Minerals You can search for minerals in different ways: Search by Name Type in the name or a substring of it, us a % (percent) as a wildcard. This search will only find IMA-approved minerals. With the SysNavigator (left frame) Use the SysNavigator to browse through the classes and groups of the classification by Strunz (or Lapis). You can expand a class by clicking on the plus-icon , or close it by the minus-icon . Clicking on a class/group name will show all minerals of it in this frame. Other Minerals If you like to search varieties, dicredited minerals or synonyms use the links at the bottom of the SysNavigator.