Global Minerals
Here you can explore the minerals first discovered and mineralogically described in countries and territories across all seven continents.
This data is dynamically compiled from the Wikidata SPARQL API, listing officially approved mineral species and their chemical formulas associated with their country of discovery.
Browse by Continent
Select a continent below to view its minerals:
Africa
View mineral discoveries for all 22 countries in this continent.
🇩🇿 🇦🇴 🇧🇯 🇧🇼 🇮🇴
Asia
View mineral discoveries for all 25 countries in this continent.
🇦🇫 🇦🇲 🇦🇿 🇧🇭 🇧🇩
Europe
View mineral discoveries for all 26 countries in this continent.
🇦🇽 🇦🇱 🇦🇩 🇦🇹 🇧🇾
North America
View mineral discoveries for all 7 countries in this continent.
🇦🇮 🇦🇬 🇦🇼 🇧🇸 🇧🇧
Oceania
View mineral discoveries for all 4 countries in this continent.
🇦🇸 🇦🇺 🇨🇽 🇨🇨 🇨🇰
South America
View mineral discoveries for all 7 countries in this continent.
🇦🇷 🇧🇴 🇧🇷 🇨🇱 🇨🇴