(* - Mineral name not approved by the IMA) (! - New Dana classification number has been added or changed) (? - IMA Discredited Mineral Species Name)
First Cleavage Second Cleavage Third Cleavage Mineral Name Fracture Distinct {???} Distinct {???} Distinct {???} "Betekhtinite " Distinct {???} Distinct {???} Distinct {???} "Natromontebrasite ? " Brittle - Uneven Distinct {???} Distinct {???} Distinct {???} "Tavorite " Distinct {001} Distinct {011} Imperfect {110} "Dyscrasite " Sectile Distinct {001} Distinct {100} Distinct {010} "Barringtonite " Distinct {001} Distinct {100} Indistinct {101} "Gamagarite " Brittle Distinct {001} Distinct {111} Parting {011} "Nickelskutterudite " Brittle - Conchoidal Distinct {010} Distinct {001} Distinct {100} "Fontanite " Distinct {010} Poor {100} Parting {001} "Cheralite-(Ce) ? " Brittle - Uneven Distinct {010} Poor {100} Poor {110} "Wohlerite " Brittle - Splintery Distinct {100} Distinct {010} Distinct {001} "Haineaultite ! " Brittle - Splintery Distinct {100} Distinct {010} Distinct {001} "Lovdarite " Distinct {100} Poor {001} Poor {110} "Axinite-(Fe) " Brittle - Conchoidal Distinct {100} Poor {001} Poor {110} "Axinite-(Mg) " Brittle - Conchoidal Distinct {100} Poor {001} Poor {110} "Axinite-(Mn) " Brittle - Conchoidal Distinct {110} Distinct {011} Distinct {111} "Montbrayite " Brittle - Conchoidal Distinct {110} Distinct {100} Distinct {010} "Petrukite " Distinct {110} Imperfect {010} Imperfect {???} "Chrysoberyl " Brittle Distinct {110} Imperfect {100} Imperfect {112} "Titanite " Sub Conchoidal Distinct {110} Indistinct {001} Indistinct {100} "Crocoite " Sectile Distinct {110} Indistinct {100} Poor {010} "Andalusite " Splintery Distinct {111} Distinct {111} Distinct {111} "Murdochite " Brittle Good {???} Distinct {???} Poor {???} "Hydroglauberite " Good {???} Good {???} Distinct {???} "Leucophanite " Brittle Good {???} Good {???} Good {???} "Charoite " Good {???} Good {???} Good {???} "Cohenite " Brittle Good {???} Good {???} Good {???} "Cryolithionite " Brittle - Conchoidal Good {???} Good {???} Good {???} "Hieratite " Good {???} Good {???} Poor {???} "Iraqite-(La) " Uneven Good {001} Distinct {010} Indistinct {100} "Magniotriplite ? " Good {001} Distinct {010} Indistinct {100} "Zwieselite " Conchoidal - Uneven Good {001} Good {010} Good {100} "Nantokite " Conchoidal Good {001} Good {010} Good {100} "Platynite ? " Good {001} Good {100} Poor {110} "Gillespite " Brittle Good {001} Perfect {100} Perfect {010} "Laihunite " Good {010} Distinct {100} Poor {210} "Howieite " Good {010} Good {001} Good {011} "Gaitite " Good {011} Indistinct {100} Indistinct {110} "Lautarite " Good {100} Distinct {001} Fair {010} "Daomanite * " Uneven Good {100} Good {001} Good {101} "Kalicinite " Good {100} Good {001} Poor {010} "Sarcopside " Splintery Good {100} Good {010} Distinct {001} "Stottite " Good {100} Good {010} Distinct {230} "Lindstromite " Conchoidal - Uneven Good {100} Good {010} Good {001} "Cobaltite " Brittle Good {100} Good {010} Good {001} "Ferruccite " Good {100} Good {010} Good {001} "Gersdorffite " Brittle Good {100} Good {010} Good {001} "Perovskite " Conchoidal Good {100} Good {010} Good {001} "Tuhualite " Brittle Good {100} Good {010} Good {001} "Ullmannite " Brittle Good {100} Good {010} Good {001} "Vitusite-(Ce) " Good {100} Good {011} Distinct {021} "Jagowerite " Good {100} Good {100} Good {100} "Griceite " Conchoidal - Uneven Good {100} Indistinct {001} Indistinct {010} "Mendozite " Good {101} Good {010} Good {110} "Whewellite " Brittle - Conchoidal Good {101} Good {010} Indistinct {100} "Dalyite " Brittle Good {1010} Good {1010} Good {1010} "Asbecasite " Good {1011} Good {1011} Good {1011} "Tachyhydrite " Good {110} Good {001} Indistinct {010} "Phosgenite " Sectile Good {110} Good {011} Good {111} "Reinerite " Good {110} Indistinct {100} Indistinct {001} "Kolbeckite " Brittle - Conchoidal Good {111} Good {111} Good {111} "Miersite " Brittle - Conchoidal Imperfect {100} Imperfect {010} Imperfect {001} "Siegenite " Uneven Imperfect {100} Imperfect {010} Imperfect {001} "Thorianite " Brittle - Conchoidal Imperfect {100} Imperfect {010} Imperfect {110} "Carpholite " Uneven Imperfect {100} Imperfect {120} Poor {001} "Wagnerite " Splintery Imperfect {110} Indistinct {110} Indistinct {111} "Chalcanthite " Conchoidal Imperfect {111} Imperfect {111} Imperfect {111} "Bixbyite " Uneven Imperfect {111} Imperfect {111} Imperfect {111} "Lewisite ! " Hackly Imperfect {111} Imperfect {111} Imperfect {111} "Romeite " Hackly Imperfect {111} Imperfect {111} Imperfect {111} "Senarmontite " Uneven Imperfect {111} Imperfect {111} Imperfect {111} "Turkestanite ! " Brittle - Conchoidal Imperfect {201} Poor {100} Poor {001} "Scorodite " Splintery Indistinct {???} Indistinct {???} Indistinct {???} "Monetite " Brittle - Uneven Indistinct {001} Indistinct {010} Indistinct {100} "Analcime " Sub Conchoidal Indistinct {001} Indistinct {021} Distinct {100} "Roweite " Brittle - Conchoidal Indistinct {001} Indistinct {100} Indistinct {010} "Seligmannite " Brittle - Conchoidal Indistinct {001} Poor {112} Poor {011} "Hetaerolite " Brittle - Uneven Indistinct {100} Indistinct {021} Indistinct {010} "Carbocernaite " Brittle Indistinct {110} Indistinct {010} Indistinct {110} "Olivenite " Brittle - Conchoidal Indistinct {110} Indistinct {100} Indistinct {001} "Vesuvianite " Sub Conchoidal Indistinct {111} Indistinct {111} Indistinct {111} "Bariopyrochlore " Brittle - Conchoidal Indistinct {111} Indistinct {111} Indistinct {111} "Chukhrovite-(Nd) ! " Indistinct {111} Indistinct {111} Indistinct {111} "Helvite " Brittle Indistinct {111} Indistinct {111} Indistinct {111} "Hercynite " Uneven Indistinct {111} Indistinct {111} Indistinct {111} "Microlite " Sub Conchoidal Indistinct {111} Indistinct {111} Indistinct {111} "Monimolite " Conchoidal - Uneven Indistinct {111} Indistinct {111} Indistinct {111} "Pyrochlore " Uneven Indistinct {111} Indistinct {111} Indistinct {111} "Rhodizite " Conchoidal Perfect {???} Good {???} Good {???} "Bementite " Perfect {???} Good {???} Perfect "Beryllonite " Brittle - Conchoidal Perfect {???} Imperfect {???} Imperfect {???} "Margarosanite " Perfect {???} Imperfect {???} Imperfect {???} "Volynskite " Brittle Perfect {???} Indistinct {???} Indistinct {???} "Aramayoite " Sectile Perfect {???} Perfect {???} Perfect "Naumannite " Sectile Perfect {???} Perfect {???} Perfect {???} "Furongite " Brittle Perfect {???} Perfect {???} Perfect {???} "Ralstonite " Brittle - Uneven Perfect {???} Very Good {???} Very Good {???} "Hellyerite " Perfect {???} Very Good {???} Very Good {???} "Weissbergite " Perfect {0001} Good {1120} Poor {1011} "Yimengite " Perfect {001} Distinct {010} Distinct {100} "Tyuyamunite " Uneven Perfect {001} Distinct {100} Distinct {010} "Chalcothallite " Perfect {001} Distinct {100} Distinct {010} "Felsobanyaite " Perfect {001} Distinct {100} Distinct {010} "Nambulite " Perfect {001} Distinct {100} Poor {110} "Sincosite " Brittle Perfect {001} Distinct {101} Distinct {100} "Metatyuyamunite " Perfect {001} Distinct {110} Distinct {101} "Bertrandite " Brittle Perfect {001} Distinct {110} Distinct {110} "Bussenite ! " Brittle Perfect {001} Distinct {401} Distinct {010} "Naujakasite " Brittle Perfect {001} Distinct {hk0} Distinct {hk0} "Bushmakinite ! " Brittle Perfect {001} Fair {010} Poor {100} "Ogdensburgite " Perfect {001} Good {010} Distinct {110} "Labradorite * " Uneven Perfect {001} Good {010} Good {100} "Chlorocalcite " Perfect {001} Good {010} Good {100} "Warikahnite " Brittle Perfect {001} Good {010} Good {110} "Silinaite " Perfect {001} Good {100} Good {010} "Adamsite-(Y) ! " Brittle Perfect {001} Good {100} Good {010} "Cyanophyllite " Perfect {001} Good {100} Good {010} "Kasolite " Uneven Perfect {001} Good {100} Good {010} "Redgillite ! " Brittle - Sectile Perfect {001} Good {100} Good {010} "Rosenhahnite " Perfect {001} Good {100} Good {110} "Natrite " Perfect {001} Good {100} Indistinct {010} "Uranospathite " Perfect {001} Indistinct {010} Indistinct {110} "Metanovacekite " Perfect {001} Indistinct {010} Indistinct {110} "Novacekite " Perfect {001} Indistinct {010} Indistinct {110} "Saleeite " Perfect {001} Indistinct {010} Indistinct {110} "Schreibersite " Brittle Perfect {001} Indistinct {110} Indistinct {110} "Hannayite " Perfect {001} Perfect {???} Perfect {???} "Rabbittite " Brittle Perfect {001} Perfect {001} Perfect {001} "Violarite " Brittle Perfect {001} Perfect {010} Good {100} "Mitryaevaite ! " Perfect {001} Perfect {010} Good {100} "Phurcalite " Perfect {001} Perfect {010} Imperfect {001} "Lemoynite " Brittle Perfect {001} Perfect {010} Perfect [100} "Iron ! " Hackly Perfect {001} Perfect {010} Perfect {100} "Altaite " Brittle Perfect {001} Perfect {010} Perfect {100} "Clausthalite " Brittle Perfect {001} Perfect {010} Perfect {100} "Galena " Brittle Perfect {001} Perfect {010} Perfect {100} "Jankovicite " Brittle - Conchoidal Perfect {001} Perfect {010} Perfect {100} "Manganosite " Perfect {001} Perfect {010} Perfect {100} "Periclase " Brittle - Conchoidal Perfect {001} Perfect {010} Perfect {100} "Villamaninite " Brittle - Uneven Perfect {001} Perfect {100} Distinct {110} "Yavapaiite " Conchoidal Perfect {001} Perfect {100} Good {110} "Aristarainite " Perfect {001} Perfect {100} Good {111} "Crednerite " Perfect {001} Perfect {100} Perfect {111} "Khibinskite " Even Perfect {001} Perfect {101} Good {100} "Kaliborite " Perfect {001} Perfect {101} Perfect {100} "Suredaite ! " Perfect {001} Perfect {110} Good {100} "Juanitaite ! " Flexible Perfect {001} Poor {100} Poor {010} "Autunite " Uneven Perfect {001} Very Good {???} Very Good {???} "Vuonnemite " Brittle Perfect {010} Distinct {001} Indistinct {110} "Gugiaite " Uneven Perfect {010} Distinct {100} Distinct {001} "Chesnokovite ! " Stepped Perfect {010} Distinct {100} Distinct {001} "Haradaite " Perfect {010} Distinct {100} Distinct {001} "Kinoite " Perfect {010} Distinct {100} Distinct {001} "Liberite " Brittle Perfect {010} Distinct {100} Distinct {001} "Lopezite " Perfect {010} Distinct {100} Distinct {001} "Suzukiite " Perfect {010} Distinct {100} Distinct {011} "Gypsum " Fibrous Perfect {010} Distinct {101} Distinct {101} "Yoshimuraite " Brittle Perfect {010} Distinct {110} Parting {001} "Ardennite-(As) " Brittle - Uneven Perfect {010} Good {001} Distinct {100} "Monteregianite-(Y) " Perfect {010} Good {001} Indistinct {100} "Macdonaldite " Perfect {010} Good {100} Good {001} "Johillerite " Perfect {010} Good {100} Good {001} "Sampleite " Perfect {010} Good {100} Good {101} "Nickenichite " Perfect {010} Good {100} Indistinct {101} "Fluckite " Perfect {010} Good {101} Distinct {101} "Krautite " Perfect {010} Imperfect {100} Imperfect {001} "Stellerite " Perfect {010} Indistinct {100} Indistinct {110} "Meyerhofferite " Perfect {010} Indistinct {101} Indistinct {100} "Lindgrenite " Perfect {010} Parting {100} Parting {102} "Ferberite " Brittle - Uneven Perfect {010} Perfect {001} Good {110} "Zorite " Perfect {010} Perfect {001} Poor {110} "Lawsonite " Brittle - Uneven Perfect {010} Perfect {100} Good {001} "Anhydrite " Brittle - Conchoidal Perfect {010} Perfect {100} Indistinct {001} "Gerstleyite " Perfect {010} Perfect {100} Perfect {001} "Mundite " Perfect {010} Perfect {100} Perfect {001} "Wroewolfeite " Perfect {010} Perfect {110} Distinct {001} "Innelite " Brittle Perfect {010} Perfect {110} Good {101} "Christite " Perfect {010} Perfect {210} Imperfect [010} "Radiobarite " Uneven Perfect {010} Perfect {210} Imperfect {010} "Barite " Uneven Perfect {010} Very Good {001} Very Good {100} "Radtkeite " Hackly Perfect {010} Very Good {100} Distinct {313} "Alunogen " Sub Conchoidal Perfect {011} Perfect {010} Very Good {100} "Walstromite " Perfect {100} Distinct {001} Indistinct {011} "Natrosilite " Perfect {100} Distinct {010} Distinct {001} "Frondelite " Brittle - Uneven Perfect {100} Distinct {010} Distinct {001} "Rockbridgeite " Brittle - Uneven Perfect {100} Distinct {010} Distinct {001} "Searlesite " Perfect {100} Distinct {010} Distinct {102} "Phosphophyllite " Uneven Perfect {100} Distinct {h00} Distinct {hk0} "Lengenbachite " Flexible Perfect {100} Good {001} Good {102} "Ferrobustamite " Perfect {100} Good {010} Good {001} "Barberiite " Brittle Perfect {100} Good {010} Good {001} "Jacquesdietrichite ! " Flexible Perfect {100} Good {010} Good {001} "Killalaite " Perfect {100} Good {010} Poor {001} "Hopeite " Uneven Perfect {100} Good {011} Good {011} "Veatchite-A " Perfect {100} Good {011} Poor {010} "Barytolamprophyllite " Brittle Perfect {100} Good {102} Good {001} "Wollastonite-1A " Splintery Perfect {100} Good {102} Good {001} "Wollastonite-2M * " Splintery Perfect {100} Good {102} Good {001} "Wollastonite-3A-4A-5A-7A * " Splintery Perfect {100} Good {110} Distinct {011} "Amblygonite " Uneven Perfect {100} Good {110} Distinct {011} "Montebrasite ? " Brittle - Conchoidal Perfect {100} Good {110} Good {010} "Aravaipaite " Flexible Perfect {100} Good {110} Good {110} "Bustamite " Perfect {100} Indistinct {010} Indistinct {110} "Phosinaite-(Ce) ! " Perfect {100} Indistinct {111} Indistinct {001} "Trona " Sub Conchoidal Perfect {100} Perfect {001} Good {201} "Kernite " Brittle Perfect {100} Perfect {010} Distinct {001} "Metasideronatrite " Perfect {100} Perfect {010} Indistinct {001} "Sidorenkite " Brittle Perfect {100} Perfect {010} Perfect {001} "Alabandite " Uneven Perfect {100} Perfect {010} Perfect {001} "Halite " Brittle Perfect {100} Perfect {010} Perfect {001} "Hauerite " Uneven Perfect {100} Perfect {010} Perfect {001} "Raite " Brittle Perfect {100} Perfect {010} Perfect {001} "Sylvite " Brittle - Sectile Perfect {100} Perfect {010} Perfect {001} "Villiaumite " Brittle Perfect {100} Perfect {010} Perfect {001} "Willhendersonite " Perfect {100} Perfect {010} Perfect {101} "Wakabayashilite " Flexible Perfect {100} Perfect {010} Poor {001} "Natrolemoynite ! " Brittle - Uneven Perfect {100} Perfect {010} Very Good {001} "Sazhinite-(Ce) " Perfect {100} Perfect {101} Indistinct {010} "Rivadavite " Brittle Perfect {100} Poor {001} Poor {010} "Mirabilite " Conchoidal Perfect {100} Very Good {001} Very Good {101} "Clinobarylite ! " Brittle Perfect {100} Very Good {010} Imperfect {011} "Lithiophilite " Conchoidal - Uneven Perfect {101} Good {111} Distinct {100} "Nahcolite " Conchoidal Perfect {101} Perfect {010} Poor {021} "Gaultite " Brittle Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} "Ankerite " Sub Conchoidal Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} "Calcite " Brittle - Conchoidal Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} "Dolomite " Brittle - Conchoidal Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} "Ellisite " Hackly Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} "Kutnohorite " Brittle - Conchoidal Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} "Magnesite " Brittle - Conchoidal Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} "Otavite " Brittle - Conchoidal Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} "Rhodochrosite " Brittle - Conchoidal Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} "Shandite " Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} "Siderite " Brittle - Conchoidal Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} "Sphaerocobaltite " Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} "Zirklerite " Perfect {1011} Perfect {1011} Perfect 1011 "Smithsonite " Brittle Perfect {110} Distinct {???} Distinct {???} "Anthophyllite " Conchoidal Perfect {110} Distinct {100} Distinct {010} "Enargite " Uneven Perfect {110} Good {010} Distinct {001} "Petarasite " Sub Conchoidal Perfect {110} Indistinct {010} Indistinct {100} "Ferrogedrite " Perfect {110} Indistinct {100} Indistinct {010} "Humboldtine " Perfect {110} Perfect {011} Perfect {101} "Hauyne " Conchoidal Perfect {110} Perfect {101} Distinct {001} "Barytocalcite " Sub Conchoidal Perfect {110} Perfect {110} Parting 001 "Sodic-ferripedrizite ! " Brittle - Splintery Perfect {110} Perfect {110} Perfect {110} "Sphalerite " Uneven Perfect {110} Perfect {110} Poor {010} "Agrellite " Perfect {110} Poor {010} Poor {001} "Pyroxferroite " Perfect {111} Perfect {111} Perfect [111} "Yttrocerite * " Irregular Perfect {111} Perfect {111} Perfect {111} "Arsenolite " Conchoidal Perfect {111} Perfect {111} Perfect {111} "Coyoteite " Perfect {111} Perfect {111} Perfect {111} "Diamond " Conchoidal Perfect {111} Perfect {111} Perfect {111} "Faujasite-Ca ! " Brittle - Uneven Perfect {111} Perfect {111} Perfect {111} "Faujasite-Mg ! " Brittle - Uneven Perfect {111} Perfect {111} Perfect {111} "Faujasite-Na " Brittle - Uneven Perfect {111} Perfect {111} Perfect {111} "Fluorite " Uneven Perfect {111} Perfect {111} Perfect {111} "Prosopite " Uneven Perfect {111} Perfect {111} Perfect {111} "Qandilite " Brittle Perfect {201} Indistinct {401} Indistinct {201} "Lanarkite " Flexible Perfect {210} Indistinct {100} Indistinct {001} "Gedrite " Perfect {hkl} Perfect {hkl} Perfect {hkl} "Vistepite " Poor {???} Poor {???} Poor {???} "Salammoniac " Brittle - Conchoidal Very Good {010} Distinct {100} Poor {001} "Montetrisaite ! " Splintery