Yellow-brown rocks & minerals
Yellow-brown rocks and minerals share this color due to specific trace elements, chemical bonds, or structural defects. Color alone rarely settles an identification — use it with hardness, luster, and streak.
110 yellow-brown rocks and minerals in this encyclopedia.
Abenakiite-(Ce)raremineral · Mohs 4yellow, brown, yellow-brown
Ammoniojarositeuncommonmineral · Mohs 2.5-3.5yellow, yellow-brown, brown
Ardennite-(As)raremineral · Mohs 6-7yellow-brown, brown, red-brown- No imageArrojadite-(PbFe)raremineral · Mohs 4-5green, brown, yellow-brown
Asbecasiteraremineral · Mohs 6yellow, yellow-brown, brown
Axinite-(Mn)uncommonmineral · Mohs 6.5-7clove-brown, brown, yellow-brown- No imageBario-orthojoaquiniteraremineral · Mohs 5.5brown, yellow-brown, tan
- No imageBatievaite-(Y)raremineral · Mohs 5-6yellow, yellow-brown, brown
Betpakdalite-CaCararemineral · Mohs 3yellow, yellow-brown
Beusiteraremineral · Mohs 4.5-5brown, yellow-brown, black- No imageBeusite-(Ca)raremineral · Mohs 4-5brown, yellow-brown, dark brown
Bridgmaniteraremineral · Mohs 6-6.5brown, yellow-brown
Caryopiliteraremineral · Mohs 3-4brown, yellow-brown, red-brown
Césarferreiraiteraremineral · Mohs 2yellow, yellow-brown
Chayesiteraremineral · Mohs 6yellow, yellow-brown- No imageChiluiteraremineral · Mohs 2yellow, yellow-brown
Corkiteuncommonmineral · Mohs 3.5-4yellow, brown, greenish-brown
Correianevesiteraremineral · Mohs 3-4yellow-brown, brown
Destineziteraremineral · Mohs 3-4yellow, brown, white- No imageDiversilite-(Ce)raremineral · Mohs 3-4yellow, yellow-brown
Donpeacoriteraremineral · Mohs 5-6yellow, brown, yellow-brown
Eglestoniteraremineral · Mohs 2.5yellow, yellow-brown, orange
Ferro-richteriteraremineral · Mohs 5-6brown, yellow-brown, greenish-brown- No imageFerrorosemaryiteraremineral · Mohs 4-4.5dark brown, black, yellow-brown
Fluor-draviteraremineral · Mohs 7-7.5brown, yellow-brown, dark brown
Fluor-uviteuncommonmineral · Mohs 7brown, yellow-brown, dark green
Fluorlamprophylliteraremineral · Mohs 3brown, yellow-brown, golden-brown- No imageFluoro-cannilloiteraremineral · Mohs 5-6brown, yellow-brown
- No imageFluorvesuvianiteraremineral · Mohs 6.5brown, yellow-brown, greenish-brown
- No imageGatelite-(Ce)raremineral · Mohs 5.5brown, yellow-brown
- No imageGjerdingenite-Mnraremineral · Mohs 5brown, yellow-brown, red-brown
- No imageHanawaltiteraremineral · Mohs 2.5dark brown, yellow-brown
Heneuiteraremineral · Mohs 3-4yellow, yellow-brown, brown
Holfertiteraremineral · Mohs 3-4yellow, yellow-brown- No imageHydroxycalcioroméiteraremineral · Mohs 5-5.5yellow, yellow-brown, brown
Hydroxykenomicroliteraremineral · Mohs 5-5.5yellow, brown, yellow-brown- No imageHyttsjöiteraremineral · Mohs 3yellow, yellow-brown
Jahnsite-(CaMnMg)raremineral · Mohs 4yellow, yellow-brown, brown
Jahnsite-(MnMnZn)raremineral · Mohs 4yellow, yellow-brown, brown
Jinshajiangiteraremineral · Mohs 3-4brown, yellow-brown, dark brown- No imageKarenwebberiteraremineral · Mohs 6.5-7yellow-brown, brown
- No imageKarupmøllerite-Cararemineral · Mohs 5yellow, yellow-brown, brown
Kentbrooksiteraremineral · Mohs 5-6brown, yellow-brown, pinkish-brown- No imageKittatinnyiteraremineral · Mohs 3yellow, yellow-brown
- No imageKoashviteraremineral · Mohs 5-6red, brownish-red, yellow-brown
Lamprophylliteraremineral · Mohs 2-3brown, golden-brown, yellow-brown- No imageLepageiteraremineral · Mohs 2yellow, yellow-brown
Liandratiteraremineral · Mohs 4yellow, yellow-brown- No imageLimonite Cubescommonmineral · Mohs 4-5.5brown, yellow-brown, black
Lopatkaiteraremineral · Mohs 3.5-4yellow, yellow-brown
Magnesiostauroliteraremineral · Mohs 7-7.5reddish-brown, brown, yellow-brown
Manganarsiteraremineral · Mohs 2yellow, yellow-brown- No imageMarkcooperiteraremineral · Mohs 3-4yellow, yellow-brown
Mcgoverniteraremineral · Mohs 2.5bronze-brown, yellow-brown, orange-brown- No imageMendeleevite-(Nd)raremineral · Mohs 5-6brown, yellow-brown, reddish-brown
Meurigite-Kraremineral · Mohs 3-4yellow, yellow-brown, brownish-orange
Mieite-(Y)raremineral · Mohs 5-6yellow, yellow-brown, brown- No imageMiyahisaiteraremineral · Mohs 5yellow, yellow-brown
- No imageMoluraniteraremineral · Mohs 2yellow, yellow-brown
Narsarsukiteraremineral · Mohs 7yellow, yellow-brown, brown- No imageNative Sulphurcommonmineral · Mohs 1.5-2.5yellow, yellow-orange, yellow-brown
Natrojarositecommonmineral · Mohs 2.5-3.5yellow, yellow-brown, golden-yellow
Nchwaningiteraremineral · Mohs 4brown, yellow-brown
Neustädteliteraremineral · Mohs 3-4yellow, yellow-brown, brown- No imageNolzeiteraremineral · Mohs 4brown, yellow-brown, pale yellow
- No imageNoonkanbahiteraremineral · Mohs 5.5yellow, yellow-brown
- No imageOneilliteraremineral · Mohs 3-4brown, yellow-brown
Oxycalcioroméiteraremineral · Mohs 5-5.5yellow, brown, yellow-brown- No imagePaqueiteraremineral · Mohs 5yellow, yellow-brown
- No imageParakuzmenkoite-Feraremineral · Mohs 5brown, yellow-brown
Parwaniteraremineral · Mohs 3.5-4yellow, yellow-brown
Paulkerriteraremineral · Mohs 3-4yellow, yellow-brown, tan- No imagePaulscherreriteraremineral · Mohs 5-6brown, yellow-brown, black
Perryiteraremineral · Mohs 4-5bronze, yellow-brown- No imagePotassic-richteriteraremineral · Mohs 5-6brown, yellow-brown, green
Pottsiteraremineral · Mohs 2.5yellow, yellow-brown- No imageReederite-(Y)raremineral · Mohs 3.5yellow, yellow-brown, brown
Ribbeiteraremineral · Mohs 6reddish-brown, orange-pink, yellow-brown- No imageRichelliteraremineral · Mohs 3.5yellow, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown
Rinkite-(Ce)raremineral · Mohs 5yellow, brown, yellow-brown
Rinkite-(Y)raremineral · Mohs 5yellow, brown, yellow-brown
Rosemaryiteraremineral · Mohs 4brown, yellow-brown, red-brown
Rosiaiteraremineral · Mohs 3-4yellow, yellow-brown
Ruifrancoiteraremineral · Mohs 4yellow, yellow-brown
Seamaniteraremineral · Mohs 4yellow, yellow-brown, brown
Semenovite-(Ce)raremineral · Mohs 3-4yellow, yellow-brown, brown
Shcherbakoviteraremineral · Mohs 5-6reddish-brown, brown, yellow-brown
Sherry Topazuncommongemstone · Mohs 8yellow-brown, golden-brown, orange-brown
Sigismunditeraremineral · Mohs 4yellow-brown, brown, dark brown- No imageSimferiteraremineral · Mohs 4-5dark brown, brownish-red, yellow-brown
- No imageTamaiteraremineral · Mohs 6brown, yellow-brown, orange-brown
- No imageTarbagataiteraremineral · Mohs 5-6yellow, yellow-brown, brown
Tinticiteraremineral · Mohs 3yellow, yellow-brown, white
Titanoholtiteraremineral · Mohs 7-8brown, yellow-brown- No imageTokkoiteraremineral · Mohs 5-6yellow, brown, yellow-brown
- No imageTorrecillasiteraremineral · Mohs 3yellow, yellow-brown
Triploiditeraremineral · Mohs 4.5-5yellow, yellow-brown, pink- No imageTsilaisiteraremineral · Mohs 7-7.5yellow, yellow-brown, brown
Vendidaiteraremineral · Mohs 3yellow, yellow-brown
Vermiculitecommonmineral · Mohs 1.5-2brown, yellow-brown, golden-yellow
Verplanckiteraremineral · Mohs 3-4brown, yellow-brown- No imageVicanite-(Ce)raremineral · Mohs 5yellow, yellow-brown, brown
Whiteite-(MnFeMg)raremineral · Mohs 4yellow, yellow-brown, brown
Whiteite-(MnMnMg)raremineral · Mohs 4yellow, yellow-brown, brown
Whitmoreiteraremineral · Mohs 2.5brown, yellow-brown, dark brown- No imageWickmaniteraremineral · Mohs 3-4yellow, yellow-brown, brown
Yoshimuraiteraremineral · Mohs 3-4yellow, brown, yellow-brown
Yttrotungstite-(Ce)raremineral · Mohs 2-3yellow, yellow-brown, greenish-yellow- No imageZavalíaiteraremineral · Mohs 3yellow, yellow-brown
Zwieseliteraremineral · Mohs 5brown, clove-brown, yellow-brown
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