List of minerals

The entries on this alphabetized list of minerals all are blocks and items in the game that share a name with real-world minerals. Minerals are inorganic, naturally occurring crystalline materials.


 * – Overworld variety of quartz found in amethyst geodes
 * – carbonate mineral found in amethyst geodes
 * – electrically conductive metal that readily oxidizes
 * – very hard crystal of pure carbon
 * – precious gemstone valued by villages
 * – soft, precious metal
 * – frozen, crystalline water
 * – hard and durable metal used for crafting
 * – deposits that useful minerals can be extracted from
 * – sky-fallen snowflakes (microscopic water crystals)

Fictitious minerals
While the materials that make up this list are unique to Minecraft, either their names directly imply they're minerals or they may be commonly perceived as such. Their actual nature is up to one's own imagination.
 * – craftable dragon-healing crystal from the End
 * – brittle, glowing material from the Nether
 * – ultrarare, super-hard material that can't be destroyed in lava; found only in the Nether
 * – material dropped by the Wither
 * – Nether variety of quartz used as an ornamental block or for special redstone components
 * – rare building material found in Monuments
 * – material that can carry signals and activate moving parts

Rocks (non-minerals)
Minerals are not rocks, in the way that materials are not buildings. Minerals are crystals, and rocks are collections of two or more minerals.