List of common minerals/ores
March 21, 2018
| S.N | Common name | Chemical formula |
| 1. | Asbestos | CaSiO3.3MgSiO3 |
| 2. | Alabaster or Gypsum | CaSO4.2H2O |
| 3. | Anhydrone | Mg(ClO4)2 |
| 4. | Barytes | BaSO4 |
| 5. | Baryta solution | Ba(OH)2 |
| 6. | Baryta | BaO |
| 7. | Baking soda | NaHCO3 |
| 8. | Bleaching powder | CaOCl2 |
| 9. | Brine | NaCl (25-30% aq.soln) |
| 10. | Brucite | Mg(OH)2 |
| 11. | Baeyer’s reagent | KOH + KMnO4 |
| 12. | Blue vitriol | CuSO4.5H2O |
| 13. | Calgon (Graham salt) | (NaPO3)6 or Na2 [Na4(PO3)6] |
| 14. | Caustic potash (Potash Lye) | KOH |
| 15. | Caustic soda (Lye) | NaOH |
| 16. | Chalcocite (Copper glance) | Cu2S |
| 17. | Chalk (marble or Iceland spar) | CaCO3 |
| 18. | Chrome red | PbCrO4.Pb(OH)2 |
| 19. | Chrome yellow | PbCrO4 |
| 20. | Alum (Potash alum) | K2SO4.Al2(SO4)3.24H2O |
| 21. | Corundum | Al2O3 |
| 22. | Cuprite (ruby Copper) | Cu2O |
| 23. | Chromite | FeO.Cr2O3 or FeCrO4 |
| 24. | Chlorapatite | 3Ca3(PO4)2.CaCl2 |
| 25. | Caliche | NaNO3.NaIO3 |
| 26. | Black ash | CaS + Na2CO3 |
| 27. | Chromeochre | Cr2O3 |
| 28. | Braunite | Mn2O3 |
| 29. | Cadmipone | CdS.BaSO4 |
| 30. | Carbogen | 95% O2 + 5% CO2 |
| 31. | Cassiterite (Tin stone0 | SnO2 |
| 32. | Butter of tin | SnCl4.5H2O |
| 33. | China clay | Al2O3.2SiO2.2H2O |
| 34. | Colemanite | Ca2B6O11.5H2O |
| 35. | Dead burnt plaster | CaSO4 |
| 36. | Diaspre | Al2O3.H2O |
| 37. | Bordeaux mixture | CuSO4 + Ca(OH)2 |
| 38. | Fluid magnesium | Mg(HCO3)2 |
| 39. | Franklinite | ZnO.Fe2O3 |
| 40. | Chinese white | ZnO |
| 41. | Corrosive sublimate | HgCl2 |
| 42. | Green vitriol | FeSO4.7H2O |
| 43. | Hydrated lime | CaO.H2O |
| 44. | Hypo | Na2S2O3.5H2O |
| 45. | Hausmannite | Mn3O4 |
| 46. | Indian saltpeter (Nitre) | KNO3 |
| 47. | Iron pyrite (pyrites) | FeS2 |
| 48. | Icel and spar | CaCO3 |
| 49. | Jeweller’s range | Fe2O3 |
| 50. | Kieserite | MgSO4.H2O |
| 51. | Lemon chrome | PbCrO4 |
| 52. | Limonite | Fe2O3.3H2O |
| 53. | Litharge (red variety) | PbO |
| 54. | Lunar caustic | AgNO3 |
| 55. | Lanarkite | PbO.PbSO4 |
| 56. | Reinmann’s green | ZnO.CoO |
| 57. | Magnesia | MgO |
| 58. | Magnesia cement | MgCl2.5H2O.xH2O |
| 59. | Malachite (green) | CuCO3.Cu(OH)2 |
| 60. | Massicot (yellow) | PbO |
| 61. | Minium (sindhur)/ red lead | Pb3O4 |
| 62. | Manganite | Mn3O4.H2O |
| 63. | Microcosmic salt | Na(NH4)HPO4.4H2O |
| 64. | Mohr’s salt | FeSO4 (NH4)2SO4.6H2O |
| 65. | Mortar | Ca(OH)2.3SiO2 |
| 66. | Matchsticks’ tip | K2Cr2O7 + S + white P4 |
| 67. | Mica (Abrak) | KH2Al3 (SiO3)4 |
| 68. | Nagal fertilizer | Ca(NO3)2.NH4NO3 |
| 69. | Nessler’s reagent | K2 [HgI4] |
| 70. | Norwegian saltpeter | Ca (NO3)2.CaO |
| 71. | Nitre cake | NaHSO4 |
| 72. | Nitrolim | CaCN2 + C |
| 73. | Pallison’s white lead | PbCl2.Pb (OH)2 |
| 74. | Pearl ash/ Potash | K2CO3 |
| 75. | Philosopher’s wool | ZnO |
| 76. | Phosphorite | Ca3(PO4)2 + CaSiO3 |
| 77. | Plaster of paris | CaSO4.1/2 H2O |
| 78. | Pyrolusite | MnO2 |
| 79. | Kernite | Na2B4O7.4H2O |
| 80. | Borocalcite | CaB4O7 |
| 81. | Quartz (silica/ sand) | SiO2 |
| 82. | Quick silver | Hg |
| 83. | Ruby silver | 3Ag2S.Sb2S3 |
| 84. | Salammoniac salt | NH4Cl |
| 85. | Fool’s gold | CuFeS2 + FeS2 |
| 86. | Silver glance | Ag2S |
| 87. | Silver copper glance | (AgCu)2S |
| 88. | Siderite | FeCO3 |
| 89. | Soda ash | Na2CO3 |
| 90. | Sal soda | Na2CO3.10H2O |
| 91. | Sylvine | KCl |
| 92. | Shweitzer’s reagent | [Cu(NH3)4]SO4.H2O |
| 93. | Tenorite | CuO |
| 94. | Turnbull’s blue | Fe3 [Fe(CN)6]2 |
| 95. | Sugar of lead | Pb (CH3COO)2 |
| 96. | Washing soda | Na2CO3.10H2O |
| 97. | White vitriol | ZnSO4.7H2O |
| 98. | Willemite | 2ZnO.SiO2 |
| 99. | Millirite | NiS |
| 100. | Prussian blue | Fe4 [Fe (CN)6]3 |
| 101. | Paris green | Cu (CH3COO)2.Cu3 (AsO3)2 |
| 102. | White lead | 2PbCO3.Pb(OH)2 |
| 103. | Ammonal | Al powder and NH4NO3 |
| 104. | Kala namak | NaCl, Na2CO3 and Na2SO4 |
| 105. | Fisher’s salt | K3 [Co(NO2)6] |
| 106. | Brucite | Mg(OH)2 |
| 107. | Ignition mixture | Mg + BaO2 |
| 108. | Cyanogen gas | (CN)2 |
| 109. | Carbozen | 95% of O2 + 5% of CO2 |
| 110. | Caro’s acid | H2SO5 |
| 111. | Chromeochore | Cr2O3 |
| 112. | Pseudo alum | FeSO4.Al2 (SO4)3.24H2O |
| 113. | Black ash | CaS + Na2CO3 |
| 114. | Chile saltpeter | NaNO3 |
| 115. | Lithopone | ZnS |
| 116. | Hydrolith | CaH2 |
| 117. | Borazine | B3N3H6 |
| 118. | Brazon (white graphite) | BN |
| 119. | Fluorspar | CaF2 |
| 120. | Norbide (boron carbide) | B4C or B4C3 |
| 121. | Perhydrol | 30% H2O2 |
| 122. | Pseudohalide | CN– ion |
| 123. | Oil of vitriol | Conc. H2SO4 |
| 124. | Mosaic gold | SnS2 |
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References:
i) https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/minerals-and-ores-natural-materials-1456201467-1
ii) https://nma.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/NMA-Fact-Sheet-40-Minerals-and-Uses.pdf
List of common minerals/ores
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