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Minerals by Chemical Composition

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.

Remember, the file size listings for the elements oxygen (O, 427 kb), hydrogen (H, 310 kb), calcium (Ca, 156 kb), silicon (Si, 153 kb), iron (Fe, 147 kb), aluminum (Al, 126 kb), sodium (Na, 107 kb), magnesium (Mg, 97 kb), and sulfur (S, 95 kb) have the largest representation in the mineral kingdom.

Group	1	2		3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Period
1	1 H																		2 He
2	3 Li	4 Be												5 B	6 C	7 N	8 O	9 F	10 Ne
3	11 Na	12 Mg												13 Al	14 Si	15 P	16 S	17 Cl	18 Ar
4	19 K	20 Ca		21 Sc	22 Ti	23 V	24 Cr	25 Mn	26 Fe	27 Co	28 Ni	29 Cu	30 Zn	31 Ga	32 Ge	33 As	34 Se	35 Br	36 Kr
5	37 Rb	38 Sr		39 Y	40 Zr	41 Nb	42 Mo	43 Tc	44 Ru	45 Rh	46 Pd	47 Ag	48 Cd	49 In	50 Sn	51 Sb	52 Te	53 I	54 Xe
6	55 Cs	56 Ba	*	71 Lu	72 Hf	73 Ta	74 W	75 Re	76 Os	77 Ir	78 Pt	79 Au	80 Hg	81 Tl	82 Pb	83 Bi	84 Po	85 At	86 Rn
7	87 Fr	88 Ra	**	103 Lr	104 Rf	105 Db	106 Sg	107 Bh	108 Hs	109 Mt	110 Uun
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*Lanthanides			*	57 La	58 Ce	59 Pr	60 Nd	61 Pm	62 Sm	63 Eu	64 Gd	65 Tb	66 Dy	67 Ho	68 Er	69 Tm	70 Yb
**Actinides			**	89 Ac	90 Th	91 Pa	92 U	93 Np	94 Pu	95 Am	96 Cm	97 Bk	98 Cf	99 Es	100 Fm	101 Md	102 No

For a more complete depiction of elemental properties please see

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