Mineral Chemistry

Minerals by Chemical Composition

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1. To display the listing of minerals sorted by percent element select the desired element from the periodic chart. Minerals sorted by mineral name can be found linked to the element sort.
2. To Search Webmineral's chemical composition table use Composition Search Form.

The following Elements are most commonly found in minerals:
oxygen (O), hydrogen (H), silicon (Si), calcium (Ca), iron (Fe), aluminum (Al), sulfur (S), sodium (Na), and magnesium (Mg).

Group	1	2		3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Period
1	1 HMinerals Containing Hydrogen																		2 HeThere are no Minerals Containing Helium
2	3 LiMinerals Containing Lithium	4 BeMinerals Containing Beryllium												5 BMinerals Containing Boron	6 CMinerals Containing Carbon	7 NMinerals Containing Nitrogen	8 OMinerals Containing Oxygen	9 FMinerals Containing Fluorine	10 NeThere are no Minerals Containing Neon
3	11 NaMinerals Containing Sodium	12 MgMinerals Containing Magnesium												13 AlMinerals Containing Aluminum	14 SiMinerals Containing Silicon	15 PMinerals Containing Phosphorus	16 SMinerals Containing Sulfur	17 ClMinerals Containing Chlorine	18 ArThere are no Minerals Containing Argon
4	19 KMinerals Containing Potassium	20 CaMinerals Containing Calcium		21 ScMinerals Containing Scandium	22 TiMinerals Containing Titanium	23 VMinerals Containing Vanadium	24 CrMinerals Containing Chromium	25 MnMinerals Containing Manganese	26 FeMinerals Containing Iron	27 CoMinerals Containing Cobalt	28 NiMinerals Containing Nickel	29 CuMinerals Containing Copper	30 ZnMinerals Containing Zinc	31 GaMinerals Containing Gallium	32 GeMinerals Containing Germanium	33 AsMinerals Containing Arsenic	34 SeMinerals Containing Selenium	35 BrMinerals Containing Bromine	36 KrThere are no Minerals Containing Krypton
5	37 RbMinerals Containing Rubidium	38 SrMinerals Containing Strontium		39 YMinerals Containing Yttrium	40 ZrMinerals Containing Zirconium	41 NbMinerals Containing Niobium	42 MoMinerals Containing Molybdenum	43 TcThere are no Minerals Containing Technetium	44 RuMinerals Containing Ruthenium	45 RhMinerals Containing Rhodium	46 PdMinerals Containing Palladium	47 AgMinerals Containing Silver	48 CdMinerals Containing Cadmium	49 InMinerals Containing Indium	50 SnMinerals Containing Tin	51 SbMinerals Containing Antimony	52 TeMinerals Containing Tellurium	53 IMinerals Containing Iodine	54 XeThere are no Minerals Containing Xenon
6	55 CsMinerals Containing Cesium	56 BaMinerals Containing Barium	*	71 LuMinerals Containing Lutetium	72 HfMinerals Containing Hafnium	73 TaMinerals Containing Tantalum	74 WMinerals Containing Tungsten	75 ReMinerals Containing Rhenium	76 OsMinerals Containing Osmium	77 IrMinerals Containing Iridium	78 PtMinerals Containing Platinum	79 AuMinerals Containing Gold	80 HgMinerals Containing Mercury	81 TlMinerals Containing Thallium	82 PbMinerals Containing Lead	83 BiMinerals Containing Bismuth	84 PoThere are no Minerals Containing Polonium	85 AtThere are no Minerals Containing Astatine	86 RnThere are no Minerals containing Radon
7	87 FrThere are no Minerals containing Francium	88 RaMinerals Containing Radium	**	103 LrThe element Lawrencium does not occur naturally	104 RfThe element Rutherfordium does not occur naturally	105 DbThe element Dubnium does not occur naturally	106 SgThe element Seaborgium does not occur naturally	107 BhThe element Bohrium does not occur naturally	108 HsThe element Hassium does not occur naturally	109 MtThe element Meitnerium does not occur naturally	110 DsThe element Darmstadtium does not occur naturally	111 RgThe element Roentgenium does not occur naturally	112 CnThe element Copernicium does not occur naturally	113 NhThe element Nihonium does not occur naturally	114 FlThe element Flerovium does not occur naturally	115 McThe element Moscovium does not occur naturally	116 LvThe element Livermorium does not occur naturally	117 TsThe element Tennessine does not occur naturally	118 OgThe element Oganesson does not occur naturally
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*Lanthanides			*	57 LaMinerals containing Lanthanum	58 CeMinerals containing Cerium	59 PrMinerals containing Praeseodymium	60 NdMinerals containing Neodymium	61 PmThere are no minerals containing Promethium	62 SmMinerals containing Samarium	63 EuMinerals containing Europium	64 GdMinerals containing Gadolinium	65 TbMinerals containing Terbium	66 DyMinerals containing Dysprosium	67 HoMinerals containing Holmium	68 ErMinerals containing Erbium	69 TmMinerals containing Thulium	70 YbMinerals containing Ytterbium
**Actinides			**	89 AcThere are no minerals containing Actinium	90 ThMinerals containing Thorium	91 PaThere are no minerals containing Protactinium	92 UMinerals containing Uranium	93 NpThe element Neptunium does not occur naturally	94 PuThe element Plutonium does not occur naturally	95 AmThe element Americium does not occur naturally	96 CmThe element Curium does not occur naturally	97 BkThe element Berkelium does not occur naturally	98 CfThe element Calfornium does not occur naturally	99 EsThe element Einsteinium does not occur naturally	100 FmThe element Fermium does not occur naturally	101 MdThe element Mendelevium does not occur naturally	102 NoThe element Nobelium does not occur naturally

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Borax Bead Test Table
Phosphate Bead Test Table
Flame Test & Emission Spectroscopy Table

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