74 (1989), 1203 |
| Jagoite | Pb18Fe3+ [Si4(Si,Fe3+)6][Pb4Si16(Si,Fe)4]O82Cl6 4 |
Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi 2 (1957), 315 |
| Jagowerite | BaAl2(PO4)2(OH)2 | Canadian Mineralogist 12 (1973), 135 |
| Jagüéite | Cu2Pd3Se4 | Canadian Mineralogist 42 (2004), 1745 |
| Jahnsite-(CaFeMg) | CaFe2+Mg2Fe3+ (PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O 2 |
European Journal of Mineralogy 28 (2016), 991 |
| Jahnsite-(CaMnFe) | CaMn2+Fe2+ Fe3+ (PO ) (OH) ·8H O 2 2 4 4 2 2 |
Mineralogical Magazine 42 (1978), 309 |
| Jahnsite-(CaMnMg) | CaMn2+Mg2Fe3+ (PO ) (OH) ·8H O 2 4 4 2 2 |
American Mineralogist 59 (1974), 48 |
| Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) | CaMn2+Mn2+ Fe3+ (PO ) (OH) ·8H O 2 2 4 4 2 2 |
American Mineralogist 75 (1990), 401 |
| Jahnsite-(CaMnZn) | CaMn2+Zn2Fe3+ (PO ) (OH) ∙8H O 2 4 4 2 2 |
Mineralogical Magazine 84 (2020), 547 |
| Jahnsite-(MnMnFe) | Mn2+Mn2+Fe2+ 3+ 2Fe 2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O |
Canadian Mineralogist 57 (2019), 225 |
| Jahnsite-(MnMnMg) | Mn2+Mn2+Mg2Fe3+ (PO ) (OH) ·8H O 2 4 4 2 2 |
Canadian Mineralogist 57 (2019), 363 |
| Jahnsite-(MnMnMn) | Mn2+Mn2+Mn2+ 3+ 2Fe 2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O |
Mineralogical Magazine 42 (1978), 309 |
| Jahnsite-(MnMnZn) | Mn2+Mn2+Zn2Fe3+ (PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O 2 |
European Journal of Mineralogy 31 (2019), 167 |
| Jahnsite-(NaFeMg) | NaFe3+Mg2Fe3+ (PO ) (OH) ·8H O 2 4 4 2 2 |
American Mineralogist 93 (2008), 940 |
| Jahnsite-(NaMnMg) | (Na,Ca)Mn2+(Mg,Fe3+)2Fe3+ (PO ) (OH) ·8H O 2 4 4 2 2 |
Canadian Mineralogist 56 (2018), 871 |
| Jahnsite-(NaMnMn) | NaMn2+(Mn2+Fe3+)Fe3+ (PO ) (OH) ∙8H O 2 4 4 2 2 |
Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology 61 (2023), 1163 |
| Jaipurite | CoS | Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 303 (1988), 1206 |
| Jakobssonite | CaAlF5 | Mineralogical Magazine 76 (2012), 751 |
| Jalpaite | Ag3CuS2 | Berg- und Hüttenmannische Zeitung 17 (1858), 85 |
| Jamborite | Ni2+ 3+ 1-xCo x(OH)2-x(SO4)x·n H2O [x ≤ ⅓; n ≤ (1-x )] |
American Mineralogist 58 (1973), 835 |
| Jamesite | Pb2ZnFe3+ (Fe3+,Zn) (AsO ) (OH) (OH,O) 2 4 4 4 8 2 |
Chemie der Erde 40 (1981), 105 |
| Jamesonite | Pb4FeSb6S14 | Treatise on Mineralogy, or the Natural History of the Mineral Kingdom, Vol. 1. Constable, Edinburgh (1825), 451 |
| Janchevite | Pb7V5+(O8.5☐0.5)Cl2 | Canadian Mineralogist 56 (2018), 159 |
| Janggunite | (Mn4+,Mn2+,Fe3+)6O8(OH)6 | Mineralogical Magazine 41 (1977), 519 |
| Janhaugite | Na3Mn2+ Ti2(Si2O7)2(O,OH,F)4 3 |
American Mineralogist 68 (1983), 1216 |
| Jankovićite | Tl5Sb9(As,Sb)4S22 | Mineralogy and Petrology 53 (1995), 125 |
| Jarandolite | CaB3O4(OH)3 | New Data on Minerals 39 (2004), 26 |
| Jarlite | Na2(Sr,Na)14(Mg,☐)2Al12F64(OH)4 | Meddelelser om Grønland 92 (1933), 2 |
| Jarosewichite | Mn3+Mn2+ 3(AsO4)(OH)6 |
American Mineralogist 67 (1982), 1043 |
| Jarosite | KFe3+ (SO ) (OH) 3 4 2 6 |
Berg- und Hüttenmannische Zeitung 11 (1852), 68 |
| Jaskólskiite | CuxPb2+x(Sb,Bi)2-xS5 (x ≈ 0.15) | Canadian Mineralogist 22 (1984), 481 |
| Jasmundite | Ca11O2(SiO4)4S | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (1983), 337 |
| Jasonsmithite | Mn2+ 4ZnAl(PO4)4(OH)(H2O)7·3.5H2O |
American Mineralogist 106 (2021), 174 |
| Jasper | ||
| Jasrouxite | Ag16Pb4(Sb25As15)S72 | European Journal of Mineralogy 25 (2013), 1031 |
| Jaszczakite | [Bi3S3][AuS2] | European Journal of Mineralogy 29 (2017), 673 |
| Javorieite | KFeCl3 | European Journal of Mineralogy 29 (2017), 995 |
| Jeanbandyite | Fe3+Sn(OH)5O | Mineralogical Record 13 (1982), 235 |
| Jeankempite | Ca5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2(H2O)7 | Mineralogical Magazine 84 (2020), 959 |
| Jedwabite | Fe7Ta3 | Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 126(2) (1997), 100 |
| Jeffbenite | Mg3Al2Si3O12 | Mineralogical Magazine 80 (2016), 1219 |
| Jeffreyite | (Ca,Na)2(Be,Al)Si2(O,OH)7 | Canadian Mineralogist 22 (1984), 443 |
| Jennite | Ca9(Si3O9)2(OH)6·8H2O | American Mineralogist 51 (1966), 56 |
| Jensenite | Cu2+ 6+ 3Te O6·2H2O |
Canadian Mineralogist 34 (1996), 49 |
| Jentschite | TlPbAs2SbS6 | Mineralogical Magazine 61 (1997), 131 |
| Jeppeite | (K,Ba)2(Ti,Fe3+)6O13 | Mineralogical Magazine 48 (1984), 263 |
| Jeremejevite | Al6(BO3)5F3 | Bulletin de la Société Minéralogique de France 6 (1883), 20 |
| Jerrygibbsite | Mn2+ (SiO ) (OH) 9 4 4 2 |
American Mineralogist 69 (1984), 546 |
| Jervisite | NaSc3+Si2O6 | American Mineralogist 67 (1982), 599 |
| Ježekite | Na8[(UO2)(CO3)3](SO4)2∙3H2O | Journal of Geosciences 60 (2015), 259 |
| Jianmuite | ZrTi4+Ti3+ Al O 5 3 16 |
CNMNC Newsletter 75 – Mineralogical Magazine 87 (2023), 955; European Journal of Mineralogy 35 (2023), 891 |
| Jianshuiite | MgMn4+ O ·3H O 3 7 2 |
Acta Mineralogica Sinica 12 (1992), 69 |
| Jimboite | Mn2+ (BO ) 3 3 2 |
Proceedings of the Japan Academy, ser. B 39 (1963), 170 |
| Jimkrieghite | Ca(C2H3O3)2 | CNMNC Newsletter 72 – Mineralogical Magazine 87 (2023), 512; European Journal of Mineralogy 35 (2023), 285 |
| Jimthompsonite | Mg5Si6O16(OH)2 | American Mineralogist 63 (1978), 1000 |
| Jingsuiite | TiB2 | American Mineralogist 107 (2022), 43 |
| Jingwenite-(Y) | YAlV4+(SiO4)O2(OH)2 | American Mineralogist 108 (2023), 192 |
| Jinshajiangite | NaBaFe2+ Ti (Si O ) O (OH) F 4 2 2 7 2 2 2 |
Geochemistry (China) 1 (1982), 458 |
| Joanneumite | Cu(C3N3O3H2)2(NH3)2 | Mineralogical Magazine 81 (2017), 155 |
| Joaquinite-(Ce) | NaBa2Fe2+Ti2Ce2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)·H2O | Bulletin of the University of California, Department of Geology 5 (1909), 331 |
| Joegoldsteinite | MnCr2S4 | American Mineralogist 101 (2016), 1217 |
| Joëlbruggerite | Pb3Zn3Sb5+As2O13(OH) | American Mineralogist 94 (2009), 1012 |
| Joesmithite | Pb2+Ca2(Mg3Fe3+ )(Si6Be2)O22(OH)2 2 |
Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi 4 (1968), 487 |
| Johachidolite | CaAlB3O7 | Scientific Papers of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research 39 (1942), 300 |
| Johanngeorgenstadtite | Ni2+ (AsO ) 4.5 4 3 |
European Journal of Mineralogy 32 (2020), 373 |
| Johannite | Cu(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·8H2O | Edinburgh Journal of Science 3 (1830), 306 |
| Johannsenite | CaMnSi2O6 | American Mineralogist 23 (1938), 575 |
| Johillerite | NaCuMgMg2(AsO4)3 | Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 29 (1982), 169 |
| Johnbaumite | Ca5(AsO4)3(OH) | American Mineralogist 65 (1980), 1143 |
| Johninnesite | Na2Mn2+ Mg (AsO ) (Si O ) (OH) 9 7 4 2 6 17 2 8 |
Mineralogical Magazine 50 (1986), 667 |
| Johnkoivulaite | Cs[Be2B]Mg2Si6O18 | American Mineralogist 106 (2021), 1844 |
| Johnsenite-(Ce) | Na12Ce3Ca6Mn3Zr3WSi25O73(CO3)(OH)2 | Canadian Mineralogist 44 (2006), 105 |
| Johnsomervilleite | Na3CaFe2+ (PO ) 11 4 9 |
Mineralogical Magazine 43 (1980), 833 |
| Johntomaite | BaFe2+ Fe3+ (PO ) (OH) 2 2 4 3 3 |
Mineralogy and Petrology 70 (2000), 1 |
| Johnwalkite | K(Mn2+,Fe3+)2(Nb,Ta)O2(PO4)2·2(H2O,OH) | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Monatshefte (1986), 115 |
| Jôkokuite | Mn2+(SO4)·5H2O | Mineralogical Journal 9 (1978), 28 |
| Joliotite | (UO2)(CO3)·2H2O | Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen 56 (1976), 167 |
| Jolliffeite | NiAsSe | Canadian Mineralogist 29 (1991), 411 |
| Jonassonite | Au(Bi,Pb)5S4 | Canadian Mineralogist 44 (2006) 1127 |
| Jonesite | KBa2Ti2(Si5Al)O18·nH2O | Mineralogical Record 8 (1977), 453 |
| Joosteite | Mn2+Mn3+O(PO4) | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Abhandlungen 183 (2007), 197 |
| Jordanite | Pb14As6S23 | Annalen der Physik und Chemie 122 (1864), 371 |
| Jordisite | MoS2 | Zeitschrift für Chemie und Industrie der Kolloide 4 (1909), 190 |
| Jørgensenite | Na2Sr14Na2Al12F64(OH)4 | Canadian Mineralogist 35 (1997), 175 |
| Jörgkellerite | Na3Mn3+ (PO4)2(CO3)O2·5H2O 3 |
Mineralogy and Petrology 111 (2017), 373 |
| Joséite-A | Bi4TeS2 | Das Mohs’sche Mineralsystem. Gerold, Wien (1853), 121 |
| Joséite-B | Bi4Te2S | American Mineralogist 34 (1949), 342 |
| Joteite | Ca2CuAl(AsO4)[AsO3(OH)]2(OH)2·5H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 77 (2013), 2811 |
| Jouravskite | Ca3Mn4+(SO4)(CO3)(OH)6·12H2O | Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie 88 (1965), 254 |
| Juabite | CaCu10(Te4+O3)4(AsO4)4(OH)2·4H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 61 (1997), 139 |
| Juangodoyite | Na2Cu(CO3)2 | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Abhandlungen 182 (2005), 11 |
| Juanitaite | (Cu,Ca,Fe)10Bi(AsO4)4(OH)11·2H2O | Mineralogical Record 31 (2000), 301 |
| Juanite | Ca10(Mg,Fe2+)4(Si,Al)13(O,OH)39·4H2O (?) | American Mineralogist 17 (1932), 343 |
| Juansilvaite | Na5Al3[AsO3(OH)]4[AsO2(OH)2]2(SO4)2·4H2O | Mineralogical Magazine 81 (2017), 619 |
| Julgoldite-(Fe2+) | Ca2(Fe2+Fe3+ )(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O 2 |
Lithos 4 (1971), 93 |
| Julgoldite-(Fe3+) | Ca2(Fe3+Fe3+ )(Si O )(SiO )O(OH)·H O 2 2 7 4 2 |
Canadian Mineralogist 12 (1973), 219 |
| Julgoldite-(Mg) | Ca2(MgFe3+ )(Si O )(SiO )(OH) ·H O 2 2 7 4 2 2 |
Canadian Mineralogist 12 (1973), 219 |
| Julienite | Na2Co(SCN)4·8H2O | Natuurwetenschappelijk Tijdschrift 10(2) (1928), 58 |
| Jungite | Ca2Zn4Fe3+ (PO ) (OH) ·16H O 8 4 9 9 2 |
Aufschluss 31 (1980), 55 |
| Junitoite | CaZn2Si2O7·H2O | American Mineralogist 61 (1976), 1255 |
| Junoite | Cu2Pb3Bi8(S,Se)16 | Economic Geology 70 (1975), 369 |
| Juonniite | CaMgSc(PO4)2(OH)·4H2O | Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 126(4) (1997), 80 |
| Jurbanite | Al(SO4)(OH)·5H2O | American Mineralogist 61 (1976), 1 |
| Jusite | Na2Ca15Al4Si16O54·17H2O | Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie A49 (1943), 178 |
| Juxingite | Bi6Cu140Fe30S125 | CNMNC Newsletter 80 – Mineralogical Magazine 88 (2024), 627; European Journal of Mineralogy 36 (2024), 599 |