The following lists abbreviations for the various chemical elements and commonly used groupings that are found in minerals.
| aluminum | Al |
| antimony | Sb |
| arsenic | As |
| barium | Ba |
| beryllium | Be |
| bismuth | Bi |
| boron | B |
| bromine | Br |
| cadmium | Cd |
| calcium | Ca |
| carbon | C |
| cerium | Ce |
| cesium | Cs |
| chlorine | Cl |
| chromium | Cr |
| cobalt | Co |
| copper | Cu |
| dysprosium | Dy |
| erbium | Er |
| fluorine | F |
| gadolinium | Gd |
| gallium | Ga |
| germanium | Ge |
| gold | Au |
| hafnium | Hf |
| hydrogen | H |
| indium | In |
| iodine | I |
| iridium | Ir |
| iron | Fe |
| lanthanum | La |
| lead | Pb |
| lithium | Li |
| magnesium | Mg |
| manganese | Mn |
| mercury | Hg |
| molybdenum | Mo |
| neodymium | Nd |
| nickel | Ni |
| niobium | Nb |
| nitrogen | N |
| osmium | Os |
| oxygen | O |
| palladium | Pd |
| phosphorus | P |
| platinum | Pt |
| potassium | K |
| praseodymium | Pr |
| rhenium | Re |
| rhodium | Rh |
| rubidium | Rb |
| ruthenium | Ru |
| samarium | Sm |
| scandium | Sc |
| selenium | Se |
| silicon | Si |
| silver | Ag |
| sodium | Na |
| strontium | Sr |
| sulfur | S |
| tantalum | Ta |
| tellurium | Te |
| thallium | Tl |
| thorium | Th |
| tin | Sn |
| titanium | Ti |
| tungsten | W |
| uranium | U |
| vanadium | V |
| ytterbium | Yb |
| yttrium | Y |
| zinc | Zn |
| zirconium | Zr |
| ammonia, ammonium | NH4, NH3 |
| hydroxyl, hydronium, water | OH, H3O, H2O |
| uranyl | UO2 |
| rare earth elements (includes Y, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Dy, Er, and Yb) | RE, REE |