Pictures of mineral crystal structure models

Minerals represent an astonishingly diverse range of crystal structures that belies their often simple chemical composition - the simplicity and elegance of the diamond structure may not be entirely surprising, but the long-range corrugations in antigorite, for example, could hardly be predicted from its simple Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄ formula. Many of these structures result in stunning models, particularly when made with many unit cells into large models.

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Akermanite	Andalusite	Alum
Amesite	Anorthite	Anorthite

Antigorite	Aragonite	Barium Titanate (perovskite)
Bayerite	Barytes	Bechererite
Bechererite	Bechererite	Bechererite
Beryl	Beryl	Beryl
Beta-Mg2SiO4	biotite	Boracite
Boracite	Boracite	Brookite
Calcite	Calcite	Fluorite
Chloritoid	Chrysotile 2Mc1	Crysotile
Clinoenstatite	Corundum	Corundum
Datolite	Diamond	Large diamond
Diopside	Diopside	Enstatite
Epidote	Epidote	faujasite
garnet	Gibbsite	Goethite
graphite	grunerite	Gypsum
Mercury Silver Sulphide Halide (Perroudite)	Heneuite	Hydrotalcite
ice	Ilvanite	Inverse spinel
Inverse spinel	Kaolinite	Kyanite
Large diamond structure	Monoclinic lead tungstate (Stolzite)	Lepidocrocite
Leucite	Malachite	Marcasite
Magnesium silicate - perovskite	mica	Molybdenum sulfide
Molybdenum sulfide (3R)	Molybdenum sulfide (2H)	Montmorillonite
Mroseite	Muscovite	Sodium chloride
Large sodium chloride	Olivine	Orthoclase


Lead Phosphate	Lead Chloride	Lead (II) Oxide
Pseudrutile	Protoenstatite	Pyrites
Pyroaurite	Quartz	Quartz
riebeckite	rocksalt	Ruby
Ruby	Ruby	Rutile
Scheelite	serandite	Serandite1
Silicon Carbide (3C)	Silicon Carbide (4H)	Silicon carbide
Quartz helices	Beryl	Spinel
Spinel	Spinel	Staurolite
sulphur	Tenorite	Tourmaline
Tourmaline	Tourmaline	Tourmaline
Tremolite	Vermiculite	Wadsleyite
Zemannite	Zeolite-P	Zircon
Zeolite ZSM-5