List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (B)

Ba


(IUPAC: tricopper diarsenate octahydrate) (IUPAC: barium beryllium fluoro phosphate) (Pb2Bi2(S,Se)3) (IUPAC: zirconium(IV) dioxide) (IUPAC: titanium phosphide) (IUPAC: hexacalcium dizirconium tetraoxo di(heptaoxodisilicate)) (IUPAC: disodium pentamagnesium tetraphosphate heptahydrate) (IUPAC: hexabismuth ditelluride trisulfide) (IUPAC: dibismuth oxo disulfate) (IUPAC: lithium barium dimagnesium trialuminium di(hexaoxodisilicate) octahydroxyl) (IUPAC: pentasilver nonacopper mercury octasulfide)
 * 1) Babánekite (vivianite: IMA2012-007) 8.CE. [no] [no]
 * 1) Babefphite (IMA1966-003) 8.BA.15
 * 1) Babingtonite (rhodonite: 1824) 9.DK.05
 * 2) Babkinite (tetradymite: IMA1994-030) 2.GC.40e
 * 1) Backite (tellurium oxysalt: IMA2013-113) 7.A [no] [no] (IUPAC: dilead aluminium chloro tellurium(VI) hexaoxide)
 * 2) Badakhshanite-(Y) (perettiite: IMA2018-085) 9.E [no] [no]
 * 3) Badalovite (alluaudite: IMA2016-053) 8.0 [no] [no] (NaNaMg(MgFe(3+))(AsO4)3)
 * 4) Baddeleyite (baddeleyite: 1893) 4.DE.35
 * 1) Badengzhuite (phosphide: IMA2019-076) 1.0 [no] [no]
 * 1) Bafertisite (seidozerite, bafertisite: IMA2016 s.p., 1959) 9.BE.55
 * 2) Baghdadite (wohlerite: IMA1982-075) 9.BE.17
 * 1) Bahariyaite (IMA2020-022) [no] [no]
 * 2) Bahianite (IMA1974-027) 4.DC.05   (IUPAC: pentaluminium triantimony(V) dihydro tetradecaoxide)
 * 3) Baileychlore (chlorite: IMA1986-056) 9.EC.55
 * 4) Bainbridgeite-(YCe) (mckelveyite: IMA2020-065) 5.CC. [no] [no]
 * 5) Bairdite (IMA2012-061) 8.0 [no] [no]
 * 6) Bakakinite (IMA2022-046)
 * 7) Bakhchisaraitsevite (IMA1999-005) 8.CH.50  [no]
 * 1) Baksanite (tetradymite: IMA1992-042) 2.DC.05
 * 1) Balangeroite (IMA1982-002) 9.DH.35
 * 2) Balestraite (mica: IMA2013-080) 9.E?. [no] [no]
 * 3) Balićžunićite (IMA2012-098) 7.A [no] [no]
 * 1) Balipholite (carpholite: 1975) 9.DB.05
 * 1) Balkanite (IMA1971-009) 2.BD.15
 * 1) Balliranoite (cancrinite: IMA2008-065) 9.FB.05 [no]
 * 2) Balyakinite (tellurite: IMA1980-001) 4.JK.15   (IUPAC: copper(II) tellurite(IV))
 * 3) Bambollaite (IMA1965-014) 2.EB.05b   (Cu(Se,Te)2)
 * 4) Bamfordite (IMA1996-059) 4.FK.05   (IUPAC: iron(III) trihydro dimolybdenum hexaoxide monohydrate)
 * 5) Banalsite (Y: 1944) 9.FA.60
 * 6) Bandylite (Y: 1938) 6.AC.35   (IUPAC: copper chloro tetrahydroxyborate)
 * 7) Bannermanite (IMA1980-010) 4.HF.05
 * 8) Bannisterite (stilpnomelane: IMA1967-005) 9.EG.75
 * 9) Baotite (IMA1962 s.p., 1960) 9.CE.15
 * 10) Barahonaite 8.CH.60
 * 11) Barahonaite-(Al) (IMA2006-051) 8.CH.60
 * 12) Barahonaite-(Fe) (IMA2006-052) 8.CH.60
 * 13) Bararite (fluorosilicate: 1951) 3.CH.10   (IUPAC: diammonium hexafluorosilicate)
 * 14) Baratovite (baratovite: IMA1974-055) 9.CJ.25
 * 15) Barberiite (fluoroborate: IMA1993-008) 3.CA.10   (IUPAC: ammonium tetrafluoroborate)
 * 16) Barbosalite (Y: 1954) 8.BB.40   (IUPAC: iron(II) diiron(III) dihydro diphosphate)
 * 17) Barentsite (IMA1982-101) 5.BB.05   (IUPAC: heptasodium aluminium tetrafluoro dicarbonate dibicarbonate)
 * 18) Bariandite (straczekite: IMA1970-043) 4.HE.20
 * 19) Barićite (vivianite: IMA1975-027) 8.CE.40   (IUPAC: tri(magnesium,iron) diphosphate octahydrate)
 * 20) Barikaite (sartorite: IMA2012-055) 2.0 [no] [no] (Ag3Pb10(Sb8As11) Σ19 S40)
 * 21) Barioferrite (magnetoplumbite: IMA2009-030) 4.CC.45 [no] [no] (IUPAC: barium dodecairon(III) nonadecaoxide)
 * 22) Bario-olgite (aphthitalite: IMA2003-002) 8.AC.40
 * 23) Bario-orthojoaquinite (joaquinite: IMA1979-081) 9.CE.25   (IUPAC: tetrabarium diiron(II) dititanium dioxo octa(trioxosilicate) monohydrate)
 * 24) Barioperovskite (oxide perovskite: IMA2006-040) 4.CC.30  [no] (IUPAC: barium titanium trioxide)
 * 25) Bariopharmacoalumite (pharmacosiderite: IMA2010-041) 8.DK.12 [no]  (IUPAC: (0.5)barium tetraluminium [tetrahydro triarsenate] tetrahydrate)
 * 26) Barite
 * 27) Bariumpharmacosiderite (pharmacosiderite: IMA1994 s.p., 1966 Rd) 8.DK.10  [no] (IUPAC: barium tetrairon(III) [tetrahydro triarsenate] pentahydrate)
 * 28) Bariosincosite (IMA1998-047) 8.CJ.65   (IUPAC: barium di(oxovanadate) diphosphate tetrahydrate)
 * 29) Barlowite (claringbullite: IMA2010-020) 3.DA.15 [no] [no] (IUPAC: tetracopper hexahydro bromide fluoride)
 * 30) Barnesite (hewettite: IMA1967 s.p., 1963) 4.HG.45
 * 31) Barquillite (stannite: IMA1996-050) 2.KA.10   (IUPAC: dicopper (cadmium,iron) germanide tetrasulfide)
 * 32) Barrerite (zeolitic tectosilicate: IMA1974-017) 9.GE.15
 * 33) Barringerite (barringerite: IMA1968-037) 1.BD.10   (IUPAC: di(iron,nickel) phosphide)
 * 34) BarringtoniteN (Y: 1965) 5.CA.15   (IUPAC: magnesium carbonate dihydrate)
 * 35) Barroisite [Na-Ca-amphibole: IMA2012 s.p., 1922] 9.DE.20
 * 36) Barrotite (chalcophyllite: IMA2011-063a) 7.0 [no] [no]
 * 37) Barrydawsonite-(Y) (pectolite: IMA2014-042) 9.D?. [no] [no]
 * 38) Barstowite (IMA1989-057) 3.DC.95   (IUPAC: tetralead hexachloro carbonate monohydrate)
 * 39) Bartelkeite (lawsonite: IMA1979-029) 9.J0.10   (IUPAC: lead iron(II) germanium (heptaoxodigermanate) dihydroxyl monohydrate)
 * 40) Bartonite (djerfisherite: IMA1977-039) 2.FC.10   (K6Fe20S26S)
 * 41) Barwoodite (welinite: IMA2017-046) 9.AF. [no] [no]
 * 42) Barylite (Y: 1876) 9.BB.15   (IUPAC: barium diberyllium heptaoxodisilicate)
 * 43) Barysilite (Y: 1888) 9.BC.20   (IUPAC: octalead manganese tri(heptaoxodisilicate))
 * 44) Baryte (baryte: IMA1971 s.p., 1797) 7.AD.35   (IUPAC: barium sulfate)
 * 45) Barytocalcite (Y: 1824) 5.AB.45   (IUPAC: barium calcium dicarbonate)
 * 46) Barytolamprophyllite (seidozerite, lamprophyllite: IMA1968 s.p., 1959) 9.BE.25
 * 47) Bassanite (rhabdophane: 1910) 7.CD.45    (IUPAC: calcium sulfate (0.5)hydrate)
 * 48) Bassetite (Y: 1915) 8.EB.10   (IUPAC: iron(II) diuranyl diphosphate decawater)
 * 49) Bassoite (IMA2011-028) 4.0 [no]
 * 50) Bastnäsite 05.BD.20a (IUPAC: REE fluoro carbonate)
 * 51) Bastnäsite-(Ce) (IMA1987 s.p., 1841) 5.BD.20a
 * 52) Bastnäsite-(La) (IMA1966 s.p.) 5.BD.20a
 * 53) Bastnäsite-(Nd) (IMA2011-062) 5.BD.20a [no]
 * 54) Bastnäsite-(Y) (IMA1987 s.p., 1970) 5.BD.20a
 * 55) Batagayite (IMA2017-002) 8.0 [no] [no]
 * 56) Batievaite-(Y) (seidozerite, rinkite: IMA2015-016) 9.B?. [no]
 * 57) Batiferrite (magnetoplumbite: IMA1997-038) 4.CC.45
 * 58) Batisite (batisite: IMA1962 s.p.) 9.DH.20   (IUPAC: disodium barium dititanium dioxo di(hexaoxodisilicate))
 * 59) Batisivite (IMA2006-054) 9.BE.95
 * 60) Baumhauerite (sartorite: 1902) 2.HC.05b   (Pb12As16S36)
 * 61) Baumhauerite IIQ (sartorite: 1959) 2.0 [no] [no]
 * 62) Baumoite (IMA2017-054) 4.0 [no] [no]
 * 63) Baumstarkite (aramayoite: IMA1999-049) 2.HA.25   (IUPAC: trisilver hexasulfa triantimonide)
 * 64) Bauranoite (wolsendorfite: IMA1971-052) 4.GB.20   (IUPAC: barium diuranium heptaoxide (4-5)hydrate)
 * 65) Bavenite (IMA2015 s.p., IMA1962 s.p., 1901) 9.DF.25
 * 66) Bavsiite (IMA2014-019) 9.0 [no] [no] (IUPAC: dibarium divanadium dioxo [dodecaoxotetrasilicate])
 * 67) Bayerite (Y: 1928) 4.FE.10   (IUPAC: aluminium trihydroxide)
 * 68) Bayldonite (Y: 1865) 8.BH.45   (IUPAC: tricopper lead dihydro oxo di(hydroxoarsenate))
 * 69) Bayleyite (Y: 1951) 5.ED.05   (IUPAC: dimagnesium uranyl tricarbonate octadecahydrate)
 * 70) Baylissite (IMA1975-024) 5.CB.45   (IUPAC: dipotassium magnesium dicarbonate tetrahydrate)
 * 71) Bazhenovite (IMA1986-053) 2.FD.50
 * 72) Bazirite (benitoite: IMA1976-053) 9.CA.05   (IUPAC: barium zirconium nonaoxotrisilicate)
 * 73) Bazzite (beryl: 1915) 9.CJ.05

Be
(Ca2V6Al6O20) (IUPAC: calcium hexauranyl hexahydro tetraoxide octahydrate) (IUPAC: calcium triiron(III) oxotriphosphate) (IUPAC: tantalum borate) (IUPAC: beryllium dihydroxide) (IUPAC: uranium disulfate tetrawater) (IUPAC: heptasodium uranyl tetrasulfate hydroxosulfate triwater) (IUPAC: heptacopper hexamercury amalgam) (IUPAC: dicopper selenide) (IUPAC: tetralead manganese tetradecasulfa hexaantimonide) (IUPAC: dibarium iron(II) heptaoxo disilicate)
 * 1) Bearsite (IMA1967 s.p., 1962) 8.DA.05   (IUPAC: diberyllium hydro arsenate tetrahydrate)
 * 2) Bearthite (brackebuschite: IMA1986-050) 8.BG.05   (IUPAC: dicalcium aluminium hydro diphosphate)
 * 3) Beaverite 07.BC.10 (IUPAC: lead (diiron(III) Metal) hexahydro disulfate)
 * 4) Beaverite-Cu (alunite, alunite: IMA2007-D, IMA1987 s.p., 1911 Rd) 7.BC.10
 * 5) Beaverite-Zn (alunite, alunite: IMA2010-086) 7.BC.10 [no]
 * 6) Bechererite (IMA1994-005) 7.DD.55
 * 7) Beckettite (sapphirine: IMA2015-001) 4.0 [no] [no]
 * 1) Becquerelite (Y: 1922) 4.GB.10
 * 1) Bederite (wicksite: IMA1998-007) 8.CF.05   (IUPAC: dicalcium tetramanganese(II) diiron(III) hexaphosphate dihydrate)
 * 2) Beershevaite (phosphate: IMA2020-095a) [no] [no]
 * 1) Béhierite (zircon: IMA1967 s.p., 1961) 6.AC.15
 * 1) Behoite (cristobalite: IMA1969-031) 4.FA.05a
 * 1) Běhounekite (IMA2010-046) 7.0 [no] [no]
 * 1) Beidellite (montmorillonite, smectite: 1925) 9.EC.40
 * 2) Belakovskiite (IMA2013-075) 7.0 [no]
 * 1) Belendorffite (amalgam: IMA1989-024) 1.AD.10
 * 1) Belkovite (IMA1989-053) 9.BE.75
 * 2) Bellbergite (zeolitic tectosilicate: IMA1990-057) 9.GD.20
 * 3) Bellidoite (IMA1970-050) 2.BA.20
 * 1) Bellingerite (Y: 1940) 4.KC.05   (IUPAC: tricopper hexaiodate dihydrate)
 * 2) Belloite (IMA1998-054) 3.DA.10b  [no] (IUPAC: copper hydro chloride)
 * 3) Belogubite (chalcanthite: IMA2018-005) 7.0 [no] [no] (IUPAC: copper zinc disulfate decahydrate)
 * 4) Belomarinaite (aphthitalite: IMA2017-069a) 7.0 [no] [no] (IUPAC: potassium sodium sulfate)
 * 5) Belousovite (IMA2016-047) 7.0 [no] [no] (IUPAC: potassium zinc chloro sulfate)
 * 6) Belovite 8.BN.05 (IUPAC: sodium REE tristrontium fluoro triphosphate)
 * 7) Belovite-(Ce) (apatite: 1954) 8.BN.05
 * 8) Belovite-(La) (apatite: IMA1995-023) 8.BN.05
 * 9) BelyankiniteQ (Y: 1950) 4.FM.25
 * 10) Bementite (IMA1963 s.p., 1888 Rd) 9.EE.05
 * 11) Benauite (alunite, crandallite: IMA1995-001) 8.BL.10   (IUPAC: strontium triiron(III) hexahydro phosphate hydroxophosphate)
 * 12) Benavidesite (IMA1980-073) 2.HB.15
 * 1) Bendadaite (arthurite: IMA1998-053a) 8.DC.15  [no] (IUPAC: iron(II) diiron(III) dihydro diarsenate tetrahydrate)
 * 2) Benitoite (benitoite: 1907) 9.CA.05   (IUPAC: barium titanium nonaoxotrisilicate)
 * 3) Benjaminite (pavonite: IMA1975-003a, 1925 Rd) 2.JA.05e   (Ag3Bi7S12)
 * 4) Benleonardite (pearceite-polybasite: IMA1985-043) 2.LA.50   (Ag15Cu(Sb,As)2S7Te4)
 * 5) Bennesherite (melilite: IMA2019-068) 9.B [no] [no]
 * 1) Benstonite (IMA1967 s.p., 1961) 5.AB.55   (IUPAC: hexabarium hexacalcium magnesium tridecacarbonate)
 * 2) Bentorite (ettringite: IMA1979-042) 7.DG.15
 * 3) Benyacarite (IMA1995-002) 8.DH.35
 * 4) Beraunite (beraunite: 1841) 8.DC.27   (IUPAC: iron(II) pentairon(III) pentahydro tetraphosphate hexahydrate)
 * 5) Berborite (IMA1967-004) 6.AB.10   (IUPAC: diberyllium hydro borate monohydrate)
 * 6) Berdesinskiite (berdesinskiite: IMA1980-036) 4.CB.30   (IUPAC: divanadium(III) titanium pentaoxide)
 * 7) Berezanskite (milarite: IMA1996-041) 9.CM.05  [no]
 * 8) Bergenite (phosphuranylite: 1959) 8.EC.40
 * 9) Bergslagite (gadolinite: IMA1983-021) 8.BA.10   (IUPAC: calcium beryllium hydro arsenate)
 * 10) Berlinite (quartz: 1868) 8.AA.05   (IUPAC: aluminium phosphate)
 * 11) Bermanite (arthurite: 1936) 8.DC.20   (IUPAC: manganese(II) dimanganese(III) dihydro diphosphate tetrahydrate)
 * 12) Bernalite (perovskite, söhngeite: IMA1991-032) 4.FC.05   (IUPAC: iron trihydroxide)
 * 13) Bernardite (IMA1987-052) 2.HD.50   (IUPAC: thallium octasulfa pentarsenide)
 * 14) Bernarlottiite (IMA2013-133) 2.0 [no] [no] (Pb12(As10Sb6)S36)
 * 15) Berndtite (melonite: IMA1968 s.p., 1966) 2.EA.20   (IUPAC: tin(IV) sulfide)
 * 16) Berryite (meneghinite: IMA1965-013) 2.HB.20d   (Cu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S16)
 * 17) Berthierine (serpentine: 1832) 9.ED.15
 * 18) Berthierite (berthierite: 1827) 2.HA.20   (IUPAC: iron tetrasulfa diantimonide)
 * 19) Bertossaite (carminite: IMA1965-038) 8.BH.25   (IUPAC: dilithium calcium tetraluminium tetrahydro tetraphosphate)
 * 20) Bertrandite (Y: 1883) 9.BD.05   (IUPAC: tetraberyllium heptaoxodisilicate dihydroxyl)
 * 21) Beryl (beryl: 1798) 9.CJ.05
 * 22) Beryllite (Y: 1954) 9.AE.05   (IUPAC: triberyllium tetraoxosilicate dihydroxyl monohydrate)
 * 23) Beryllonite (beryllonite: 1888) 8.AA.10   (IUPAC: sodium beryllium phosphate)
 * 24) Berzelianite (Y: 1832) 2.BA.20   ( (x ≈ 0.12))
 * 25) Berzeliite (garnet: 1840) 8.AC.25   (IUPAC: (sodium dicalcium) dimagnesium triarsenate)
 * 26) Beshtauite (IMA2012-051) 7.0 [no] [no] (IUPAC: diammonium uranyl disulfate dihydrate) Note: for beta-domeykite see domeykite-β, for beta-fergusonite series see fergusonite-beta series, for beta-sulfur see sulfur and for beta-roselite see roselite.
 * 27) ( Betafite group (A2(Ti,Nb)2O6Z), pyrochlore supergroup )
 * 28) Betekhtinite (Y: 1955) 2.BE.05   ((Cu,Fe)21Pb2S15)
 * 29) Betpakdalite 8.DM.15
 * 30) Betpakdalite-CaCa (IMA1967 s.p., 1961 Rd) 8.DM.15
 * 31) Betpakdalite-CaMg (IMA2011-034) 8.DM.15 [no] [no]
 * 32) Betpakdalite-FeFe (IMA2017-011) 8.DM.15 [no] [no]
 * 33) Betpakdalite-NaCa (IMA1971-057) 8.DM.15
 * 34) Betpakdalite-NaNa (IMA2011-078) 8.DM.15 [no] [no]
 * 35) Bettertonite (IMA2014-074) 8.0 [no] [no] (IUPAC: hexaluminium nonahydro triarsenate pentawater undecahydrate)
 * 36) Betzite (cancrinite: IMA2021-037) [no] [no]
 * 37) Beudantite (alunite, beudantite: IMA1987 s.p., 1826 Rd) 8.BL.05   (IUPAC: palladium triiron(III) hexahydro arsenate sulfate)
 * 38) Beusite 8.AB.20 (IUPAC: M2+ dimanganese(II) diphosphate)
 * 39) Beusite (graftonite: IMA1968-012) 8.AB.20
 * 40) Beusite-(Ca) (graftonite: IMA2017-051) 8.AB.20 [no] [no]
 * 41) Beyerite (bismutite: 1943) 5.BE.35   (IUPAC: calcium dibismuth dioxo dicarbonate)
 * 42) Bezsmertnovite (IMA1979-014) 2.BA.80   ((Au,Ag)4Cu(Te,Pb))

Bi – Bo
(IUPAC: dicopper heptaoxodivanadate(V)) (IUPAC: hexacopper chloro decahydro iodate) (IUPAC: heptasodium uranyl chloro tetrasulfate diwater) (IUPAC: sodium aluminium diuranyl tetrasulfate octadecahydrate) (☐Na2(Mn(2+))5Fe(3+)Al(PO4)6) (IUPAC: trimagnesium diphosphate octahydrate) (IUPAC: dibismuth(III) ditellurite(IV) sulfate) ((Au,Te,Pb)3(Cu,Fe)) (IUPAC: disodium distrontium phosphate dialumino nonafluoride)
 * 1) Biachellaite (cancrinite: IMA2007-044) 8.FB.05  [no]
 * 2) Biagioniite (sulfosalt: IMA2019-120) 2.0 [no] [no] (IUPAC: dithallium disulfa antimonide)
 * 3) Bianchiniite (IMA2019-022) 4.0 [no] [no] (IUPAC: dibarium (titanium vanadium) oxofluoro di(pentaoxodiarsenate))
 * 4) Bianchite (hexahydrite: 1930) 7.CB.25   (IUPAC: zinc sulfate hexahydrate)
 * 5) Bicapite (polyoxometalate: IMA2018-048) 8.0 [no] [no]
 * 6) Bicchulite (sodalite: IMA1973-006) 9.FB.10
 * 7) Bideauxite (IMA1969-038) 3.DB.25   (IUPAC: silver dilead difluoride trichloride)
 * 8) Bieberite (melanterite: 1845) 7.CB.35   (IUPAC: cobalt sulfate heptahydrate)
 * 9) Biehlite (IMA1999-019a) 4.DB.60   (IUPAC: di((antimony,arsenic) oxide) molybdate)
 * 10) Bigcreekite (IMA1999-015) 9.DF.30  [no] (IUPAC: barium pentaoxo disilicate tetrahydrate)
 * 11) Bijvoetite-(Y) (IMA1981-035) 5.EB.20
 * 12) Bikitaite (zeolitic tectosilicate: IMA1997 s.p., 1957) 9.GD.55   (IUPAC: lithium hexaoxo aluminodisilicate monohydrate)
 * 13) Bilibinskite (IMA1977-024) 2.BA.80   (IUPAC: lead trigold dicopper ditelluride)
 * 14) Bílinite (halotrichite: 1914) 7.CB.85   (IUPAC: iron(II) diiron(III) tetrasulfate docosahydrate)
 * 15) Billietite (Y: 1947) 4.GB.10   (IUPAC: barium hexauranyl hexahydro tetraoxide octahydrate)
 * 16) Billingsleyite (IMA1967-012) 2.KB.05   (IUPAC: heptasilver hexasulfa arsenide)
 * 17) Billwiseite (IMA2010-053) 4.0 [no]  (IUPAC: pentaantimony(III) triniobium tungsten octadecaoxide)
 * 18) Bimbowrieite (dufrénite: IMA2020-006) 8.0 [no] [no]
 * 19) BindheimiteQ (pyrochlore: IMA2013 s.p., IMA2010 s.p., 1800) 4.DH.20   Note: possibly oxyplumboroméite.
 * 20) ( Biotite, mica series (Y: 1963) 9.EC.   )
 * 21) Biphosphammite (biphosphammite: 1870) 8.AD.15   (IUPAC: ammonium dihydrogen phosphate)
 * 22) Biraite-(Ce) (IMA2003-037) 9.BE.90   (IUPAC: dicerium iron(II) heptaoxodisilicate carbonate)
 * 23) Birchite (IMA2006-048) 8.DB.70  [no] (IUPAC: dicadmium dicopper diphosphate sulfate pentahydrate)
 * 24) Biringuccite (IMA1967 s.p., 1961) 6.EC.05   (IUPAC: disodium octaoxo hydro pentaborate monohydrate)
 * 25) Birnessite (Y: 1956) 4.FL.45
 * 26) BiruniteQ (ettringite: 1957) 7.0 [no] [no]
 * 27) Bischofite (Y: 1877) 3.BB.15   (IUPAC: magnesium dichloride hexahydrate)
 * 28) Bismite (Y: 1868) 4.CB.60   (IUPAC: dibismuth trioxide)
 * 29) Bismoclite (matlockite: 1935) 3.DC.25   (IUPAC: bismuth oxychloride)
 * 30) Bismuth (arsenic: 1546) 1.CA.05
 * 31) Bismuthinite (stibnite: 1832) 2.DB.05   (IUPAC: dibismuth trisulfide)
 * 32) Bismutite (bismutite: 1841) 5.BE.25   (IUPAC: dibismuth dioxo carbonate)
 * 33) Bismutocolumbite (cervantite: IMA1991-003) 4.DE.30   (IUPAC: bismuth niobium tetraoxide)
 * 34) Bismutoferrite (kaolinite: 1871) 9.ED.25   (IUPAC: diiron(III) bismuth di(tetraoxosilicate) hydroxyl)
 * 35) Bismutohauchecornite (hauchecornite: IMA1978-F) 2.BB.10   (IUPAC: nonanickel dibismuth octasulfide)
 * 36) BismutostibiconiteQ (pyrochlore: IMA2013 s.p., IMA2010 s.p., IMA1981-065, 1983) 4.DH.20   Note: possibly bismutoroméite.
 * 37) Bismutotantalite (cervantite: 1929) 4.DE.30   (IUPAC: bismuth tantalum tetraoxide)
 * 38) Bitikleite (garnet: IMA2009-052) 4.0 [no] [no] (IUPAC: tricalcium (tin antimony) tri(aluminium tetraoxide))
 * 39) Bityite (mica: IMA1998 s.p., 1908) 9.EC.35
 * 40) Bixbyite (bixbyite) 4.CB.10
 * 41) Bixbyite-(Fe) (bixbyite: IMA21-H) 4.CB.10 [no] [no]
 * 42) Bixbyite-(Mn) (bixbyite: IMA21-H, 1897) 4.CB.10   (IUPAC: dimanganese(III) trioxide)
 * 43) Bjarebyite (bjarebyite: IMA1972-022) 8.BH.20   (IUPAC: barium dimanganese(II) dialuminium trihydro triphosphate)
 * 44) BlakeiteQ (tellurite: 1941) 4.JM.10 [no] [no]
 * 45) Blatonite (IMA1997-025) 5.EB.10   (IUPAC: uranyl carbonate monohydrate)
 * 46) Blatterite (Y: IMA1984-038) 6.AB.40
 * 47) Bleasdaleite (IMA1998-003a) 8.DK.25
 * 48) Blixite (IMA1962 s.p., 1958) 3.DC.50   (IUPAC: octalead pentaoxo dihydro tetrachloride)
 * 49) Blödite (IMA1982 s.p., 1821) 7.CC.50   (IUPAC: disodium magnesium disulfate tetrahydrate)
 * 50) Blossite (IMA1986-002) 8.FA.05
 * 1) Bluebellite (IMA2013-121) 4.0 [no] [no]
 * 1) Bluelizardite (IMA2013-062) 7.0 [no]
 * 1) Bluestreakite (IMA2014-047) 4.0 [no] [no]
 * 2) Bobcookite (IMA2014-030) 7.0 [no] [no]
 * 1) Bobfergusonite (alluaudite, bobfergusonite: IMA1984-072a) 8.AC.15
 * 1) Bobfinchite (schoepite: IMA2020-082) [no] [no]
 * 2) Bobierrite (vivianite: 1868) 8.CE.35
 * 1) Bobjonesite (IMA2000-045) 7.DB.25  [no] (IUPAC: vanadium(IV) oxosulfate trihydrate)
 * 2) Bobkingite (IMA2000-029) 3.DA.50  [no] (IUPAC: pentacopper octahydro dichloride dihydrate)
 * 3) Bobmeyerite (cerchiaraite: IMA2012-019) 9.C?. [no] [no]
 * 4) Bobshannonite (seidozerite, bafertisite: IMA2014-052) 9.B?. [no] [no]
 * 5) Bobtraillite (IMA2001-041) 9.CA.30
 * 6) Bodieite (IMA2017-117) 4.0 [no] [no]
 * 1) Bogdanovite (auricupride: IMA1978-019) 2.BA.80
 * 1) Bøggildite (Y: 1951) 3.CG.20
 * 1) Boggsite (zeolitic tectosilicate: IMA1989-009) 9.GC.30
 * 2) Bøgvadite (IMA1987-029) 3.CF.15   (IUPAC: disodium dibarium strontium tetralumino icosafluoride)
 * 3) Bohdanowiczite (IMA1978-C, 1967) 2.JA.20   (IUPAC: silver bismuth diselenide)
 * 4) Böhmite (lepidocrocite: 1927) 4.FE.15   (IUPAC: hydroaluminium oxide)
 * 5) Bohseite (bavenite: IMA2014-H, IMA2010-026) 9.D?. [no] [no]
 * 6) Bohuslavite (IMA2018-074a) 8.0 [no] [no]
 * 7) Bokite (straczekite: IMA1967 s.p., 1963) 4.HE.20
 * 8) Bojarite (IMA2020-037) [no] [no]
 * 9) Boleite (Y: 1891) 3.DB.15   (KAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)48)
 * 10) BolivariteQ (Y: 1921) 8.DF.10  [no] Note: possibly a variety of evansite.
 * 11) Bolotinaite (IMA2021-088)
 * 12) Boltwoodite (Y: 1956) 9.AK.15   (IUPAC: (kalium,sodium) uranyl hydroxosilicate (1.5)hydrate)
 * 13) Bonaccordite (ludwigite: IMA1974-019) 6.AB.30   (IUPAC: dinickel iron(III) dioxoborate)
 * 14) Bonacinaite (phosphosiderite: IMA2018-056) 8.0 [no] [no] (IUPAC: scandium arsenate dihydrate)
 * 15) Bonattite (Y: 1957) 7.CB.10   (IUPAC: copper sulfate trihydrate)
 * 16) Bonazziite (IMA2013-141) 2.FA. [no] [no] (IUPAC: tetrarsenic tetrasulfide)
 * 17) Bonshtedtite (bradleyite: IMA1981-026a) 5.BF.10   (IUPAC: trisodium iron(II) phosphate carbonate)
 * 18) Boothite (melanterite: 1903) 7.CB.35   (IUPAC: copper sulfate heptahydrate)
 * 19) Boracite (boracite: 1789) 6.GA.05   (IUPAC: trimagnesium chloro tridecaoxo heptaborate)
 * 20) Boralsilite (IMA1996-029) 9.BD.30  [no]
 * 21) Borax (Y: old) 6.DA.10   (IUPAC: disodium tetrahydro pentaoxotetraborate octahydrate)
 * 22) Borcarite (IMA1968 s.p., 1965) 6.DA.40
 * 23) Borisenkoite (lammerite-beta: IMA2015-113) 8.AB. [no] [no] (Cu3[(V,As)O4]2)
 * 24) Borishanskiite (IMA1974-010) 2.AC.45c  , (x = 0.0-0.2)
 * 25) Bornemanite (seidozerite, lamprophyllite: IMA1973-053) 9.BE.50
 * 26) Bornhardtite (spinel, linnaeite: 1955) 2.DA.05   (Co(2+)Co(3+)2Se4)
 * 27) Bornite (IMA1962 s.p., 1725) 2.BA.15   (IUPAC: pentacopper iron tetrasulfide)
 * 28) Borocookeite (chlorite: IMA2000-013) 9.EC.55  [no]
 * 29) Borodaevite (IMA1991-037) 2.JA.05g
 * 30) Boromullite (IMA2007-021) 9.AF.23   (Al9BSi2O19)
 * 31) Boromuscovite (mica: IMA1989-027) 9.EC.15
 * 32) Borovskite (IMA1972-032) 2.LA.60   (IUPAC: tripalladium antimonide tetratelluride)
 * 33) Bortnikovite (alloy: IMA2006-027) 1.AG.65   (IUPAC: tetrapalladium tricopper zinc alloy)
 * 34) Bortolanite (seidozerite: IMA2021-040a) [no] [no]
 * 35) Boscardinite (sartorite: IMA2010-079) 2.0 [no]  (TlPb4(Sb7As2)undefinedS18)
 * 36) Bosiite (tourmaline: IMA2014-094) 9.CK. [no] [no]
 * 37) Bosoite (organic zeolite: IMA2014-023) 10.0 [no] [no]
 * 38) Bostwickite (IMA1982-073) 9.HC.10
 * 39) Botallackite (atacamite: 1865) 3.DA.10b   (IUPAC: dicopper trihydro chloride)
 * 40) Botryogen (botryogen: 1815) 7.DC.25   (IUPAC: magnesium iron(III) hydro disulfate heptahydrate)
 * 41) Bottinoite (IMA1991-029) 4.FH.05   (IUPAC: nickel diantimony(V) dodecahydroxide hexahydrate)
 * 42) Botuobinskite (crichtonite: IMA2018-143a) [no] [no]
 * 43) Bouazzerite (IMA2005-042) 8.DH.60  [no]
 * 44) Boulangerite (Y: 1837) 2.HC.15   (IUPAC: pentalead undecasulfa tetraantimonide)
 * 45) Bournonite (bournonite: 1805) 2.GA.50   (IUPAC: copper lead trisulfa antimonide)
 * 46) Bouškaite (IMA2018-055a) 7.0 [no] [no] ((MoO2)2O(SO3OH)2(H2O)4)
 * 47) Boussingaultite (picromerite: 1864) 7.CC.60   (IUPAC: diammonium magnesium disulfate hexahydrate)
 * 48) Bounahasite (IMA2021-114)
 * 49) Bowieite (bowieite: IMA1980-022) 2.DB.15   (IUPAC: dirhodium trisulfide)
 * 50) Bowlesite (cobaltite: IMA2019-079) 2.0 [no] [no] (IUPAC: platinum sulfa stannide)
 * 51) Boyleite (starkeyite: IMA1977-026) 7.CB.15   (IUPAC: zinc sulfate tetrahydrate)

Br – By
(IUPAC: dicobalt tetrawater di(hydroxoarsenate) water) (IUPAC: tetrasodium sulfate carbonate) (CaVAlSiO6) (IUPAC: calcium tin(IV) hexahydroxide) Note: it dehydrates to birnessite.
 * 1) Braccoite (saneroite: IMA2013-093) 9.0 [no] [no]
 * 2) Bracewellite ("O(OH)" group: IMA1967-035) 4.FD.10   (IUPAC: hydrochromium oxide)
 * 3) Brackebuschite (brackebuschite: 1880) 8.BG.05   (IUPAC: dilead trimanganese hydro divanadate)
 * 4) Bradaczekite (alluaudite: IMA2000-002) 8.AC.10  [no] (NaCuCuCu2(AsO4)3)
 * 5) Bradleyite (bradleyite: 1941) 5.BF.10   (IUPAC: trisodium magnesium phosphate carbonate)
 * 6) Braggite (Y: 1932) 2.CC.35a   (IUPAC: platinum sulfide)
 * 7) Braithwaiteite (IMA2006-050) 8.DB.75
 * 8) Braitschite-(Ce) (IMA1967-029) 6.H0.10
 * 9) ( Brammallite, mica series (Y: 1944) 9.EC.25  [no] )
 * 10) Branchite (Y: 1841, IMA2021 s.p.) 10.BA.10
 * 11) Brandãoite (IMA2017-071a) 8.CA. [no] [no]
 * 12) Brandholzite (IMA1998-017) 4.FH.05  [no] (IUPAC: magnesium diantimony dodecahydroxide hexahydrate)
 * 13) Brandtite (roselite: 1888) 8.CG.10   (IUPAC: dicalcium manganese(II) diarsenate dihydrate)
 * 14) Brannerite (brannerite: IMA1967 s.p., 1920) 4.DH.05   (IUPAC: uranium dititanium hexaoxide)
 * 15) Brannockite (milarite: IMA1972-029) 9.CM.05
 * 16) Brassite (IMA1973-047) 8.CE.15   (IUPAC: manganese hydroxoarsenate tetrahydrate)
 * 17) Brattforsite (IMA2019-127) 4.0 [no] [no] (Mn19As12O36Cl2)
 * 18) Braunerite (IMA2015-123) 5.0 [no] [no] (IUPAC: dipotassium calcium uranyl tricarbonate hexahydrate)
 * 19) Braunite (braunite: 1828) 9.AG.05   (IUPAC: manganese(II) hexamanganese(III) octaoxy tetraoxosilicate)
 * 20) Brazilianite (Y: 1945) 8.BK.05   (IUPAC: sodium trialuminium tetrahydro diphosphate)
 * 21) Bredigite (Y: 1948) 9.AD.20   (IUPAC: heptacalcium magnesium tetra(tetraoxosilicate))
 * 22) Breithauptite (nickeline: 1833) 2.CC.05   (IUPAC: nickel antimonide)
 * 23) Brendelite (IMA1997-001) 8.BM.15
 * 24) Brenkite (IMA1977-036) 5.BC.05   (IUPAC: dicalcium difluoro carbonate)
 * 25) Brewsterite 9.GE.20
 * 26) Brewsterite-Ba (zeolitic tectosilicate: IMA1997 s.p., 1993) 9.GE.20
 * 27) Brewsterite-Sr (zeolitic tectosilicate: IMA1997 s.p., 1822) 9.GE.20
 * 28) Breyite (IMA2018-062) 9.0 [no] [no] (IUPAC: tricalcium nonaoxotrisilicate)
 * 29) Brezinaite (IMA1969-004) 2.DA.15   (IUPAC: trichromium tetrasulfide)
 * 30) Brianite (aphthitalite: IMA1966-030) 8.AC.30   (IUPAC: disodium calcium magnesium diphosphate)
 * 31) Brianroulstonite (IMA1996-009) 6.EC.35
 * 32) Brianyoungite (IMA1991-053) 5.BF.30   (IUPAC: trizinc tetrahydro carbonate)
 * 33) Briartite (stannite: IMA1965-018) 2.KA.10   (IUPAC: dicopper iron germanium tetrasulfide)
 * 34) Bridgesite-(Ce) (IMA2019-034) 7.0 [no] [no]
 * 35) Bridgmanite (perovskite: IMA2014-017) 9.A0. [no] [no] (IUPAC: magnesium trioxosilicate)
 * 36) Brindleyite (serpentine: IMA1975-009a) 9.ED.15
 * 37) Brinrobertsite (corrensite: IMA1997-040) 9.EC.60  [no]
 * 38) Britholite 09.AH.25
 * 39) Britholite-(Ce) (britholite, apatite: IMA1987 s.p., 1901) 9.AH.25
 * 40) Britholite-(Y) (britholite, apatite: IMA1966 s.p., 1938) 9.AH.25
 * 41) Britvinite (molybdophyllite: IMA2006-031) 9.EG.70  [no]
 * 42) Brizziite (corundum: IMA1993-044) 4.CB.05   (IUPAC: sodium antimonite)
 * 43) Brochantite (brochantite: IMA1980 s.p., 1824) 7.BB.25   (IUPAC: tetracopper hexahydro sulfate)
 * 44) Brockite (rhabdophane: IMA1967 s.p., 1962) 8.CJ.45
 * 45) Brodtkorbite (IMA1999-023) 2.BD.55   (IUPAC: dicopper mercury diselenide)
 * 46) Bromargyrite (IMA1962 s.p., 1849) 3.AA.15   (IUPAC: silver bromide)
 * 47) Bromellite (Y: 1925) 4.AB.20   (IUPAC: beryllium(II) oxide)
 * 48) Brontesite (IMA2008-039) 3.AA. [no]  (IUPAC: triammonium lead pentachloride)
 * 49) Brookite (Y: 1825) 4.DD.10   (IUPAC: titanium dioxide)
 * 50) Browneite (sphalerite: IMA2012-008) 2.00. [no] [no] (IUPAC: manganese sulfide)
 * 51) Brownleeite (silicide: IMA2008-011) 1.BB.  [no] (IUPAC: manganese silicide)
 * 52) Brownmillerite (brownmillerite, perovskite: IMA1963-017) 4.AC.10   (IUPAC: dicalcium iron(III) aluminium pentaoxide)
 * 53) Brucite (brucite: 1818) 4.FE.05   (IUPAC: magnesium dihydroxide)
 * 54) Brüggenite (IMA1970-040) 4.KC.10   (IUPAC: calcium diiodate monohydrate)
 * 55) BrugnatelliteQ (hydrotalcite: 1909) 5.DA.45
 * 56) Brumadoite (tellurium oxysalt: IMA2008-028) 7.C?.   (IUPAC: tricopper tetrahydro (tetraoxo tellurium(VI)) pentahydrate)
 * 57) Brunogeierite (spinel, ulvöspinel: IMA1972-004 Rd) 9.AC.15   (IUPAC: diiron(II) tetraoxogermanate(IV))
 * 58) Brushite (gypsum: 1865) 8.CJ.50   (IUPAC: calcium hydroxophosphate dihydrate)
 * 59) Bubnovaite (aphthitalite: IMA2014-108) 7.AD. [no] [no] (IUPAC: dipotassium octasodium calcium hexasulfate)
 * 60) Buchwaldite (IMA1975-041) 8.AD.25   (IUPAC: sodium calcium phosphate)
 * 61) Buckhornite (buckhornite: IMA1988-022) 2.HB.20b   (IUPAC: (dilead bismuth trisulfide)(gold ditelluride))
 * 62) Buddingtonite (feldspar: IMA1963-001) 9.FA.30
 * 63) Bukovite (IMA1970-029) 2.BD.30   (IUPAC: tetracopper dithallium tetraselenide)
 * 64) Bukovskýite (IMA1967-022) 8.DB.40   (IUPAC: diiron(III) hydro arsenate sulfate heptahydrate)
 * 65) Bulachite (IMA1982-081) 8.DE.15   (IUPAC: dialuminium trihydro arsenate trihydrate)
 * 66) Bulgakite (astrophyllite, astrophyllite: IMA2014-041) 9.DC. [no] [no]
 * 67) Bultfonteinite (spurrite-afwillite: 1932) 9.AG.80
 * 68) Bunnoite (IMA2014-054) 9.0 [no] [no]
 * 69) Bunsenite (rocksalt, periclase: 1868) 4.AB.25   (IUPAC: nickel(II) oxide)
 * 70) Burangaite (dufrenite: IMA1976-013) 8.DK.15   (IUPAC: sodium iron(II) pentaluminium hexahydro tetraphosphate dihydrate)
 * 71) Burbankite (burbankite: 1953) 5.AC.30
 * 72) Burckhardtite (IMA1976-052) 9.EC.70
 * 73) Burgessite (burgessite: IMA2007-055) 8.CB.60
 * 1) Burkeite (Y: 1921) 7.BD.25
 * 1) Burnettite (pyroxene: IMA2013-054) 9.00. [no] [no]
 * 1) Burnsite (IMA2000-050) 4.JG.35
 * 2) Burovaite-Ca (labuntsovite: IMA2008-001) 9.CE.30c  [no]
 * 3) Burpalite (wohlerite: IMA1988-036) 9.BE.17
 * 4) Burroite (decavanadate: IMA2016-079) 4.H?. [no] [no]
 * 5) Burtite (perovskite, schoenfliesite: IMA1980-078) 4.FC.10
 * 1) Buryatite (ettringite: IMA2000-021) 7.DG.15  [no]
 * 2) Buseckite (wurtzite: IMA2011-070) 2.CB.45 [no] [no]
 * 3) Buserite (IMA1970-024) 4.FL.35 [no] [no] (IUPAC: tetrasodium tetradecamanganese heptacosaoxide henicosahydrate)
 * 1) Bushmakinite (brackebuschite: IMA2001-031) 8.BG.05  [no]
 * 2) Bussenite (seidozerite, bafertisite: IMA2000-035) 9.BE.65  [no]
 * 3) Bussyite 9.EA.
 * 4) Bussyite-(Ce) (IMA2007-039) 9.EA.80
 * 5) Bussyite-(Y) (IMA2014-060) 9.EA. [no]
 * 6) Bustamite (Y: 1826) 9.DG.05
 * 7) Butianite (nuwaite: IMA2016-028) 2.0 [no] [no]
 * 8) Butlerite (Y: 1928) 7.DC.10   (IUPAC: iron(III) hydro sulfate dihydrate)
 * 9) Bütschliite (Y: 1947) 5.AC.15   (IUPAC: dipotassium calcium dicarbonate)
 * 10) Buttgenbachite (connellite: 1925) 3.DA.25
 * 11) Byelorussite-(Ce) (joaquinite: IMA1988-042) 9.CE.25
 * 12) Bykovaite (IMA2003-044) 9.BE.55
 * 13) Byrudite (humite: IMA2013-045) 4.CA. [no] [no]
 * 14) Bystrite (cancrinite-sodalite: IMA1990-008) 9.FB.05
 * 15) Byströmite (tapiolite: 1952) 4.DB.10   (IUPAC: magnesium diantimony(V) hexaoxide)
 * 16) Bytízite (IMA2016-044) 2.0 [no] [no] (IUPAC: tricopper antimony triselenide)
 * 17) Byzantievite (IMA2009-001) 9.0 [no] [no]