Minerals containing potassium (K)
61 species in the Factbook's detailed set include potassium as an essential constituent of their IMA formula. Ordered by prominence.
| Mineral | Formula |
|---|---|
| Muscovite | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 |
| Orthoclase | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Sugilite | KNa2Fe3+2(Li3Si12)O30 |
| Charoite | (K,Sr,Ba,Mn)15-16(Ca,Na)32[Si70(O,OH)180] (OH,F)4·nH2O |
| Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Polyhalite | K2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O |
| Alunite | KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Nepheline | Na3K(Al4Si4O16) |
| Sylvite | KCl |
| Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Carnotite | K2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O |
| Jarosite | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Carnallite | KMgCl3·6H2O |
| Afghanite | (Na,K)22Ca10(Si24Al24)O96(SO4)6Cl6 |
| Sanidine | K(AlSi3O8) |
| Astrophyllite | K2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F |
| Leucite | K(AlSi2O6) |
| Sacrofanite | (Na61K19Ca32)Σ=112(Si84Al84O336)(SO4)26Cl2F6·2H2O |
| Poudretteite | KNa2(B3Si12)O30 |
| Celadonite | KMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Neptunite | KNa2LiFe2+2Ti2Si8O24 |
| Anorthoclase | (Na,K)AlSi3O8 (3) |
| Mordenite | (Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O |
| Langbeinite | K2Mg2(SO4)3 |
| Birnessite | (Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O |
| Hanksite | KNa22(SO4)9(CO3)2Cl |
| Ajoite | K3Cu2+20Al3Si29O76(OH)16·8H2O |
| Boleite | KAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)48 |
| Arcanite | K2(SO4) |
| Kainite | KMg(SO4)Cl·2.75H2O |
| Alum-(K) | KAl(SO4)2·12H2O |
| Annite | KFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Carletonite | KNa4Ca4Si8O18(CO3)4(OH)·H2O |
| Roscoelite | KV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 |
| Abernathyite | K(UO2)(AsO4)·3H2O |
| Leonite | K2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O |
| Stilpnomelane | (K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O |
| Todorokite | (Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O |
| Hazenite | KNaMg2(PO4)2·14H2O |
| Osumilite | KFe2Al3(Al2Si10)O30 |
| Canasite | K3Na3Ca5Si12O30(OH)4 |
| Cryptomelane | K(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16 |
| Milarite | KCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O |
| Aqualite | (H3O)8(Na,K,Sr)5Ca6Zr3Si26O66(OH)9Cl |
| Potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite | KNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22F2 |
| Aphthitalite | K3Na(SO4)2 |
| Syngenite | K2Ca(SO4)2·H2O |
| Avogadrite | KBF4 |
| Kalsilite | KAlSiO4 |
| Tinaksite | K2NaCa2TiSi7O18(OH)O |
| Lópezite | K2Cr2O7 |
| Kalinite | KAl(SO4)2·11H2O |
| Zippeite | K2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)4 |
| Carobbiite | KF |
| Bannisterite | (Ca,K,Na)(Mn2+,Fe2+)10(Si,Al)16O38(OH)8·nH2O |
| Siderophyllite | KFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2 |
| Labyrinthite | (Na,K,Sr)35Ca12Fe3Zr6TiSi51O144(O,OH,H2O)9Cl3 |
| Taranakite | K3Al5(PO3OH)6(PO4)2·18H2O |
| Amicite | K2Na2(Al4Si4O16)·5H2O |
| Picromerite | K2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O |
| Zimbabweite | Na(Pb,Na,K)2(Ta,Nb,Ti)4As4O18 |