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Ab0 * (see Anorthite )

Ab100 * (see Albite )
Ab20 * (see Bytownite )
Ab40 * (see Labradorite )
Ab60 * (see Andesine )
Ab80 * (see Oligoclase )
Abelsonite Ni++C31H32N4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Philip H. Abelson,
president, the Carnegie Institution, Washington, DC, a pioneer in organic
geochemistry.
Abenakiite-(Ce) Na26REE6(SiO3)6(PO4)6(CO3)6(S++++O2)O NAME
ORIGIN: For the Abenaki Indian tribe, which inhabited the area around Mont
Saint-Hilaire.
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Abernathyite K(UO2)(AsO4)·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jess

Abernathy, Moab, Utah, mine owner who found the first specimens.
Abhurite Sn3O(OH)2Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its locality. LOCALITY:
Sharm Abhur, a cove in the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Jiddah, Red Sea
Abrazite * (see Gismondine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Abrazite * (see Phillipsite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Abrazite * (see Phillipsite-K ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Abrazite * (see Phillipsite-Na ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Abswurmbachite Cu++Mn+++6SiO12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Irmgard
Abs-Wurmbach (1938-), German mineralogist.
Abukumalite * (see Britholite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Acadialite * (see Chabazite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Acanthite Ag2S NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, akanta, meaning "arrow."
After the Latin, argentum, meaning "silver". Argentite is stable above 179 C.
Acanthite is stable below 179 deg. C.
Acetamide CO(CH3)(NH2) NAME ORIGIN: For ACETic acid and AMIDE, for
ammonia in its composition.
Achavalite * FeSe
Achavalite * (see Ferroselite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Achiardite * (see Dachiardite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Achiardite * (see Dachiardite-Na ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Achroite - colorless * (see Elbaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Acicular iron ore * (see Goethite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Acmite * (see Aegirine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Actinolite Ca2(Mg,Fe++)5Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek,
aktinos, meaning "ray" in allusion to actinolite's fibrous nature.
Acuminite SrAlF4(OH)·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin acuminis, sharp
point, for spear head, the characteristic shape of the crystals.
Adamite Zn2(AsO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French
mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795-1881).
Adamsite-(Y) ! NaY(CO3)2·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Professor
Frank Dawson Adams (1859-1942) of McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
Adelite CaMg(AsO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for indistinct, for its
occurrence as massive.
Adipite * (see Chabazite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Admontite MgB6O10·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Admont, Austria, near the
original locality. LOCALITY: Austria, Schidmaur, near Admont
Adularia * (see Orthoclase ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Aedelforsite * (see Laumontite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Aedelforsite * (see Stilbite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Aedelforsite * (see Stilbite-Na ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Aedelite * (see Natrolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Aegirine NaFe+++Si2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Teutonic god
of the sea. Acmite is from the Greek "point" in allusion to the pointed crystals.
Aegirine-augite * (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe++,Fe+++)[Si2O6] NAME ORIGIN: Name
derived from its intermediate pyroxene composition. This is not an end-member
species.
Aenigmatite Na2Fe++5TiSi6O20 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for riddle,
apparently an allusion to its (formerly) uncertain chemical composition.
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Aerinite (Ca,Na)6FeAl(Fe++,Mg)2(Al,Mg)6[Si12O36(OH)12H][(H2O)12(CO3)]
NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek root "aer-", alluding to atmosphere or sky
and hence the color, sky blue.
Aerugite ([ ],Ni)9(AsO4)2(AsO6) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek
for 'copper rust', in allusion to its appearance.
Aeschynite-(Ce) (Ce,Ca,Fe)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
composition and from the Greek for "shame," in allusion to the inability of
chemists, at the time of its discovery, to separate some of its constituents.
Aeschynite-(Nd) (Nd,Ce)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
Aeschynite-(Y) (Y,Ca,Fe)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
Afghanite (Na,Ca,K)8(Si,Al)12O24(SO4,Cl,CO3)3·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
From its locality. LOCALITY: Sar-e-Sang luzurite deposit in Afghanistan.
Afwillite Ca3Si2O4(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: For Alpheus Fuller Williams
(1874-1953), General Manager, DeBeers Consolidated Mines, Kimberley, South
Africa.
Agardite-(Ca) ! CaCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition and for Jules Agard, Geologist, Bureau de Recherches Geologiques
et Minieres, Orleans, France.
Agardite-(Ce) ! (Ce,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
as the Ce-dominant analog of agardite-(La) and agardite-(Y).
Agardite-(Dy) ! (Dy,La,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the composition and for Jules Agard, Geologist, Bureau de
Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, Orleans, France.
Agardite-(La) ! (La,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the composition and for Jules Agard, Geologist, Bureau de Recherches
Geologiques et Minieres, Orleans, France.
Agardite-(Nd) ! (Pb,Nd,Y,La,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the composition and for Jules Agard, Geologist, Bureau de
Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, Orleans, France.
Agardite-(Y) (Y,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the composition and for Jules Agard, Geologist, Bureau de Recherches
Geologiques et Minieres, Orleans, France.
Agate - banded variety of chaledony * (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Agnolite * (see Inesite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Agrellite NaCa2Si4O10F NAME ORIGIN: Named for Stuart O. Agrell, British
mineralogist, Cambridge University.
Agrinierite (K2,Ca,Sr)U3O10·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henri
Agrinier (1928-1971), an engineer in the Mineralogy Laboratory if the French
Atomic Energy Commission, Paris, France.
Aguilarite Ag4SeS NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ponciano Aguilar (1853-1935),
superintendent of the San Carlos mine, Guanajuato, where the mineral was
found.
Aheylite (Fe++,Zn)Al6(PO4)4(OH)8·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Allen
V. Heyl (1918-), economic geologist, U. S. Geological Survey.
Ahlfeldite (Ni,Co)SeO3·2(H2O)
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Aikinite PbCuBiS3 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Arthur Aikin (1773-1854), a founder
and long-time Secretary of the Geological Society of London, England.
Ajoite (K,Na)3Cu20Al3Si29O76(OH)16·~8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality. LOCALITY: New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Pima County,, Arizona, USA.
Akaganeite Fe+++(O,OH,Cl) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Akagane mine, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
Akatoreite (Mn++,Fe++)9Al2Si8O24(OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: In New Zealand, three km south of Akatore Creek, east
Otago, South Island. From Norberg, Sweden.
Akdalaite (Al2O3)4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Kazakh name for
the locality. LOCALITY: Solvech fluorite deposit, Karaganda region, Kazakhstan,
Akdala.
Akermanite Ca2MgSi2O7 NAME ORIGIN: For Anders Richard Akerman
(1837-1922), Swedish metallurgist.
Akhtenskite Mn++++O2 NAME ORIGIN: For the Akhtensk deposit, Russia,
where it was first noted.
Akimotoite ! (Mg,Fe)SiO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Syun-iti Akimoto (b.
1925), of the Institute of Geophysics and Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo,
specialist in high-pressure research, especially on phase relationship
Akrochordite Mn4Mg(AsO4)2(OH)4·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek
for wart, for its typical habit.
Aksaite MgB6O7(OH)6·2(H2O)
Aktashite Cu6Hg3As4S12 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality.
LOCALITY: Gal-Kyaya deposit, Yakutia, and Aktash deposit, Altai Mts., Russia.
Akyltetrahrdrophenanthrene * (see Simonellite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Alabandite MnS NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality Alabanda, Turkey.
LOCALITY: Turkey, Aydin, Alabanda
Alabaster * (see Gypsum ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Alacranite As8S9 NAME ORIGIN: For the occurrence in the Alacran
deposit, Chile.
Alamosite PbSiO3 NAME ORIGIN: For the Mexican type locality at Alamos.
LOCALITY: From Mexico, in Sonora, at Alamos, and the San Pascual mine,
Zimpan, Hidalgo. In the USA, from Arizona, in the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine, at
Tiger, Pinal Co., the Lucky Cuss mine, Tombstone,
Alarsite ! AlAsO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named from its chemical composition of
Aluminum and Arsenic.
Albite NaAlSi3O8 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin, albus, in allusion to the
common color.
Albrechtschraufite Ca4Mg(UO2)2(CO3)6F2·17(H2O)
Aldermanite Mg5Al12(PO4)8(OH)22·32(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Arthur Richard Alderman (1901-1980), Mineralogist and petrologist, University of
Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Aldzhanite ? CaMgB2O4Cl·7(H2O) (?)
Aleksite PbBi2Te2S2 (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY:
In the Alekseev mine, Sutemskii region, Stanovoi Range, Russia.
Alexandrite - green * (see Chrysoberyl ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Alforsite Ba5(PO4)3Cl NAME ORIGIN: To honor Dr. John T. Alfors (1930- ),
geologist, California Division of Mines, for his work on the type locality.
LOCALITY: From Big Creek and Rush Creek, Fresno Co., and on Trumbull Peak,
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near Incline, Marisopa Co., California, USA.

Algodonite Cu6As NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Chile, Algodones silver mn, Coquimbo
Aliettite [Mg3Si4O10(OH)2]
(Ca0.5,Na)0.33(Al,Mg,Fe++)2-3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Andrea Alietti (1923-), clay mineralogist.
Allabogdanite ! (Fe,Ni)2P NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alla Bogdanova,
Geological Institute, Kola Science Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences.
Allactite Mn7(AsO4)2(OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, to change,
a reference to the strong pleochroism.
Allanite-(Ce) (Ce,Ca,Y)2(Al,Fe+++)3(SiO4)3(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after the Scottish mineralogist, T. Allan (1777-1833).
Allanite-(La) ! Ca(REE,Ca)Al2(Fe++,Fe+++)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) NAME
ORIGIN: Named after the Scottish mineralogist, T. Allan (1777-1833).
Allanite-(Y) (Y,Ce,Ca)2(Al,Fe+++)3(SiO4)3(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after the Scottish mineralogist, T. Allan (1777-1833).
Allargentum Ag1-xSbx(x=0.009-0.16) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the
Greek for 'another' and the Latin 'argentum'.
Alleghanyite Mn5(SiO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Bald Knob, Alleghany Co., North Carolina, USA.
Allemontite * (see Stibarsen ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Alloclasite (Co,Fe)AsS NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "other", and "to
break," because its cleavage was believed to be different from marcasite,
which it resembles.
Allophane Al2O3·(SiO2)1.3-2·((H2O))2.5-3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek
allos - "other" and phanos - "to appear."
Alluaivite Na19(Ca,Mn++)6(Ti,Nb)3(Si3O9)2(Si10O28)2Cl·2(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: For its occurrence on Mt. Alluaiv, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Alluaudite NaCaFe++(Mn,Fe++,Fe+++,Mg)2(PO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Francois Alluaud, mining engineer of Limoges, France, who discovered the
mineral.
Almandine Fe++3Al2(SiO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Alabanda in Asia Minor.
Almandite * (see Almandine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Almarudite ! K([ ],Na)2(Mn,Fe,Mg)2(Be,Al)3[Si12O30] NAME ORIGIN: After
the authors’ hosting and supporting institution, "Universität Wien", and is derived
from the university’s proper name "ALma MAter RUDolphina".
Almbosite ? Fe++5Fe+++4V+++++4Si3O27
alpha vrendenbergite * (see Iwakiite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Alsakharovite-Zn ! NaSrKZn(Ti,Nb)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Aleksey S. Sakharov (1910-1996), Russian geologist who studied the
Lovozero alkaline massif.
Alstonite BaCa(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality.
LOCALITY: Brownley Hill lead mine, Alston, Cumberland and Fallowfield lead
mine hear Hexham, Northcumberland, England.
Altaite PbTe NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Ziryanovsk
in the Altai Mountains, Siberia.
Althausite Mg2(PO4)(OH,F,O) NAME ORIGIN: To honor Professor Egon
Althaus (1933- ), Karlsruhe University, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Althupite ThAl(UO2)7(PO4)4(OH)5·15(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the major

cations in the composition, Aluminum, Thorium, Uranium, Phosphorus.
Altisite Na3K6Ti2Al2Si8O26Cl3 NAME ORIGIN: Name for the elements Al, Ti,
and Si in the composition.
Altmarkite * (see Leadamalgam ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Aluminilite * (see Alunite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Aluminite Al2(SO4)(OH)4·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical
composition.
Aluminium * (see Aluminum ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Alumino-magnesiohulsite ! Mg2(Al,Mg,Sn)(BO3)O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as
the Al and Mg dominant member of the hulsite group.
Aluminobarroisite ! [ ]CaNaMg3Al2(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
as the aluminum member of the barriosite group.
Aluminoceladonite ! KAl(Mg,Fe++)[ ]Si4O10(OH)2
Aluminocopiapite Al2/3Fe+++4(SO4)6O(OH)2·20(H2O)
Aluminoferrobarroisite ! [ ]CaNa(Fe2+)3Al2(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Aluminoferrohornblende * (see Ferrohornblende ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Aluminoferrotschermakite ! [ ]Ca2(Fe2+)3Al2(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for its composition and for Gustav Tschermak von Sessenegg
(1836-1927), Austrian mineralogist.
Aluminokatophorite * (see Katophorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Aluminomagnesiohornblende * (see Magnesiohornblende ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena,
MinDAT, MinMax
Aluminomagnesiotaramite ! NaCaNaMg3Al2[Si6Al2O22](OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:

Named after the chemical composition and the locality. LOCALITY:
Wali-tarama, Mariupol, Ukraine.
Aluminotaramite * (see Taramite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Aluminotschermakite * (see Tschermakite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Aluminowinchite * (see Winchite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Aluminum Al NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin, alumen = "alum."
Aluminum Sulfate * (see Alunogen ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Alumohydrocalcite CaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after its chemical composition.
Alumoklyuchevskite K3Cu3AlO2(SO4)4 NAME ORIGIN: It is the aluminum
dominant analog of klyuchevskite.
Alumopharmacosiderite KAl4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: As the
ALUMinum analog of "pharmacosiderite."
Alumotantite AlTaO4 NAME ORIGIN: For ALUMinum and TANTalum in the
composition.
Alumotungstite (W,Al)(O,OH)3 (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition.
Alunite KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin alunit, meaning
"alum."
Alunogen Al2(SO4)3·17(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin alumen
="alum" and the Greek genos ="origin."
Alushtite * (see Tosudite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Alvanite (Zn,Ni)Al4(VO3)2(OH)12·2(H2O)
Amakinite (Fe++,Mg)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Amakin
Expedition, which prospected the Yakutain diamond deposits.
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Amalgam * Ag2Hg3
Amarantite Fe+++(SO4)(OH)·3(H2O)
Amarillite NaFe+++(SO4)2·6(H2O)
Amazonstone - green * (see Microcline ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Amber * [C,H,O]
Amblygonite (Li,Na)Al(PO4)(F,OH) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek
amblys - "blunt" and goni - "angle."
Ameghinite NaB3O3(OH)4
Amesite Mg2Al(SiAl)O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Honors James Ames, a mine
owner.
Amethyst - purple * (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Amianthus * (see Parachrysotile ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Amicite K2Na2Al4Si4O16·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: To honor Giovan
Battista, Amici (1786-1863), physicist, optician, and inventor of microscope
optical elements.
Aminoffite Ca3Be2Si3O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gregori
Aminoff (1993-1947), Swedish Mineralogist and crystallographer.
Ammonia alum * (see Tschermigite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ammonian arcanite * (see Arcanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ammonioalunite (NH4)Al3(SO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
composition (Ammonia, Al,).
Ammonioborite (NH4)2B10O16·5(H2O)
Ammoniojarosite (NH4)Fe+++3(SO4)2(OH)6
Ammonioleucite (NH4,K)AlSi2O6 NAME ORIGIN: For "ammonia" in its
chemical composition and its relation to "leucite."
Amosite * (see Grunerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Amphigene * (see Leucite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Amstallite CaAl(Si,Al)4O8(OH)4·((H2O),Cl) NAME ORIGIN: For the locality.
LOCALITY: In the Amstall graphite quarry, Amstall, Austria.
An0 * (see Albite )
An100 * (see Anorthite )
An20 * (see Oligoclase )
An40 * (see Andesine )
An60 * (see Labradorite )
An80 * (see Bytownite )
Analcidite * (see Analcime ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Analcime NaAlSi2O6·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek word
meaning weak, referring to a weak electrical charge developed on rubbing.
Analcite * (see Analcime ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Analzim * (see Analcime ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Anandite (Ba,K)(Fe++,Mg)3(Si,Al,Fe)4O10(S,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy (1877-1947), first director of the Mineral
Survey of Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
Anapaite Ca2Fe++(PO4)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For its discovery near
Anapa, Russia.
Anatase TiO2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, anatasis - "elongation."
Ancylite-(Ce) SrCe(CO3)2(OH)·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition and from the Greek "curved," in allusion to the rounded and
distorted character of the crystals.
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Ancylite-(La) ! Sr(La,Ce)(CO3)2(OH)·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the

composition and from the Greek "curved," in allusion to the rounded and
Andalusite Al2SiO5 = Al[6]Al[5]OSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Andalucia (Spain), an early but now unimportant location.
Andersonite Na2Ca(UO2)(CO3)3·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Charles Alfred Anderson (1902-1990), U. S. Geological Survey.
Andesine * (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)4O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Andes Mountains, South America.
Andorite PbAgSb3S6 NAME ORIGIN: For Andor von Semsey (1833-1923), a
Hungarian nobleman, who was also an amateur mineralogist.
Andradite Ca3Fe+++2(SiO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Andradite is named after
the Brazilian mineralogist J. B. de Andrada e Silva (1763-1838). Demantoid is
named after its adamantine luster.
Andreasbergolite * (see Harmotome ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Andremeyerite BaFe(Fe++,Mn,Mg)Si2O7 NAME ORIGIN: For Andre Marie
Meyer (1890- ), Belgian geologist with the Geological Survey of the Belgian
Congo, who first collected the mineral.
Andreolite * (see Harmotome ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Andrewsite * (see Chalcosiderite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Andrewsite * (see Hentschelite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Andrewsite * (see Rockbridgeite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Androsite-(La) ! (Mn,Ca)(La,Ce,Ca,Nd)AlMn+++Mn++(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH)
NAME ORIGIN: Named after its discovery locality. LOCALITY: Found in a
manganese-rich silicate-carbonate rock, Petalon Mountain, Andros Island,
Cyclades, Greece.
Anduoite (Ru,Os)As2 NAME ORIGIN: For the Chinese locality at Anduo.
LOCALITY: From Anduo, Tibet, China.
Andyrobertsite ! KCdCu5(AsO4)4[As(OH)2O2]·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after Andrew C. Roberts (1950-), mineralogist with the Geological Survey
of Canada, specialist in documentation of new mineral species, in particular
from low-temperature secondary
Angelaite ! Cu2AgPbBiS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Angela mine, district of Los Manantiales, Gastre, Chubut, Argentine.
Angelellite Fe+++4(AsO4)2O3 NAME ORIGIN: To honor Dr. Victorio
Angelelli (1908- ), Argentinean mining geologist, Director of the Argentinean
Geological Survey.
Anglarite * (see Berthierite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Anglesite PbSO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the island of Anglesey
(Wales, Great Britain).
Anhydrite CaSO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek anhydros, meaning
"waterless" (In contrast to Gypsum, which contains water).
Anilite Cu7S4 NAME ORIGIN: For the Ani mine, Japan.
Ankangite Ba(Ti,V+++,Cr+++)8O16 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Shiti Barite deposit, Ankang County, Shaanxi Provice, China.
Ankerite Ca(Fe++,Mg,Mn)(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
Styrian (Austrian) mineralogist, Mathias Joseph Anker (1771-1843).
Ankinovichite ! (Ni,Zn)Al4(VO3)2(OH)12(H2O)2.5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Ekaterina Alexandrovina Ankinovich (1911-1991) and her husband Stepan
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Gerasimovitch Ankinovich (1912-1985). Russian mineralogist and geologist.

Ankoleite * (see Meta-ankoleite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Annabergite Ni3(AsO4)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Annaberg, Germany.
Annite KFe++3AlSi3O10(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: For the first noted
occurrence at Cape Ann, Massachusetts, USA.
Anorthite CaAl2Si2O8 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, an + orthos, "not
upright" in allusion to the oblique crystals.
Anorthoclase (Na,K)AlSi3O8 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "oblique"
and "fracture," descriptive of the cleavage
Anorthominasragrite ! V++++O(SO4)(H2O)5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for as the
triclinic polymorph of minasragrite.
Ansermetite ! MnV2O6·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Stefan Ansermet
(1964-), Swiss mineralogist.
Antarcticite CaCl2·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the continent of
Antarctica.
Anthoinite AlWO3(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Raymond Anthoine
(1888-1971), Belgian mining engineer, who wrote on prospecting of alluvial
deposits.
Anthonyite Cu(OH,Cl)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John W. Anthony
(1920-1992), mineralogist, University of Arizona.
Anthophyllite [ ]Mg7Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin
anthophyllum - "clove" in allusion to the color.
Anthraquinone * (see Hoelite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Antiedrite * (see Edingtonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Antigorite (Mg,Fe++)3Si2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
From the Latin, serpens - "snake." LOCALITY: Antigorio, Italy
Antimonite * (see Stibnite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Antimonpearceite (Ag,Cu)16(Sb,As)2S11 NAME ORIGIN: For its
compositional relationship to pearceite.
Antimonselite Sb2Se3 NAME ORIGIN: Names in 1993 for the composition.
Antimonsilver * (see Dyscrasite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Antimony Sb NAME ORIGIN: From the Arabic, al-uthmud, to Medieval
Latin, antimonium; originally applied to stibnite, the sulfide of antimony.
Antimony bloom * (see Valentinite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Antimony Glance * (see Stibnite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Antimony ochre * (see Romeite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Antitaenite * gamma-Fe3Ni NAME ORIGIN: Named for its opposite
anti-ferromagnetism in contrast to the ferromagnetism of taenite.
Antitaenite * (see Taenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Antlerite Cu3(SO4)(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Antler mine, Mojave Co., Arizona.
Anyolite - green * (see Zoisite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Anyuiite Au(Pb,Sb)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1989 for the locality.
LOCALITY: Bolshoi Anyui R., Kolyma region, Russia.
Apachite Cu9Si10O29·11(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Apache
Indians, whose reservation is near the locality. LOCALITY: Christmas Mine, Gila,
Arizona, USA.
Apatite * Ca5(PO4)3(OH,F,Cl) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1788 from the
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Greek apatao - "I am misleading."

Apatite * (see Carbonate-fluorapatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Apatite * (see Carbonate-hydroxylapatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Apatite * (see Chlorapatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Apatite * (see Fluorapatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Apatite * (see Hydroxylapatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Apatite * (see Strontium-apatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Aphthalose * (see Aphthitalite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Aphthitalite (K,Na)3Na(SO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek
for "unalterable" and "salt" in allusion to its stability in air.
Apjohnite MnAl2(SO4)4·22(H2O)
Aplowite (Co,Mn,Ni)SO4·4(H2O)
Apoanalcite * (see Natrolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Apophyllite * KCa4(Si4O10)2F·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1800 from
the Greek apophylliso - "it flakes off."
Apophyllite * (see Fluorapophyllite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Apophyllite * (see Hydroxyapophyllite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Apophyllite * (see Natroapophyllite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Apuanite Fe++Fe+++4Sb+++4O12S NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Buca della Vena mine, northeast of Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Tuscany,
Italy.
Aqualite ! (H3O)8(Na,K,Sr)5Ca6Zr3Si26O66(OH)9Cl NAME ORIGIN:
Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN)
Aquamarine - blue * (see Beryl ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Aragonite CaCO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY:
Aragon (Spain).
Arakiite ! (Zn,Mn++)(Mn++,Mg)12(Fe+++,Al)2(AsO3)(AsO4)2(OH)23 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Dr. Takaharu Araki (1929-), University of Chicago, for his
numerous crystal-structure contributions to the science of mineralogy.
Aramayoite Ag3Sb2(Sb,Bi)S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Felix Avelino
Aramayo, former Managing Director of the Compagnie Aramayo de Mines en
Bolivie.
Arapovite ! (U,Th)(Ca,Na)2(K1-x[ ]x)Si8O20, x~0.5 NAME ORIGIN:
Presumably named for the locality. LOCALITY: Moraine of the Dara-i-Pioz glacier,
the Alai mountain ridge, Tien-Shan Mountains, northern Tajikistan.
Aravaipaite Pb3AlF9·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Aravaipa
mining district.
Arcanite K2SO4
Archerite (K,NH4)H2PO4 NAME ORIGIN: Honors Dr. Michael Archer (1945-
), Curator of Mammals, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia, who
discovered the first specimens.
Arctite Na2Ca4(PO4)3F NAME ORIGIN: Named for the arctic region where
it was found.
Arcubisite Ag6CuBiS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition
(ARgentum, CUprum, and BISmuth).
Ardaite Pb19Sb13S35Cl7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Madjarovo, Arda River, Bulgaria.
Ardealite Ca2(SO4)(HPO4)·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From "Ardeal," the old
Romanian name for Transylvania.
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Ardennite (Mn++,Ca,Mg)4(Al,Mg,Fe)6(SiO4)2(Si3O10)(AsO4,VO4)(OH)6
NAME ORIGIN: After the locality. LOCALITY: Salmchateau in the Ardennes
Mountains, Belgium.
Arduinite * (see Mordenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Arfvedsonite NaNa2(Fe++4Fe+++)Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
after the Swedish chemist, J. A. Arfvedson (1792-1841).
Argentite * Ag2S NAME ORIGIN: After the Latin, argentum, meaning
"silver". From the Greek, akanta, meaning "arrow." Argentite is stable above 179
C. Acanthite is stable below 179 C.
Argentojarosite AgFe+++3(SO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the silver
content and relationship to jarosite.
Argentopentlandite Ag(Fe,Ni)8S8 NAME ORIGIN: For the similarity in
composition to pentlandite.
Argentopyrite AgFe2S3 NAME ORIGIN: For its composition and physical
similarity to pyrite.
Argentotennantite (Ag,Cu)10(Zn,Fe)2(As,Sb)4S13 NAME ORIGIN: For the
chemical composition and by analogy to tennantite.
Argutite GeO2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: From the
Argut deposit, central Pyrenees, Haute-Garonne, France.
Argyrodite Ag8GeS6 NAME ORIGIN: For the Greek for "silver-containing."
Arhbarite Cu2Mg(AsO4)(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Arhbar mine, Bou-Azzer, Morocco.
Aricite * (see Gismondine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Aristarainite Na2MgB12O20·8(H2O)
Arizonite * (see Pseudorutile ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Armalcolite (Mg,Fe++)Ti2O5 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the three
astronauts of Apollo 11: Neil A. ARMstrong, Edwin E. "Buzz" ALdrin, and Michael
COLlins.
Armangite Mn26As+++18O50(OH)4(CO3)
Armenite BaCa2Al6Si9O30·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The name origin for
Armenite is the type locality. LOCALITY: Armen Mine, Kongsberg, Norway.
Armstrongite CaZrSi6O15·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Neil Alden
Armstrong, (1930-), American astronaut, first human being on the moon's surface,
Apollo 11 Lunar Mission.
Arnhemite * (K,Na)2Mg2(P2O7)·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's
locality. LOCALITY: Arnhem Cave, Namibia.
Arrojadite KNa4CaMn++4Fe++10Al(PO4)12(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: To
honor Miguel Arrojado Ribeiro Lisboa (1872-1932), Brazilian geologist.
Arsenbrackebuschite Pb2(Fe++,Zn)(AsO4)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: As the
arsenate analog of "brackebuschite."
Arsendescloizite PbZn(AsO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: As the arsenate analog
of "descloizite."
Arsenic As NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, Arsenikon, a name originally
applied to the mineral orpiment.
Arsenical nickel * (see Nickeline ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Arsenical pyrite * (see Arsenopyrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Arseniopleite (Ca,Na)(Na,Pb)Mn++(Mn++,Mg,Fe++)2(AsO4)3 NAME
ORIGIN: Named from the Latin for the element As, and Greek for 'more' because
it adds to the number of related minerals already described.
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Arseniosiderite Ca2Fe+++3(AsO4)3O2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For essential

"arsenic" in the composition, and "sideros," Greek for "iron."
Arsenobismite ? Bi2(AsO4)(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1916 for it's
composition.
Arsenoclasite Mn5(AsO4)2(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: From "arsenic" and the
Greek for "breaking," for its excellent cleavage.
Arsenocrandallite (Ca,Sr)Al3[(As,P)O4]2(OH)5·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For
"arsenic" in the composition, and relation to "crandallite."
Arsenoflorencite-(Ce) (Ce,La)Al3(AsO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named as
the arsenic analog of florencite and the dominant rare earth element, cerium.
Arsenoflorencite-(La) * (La,Sr)Al3(AsO4,SO4,PO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN:
Named as the arsenic analog of florencite and the dominant rare earth
element, Lanthanum.
Arsenoflorencite-(Nd) * (Nd,La,Ce,Ba)(Al,Fe+++)3(AsO4,PO4)2(OH)6 NAME
ORIGIN: Named as the arsenic analog of florencite and the dominant rare earth
element, Neodymium.
Arsenogorceixite ! BaAl3AsO3(OH)(AsO4,PO4)(OH,F)6 NAME ORIGIN: For its
"arsenic" content and relation to "gorceixite."
Arsenogoyazite (Sr,Ca,Ba)Al3(AsO4,PO4)2(OH,F)5·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the chemical composition and it's relationship to goyazite.
Arsenohauchecornite Ni18Bi3AsS16 NAME ORIGIN: Alludes to its chemical
relation to the hauchecornite group.
Arsenolamprite As NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition and the
Greek for brilliance, in allusion to its luster.
Arsenolite As2O3 NAME ORIGIN: For ARSENic in the composition.
Arsenopalladinite Pd8(As,Sb)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition.
Arsenopyrite FeAsS NAME ORIGIN: Named after the minerals chemical
composition.
Arsenopyromorphite * (see Mimetite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Arsenosulvanite Cu3(As,V)S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its chemical
relationship to sulvanite.
Arsenowaylandite * BiAl3(AsO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the
arsenate analog of waylandite.
Arsenpolybasite (Ag,Cu)16(As,Sb)2S11 NAME ORIGIN: For the chemical
composition and close relationship to polybasite.
Arsentsumebite Pb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: As the "arsenate"
analog of "tsumebite."
Arsenuranospathite HAl(UO2)4(AsO4)4·40(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: As the
"arsenate" analog of "uranospathite."
Arsenuranylite Ca(UO2)4(AsO4)2(OH)4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for its relationship to phosphuranylite as the end-member.
Arthurite CuFe+++2(AsO4,PO4,SO4)2(O,OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Sir Arthur Edward Ian Montagu Russell (1878-1964) and Arthur William
Gerald Kingsbury (1906-1968) for their contributions to British mineralogy.
Artinite Mg2(CO3)(OH)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Italian
mineralogist, Ettore Artini (1866-1928), mineralogist at the University of Milan.
Artroeite PbAlF3(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Arthur (Art) Roe (1912-1993).
Artsmithite ! Hg+4Al(PO4)1.74(OH)1.78 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur (Art)
E. Smith (1935-), American petroleum geologist from Houston, Texas who
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collected the original sample.

Arupite (Ni,Fe++)3(PO4)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: To honor Hans Henning
Arup (1928- ), Director of the Danish Corrosion Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Arzakite Hg3S2(Br,Cl)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality. LOCALITY:
Arzak mercury deposits, Tuva, Siberia, Russia.
Arzrunite Cu4Pb2SO4(OH)4Cl6·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Andreas
Arzruni (1847-1898), German mineralogist, University of Aachen.
Asbecasite Ca3(Ti,Sn)As+++6Si2Be2O20 NAME ORIGIN: The name origin
for Asbecasite is the main elements: As,Be,Ca,Si.
Asbestos * (see Chrysotile ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Asbestos * (see Clinochrysotile ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Asbestos * (see Orthochrysotile ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Asbestos * (see Parachrysotile ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Asbolane (Co,Ni)1-y(Mn++++O2)2-x(OH)2-2y+2x·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named from the Greek "to soil like soot".
Aschamalmite Pb6Bi2S9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Ascham Alm, Untersulzbachtal, Austria.
Ascharite * (see Szaibelyite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ashanite ? (Nb,Ta,U,Fe,Mn)4O8 NAME ORIGIN: From Altai and SHAN,
Chinese for "mountains," for the occurrence in the Altai Mountains, China.
Ashburtonite HPb4Cu++4Si4O12(HCO3)4(OH)4Cl
Ashcroftine-(Ce) * K5Na5(Ce,Ca)12Si28O70(OH)2(CO3)8·8(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Frederick Noel Ashcroft (1878-1949), benefactor to the British
Museum (Natural History), London, England.
Ashcroftine-(Y) K5Na5(Y,Ca)12Si28O70(OH)2(CO3)8·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Frederick Noel Ashcroft (1878-1949), benefactor to the British Museum
(Natural History), London, England.
Ashoverite Zn(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Milltown, near Ashover, Derbyshire, England.
Ashtonite * (see Mordenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Asisite Pb12(SiO4)O8Cl4 NAME ORIGIN: The root name "Asis" means
"drinking place" in the local Nama language and is also the name of the farm on
which the Kombat mine is located. LOCALITY: Kombat mine, located 37 km east
of Otavi and 49 km south of Tsumeb in the north-central part of Namibia.
Aspidolite NaMg3AlSi3O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: The name is from the Greek
"aspisidos", like a shield, alluding to the appearance of its crystals.
Asselbornite (Pb,Ba)(UO2)6(BiO)4(AsO4)2(OH)12·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Eric Asselborn (1954-), mineral collector and surgeon, Montrevel-
en-Bresse, France.
Astrocyanite-(Ce) Cu2(Ce,Nd,La)2(UO2)(CO3)5(OH)2·1.5(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "star" and "blue" alluding to the star-like habit
and blue color and the dominant Ce.
Astrophyllite K2Na(Fe++,Mn)7Ti2Si8O26(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: From the
Greek aster - "star" and fyllon - "leaf."
Atacamite Cu2Cl(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Atacam desert province in northern Chile.
Atelestite Bi8(AsO4)3(OH)5O5 NAME ORIGIN: Derivation not explicitly
stated. Probably from the Greek for "incomplete," as the composition was
undetermined when the mineral was first described.
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Athabascaite Cu5Se4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:

Martin Lake mine, Uranium City, Lake Athabasca, SK, Canada.
Atheneite (Pd,Hg)3As NAME ORIGIN: After the Greek goddess "Pallas
Athene," in allusion to its palladium content.
Atlasovite Cu6Fe+++Bi+++O4(SO4)5·KCl
Atokite (Pd,Pt)3Sn NAME ORIGIN: For the Atok mine, South Africa.
Atopite * (see Romeite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Attacolite * (see Attakolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Attakolite (Ca,Sr)Mn++(Al,Fe+++)4[(Si,P)O4]H(PO4)3(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN:
Named from the Greek for "salmon" for the pale pink color.
Attapulgite * (see Palygorskite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Aubertite CuAl(SO4)2Cl·14(H2O)
Augelite Al2(PO4)(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "luster," for its
pearly luster on the cleavage.
Augite (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al,Ti)(Si,Al)2O6 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek
auge - "luster."
Aurichalcite (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Probably from the
Greek oreichalchos, "mountain copper."
Auricupride Cu3Au NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of Au and
Cu.
Aurivilliusite ! Hg+Hg++OI NAME ORIGIN: Named for Karin Aurivillius
(1920-1982), chemist-crystallographer at the University of Lund, Sweden, who
determined the crystal structure of numerous synthetic Hg compounds.
Auroantimonate * AuSbO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition
(AUROium ANTIMONATE).
Aurorite (Mn,Ag,Ca)Mn++++3O7·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Aurora mine, Treasure Hill, Hamilton, Nevada, USA.
Aurostibite AuSb2 NAME ORIGIN: In reference to its composition.
Austinite CaZn(AsO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: To honor Professor Austin Flint
Rogers (1877-1957), American mineralogist, Stanford University, Palo Alto,
California, USA.
Autunite Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: L'Ouche de Jau, St. Symphorien, and other places near
Autun, Saone-et-Loire, France.
Avanturine - feebly translucent chalcedony * (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena,
MinDAT, MinMax
Averievite ! Cu5(VO4)2O2·CuCl2 NAME ORIGIN: For V. V. Averiev

(1929-1968), Russian volcanologist.
Avicennite Tl2O3 NAME ORIGIN: For the medieval (Persian) scholar and
physician, Abu 'Ali al-Husayn ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Sina (Avicenna) (930-1037), who
lived in Bukhara, Tadzhikistan.
Avogadrite (K,Cs)BF4
Awaruite Ni2Fe to Ni3Fe NAME ORIGIN: For the locality near Awarua Bay,
New Zealand. LOCALITY: From the Red Hills and the Gorge River draining them,
near Awarua Bay, south Westland, New Zealand. At Coolac, New South Wales,
and in the Lord Brassey mine, Tasmania, Australia.
Axinite * (see Ferroaxinite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Axinite * (see Magnesio-axinite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Axinite * (see Manganaxinite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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Azoproite (Mg,Fe++)2(Fe+++,Ti,Mg)BO5
Azurite Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Persian lazhward,
meaning "blue.".
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Babefphite BaBe(PO4)(F,O) NAME ORIGIN: For Barium, Beryllium, Fluorine,

and Phosphorous in the composition.
Babingtonite Ca2(Fe++,Mn)Fe+++Si5O14(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
the Irish physicist and mineralogist, W. Babington (1757-1833).
Babkinite ! Pb2Bi2(S,Se)3 NAME ORIGIN: For P. V. Babkin (1929-1977), noted
Russian Geologist and the first investigator of the Nevskoye deposit.
Baddeleyite ZrO2 NAME ORIGIN: For Joseph Baddeley, who first called
attention to the Sri Lankan material.
Bafertisite Ba(Fe++,Mn)2TiSi2O7(O,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition (Ba, ferrous, Ti, Si).
Baghdadite Ca3(Zr,Ti)Si2O9 NAME ORIGIN: For Baghdad, the capital of Iraq.
Bagotite * (see Thomsonite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bahianite Al5Sb+++++3O14(OH)2
Baileychlore (Zn,Al,[ ])3[Fe++2Al][Si3AlO10](OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
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Sturges W. Bailey (1919-), mineralogist University of Wisconsin.

Baiyuneboite-(Ce) - Discredited * (see Cordylite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Bakerite Ca4B4(BO4)(SiO4)3(OH)3·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Richard C.

Baker, of Nutfield, Surrey, England, Mining Director of the Pacific Coast Borax
Co., who discovered the mineral.
Bakhchisaraitsevite ! Na2Mg5(PO4)4·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
crystallographer Alexander Yu. Bakhchisaraitsev (1947-1998).
Baking soda * (see Nahcolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Baksanite ! Bi6Te2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the discovery locality.
LOCALITY: Tyrngauz deposit, Baksan River valley, northern Caucasus, Russia.
Balangeroite (Mg,Fe+++,Fe++,Mn++)42Si16O54(OH)40 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Balangero (San Vittore) mine, Piedmont, Italy.
Balas ruby - Red * (see Spinel ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Balavinskite ? Sr2B6O11·4(H2O)
Balavinskite ? * (see Tunellite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Balipholite BaMg2LiAl3Si4O12(OH,F)8
Balkanite Cu9Ag5HgS8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Sedmochislenitsi mine, Vratsa district, Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria.
Balyakinite CuTeO3
Bambollaite Cu(Se,Te)2 NAME ORIGIN: For the Spanish nickname "La
Bambolla" of the mine in which it occurs, which roughly translates into "hot air" in
allusion to exaggerated tales of rich gold ore.
Bamfordite ! Fe+++Mo2O6(OH)3·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: After its locality.
LOCALITY: Found at the Bamford Hill W-Mo-Bi deposits, 85 km WSW of Cairns,
northern Queensland, Australia,
Banalsite BaNa2Al4Si4O16 NAME ORIGIN: Named from a contraction of the
component cation symbols: Ba, Na,Al, and Si.
Bandylite CuB(OH)4Cl
Bannermanite (Na,K)0.7V+++++6O15 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Harold M.
Bannerman (1897-1976), U. S. Economic Geologist.
Bannisterite KCa(Mn,Fe++,Zn,Mg)21(Si,Al)32O76(OH)16·4-12(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Dr. Frederick Allen Bannister (1901-?), formerly Keeper of
Minerals, British Museum (Natural History), London, England.
Bannisterite-Ba * (see Bariumbannisterite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Baotite Ba4(Ti,Nb)8Si4O28Cl NAME ORIGIN: For the locality. LOCALITY:
From the Baiyun-Obo mine near Pat-t'ou (Baotou in Russian), Inner Mongolia..
Bararite (NH4)2SiF6
Baratovite KCa7(Ti,Zr)2Li3Si12O36F2 NAME ORIGIN: For Rauf Baratovich
Baratov, Soviet petrographer, of Tadzhikistan.
Barberiite (NH4)BF4
Barbertonite Mg6Cr2(CO3)(OH)16·4(H2O)
Barbosalite Fe++Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Aluxio
Licinio de Miranda Barbosa (1916- ), Professor of Geology, School of Mines, Ouro
Preto, Brazil.
Barentsite Na7AlH2(CO3)4F4 NAME ORIGIN: Named to honor Dutch sailor
Willem Barents and the sea that washes the Kola Peninsula.
Bari-olgite * (see Bario-olgite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bariandite Al0.6V8O20·9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Bariand
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(1933-), French mineralogist.

Baricite (Mg,Fe++)3(PO4)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Honors Dr. Ljudevit Baric,
former Director if the Mineralogical Museum and Professor of Mineralogy,
University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Bario-olgite ! Na(Ba,Sr,Na,REE)PO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition and relationship to olgite.
Bario-orthojoaquinite Fe++2(Ba,Sr)4Ti2[Si4O12]O2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after its composition, orthorhombic crystal structure, and the relationship
to joaquinite (named for Joaquin Ridge, Diablo Range, California, USA).
Bariolgite * (see Bario-olgite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bariomicrolite Ba(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH)7 NAME ORIGIN: Assigned by the IMA
pyrochlore nomenclature group for the predominant barium content and to
microlite.
Bariopyrochlore (Ba,Sr)(Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)7 NAME ORIGIN: Assigned by the
IMA pyrochlore nomenclature group for the predominant barium content and to
pyrochlore.
Bariosincosite ! Ba(V++++O)2(PO4)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
relationship to sincosite.
Barite BaSO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, baryos, "heavy."
Barium-alumopharmacosiderite ? BaAl4(AsO4)3(OH)5·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named in 1966 as the aluminum end member with barium pharmcosiderite.
Barium-pharmacosiderite BaFe+++4(AsO4)3(OH)5·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named as the barium analog of pharmacosiderite.
Barium-zinc-alumopharmacosiderite *
(Ba,K)0.5(Zn,Cu)0.5(Al,Fe)4(AsO4)3·5(H2O)
Bariumbannisterite * (K,H3O)(Ba,Ca)
(Mn++,Fe++,Mg)21(Si,Al)32O80(O,OH)16·4-12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the
barium analog of bannisterite.
Bariumbrewsterite * (see Brewsterite-Ba ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Barkevicite * (see Ferrohornblende ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Barnesite Na2V6O16·3(H2O)
Barquillite ! Cu2CdGeS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Barquilla, a village
near the discovery locality. LOCALITY: Fuentes Villanas mine, Barquilla Sn-Ge-
Cd-Cu-Fe vein-type deposit, southwestern Salamanca, Spain.
Barrandite * (see Strengite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Barrandite * (see Variscite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Barrerite (Na,K,Ca)2Al2Si7O18·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Richard Maling
Barrer (1910- ), New Zealand-born British teacher ad student of the chemistry of
zeolites.
Barringerite (Fe,Ni)2P NAME ORIGIN: Names in 1969 for Daniel M. Barringer
(1860-1929), U.S. Mining engineer, who established the meteoritic origin of
Meteor Crater, Arizona.
Barringtonite MgCO3·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: After its locality. LOCALITY:
Barrington Tops, NSW, Australia.
Barroisite [ ](CaNa)Mg3AlFe+++Si7AlO22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: N.D.
Barsanovite - Discredited 1969 * (see Georgbarsanovite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Barstowite Pb4(CO3)Cl6·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard William

Barstow (1947-1982), Cornish mineral dealer.
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Bartelkeite PbFe++Ge3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wolfgang Bartelke,

mineral collector and specialist in Tsumeb mineral.
Bartonite K3Fe10S14 NAME ORIGIN: For Paul B. Barton, Jr., sulfide
petrologist with the U.S. Geological Society.
Barylite BaBe2Si2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "heavy", in
allusion to its high specific gravity.
Barysilite Pb8Mn(Si2O7)3
Barytes * (see Barite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Barytkreuzstein * (see Harmotome ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Barytocalcite BaCa(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named from its chemical
composition.
Barytolamprophyllite Ba2Na3(Fe+++,Ti)3(Si2O7)2(O,OH,F)4 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the composition and similarity to lamprophyllite.
Basaluminite Al4(SO4)(OH)10·5(H2O)
Bassanite 2CaSO4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Francesco Basani
(185301916). Italian paleontologist, University of Naples, Italy.
Bassetite Fe++(UO2)2(PO4)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the Basset mine
group, Cornwall, England, from which it was first described.
Bastnasite-(Ce) Ce(CO3)F NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan district, Vastermanland, Sweden.
Bastnasite-(La) La(CO3)F NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality Bastnas
Mine, Riddarhyttan, Vastmanland, Sweden. LOCALITY: Gallinas Mountains, New
Mexico, USA.
Bastnasite-(Y) Y(CO3)F NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Y end member and
after the Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan, Vastmanland, Sweden.
Batiferrite ! Ba(Ti2Fe+++8Fe++2)O19 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
chemical composition (Ba,Ti,Fe) and the structural relationships to
hexaferrite-type compounds.
Batisite BaNaNaTi2O2[Si4O12] NAME ORIGIN: For Ba, Ti, Si in the
composition.
Baumhauerite Pb3As4S9 NAME ORIGIN: For Heinrich Adolph Baumhauer
(1848-1926), German mineralogist and Professor, University of Fribourg,
Switzerland.
Baumhauerite-2a ! Pb3As4S9 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the monoclinic
polymorph of baumhauerite.
Baumstarkite ! Ag3(Sb,As)2SbS6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Manfred
Baumstark(1954-), German mineralogist who first recognized the mineral.
Bauranoite BaU2O7·4-5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition
of (Ba)(Urano)ite.
Bavenite Ca4Be2Al2Si9O26(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Baveno, Lago Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy.
Bayankhanite * Cu6HgS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality.
LOCALITY: Idermeg-bayan-khan-ula, Mongolia.
Bayerite Al(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: The artificial compound is thought to have
been named for the 19th-century German metallurgist Karl J. Bayer; the name
was then applied to the natural mineral.
Bayldonite (Cu,Zn)3Pb(AsO3OH)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after John
Bayldon of England.
Bayleyite Mg2(UO2)(CO3)3·18(H2O)
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Baylissite K2Mg(CO3)2·4(H2O)
Bazhenovite CaS5·CaS2O3·6Ca(OH)2·20(H2O)
Bazirite BaZrSi3O9 NAME ORIGIN: For Barium and ZIRconium in the
composition.
Bazzite Be3(Sc,Al)2Si6O18 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Italian
engineer, A. E. Bazzi.
Bearsite Be2(AsO4)(OH)·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition
(Be, Arsenic).
Bearthite Ca2Al(PO4)2(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Honors Professor Peter Bearth
(1902-1989), for his pioneering petrologic studies of the high-pressure terranes of
the western Alps.
Beaumontite * (see Heulandite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Beaumontite * (see Heulandite-K ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Beaumontite * (see Heulandite-Na ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Beaumontite * (see Heulandite-Sr ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Beaverite PbCu++(Fe+++,Al)2(SO4)2(OH)6
Bechererite ! (Zn,Cu)6Zn2(OH)13[(S,Si)(O,OH)4]2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
after Dr. Karl Becherer (1926-) of the University of Vienna, in recognition of his
contributions to the mineralogy of Spangolite from Lavrion.
Beckelite * (see Britholite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Becquerelite Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For French
physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852-1908), who discovered radioactivity in
1896.
Bederite ! ([
],Na)Ca2(Mn++,Mg,Fe++)2(Fe+++,Mg++,Al)2Mn++2(PO4)6·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
For Roberto Beder (1888-1930) in recognition of his major contributions to the
development of mineralogy in Argentina.
Beegerite * (see Aschamalmite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Behierite (Ta,Nb)BO4
Behoite Be(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: For Beryllium, Be, and hydroxyl, OH, in its
composition.
Beidellite Na0.5Al2(Si3.5Al0.5)O10(OH)2·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after its locality. LOCALITY: Beidell, Colorado, USA..
Belendorffite Cu7Hg6 NAME ORIGIN: Names in 1992 for Klaus Belendorff
(b.1956), German mineral collector.
Belkovite ! Ba3(Nb,Ti)6(Si2O7)2O12 NAME ORIGIN: For I.V. Bel'kov
(1917-1989), Soviet mineralogist who explored the Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Bell metal ore * (see Stannite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bellbergite (K,Ba,Sr)2Sr2Ca2(Ca,Na)4Al18Si18O72·30(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Bellberg volcano, Mayen, Laacher See area,
Eifel, Germany.
Bellidoite Cu2Se NAME ORIGIN: For Eleodoro Bellido Bravo, Director of
Servicio de Geologia y Mineria, Peru.
Bellingerite Cu++3(IO3)6·2(H2O)
Belloite ! Cu(OH)Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for Andres Bello (1780-1865),
founder and first rector of the Universidad de Chile.
Belovite * (see Belovite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Belovite-(Ce) (Sr,Ce,Na,Ca)5(PO4)3(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Nikolai Vassilievich Belov (1891-1982), mineralogist and crystallographer, Institute
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of Crystallography, Moscow, Russia.

Belovite-(La) ! (Sr,La,Ce,Ca)5(PO4)3(F,OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Nikolai Vassilievich Belov (1891-1982), mineralogist and crystallographer, Institute
of Crystallography, Moscow, Russia.
Belyankinite Ca1-2(Ti,Zr,Nb)5O12·9(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Dmitry Stepanovich Belyankin (1876-1953), prominent Russian mineralogist and
petrographer.
Bementite Mn8Si6O15(OH)10 NAME ORIGIN: For Clarence Sweet Bement
(1843-1923), mineral collector of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Benauite ! HSrFe+++3(PO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: For the Benauer Berg,
Germany, near which the Clara mine is situated.
Benavidesite Pb4(Mn,Fe)Sb6S14 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. Benavides to
honor his contributions in the development of mining in Peru.
Benitoite BaTiSi3O9 NAME ORIGIN: Named from its locality. LOCALITY:
Benitoite Gem mine, head waters of the San Benito river, 1 mile south of Santa
Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
Benjaminite (Ag,Cu)3(Bi,Pb)7S12 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Marcus Benjamin
(1857-1932), of the U.S. National Museum.
Benleonardite Ag8(Sb,As)Te2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Benjamin F.
Leonard (1921-), U.S. Geologist.
Benstonite (Ba,Sr)6(Ca,Mn)6Mg(CO3)13
Bentonite * (see Beidellite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bentonite * (see Montmorillonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bentorite Ca6(Cr,Al)2(SO4)3(OH)12·26(H2O)
Benyacarite (H2O,K)2Ti(Mn++,Fe++)2(Fe+++,Ti)2Ti(PO4)4(O,F)2·14(H2O)
NAME ORIGIN: For Maria Angelica R. de Benyacar (1928-), Comision Nacional de
Energia Atomica, Buenos Ares, Argentina, for her contribution to mineralogical
studies.
Beraunite Fe++Fe+++5(PO4)4(OH)5·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For its
occurrence near Beroun (formerly Beraun), Czech Republic.
Berborite Be2(BO3)(OH,F)·(H2O)
Berdesinskiite V+++2TiO5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Waldemar Berdesinski
(1911-1990), German mineralogist, University of Heidelberg.
Berezanskite ! KLi3Ti2Si12O30 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Anatolyi
Vladimirovich Berezanskii (b. 1948), who mapped the geology of remote areas
of the Turkestan-Alai range, in Tajikistan.
Bergenite Ca2Ba4[(UO3)2O2(PO4)2]3 (H2O)16 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for the locality. LOCALITY: Mine dump at Streuberg, Bergen, Saxony, Germany.
Bergmannite * (see Natrolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bergslagite CaBe(AsO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: For the occurrence at
Langban, which is in the Bergslagen region of Sweden.
Berlinite AlPO4 NAME ORIGIN: Honoring Professor Nils Johan Berlin
(1812-1891), pharmacologist, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden.
Bermanite Mn++Mn+++2(PO4)2(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: In honor of
Dr. Harry Berman (1902-1944), Professor of Mineralogy, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Bernalite Fe(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: To honor John Desmond Bernal
(1901-1971), eminent British crystallographer and historian of science.
Bernardite Tl(As,Sb)5S8 NAME ORIGIN: Names in 1989 for Jan Bernard
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(b.1928), Czech mineralogist.

Berndtite SnS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Fritz Berndt, German
mineralogist.
Bernstein * (see Amber ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Berryite Pb3(Ag,Cu)5Bi7S16 NAME ORIGIN: For Professor Leonard
Gascoigne Berry (1914-1982), mineralogist, Queen's University, Toronto, Canada,
who obtained the first X-ray powder pattern of the mineral.
Berthierine (Fe++,Fe+++,Al,Mg)2-3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Pierre Berthier (1782-1861), French geologist.
Berthierite FeSb2S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French chemist, P.
Berthier (1782-1861).
Bertossaite Li2CaAl4(PO4)4(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Antonio
Bertossa, director of the Geological Survey of Rwanda.
Bertrandite Be4Si2O7(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French
mineralogist, E. Bertrand.
Beryl Be3Al2Si6O18 NAME ORIGIN: From the ancient Greek, beryllos,
signifying a "precious blue-green color of sea water" stone, but through later
usage, applied only to beryl.
Beryllite Be3SiO4(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in allusion to the
beryllium content.
Beryllonite NaBePO4 NAME ORIGIN: For one of the major constituents in
the composition, BERYLLium.
Berzelianite Cu2Se NAME ORIGIN: Named after Jons Jacob Berzelius
(1779-1848), Swedish chemist who discovered the element selenium.
Berzeliite (Ca,Na)3(Mg,Mn)2(AsO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: In honor of the
noted Swedish chemist and mineralogist, Jons Jacob Berzelius (1779-1848).
Beta-duftite * (see Duftite-beta ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Beta-roselite * (see Roselite-beta ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Beta-uranophane * (see Uranophane-beta ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Beta-uranotile * (see Uranophane-beta ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Betafite (Ca,U)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Betafo, Malagasy Republic.
Betekhtinite Cu10(Fe,Pb)S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Anatolii Gergievich
Betekhtin (1897-119620, Russian mineralogist and economic geologist.
Betpakdalite
[Mg(H2O)6]Ca2(H2O)13[Mo++++++8As+++++2Fe+++3O36(OH)]·4(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Bet-Pak-Dal desert, Kazakhstan.
Beudantite PbFe+++3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
French mineralogist, F. S. Beudant (1787-1850).
Beusite (Mn++,Fe++,Ca,Mg)3(PO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alexey
Alexandrovich Beus, Professor of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Moscow
Polytechnical Institute.
Beyerite (Ca,Pb)Bi2(CO3)2O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. Beyer.
Bezsmertnovite Au4Cu(Te,Pb) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Marianna S.
Bezsmertnaya (1915-1991) and Valdimir V. Bezsmertny (1912-), Russian geologists.
Bianchite (Zn,Fe++)(SO4)·6(H2O)
Bicchulite Ca2Al2SiO6(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: For Bicchu, the town
encompassing the Japanese type locality. LOCALITY: From Fuka, near Bicchu,
Okayama Prefecture, and in the Akagane mine, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
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Bideauxite Pb2AgCl3(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: For Richard August Bideaux

(1935-2004), of Oro Valley, Arizona, USA, American mineralogist, author, and
mineral collector.
Bieberite CoSO4·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its original locality.
LOCALITY: Bieber, Hessen, Germany.
Biehlite ! (Sb,As)2MoO6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Friedrich Karl Bielh
(1887-?), who was the first to do scientific work on the mineralization of the
Tsumeb deposit.
Bigcreekite ! BaSi2O5·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Esquire no. 7 claim, along Big Creek, Fresno County, California, USA.
Bijvoetite-(Y) (Y,REE)8(H2O)25(UO2)16O8(OH)8(CO3)16·14(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named to honor Dutch crystallographer, Johannes Martin Bijvoet
(1892-1980).
Bikitaite Li2[Al2Si4O12]·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the locality. LOCALITY:
From Bikita, Zimbabwe. In the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North
Carolina, USA.
Bilibinskite Au3Cu2PbTe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yuri A. Bilibin
(1902-1952), Russian geologist.
Bilinite Fe++Fe+++2(SO4)4·22(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Schwaz, near Bilin, Bohemia, Czech Republic.
Billietite Ba(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Valere Louis Billiet
(1903-1944), Belgian crystallographer, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
Billingsleyite Ag7AsS6 NAME ORIGIN: For Paul Billingsley (1887-1962), mining
geologist, who discovered the North Lily mine, and collected the type material.
Bindheimite Pb2Sb2O6(O,OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German
chemist, J. J. Bindheim (1750-1825).
Binnite * (see Tennantite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Binnite (Ba) * (see Muscovite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Biotite * K(Mg,Fe++)3[AlSi3O10(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1847
after the French physicist, Jean Baptiste Biot (1774 - 1862), who studied the
optical properties of the micas.
Biotitic vermiculite * (see Hydrobiotite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Biphosphammite (NH4,K)H2PO4 NAME ORIGIN: As a BIPHOSPHate of
AMMonium.
Biraite-(Ce) ! Ce2Fe++[Si2O7](CO3) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN)
Biringuccite Na2B5O8(OH)·(H2O)
Birnessite (Na,Ca,K)x(Mn++++,Mn+++)2O4·1.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Birness, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Bisbeeite * (see Chrysocolla ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bisbeeite * (see Plancheite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bischofite MgCl2·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Karl Gustav Bischo
(1792-1870), German geologist and mineral chemist, University of Bonn, Bonn,
Germany.
Bismite Bi2O3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of Bi.
Bismoclite BiOCl NAME ORIGIN: In allusion to its composition, a "bismuth
oxychloride."
Bismuth Bi NAME ORIGIN: Probably from the Arabic bi ismid, meaning
having the properties of antimony.
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Bismuth Glance * (see Bismuthinite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bismuthian Arsenopyrite * (see Arsenopyrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bismuthinite Bi2S3 NAME ORIGIN: From the composition.
Bismutite Bi2(CO3)O2
Bismutocolumbite Bi(Nb,Ta)O4 NAME ORIGIN: For BISMuth in its
composition and relation to minerals of the "columbite-tantalite" series.
Bismutoferrite BiFe+++2(SiO4)2(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named in allusion to
the composition.
Bismutohauchecornite Ni9Bi2S8 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Bi analog of
hauchecornite.
Bismutomicrolite (Bi,Ca)(Ta,Nb)2O6(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Assigned by the
IMA pyrochlore nomenclature group for the predominant bismuth content and
to microlite.
Bismutoplagionite * 5PbS.4Bi2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after bismuth
replacing arsenic in the mineral plagionite.
Bismutopyrochlore ! (Bi,U,Ca,Pb)1+x(Nb,Ta)2O6(OH)·n(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for its composition and relationship to pyrochlore.
Bismutosparite * (see Bismutite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bismutostibiconite Bi(Sb+++++,Fe+++)2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
bismuth content and relationship to stibiconite.
Bismutotantalite Bi(Ta,Nb)O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition
(Bi, Ta).
Bitter Salt * (see Epsomite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bitter Salt * (see Hexahydrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bitter spar * (see Magnesite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bityite CaLiAl2(AlBeSi2)O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Maharitra on Mt. Bity, Madagascar.
Bixbyite (Mn+++,Fe+++)2O3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the American
mineralogist, M. Bixby.
Bjarebyite (Ba,Sr)(Mn++,Fe++,Mg)2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Alfred Gunnar Bjareby (1899-1967), Swedish-American student of New England
pegmatite minerals.
Bjelkite * (see Cosalite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Black Copper Oxide * (see Tenorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Black Jack * (see Sphalerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Black Lead * (see Graphite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Blakeite * Fe2(TeO3)3
Blanchardite * (see Brochantite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Blatonite ! UO2CO3·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Norbert Blaton (1945-),
crystallographer at the University of Leuven, Belgium, a specialist on the crystal
structure of uranium minerals.
Blatterite (Mn++,Mg)35Sb3(Mn+++,Fe+++)9(BO3)16O32 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Fritz Blatter (1943-), German mineral collector, who discovered the
mineral.
Bleasdaleite ! (Ca,Fe+++)2Cu5(Bi,Cu)(PO4 )4(H2O,OH,Cl)13 NAME ORIGIN:
For the Reverend John Ignatius Bleasdale (1822-1884), an enthusiastic proponent
of minerals from Victoria.
Blixite Pb2Cl(O,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ragner Blix (1898-),
Chemist, Swedish Museum of Natural History.
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Blockite * (see Penroseite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Blodite Na2Mg(SO4)2·4(H2O)
Bloedite * (see Blodite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Blomstrandite * (see Betafite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Blossite Cu2V+++++2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for F. Donald Bloss,
American mineralogist, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia.
Blue Iron Earth * (see Vivianite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Blue Lead * (see Galena ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Blue spar * (see Lazulite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Blue Vitrol * (see Chalcanthite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Boart * (see Diamond ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bobfergusonite Na2Mn++5Fe+++Al(PO4)6 NAME ORIGIN: To honor
Emeritus Professor Robert Bury Ferguson (1920- ), Canadian mineralogist,
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, especially for his contributions to
pegmatite mineralogy.
Bobierrite Mg3(PO4)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: In honor of Pierre Adolphe
Bobierre (1823-1881), French agricultural chemist, who first described the mineral.
Bobjonesite ! VO(SO4)(H2O)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Bob Jones (1926-),
of Cave Creek, Arizona, USA.
Bobkingite ! Cu5Cl2(OH)8(H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert King,
formerly of the Department of Geology, Leicester University, prominent mineral
collector and founding member of the Russell Society.
Bobrovskite * (see Awaruite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bobtraillite ! Na15Sr12Zr14Si42B6O138(OH)6·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Robert (Bob) James Traill (1921-), mineralogist, former head of the mineralogy
section of the Geological Survey of Canada (1953-1986), and for hisc ontributions
to mineralogy.
Boeggildite * (see Boggildite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Boehmite AlO(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German geologist
and paleontologist, J. Bohm (1857-1938).
Boehmite * (see Boehmite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bogdanovite (Au,Te,Pb)3(Cu,Fe) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Aleksei A.
Bogdanov (1907-1971), Russian geologist.
Boggildite Sr2Na2Al2(PO4)F9
Boggsite NaCa2(Al5Si19O48)·17(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: After Robert Maxwell
Boggs (1918- ), of Seattle, Washington, USA, and his son, Dr. Russell Calvin Boggs
(1952- ), of Cheney, Washington, USA, mineral collectors.
Bogvadite Na2SrBa2Al4F20 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard Bogvad
(1952-), Danish, former chief geologist of the cryolite mining company.
Bohdanowiczite AgBiSe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Karol Bohdanovicz
(1864-1947), Polish economic geologist.
Bokite (Al,Fe+++)1.3(V++++,Fe)8O20·4.7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Ivan I. Bok, (1898-), Kazakh mineralogist.
Boldyrevite * NaCaMgAl3F14·4(H2O)
Boleite KPb26Ag9Cu24Cl62(OH)48 NAME ORIGIN: Named after is
locality. LOCALITY: Boleo, Baja California, Mexico.
Bolivarite Al2(PO4)(OH)3·4-5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ignacio
Boivar Y Urrutia (1850-?), Spanish entomologist.
Bolivarite * (see Variscite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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Boltwoodite HK(UO2)(SiO4)·1.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Bertram Borden

Boltwood (1870-1927), radiochemist of Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut,
USA, who devised the U-Pb method of measuring geologic time.
Bonaccordite Ni2Fe+++BO5
Bonattite CuSO4·3(H2O)
Bonshtedtite Na3Fe++(PO4)(CO3) NAME ORIGIN: To honor Elsa
Maksimilianovna Bonshtedt-Kupletskaya (1897-1974), Russian specialist in
mineralogy of alkalic massifs.
Booart * (see Diamond ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Boothite CuSO4·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edward Booth
(1857-1917), American chemist, University of California.
Boracite Mg3B7O13Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition
containing boron.
Boralsilite ! Al16B6Si2O27 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of
(bo)ron, (al)uminum, and (sil)icon.
Borax Na2B4O5(OH)4·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Arabic buraq, for
"white."
Borcarite Ca4MgB4O6(OH)6(CO3)2
Boric Acid * (see Sassolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Borickite - 42.6.6.2 * (see Delvauxite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Borishanskiite Pd1+x(As,Pb)2, x = 0-0.2 NAME ORIGIN: For S.S. Borishanski,
Soviet mineralogist.
Bornemanite BaNa3{(Na,Ti)4[(Ti,Nb)2O2Si4O14](F,OH)2}·PO4 NAME
ORIGIN: Named or Irina Dimitrievna Borneman-Starynkevich (1890-), Russian
mineralogist, Institute of Ore Deposits, Moscow. She was a student of the
mineralogy of the Khibiny and Lovozero massifs.
Bornhardtite Co++Co+++2Se4 NAME ORIGIN: After Dr. Wilhelm Bornhardt
(1864-?), German student of ore deposits.
Bornite Cu5FeS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Austrian mineralogist, I.
von Born (1742-1791).
Borocookeite ! Li(1+3x)Al(4-x)(BSi3)O10(OH,F)8 [x = 0-0.33] NAME ORIGIN:
Named as the boron-rich analog of cookeite.
Borodaevite Ag5(Bi,Sb)9S16 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1992 for its similarity to
pavonite.
Boromuscovite KAl2(Si3B)O10(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Presumably for the
BOROn content and relation to "muscovite."
Borovskite Pd3SbTe4 NAME ORIGIN: For Igor Borisovich Borovskii, Russian
pioneer in microprobe analysis.
Bostwickite CaMn+++6Si3O16·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard C.
Bostwick (1943-), collector and compiler of data on Franklin and Sterling Hill, NJ
mineralogy, particularly fluorescent species.
Botallackite Cu2Cl(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: For the occurrence in the
Botallack mine, Cornwall, England.
Botryogen MgFe+++(SO4)2(OH)·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek,
botrys, meaning "grape' and genos, meaning "to yield."
Bottinoite NiSb+++++2(OH)12·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For its occurrence in
the Bottino mine, Italy.
Boulangerite Pb5Sb4S11 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French mining
engineer, C. L. Boulanger (1810-1849). Later name from an occurrence near
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Mullan, Idaho.
Bournonite PbCuSbS3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French
mineralogist, J. L. de Bournon (1751-1825).
Boussingaultite (NH4)2Mg(SO4)2·6(H2O)
Bowenite * (see Antigorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bowieite (Rh,Ir,Pt)1.77S3 NAME ORIGIN: For the British scientist, Dr. Stanley
Hay Umphray Bowie, of the Institure of Geological Sciences, London, England.
Bowmanite * (see Goyazite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Boyleite (Zn,Mg)SO4·4(H2O)
Brabantite CaTh(PO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: For the Brabant Farm, Namibia,
location of the pegmatite where the mineral was first found.
Bracewellite Cr+++O(OH) NAME ORIGIN: For its occurrence in the Bottino
mine, Italy.
Brackebuschite Pb2(Mn,Fe++)(VO4)2(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Ludwig Brackebusch (1849-1906), Professor of Mineralogy, University of Cordoba,
Cordove, Argentina.
Bradaczekite ! NaCu4(AsO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hans Bradaczek
(1940-), crystallographer of the Free University of Berlin.
Bradleyite Na3Mg(PO4)(CO3)
Braggite (Pt,Pd,Ni)S NAME ORIGIN: To honor Sir William Henry Bragg
(1862-1942) and Professor William Lawrence Bragg (1890-1971), pioneers in the
X-ray investigations of crystals, as this is the first new mineral to be dis
Braitschite-(Ce) (Ca,Na2)7(Ce,La)2B22O43·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Otto Braitsch (1921-1966), German mineralogist.
Brammallite * (Na,H3O)(Al,Mg,Fe)2(Si,Al)4O10[(OH)2,(H2O)] NAME ORIGIN:
Named in 1943 for Alfred Brammall (1879-?), British gologist and mineralogist.
Brandesite * (see Clintonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Brandholzite ! Mg[Sb(OH)6]2·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
locality. LOCALITY: Schmidten-Schacht and Jakobi-Schacht (pits) of the master
lode in the former Brandholz-Groldkronach mining district in the western part of
the Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, Germany.
Brandtite Ca2(Mn,Mg)(AsO4)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Georg
Brandt (1694-1768), Swedish chemist.
Brannerite (U,Ca,Ce)(Ti,Fe)2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
American geologist, G. Branner (1850-1922).
Brannockite KSn2Li3Si12O30 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dr. Kent C.
Brannock, Chemist, Kingsport, TN.
Brass * Cu3Zn2
Brassite Mg(AsO3OH)·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Honoring Rejane Brasse, who
first synthesized the compound.
Braunite-I Mn++Mn+++6SiO12 NAME ORIGIN: Named after K. Braun
(1790-1872) from Gotha, Germany.
Braunite-II * Mn++Mn+++6SiO12 NAME ORIGIN: Named after K. Braun
(1790-1872) from Gotha, Germany.
Bravoite ? (Fe,Ni,Co)S2 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1907 after the Peruvian
scientist, J. J. Bravo (1874-1928).
Bravoite-Ni * (see Pyrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Brazilianite NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its first
discovery in Brazil.
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Bredigite Ca7Mg(SiO4)4 NAME ORIGIN: For Max Albrecht Bredig (1902- ),

physical chemist, who studied the polymorphism of Ca2SiO4.
Breislakite - fiberous * (see Ilvaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Breithauptite NiSb NAME ORIGIN: After the Saxon mineralogist Johann
Friedrich August Breithaupt (1791-1873).
Brendelite ! (Bi,Pb)2Fe(PO4)(O,OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Christain
Friedrick Brendel (1776-1861), in recognition of his development and application
of mechanized mining technology.
Brenkite Ca2(CO3)F2
Brewsterite * (see Brewsterite-Sr ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Brewsterite-Ba ! (Ba,Sr)Al2Si6O16·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the
barium analogue of brewterite-Sr (formerly bariumbrewsterite).
Brewsterite-Sr (Sr,Ba)Al4Si12O32·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
David Brewster (1781-1868), Scottish physicist, who studied the optical properties
of minerals and the element Strontium.
Brezinaite Cr3S4 NAME ORIGIN: For Aristides Brezina (1848-1909), past
Director of the Mineralogy-Petrology Section of the Natural History Museum,
Vienna, Austria.
Brianite Na2CaMg(PO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: In honor of Dr. Brian Harold Mason
(1917- ), U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., USA, for his contributions to the
study of meteorites.
Brianroulstonite ! Ca3[B5O6(OH)6](OH)Cl2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Brian V.
Roulston (1948-), in recognition of his work on the geology of evaporite deposits.
Brianyoungite Zn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4
Briartite Cu2(Zn,Fe)GeS4 NAME ORIGIN: For Gaston Briart, who studied the
Kipushi deposit.
Brindleyite (Ni,Mg,Fe++)2Al(SiAl)O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Name for Dr.
George William Brindley (1905-1983), Professor of Mineral Sciences, Pennsylvania
State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
Brinrobertsite ! (Na,K,Ca)x(Al,Fe,Mg)4(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·3.54(H2O) [x = 0.35, n
= 3.54] NAME ORIGIN: Named for Brin Roberts, specialist for British clay minerals in
the University of London.
Britholite-(Ce) (Ce,Ca,Th,La,Nd)5(SiO4,PO4)3(OH,F) NAME ORIGIN: From
the Greek for weight, in allusion to its density and the content of Ce.
Britholite-(Y) (Y,Ca)5(SiO4,PO4)3(OH,F) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for
weight, in allusion to its density and the content of Y
Brittle Silver Ore * (see Stephanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Brizziite-III NaSb+++++O3 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Giancarlo Brizzi (1936-1992)
who discovered the mineral.
Brizziite-VII NaSb+++++O3 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Giancarlo Brizzi (1936-1992)
Brochantite Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French
geologist and mineralogist, A. J. M. Brochant de Villiers (1772-1840).
Brockite (Ca,Th,Ce)(PO4)·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: To honor Maurice R.
Brock, U.S. Geological Survey, who supplied the first specimen.
Brodtkorbite ! Cu2HgSe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Milka Kronegold de
Brodtkorb (1932-), Professor at the University of Buenos Aries and La Plata,
Argentina
Broggerite-(Th) * (see Uraninite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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Brokenhillite * (Mn,Fe)32[Si24O60]OH29Cl11 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the

locality. LOCALITY: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Brokenhillite * (see Manganpyrosmalite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bromargyrite AgBr NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of bromine
(Greek, bromos - "stench") and silver (Latin, argentum).
Bromellite BeO NAME ORIGIN: For Magnus von Bromell (1670-1731),
Swedish physician and mineralogist.
Bromyrite * (see Bromargyrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Brongniardite * (see Diaphorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bronzite * (see Hypersthene ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bronzite - bronze brown * (see Enstatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Brookite TiO2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English mineralogist,
Henry James Brucke (1771-1857), a London mineralogist and wool trader.
Brown manganese ore * (see Manganite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Brown Spar * (see Ankerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Brownmillerite Ca2(Al,Fe+++)2O5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lorrin Thomas
Brownmiller (1902-), Chef chemist of the Alpha Portland Cement Company,
Easton, Pennsylvania, USA.
Brucite Mg(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the American
mineralogist, A. Bruce (1777-1818).
Brueggenite * (see Bruggenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bruggenite Ca(IO3)2·(H2O)
Brugnatellite Mg6Fe+++(CO3)(OH)13·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
Luigi Brugnatelli (1859-1928), mineralogist, University of Pavia, Italy.
Brunogeierite (Ge++,Fe++)Fe+++2O4 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Bruno H. Geier
(1902- ), formerly Chief Mineralogist, Tsumeb Corporation, Tsumeb, Namibia.
Brunsvigite * (see Chamosite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Brushite CaHPO4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: To honor Professor George Jarvis
Brush (1831-1912), American mineralogist, Yale University, New Haven,
Connecticut, USA.
Buchwaldite NaCaPO4 NAME ORIGIN: To honor Dr. Vagn Fabius Buchwald
(1929- ), Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark, for his contributions
to the study of iron meteorites.
Buckhornite AuPb2BiTe2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality.
LOCALITY: Buckhorn mine, near Jamestown, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Buckminsterfullerene * (see Fullerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bucky Balls * (see Fullerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Buddingtonite (NH4)AlSi3O8·0.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur
Francis Buddington (1890-1980), American petrologist, Princeton University.
Buergerite ! NaFe+++3Al6(BO3)3Si6O21F NAME ORIGIN: To honor Professor
Martin Buerger (1903-1986), eminent crystallographer, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Buergerite - (61.3.1.5) * (see Buergerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Buetschliite * (see Butschliite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bukovite Tl2Cu3FeSe4 NAME ORIGIN: For its occurrence at Bukov,
Czechoslovakia.
Bukovskyite Fe+++2(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
the Czech chemist, Antonin Bukovsky (1865-1950).
Bulachite Al2(AsO4)(OH)3·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
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LOCALITY: Neubulach, northern Black Forest, Germany.

Bultfonteinite Ca2SiO2(OH,F)4 NAME ORIGIN: For the Bultfontein mine,
Kimberley, South Africa, where it was first discovered.
Bundle zeolite * (see Stilbite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bundle zeolite * (see Stilbite-Na ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bunsenite NiO NAME ORIGIN: For Professor Robert William Eberhard
Bunsen (1811-1899), German chemist of the University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg,
Germany, who had observed artificial NiO.
Burangaite (Na,Ca)2(Fe++,Mg)2Al10(PO4)8(OH,O)12·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Buranga pegmatite, near Gatumba, Rwanda.
Burbankite (Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5
Burckhardtite Pb2(Fe+++,Mn+++)Te++++(AlSi3O10)O2(OH)2·(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Carlos Burckhardt (1869-19350, Swiss geologist working in
Mexico.
Burkeite Na6(CO3)(SO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Edmund
Burke (1880-1966), chemical engineer, American Potash and Chemical Co., who
discovered the artificial salt.
Burnsite ! KCdCu7O2(SeO3)2Cl9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Peter C. Burns
(1966-), Canadian-born mineralogist and crystallographer.
Burpalite Na2CaZrSi2O7F2 NAME ORIGIN: For its occurrence in the Burpala
massif, Russia.
Bursaite Pb5Bi4S11 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality in Bursa Province, Turkey.
LOCALITY: From Uludag, Bursa Province, Turkey.
Burtite CaSn(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Donald McLain Burt (1943- ),
Professor of Mineralogy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA, authority
on mineral equilibria and greisen deposits, who had predicted the na
Buryatite ! Ca3(Si,Fe+++,Al)[SO4][B(OH)4](OH,O)6·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality LOCALITY: Solongo boron deposit, Buryatiya, Ural Mts,
Russia.
Bushmakinite ! Pb2Al(PO4)(VO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Anatolly F.
Bushmakin (1947-1999), in recognition of his work on the Berezovskoye deposit.
Bussenite ! Na2(Ba,Sr)2(Fe,Mn)TiSi2O7(CO3)(OH)3F NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Irina V. Bussen (1915-), Russian petrologist.
Bustamite (Mn,Ca)3Si3O9 NAME ORIGIN: For General Anastasio
Bustamente (1780-1853), of Mexico.
Butlerite Fe+++(SO4)(OH)·2(H2O)
Butschliite K2Ca(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Johann Adam Otto
Butschli (1848-1920), professor of zoology, Heidelberg, Germany, who studied the
double carbonates of K and Ca.
Buttgenbachite Cu19Cl4(NO3)2(OH)32·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Henri J. Buttgenback (1874-1964), Belgian mineralogist.
Byelorussite-(Ce) NaBa2(Ce,La)2Mn++Ti2Si8O26(F,OH)·(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: For the occurrence in Belarus (formerly Byelorussia, USSR), and the
"cerium" content.
Bykovaite ! BaNa{(Na,Ti)4[(Ti,Nb)2(OH,O)3Si4O14](OH,F)2}·3(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN)
Byssolite * (see Actinolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bystrite (Na,K)7Ca(Si6Al6)O24S4.5·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
locality. LOCALITY: In the Malaya Bystraya lazurite deposit, south of Lake Baikal,
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Siberia, Russia.
Bystroemite * (see Bystromite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bystromite MgSb2O6
Bytownite * (Ca,Na)(Si,Al)4O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: "Bytown," now Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Ca-Rectorite * (see Rectorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Cabalzarite ! Ca(Mg,Al,Fe++)2(AsO4)2(H2O,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: For Walter
Cabalzar (1919-), an amateur mineralogist of Chur, Switzerland, who contributed
to the mineralogy of the Graubunden canton.
Cabriite Pd2SnCu NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Louis J. Cabri, Canadian Institute
of Mining and Metallurgy, describer of a number of platinum group minerals.
Cacoxenite (Fe+++,Al)25(PO4)17O6(OH)12·75(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From
the Greek kakos, meaning "wrong" and xenos, meaning "guest.;"
Cadmium Cd NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "calamine," as the
element occurs in slags resulting from smelting smithsonite (formerly calamine)
ore.
Cadmium oxide * (see Monteponite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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Cadmoindite ! CdIn2S4 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and

Mineral Names (CNMMN)
Cadmoselite CdSe NAME ORIGIN: For the presence of cadmium and
selenium.
Cadwaladerite Al(OH)2Cl·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Charles Meigs Biddle
Cadwalader, formerly President of the Academy of Natural Sciences,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Cafarsite Ca8(Ti,Fe++,Fe+++,Mn)6-7(As+++O3)12·4(H2O)
Cafetite Ca(Fe,Al)2Ti4O12·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition (Ca, Fe, Ti).
Cahnite Ca2B(AsO4)(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: To honor Lazard Cahn
(1865-1940), mineral collector and dealer, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, who
first noted the species.
Caichengyunite * Fe++3Al2(SO4)6·30(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Cai
Chen Yung (1907-1982), Chinese geologist and teacher.
Calamine * (see Hemimorphite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calamine * (see Smithsonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calaverite AuTe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY:
Staislaus mine, Carson Hill, Calaveras Co. California.
Calciborite CaB2O4
Calcio-ancylite-(Ce) CaCe(CO3)2(OH)·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for the composition and from the Greek "curved," in allusion to the rounded and
Calcio-ancylite-(Nd) CaNd(CO3)2(OH)·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the composition and from the Greek "curved," in allusion to the rounded and
Calcio-andyrobertsite-1M ! KCaCu5(AsO4)4[As(OH)2O2]·2(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named after Andrew C. Roberts (1950-), mineralogist with the
Geological Survey of Canada.
Calcio-andyrobertsite-2O ! KCaCu5(AsO4)4[As(OH)2O2]·2(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named as the -2O polytype of calcio-andyrobertsite-1M
Calcioaravaipaite ! PbCa2Al(F,OH)9 NAME ORIGIN: For the relationship
with aravaipaite
Calciobetafite Ca2(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)7 NAME ORIGIN: For the mineral with
the betafite structure and the CALCIum content.
Calcioburbankite Na3(Ca,REE,Sr)3(CO3)5 NAME ORIGIN: For its
relationship as the calcium-dominant analog of burbankite.
Calciocarnotite * (see Tyuyamunite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calciocelsian * (see Armenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calciochondrodite * (see Reinhardbraunsite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calciocopiapite CaFe+++4(SO4)6(OH)2·19(H2O)
Calcioferrite Ca4Fe++(Fe+++,Al)4(PO4)6(OH)4·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for its composition.
Calciogadolinite * CaREE(Fe+++)Be2Si2O10 NAME ORIGIN: Named after is
composition and relationship to gadolinite.
Calciohilairite CaZrSi3O9·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the "calcium" content
and relation to "hilairite."
Calciotalc * (see Clintonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calciotantite Ca(Ta,Nb)4O11 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition
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(Calcium, Tantalum).
Calciouranoite (Ca,Ba,Pb)U2O7·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For CALCIum and
URANium in the composition.
Calciovolborthite * (see Tangeite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcite CaCO3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin, calx, meaning lime.
Calcium Formate * (see Formicaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcium larsenite * (see Esperite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcium Oxalate * (see Weddellite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcium Oxalate * (see Whewellite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcium Oxide * (see Lime ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcium rinkite * (see Gotzenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcium Sulfate * (see Anhydrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcium Tungstate * (see Scheelite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcium-catapleiite (Ca,[ ])ZrSi3O9·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition and from the Greek for "wholly' and "full", because it is always
accompanied by a number of rare minerals.
Calcjarlite Na(Ca,Sr)3Al3(F,OH)16 NAME ORIGIN: As a CALCium analog of
"jarlite."
Calclacite Ca[Cl2/CH3COO]·10(H2O)
Calcurmolite Ca(UO2)3(MoO4)3(OH)2·11(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for the composition.
Calcybeborosilite * (see Calcybeborosilite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcybeborosilite-(Y) * (REE,Ca)2[ ](B,Be)2(SiO4)2(OH,O)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named after it's composition of calcium, beryllium, boron and silicon.
Calderite (Mn++,Ca)3(Fe+++,Al)2(SiO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: For James
Calder, an early writer on the geology of India; name first applied to a rock, later
transferred to its predominant mineral.
Calderonite ! Pb2Fe+++(VO4)2(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Salvador
Caleron (1852-1911) in recognition of his important contribution to the
mineralogy of Spain.
Caledonite Pb5Cu2(CO3)(SO4)3(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after
Caledonia, the historical name of Scotland.
Calkinsite-(Ce) (Ce,La)2(CO3)3·4(H2O)
Callaghanite Cu2Mg2(CO3)(OH)6·2(H2O)
Callaite * (see Turquoise ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calomel Hg2Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, kalos - "beautiful" and
melas - "black."
Calumetite Cu(OH,Cl)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Centennial mine, Calumet, Houghton County. Michigan, USA.
Calzirtite CaZr3TiO9 NAME ORIGIN: For CALcium and ZIR conium in its
composition.
Camerolaite Cu4Al2[HSbO4,SO4](OH)10(CO3)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Michel Camerola, French mineral collector.
Cameronite AgCu7Te10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eugene N. Cameron
(1910-), U.S. Economic geologist.
Camgasite CaMg(AsO4)(OH)·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
composition (Ca, Mg, As).
Caminite Mg7(SO4)5(OH)4·(H2O)
Campigliaite Cu4Mn(SO4)2(OH)6·4(H2O)
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Campylite * (see Mimetite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Campylite * (see Pyromorphite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Camsellite * (see Szaibelyite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Canaphite CaNa2P2O7·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Calcium, sodium,
Natrium, and Phosphate in the composition.
Canasite (Na,K)6Ca5Si12O30(OH,F)4 NAME ORIGIN: For calcium, sodium,
natrium, and silicon in the chemical composition.
Canasite - triclinic * (see Frankamenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Canavesite Mg2(CO3)(HBO3)·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Vola Gera tunnel, Brosso iron mine, Canavese district,
Piedmont, Italy.
Canbyite * (see Hisingerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cancrinite Na6Ca2Al6Si6O24(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
Russian minister, E. F. Kankrin (1774-1845).
Cancrisilite Na7Al5Si7O24(C03)·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the relatively
high ration of silicon to aluminum, and its relation to "cancrinite."
Canfieldite Ag8SnS6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Frederick A. Canfield
(1849-1926), American mining engineer and mineral collector.
Cannilloite ! CaCa2Mg4Al(Si5Al3)O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Elio
Cannillo of Pavia, Italy.
Cannizzarite Pb4Bi6S13 NAME ORIGIN: For Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826-1910),
celebrated chemist, University of Rome, Italy.
Cannonite Bi2O(OH)2SO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for B.B. Cannon, who first
recognized the mineral.
Caoxite ! Ca(C2O4)·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the acronym of "Centennial
Anniversary Of X-rays" and also for Calcium Oxalate.
Capgaronnite HgAg(Cl,Br,I)S NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1992 for the locality.
Caporcianite * (see Laumontite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cappelenite-(Y) Ba(Y,Ce)6Si3B6O24F2 NAME ORIGIN: For D. Cappelen of
Holden, Norway, a collector who discovered the mineral, and its "yttrium"
content.
Caracolite Na3Pb2(SO4)3Cl
Caratiite * (see Piypite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Carboborite Ca2Mg(CO3)2B2(OH)8·4(H2O)
Carbocernaite (Ca,Na)(Sr,Ce,Ba)(CO3)2
Carboirite-III Fe++Al2GeO5(OH)2
Carboirite-VIII Fe++(Al,Ge)2 O[(Ge,Si)O4](OH)2
Carbokentbrooksite ! (Na,[ ])12(Na,Ce)3Ca6Mn3Zr3Nb(Si25O73)
(OH)3(CO3)·H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for it's relationship to kentbrooksite.
Carbonado * (see Diamond ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Carbonate vishnevite * (see Cancrisilite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Carbonate-cyanotrichite Cu++4Al2(CO3,SO4)(OH)12·2(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named after the composition and structural similarity to cyanotrichite,
Greek for "blue hair".
Carbonate-fluorapatite Ca5(PO4,CO3)3F NAME ORIGIN: Named as the
carbonate and fluorine end-member and from the Greek apatao - "I am
misleading."
Carbonate-hydroxylapatite Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named
as the carbonate and hydroxyl end-member and from the Greek apatao - "I am
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misleading."
Carborundum * (see Moissanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Caresite Fe++4Al2(OH)12CO3·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Steve
Cares (1909-) and Janet Cares (1921-) of Sudbury, MA, Canada, who found the
mineral.
Carletonite KNa4Ca4Si8O18(CO3)4(OH,F)·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada where it was first recognized.
Carlfriesite CaTe++++2Te++++++O8
Carlhintzeite Ca2AlF7·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carl Hintze
(1851-1916), German mineralogist, Professor of mineralogy at the University of
Breslau and compiler of the "Handbuch der mineralogie."
Carlinite Tl2S NAME ORIGIN: For the Carlin gold deposit, Nevada, USA.
Carlosite * (see Neptunite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Carlosruizite K6(Na,K)4Na6Mg10(Se++++++O4)12(IO3)12·12(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: For Carlos Ruiz F. (1916- ), who planned and directed the first national
geological institution of Chile.
Carlosturanite (Mg,Fe++,Ti,Mn)21(Si,Al)12O28(OH)34 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Prof. Carlo Sturani (1938-1976), University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
Carlsbergite CrN NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Carlsberg Foundation,
Copenhagen, Denmark, which supported recovery and cutting of the Agpalilik
meteorite.
Carmichaelite ! (Ti,Cr,Fe)[O2-x(OH)x],x~0.5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ian S.
E. Charmchael, Professor of Geology at the University of California, Berkeley, in
recognition
Carminite PbFe+++2(AsO4)2(OH)2
Carnallite KMgCl3·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German
mining engineer, R. von Carnall (1804-1874).
Carnelian - flesh red chalcedony * (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Carnotite K2(UO2)2V2O8·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
French chemist, M. A. Carnot (1839-1920).
Carobbiite KF
Carpathite * (see Karpatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Carpholite MnAl2Si2O6(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek karfos - "straw"
and lithos - "stone."
Carraraite ! Ca3Ge(OH)6(SO4)(CO3 )·12H2 O NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality. LOCALITY: Gioia quarry, Colonnata valley, Carrara basin region,
Apuan Alps, Italy.
Carrboydite (Ni,Cu)14Al9(SO4,CO3)6(OH)43·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for the locality. LOCALITY: Carr Boyd Rocks, WA, Australia.
Carrollite Cu(Co,Ni)2S4 NAME ORIGIN: For its occurrence in Carroll Co.,
Maryland, USA.
Caryinite (Na,Pb)(Ca,Na)(Ca,Mn++)(Mn++,Mg)2(AsO4)3 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the Greek for "nut-brown", its common color.
Caryopilite (Mn++,Mg,Zn,Fe++)3(Si,As)2O510(OH,Cl)4 NAME ORIGIN:
Named from the Greek for "nut" and "felt," in allusion to its brown color and felted
structure.
Cascandite Ca(Sc,Fe++)Si3O8(OH)
Cassedanneite Pb5(VO4)2(CrO4)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Jacques P. Cassedanne (1928-), Brazilian mineralogist.
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Cassidyite Ca2(Ni,Mg)(PO4)2·2(H2O)
Cassiterite SnO2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek kassiteros - "tin."
Castaingite-(Cu) * (see Molybdenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Castanite * (see Hohmannite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Caswellsilverite NaCrS2 NAME ORIGIN: To honor Dr. Caswell Silver, geologist
associated with the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Cat's Eye - chatoyant * (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Catalanoite ! Na2H(PO4)· 8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Luciano R.
Catalano (1890-1970), well-known Argentine economic geologist and pioneer in
the study of Andean salars in the Puna.
Catamarcaite ! Cu6GeWS8 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals
and Mineral Names (CNMMN)
Cataphorite * (see Ferrikatophorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Catapleiite (Na,Ca,[ ])2ZrSi3O9·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the
Greek for "wholly' and "full", because it is always accompanied by a number of
rare minerals.
Catapleiite-Ca * (see Calcium-catapleiite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Catophorite * (see Katophorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Catophorite * (see Magnesioferrikatophorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Catophorite * (see Magnesiokatophorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Catoptrite * (see Katoptrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cattierite CoS2 NAME ORIGIN: For Felicien Cattier, former Chairman of
Union Miniere du Haut Katanga, Belgium.
Cattiite ! Mg3(PO4)2·22(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Michele Catti,
Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy.
Cavansite Ca(VO)Si4O10·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
composition of calcium, vanadium, and silicon.
Cavoite ! CaV3O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, Ca, V, O.
Cawk * (see Barite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Caysichite-(Y) Y2(Ca,Gd)2Si4O10(CO3)3(H2O,O,OH)·3H20 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the composition (Ca, Y, Si, CO3).
Cebaite-(Ce) Ba3Ce2(CO3)5F2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
composition.
Cebaite-(Nd) * Ba3(Nd,Ce)2(CO3)5F2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
composition.
Cebollite Ca5Al2(SiO4)3(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Cebolla Creek, Gunnison Co., Colorado
Cechite Pb(Fe++,Mn)(VO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frantisek Cech
(1944-), mineralogist, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Cejkaite ! Na4(UO2)(CO3)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jiri Cejak (1929-) for
his numerous contributions to the crystal chemistry of U minerals.
Celadonite K(Mg,Fe++)(Fe+++,Al)[Si4O10](OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
from the French 'celadon,' sea-green, in allusion to its common color.
Celestine SrSO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin coelestis, meaning
"celestial."
Celestite * (see Celestine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Celsian BaAl2Si2O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Swedish astronomer
and natural scientist, A. Celsius(1701-1744).
Cenosite * (see Kainosite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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Centrallasite * (see Gyrolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Cerargyrite * (see Chlorargyrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cerchiaraite ! Ba4(Mn,Fe,Al)4Si6(O,OH,Cl)26 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Cerchiara manganese (braunite) mine, Val di Vara, eastern
Liguria, Italy.
Cerianite-(Ce) (Ce++++,Th)O2
Cerine * (see Ferriallanite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce) (Ce,Ca,Y)2(Nb,Ta)2O6(OH,F) NAME ORIGIN: From
the similarity to pyrochlore and the cerium content.
Cerite-(Ce) Ce+++9Fe+++(SiO4)6[(SiO3)(OH)](OH)3
Cerite-(La) ! (La,Ce,Ca)9(Mg,Fe+++)(SiO4)6[SiO3(OH)](OH)3 NAME
ORIGIN: Named as the La dominant analog of cerite-(Ce).
Cernyite Cu2CdSnS4 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Cerny, mineralogist at the
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Cerolite * (see Stevensite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cerotungstite-(Ce) CeW2O6(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition.
Ceruleite Cu2Al7(AsO4)4(OH)13·12(H2O)
Ceruleofibrite * (see Connellite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cerussite PbCO3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin, cerussa, meaning
"white lead."
Cervandonite-(Ce) (Ce,Nd,La)(Fe+++,Fe++,Ti++++,Al)3SiAs(Si,As)O13 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Pizzo Cervandone, Alpe Devero, Italy.
Cervantite Sb+++Sb+++++O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Cervantes, Spain.
Cervelleite Ag4TeS NAME ORIGIN: Named for Bernard Cervelle (1940-),
French mineralogist.
Cesanite Na7Ca3(SO4)6(OH)·0.8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
locality. LOCALITY: Core samples from the Cesano-I geothermal well, Cesano
area, Latium, Italy.
Cesarolite PbH2Mn++++3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Giuseppe R. P.
Cesaro (1849-1939), professor of mineralogy and crystallography, University of
Liege, Belgium.
Cesbronite Cu5(TeO3)2(OH)6·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Fabien
Cesbron (1938-), French mineralogist, Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et
Miniere, Orleans. France.
Cesbronite-x Cu5(TeO3)2(OH)6·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Fabien
Cesbron (1938-), French mineralogist, Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et
Miniere, Orleans. France.
Cesium-kupletskite * (see Kupletskite-(Cs) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cesplumtantite (Cs,Na,Ca)2(Pb,Sb+++,Sn)3Ta8O24 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the composition (CESium, PLUMium (lead), and TANTalum).
Cesstibtantite (Cs,Na)SbTa4O12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for CESium, antimony
(STIBium), and TANTalum in the composition.
Cetineite (K,Na)3+x(Sb2O3)3(Sb2S3)(OH)x·(2.8-x)(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: In the Cetine mine, 20 km southwest of Siena,
Tuscany, Italy.
Ceylonite * (see Magnesioferrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chabazite * (see Chabazite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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Chabazite-Ca (Ca0.5,Na,K)4[Al4Si8O24]·12H2O NAME ORIGIN: From Gk.

chabazios, tune or melody, one of twenty stones named in the poem Peri lithos,
which extolled the virtues of minerals. The poem is ascribed to Orpheus,
legendary founder of the O
Chabazite-K ! (K2,Ca,Na2,Mg)[Al2Si4O12]·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From Gk.
chabazios, tune or melody, one of twenty stones named in the poem Peri lithos.
The K-dominant member of the chabazite series.
Chabazite-Na ! (Na2,K2,Ca,Mg)[Al2Si4O12]·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The
Na-dominant member of the chabazite series.
Chabazite-Sr ! (Sr,Ca,K2,Na2)[Al2Si4O12]·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From Gk.
chabazios, tune or melody, one of twenty stones named in the poem Peri lithos,
which extolled the virtues of minerals. The poem is ascribed to Orpheus,
legendary founder of the O
Chabourneite (Tl,Pb)21(Sb,As)91S147 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
Chabourneou Glacier, near the locality. LOCALITY: Jas Roux deposit, Hautes-
Alpes, France.
Chadwickite ! (UO2)H(AsO3) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Sir James
Chadwick (1891-1974), English physicist Cavendish Laboratory, University of
Cambridge, U.K. 1935 Nobel Prize winner for his discovery of the neutron.
Chaidamuite (Zn,Fe++)Fe+++(SO4)2(OH)·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality. LOCALITY: Xitieshan Pb-Zn mine, Chaidamu (Qaidam) basin,
Qinghai, China.
Chalcanthite CuSO4·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek chalkos,
"copper" and anthos, "flower." Generally pseudomorphous after Boothite.
Chalcedony - microcrystalline quartz * (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chalcoalumite CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3(H2O)
Chalcocite Cu2S NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, meaning chalkos,
"copper".
Chalcocyanite CuSO4
Chalcokyanite * (see Chalcocyanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chalcomenite CuSeO3·2(H2O)
Chalconatronite Na2Cu(CO3)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
composition, copper and natron (soda).
Chalcophanite (Zn,Fe++,Mn++)Mn++++3O7·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From
the Greek for "copper" and "to appear," for the mineral's change in color on
ignition.
Chalcophyllite Cu++18Al2(AsO4)3(SO4)3(OH)27·33(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
From the Greek, "copper" and fyllon, "leaf."
Chalcopyrite CuFeS2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, chalkos, "copper"
hence "Copper Pyrite."
Chalcosiderite CuFe+++6(PO4)4(OH)8·4(H2O)
Chalcostibite CuSbS2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek chalkos - "copper"
and stibi - "antimony."
Chalcothallite (Cu,Fe)6Tl2SbS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition
(Cu, Tl).
Chalcotrichite * (see Cuprite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Challacolloite ! KPb2Cl5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Mina Challacollo, Chile
Chalmersite * (see Cubanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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Chalybite * (see Siderite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Chambersite Mn3B7O13Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Barber's Hill salt dome, Chambers County, Texas, USA.
Chameanite (Cu,Fe)4As(Se,S)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: From Chameane, Puy-de-Dome, France.
Chamosite (Fe++,Mg,Fe+++)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH,O)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named
after its locality. LOCALITY: Chamoson, Rhone Valley, Switzerland.
Changbaiite PbNb2O6
Changchengite ! IrBiS NAME ORIGIN: Named after chancheng, the name of
the "Great Wall" of China.
Changoite ! Na2Zn(SO4)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the changos,
the early former inhabitants of northern Chile.
Chantalite CaAl2SiO4(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Chantal Sarp (1944-),
Swiss wife of its discoverer, Halil Sarp.
Chaoite C NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edward C. T. Chao (1919-),
Chinese-U.S. Petrologist.
Chapmanite Sb+++Fe+++2(SiO4)2(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
Canadian mineralogist, E. J. Chapman (1821-1904).
Charlesite Ca6(Al,Si)2(SO4)2B(OH)4(OH,O)12·26(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Charles Palache (1869-1954), professor of mineralogy, Harvard
University.
Charmarite-2H Mn++4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Charles (1917-) and Marcelle (1918-) Weber, amateur mineralogist of Guilford,
CT, who contributed extensively to the knowledge of Mt. St.-Hilaire and also
found the mineral.
Charmarite-3T Mn++4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Charles (1917-) and Marcelle (1918-) Weber, amateur mineralogist of Guilford,
CT, who contributed extensively to the knowledge of Mt. St.-Hilaire and also
found the mineral.
Charoite K5Ca8(Si6O15)2(Si2O7)Si4O9(OH)·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for the impression that it gives: "chary" in Russian means "charms" or "magic" and
not for the Chara River, which is 70 km away from the locality. LOCALITY: Murun
massif, Chara River area, Aldan Shield, SW Yakutia (Sakha Republic).
Chatkalite Cu6Fe++Sn2S8 NAME ORIGIN: For the occurrence in the
Chatkalo-Kuramin Mountains, USSR.
Chaux * (see Lime ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chayesite K(Mg,Fe++)4Fe+++(Si12O30)
Chazellite * (see Berthierite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chekhovichite (Bi,Pb,Fe)2Te4O11 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sergei
Konstatinovich Chekhovich (1917-1997), mineralogist and geologist,
Polytechnical Institute of Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan.
Chelkarite CaMgB2O4Cl2·7(H2O) (?)
Chelyabinskite * (Ca,Mg)3Si(OH)6(SO4,CO3)2·9(H2O)
Chenevixite Cu2Fe+++2(AsO4)2(OH)4·(H2O)
Chengdeite Ir3Fe NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: At the
branch of the Luan river (about 200 km NNE of Beijing) in Chengde County,
Peoples Republic of China.
Chenite Pb4Cu(SO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Tzong T. Chen
(1942-), Canadian mineralogist.
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Cheralite-(Ce) (Ce,Ca,Th)(P,Si)O4 NAME ORIGIN: For Chera (Kerala), an

ancient Dravidian kingdom predating Travancor (now Kerala State), India.
Cheremnykhite Zn3Pb3Te++++O6(VO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for I. M.
Cheremnykh, Russian prospector, one of the discoverers of the Kuranakh
deposit.
Cherepanovite RhAs NAME ORIGIN: For V.A. Cherepanov (1927-1983),
geologist and mineralogist.
Chernikovite (H3O)2(UO2)2(PO4)2·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. P.
Chernikov (1927-), Institute of Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Rare Elements,
Moscow, Russia.
Chernovite-(Ce) * (Ce,Y)(AsO4)
Chernovite-(Y) YAsO4
Chernykhite (Ba,Na)V+++,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for V.
V. Chernykh, Professor at the Mining Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Chert - cryptocrystalline quartz * (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chervetite Pb2V2O7
Chessexite (K,Na)4Ca2Mg3Al8(SiO4)2(SO4)10(OH)10·40(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Ronald Chessex (1929-), Swiss petrologist and professor, University of
Geneva.
Chessylite * (see Azurite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chesterite (Mg,Fe++)17Si20O54(OH)6
Chestermanite Mg2(Fe+++,Mg,Al,Sb+++++)BO3O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Charles W. Chesterman (1913-1991), U. S. Geologist who discovered the
mineral.
Chevkinite-(Ce) (Ce,La,Ca,Th)4(Fe++,Mg)2(Ti,Fe+++)3Si4O22 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for General Konstatin Vladimirovich Tschevkin [Chevkin]
(1802-1875), Chief o f Staff of the Russian Mining Engineers Corps.
Chiastolite * (see Andalusite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chiavennite CaMnBe2Si5O13(OH)2·2(H2O)
Childrenite Fe++Al(PO4)(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John
George Children (1777-1852), English chemist and mineralogist.
Chiluite Bi6Te++++++2Mo++++++2O21 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
locality. LOCALITY: Chilu, Fujian, China.
Chilunite * (see Chiluite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chinkolobwite * (see Sklodowskite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chinoite * (see Libethenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chiolite Na5Al3F14
Chkalovite Na2BeSi2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Valerii Pavlovich
Chkalov (1904{1938), the first to fly nonstop from Moscow to the USA across the
North Pole.
Chladniite Na2Ca(Mg,Fe++)7(PO4)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ernst Florens
Friedrich Chladni (1756-1827), German physicist, University of Riga, Riga, Latvia
who first espoused the extraterrestrial origin of meteorites.
Chloanthite * (see Nickel-skutterudite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chloraluminite AlCl3·6(H2O)
Chlorapatite Ca5(PO4)3Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named as the chlorine
end-member and from the Greek apatao - "I am misleading."
Chlorargyrite AgCl NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition
of chlorine (Greek, chloros = "pale green") and silver (Latin, argentum).
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Chlorartinite ! Mg2(CO3)Cl(OH)·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Chloride analog of

artinite named after the Italian mineralogist, E. Artini (1866-1928).
Chlorbartonite ! K6Fe24S26(Cl,S) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Cl
dominant analog of bartonite.
Chlorellestadite Ca5(SiO4,PO4,SO4)3(Cl,OH,F) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition and Reuben B. Ellestad (1900-1993), American analytical chemist of
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Chlorite * (see Tosudite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chloritite alpha * (see Donbassite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chloritoid (Fe++,Mg,Mn)2Al4Si2O10(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
resemblance to chlorite minerals.
Chlormagaluminite (Mg,Fe++)4Al2(OH)12(Cl2,CO3)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after its composition (Chloride, Magnesium, Aluminum).
Chlormanasseite * (see Chlormagaluminite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chlormanganokalite K4MnCl6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical
composition of Cl, Mn, and K (Latin kalium).
Chlorocalcite KCaCl3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, which
was originally thought to be chloride of calcium alone.
Chlorohastingsite-K * (see Potassic-chlorohastingsite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Chloromagnesite * MgCl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1873 for it's composition.

Chloromenite ! Cu9O2(SeO3)4Cl6 NAME ORIGIN: The name comes from
chloros, green, and mene, moon, referring to the presence of essential
selenium.
Chloropal * (see Nontronite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chloroparagasite-K * (see Potassic-chloropargasite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chlorophoenicite (Mn,Mg)3Zn2(AsO4)(OH,O)6
Chlorothionite K2Cu(SO4)Cl2
Chlorotile * (see Agardite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chloroxiphite Pb3CuCl2(OH)2O2
Choloalite CuPb(Te++++O3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Nahua
"choloa", evasive, in allusion to the fact that the mineral escaped detection in
the mine for many years.
Chondrodite (Mg,Fe++)5(SiO4)2(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek
chondros - "grain."
Chrisstanleyite ! Ag2Pd3Se4 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Chris J. Stanley (1954-) of
The Natural History Museum in London, in recognition of his contributions to ore
mineralogy.
Christelite ! Zn3Cu2(SO4)2(OH)6·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Mrs.
Christel Gebhard-Giesen (1950- ) who discovered the mineral.
Christite TlHgAsS3 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Charles L. Christ, mineralogist with
the U.S. Geological Survey.
Chromatite CaCrO4
Chrombismite ! Bi16CrO27 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the main elements
present in the mineral.
Chromceladonite ! KCrMg(Si4O10)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its Cr
content and the relationship to celadonite.
Chromdravite ! NaMg3(Cr,Fe+++)6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for the compositional relationship to dravite.
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Chromdravite - (61.3.1.11) * (see Chromdravite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chrome iron ore * (see Chromite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chromferide Fe3Cr1-x (x=0,6) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the chemical
composition, CHROMium and FERrum.
Chromic iron * (see Chromite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chromite Fe++Cr2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical
composition.
Chromium Cr NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, chroma = "color", in allusion
to the colorful salts of this element.
Chromium Garnet * (see Uvarovite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chromphyllite ! (K,Ba)(Cr,Al)2[AlSi3O10](OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: The name
alludes to the composition and micaceous cleavage.
Chrompicotite * (see Magnesiochromite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chrysoberyl BeAl2O4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek chrysos - "golden"
and the mineral beryl.
Chrysocolla (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from
the Greek chrysos - "gold" and kolla - "glue" in allusion to the name of the
material used to solder gold.
Chrysolite * (see Forsterite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chrysolite - light yellowish green * (see Olivine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chrysoprase - apple green chalcedony * (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Chrysotile * Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1834 from the Greek

chrysos - "gold" and tilos - "fiber."
Chrysotile * (see Clinochrysotile ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chrysotile * (see Orthochrysotile ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chrysotile * (see Parachrysotile ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chrysotile(Ni) * (see Pecoraite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chubutite * Pb7O6Cl2
Chudobaite (Mg,Zn)5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Name for
Karl Franz Chudoba (1898-1915), Professor of Mineralogy, University of Bonn,
Germany.
Chukhrovite-(Ce) Ca3(Ce,Y)Al2(SO4)F13·10(H2O)
Chukhrovite-(Nd) ! Ca3(Nd,Y)Al2(SO4)F13·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
as the Nd-dominant analogue of chukhrovite-(Y) and chukhrovite-(Ce).
Chukhrovite-(Y) Ca3(Y,Ce)Al2(SO4)F13·10(H2O)
Churchite-(Dy) * (Dy,Sm,Gd,Nd)(PO4)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Arthur Hubert Church (1834-19150, English chemist who described and analyzed
the mineral and the element dysprosium.
Churchite-(Nd) ! Nd(PO4)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Hubert
Church (1834-1915, English chemist who described and analyzed the mineral.
Churchite-(Y) YPO4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Hubert
Church (1834-19150, English chemist who described and analyzed the mineral.
Chursinite Hg+Hg++(AsO4) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Russian actress,
Ludmilla A. Cursina.
Chvaleticeite (Mn++,Mg)SO4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Chvaletice and Jachymov (Joachimsthal), Czech Republic.
Chvilevaite Na(Cu,Fe,Zn)2S2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek "chroma,"
"color," as all chromium compounds are colored.
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Cianciulliite Mn++++(Mg,Mn++)2Zn2(OH)10·2-4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named

for John Cianciulli, of Sussex, New Jersey, USA.
Cinabre * (see Cinnabar ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cinnabar HgS NAME ORIGIN: Of uncertain original meaning, from the
Latin, cinnabaris.
Ciprianiite ! Ca4[(Th,U)(REE)]2(Al,[ ])2[Si4B4O22](OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Curzio Cipriani, Professor of Mineralogy and Head of the Museum of
Natural History, Universita di Firenze, Italy.
cis terpin hydrate * (see Flagstaffite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Citrine - yellow * (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Clairite (NH4)2Fe+++3(SO4)4(OH)3·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Claire
Martini (1936-), South African, wife of the describer of the species, Jacques
Edouard Martini.
Claraite (Cu,Zn)3(CO3)(OH)4·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Clara Mine, Black Forest, Wolfach, Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg,
Germany.
Claringbullite Cu++4(OH)7Cl
Clarkeite (Na,Ca,Pb)(UO2)O(OH)·0-1(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847-1931), prominent American geochemist of the
US Geological Survey.
Claudetite As2O3
Clausthalite PbSe NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Lorenz
Mine near Clausthal, Harz, Germany.
Clearcreekite ! Hg+3(CO3)(OH)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Prospect pit near the former Clear Creek mercury mine, New
Idria district, San Benito County, California, USA.
Clerite ! MnSb2S4 NAME ORIGIN: For Onisim Yegorovitch Kler (1845-1920),
Honorary Member of the Russian Mineralogical Society.
Cleusonite ! Pb(U++++,U++++++)(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)20(O,OH)38 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Barrage de Cleuson, Val de Nendaz,
Switzerland.
Clevelandite * (see Albite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cliffordite UTe3O9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Clifford Frondel
(1907-2002), one of the founders of Mineralogical Society of America and one of
the authors of Dana's Mineralogy, 7th edition.
Clinoatacamite ! Cu2(OH)3Cl NAME ORIGIN: For the relationship to
atacamite and paratacamite. Atacamite is named after the Atacam desert
province in northern Chile.
Clinobarylite ! BaBe2Si2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Non-orthogonal dimorph of
barylite.
Clinobehoite Be(OH)2
Clinobirnessite * Na4Mn14O27·9(H2O)
Clinobisvanite BiVO4
Clinocervantite ! Sb+++Sb+++++O4 NAME ORIGIN: The name reflects its
symmetry and relationship to cervantite.
Clinochalcomenite CuSeO3·2(H2O)
Clinochlore (Mg,Fe++)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Clinochlore from
the Greek klino - "oblique" and chloros - " green." Ripidolite from the Greek rhipis -
"fan" and lithos - "stone." Pennine from the Pennine Alps, Italy
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Clinochrysotile Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek chrysos -

"gold" and tilos - "fiber."
Clinoclase Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, klineis - "to
incline" and klas - "to break."
Clinoenstatite Mg2Si2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the monoclinic
polymorph of enstatite.
Clinoferroholmquistite [ ](Li2Fe++3Al2)Si8O22 (OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for its composition, monoclinic crystal structure, and relationship with
holmsquisite.
Clinoferrosilite (Fe++,Mg)2Si2O6
Clinohedrite CaZnSiO4·(H2O)
Clinoholmquistite ? [ ](Li2Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
its monoclinic crystal structure and relationship with holmsquisite. Approved IMA
1985, Discredited IMA 2005.
Clinoholmquistite * (see Fluoro-sodic-pedrizite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Clinohumite (Mg,Fe++)9(SiO4)4(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
mineral humite and the monoclinic crystal form.
Clinohypersthene * (see Clinoenstatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Clinohypersthene * (see Clinoferrosilite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Clinojimthompsonite (Mg,Fe++)5Si6O16(OH)2
Clinokurchatovite Ca(Mg,Fe++,Mn)B2O5
Clinomimetite Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Clinophosinaite Na3CaPSiO7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the crystalline
system and the relationship with the phosinaite.
Clinoptilolite * (see Clinoptilolite-K ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Clinoptilolite-Ca ! (Ca,Na,K)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
From the Greek klino - "oblique" ptylon - "feather" and lithos - "stone.." The
Ca-dominant member of the clinoptilolite series.
Clinoptilolite-K (Na,K,Ca)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
The name reflects its inclined extinction and supposed similarity in composition
to "ptilolite" (mordenite). K modifier added by zeolite nomenclatrue committee.
Clinoptilolite-Na ! (Na,K,Ca)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
From the Greek klino - "oblique" ptylon - "feather" and lithos - "stone.." The
Na-dominant member of the clinoptilolite series.
Clinosafflorite (Co,Fe,Ni)As2 NAME ORIGIN: In reference to the monoclinic
symmetry of this safflorite-like species.
Clinotobermorite Ca5Si6(O,OH)18·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the
monoclinic polymorph of tobermorite.
Clinotyrolite Ca2Cu9[(As,S)O4]4(OH)10·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the
monoclinic symmetry and relationship to tyrolite.
Clinoungemachite K3Na9Fe+++(SO4)6(OH)3·9(H2O) ? NAME ORIGIN:
Named its crystal form and for Henri-Leon Ungemach (1880-1936), Belgian
crystallographer.
Clinozoisite Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH) = Ca2AlAl2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) NAME
ORIGIN: Named after its resemblance to zoisite and the monoclinic crystal form.
Clinozoisite-Sr * (see Niigataite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Clintonite Ca(Mg,Al)3(Al3Si)O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for De Witt
Clinton (1769-1828), American statesman.
Coalingite Mg10Fe+++2(CO3)(OH)24·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
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the town of Coalinga, California. The town was named after the railroad's
Coaling Station "A."
Cobalt Bloom * (see Erythrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cobalt-zippeite Co++2(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10·16(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for its composition and for Franz Xaver Maxmillian Zippe (1791-1863),
Austrian mineralogist.
Cobaltarthurite ! CoFe+++2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as
the Co-dominant member of the arthurite group.
Cobaltaustinite CaCo(AsO4)(OH)
Cobaltian Arsenopyrite * (see Arsenopyrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cobaltian Pyrite * (see Pyrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cobaltite CoAsS NAME ORIGIN: From the German, Kobold,
"underground spirit" or "goblin," in allusion to the refusal of cobaltiferous ores to
smelt properly, hence "bewitched."
Cobaltkieserite ! CoSO4·H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Co analog of
kieserite.
Cobaltkoritnigite (Co,Zn)(AsO3OH)·(H2O)
Cobaltlotharmeyerite ! Ca(Co,Fe,Ni)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named as the cobalt dominant analogue of lotharmeyerite,
Cobaltneustadtelite ! Bi2Fe+++(Co,Fe+++)(O,OH)2(OH)2(AsO4)2 NAME
ORIGIN: Named after the locality and chemical composition. LOCALITY: Mine
dumps in the Schneeberg-Neustädtel area, Saxony, Germany.
Cobaltocalcite * (see Sphaerocobaltite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cobaltokoritnigite * (see Cobaltkoritnigite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cobaltomenite CoSeO3·2(H2O)
Cobaltpentlandite Co9S8 NAME ORIGIN: For the cobalt content and the
relationship with pentlandite.
Cobalttsumcorite ! Pb(Co,Fe)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the chemical and structural relationship to tsumcorite
Coccinite * Hg++I2 (?)
Cochromite (Co,Ni,Fe++)(Cr,Al)2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for a chromite
with essential cobalt.
Cocinerite-mixture with chalcocite * (see Silver ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cocinerite-mixture with silver * (see Chalcocite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Coconinoite Fe+++2Al2(UO2)2(PO4)4(SO4)(OH)2·18(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for its locality. LOCALITY: Sun Valley mine, Coconino County, Arizona,
USA.
Coeruleolactite (Ca,Cu)Al6(PO4)4(OH)8·4-5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
from the Greek for "blue" and "milk", for its typical color.
Coesite SiO2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Loring Coes, Jr. (1915-1973),
American chemist, Norton Company, who first synthesized the phase.
Coffinite U(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x
Cohenite (Fe,Ni,Co)3C NAME ORIGIN: Named for Emil Wilhelm Cohen
(1842-1905), Professor of Mineralogy, University of Greifswald, Greifswald,
Germany.
Colbalt Vitrol * (see Bieberite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Colbaltian wad * (see Asbolane ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Colemanite Ca2B6O11·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: After William T. Coleman,
owner of the Death Valley, California mine where this species was first found.
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Colerainite * (see Clinochlore ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Collinsite Ca2(Mg,Fe++)(PO4)2·2(H2O)
Collinsite-Zn * (see Hillite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Collophane * (see Carbonate-fluorapatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Collophane * (see Carbonate-hydroxylapatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Coloradoite HgTe NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY:
Smuggler mine, Ballerat district, Boulder County, Colorado, USA.
Colquiriite CaLiAlF6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY:
Colquiri mine, Colquiri, Bolivia
Coltan * (see Ferrocolumbite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Coltan * (see Ferrotantalite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Coltan * (see Manganotantalite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Columbite * (see Ferrocolumbite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Columbite-Tantalite * (see Ferrocolumbite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Columbite-Tantalite * (see Ferrotantalite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Colusite Cu12-13V(As,Sb,Sn,Ge)3S16 NAME ORIGIN: For the Colusa claim,
Butte, Montana, USA.
Comancheite Hg13(Cl,Br)8O9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Comanche
Indians, who were the first miners in the Terligua district, using cinnabar for war
paint.
Combeite Na2Ca2Si3O9
Comblainite Ni++6Co+++2(CO3)(OH)16·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Gordon Comblan (1929-) of the Musee Royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren,
Belgium who discovered the mineral.
Common asbestos * (see Parachrysotile ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Compreignacite K2(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8(H2O)
Comuccite * (see Jamesonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Congolite (Fe++,Mg,Mn)3B7O13Cl
Conichalcite CaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Connellite Cu19Cl4(SO4)(OH)32·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
Scottish chemist, A. Conell (1794-1863).
Cookeite LiAl4(Si3Al)O10(OH)8
Coombsite ! K(Mn++,Fe++,Mg)13(Si,Al)18O42(OH)14 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for D.S Coombs of the University of Otago, New Zealand.
Cooperite (Pt,Pd,Ni)S NAME ORIGIN: For R.A. Cooper, of Johannesburg,
South Africa, who first described the mineral.
Coparsite ! Cu4O2[(As,V)O4]Cl NAME ORIGIN: The name recalls the
mineral’s constituents: copper and arsenic.
Copiapite Fe++Fe+++4(SO4)6(OH)2·20(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
its locality. LOCALITY: Copiapo, Chile.
Copper Cu NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, Kyprios, the name of the
island of Cyprus, once producing this metal.
Copper Uranite * (see Torbernite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Copper Vitrol * (see Chalcanthite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Copperas * (see Melanterite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Coquandite Sb6O8(SO4)·(H2O)
Coquimbite Fe+++2(SO4)3·9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
province of Coquimbo, Chile.
Corderoite Hg3S2Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its locality. LOCALITY:
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McDermitt Mercury mine (formerly Cordero mine), Opalite district, Humboldt

County, Nevada, USA.
Cordierite Mg2Al4Si5O18 NAME ORIGIN: From the French mining engineer
and geologist P. L. A. Cordier (1777-1861).
Cordylite-(Ce) Ba(Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek
"cordule" = club, in allusion to the shape of the crystals.
Corkite PbFe+++3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Corkite * (see Beudantite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cornetite Cu3(PO4)(OH)3
Cornubite Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4
Cornwallite Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English
leader Cornwall.
Coronadite Pb(Mn++++,Mn++)8O16 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Francisco
Vasquez de Coronado (ca 1500-1554), first Spanish explorer of the American
southwest.
Coronene * (see Karpatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Corrensite (Ca,Na,K)(Mg,Fe,Al)9(Si,Al)8O20(OH)10·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Carl Whilom Correns (1893-1980), German mineralogist and director
of the Sedimentary Petrology Institute, University of Gottingen.
Corundum Al2O3 NAME ORIGIN: Probably derived from the Sanskrit,
kuruvinda, meaning "ruby."
Corvusite (Na,Ca,K)V8O20·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Latin
"corvus", raven, in allusion to the bird's color.
Cosalite Pb2Bi2S5 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. Bjelkite is
named after the Bjelke mine at Nordmark, Vermland, Sweden. LOCALITY: Silver
Mine at Cosala, Sinaloa, Mexico.
Coskrenite-(Ce) ! (Ce,Nd,La)2(SO4)2(C2O4)·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for T. Dennis Coskren (1942-), geologist from Columbia, Maryland, whose work
was instrumental in the discovery to the mineral.
Cosmochlore * (see Kosmochlor ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cossyrite * (see Aenigmatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Costibite CoSbS NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, Cobalt and
STIBium (Latin name for Antimony).
Cotton stone * (see Mesolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cotunnite PbCl2
Coulsonite Fe++V+++2O4
Cousinite MgU2Mo2O13·6(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jules
Cousin (1884-1965), Belgian, president of Union Miniere du Haut Katanga.
Coutinhite * (see Lanthanite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Coutinhite * (see Lanthanite-(Nd) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Coutinhoite ! ThxBa1-2x(H2O)y(UO2)2Si5O13·H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Jose Moacyr Vianna Coutinho (1924-), Professor of Mineralogy and
Petrography the the Instituto de Geociencieas of Universidad de Sao Paulo,
Brazil.
Coutinite * (see Lanthanite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Coutinite * (see Lanthanite-(Nd) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Covelline * (see Covellite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Covellite CuS NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Italian mineralogist, N.
Covelli (1790-1829).
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Cowlesite CaAl2Si3O10·5-6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John George

Cowles (1907-1985), American amateur mineralogist and zeolite collector.
Coyoteite NaFe3S5·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality.
LOCALITY: Coyote Peak diatreme, 16 miles SW of Orick, Humboldt Co. California.
Crandallite CaAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Milan L.
Crandall, Jr., engineer, Knight Syndicate, Provo, Utah, USA.
Crawfordite Na3Sr(PO4)(CO3) NAME ORIGIN: For the Scottish doctor and
chemist, Dr. A. Crawford (1748-1795).
Creaseyite Pb2Cu2(Fe+++,Al)2Si5O17·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for S.
C. Creasey (1917-), in recognition of his studies of the Mammoth-St. Anthony
mine.
Crednerite CuMnO2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Karl F. H. Credner
(1809-1876), German mining geologist and mineralogist.
Creedite Ca3Al2(SO4)(F,OH)10·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Wagon Wheel Gap, Creed Quadrangle, Colorado, USA.
Crerarite (Pt,Pb)Bi3(S,Se)4-x (x~0.7) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Prof. David
Crerar (1945-1994) of Princeton University.
Crestmoreite-mixture with wilkeite * (see Tobermorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Crichtonite (Sr,La,Ce,Y)(Ti,Fe+++,Mn)21O38 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sir

Alexander A. Crichton (1763-1856), Scottish physician and mineral collector.
Criddleite TlAg2Au3Sb10S10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alan J. Criddle
(1944-2002), English mineralogist.
Cristobalite SiO2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Cerro
San Cristobal, Mexico.
Crocidolite - asbestos form * (see Riebeckite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Crocoite PbCrO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek krokos, meaning
"crocus" or "saffron."
Cromfordite * (see Phosgenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cronstedtite Fe++2Fe+++(SiFe+++)O5(OH)4
Cronusite ! Ca0.2(H2O)2CrS2 NAME ORIGIN: Name derived from the Greek
Titan "Cronos" and alludes to the combined meteor-terrestrial origin where
cronusite is derived from terretrial weathering of meteoric minerals.
Crookesite Cu7(Tl,Ag)Se4 NAME ORIGIN: After Sir William Crookes (1832-1919),
who discovered thallium.
Cross stone * (see Phillipsite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cross stone * (see Phillipsite-K ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cross stone * (see Phillipsite-Na ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Crossite ? Na2(Mg,Fe++)3(Al,Fe+++)2Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named in
1894 for Charles Whitman Cross, (1854-1949), geologist, United States Geological
Survey.
Cryolite Na3AlF6 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek, kryos "frost" and
lithos "stone."
Cryolithionite Na3Li3Al2F12
Cryptohalite (NH4)2SiF6
Cryptomelane K(Mn++++,Mn++)8O16 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for
hidden and black, as the identity of this common, black mineral is lost in the
group of other black Mn-bearing oxides.
Csiklovaite * (see Bismuthinite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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Csiklovaite * (see Galenobismutite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Csiklovaite * (see Tetradymite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cualstibite Cu++6Al3(SbO4)3(OH)12·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition (Cu, Al, Stibium - Latin for antimony).
Cubanite CuFe2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY:
Barracanao, Cuba.
Cuboargyrite ! AgSbS NAME ORIGIN: The name alludes to the polymorphic
relationship with miargyrite.
Cuivre * (see Copper ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cumengeite * (see Cumengite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cumengite Pb21Cu20Cl42(OH)40
Cummingtonite [ ]Mg7Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Cummington, Massachusetts, USA.
Cupalite (Cu,Zn)Al NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition (Cu, Al).
Cuprite Cu2O NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin, cuprum, meaning copper.
Chalcotrichite from the Greek, meaning "hairy copper."
Cuproartinite-Cu * (see Artinite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cuprobismutite Cu10Bi12S23 NAME ORIGIN: For the composition.
Cuprocopiapite CuFe+++4(SO4)6(OH)2·20(H2O)
Cuprodescloizite * (see Mottramite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cuproiridsite CuIr2S4 NAME ORIGIN: For the chemical composition.
Cupromakovickyite ! Cu4AgPb2Bi9S18 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the
Cu-dominant analogue of makovickyite.
Cupropavonite AgPbCu2Bi5S10 NAME ORIGIN: To stress a similarity with
pavonite.
Cuprorhodsite CuRh2S4 NAME ORIGIN: For the chemical composition.
Cuprorivaite CaCuSi4O10
Cuprosklodowskite Cu[(UO2)(SiO2OH)]2·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: A name
supplied by Buttgenbach while introducing Vaes' paper, in the mistaken belief
that it was the copper analog of sklodowskite.
Cuprospinel (Cu,Mg)Fe+++2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the copper
content and the spinel structure.
Cuprostibite Cu2(Sb,Tl) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition.
Cuprotungstite Cu++3(WO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
composition.
Curetonite Ba4Al3Ti(PO4)4(O,OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Forrest
Cureton, mineralogist, and Michael Cureton, of Tucson, AZ, who found the
mineral.
Curienite Pb(UO2)2V2O8·5(H2O)
Curite Pb3+x(H2O)2[(UO2)4+x(OH)3-x]2, x~0.5 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Pierre Curie (1859-1906) and Marie Curie-Sklodowska (1867 - 1934), French
research team of radioactive minerals. Discoverd the element radium.
Curtisite * (see Idrialite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cuspidine Ca4Si2O7(F,OH)2
Custerite * (see Cuspidine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cuzticite Fe+++2Te++++++O6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the
Nahuatl for "something yellow", in allusion to its color.
Cyanochroite K2Cu(SO4)2·6(H2O)
Cyanophyllite Cu++5Al2(SbO4)3(OH)7·9(H2O)
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Cyanotrichite Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek,

kyaneos, "blue" and triches, "hair," hence, blue hair.
Cylindrite Pb3Sn4FeSb2S14 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, kylindros,
"cylinder."
Cymrite BaAl2Si2O8·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Cymru, the old Welsh
name for Wales.
Cyrilovite NaFe+++3(PO4)2(OH)4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality Cyrilov, Czechoslovakia.
Cyrtolite * (see Zircon ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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D'Ansite * (see Dansite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Dachiardite * (see Dachiardite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Dachiardite-Ca (Ca,Na2,K2)5Al10Si38O96·25(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after Antonio D'Achiardi (1839-1902), Professor of Mineralogy, Universitá di Pisa,
Italy, who first described the mineral discovered by his son in a granitic
pegmatite.
Dachiardite-Na (Na2,Ca,K2)4Al4Si20O48·13(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for its relationship to dachiardite and the sodium content.
Dadsonite Pb21Sb23S55Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alexander S. Dadson
(1906-1958), Canadian mineralogist.
Dahllite * (see Carbonate-hydroxylapatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Dalyite K2ZrSi6O15
Damaraite Pb3O2(OH)Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Damara sequence,
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the dolostones that host the deposit at the type locality. LOCALITY: Kombat
mine, 49 km S of Tsumeb, Namibia.
Damiaoite ! PtIn2 NAME ORIGIN: For its locality. LOCALITY: Near the village
of Damiao and the Yixun River, about 370 km N of Beijing, People's Republic of
China.
Dana 28.4.3.3 * (see Mereiterite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Danalite Fe++4Be3(SiO4)3S NAME ORIGIN: Named after James Dwight
Dana (1813-1895), American mineralogist and author of the Dana mineral
classification.
Danbaite CuZn2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Danba,
Sichuan Province, China.
Danburite CaB2(SiO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its location.
Danielsite (Cu,Ag)14HgS8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John L. Daniels (1931-),
who collected the mineral.
Dannemorite - Renamed * (see Manganogrunerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Dansite Na21Mg(SO4)10Cl3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jean D'Ans
(1881-1969), German chemist, Technical University, Berlin.
Daomanite * CuPtAsS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Dao and Ma districts, Yanshan, China.
Daphnite * (see Chamosite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Daqingshanite-(Ce) (Sr,Ca,Ba)3(Ce,La)(PO4)(CO3)3-x(OH,F)x NAME
ORIGIN: Named for a mountain, Daqingshan, near the Bayan Obo iron ore
deposit.
Darapiosite KNa2Zr[Li(Mn,Zr)2Si12O30] NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Dara-i-Pioz, Alai Range, Tien Shan, northern Tadzhikistan.
Darapskite Na3(SO4)(NO3)·(H2O)
Dark Red Silver Ore * (see Pyrargyrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Dashkesanite * (see Potassic-chlorohastingsite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Dashkovaite ! Mg(HCOO)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for E. R.
Dashkova (1744-1796), former director of the Saint Petersburg Academy of
Sciences.
Datolite CaBSiO4(OH) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, dateisthai,
meaning "to divide," because granular aggregates crumble readily.
Daubreeite BiO(OH,Cl) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gabriel Auguste
Daubree (1814-1896), French mineralogist and geologist.
Daubreelite Fe++Cr2S4 NAME ORIGIN: For Professor Gabriel Auguste
Daubree (1814-1896), of Paris, France.
Davanite K2TiSi6O15
Davidite-(Ce) (Ce,La)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe+++)20O38 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
composition and for Tenatt William Edgeworth David (1858-1934), Australian
geologist.
Davidite-(La) (La,Ce,Ca)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe+++)20O38 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Tenatt William Edgeworth David (1858-1934), Australian geologist.
Davidite-(Y) * (see Gramaccioliite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Davisonite-mixture with apatite * (see Crandallite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Davisonite-mixture with crandallite * (see Apatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Davreuxite MnAl6Si4O17(OH)2
Davyne Na4K2Ca2Si6Al6O24(SO4)Cl2
Dawsonite NaAl(CO3)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Canadian
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geologist, J. W. Dawson (1820-1899).

Dayingite ? CuCoPtS4
Deanesmithite Hg+2Hg++3Cr++++++O5S2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Deane
K. Smith (1930-2001), Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania,
USA.
Decrespignyite-(Y) ! (Y,REE)4Cu(CO3)4Cl(OH)5·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Robert James Champion de Crespigny (1950-), Chancellor of the
University of Adelaide, Australia.
Deerite (Fe++,Mn)6(Fe+++,Al)3Si6O20(OH)5
Defernite Ca6(CO3)2-x(SiO4)x(OH)7(Cl,OH)1-2x (x=0,5)
Dehrnite * (see Carbonate-fluorapatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Delafossite Cu+Fe+++O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gabrial Delafosse
(1796-1878), French mineralogist and crystallographer.
Delessite * (see Chamosite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Delhayelite (Na,K)10Ca5Al6Si32O80(Cl2,F2,SO4)3·18(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Fernard Delhaye (1880-1946), Belgian geologist, a pioneer in the
geological exploration of the northern Kivu region of Zaire.
Deliensite ! Fe++(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Dr.
Michel Deliens (1939-), Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, in
recognition oh his research on uranium bearing minerals.
Delindeite Ba2(Na,K,[ ])3(Ti,Fe)[Ti2(O,OH)4Si4O14](H2O,OH)2 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Henry deLinde, long time mineral collector and owner of the
Diamond Jo quarry.
Dellaite Ca6Si3O11(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Della Martin Roy
(1926-), Pennsylvania State University geochemist who first synthesized this
phase.
Dellaventuraite ! NaNa2(Mg2,Mn+++,Li,Ti)Si8O22O2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Giancarlo Della Ventura, Università degli Studi di Roma Tre, for his
extensive work on the crystal chemistry of synthetic amphiboles.
Deloneite-(Ce) ! NaCa2SrCe(PO4)3F NAME ORIGIN: For B. N. Delone
(Delaunay) (1890-1980), Russian mathematical crystallographer.
Delorenzite * (see Tanteuxenite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Deloryite Cu++4(UO2)(MoO4)2(OH)6
Delrioite CaSrV2O6(OH)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Andres M. del
Rio (1764-1849), Mexican mineralogist, who discovered vanadium.
delta13 dihydor d pimaric acid * (see Refikite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Deltaite-mixture with crandellite * (see Hydroxylapatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Deltaite-mixture with hydroxylapatite * (see Crandallite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Delvauxite CaFe+++4(PO4,SO4)2(OH)8·4-6(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN:

Named after J.S.P.J. Delvaux de Feuffe (1782-1863), Belgian chemist who first
described and analyzed the mineral.
Demantoid - green * (see Andradite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Demesmaekerite Pb2Cu5(UO2)2(SeO3)6(OH)6·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Gaston Demesmaeker (1911-), Belgian mining geologist, who studied
the Shikolobwe uranium deposits.
Denisovite (K,Na)Ca2Si3O8(F,OH)
Denningite (Mn,Zn)Te2O5
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Dennisonite-mixture with apatite * (see Crandallite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Dennisonite-mixture with crandallite * (see Apatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Deoderant Stone * (see Tschermigite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Derbylite (Fe+++,Fe++,Ti)7Sb+++O13(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
American Geologist Orville A. Derby 1851 - 1915 founder of the Brazilian
Geological Survey.
Derriksite Cu4(UO2)(SeO3)2(OH)6
Dervillite Ag2AsS2 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Henri Derville of Strasbourg
University, Strasbourg, France.
Desaulsite * (see Pimelite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Desautelsite Mg6Mn+++2(CO3)(OH)16·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after Paul E. Desautels (1920-1991), curator of minerals at the U. S. National
Museum of Natural History (Smithstonian Institution).
Descloizite PbZn(VO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French
mineralogist, Alfred Des Closzeaux (1817-1897).
Desmine * (see Stilbite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Desmine * (see Stilbite-Na ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Desourdyite * (see Iraqite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Desourdyite * (see Steacyite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Despujolsite Ca3Mn++++(SO4)2(OH)6·3(H2O)
Dessauite ! (Sr,Pb)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe+++)20O38 NAME ORIGIN: For Gabor
Dessau (1907-1983), professor of ore mineralogy at the University of Pisa, Italy.
Destinezite - xtls * (see Diadochite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Devilline CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
French chemist, H. E. S. C. Deville (1818-1881). Named from its occurrence at
Herrengrund, north of Neusohl, in Slovakia of Czechoslovakia.
Dewalquite * (see Ardennite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Deweylite * (see Clinochrysotile ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Dewindtite Pb3[H(UO2)3O2(PO4)2]2·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Jean Dewindt, Belgian geologist.
Diaboleite Pb2CuCl2(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek dia,
"difference" and the mineral Boleite.
Diadochite Fe+++2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek,
diadochos, meaning "successor," presumably in allusion to its secondary origin.
Dialogite * (see Rhodochrosite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Diamond C NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, adamas, meaning
"invincible" or "hardest."
Diaoyudaoite NaAl11O17
Diaphorite Pb2Ag3Sb3S8 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek diaphora,
"difference" as being distinct from freieslebenite.
Diaspore AlO(OH) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek word "to scatter,"
referring to the mineral's easy disintegration in the blowpipe flame.
Dichroite * (see Cordierite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Dickinsonite KNa4Ca(Mn++,Fe++)14Al(PO4)12(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Reverend John William Dickinson (1835-1899), Redding, Connecticut,
USA, an early collector of Branchville minerals.
Dickite Al2Si2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Scottish chemist,
A. B. Dick.
Dickthomssenite ! Mg(V+++++2O6)·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
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Richard W. Thomssen (1933-), consulting geologist from Dayton, Nevada, USA.

Dienerite Ni3As NAME ORIGIN: Named after Karl Diener (1862-1928), Austrian
paleontologist from Vienna who discovered the mineral.
Dietrichite (Zn,Fe++,Mn)Al2(SO4)4·22(H2O)
Dietzeite Ca2(IO3)2(CrO4)
Digenite Cu9S5 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "two kinds" or "sexes," in
reference to the presumed presence of both cuprous and cupric ions.
Dihydrite * (see Pseudomalachite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Dilithium * Li2Te NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's composition.
Dillage * (see Diopside ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Dimorphite As4S3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "two" and "form," in
reference to the two forms in which the species was thought to occur.
Dinite * C20H36 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Olinto Dini (1802-1866), Italian
teacher and professor of physics, University of Pisa.
Diomignite Li2B4O7
Diopside CaMgSi2O6 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek dis - "two kinds"
and opsis - "opinion."
Dioptase CuSiO2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, dia - "through"
and optomai - "vision."
Discredited * (see Arsenobismite )
Discredited * (see Ashanite )
Discredited * (see Clinoholmquistite )
Discredited * (see Crossite )
Discredited * (see Donathite )
Discredited * (see Hydromolysite )
Discredited * (see Imgreite )
Discredited * (see Laubmannite )
Discredited * (see Magnesioanthophyllite )
Discredited * (see Magnesiogedrite )
Discredited * (see Magniotriplite )
Discredited * (see Monsmedite )
Discredited * (see Platynite )
Discredited * (see Pseudo-autunite )
Discredited * (see Schapbachite )
Discredited * (see Spodiosite )
Discredited * (see Tetranatrolite )
Discredited * (see Vanuranylite )
Discredited IMA 1987 * (see Sobotkite )
Discredited IMA 1995 * (see Lusungite )
Discredited IMA 1997 * (see Herschelite )
Discredited IMA 1997 * (see Magnesioclinoholmquistite )
Discredited IMA 1997 * (see Yftisite-(Y) )
Discredited IMA 2001 * (see Duhamelite )
Discredited IMA 2002 * (see Squawcreekite )
Dissakisite-(Ce) Ca(Ce,REE)(Mg,Fe++)(Al,Fe+++)2Si3O12(OH) NAME
ORIGIN: From the Greek for "twice over," for a magnesium analog of allanite
being described twice.
Dissakisite-(La) ! (Ca,Fe,Th)(REE,Ca)(Al,Cr,Ti)2(Mg,Fe,Al)Si3O12(OH,F) with La
> Ce NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names
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(CNMMN)
Disthene * (see Kyanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Dittmarite (NH4)Mg(PO4)·(H2O)
Diversilite-(Ce) ! Na2(Ba,K)6Ce2Fe++Ti3Si12O36(OH)3(OH,H2O)9 NAME
ORIGIN: Name for the Latin diversus (hetrogeneous) and silicate, reflecting the
main structural features.
Dixenite Cu+Mn++14Fe+++(As+++O3)5(SiO4)2(As+++++O4)(OH)6
Djalmaite * (see Uranmicrolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Djerfisherite K6Na(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for Daniel
Jerome Fisher (1896-1988), American mineralogist.
Djurleite Cu31S16 NAME ORIGIN: For S. Djurle, who first synthesized the
compound later found in nature.
Dmisteinbergite CaAl2Si2O8
Dolerophanite Cu2(SO4)O NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek "DOLEROS" =
misleading and "PHANESTAI" = appearance, in allusion to its low content of
copper
Dollaseite-(Ce) CaCeMg2AlSi3O11(OH,F)2
Dolomite CaMg(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French
mineralogist and geologist, Deodat Guy Tancrede Gratet de Dolomieu
(1750-1801).
Doloresite H8V++++6O16 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: La Sal No. 2 mine, Lumsden Canyon, Gateway District, Dolores River,
southwestern Colorado, USA.
Domeykite Cu3As NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Chilean mineralogist,
I. Domeyk (1802-1889).
Donathite ? (Fe++,Mg)(Cr,Fe+++)2O4
Donbassite Al2[Al2.33][Si3AlO10](OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1940 for
the location.
Donharrisite Ni8Hg3S9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Donald C. Harris (1936-),
Canadian mineralogist.
Donnayite-(Y) Sr3NaCaY(CO3)6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Joseph
Desire Hubert Donnay (1902-1994), Belgian-American-Canadian crystallographer
and minereralogist and Gabrielle (Hamburger) Donnay (1920-1987), American
Canadian mineralogi
Donpeacorite (Mn,Mg)MgSi2O6
Dorallcharite (Tl,K)Fe+++3(SO4)2(OH)6
Dorfmanite Na2(PO3OH)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Moisei
Davidovich Dorfman (1908-), Russian mineralogist who first reported a sodium
phosphate in 1963.
Dorrite Ca2Mg2Fe+++4(Al,Fe+++)4Si2O20 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John
A. Dorr (1922-1986), University of Michigan.
Doughtyite * (see Alunogen ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Douglasite K2Fe++Cl4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its discovery
locality. LOCALITY: Found at Douglasschall, northwest of Stassfurt, Germany.
Doverite * (see Synchysite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Downeyite SeO2
Doyleite Al(OH)3
Dozyite (Mg7Al2)(Si4Al2)O15(OH)12 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality.
LOCALITY: Ertsberg East complex, Carstensz Mountains, central Irian Jaya,
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Indonesia. Wood Chrome mine, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, USA.

Dravite NaMg3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: After its locality.
LOCALITY: Drava River, Austria.
Dravite - (61.3.1.9) * (see Dravite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Dresserite BaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·(H2O)
Dreyerite BiVO4
Drugmanite Pb2(Fe+++,Al)H(PO4)2(OH)2
Drysdallite Mo(Se,S)2 NAME ORIGIN: For A.R. Drysdall, Director, Geological
Survey of Zambia.
Dufrenite Fe++Fe+++4(PO4)3(OH)5·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Armand Small Dufrenoy (1792-1857), French mineralogist and geologist.
Dufrenoysite Pb2As2S5 NAME ORIGIN: For Ours Pierre Armand Petit
Dufrenoy (1792-1857), French mineralogist, National School of Mines, Paris,
France.
Duftite-alpha PbCu(AsO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1920 for G. Duft,
general manager of the mine at Tsumeb, Namibia.
Duftite-beta PbCu(AsO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1920 for G. Duft,
general manager of the mine at Tsumeb, Namibia.
Dugganite Pb3Zn3Te(As,V,Si)2(O,OH)14 NAME ORIGIN: Named after
Marjorie Duggan, analytical chemist, in reference to her discovery of Te6+
[hexavalent tellurium] in nature.
Duhamelite ? Pb2Cu4Bi(VO4)4(OH)3·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1981
for J. E. DuHamel, geologist, Phelps Dodge Corp., who found the mineral.
Duhamelite * (see Mottramite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Dukeite ! Bi+++24Cr++++++8O57(OH)6(H2O)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Duke University, Duham, North Carolina, USA and for the Mary Duke Biddle
Foundation.
Dumontite Pb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for A.H.
Dumont
Dumortierite Al6.5-7(BO3)(SiO4)3(O,OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after
the French paleontologist, M. E. Dumortier (1803-1873).
Dundasite PbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Dundas and Mt. Read, Tasmania.
Duplicate (see 28-4-6-1) * (see Klyuchevskite-Duplicate ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Durangite NaAl(AsO4)F
Duranusite As4S NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Duranus, Alpes-Meritimes, France. Mina Capillitas, an epithermal deposit in the
Province of Catamarca, Argentina.
Durdenite * (see Emmonsite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Dusmatovite K(K,Na,[ ])(Mn++,Y,Zr)2(Zn,Li)3Si12O30 NAME ORIGIN: For
Vyacheslav Djuraevitch Dusmatov (1936-), Mineralogist and geologist who has
done much work at the locality. LOCALITY: The Dara-i-Pioz alkaline massif, Tien
Shan, Tajikistan.
Dussertite BaFe+++3(AsO4)2(OH)5
Duttonite V++++O(OH)2
Dwornikite (Ni,Fe++)SO4·(H2O)
Dypingite Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
locality. LOCALITY: Dypingdal serpentine-magnesite deposit, Snarum, Norway.
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Dysanalyte (Nb) * (see Perovskite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Dyscrasite Ag3Sb NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, meaning "bad alloy."
Dzhalindite In(OH)3
Dzharkenite FeSe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: In
the Suluchekinskoye Se-U deposit, Dzharkenskaya depression, SE Kazakhstan.
Dzhezkazganite ? (Pb,Cu,Rh)S2 (?)
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E Index of Mineral Species

This alphabetical listing of E minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of
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Eakerite Ca2SnAl2Si6O18(OH)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in honor of

Mr. Jack Eaker who was a mining engineer at the Foote lithium Company
spodumene mine at King's Mountain, NC.
Eakleite * (see Xonotlite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Eardleyite-Zn * (see Takovite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Earlandite Ca3(C6H5O7)·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Earland,
English oceanographer.
Earlshannonite (Mn,Fe++)Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Earl V. Shannon (1895-1981), American mineralogist and chemist, U. S.
National Museum, Washington, D.C., USA.
Eastonite ! KMg2Al[Al2Si2O10](OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
Ecandrewsite (Zn,Fe++,Mn++)TiO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ernest Clayton
Andrews (1870-1948), New South Wales government geologist, who mapped the
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Broken Hill Region.

Ecdemite Pb6As+++2O7Cl4 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for
"unusual", in reference to the composition.
Echellite * (see Levyne-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Echellite * (see Levyne-Na ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Eckermannite NaNa2(Mg4Al)Si8O22(OH)2
Eclarite Pb9(Cu,Fe)Bi12S28 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Professor E. Clar of
Vienna, Austria.
Edenharterite TlPbAs3S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1992 for Andreas
Edenharter (b.1933), Swiss crystal chemist.
Edenite NaCa2Mg5Si7AlO22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Edenville, Orange County, New York, USA.
Edgarbaileyite Hg+6Si2O7
Edgarite ! FeNb3S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Alan D. Edgar (1935-1998),
Professor of Petrology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada,
in recognition of his contributions to the study of alkaline rocks a
Edingtonite BaAl2Si3O10·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
discoverer of the mineral, Edington from Glasgow, Scotland.
Edoylerite Hg++3Cr++++++O4S2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edward H.
Oyler (1915-), American mineral collector specializing in mercury minerals.
Effenbergerite BaCuSi4O10 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Dr. Herta S.
Effenberger, mineralogist and crystallographer of the University of Vienna.
Efremovite (NH4)2Mg2(SO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ivan Antonovich
Yefremov (1907-1972), Russian geologist.
Eggletonite Na2Mn8[Si11AlO29](OH)7·11(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
R. A. Eggleton, Australian National University.
Eglestonite Hg6Cl3O(OH) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for T. E. Egleston.
Ehlite * (see Pseudomalachite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ehrleite Ca2ZnBe(PO4)2(PO3,OH)·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Howard Ehrle of Miles City, Montana, who found the mineral.
Eichwaldite * (see Jeremejevite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Eifelite KNa3Mg4Si12O30
Eisen * (see Iron ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Eitelite Na2Mg(CO3)2
Ekanite ThCa2Si8O20
Ekanite * (see Iraqite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ekaterinite Ca2B4O7(Cl,OH)2·2(H2O)
Ekatite ! (Fe+++,Fe++,Zn)12(OH)6[AsO3]6[AsO3,HOSiO3]2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Dieter Ekat (1935-1996), Namibian mining engineer.
Ekmanite ? (Fe++,Mg,Mn,Fe+++)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·2(H2O)
Elaeolite * (see Nepheline ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Elbaite Na(Li,Al)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Island of Elba, Italy.
Elbaite - (61.3.1.6) * (see Elbaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Electrum - Ag Alloy * (see Gold ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Electrum - Au Alloy * (see Silver ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Elfstorpite - Discredited 2004 * (see Allactite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ellenbergerite Mg6TiAl6Si8O28(OH)10
Ellestadite * Ca5(SiO4,PO4,SO4)3(F,OH,Cl) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
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Reuben B. Ellestad (1900-1993), American analytical chemist of Minneapolis,

Minnesota, USA.
Ellisite Tl3AsS3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Albert J. Ellis (1929-), New Zealand
geochemist.
Ellsworthite * (see Komarovite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Elpasolite K2NaAlF6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: St
Peters Dome, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
Elpidite Na2ZrSi6O15·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek "ELPIS" =
hope, in allusion to the hope of finding another mineral in the layer
Elsmoreite ! WO3·0.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Zinc mine of Elsmore, New England district, New South Wales, Australia.
Elyite Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Ely, an
important figure in the early mining history of eastern Nevada.
Embolite * Ag(Br,Cl) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "intermediate"
alluding to the 50:50 mixture of chloride and bromide in the formula.
Embolite-Br * (see Chlorargyrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Embolite-Cl * (see Bromargyrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Embreyite Pb5(CrO4)2(PO4)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for P. G. Embry
Emeleusite Na4Li2Fe+++2Si12O30
Emerald - green * (see Beryl ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Emerald Nickel * (see Zaratite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Emilite ! Cu10.7Pb10.7Bi21.3S48 NAME ORIGIN: Presumabley named for Emil
Makovicky of the University of Copenhagen.
Emmonsite Fe+++2Te++++3O9·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for S. F.
Emmons
Emplectite CuBiS2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek emplektos,
"interwoven."
Empressite AgTe NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Empress Josephine mine, Saguache County and Red Cloud mine, Bolder
County, Colorado, USA.
Enargite Cu3AsS4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek enarges - "obvious."
Endellionite * (see Bournonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Endellite ? Al2Si2O5(OH)4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1943 for Kurt
Endell (1887{?), German geologist, one of the discoverers of the mineral.
Endellite * (see Halloysite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Endlichite(As) * (see Vanadinite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Englishite K3Na2Ca10Al15(PO4)21(OH)7·26(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for George L. English (1864-1944), American mineral dealer and collector.
Enstatite Mg2Si2O6 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek enstates - "opponent."
Eosphorite MnAl(PO4)(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the
Greek for "dawn-bearing," in allusion to the pink color.
Ephesite NaLiAl2(Al2Si2)O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
locality. LOCALITY: Gumuchdahg, Ephesus, near Izmir, Turkey.
Epidesmine * (see Stilbite-Na ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Epididymite NaBeSi3O7(OH) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek epi, "near"
and didymos, "twin", for its dimorphous relationship with eudidymite
Epidote Ca2(Fe+++,Al)3(SiO4)3(OH) = Ca2(Fe,Al)Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH)
NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek epidosis - "addition."
Epistilbite CaAl2Si6O16·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek epi - "near"
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and the mineral Stilbite.

Epistolite Na4Nb2Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
Greek for "letter" in allusion to the flat, rectangular form and white color.
Epsom Salts * (see Epsomite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Epsomite MgSO4·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The mineral has long been
known from the deposits associated with the mineral waters at Epsom, Surrey,
England.
Ercitite ! Na(Mn+++,Fe+++)(PO4)(OH)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
mineralogist T. Scott Ercit (1957-) of the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa,
Canada.
Erdite NaFeS2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Richard C. Erd (1924- ),
mineralogist with the U.S. Geological Survey.
Eremeyevite * (see Jeremejevite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Eremyeevite * (see Jeremejevite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ericaite (Fe++,Mg,Mn)3B7O13Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for the purple
color of flowers from the genus Erica (Heather).
Ericssonite BaMn++2Fe+++O[Si2O7](OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John
E. Ericsson (1803-1883), Swedish-born American engineer and inventor, designer
of the iron-clad ship Monitor.
Erinite * (see Cornwallite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Eriochalcite CuCl2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek erion = "wool"
and kalcos= "copper", in allusion to its form and to the chemical composition.
Erionite-Ca ! (Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al4Si14O36]·15(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the
Greek for wool, in allusion to its white, fibrous, wool-like appearance. The
Ca-dominant member of the erionite series.
Erionite-K ! (K2,Ca,Na2)2[Al4Si14O36]·15(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the
Greek for wool, in allusion to its white, fibrous, wool-like appearance. The
K-dominant member of the erionite series.
Erionite-Na (Na2,K2,Ca)2[Al4Si14O36]·15(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the
Greek for wool, in allusion to its white, fibrous, wool-like appearance. Na
modifier added by zeolite nomenclatrue committee.
Erlianite (Fe++,Mg)4(Fe+++,V+++)2[Si6O15](O,OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for the locality. LOCALITY: Harhada iron deposit, near the Jining-Erlian railway,
Inner Mongolia, China.
Erlichmanite OsS2 NAME ORIGIN: For Joseph Erlichman, electron probe
analyst, who analyzed a number of new minerals.
Ernienickelite NiMn++++3O7·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ernest
(Ernie) Henry Nickel (1925-), Canadian-Australian mineralogist, Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CISRO) and International
Mineralogical Assoc
Erniggliite Tl2SnAs2S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1992 for Ernst Niggli (b.1917),
Swiss mineralogist.
Ernstite (Mn++1-xFe+++x)Al(PO4)(OH)2-xOx NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Theodor K. A. Ernst (1904-), mineralogist, University of Erlangen, Germany.
Ershovite Na4K3(Fe++,Mn++,Ti)2Si8O20(OH)4·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after Prof. Vadim Viktorovich Ershov (1939-1989) of the Moscow Mining
Institute.
Ertixiite Na2Si4O9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Altai No.
3 pegmatite, Ertixi River, Fuyun, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China.
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Erythrite Co3(AsO4)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek,

erythros for "red."
Erythrosiderite K2Fe+++Cl5·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the
Greek, erythros = "red" and sideros = "iron."
Eschynite * (see Aeschynite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Eschynite * (see Aeschynite-(Nd) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Eschynite * (see Aeschynite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Eskebornite CuFeSe2 NAME ORIGIN: For the Eskeborn adit, Tilkerode,
Germany, where first discovered.
Eskimoite Ag7Pb10Bi15S36 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Eskimos, the
natives of Greenland.
Eskolaite Cr2O3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pentti Eelis Eskola (1883-1964),
of the University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Esmeraldaite * (see Lepidocrocite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Esmeraldite * (see Lepidocrocite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Esperanzaite ! NaCa2Al2(As+++++O4)2F4(OH)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after the discovery locality. LOCALITY: La Esperanza mine, Zaragosa
mining district, near Madero, State of Durango, Mexico.
Esperite PbCa3Zn4(SiO4)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Esper Signius Larsen,
Jr. (1879-1961), petrologist and Professor of Geology, Harvard University.
Esseneite CaFe+++AlSiO6
Ethanamide * (see Acetamide ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ettringite Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·26(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality LOCALITY: Ettringer Bellerberg, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rheinland-Pfalz,
Germany
Eucairite CuAgSe NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "opportunity,"
because it was discovered shortly after discovery of the element selenium.
Euchlorine KNaCu++3(SO4)3O
Euchroite Cu2(AsO4)(OH)·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek eu -
"good" and chros - "color."
Euclase BeAlSiO4(OH) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek eu - "well" and klasis
- "breaking."
Eucryptite LiAlSiO4
Eudialyte Na4(Ca,Ce)2(Fe++,Mn,Y)ZrSi8O22(OH,Cl)2 (?) NAME ORIGIN:
From the Greek eu - "well" and dialytos - "decomposable."
Eudidymite NaBeSi3O7(OH)
Eugenite Ag9Hg2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eugen Friedrich Stumpfl
(1931-), Mineralogist, Mining University Leoben, Austria.
Eugsterite Na4Ca(SO4)3·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hans P. Eugster
(1925-1987), Swiss-American mineralogist, John Hopkins University, awarded the
Roebling Medal, 1983.
Eulytine * (see Eulytite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Eulytite Bi4(SiO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek eulitos = "easily
liquefiable", in allusion to its low melting point.
Euxenite-(Y) (Y,Ca,Ce)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for
"friendly to strangers, hospitable," in allusion to the rare elements that it contains.
Evansite Al3(PO4)(OH)6·6(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English
metallurgist, Brooke Evans (1797-1862),
Eveite Mn2(AsO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its structural and
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chemical simularities to adamite.

Evenkite (CH3)2(CH2)22 NAME ORIGIN: Names after its locality LOCALITY:
Evenki Region, Lower Tunguska River, Siberia, Russia.
Eveslogite ! (Ca,K,Na,Sr,Ba)48[(Ti,Nb,Fe,Mn)12(OH)12Si48O144](F,OH,Cl)14
NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Mt. Eveslogchorr, Khibiny
alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Ewaldite (Ba,Sr)(Ca,Na,Y,Ce)(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paul P.
Ewald (1888-1985), German crystallographer, founder of Acta Crystallographica,
and professor at Brooklyn Polytechnical Institute, New, York.
Eylettersite (Th,Pb)1-xAl3(PO4,SiO4)2(OH)6 (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Mme. Van Wambeke, wife of the discoverer.
Eyselite ! Fe+++Ge++++3O7(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Walter Hans
Eysel (1935-1999), Professor of Crystallography at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität,
Heidelberg, Germany, for his contributions to the study of germanates.
Ezcurrite Na4B10O17·7(H2O)
Eztlite Pb2Fe+++6(Te++++O3)3(Te++++++O6)(OH)10·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named from the Nahua "eztli," blood, in allusion to the color of the mineral.
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Fabianite CaB3O5(OH)
Facellite * (see Kaliophilite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Faheyite (Mn,Mg)Fe+++2Be2(PO4)4·6(H2O)
Fahleite Zn5CaFe+++2(AsO4)6·14(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rolfe
Fahle of Munich, Germany, a mineral dealer specializing in Tsumeb specimens.
Fairbankite PbTe++++O3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for N. K. Fairbank.
Fairchildite K2Ca(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after John Gifford
Fairchild (1882-1965), analytical chemist at the U. S. Geological Survey.
Fairfieldite Ca2(Mn,Fe++)(PO4)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
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Falcondoite (Ni,Mg)4Si6O15(OH)2·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the

contraction of FALCONbridge DOminica C. Por A., the mining company at the
type locality. LOCALITY: Loma Peruera laterite deposit at Bonao, Dominican
Republic.
Falkmanite Pb5Sb4S11 NAME ORIGIN: Named for O.C.A. Falkman.
False Galena * (see Sphalerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Famatinite Cu3SbS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY:
Sierra de Famatina, La Rioja, Argentina.
Fangite Tl3AsS4 NAME ORIGIN: Fangite was named for Jen-Ho Fang in
honor of his numerous contributions to crystallography, crystal chemistry, and
geostatistics.
Farringtonite Mg3(PO4)2
Fassaite * (see Augite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Faujasite * (see Faujasite-Na ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Faujasite-Ca ! (Ca,Na2,Mg)3.5[Al7Si17O48]·32(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after Barthelemy Faujas de Saint Fond (1741-1819), French geologist and writer on
the origin of volcanoes. The Ca-dominant member of the faujasite series.
Faujasite-Mg ! (Mg,Na2,Ca)3.5[Al7Si17O48]·32(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
the origin of volcanoes. The Mg-dominant member of the faujasite series.
Faujasite-Na (Na2,Ca,Mg)3.5[Al7Si17O48]·32(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
the origin of volcanoes.
Faustite (Zn,Cu)Al6(PO4)4(OH)8·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for George
Tobias Faust (1908-1985), mineralogist and geologist, U. S. Geological Survey.
Fava pebbles * (see Gorceixite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Fayalite Fe++2SiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Fayal
Island, Azores
Feather Alum * (see Halotrichite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Fedorite KNa4Ca4(Al,Si)16O36(OH,F)4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Evgraf Stepanovich Fedorov (1853-1919), eminent Russian crystallographer.
Fedorovskite Ca2(Mg,Mn)2B4O7(OH)6
Fedotovite K2Cu++3(SO4)3O NAME ORIGIN: Named for S. A. Fedotov
(1931-), Russian geologist.
Feinglosite ! Pb2(Zn,Fe)[(As,S)O4]2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Mark
N. Feinglos (b. 1948), Professor at the Duke University Medical Center, Durham,
North Carolina, U.S.A., who discovered the mineral.
Feitknechtite beta-Mn+++O(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Walter
Feitknecht (1899-1975), Swiss, professor of chemistry, University of Bern.
Feklichevite ! Na11Ca9(Fe+++,Fe++)2Zr3Nb[Si25O73](OH,H2O,Cl,O)5
NAME ORIGIN: Named for V. G. Feklichev (1933-1999), Russian mineralogist.
Felbertalite ! Cu2Pb6Bi8S19 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Felbertal valley, Salzburg Province, Austria.
Felsobanyaite Al4(SO4)(OH)10·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania (formerly known as
Felsobanya, in Hungary).
Fenaksite (K,Na,Ca)4(Fe++,Fe+++,Mn)2Si8O20(OH,F) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the Fe, Na, K, and Si in the formula.
Fencooperite ! Ba6Fe+++3Si8O23(CO3)2Cl3·H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for
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Joseph Fenimore Cooper, Jr. (1937-), mineral collector of Santa Cruz, California,
USA.
Fer * (see Iron ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ferberite Fe++WO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Moritz Rudolph Ferber
(1805-1875) of Gera, Germany.
Ferchromide Cr3Fe1-x(x=0,6) NAME ORIGIN: For the chemical
composition, FERrum, iron, and CHROMium.
Ferdisilicite * FeSi2
Fergusonite-(Ce) * (Ce,La,Y)NbO4 NAME ORIGIN: For the relationship to
fergusonite-(Y) and the cerium content.
Fergusonite-(Nd) * (Nd,Ce)(Nb,Ti)O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition and a member of the fergusonite group.
Fergusonite-(Y) YNbO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert Ferguson
(1767-1840), Scottish advocate, politician, and mineralogist.
Fergusonite-beta-(Ce) (Ce,La,Nd)NbO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
dimorphous relationship to fergusonite-(Ce).
Fergusonite-beta-(Nd) (Nd,Ce)NbO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
dimorphous relationship to fergusonite-(Nd).
Fergusonite-beta-(Y) YNbO4
Fermorite (Ca,Sr)5(AsO4,PO4)3(OH)
Fernandinite CaV8O20·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eulagio E.
Fernanadini, former owner of the Minasragra deposit.
Feroxyhyte Fe+++O(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition
(Ferric, Oxygen, Hydroxide).
Ferrarisite Ca5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9(H2O)
Ferrazite ? (Pb,Ba)3(PO4)2·8(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1919 for Jorge
Palmiro de Araujo Ferraz (1883-1926) of the Geological Survey of Brazil.
Ferri-annite * (see Tetra-ferri-annite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ferri-clinoferroholmquistite ! [ ]Li2(Fe+++2Fe++3)Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Johan Holmquist (1866-1946) and the Fe++ and Fe+++
clinoamphiboles.
Ferri-clinoholmquistite ! [ ]Li2Mg3(Fe3+)2(Si8O22)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: The
name reflects its composition, monoclinic crystal structure, and relationship to
holmquistite in accord with the nomenclature of Leake (1978a, 1978b)
Ferri-ferrobarroisite ! [ ]CaNa(Fe++)3(Fe+++)2(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Ferri-ferrotschermakite ! [ ]Ca2(Fe2+)3(Fe3+)2(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for its composition and for Gustav Tschermak von Sessenegg
Ferri-magnesiotaramite ! NaCaNaMg3Fe+++2[Si6Al2O22](OH)2 NAME
ORIGIN: Proposed IMA amphibole committee endmember name 1987.
Ferri-ottoliniite ! [ ](Na,Li)(Mg3Fe+++2)Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Luisa Ottolini (b. 1954), of CNR - Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Pavia,
Italy, for her fundamental contributions to the advancement of ion-probe
analysis of rock-forming
Ferri-phlogopite * (see Tetra-ferriphlogopite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ferriallanite-(Ce) ! CaCe(Fe+++,Fe++,Al)3[SiO4][Si2O7]O(OH) NAME
ORIGIN: Named as the Fe3+ analogue of allanite-(Ce)
Ferriannite * (see Tetra-ferri-annite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ferribarroisite CaNa(Fe++,Mg)3Fe+++2[AlSi7O22](OH)2
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Ferribiotite * (see Tetra-ferri-annite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Ferribrackebushite * (see Calderonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ferric-ferronyboite ! NaNa2(Fe++)3(Fe+++)2(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Ferric-nyboite * (see Obertiite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ferrichromite-magnetic, altered * (see Chromite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ferricopiapite Fe+++2/3Fe+++4(SO4)6(OH)2·20(H2O)
Ferridravite * (see Povondraite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ferrierite * (see Ferrierite-Na ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ferrierite-K ! (K,Na)2Mg(Si,Al)18O36·9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Walter Frederick Ferrier (1865-1950), Canadian geologist and mining engineer.
The K-dominant member of the ferrierite series.
Ferrierite-Mg (Mg,Na,K)2Mg(Si,Al)18O36·9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Mg modifier added by zeolite nomenclature committee.
Ferrierite-Na ! (Na,K)2Mg(Si,Al)18O36·9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Na-dominant member of the ferrierite series.
Ferrihydrite Fe+++2O3·0.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition
as a hydrated ferric iron compound.
Ferrikatophorite Na2Ca(Fe++,Mg)4Fe+++(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for its composition and from the Greek for "carrying down", in allusion to
its volcanic origin.
Ferrilotharmeyerite Ca(Zn,Cu++)(Fe+++,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 NAME
ORIGIN: As the ferric iron analog of lotharmeyerite
Ferrimolybdite Fe+++2(MoO4)3·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from its
chemical composition.
Ferrinatrite Na3Fe+++(SO4)3·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
chemical composition of FERRIc iron and NATRIum (Sodium).
Ferripedrizite ! NaLi2(Fe+++2Mg2Li)Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality and as the ferric end member from the IMA-CNMMN and its
Amphibole Subcommittee. LOCALITY: Eastern Pedriza Massif, Arroyo de la Yedra
Valley, Sierra de Guadarrama, Spain.
Ferripyrophyllite Fe+++2Si4O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Fe+++
analog of pyrophyllite.
Ferrisadanagaite-K * (see Potassicferrisadanagaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ferrisicklerite Li(Fe+++,Mn++)PO4
Ferristilpnomelane-high Fe+++ * (see Stilpnomelane ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Ferristrunzite Fe+++Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)3·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for

its composition and for Hugo Strunz (1910-), mineralogist, Berlin, who authored
the Strunz system of mineral classification.
Ferrisurite (Pb,Cu)2-3(CO3)1.5-2(OH,F)0.5-1[(Fe,Al)2Si4O10(OH)2]·n(H2O)
NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and relationship to surite.
Ferrisymplesite Fe+++3(AsO4)2(OH)3·5(H2O)
Ferritaramite Na(CaNa)(Fe++,Mg)3Fe+++2[Si6Al2O22](OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named after the chemical composition and the locality. LOCALITY:
Ferritschermakite Ca2(Fe++,Mg)3Al2(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for its composition and for Gustav Tschermak von Sessenegg (1836-1927),
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Ferritungstite (K,Ca,Na)(W++++++,Fe+++)2(O,OH)6·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for FERRIc iron and TUNGsten in its composition.
ferritungstite * (see Meymacite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ferriwhittakerite ! Na(NaLi)(Mg2Fe+++2Li)Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Eric J.W. Whittaker (1921-), of Oxford University, who did pioneering
work in amphibole crystal-chemistry.
Ferriwinchite NaCaMg4Fe+++Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
composition and for Howard J. Winch, Geological survey of India.
Ferro-actinolite [ ]Ca2Fe++5Si8O22(OH)2
Ferro-alluaudite * (see Ferroalluaudite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ferro-aluminoceladonite ! K2Fe++2Al2Si8O20(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named
from its composition (Fe++,Al) and the French 'celadon,' sea-green, in allusion to
its common color.
Ferro-aluminotschermakite * Ca2Fe++3Al2(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Ferro-anthophyllite [ ]Fe++7Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From its composition
and from the Latin anthophyllum - "clove" in allusion to the color.
Ferro-eckermannite NaNa2(Fe++4Al)Si8O22(OH)2
Ferro-edenite NaCa2Fe++5Si7AlO22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition and the relationship to edinite.
Ferroalluaudite NaCaFe++(Fe++,Mn,Fe+++,Mg)2(PO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: For
dominant ferrous iron content and relationship to alluaudite.
Ferroaxinite Ca2Fe++Al2BO3Si4O12(OH) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek
acine - "ax" in allusion to the acute shape of typical crystals and the Latin -
ferrum - "iron" in reference to the Fe in the chemical formula.
Ferrobarroisite [ ](CaNa)Fe++3AlFe+++Si7AlO22(OH)2
Ferrobustamite Ca(Fe++,Ca,Mn)Si2O6 NAME ORIGIN: For FERROan iron in
its composition and its relation to bustamite.
Ferrocarpholite (Fe++,Mg)Al2Si2O6(OH)4
Ferroceladonite ! K2Fe++Fe+++Si8O20(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named from
its composition (Fe++) and the French 'celadon,' sea-green, in allusion to its
common color.
Ferrochloropargasite * NaCa2(Fe++4Al)Si6Al2O22Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
as the chlorine analog of ferropargasite.
Ferroclinoholmquistite * (see Clinoferroholmquistite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Ferrocolumbite Fe++Nb2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its content of

the element niobium, formerly called columbium and the Latin ferrium - "iron."
Ferroferribarroisite * CaNa(Fe++,Mg)3Fe+++2[AlSi7O22](OH)2
Ferroferritschermakite * Ca2(Fe++,Mg)3Fe+++2(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for its composition and for Gustav Tschermak von Sessenegg
Ferroferriwinchite * CaNa(Fe++,Mg)4Fe+++[Si8O22](OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for its composition and for Howard J. Winch, Geological survey of India.
Ferrogedrite [ ]Fe++5Al2Si6Al2O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
composition and the original gederite location at Heas, Gedres, France.
Ferroglaucophane [ ]Na2(Fe++3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2
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Ferrohagendorfite * (Na,Ca)2Fe++(Fe++,Fe+++)2(PO4)3 NAME ORIGIN:

Named for the locality and the iron-rich end member of hagendorfite. LOCALITY:
Hagendorf, Barvaria, Germany.
Ferrohexahydrite Fe++SO4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition, FERROus iron and HEXAHYDrate in allusion to the six water
molecules in the crystal structure.
Ferrohogbomite-2N2S ! (Fe++,Zn,Mg,Al)6Al14(Ti,Fe)2O30(OH)2 NAME
ORIGIN: Named as the Fe-dominant member of the hogbomite series.
Ferroholmquistite [ ](Li2Fe++3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: The name
reflects its composition and relationship to holmquistite..
Ferrohornblende [ ]Ca2[Fe++4(Al,Fe+++)]Si7AlO22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: For
its ferrous iron content and from the German for horn and to deceive, in allusion
to its similarity to valuable minerals in ores.
Ferrokaersutite NaCa2(Fe++4Ti)Si6Al2O22(OH)2
Ferrokentbrooksite !
Na15Ca6(Fe,Mn)3Zr3NbSi25O73(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
as the Fe-analogue of kentbrooksite.
Ferrokesterite Cu2(Fe,Zn)SnS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its relationship to
kesterite.
Ferrokinoshitalite ! (Ba,K)(Fe++,Mg)3(Si2Al2)O10 (OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: The
name reflects the mineral’s iron content and relationship to kinoshitalite.
Ferrolaueite * Fe++Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as
the ferrous analog of laueite.
Ferroleakeite ! NaNa2(Fe++)3(Fe+++)2Li(Si8O22)(OH)2
Ferronickelplatinum Pt2FeNi NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Fe,
Ni, Pt).
Ferronigerite-2N1S (Zn,Mg,Fe++)(Sn,Zn)2(Al,Fe+++)12O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named after its locality and FERRO (Iron). (S=Spinel, N=Nolanite Layers).
LOCALITY: Egbe district, Nigeria, Africa.
Ferronigerite-6N6S ! (Fe++,Zn)4Sn2(Al,Fe+++)15O30(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named after its locality and FERRO (Iron). (S=Spinel, N=Nolanite Layers).
LOCALITY: Nigeria, Africa.
Ferronordite-(Ce) ! Na3SrCeFe++Si6O17 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the
Fe++ dominant analogue of nordite-(Ce). Nordite series is named after the word
for north because of its northern origin in the Lovozero Massif.
Ferronordite-(La) ! Na3Sr(La,Ce)FeSi6O17 NAME ORIGIN: La dominant
analog of ferronordite-(Ce).
Ferronyboite ! NaNa2(Fe++)3Al2(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Ferropargasite NaCa2(Fe++4Al)Si6Al2O22(OH)2
Ferropumpellyite * (see Pumpellyite-(Fe++) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ferropyrosmalite (Fe++,Mn)8Si6O15(OH,Cl)10 NAME ORIGIN: Iron rich end
member of pyrosmalite.
Ferrorhodsite (Fe,Cu)(Rh,Ir,Pt)2S4 NAME ORIGIN: For it's composition and
relationship to cuprorhodsite.
Ferrorichterite Na(CaNa)Fe++5[Si8O22](OH)2
Ferrorosemaryite ! [ ]NaFe++Fe+++Al(PO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the
Fe-dominant analogue of rosemaryite.
Ferrosaponite ! Ca0.3(Fe++,Mg,Fe+++)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named as the Fe2+ dominant analog of saponte.
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Ferroschallerite * (see Nelenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Ferroselite FeSe2 NAME ORIGIN: For the composition.
Ferrosilite (Fe++,Mg)2Si2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition
(Ferrous Silicate).
Ferrostilpnomelane-low Fe+++ * (see Stilpnomelane ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Ferrostrunzite Fe++Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for

its composition and for Hugo Strunz (1910-), mineralogist, Berlin, who authored
the Strunz system of mineral classification.
Ferrotaaffeite-6N3S (Fe++,Zn,Mg)2Al6BeO12 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the
FERRous analog of magnesiotaaffeite. (S=Spinel, N=Nolanite Layers).
Ferrotantalite Fe++Ta2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the FERROus iron
and from the Greek, Tantalos = father of Niobe.
Ferrotapiolite (Fe++,Mn++)(Ta,Nb)2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
god Tapio of Finnish mythology and the Latin ferrium - "iron."
Ferrotitanowodginite ! Fe++TiTa2O8 NAME ORIGIN: The name reflects its
composition and relationship to wodginite.
Ferrotschermakite ! [ ]Ca2(Fe++3AlFe+++)Si6Al2O22(OH) NAME ORIGIN:
Ferrotychite Na6Fe++2(SO4)(CO3)4
Ferrowinchite [ ](CaNa)Fe++4(Al,Fe+++)Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for its composition and for Howard J. Winch, Geological survey of India.
Ferrowodginite Fe++SnTa2O8
Ferrowyllieite (Na,Ca,Mn)(Fe++,Mn)(Fe++,Fe+++,Mg)Al(PO4)3 NAME
ORIGIN: Dominant ferrous iron and relationship to wyllieite.
Ferruccite NaBF4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ferruccio Zambonini.
Fersilicite * FeSi
Fersmanite Ca4(Na,Ca)4(Ti,Nb)4(Si2O7)2O8F3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Alexander Yevgenievich Fersman (1883-1945), Russian mineralogist and
geochemist.
Fersmite (Ca,Ce,Na)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2(O,OH,F)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Aleksandr Evgenevich Fersman (1883-1945), eminent Russian mineralogist,
geochemist, and gemologist.
Feruvite ! (Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Ti)3(Al,Mg,Fe)6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the iron content and relationship to uvite.
Feruvite - (61.3.1.4) * (see Feruvite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Fervanite Fe+++4(VO4)4·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
composition.
Fetiasite (Fe++,Fe+++,Ti++++)3O2(As+++2O5) NAME ORIGIN: For the Fe,
Ti, and As in its chemical composition.
Fettelite ! Ag24HgAs5S20 NAME ORIGIN: Named for M. Fettel, an
experienced mineral collector who found the mineral.
Fianelite ! Mn++2V+++++(V+++++,As+++++)O7·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after its locality. LOCALITY: The Fianel mine, Val Ferrera, Canton
Graubunden, Switzerland.
Fibroferrite Fe+++(SO4)(OH)·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin, fibra,
meaning "fibre" and ferrum, meaning "iron."
Fibrolite * (see Sillimanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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Fichtelite C19H34 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY:

Redwitz, Fichtel Mts, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany
Fiedlerite Pb3Cl4F(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for K.G. Fiedler,
superintendant of the Laurion mines.
Filatovite ! K[(Al,Zn)2(As,Si)2O8] NAME ORIGIN: Named for Stanislav K.
Filatov (b. 1940), Professor, Department of Crystallography, St. Petersburg State
University, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Filipstadite (Mn++,Mg)4Sb+++++Fe+++O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
town of Filipstad, Sweden, which is near the mine.
Fillowite Na2Ca(Mn,Fe++)7(PO4)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Abijah N.
Fillow (1822-1895), of Branchville, Connecticut, who supplied minerals from his
quarry at the locality. LOCALITY: Branchville, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA.
Fingerite Cu11(VO4)6O2
Finnemanite Pb5(As+++O3)3Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for K.J. Finneman
Fire Blende * (see Pyrostilpnite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Fire Opal - red * (see Opal ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Fischesserite Ag3AuSe2 NAME ORIGIN: For Raymond Fischesser, Director of
the National School of Mines, Paris, France.
Fizelyite Pb14Ag5Sb21S48 (?) NAME ORIGIN: For Sandor Fizely, mining
engineer, who discovered the mineral.
Flagstaffite C10H22O3
Fleischerite Pb3Ge(SO4)2(OH)6·3(H2O)
Fletcherite Cu(Ni,Co)2S4 NAME ORIGIN: For the Fletcher mine, Reynolds
Co., Missouri, USA.
Flinkite Mn++2Mn+++(AsO4)(OH)4
Flint - microcrystalline quartz * (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Florencite-(Ce) CeAl3(PO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for W.
Florence and its cerium content.
Florencite-(La) (La,Ce)Al3(PO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for W.
Florence and its lanthanum content.
Florencite-(Nd) (Nd,Ce)Al3(PO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for W.
Florence and its neodymium content.
Florenskyite ! (Fe,Ni)TiP NAME ORIGIN: Named for Cyrill P. Florensky
(1915-19820, Russian geochemist, who is one of the founders of Colleagues in the
Laboratory of Comparative Planetology.
Florensovite Cu(Cr1.5Sb0.5)S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1989 for Nikolai A.
Florensov (1909-1986), Russian geologist.
Fluckite CaMn(HAsO4)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Fluck,
Mineralogist at Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg, France.
Fluellite Al2(PO4)F2(OH)·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the chemical
compositon of fluorine (Latin, fluere = "to flow").
Fluoborite Mg3(BO3)(F,OH)3
Fluocerite * (see Fluocerite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Fluocerite-(Ce) (Ce,La)F3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical
composition containing fluorine (Latin, fluere = "to flow") and cerium (Named
after the asteroid Ceres).
Fluocerite-(La) (La,Ce)F3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical
composition containing fluorine (Latin, fluere = "to flow") and cerium (Named
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after the asteroid Ceres) with the modifier La-lanthanum (Greek, lanthanein = "to
li
Fluor edenite * (see Fluoro-edenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Fluor Spar * (see Fluorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Fluorannite ! KFe++3AlSi3O10F2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as fluorine-rich
annite.
Fluorapatite Ca5(PO4)3F NAME ORIGIN: Named as the fluorine
Fluorapophyllite (K,Na)Ca4Si8O20(F,OH)·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the
Greek apophylliso - "it flakes off." and the composition containing fluorine;
Fluorbritholite-(Ce) (Ca,Ce,La,Na)5(SiO4,PO4)3(OH,F) NAME ORIGIN: For
the relationship to Britholite-Ce the fluorine content.
Fluorcaphite ! (Ca,Sr,Ce,Na)5(PO4)3F NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
composition of fluorine, calcium, and phosphorous.
Fluorellestadite Ca5(SiO4,PO4,SO4)3(F,OH,Cl) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the composition and Reuben B. Ellestad (1900-1993), American analytical
chemist of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Fluorite CaF2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition containing
fluorine (Latin, fluere = "to flow").
Fluoro-edenite ! NaCa2Mg5Si7AlO22(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as
the fluorine dominant member of the edenite series.
Fluoro-ferroleakeite NaNa2(Fe++2Fe+++2Li)Si8O22F2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
after its composition containing fluorine and iron and with the mineral leakeite.
Fluoro-magnesio-arfvedsonite ! NaNa2(Mg,Fe++)4Fe+++[Si8O22](F,OH)2
NAME ORIGIN: Named as the fluorine-dominant member of magnesio-
arfvedsonite.
Fluoro-magnesiohastingsite * (K,Na)Ca2(Mg,Fe++)4Fe+++[Si6Al2O22](F,OH)2
NAME ORIGIN: Named for the chemistry and relationship to hastinsite.
Fluoro-sodic-pedrizite ! NaLi2(Mg2Al2Li)S5Si8O22F2 NAME ORIGIN:
Fluorocannilloite ! CaCa2(Mg4Al)Si5Al3O22F2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as
the fluorine-rich end member of cannilloite.
Fluoronyboite ! NaNa2(Al2Mg3)(Si7Al)O22(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as
the fluorine-dominant member of the nyboitic amphiboles.
Fluororichterite ! Na(CaNa)Mg5[Si8O22]F2
Fluorthalenite-(Y) ! Y3Si3O10F NAME ORIGIN: Named as the F analog of
thalenite-(Y).
Fluorvesuvianite ! Ca19(Al,Mg)13[SiO4]10[Si2O7]4(F,OH)10 NAME ORIGIN:
Named as the fluorine-dominant analog of vesuvainite.
Foggite CaAl(PO4)(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Forrest. F. Fogg
(1920-), mineral collector, New Hampshire, USA.
Foitite ! [ ]Na<0.5(Fe++,Al)3Al6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Ranklin F. Foit, Jr. (1942-), mineralogist, Washington State Univerisity,
Washington, USA.
Foitite - (61.3.1.1) * (see Foitite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Fontanite Ca[(UO2)3(CO3)2O2]·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Francois Fontan, mineralogist, University of Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse, France.
Fool's Gold * (see Pyrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Foordite Sn++(Nb,Ta)2O6
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Footeite * (see Connellite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Formanite-(Y) YTaO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Francis Gloster Forman
(1904-1980), government geologist.
Formicaite ! Ca(HCOO)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition.
Fornacite Pb2Cu(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lucien
Lewis Forneau (1867-1930), Colonial Governor of the French Congo.
Forsterite Mg2SiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Johann Forster, German
naturalist.
Foshagite Ca4Si3O9(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Fredrick
Foshag (1894-1956), mineralogist and former curator at U. S. National Museum.
Foshallasite Ca3Si2O7·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Willian Frederick
Foshag (1984-1956), American mineralogist, and for the mineral centrallasite
(now named gyrolite).
Fougerite ! (Fe++,Mg)6Fe+++2(OH)18·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Discovered coloring (green) the soil of the Fougères Forest in
the Ille-et-Vilaine region of France
Fourmarierite Pb(UO2)4O3(OH)4·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Paul Fourmarier(1877-1970, Belgian geologist and Professor of Geology at the
University of Liege, Belgium.
Fowlerite - Zn * (see Rhodonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Fraipontite (Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Julien Jean
Joseph Fraipont (1857-1910), and Charles Fraipont, of Liege, Belgium, both
geologists and paleontologists.
Francevillite (Ba,Pb)(UO2)2V2O8·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality LOCALITY: Mounana mine, Franceville, Haut-Ogooué, Gabon
Franciscanite-III Mn++6V+++++2Si2(O,OH)14 NAME ORIGIN: Named after
the Miocene age Franciscan Formation.
Franciscanite-VIII Mn++3(V+++++,[ ])1-x(SiO4)(O,OH)3(x=0.5) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after the Miocene-aged Franciscan Formation in California, USA..
Francisite Cu3Bi(SeO3)2O2Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for Glyn Francis
(1939-), Quality Control Officer at the Iron Monarch quarry, Australia who
collected the mineral.
Franckeite (Pb,Sn)6Fe++Sn2Sb2S14 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
mining engineers, Carl and Ernest Francke.
Francoanellite H6(K,Na)3(Al,Fe+++)5(PO4)8·13(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Franco Anelli, professor of geography, University of Bari, Italy, who
discovered the cave in which the mineral was found.
Francoisite-(Nd) (Nd,Y,Sm,Ce)(UO2)3(PO4)2O(OH)·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Armand Francois (1922-), former Director of Geology for Gecamine
and the dominant neodymium content.
Francolite * (see Carbonate-fluorapatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Franconite Na2Nb4O11·9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Francon Quarry, Montreal Island, Quebec, Canada.
Frankamenite ! K3Na3Ca5(Si12O30)[F,(OH)]4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after V.A. Frank-Kamenetsky (1915-1994), Russian mineralogist-crystallographer.
Frankdicksonite BaF2
Frankhawthorneite Cu2Te++++++O4(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after
Prof. Frank Christopher Hawthorne (1946-), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg,
Canada.
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Franklinfurnaceite Ca2(Fe+++,Al)Mn+++Mn++3Zn2Si2O10(OH)8
Franklinite (Zn,Mn++,Fe++)(Fe+++,Mn+++)2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named
after its locality which was named after Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American
scientist and inventor. LOCALITY: Dominant ore mineral at Franklin and Sterling
Hill, New Jersey, USA.
Franklinphilite (K,Na)4(Mn++,Mg,Zn)48(Si,Al)72(O,OH)216·6(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named after its locality and from the Greek philos = 'friend.' The 'friends
of Franklin' are those scientific investigators who helped study the unique
mineralogy and geology of this dep LOCALITY: Franklin mine, Sussex County,
New Jersey.
Fransoletite H2Ca3Be2(PO4)4·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for A.M.
Fransolet
Franzinite [(Na,K)30Ca10][Si30Al30O120](SO4)10·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
For Marco Franzini, Professor of Mineralogy, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Freboldite CoSe NAME ORIGIN: For Professor Georg Frebold of Hannover,
Germany.
Fredrikssonite Mg2(Mn+++,Fe+++)O2(BO3) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kurt
A. Fredriksson (1926-), Swedish-U.S. Geochemist.
Freedite Pb8Cu+(As+++O3)2O3Cl5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert L.
Freed (1950-), U.S. Mineralogist.
Freibergite (Ag,Cu,Fe)12(Sb,As)4S13 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Freiberg district, Saxony.
Freieslebenite AgPbSbS3 NAME ORIGIN: For Johann Karl Freiesleben
(1774-1846), Mining Commissioner of Saxony, Germany.
Fremontite * (see Natromontebrasite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Fresnoite Ba2TiSi2O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality. LOCALITY:
Big Creek - Rush Creek sanbornite deposit, 5 miles NE of Trimmer, Fresno Co.
California.
Freudenbergite Na2Fe+++2Ti6O16 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wilhelm
Freudenberg (1881-), German geologist, who studied the rocks of Odenwald,
Germany, where the mineral was found.
Friedelite Mn8Si6O15(OH,Cl)10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles Friedel
(1832-1899), French chemist and mineralogist.
Friedrichite Pb5Cu5Bi7S18 NAME ORIGIN: For Professor Dr.-Ing O.M.
Friedrich, of the Mining University, Leoben, Styria, Austria.
Fritzscheite Mn(UO2)2[(V,P)O4]2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Karl
Julius Fritzsche (1808-1871), German chemist.
Frohbergite FeTe2 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Max Hans Frohberg, mining
geologist, Toronto, Canada.
Frolovite CaB2(OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Novo-Frolvsk, Turinsk region, Ural Mountains, Russia.
Frondelite Mn++Fe+++4(PO4)3(OH)5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Clifford
Frondel (1907-2002), one of the founders of Mineralogical Society of America
and one of the authors of Dana's Mineralogy, 7th edition.
Froodite PdBi2 NAME ORIGIN: For the Frood mine in Canada, in which it
occurs.
Fuchsite (Cr) * (see Muscovite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Fuenzalidaite K6(Na,K)4Na6Mg10(SO4)12(IO3)12·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
For Humberto Fuenzalida P. (1904-1966), who planned and directed the first
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school of geology at the University of Chile.

Fukalite Ca4Si2O6(CO3)(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Bicchu, Fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
Fukuchilite Cu3FeS8 NAME ORIGIN: For Nobuyo Fukuchi (1877-1934).
Fulgurites * (see Lechatelierite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Fullerene * (see Fullerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Fullerite ! C60 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard Buckminster Fuller
(1895-1983), American architect and visionary. Invented the geodesic dome
which illustrates the molecular morphology of fullerenes.
Fuloppite Pb3Sb8S15 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Bela Fulopp.
Fundylite (calcite pseudomorphs) * (see Ikaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Furongite Al2(UO2)(PO4)3(OH)2·8(H2O)
Furutobeite (Cu,Ag)6PbS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Furutobe mine, Akita Prefecture, Japan.
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Gabrielite ! Tl6Ag3Cu6As9S21 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals

Gabrielsonite PbFe++(AsO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Olof Erik
Gabrielson (1912-), mineralogist, Swedish Natural History Museum, Stockholm,
Sweden.
Gadolinite-(Ce) (Ce,La,Nd,Y)2Fe++Be2Si2O10 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for its cerium content and the relationship to gadolinite-(Y).
Gadolinite-(Y) Y2Fe++Be2Si2O10
Gagarinite-(Y) NaCaY(F,Cl)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Yuri
Alekseevich Gagarin (1934-1968), the first cosmonaut and the first person to
travel in space.
Gageite (Mn,Mg,Zn)42Si16O54(OH)40 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert B.
Gage, of Trenton, New Jersey, USA, who analyzed the first specimens.
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Gageite-2M (Mn,Mg,Zn)42Si16O54(OH)40 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert

B. Gage, of Trenton, New Jersey, USA, who analyzed the first specimens.
Gahnite ZnAl2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Swedish chemist and
mineralogist, J. G. Gahn (1745-1818).
Gaidonnayite Na2ZrSi3O9·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gabrielle
Hamburger Donnay (1920-1987), crystallographer and mineralogist, McGill
University.
Gainesite Na2Zr2Be(PO4)4·1-2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard
Venable Gaines (1917-1999), American mineralogist, economic geologist, and
mineral collector of Earlysville, Virginia, USA, for his interest in beryllium minerals.
Gaitite Ca2Zn(AsO4)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rober Irwin Gait
(1938-), curator of mineralogy, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada.
Galaxite (Mn,Mg)(Al,Fe+++)2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
location.
Galeite Na15(SO4)5F4Cl
Galena PbS NAME ORIGIN: The Roman naturalist, Pliny, used the name
galena to describe lead ore.
Galenobismutite PbBi2S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical
composition.
Galgenbergite-(Ce) ! Ca(REE)2(CO3)4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
the locality. LOCALITY: Galgenberg Tunnel, St. Leoben, Steiermark, Austria.
Galileiite ! NaFe++4(PO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: For Galileo Galilei (1564-1642),
Italian astronomer and physicist.
Galkhaite (Cs,Tl)(Hg,Cu,Zn)6(As,Sb)4S12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: In the mercury deposits of Gal-Khaya, Yakutia, and
Khaidarkan, Kirgizia, Russia.
Gallite CuGaS2 NAME ORIGIN: For the mineral's gallium content.
Gallobeudantite ! PbGa3[(AsO4),(SO4)]2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: For the
relationship to beudantite and the gallium content.
Galmei * (see Hemimorphite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Galmei * (see Smithsonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Gamagarite Ba2(Fe+++,Mn+++)(VO4)2(OH)
Gananite BiF3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Ganan
area, Laikeng district, southern Jiangxi Province, China.
Ganomalite Pb9Ca5Mn++Si9O33
Ganophyllite (K,Na)2(Mn,Al,Mg)8(Si,Al)12O29(OH)7·8-9(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: From the Greek for "luster" and "leaf" for the high luster on cleavage
planes.
Ganterite ! [Ba0.5(Na,K)0.5]Al2(Si2.5Al1.5O10)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Gantertal Valley region in which the mineral was found.
Gaotaiite Ir3Te8 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Near the
village of Gaotai, about 200 km NNE of Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Garavellite FeSbBiS4 NAME ORIGIN: For Professor C.L. Garavelli, Italian
mineralogist.
Garnierite * (see Falcondoite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Garrelsite-V Ba3NaSi2B7O16(OH)4
Garrelsite-VIII Ba3NaSi2B7O16(OH)4
Garronite Na2Ca5Al12Si20O64·27(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Slopes of Glenariff Valley, Garron Plateau, County Antrim,
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Northern Ireland.
Gartrellite Pb(Cu,Fe++)2(AsO4,SO4)2(CO3,H2O)0.7 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Blair Gartrell (1950-1995), Australian collector who found the mineral.
Garyansellite (Mg,Fe+++)3(PO4)2(OH,O)·1,5(H2O)
Gasparite-(Ce) CeAsO4
Gaspeite (Ni,Mg,Fe++)CO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: It was first described from the Gaspe Peninsula in Quebec, but has
been reported from elsewhere, including western Australia.
Gatehouseite Mn++5(PO4)2(OH)4
Gatelite-(Ce) ! (Ca,Ce,La,Nd)4(Al,Mg,Fe)4[Si2O7][SiO4]3(O,F,OH)3 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Gatel, French mineral collector and founder of the
Association Francaise de Micromineralogie.
Gatumbaite CaAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Buranga pegmatite, near Gatumba, Gisenyi Province,
Rwanda.
Gaudefroyite Ca4Mn+++3-x(BO3)3(CO3)(O,OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Abbe Christophe Gaudefroy (1888-1971), French mineralogist who worked in
Morocco.
Gaultite Na4Zn2Si7O18·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Robert Allan
Gault (1943- ) of the Canadian Museum of Nature.
Gay Lussite * (see Gaylussite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Gaylussite Na2Ca(CO3)2·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
French chemist and physicist, J. L. Gay-Lussac (1778-1850).
Gearksutite CaAl(OH,F)5·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek
"Ge", for earth because it is usually earthy and arksutite, from the locality near
Arksut fjord. LOCALITY: Greenland and Ural Mountains, Russia.
Gebhardite Pb8(As+++2O5)2OCl6
Gedrite [ ]Mg5Al2Si6Al2O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Heas Valley near Gedres, France.
Geerite Cu8S5 NAME ORIGIN: To honor the original collector, Adam Geer,
of Utica, New York, USA.
Geffroyite (Ag,Cu,Fe)9(Se,S)8 NAME ORIGIN: To honor Jaques Geffroy,
metallugist for the French Atomic Energy Commission.
Gehlenite Ca2Al(AlSi)O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German
chemist, A. F. Gehlen (1775-1815).
Geigerite Mn5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·10(H2O)
Geikielite MgTiO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sir Archibald Geikie
(1835-1924), Scottish geologist and Director-General of the Geological Survey of
Great Brition.
Geminite Cu++2As+++++2O7·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the
Latin gemini, twins, in allusion to the usual character of the crystals.
Genkinite (Pt,Pd)4Sb3 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. A.D. Genkin, Soviet
mineralogist.
Genthelvite Zn4Be3(SiO4)3S NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frederick August
Ludwig Karl Genth (1820-1893), German-American mineralogist.
Genthite * (see Falcondoite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Genthite * (see Nepouite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Geocronite Pb14(Sb,As)6S23 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "Earth"
and "Saturn", the alchemistic name for lead.
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Georgbarsanovite ! Na12(Mn,Sr,REE)3Ca6Fe++3Zr3NbSi25O76Cl2·H2O NAME

Georgbokiite ! Cu5O2(SeO3)2Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: For Prof. Dr. Georgiy
Borisovich Bokii (1909-) for his contributions to crystal chemistry and mineralogy.
Georgechaoite KNaZrSi3O9·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The name honors Prof.
George Y. Chao of Carlton University, Ottawa, Canada, for his work with Zr
silicates.
Georgeericksenite ! Na6CaMg(IO3)6(CrO4)2·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after George E. Ericksen (1920-1996) of Reston, Virginia who conducted
studies of nitrate deposits for the U.S.G.S.
Georgeite Cu++5(CO3)3(OH)4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for George
Herbert Payne (1912-1989), past chief of the mineral division, Western Australian
Government Chemical Laboratories.
Georgiadesite Pb4(AsO3)Cl4(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Georgiades, a director of the mines at Laurium, Greece.
Gerasimovskite (Mn,Ca)(Nb,Ti)5O12·9(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Vasily I. Gerasimovskii (1911-1979), Russian mineralogist and geochemist who
discovered many new minerals at Lovozero.
Gerdtremmelite ZnAl2(AsO4)(OH)5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gerd
Tremmel, who first recognized the mineral.
Gerenite-(Y) ! (Ca,Na)2(Y,REE)3Si6O18·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Richard
Geren (1917-), former executive vice-president of the Iron Ore Company of
Canada. Mr. Geren initiated and supported the exploration program of the
Strange Lake deposit.
Gerhardtite Cu2(NO3)(OH)3
Germanite Cu26Fe4Ge4S32 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its content of the
element Germanium.
Germanocolusite Cu13V(Ge,As)3S16 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1992 for its
relationship to colusite.
Gersdorffite NiAsS NAME ORIGIN: Named after Herr von Gersdorff,
owner of Schladming Mine, Austria.
Gerstleyite Na2(Sb,As)8S13·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. M.
Gerstley (1907-), President, Pacific Coast Borax Company.
Gerstmannite (Mg,Mn)2ZnSiO4(OH)2
Getchellite AsSbS3 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality. LOCALITY: At the
Getchell mine, about 32 km northeast of Golconda, Humboldt Co., Nevada,
USA.
Geversite Pt(Sb,Bi)2 NAME ORIGIN: For Professor T.W. Gevers.
Gianellaite Hg4(SO4)N2
Giannettite * (see Hainite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Gibbsite Al(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the American collector, G.
Gibbs (1776-1833).
Giessenite Pb13(Cu,Ag)(Bi,Sb)9S28 (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Giessen,
a village nearby the Binntal, Switzerland.
Gilalite Cu5Si6O17·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its locality.
LOCALITY: Christmas mine, Gila County, Arizona, USA.
Gillespite BaFe++Si4O10
Gillulyite Tl2(As,Sb)8S13 NAME ORIGIN: Named in honor of the late James
C. Gilluly, United States Geological Survey.
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Gilmarite ! Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gilbert Mari (1944-),

mineralogist at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France.
Giniite Fe++Fe+++4(PO4)4(OH)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named by Paul
Keller for his wife, Gini Keller.
Ginorite Ca2B14O23·8(H2O)
Ginzburgite * (see Roggianite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Giorgiosite Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for one of the
cones, Giorgios, created during the eruption at Santorin islands in 1866.
Giraudite (Cu,Zn,Ag)12(As,Sb)4(Se,S)13 NAME ORIGIN: To honor Roger
Giraud, of the electron microprobe laboratory of the B.R.G.M.-C.N.R.S. in
Orleans, France.
Girdite Pb3H2(Te++++O3)(Te++++++O6) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Richard Gird (1836-1910), mining engineer and assayer, who made the first rich
silver assays and helped open up the Tombstone district.
Girvasite NaCa2Mg3(PO4)2[PO2(OH)2](CO3)(OH)2·4(H2O)
Gismondine Ca2Al4Si4O16·9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Italian
mineralogist, Carlo Giuseppe Gismondi (1762-1824), lecturer in Mineralogy in
Rome.
Gismondite * (see Gismondine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Gittinsite CaZrSi2O7
Giuseppettite [Na42K16Ca6]S64Si48Al48O192(SO4)10Cl2·5H2O NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Giuseppe Giuseppetti, Professor of Mineralogy, University of
Pavia, Pava, Italy.
Gjerdingenite-Fe ! K2[(H2O)2(Fe,Mn)][(Nb,Ti)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4]·4(H2O)
NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Gjerdingselva, Lunnar,
Pooland, Norway.
Gjerdingenite-Mn ! (K,Na)2(Mn,Fe)(Nb,Ti)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·6(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named as the Mn-dominant analogue of gjerdingenite-Fe.
Gladite PbCuBi5S9 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality LOCALITY:
Gladhammer, Province of Kalmar, Sweden.
Gladiusite ! Fe+++2(Fe++,Mg)4(PO4)(OH)13·H2O NAME ORIGIN: Name
alludes to the crystal morphology which resembles a double edged sword
(gladius, Latin for sword).
Glagolevite ! NaMg6[Si3AlO10](OH,O)8·H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. A.
Glagolev (1927-1993), Russian mineralogist.
Glaserite * (see Aphthitalite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Glauber Salt * (see Mirabilite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Glauber's Salt * (see Glauberite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Glauberite Na2Ca(SO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Glauber's Salt, of
alchemist origin.
Glaucocerinite (Zn,Cu)5Al3(SO4)1.5(OH)16·9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
from the Greek for "blue" and "waxlike".
Glaucochroite CaMnSiO4
Glaucodot (Co,Fe)AsS NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "blue," in
reference to its use in the dark blue glass called smalt.
Glauconite (K,Na)(Fe+++,Al,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From
the Greek "glaucos" for the blue green color.
Glaucophane [ ]Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek
glaukos - "blue" and fanos - "appearing."
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Glaukosphaerite (Cu,Ni)2(CO3)(OH)2
Glendonite (calcite pseudomorphs) * (see Ikaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Glendonite - pseudomorph * (see Calcite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Globosite * (see Strengite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Glucine CaBe4(PO4)2(OH)4·0.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
alternative name for beryllium: Glucinum.
Glushinskite Mg(C2O4)·2(H2O)
Gmelinite * (see Gmelinite-Na ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Gmelinite-Ca ! (Ca,Na2)Al2Si4O12·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
German mineralogist and chemist, Christian Gottlob Gmelin (1792-1860) of
Turbingen, Germany. The Ca-dominant member of the gmelinite series.
Gmelinite-K ! (K,Na,Ca)6(Al7Si17O48)·22(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
the German mineralogist and chemist, Christian Gottlob Gmelin (1792-1860) of
Turbingen, Germany. The K-dominant member of the gmelinite series.
Gmelinite-Na (Na2,Ca)Al2Si4O12·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
the German mineralogist and chemist, Christian Gottlob Gmelin (1792-1860) of
Turbingen, Germany. Na modifier added by the zeolite nomenclature
committee.
Go Juice * (see Dilithium ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Gobbinsite (Na2,Ca)2K2Al6Si10O32·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality. LOCALITY: Basalt cliffs near Hills Port, south of the Gobbins area,
County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Godlevskite (Ni,Fe)9S8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mikhail N. Godlevsky
(1902-1984), Russian economic geologist.
Godovikovite (NH4)(Al,Fe+++)(SO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. A.
Godovikov.
Goedkenite (Sr,Ca)2Al(PO4)2(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for V. L.
Goedken.
Goergeyite * (see Gorgeyite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Goethite Fe+++O(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German poet, J.
W. Goethe (1749-1832).
Goetzenite * (see Gotzenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Gold Au NAME ORIGIN: Anglo Saxon, of uncertain origin.
Goldamalgam * (Au,Ag)Hg
Goldfieldite Cu12(Te,Sb,As)4S13 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Mohawk mine, Goldfield, Esmeralda County., Nevada, USA.
Goldichite KFe+++(SO4)2·4(H2O)
Goldmanite Ca3(V,Al,Fe+++)2(SiO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: The name honors
Macus I. Goldman, a sedimentary petrologist with the U. S. Geological Survey.
Goldquarryite ! (Cu,[ ])(Cd,Ca)2Al3(PO4)4F2(H2O)10{(H2O,F)}2 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: 5,425-foot bench of the Gold Quarry
mine, Eureka County, Nevada, USA.
Gonnardite Na2CaAl4Si6O20·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ferdinand
Gonnard, French mineralogist, Lyons, France.
Gonyerite Mn++3[Mn++3Fe+++][(Si,Fe+++)4O10](OH,O)8 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Forest A. Gonyer (1899-1971), chemist-analyst and mineralogist,
Harvard University.
Goosecreekite CaAl2Si6O16·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: In the Goose Creek quarry, Leesburg, Loudoun County,
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Virginia, USA.
Gorceixite BaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
French mineralogist Claude-Henri Gorceix (1842 - 1919) founder of the Mining
School (Escola de Minas) in Ouro Preto.
Gordaite ! NaZn(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: The San Francisco mine, 2 km northeast of the Sierra Groda
Railway Station, in the Sierra Gorda, northeast of Antofagasta, 2nd region,
northern Chile.
Gordonite MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for S. G.
Gordon.
Gorgeyite K2Ca5(SO4)6·(H2O)
Gormanite Fe++3Al4(PO4)4(OH)6·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Donald Herbert Groman (1922-), University of Toronto, Canada.
Gortdrumite (Cu,Fe)6Hg2S5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Gortdrum deposit, Tipperary, Eire.
Goshenite - colorless * (see Beryl ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Goslarite ZnSO4·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its original locality in
Goslar, Germany
Gottardiite ! Na3Mg3Ca5Al19Si117O272·93(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after Professor Glauco Gottardi (1928-1988), University of Modena, in recognition
of his pioneering work on the structure and crystal chemistry of natural zeolites.
Gottlobite ! CaMg(VO4,AsO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
locality. LOCALITY: Long abandoned Glucksstern Mine at Gottlob hill,
Friedrichroda, Thuringia, Germany.
Gotzenite (Ca,Na)3(Ti,Al)Si2O7(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gustav
Adolf Von Gotzen (1866-1910), German traveler and first European to climb Mt.
Shaheru, North Kivu, Zaire.
Goudeyite (Al,Y)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Hatfield Goudey (1906-1985), mining geologist and mineral collector of San
Mateo, California, USA.
Gowerite CaB6O10·5(H2O)
Goyazite SrAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
province of Goyaz, Brazil.
Graemite CuTeO3·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard Graeme,
American geologist.
Graeserite ! (Fe+++,Ti)4Ti3AsO13(OH) NAME ORIGIN: For Prof. Dr. Stefan
Graeser (1935-), in recognition of his extensive research on the oxides and
sulfosalts of arsenic in the Binntal region of Switzerland.
Graftonite (Fe++,Mn,Ca)3(PO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality
at Grafton, New Hampshire, USA.
Gramaccioliite-(Y) ! (Pb,Sr)(Y,Mn)Fe2(Ti,Fe)18O38 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Prof. Carlo M. Gramaccioli (1935-) of the University of Milano, Italy.
Grandidierite (Mg,Fe++)Al3(BO4)(SiO4)O
Grandreefite Pb2SO4F2
Grantsite Na4CaxV++++2xV+++++12-2xO32·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after the town of Grants, New Mexico.
Graphite C NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, graphein, "to write."
Gratonite Pb9As4S15 NAME ORIGIN: For Louis Carly Graton (1880-1970),
Professor of Economic Geology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
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USA.
Grattarolaite ! Fe+++3O3(PO4) NAME ORIGIN: For Giuseppe Grattarola
(1905-1988), professor of mineralogy at the University of Florence, Italy.
Graulichite-(Ce) ! CeFe+++3(AsO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Jean-Marie Graulich (1920-2001), Belgian mining engineer and Honorary Driector
of the Geological survey of Belgium.
Gravegliaite Mn++(SO3)·3(H2O)
Gray Antimony * (see Stibnite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Gray nickel pyrites * (see Gersdorffite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Grayite (Th,Pb,Ca)PO4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Anton Gray,
mining engineer, advisor to U. K. Atomic Energy Authority.
Grechishchevite Hg3S2(Br,Cl,I)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Oleg
Konstantinovich Grechishchev, Russian engineering geologist, long-time student
of mercury ores from Tuva, Siberia.
Green lead ore * (see Pyromorphite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Green Rust * (see Fougerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Green Vitrol * (see Melanterite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Greenalite (Fe++,Fe+++)2-3Si2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: In allusion to its
green color.
Greenockite CdS NAME ORIGIN: Named after Lord Greenock (Ch. M.
Cathcart 1783-1859).
Greenovite-Mn * (see Titanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Gregoryite (Na2,K2,Ca)CO3
Greifensteinite ! Ca2Be4(Fe++,Mn)5(PO4)6(OH)4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Greifenstein, Saxony, Germany.
Greigite Fe++Fe+++2S4 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Joseph Wilson Grieg
(1895-1977).
Grenmarite ! (Zr,Mn)2(Zr,Ti)(Mn,Na)(Na,Ca)4(Si2O7)2(O,F)4 NAME ORIGIN:
Griceite LiF NAME ORIGIN: Named for Joel D. Grice (1946-), curator of
minerals, Canadian Museum of Hature, Ottawa, Canada.
Griffithite * 4(Mg,Fe,Ca)O.(Al,Fe)2O3.5SiO2·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after its locality. LOCALITY: Cahuenga Pass, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California,
USA.
Griffithite-Ferroan * (see Saponite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Grimaldiite Cr+++O(OH)
Grimselite K3Na(UO2)(CO3)3·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Gerstenegg (Kabelstollen Gerstenegg-Grimsel I), Grimsel,
Bern, Switzerland.
Griphite Ca(Mn,Na,Li)6Fe++Al2(PO4)6(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the
Greek for "enigma", as the chemical composition was originally puzzling.
Grischunite NaCa2Mn++5Fe+++(AsO4)6·2(H2O)
Grossite CaAl4O7 NAME ORIGIN: Gross 1977, The mineralogy of the Hatrurim
Formation, Israel; Geol Surv. Israel Bull 70:1-80).
Grossular Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Grossular is from the Latin
grossularia meaning "gooseberry." Hessonite is from the Greek hesson, meaning
"slight" in reference to the smaller specific gravity.
Grossularite * (see Grossular ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Grothite-Al * (see Titanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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Groutite Mn+++O(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank Fitch Grout

(1880-1958), petrologist, of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
USA.
Grumantite NaHSi2O5·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the old Russian
name for the Spitzbergen Archipelago, Arctic Ocean.
Grumiplucite ! HgBi2S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the amateur
mineralogical organization Gruppo Mineralogico e Paleontologico Lucchese,
members of which provided the specimens for study.
Grunerite [ ]Fe++7Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Louis Emmanuel
Gruner (1809-1883), Swiss-French chemist who analyzed the mineral.
Grunlingite * (see Imogolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Gruzdevite Cu6Hg3Sb4S12 NAME ORIGIN: To honor the Russian
mineralogist, V.S. Gruzdev (1938-1977).
Guadalcazarite(Zn) * (see Metacinnabar ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Guanacoite ! Cu2Mg2(Mg,Cu)(OH)4(H2O)4(AsO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for the locality. LOCALITY: El Guanaco Mine, East Catalina, Chile, South America
Guanajuatite Bi2Se3 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality. LOCALITY: In the
Santa Catarina and La Industrial mines, Sierra de Santa Rosa, near Guanajuato,
Mexico.
Guanine C5H3(NH2)N4O
Guarinoite (Zn,Co,Ni)6(SO4)(OH,Cl)10·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Andre Guarino, French mineral collector.
Gudmundite FeSbS NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY:
Gudmundstorp, Sala, Västmanland, Sweden.
Guerinite Ca5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for H.
Guerin.
Guettardite Pb(Sb,As)2S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jean Etienne Guettard
(17-15-1786), French geologist.
Gugiaite Ca2BeSi2O7
Guildite CuFe+++(SO4)2(OH)·4(H2O)
Guilleminite Ba(UO2)3(SeO3)2O2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
French Claude Guillemin (1923-1994), founder of the National Geological
Service of the BRGM.
Guitermanite * (see Baumhauerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Gumbelite * (see Illite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Gummite * (see Uraninite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Gunningite (Zn,Mn)SO4·(H2O)
Gupeiite Fe3Si NAME ORIGIN: Named for the eastern passageway,
Gupeikou, of the Great Wall of China.
Gustavite PbAgBi3S6 (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gustav Hageman
(1842-1916), Danish chemical engineer.
Gutkovaite-Mn ! CaK2Mn(Ti,Nb)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for N. N. Gukova (1896-1960?), Russian mineralogist..
Gutsevichite ? Al3(PO4)2(OH)3·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1959 for V.
P. Gutsevich, geologist in Kazakhstan.
Guyanaite CrO(OH)
Gwihabaite ! (NH4,K)(NO3) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality.
LOCALITY: Gewihaba Cave (also known as Drotsky's Cave), northwestern
Botswana, 280 km west of Maun.
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Gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, gyps meaning

"burned" mineral. Selenite from the Greek in allusion to its pearly luster (moon
light) on cleavage fragments.
Gyrolite NaCa16Si23AlO60(OH)8·64(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek
guros = "circle", in allusion to the round form of the crystalline groupings.
Gysinite-(Nd) Pb(Nd,La)(CO3)2(OH)·(H2O)
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Haapalaite 2(Fe,Ni)S·1.6(Mg,Fe++)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paavo

Haapala (1906-), Finnish geologist.
Haarsalz * (see Halotrichite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hackmanite-red * (see Sodalite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Haeggite * (see Haggite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hafnon HfSiO4
Hagendorfite NaCaMn(Fe++,Fe+++,Mg)2(PO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for the locality. LOCALITY: Hagendorf, Bavaria, Germany.
Haggertyite ! Ba[Fe++6Ti5Mg]O19 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Stephen E.
Haggerty (b. 1938), of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts,
U.S.A., in recognition of his important studies of titanate minerals in the Earth’s
Haggite V2O2(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gunnar Hagg (1903-),
chemist and crystallographer, of the University of Uppsala, Sweden.
Haidingerite Ca(AsO3OH)·(H2O)
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Haigerachite ! KFe+++3(H2PO4)6(HPO4)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named

for the village and valley near the locality. LOCALITY: Silberbrunnle mine dump
near Gengenbach in the central Black Forest, Aufschluss, Germany.
Haineaultite ! (Na,Ca)5Ca(Ti,Nb)5(Si,S)12O34(OH,F)8·5(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Gilles Haineault (1946-), collector and dealer in Mont Saint-
Hilaire minerals. (prounounced ¯a ¯n ¯o ite)
Hainite Na4Ca8(Ti,Zr,Mn,Fe)3Si8O28F8 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality.
LOCALITY: Hradiste Mountain, (formerly named Hoher Hain) near Mildenau,
Czech Republic.
Hair Pyrites * (see Millerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Haiweeite Ca[(UO2)2Si5O12(OH)2]·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
it's locality. LOCALITY: Haiwee Reservoir, Inyo County, California, USA.
Hakite (Cu,Hg)3(Sb,As)(Se,S)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jaroslav Hak,
mineralogist, Institute of Ore Research, Kutna Hora, Czechoslovakia.
Haleniusite-(La) ! (La,Ce)OF NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ulf Hålenius
(1951-), head of the Department of Mineralogy of the Swedish Museum of
Natural History, for his contributions to the spectroscopy of minerals and the
mineral scienc
Halite NaCl NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek halos, meaning "salt" and
lithos meaning "rock."
Hallimondite Pb2(UO2)(AsO4)2
Halloysite Al2Si2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Baron Omalius
d'Halloy (1707-1789).
Halotrichite Fe++Al2(SO4)4·22(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin,
halotrichum ="hairy salt."
Halurgite Mg2[B4O5(OH)4]2·(H2O)
Hamartite * (see Bastnasite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hamartite * (see Bastnasite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hamartite * (see Bastnasite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hambergite Be2BO3(OH)
Hamlinite * (see Goyazite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hammarite Pb2Cu2Bi4S9 (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Gladhammer, Province of Kalmar, Sweden.
Hanawaltite Hg+6Hg++[Cl,(OH)]2O3 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. J. Donald
Hanawalt (1903-1987), a pioneer in the field of X-ray powder diffraction.
Hancockite (Ca,Pb,Sr)2(Al,Fe+++)3(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Elwood P. Hancock (1836-1916), of Berlinton, New Jersey, USA,
collector of minerals from Franklin.
Hanksite KNa22(SO4)9(CO3)2Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for H. G. Hanks,
American geologist.
Hannayite (NH4)2Mg3H4(PO4)4·8(H2O)
Hannebachite 2CaSO3·(H2O)
Hapkeite ! Fe2Si NAME ORIGIN: Named for Bruce Hapke (emeritus,
University of Pittsburgh). who first predicted the presence of vapor-deposited
elemental Fe as coatings on lunar soil grains.
Haradaite Sr4V++++4Si8O28 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Zyunpei Harada
(1898{1992), Emeritus Professor, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Hardystonite Ca2ZnSi2O7
Harkerite Ca24Mg8Al2(SiO4)8(BO3)6(CO3)10·2(H2O)
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Harmotome (Ba,Na,K)1-2(Si,Al)8O16·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the

Greek harmos - "I combine" and temseis - "I cut" alluding to the fact that the
pyramid divides parallel to the plane that passes through the terminal edges.
Harrisonite ! Ca(Fe++,Mg)6(PO4)2(SiO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for James
Merritt Harrison (1915-1990), tth former director of the Canadian Geological
Service.
Harstigite Ca6MnBe4(SiO4)2(Si2O7)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Harstig mine, Pajsberg, near Persber, Vermland, Switzerland.
Hartite C20H34 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Hart,
Gloggnitz, Austria.
Hashemite Ba(Cr,S)O4
Hastingsite NaCa2(Fe++4Fe+++)Si6Al2O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
after its locality. LOCALITY: Dungannon, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada.
Hastite CoSe2 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. P.F. Hast, mining engineer.
Hatchettolite * (see Uranpyrochlore ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hatchite (Pb,Tl)2AgAs2S5 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Frederick Henry Hatch
(1864-1932), American geologist and mining engineer.
Hatrurite Ca3SiO5
Hauchecornite Ni9Bi(Sb,Bi)S8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William
Hauchecorn (1828-1900), Director of the Geological Survey and the Mining
Academy, Berlin, Germany.
Hauckite (Mg,Mn++)24Zn18Fe+++3(SO4)4(CO3)2(OH)81 (?) NAME ORIGIN:
Named in 1980 for Richard Hauck, (1935-), New Jersey mineral collector.
Hauerite MnS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Austrian geologists, J. R.
Hauer (1778-1863) and F. R. Hauer (1822-1899).
Hausmannite Mn++Mn+++2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German
mineralogist, J. F. L. Hausmann (1782-1859).
Hauyne (Na,Ca)4-8Al6Si6(O,S)24(SO4,Cl)1-2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after
the French crystallographer, R. J. Hauy (1743-1822).
Hauynite * (see Hauyne ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hawleyite CdS NAME ORIGIN: For Professor James Edwin Hawley
(1897-1965), Canadian mineralogist, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario,
Canada.
Hawthorneite Ba[Ti3Cr4Fe4Mg]O19 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Barry
Hawthorne, formerly chief geologist (Diamonds), DeBeers Consolidated Mines,
South Africa.
Haxonite (Fe,Ni)23C6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Howard J. Axon (1924-1992),
English metallurgist.
Haycockite Cu4Fe5S8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Maurice H. Haycock
Haynesite (UO2)3(SeO3)2(OH)2·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Patrick Haynes, U.S. Geologist who first collected the mineral.
Heavy Spar * (see Barite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Heazlewoodite Ni3S2 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality at Heazlewood,
Tasmania, Australia. LOCALITY: In the USA, from Josephine Co., Oregon. From
Heazlewood and Trial Harbour, Tasmania, Australia.
Hechtsbergite ! Bi2O(OH)(VO4) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality.
LOCALITY: Hechtsberg quarry at Hausach, Black Forest, Germany.
Hectorfloresite Na9(IO3)(SO4)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hector Flores W.
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(1906-1984), Chilean geologist, University of Chile.

Hectorite Na0,3(Mg,Li)3Si4O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's
locality. LOCALITY: Company No. 1 mine, 3 miles south of Hector, San Bernardino
Co., California.
Hedenbergite CaFe++Si2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Swedish
mineralogist, M. A. L. Hedenberg.
Hedleyite Bi7Te3 (?) NAME ORIGIN: For the locality. LOCALITY: In Canada,
from the Good Hope mineral claim, about 6 km southeast of Hedley, Osoyoos
mining division; also the Oregon mine, near Hedley, British Columbia.
Hedyphane Ca2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek hedy -
"beautifully bright," in allusion to the high luster.
Heideite (Fe,Cr)1+x(Ti,Fe)2S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Fritz Heide
(1891-1973), meteoriticist of Jana, Germany.
Heidornite Na2Ca3B5O8(SO4)2Cl(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for F.
Heidorn, German geologist who studied the Zechstein deposits.
Heinrichite Ba(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10-12(H2O)
Hejtmanite Ba(Mn,Fe++)2TiO(Si2O7)(OH,F)2
Heliodor - yellow * (see Beryl ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Heliophyllite Pb6As2O7Cl4 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "sun"
and "leaf', in reference to its color and structure.
Hellandite * (see Hellandite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hellandite-(Ce) ! (Ca3REE)4Ce2Al[ ]2[Si4 B4O22](OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Amund Theodor Helland (1846-1918), geologist of Oslo, Norway.
Hellandite-(Y) (Ca,REE)4(Y,Ce)2(Al,[ ])2[Si4B4O22](OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Amund Theodor Helland (1846-1918), geologist of Oslo, Norway.
Hellyerite NiCO3·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henry Hellyer (1826-),
first surveyor general of Van Dieman's Land, TAS, Australia.
Helmutwinklerite PbZn2(AsO4)2·2(H2O)
Helvite Mn4Be3(SiO4)3S NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek helios - "sun."
Hematite Fe2O3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, haimatites, "bloodlike'"
in allusion to vivid red color of the powder.
Hematolite (Mn,Mg,Al)15(AsO3)(AsO4)2(OH)23 NAME ORIGIN: From the
Greek for "blood" in allusion to its color.
Hematophanite Pb4Fe+++3O8(OH,Cl)
Hemihedrite Pb10Zn(CrO4)6(SiO4)2F2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
hemihedral crystal morphology.
Hemihydrate * (see Bassanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hemimorphite Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
hemimorphic nature of the crystals.
Hemloite (As,Sb)2(Ti,V,Fe,Al)12O23OH NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Hemlo gold deposit, Page-Williams mine, 3 km east of Hemlo,
Thunder Bay district, Ontario, Canada.
Hemusite Cu6SnMoS8 NAME ORIGIN: Named after an ancient name for the
Balkan Mountains.
Hendersonite Ca1.3V6O16·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Edward P.
Henderson of the U.S. National Museum, in recognition of his mineralogical
studies of the vanadium-uranium deposits of the Colorado Plateau.
Hendricksite K(Zn,Mg,Mn)3Si3AlO10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dr.
Sterling B. Hendricks (1902-?), American crystallographer and chemist, a student
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of micas.
Heneuite CaMg5(PO4)3(CO3)(OH)
Henmilite Ca2Cu[B(OH)4]2(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kitinosuke
Henmi (1919-1997) and his daughter Chiyoko Henmi (1949-) for their work on the
Skarn deposit at Fuka, Japan.
Hennomartinite SrMn+++2Si2O7(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Henno Martin, German geologist who escaped to South Africa from Nazi
Germany.
Henritermierite Ca3(Mn,Al)2(SiO4)2(OH)4
Henryite Cu4Ag3Te4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Norman F. M. Henry,
Henrymeyerite ! BaFe++Ti7O16 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Prof. Henry. O. A.
Meyer (1937-1995).
Hentschelite Cu++Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2
Herbertsmithite ! Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for G.F. Herbert
Smith (1872-1953), of the British Museum (Natural History), who discovered
paratacamite.
Hercynite Fe++Al2O4 NAME ORIGIN: From the old Latin, Hercynia Silva,
"Forested Mountains."
Herderite CaBe(PO4)F NAME ORIGIN: Named for Siegmund August
Wolfgang von Herder (1776-1838), mining official in Freiberg, Saxony, Germany.
Herrengrundite * (see Devilline ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Herschelite ? (Na,Ca,K)AlSi2O6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1825 for
John Frederick William Herschel (1792-1871), British astronomer.
Herschelite * (see Chabazite-Na ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Herzenbergite SnS NAME ORIGIN: For Robert Herzenberg (1885-?), German
chemist of Oruro, Bolivia.
Hessite Ag2Te NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Swiss chemist, G. H.
Hesse (1802-1850).
Hessonite - brownish orange * (see Grossular ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hetaerolite ZnMn+++2O4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for
"companian", for its occasional association with chalcophanite.
Heterogenite-2H Co+++O(OH) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "of
another kind", as differing in composition from similar minerals. 2H polytype.
Heterogenite-3R Co+++O(OH) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "of
another kind", as differing in composition from similar minerals. 3R polytype.
Heteromorphite Pb7Sb8S19 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek many - 'hetero'
and form - 'morphos.'
Heterosite Fe+++PO4
Heulandite * (see Heulandite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Heulandite-Ba ! (Ba,Ca,K,Na,Sr)5Al9Si27O72·22(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named as the Ba-dominant analogue of heulandite.
Heulandite-Ca (Ca,Na)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after the English mineral collector, John Henry Heuland (1778-1856), a
British mineral collector and dealer. Ca modifier added by zeolite nomenclature
committee.
Heulandite-K ! (K,Na,Ca)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
British mineral collector and dealer. The K-dominant member of the heulandite
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series.
Heulandite-Na ! (Na,Ca)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
British mineral collector and dealer. The Na-dominant member of the heulandite
series.
Heulandite-Sr ! (Sr,Na,Ca)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
British mineral collector and dealer. The Sr-dominant member of the heulandite
series.
Hewettite CaV6O16·9(H2O)
Hexaferrum ! (Fe,Os,Ru,Ir) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the symmetry and
composition.
Hexagonite (Mn) * (see Actinolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hexahydrite MgSO4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the number of
water molecules hexa, "six" and hydor, "water."
Hexahydroborite Ca[B(OH)4]2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition.
Hexatestibiopanickelite (Ni,Pd)(Te,Sb) NAME ORIGIN: Presumably named
for the crystal system and composition.
Heyite Pb5Fe++2(VO4)2O4
Heyrovskyite Pb10AgBi5S18 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Czech
chemist, J. Heyrovsky (1890-1967).
Hiarneite ! (Ca,Mn,Na)2(Zr,Mn+++)5(Sb,Ti,Fe)2O16 NAME ORIGIN: Named
after Urban Hiarne (1641-1724), a pioneer in Swedish geology.
Hibbingite (Fe,Mg)2(OH)3Cl
Hibonite (Ca,Ce)(Al,Ti,Mg)12O19 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paul Hibon,
Hibschite Ca3Al2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x(x=0.2-1.5)
Hidalgoite PbAl3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Hiddenite - emerald green * (see Spodumene ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hieratite K2SiF6
Higginsite * (see Conichalcite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hilairite Na2ZrSi3O9·3(H2O)
Hilgardite Ca2B5O9Cl·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eugene W. Hilgard
(1833-1916), German-American geologist, one of the first to describe the
Loiuisiana salt dome deposits.
Hillebrandite Ca6Si3O9(OH)6
Hillite ! Ca2(Zn, Mg)[PO4]2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Roderik Hill
(1949-), Chief of Mineral Research Division, CSIRO, Melbourne, Autralia.
Hingganite-(Ce) Ce2Be2(SiO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for it's
relationship to hingganite-(Y).
Hingganite-(Y) Y2([ ])Be2Si2O8(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for it's locality.
LOCALITY: Heilonghiang, and greater Khingan area, Manchuria, China.
Hingganite-(Yb) (Yb,Y)2([ ])Be2Si2O8(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for it's
relationship to hingganite.
Hinsdalite (Pb,Sr)Al3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Golden Fleece mine, Hinsdale County., Colorado, USA.
Hiortdahlite (Ca,Na,Y)3(Zr,Ti)Si2O7(F,O,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
prof. Thorstein Hallager Hiortdahl (1839-1925), Mineralogist of Christiania (now
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Olso), Norway.
Hisingerite Fe+++2Si2O5(OH)4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wilhelm
Hisinger (1766-1852), eminent Swedish chemist.
Hitchcockite * (see Plumbogummite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hocartite Ag2FeSnS4 NAME ORIGIN: For Raymind Hocart, Professor of
Mineralogy, University of Paris, France.
Hochelagaite (Ca,Na,Sr)Nb4O11·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
"Hochelaga," the Native American name for Montreal, Canada.
Hodgkinsonite MnZn2SiO4(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for H. H.
Hodgkinson, assistant underground supervisor of Franklin mine who discovered
the mineral.
Hodrushite Cu8Bi12S22 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY:
Hodursa, Czechoslovakia.
Hoegbomite * (see Magnesiohogbomite-2N2S ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hoegtuvaite * (see Hogtuvaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hoelite (C6H4)2(CO)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Adolf Hoel (1879-?),
geologist, leader of a Norwegian expedition to Spitzbergen.
Hoernesite * (see Hornesite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hoganite ! Cu(CH3COO)2·H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Graham P. Hogan
(1957-) who collected the mineral.
Hogbomite-10T * (see Magnesiohogbomite-2N3S ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hogbomite-15R-18R-24R * (see Magnesiohogbomite-6N6S ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena,
MinDAT, MinMax
Hogbomite-24R * (see Magnesiohogbomite-6N6S ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Hogbomite-8H * (see Ferrohogbomite-2N2S ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hogbomite-8H * (see Magnesiohogbomite-2N2S ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hogtuvaite (Ca,Na)2(Fe++,Fe+++,Ti,Mg,Mn)6(Si,Be,Al)6O20
Hohmannite Fe+++2(SO4)2(OH)2·7(H2O)
Holdawayite Mn++6(CO3)2(OH)7(Cl,OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Michael
J. Holdaway of Southern Methodist University.
Holdenite (Mn,Mg)6Zn3(AsO4)2(SiO4)(OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Albert Fairchild Holden (1866-1913), mining engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah,
USA.
Holfertite ! U++++++2-xTi(O8-xOH4x)[(H2O)3Cax] NAME ORIGIN:
Hollandite Ba(Mn++++,Mn++)8O16 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Thomas
Henry Holland (1868-1947), Director of the Indian Geologic Survey.
Hollingworthite (Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS NAME ORIGIN: For Professor Sidney Ewart
Hollingworth (1899-1966).
Holmquistite [ ](Li2Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Per
Johan Holmquist (1866-1946), petrologist, Stockhom, Sweden.
Holtedahlite Mg12(PO3OH,CO3)(PO4)5(OH,O)6
Holtite Al6(Al,Ta)(BO3)[(SiO4,SbO4,AsO4)]3(O,OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Harold Edward Holt (1908-1967), Prime minister of Australia (1966-1967).
Holtstamite ! Ca3(Al,Mn+++)2(SiO4)2(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on
New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN)
Homilite Ca2(Fe++,Mg)B2Si2O10
Honessite Ni6Fe+++2(SO4)(OH)16·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur
P. Honess, (1886-1942), Pennsylvania State University.
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Hongquiite * TiO NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tao
district, Hongqui, China.
Hongshiite * PtCu NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Hong
district, China.
Hopeite Zn3(PO4)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Scottish
chemist, Thomas Charles Hope (1766-1844).
Horn Lead * (see Phosgenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Horn Quicksilver * (see Calomel ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Horn Silver * (see Chlorargyrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hornblende * (see Ferrohornblende ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hornblende * (see Magnesiohornblende ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hornesite Mg3(AsO4)2·8(H2O)
Hornstone - flint * (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Horobetsuite * (Bi,Sb)2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY:
Horobetsu mine, Hokkaido, Japan.
Horsfordite Cu5Sb NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eben N. Horsford, (1818-1893),
U.S. chemist.
Hortonolite - Mn,Mg * (see Fayalite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Horvathite-(Y) ! NaY(CO3)F2 NAME ORIGIN: For Elsa (1947-) and Laszlo
(1937-) Horvath, husband-and-wife team dedicated to the collection, study, and
documentation of the minerals from Mont Saint-Hilaire.
Hotsonite-VI Al5(SO4)(PO4)(OH)10·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Hotson 42, about 65 km W of Pofadder, Bushmanland, Cape
Province, South Africa.
Hotsonite-VII Al11(SO4)3(PO4)2(OH)21·16(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality. LOCALITY: Hotson farm, Pofadder, South Africa.
Howardevansite NaCu++Fe+++2(VO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Howard
Tasker Evans, Jr. (1919-2000), American mineralogist and crystallographer,
U.S.G.S., Reston, Virginia, USA.
Howieite Na(Fe++,Mn++)10(Fe,Al)2Si12O31(OH)13 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Robert Andrew Howie (1923-), British mineralogist and petrologist, King's
College, London University, UK.
Howlite Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Henry How of Nova
Scotia when he first described it in 1868.
Hsianghualite Ca3Li2Be3(SiO4)3F2 NAME ORIGIN: Type locality unclear, in
metamorphosed Devonian limestone, Hunan Province, China. LOCALITY: The
name is from a Chinese word for fragrant flower.
Huanghoite-(Ce) BaCe(CO3)2F
Huangite Ca0.5Al3(SO4)2(OH)6
Hubeite ! Ca2Mn++Fe+++Si4O12(OH)(H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after
the locality. LOCALITY: Dayan mine near Huangshi, Hubei Province, China.
Hubnerite MnWO4 NAME ORIGIN: After the German mineralogist,
Adolph Huebner.
Huebnerite * (see Hubnerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Huegelite * (see Hugelite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Huemulite Na4Mg(V10O28)·24(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Huemul mine, Mendoza Province, Argentina.
Hugelite Pb2(UO2)3(AsO4)2(OH)4·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for F.
Hugel.
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Huhnerkobelite * (see Alluaudite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Hulsite (Fe++,Mg)2(Fe+++,Sn)O2(BO3) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alfred
Hulse Brooks (1871-1924), U. S. Geologist.
Humberstonite K3Na7Mg2(SO4)6(NO3)2·6(H2O)
Humboldtine Fe++(C2O4)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alexander
von Humboldt (1769-1859), German explorer and naturalist.
Humite (Mg,Fe++)7(SiO4)3(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Abraham
Hume (1749-1838), English connoisseur and collector of works of art, precious
stones and minerals.
Hummerite KMgV+++++5O14·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
Locality.
Hunchunite ! (Au,Ag)2Pb NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality.
LOCALITY: Hunchun River, Jilin province, China
Hungchaoite MgB4O5(OH)4·7(H2O)
Huntite CaMg3(CO3)4
Hureaulite Mn5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Hureaux in St. Silvestre and Vilate near Chanteloube, N of
Limoges, Haute Vienne, France.
Hurlbutite CaBe2(PO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Cornelius S. Hurlbut, Jr.
(1906-), professor of mineralogy, Harvard University, Cambridge.
Hutchinsonite (Pb,Tl)2As5S9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Hitchinson
(1866-1937), Professor of Mineralogy, Cambridge University, England.
Huttonite ThSiO4
Hyacinth - orange red * (see Zircon ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hyalite - glassy * (see Opal ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hyalophane (K,Ba)Al(Si,Al)3O8 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek hyalos -
"glass" and phanos - "to appear."
Hyalotekite (Ba,Pb,Ca,K)6(B,Si,Al)2(Si,Be)10O28(F,Cl)
Hydrargyllite * (see Gibbsite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hydroastrophyllite (H3O,K)2Ca(Fe+++,Mn)5-6Ti2Si8O26(OH)4F NAME ORIGIN:
Named for its high water content and relationship to astrophyllite.
Hydrobasaluminite Al4(SO4)(OH)10·12-36(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the composition and relation to basaluminite.
Hydrobiotite [K(Mg,Fe)3(Al,Fe)Si3O10(OH,F)2]·
[(Mg,Fe++,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4(H2O)] NAME ORIGIN: Named for the water
content and its relationship to biotite.
Hydroboracite CaMgB6O8(OH)6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition (water, borate).
Hydrocalumite Ca2Al(OH)6[Cl1-x(OH)x]·3(H2O)
Hydrocerussite Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
composition.
Hydrochlorborite Ca2B4O4(OH)7Cl·7(H2O)
Hydrocyanite * (see Chalcocyanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hydrodelhayelite KCa2AlSi7O17(OH)2·6(H2O)
Hydrodresserite BaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·3(H2O)
Hydrofranklinite * (see Chalcophanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hydrogen Autunite * (see Chernikovite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hydroglauberite Na4Ca(SO4)3·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
composition, rather similar to glauberite, but hydrated.
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Hydrogrossular * (see Hibschite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Hydrogrossular * (see Katoite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hydrohalite NaCl·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its water content and
similarity to halite in composition.
Hydrohalloysite * (see Endellite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hydrohematite * (see Lepidocrocite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hydrohetaerolite Zn2Mn+++4O8·(H2O)
Hydrohonessite Ni6Fe+++2(SO4)(OH)16·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named to
indicate its relationship to honessite.
Hydromagnesite Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
its chemical composition.
Hydrombobomkulite (Ni,Cu)Al4(NO3,SO4)2(OH)12·14(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named as the hydrated version of mbobomkulite.
Hydromica * (see Hydrobiotite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hydromica * (see Illite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hydromolysite ? FeCl3·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1965 for the
composition.
Hydromuscovite * (see Illite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hydronium-jarosite (H3O)Fe+++3(SO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the composition (hydronium = H + H2O) and jarosite.
Hydroparagonite * (see Brammallite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hydrophane - porous * (see Opal ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hydrophilite CaCl2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek hydros = "water" and
philos = 'friend' in allusion to the highly deliquescent nature of the mineral.
Hydroromarchite Sn3O2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the hydrous version
of romarchite.
Hydroscarbroite Al14(CO3)3(OH)36·n(H2O)
Hydrotalcite Mg6Al2(CO3)(OH)16·4(H2O)
Hydrotungstite H2WO4·(H2O)
Hydrougrandite ? (Ca,Mg,Fe++)3(Fe+++,Al)2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x
Hydrowoodwardite ! Cu1-xAlx(OH)2(SO4)x/2·n(H2O) with 0 < x < 0.67 and n
> 3x/2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the higher hydrated analogue of woodwardite.
Hydroxy Apatite * (see Hydroxylapatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hydroxyapophyllite KCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the
Greek apophylliso - "it flakes off" and the predominant hydroxyl anion.
Hydroxycancrinite Na4(AlSiO4)3(OH)·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition and relationship to cancrinite.
Hydroxylapatite Ca5(PO4)3(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the hydroxyl
Hydroxylbastnasite-(Ce) Ce(CO3)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the
hydroxyl analog of bastnasite-(Ce).
Hydroxylbastnasite-(La) La(CO3)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named to conform
to the bastnasite goup designations.
Hydroxylbastnasite-(Nd) Nd(CO3)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named as Nd end
member in the hydroxylbastnasite series.
Hydroxylcarbonate-(La) * (see Hydroxylbastnasite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Hydroxylcarbonate-(Nd) * (see Hydroxylbastnasite-(Nd) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,

MinMax
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Hydroxylclinohumite ! Mg9(SiO4)4(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its

composition and the mineral clinohumite.
Hydroxylellestadite Ca5(SiO4,SO4)3(OH,Cl,F) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the composition and Reuben B. Ellestad (1900-1993), American analytical
chemist of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Hydroxylherderite CaBe(PO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition and relationship to herderite.
Hydroxypetscheckite * (see Petscheckite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Hydrozincite Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical
composition.
Hypercinnabar HgS NAME ORIGIN: Named for its trimorphous relationship
with cinnabar and metacinnabar.
Hypersthene ? (Mg,Fe++)2Si2O6 NAME ORIGIN: From in the Greek hyper -
"above" and stenos - "power."
Hyttsjoite ! Pb18Ba2Ca5Mn++2Fe+++2Si30O90Cl·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For
Hytssjon, a lake west of the Langban mines.
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I Index of Mineral Species
This alphabetical listing of I minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of
LEGEND
viewed.
Ianthinite (UO2)·5(UO3)·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek

ianthinos, "violet."
Ice H2O NAME ORIGIN: From the Middle English "is" or "iis", related to the
Dutch "ijs" and German "eis".
Idaite Cu5FeS6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Ida
mine, Khan, and Tsumeb, Namibia.
Iddingsite * MgO.Fe2O3.3SiO2·4(H2O)
Idocrase * (see Vesuvianite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Idocrase-Mn * (see Manganvesuvianite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Idrialine * (see Idrialite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Idrialite C22H14 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Idria,
Slovenia.
Iimoriite-(Y) Y2(SiO4)(CO3) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Satoyasa Iimorii
(1885-1982), Japanese analytical chemist and REE specialist.
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Ikaite CaCO3·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: After its locality. LOCALITY: Ika Fjord,
Ivigtut, Greenland.
Ikranite ! (Na,H3O)15(Ca,Mn,REE)6Fe+++2Zr3([ ],Zr)([
],Si)Si24O66(O,OH)6Cl·2-3H2O NAME ORIGIN: Recalls the Russian acronym IKRAN
(Institut Kristallografii Rossiskoy Akadameii Nauky).
Ikunolite Bi4(S,Se)3 NAME ORIGIN: For the Ikuno mine, Japan, in which it
was first found.
Ilesite (Mn,Zn,Fe++)SO4·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Malvern W. Iles
(1853-1890), American metallurgist, Denver, Colorado.
Ilimaussite-(Ce) (Ba,Na)10K3Na4.5Ce5(Nb,Ti)6[Si12O36]
[Si9O18(O,OH)24]O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Ilimaussaq
alkaline complex, South Greenland.
Ilinskite ! NaCu5O2(SeO3)2Cl NAME ORIGIN: For G. A. Ilinskiy (1927-1996)
of St. Petersburg University.
Illite * (K,H3O)(Al,Mg,Fe)2(Si,Al)4O10[(OH)2,(H2O)] NAME ORIGIN: Named
in 1937 for the state of Illinois where the mineral was first described.
Ilmajokite (Na,Ce,La,Ba)2TiSi3O5(OH)10·n(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Lovozero alkaline massif, near the Ilmajok river
valley, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Ilmenite Fe++TiO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after It's locality. LOCALITY:
Ilmen Mountains, southern Urals, of the Russia.
Ilmenorutile (Ti,Nb,Fe+++)O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the occurrence in
the Ilmen Mountains and the relation to rutile.
Ilsemannite Mo3O8·n(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. C. Ilsemann
(1727-1822), mining commissioner at Clausthal, Harz, Germany.
Iltisite ! HgSAg(Cl,Br) NAME ORIGIN: For Antoine Iltis (1942-), who found the
mineral.
Ilvaite CaFe++2Fe+++Si2O7O(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named ilvaite from
the Latin name of the island of Elba.
IMA1963-008 * (see Moorhouseite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1963-009 * (see Aplowite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1963-014 * (see Nyerereite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1964-019 * (see Latrappite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1965-013 * (see Berryite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1965-029 * (see Gaspeite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1966-012 * (see Mckinstryite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1966-015 * (see Madocite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1966-016 * (see Veenite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1966-017 * (see Twinnite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1966-018 * (see Guettardite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1966-019 * (see Playfairite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1966-020 * (see Sterryite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1966-021 * (see Launayite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1966-031 * (see Sorbyite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1967-003 * (see Nuffieldite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1967-010 * (see Tintinaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1967-042 * (see Weloganite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1967-043 * (see Muskoxite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1968-011 * (see Dadsonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
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IMA1968-013 * (see Lemoynite ) See Also: GOOGLE,

IMA1968-017 * (see Neyite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1968-023 * (see Langisite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1968-027 * (see Dresserite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1969-006 * (see Romarchite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1969-007 * (see Hydroromarchite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1969-012 * (see Wakefieldite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1969-016 * (see Carletonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1969-017 * (see Nisbite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1969-022 * (see Athabascaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1969-023 * (see Paracostibite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1970-014 * (see Clinosafflorite )
IMA1970-034 * (see Gittinsite )
IMA1970-035 * (see Pellyite )
IMA1970-041 * (see Prassoite )
IMA1971-014 * (see Larosite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1971-020 * (see Cuprospinel ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1971-028 * (see Haycockite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1971-037 * (see Jamborite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1972-002 * (see Tellurantimony ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1972-003 * (see Mattagamite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1972-016 * (see Tulameenite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1972-019 * (see Hilairite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1972-026 * (see Monteregianite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1973-001 * (see Jagowerite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1973-003 * (see Gaidonnayite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1973-018 * (see Temagamite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1973-032 * (see Agrellite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1973-044 * (see Caysichite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1973-048 * (see Sudburyite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1974-045 * (see Yofortierite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1975-012 * (see Kulanite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1975-016 * (see Cowlesite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1975-027 * (see Baricite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1975-029 * (see Rucklidgeite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1976-023 * (see Penikisite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1976-024 * (see Maricite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1976-036 * (see Hydrodresserite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1976-056 * (see Satterlyite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1976-057 * (see Cernyite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1977-005 * (see Strontiodresserite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1977-026 * (see Boyleite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1977-030 * (see Gormanite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1977-049 * (see Mandarinoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1978-007 * (see Donnayite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1978-017 * (see Paranatrolite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1978-022 * (see Yarrowite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1978-023 * (see Spionkopite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1978-028 * (see Prosperite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
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IMA1978-032 * (see Keithconnite ) See Also: GOOGLE,

IMA1978-047 * (see Gaitite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1978-056 * (see Nickelbischofite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1978-071 * (see Sabinaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1978-075 * (see Povondraite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1979-019 * (see Wicksite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1979-024 * (see Mcgillite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1979-045 * (see Tancoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1979-063 * (see Petarasite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1980-021 * (see Stibivanite )
IMA1980-033 * (see Spertiniite )
IMA1980-034 * (see Pararealgar )
IMA1980-041 * (see Doyleite )
IMA1981-002 * (see Nahpoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1981-006 * (see Franconite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1981-011 * (see Sturmanite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1982-012 * (see Wadsleyite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1982-075 * (see Jeffreyite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1982-102 * (see Potassic-magnesiosadanagaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1982-106 * (see Kiddcreekite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1983-002 * (see Lapieite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1983-013 * (see Mannardite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1983-019 * (see Simonkolleite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1983-029 * (see Lautenthalite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1983-065 * (see Izoklakeite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1983-069 * (see Chenite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1983-088 * (see Hochelagaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1984-006 * (see Ferrowodginite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1984-008 * (see Titanowodginite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1984-024 * (see Georgechaoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1984-033 * (see Perraultite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1984-035 * (see Rapidcreekite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1984-055 * (see Manganosegelerite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1984-072 * (see Bobfergusonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1985-001 * (see Montroyalite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1985-024 * (see Watkinsonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1985-025 * (see Moydite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1985-050 * (see Thornasite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1985-052 * (see Petrukite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1985-057 * (see Cabriite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1986-006 * (see Protoferro-anthophyllite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1986-007 * (see Protomangano-ferro-anthophyllite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1986-024 * (see Ferrilotharmeyerite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1986-025 * (see Mummeite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1986-027 * (see Makovickyite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1986-028 * (see Poudretteite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1986-033 * (see Skippenite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1986-043 * (see Griceite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1986-046 * (see Potassic-fluororichterite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
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IMA1986-050 * (see Bearthite ) See Also: GOOGLE,

IMA1986-051 * (see Mcauslanite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1986-054 * (see Zanazziite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1987-006 * (see Edoylerite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1987-007 * (see Donharrisite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1987-015 * (see Hemloite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1987-020 * (see Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1987-022 * (see Squawcreekite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1987-024 * (see Stalderite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1987-025 * (see Erniggliite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1987-026 * (see Edenharterite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1987-030 * (see Wattersite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1987-037 * (see Criddleite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1987-043 * (see Kamphaugite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1987-044 * (see Maxwellite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1987-045 * (see Wadalite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1987-046a * (see Ferroalluaudite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1988-008 * (see Arupite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1988-011 * (see Lithiowodginite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1988-022 * (see Buckhornite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1988-023 * (see Werdingite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1988-028 * (see Edgarbaileyite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1988-029 * (see Orlymanite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1988-032 * (see Komkovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1988-035 * (see Lithiomarsturite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1988-037 * (see Voggite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1988-038 * (see Montesommaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1988-041 * (see Tuliokite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1988-043 * (see Wawayandaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1988-045 * (see Geminite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1988-046 * (see Girvasite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1988-052 * (see Alluaivite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1988-053 * (see Wilkinsonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1988-061 * (see Baumhauerite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-001 * (see Yingjiangite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-002 * (see Lishizhenite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-004 * (see Vyalsovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-006 * (see Roshchinite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-007 * (see Toyohaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-008 * (see Calcio-ancylite-(Nd) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-009 * (see Boggsite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-010 * (see Dmisteinbergite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-011 * (see Jolliffeite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-013 * (see Damaraite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-015 * (see Rorisite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-017 * (see Cheremnykhite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-018 * (see Kuksite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-023 * (see Mangangordonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-024 * (see Belendorffite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
5 of 27 1/4/2010 11:53 PM
IMA1989-025 * (see Lintisite ) See Also: GOOGLE,

IMA1989-026 * (see Namansilite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-027 * (see Boromuscovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-028 * (see Francisite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-029 * (see Gillulyite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-030 * (see Radtkeite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-031 * (see Strontiopiemontite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-032 * (see Astrocyanite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-033 * (see Znucalite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-034 * (see Levyclaudite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-037 * (see Tschernichite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-038 * (see Hejtmanite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-039 * (see Manganotychite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-040 * (see Strontiowhitlockite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-042 * (see Trimounsite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-043 * (see Vasilite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-043 * (see Yoshiokaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-045 * (see Szymanskiite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-047 * (see Olekminskite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-049 * (see Parafransoletite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-050 * (see Rouvilleite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-051 * (see Sitinakite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-052 * (see Kukisvumite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-053 * (see Belkovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-055 * (see Arsenogorceixite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-057 * (see Barstowite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1989-058 * (see Coombsite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1990-002 * (see Peprossiite-(Ce) )
IMA1990-004 * (see Dissakisite-(Ce) )
IMA1990-005 * (see Clinotobermorite )
IMA1990-006 * (see Schwertmannite )
IMA1990-007 * (see Abswurmbachite )
IMA1990-008 * (see Bystrite )
IMA1990-009 * (see Tounkite )
IMA1990-010 * (see Tooeleite )
IMA1990-011 * (see Capgaronnite )
IMA1990-012 * (see Pitiglianoite )
IMA1990-013 * (see Cancrisilite )
IMA1990-014 * (see Hydroxycancrinite )
IMA1990-015 * (see Shomiokite-(Y) )
IMA1990-016 * (see Paranatisite )
IMA1990-018 * (see Saliotite )
IMA1990-019 * (see Jianshuiite )
IMA1990-020 * (see Gravegliaite )
IMA1990-021 * (see Normandite )
IMA1990-024 * (see Haynesite )
IMA1990-024 * (see Manaksite )
IMA1990-025 * (see Polyphite-VII )
IMA1990-025 * (see Polyphite-VIII )
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IMA1990-026 * (see Quadruphite-VII )

IMA1990-026 * (see Quadruphite-VIII )
IMA1990-027 * (see Tvedalite )
IMA1990-028 * (see Silinaite )
IMA1990-030 * (see Nalipoite )
IMA1990-031 * (see Zenzenite )
IMA1990-032 * (see Rimkorolgite )
IMA1990-033 * (see Ashburtonite )
IMA1990-036 * (see Camerolaite )
IMA1990-037 * (see Deloryite )
IMA1990-040 * (see Liebauite )
IMA1990-041 * (see Orschallite )
IMA1990-042 * (see Cianciulliite )
IMA1990-043 * (see Clinomimetite )
IMA1990-044 * (see Metamunirite )
IMA1990-045 * (see Mrazekite )
IMA1990-046 * (see Uranopolycrase )
IMA1990-047 * (see Luberoite )
IMA1990-048 * (see Padmaite )
IMA1990-049 * (see Weinebeneite )
IMA1990-050 * (see Franklinphilite )
IMA1990-051 * (see Hogtuvaite )
IMA1990-052 * (see Yanomamite )
IMA1990-054 * (see Quadridavyne )
IMA1990-055 * (see Oulankaite )
IMA1990-056 * (see Ferrisurite )
IMA1990-057 * (see Bellbergite )
IMA1991-001 * (see Deanesmithite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-003 * (see Bismutocolumbite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-005 * (see Guarinoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-007 * (see Reppiaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-008 * (see Walthierite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-009 * (see Huangite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-010 * (see Harrisonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-012 * (see Vistepite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-013 * (see Tiettaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-014 * (see Ershovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-015 * (see Megacyclite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-016 * (see Mozartite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-017 * (see Segnitite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-018 * (see Trembathite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-019 * (see Fetiasite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-020 * (see Krasnovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-021 * (see Swaknoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-022 * (see Kosnarite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-023 * (see Mccrillisite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-024 * (see Coquandite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-025 * (see Watanabeite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-026 * (see Theresemagnanite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
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IMA1991-027 * (see Fluorbritholite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,

IMA1991-028 * (see Leakeite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-029 * (see Bottinoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-030 * (see Parkinsonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-031 * (see Vonbezingite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-033 * (see Hunchunite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-034 * (see Fontanite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-035 * (see Mitryaevaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-036 * (see Hibbingite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-037 * (see Borodaevite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-038 * (see Lindqvistite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-042 * (see Tsaregorodtsevite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-043 * (see Stibiocolusite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-044 * (see Germanocolusite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-045 * (see Samfowlerite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-047 * (see Fangite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-050 * (see Vicanite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-053 * (see Brianyoungite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-054 * (see Abenakiite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1991-055 * (see Khristovite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-001 * (see Malhmoodite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-002 * (see Cannonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-003 * (see Antimonselite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-005 * (see Seelite-1 ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-005 * (see Seelite-2 ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-006 * (see Widgiemoolthalite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-008 * (see Qilianshanite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-010 * (see Pringleite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-011 * (see Ruitenbergite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-012 * (see Poldervaartite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-013 * (see Petitjeanite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-015 * (see Mikasaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-015 * (see Nickenichite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-016 * (see Gatehouseite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-017 * (see Morimotoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-018 * (see Paraniite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-019 * (see Ravatite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-020 * (see Fluororichterite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-024 * (see Kusachiite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-025 * (see Mcalpineite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-026 * (see Charmarite-2H ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-027 * (see Charmarite-3T ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-028 * (see Quintinite-2H ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-029 * (see Quintinite-3T ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-030 * (see Caresite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-031 * (see Sazykinaite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-032 * (see Kornite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-033 * (see Hennomartinite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-034 * (see Foitite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
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IMA1992-035 * (see Magnesiostaurolite ) See Also: GOOGLE,

IMA1992-036 * (see Zincostaurolite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-037 * (see Zdenekite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-038 * (see Maikainite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-039 * (see Ovamboite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-040 * (see Gaultite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-041 * (see Dorallcharite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-042 * (see Baksanite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-043 * (see Rabejacite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-044 * (see Ternovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-045 * (see Kintoreite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-046 * (see Rosenbergite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-048 * (see Petersenite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1992-050 * (see Magnesiodumortierite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-001 * (see Calcioburbankite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-002 * (see Ernienickelite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-003 * (see Alarsite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-004 * (see Alumoklyuchevskite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-005 * (see Strakhovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-006 * (see Tetrarooseveltite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-009 * (see Sphaerobismoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-010 * (see Chladniite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-011 * (see Szenicsite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-012 * (see Scandiobabingtonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-013 * (see Karasugite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-016 * (see Mayingite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-017 * (see Gaotaiite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-018 * (see Shuangfengite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-019 * (see Pingguite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-020 * (see Carlosruizite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-021 * (see Fuenzalidaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-022 * (see Tuzlaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-023 * (see Vlodavetsite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-024 * (see Wycheproofite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-025 * (see Jentschite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-026 * (see Fluoro-ferroleakeite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-027a * (see Telluronevskite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-028 * (see Yuanjiangite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-029 * (see Seidite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-030 * (see Crawfordite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-031 * (see Artroeite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-032 * (see Vanadomalayaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-033 * (see Fluorocannilloite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-034 * (see Gerenite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-035 * (see Olkhonskite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-036 * (see Effenbergerite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-037 * (see Selwynite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-038 * (see Zajacite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-040 * (see Smrkovecite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
9 of 27 1/4/2010 11:53 PM
IMA1993-041 * (see Peterbaylissite ) See Also: GOOGLE,

IMA1993-042 * (see Dozyite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-044 * (see Brizziite-III ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-044 * (see Brizziite-VII ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-045 * (see Mereiterite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-047 * (see Frankhawthorneite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-048 * (see Medenbachite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-049 * (see Takedaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-050 * (see Jankovicite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-051 * (see Viaeneite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-052 * (see Grossite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-053 * (see Shannonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-054 * (see Dzharkenite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-055 * (see Altisite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-056 * (see Hyttsjoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-057 * (see Menshikovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-058 * (see Shkatulkalite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-059 * (see Tungstibite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-060 * (see Clinoatacamite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1993-061 * (see Owensite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-001 * (see Yuanfuliite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-002 * (see Nchwaningite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-003 * (see Crerarite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-004 * (see Ungarettiite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-005 * (see Bechererite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-006 * (see Phosphoellenbergerite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-007 * (see Nafertisite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-008 * (see Lenaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-010 * (see Dusmatovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-011 * (see Gwihabaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-012 * (see Reederite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-013 * (see Sabelliite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-014 * (see Zlatogorite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-016 * (see Zincohogbomite-2N2S ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-017 * (see Varennesite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-018 * (see Calcioaravaipaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-019 * (see Wupatkiite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-020 * (see Nezilovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-021 * (see Gallobeudantite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-022 * (see Fluorthalenite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-023 * (see Chengdeite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-024 * (see Orthowalpurgite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-025 * (see Jachymovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-026 * (see Studenitsite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-030 * (see Babkinite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-031 * (see Iltisite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-032 * (see Nierite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-033 * (see Sigismundite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-034 * (see Magnesiocoulsonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
10 of 27 1/4/2010 11:53 PM
IMA1994-035 * (see Mahnertite ) See Also: GOOGLE,

IMA1994-036 * (see Hanawaltite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-038 * (see Quadratite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-043 * (see Jensenite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-045 * (see Stanekite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-046 * (see Potassicpargasite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-047 * (see Sorosite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-048 * (see Androsite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-049 * (see Koragoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-050 * (see Frankamenite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-051 * (see Saddlebackite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-052 * (see Odintsovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-053 * (see Natroxalate ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-054 * (see Gottardiite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-055 * (see Wesselsite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-056 * (see Fettelite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-057 * (see Dessauite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-058 * (see Noelbensonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1994-059 * (see Fluoro-edenite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-001 * (see Benauite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-002 * (see Benyacarite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-003 * (see Malanite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-005 * (see Strontiomelane ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-006 * (see Laforetite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-007 * (see Oenite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-009 * (see Sudovikovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-011 * (see Leisingite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-012 * (see Yvonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-013 * (see Feinglosite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-014 * (see Penobsquisite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-015 * (see Ternesite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-016 * (see Fianelite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-017 * (see Edgarite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-018 * (see Ferroceladonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-019 * (see Ferro-aluminoceladonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-020a ! CaB3O4(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals
IMA1995-021 * (see Rosiaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-022 * (see Meurigite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-023 * (see Belovite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-024 * (see Isolueshite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-025 * (see Natroglaucocerinite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-026 * (see Terranovaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-027 * (see Averievite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-028 * (see Rambergite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-029 * (see Clerite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-030 * (see Christelite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-031 * (see Vuoriyarvite-K ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-032 * (see Hexaferrum ) See Also: GOOGLE,
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IMA1995-033 * (see Intersilite ) See Also: GOOGLE,

IMA1995-034 * (see Pyatenkoite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-035 * (see Niobocarbide ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-036 * (see Deloneite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-037 * (see Grattarolaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-038 * (see Rodolicoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-039 * (see Utahite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-040 * (see Kukharenkoite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-041 * (see Damiaoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-042 * (see Yixunite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-043 * (see Jedwabite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-044 * (see Chrombismite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-045 * (see Ferri-clinoholmquistite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-045b * (see Ferri-clinoholmquistite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-046 * (see Jorgensenite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-047 * (see Changchengite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-048 * (see Pushcharovskite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-049 * (see Tatyanaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-050 * (see Hechtsbergite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-051 * (see Tschortnerite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-052 * (see Chromphyllite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1995-053 * (see Ancylite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-001 * (see Juabite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-002 * (see Piretite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-003 * (see Walfordite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-004 * (see Lesukite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-005 * (see Chlorartinite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-006 * (see Gordaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-007 * (see Kalifersite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-008 * (see Stoppaniite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-009 * (see Brianroulstonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-010 * (see Graeserite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-012 * (see Caoxite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-013 * (see Deliensite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-014 * (see Scainiite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-015 * (see Georgbokiite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-016 * (see Nepskoeite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-017 * (see Gilmarite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-018 * (see Rossmanite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-019 * (see Sheldrickite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-020 * (see Philolithite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-022 * (see Fluorcaphite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-023 * (see Kentbrooksite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-024 * (see Pretulite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-025 * (see Mutinaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-026 * (see Kenhsuite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-027 * (see Ilinskite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-028 * (see Galileiite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-029 * (see Boralsilite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
12 of 27 1/4/2010 11:53 PM
IMA1996-030 * (see Rhodarsenide ) See Also: GOOGLE,

IMA1996-032 * (see Horvathite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-033 * (see Lukechangite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-034 * (see Raadeite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-035 * (see Phosphogartrellite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-036 * (see Turkestanite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-037 * (see Phosphovanadylite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-038 * (see Hydrowoodwardite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-039 * (see Isovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-040 * (see Hiarneite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-041 * (see Berezanskite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-043 * (see Mallestigite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-044 * (see Chrisstanleyite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-045 * (see Mereheadite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-047 * (see Ferrorhodsite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-048 * (see Chloromenite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-049 * (see Georgeericksenite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-050 * (see Barquillite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-051 * (see Parasibirskite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-052 * (see Velikite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-053 * (see Kuzelite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-054 * (see Haggertyite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-055 * (see Zugshunstite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-056 * (see Coskrenite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-057 * (see Levinsonite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-058 * (see Rubicline ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-059 * (see Bamfordite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-060 * (see Juonniite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-061 * (see Parascorodite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-062 * (see Carmichaelite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-063 * (see Natrolemoynite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-064 * (see Coparsite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1996-064a * (see Coparsite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-001 * (see Brendelite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-002 * (see Okayamalite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-003 * (see Lemmleinite-K ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-004 * (see Cuboargyrite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-005 * (see Chadwickite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-007 * (see Manganonordite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-008 * (see Ferronordite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-009 * (see Zalesiite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-010 * (see Tsugaruite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-012 * (see Cabalzarite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-013 * (see Rondorfite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-014 * (see Pseudosinhalite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-015 * (see Haineaultite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-016 * (see Kanonerovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-017 * (see Clinocervantite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-018 * (see Shibkovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
13 of 27 1/4/2010 11:53 PM
IMA1997-019 * (see Zaccagnaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,

IMA1997-021 * (see Grumiplucite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-022 * (see Calcio-andyrobertsite-1M ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-023 * (see Andyrobertsite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-024 * (see Niedermayrite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-025 * (see Blatonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-026 * (see Wiluite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-027 * (see Cobaltlotharmeyerite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-028 * (see Palladodymite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-029 * (see Miassite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-030 * (see Polkanovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-032 * (see Wallkilldellite-(Fe) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-033 * (see Kastningite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-034 * (see Wilhelmkleinite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-035 * (see Potassicferrisadanagaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-036 * (see Galgenbergite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-037 * (see Woolridgeite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-038 * (see Batiferrite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-040 * (see Brinrobertsite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-041 * (see Changoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-042 * (see Pillaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-043 * (see Suredaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-044 * (see Akimotoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-045 * (see Simmonsite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-047 * (see Thomasclarkite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-048 * (see Schaferite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-049 * (see Haigerachite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-050 * (see Nabiasite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1997-051 * (see Sicherite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-001 * (see Rollandite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-002 * (see Carraraite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-003a * (see Bleasdaleite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-004 * (see Marumoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-006 * (see Serrabrancaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-007 * (see Bederite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-009 * (see Vergasovaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-010 * (see Silvialite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-011 * (see Gladiusite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-012 * (see Theoparacelsite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-013 * (see Khaidarkanite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-014 * (see Zincgartrellite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-015 * (see Rappoldite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-016 * (see Neustadtelite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-017 * (see Brandholzite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-018 ! (Na,Ca,Bi)2Ta2O6F NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals
IMA1998-023 * (see Nickelphosphide ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-024 * (see Ekatite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-025 * (see Esperanzaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
14 of 27 1/4/2010 11:53 PM
IMA1998-026 * (see Zincowoodwardite ) See Also: GOOGLE,

IMA1998-026 * (see Zincowoodwardite-3R ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-026a * (see Zincowoodwardite-1T ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-027 * (see Khmaralite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-028 * (see Ferrotitanowodginite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-029 * (see Polyakovite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-030 * (see Formicaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-031 * (see Vajdakite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-032 * (see Leogangite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-033 * (see Zincalstibite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-034 * (see Itoigawaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-035 * (see Symesite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-036 * (see Sidpietersite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-037 * (see Magnesiofoitite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-038 * (see Orlandiite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-039 * (see Lulzacite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-042 * (see Khomyakovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-043 * (see Manganokhomyakovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-044 * (see Krettnichite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-045 * (see Moeloite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-046 * (see Obertiite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-047 * (see Bariosincosite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-048 * (see Springcreekite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-049 * (see Xenotime-(Yb) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-050 * (see Labuntsovite-Mg ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-051 * (see Labuntsovite-Fe ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-052a * (see Lemmleinite-Ba ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-054 * (see Belloite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-055 * (see Rengeite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-056 * (see Fluoro-magnesio-arfvedsonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-057 * (see Kapitsaite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-058 * (see Kuzmenkoite-Mn ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-059 * (see Bismutopyrochlore ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-060 * (see Mozgovaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-061 * (see Sodic-ferripedrizite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-062 * (see Arakiite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-063 * (see Kozoite-(Nd) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-064 * (see Oneillite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-065 * (see Hydroxylclinohumite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-066 * (see Gottlobite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-067 * (see Urusovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-069 * (see Ronneburgite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-070 * (see Cleusonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-D * (see Monsmedite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1998-E * (see Arsenobismite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-002 * (see Tegengrenite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-003 * (see Clearcreekite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-004a ! ReS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the element "rhenium".
IMA1999-005 * (see Bakhchisaraitsevite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
15 of 27 1/4/2010 11:53 PM
IMA1999-006 * (see Remondite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE,

IMA1999-007 * (see Svenekite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-008 * (see Nickellotharmeyerite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-009 * (see Johntomaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-010 * (see Rouaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-011 * (see Tamaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-012 * (see Cerchiaraite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-013 * (see Florenskyite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-014 * (see Londonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-015 * (see Bigcreekite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-016 * (see Henrymeyerite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-017 * (see Litvinskite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-018 * (see Cronusite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-019a * (see Biehlite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-020 * (see Adamsite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-021 * (see Dukeite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-022 * (see Juanitaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-023 * (see Brodtkorbite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-024 * (see Chromceladonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-025 * (see Ominelite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-026 * (see Ferrokinoshitalite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-027 * (see Schneebergite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-028 * (see Nickelschneebergite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-029 * (see Cobalttsumcorite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-030 * (see Lukrahnite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-031 * (see Manganonaujakasite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-032 * (see Niobokupletskite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-033 * (see Micheelsenite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-034 * (see Petterdite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-035 * (see Moganite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-036 * (see Ercitite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-037 * (see Lemanskiite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-039 * (see Gmelinite-K ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-040 * (see Chabazite-Sr ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-041 * (see Tumchaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-042 * (see Felbertalite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-043 * (see Paganoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-045 * (see Cejkaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-046 * (see Ferrokentbrooksite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-047 * (see Pararsenolamprite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-048 * (see Fluorannite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-049 * (see Baumstarkite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-050 * (see Vanadiumdravite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-051 * (see Schiavinatoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-A * (see Platynite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA1999-B * (see Peprossiite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2000-001 * (see Radovanite )
IMA2000-002 * (see Bradaczekite )
IMA2000-003 * (see Kampfite )
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IMA2000-004 * (see Riomarinaite )

IMA2000-005 * (see Sailaufite )
IMA2000-006 * (see Dashkovaite )
IMA2000-008 * (see Lisitsynite )
IMA2000-009 * (see Malinkoite )
IMA2000-010 * (see Ikranite )
IMA2000-011 * (see Calcio-andyrobertsite-2O )
IMA2000-012 * (see Cobaltneustadtelite )
IMA2000-013 * (see Borocookeite )
IMA2000-014 * (see Laflammeite )
IMA2000-015 * (see Ferronordite-(La) )
IMA2000-016 ! (Ti,Fe,Mg,Mn)1-xTi2O5 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
IMA2000-017 * (see Feklichevite )
IMA2000-018 * (see Orthominasragrite )
IMA2000-019 * (see Pseudojohannite )
IMA2000-020 ! Fe4[AsO3OH]5[AsO2(OH)2]2·20(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Commission
on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN)
IMA2000-021 * (see Buryatite )
IMA2000-022 * (see Hubeite )
IMA2000-023 * (see Fencooperite )
IMA2000-024 * (see Nabesite )
IMA2000-025 * (see Thomsonite-Sr )
IMA2000-026 ! (Mn,Li)4(Ta,Sn)4(Ta,Nb)8O32 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
IMA2000-027 * (see Matsubaraite )
IMA2000-028 * (see Rastsvetaevite )
IMA2000-029 * (see Bobkingite )
IMA2000-030 ! CaMg3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) NAME ORIGIN:
IMA2000-031 * (see Organovaite-Mn )
IMA2000-032 * (see Cattiite )
IMA2000-033 * (see Ganterite )
IMA2000-034 * (see Oswaldpeetersite )
IMA2000-035 * (see Bussenite )
IMA2000-036 * (see Rinmanite )
IMA2000-037 * (see Fluorvesuvianite )
IMA2000-038 * (see Allabogdanite )
IMA2000-039 * (see Novgorodovaite )
IMA2000-040 * (see Manganvesuvianite )
IMA2000-041 * (see Ferriallanite-(Ce) )
IMA2000-042 * (see Woodallite )
IMA2000-043a ! (Al,Ga)2(Ge,C)O4 (OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
IMA2000-044 ! Pb1.6Cu1.6Bi6.4S12 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals
IMA2000-045 * (see Bobjonesite )
IMA2000-046 * (see Tsepinite-Na )
IMA2000-047 * (see Dickthomssenite )
17 of 27 1/4/2010 11:53 PM
IMA2000-048 * (see Chlorbartonite )

IMA2000-049 * (see Fluoro-edenite )
IMA2000-050 * (see Burnsite )
IMA2000-051 * (see Kristiansenite )
IMA2000-052 * (see Santabarbaraite )
IMA2000-A * (see Kuzmenkoite-Mn )
IMA2000-A * (see Labuntsovite-Mg )
IMA2000-A * (see Labuntsovite-Mn )
IMA2000-A * (see Lemmleinite-K )
IMA2000-A * (see Paralabuntsovite-Mg )
IMA2000-A * (see Vuoriyarvite-K )
IMA2000-B * (see Kurgantaite )
IMA2000-C * (see Cordylite-(Ce) )
IMA2000-D * (see Bario-orthojoaquinite )
IMA2000-D * (see Byelorussite-(Ce) )
IMA2000-D * (see Joaquinite-(Ce) )
IMA2000-D * (see Orthojoaquinite-(Ce) )
IMA2000-D * (see Orthojoaquinite-(La) )
IMA2000-D * (see Strontio-orthojoaquinite )
IMA2000-D * (see Strontiojoaquinite )
IMA2000-F * (see Hellandite-(Ce) )
IMA2000-F * (see Hellandite-(Y) )
IMA2000-F * (see Tadzhikite-(Ce) )
IMA2000-G * (see Magnesium-zippeite )
IMA2001-001 * (see Monazite-(Sm) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-002 ! Cu17Bi17S35 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and
IMA2001-004 ! CaCu6[(PO4)2(PO3OH)(OH)6]·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
IMA2001-005 * (see Verbeekite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-006 * (see Organovaite-Zn ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-007 * (see Parakuzmenkoite-Fe ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-008 * (see Megakalsilite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-009 * (see Gjerdingenite-Fe ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-010 * (see Tillmannsite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-012 * (see Telyushenkoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-013 * (see Reidite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-014 * (see Tweddillite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-015 * (see Emilite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-016 * (see Paarite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-017 * (see Kupcikite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-018 * (see Lanmuchangite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-020 * (see Mottanaite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-021 * (see Ciprianiite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-022 * (see Calderonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-023 * (see Eveslogite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-024 * (see Cavoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-026 * (see Manganlotharmeyerite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-027 * (see Decrespignyite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
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IMA2001-028 * (see Karupmollerite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE,

IMA2001-029 * (see Hoganite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-030 * (see Paceite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-031 * (see Bushmakinite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-032 * (see Ferripedrizite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-033 * (see Pellouxite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-034 * (see Gramaccioliite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-035 * (see Tedhadleyite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-036 * (see Potassic-chloropargasite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-037 * (see Kuzmenkoite-Zn ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-038 * (see Gutkovaite-Mn ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-039 * (see Nikischerite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-040 * (see Anorthominasragrite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-040 * (see Orthominasragrite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-041 * (see Bobtraillite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-042 * (see Cerite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-043 * (see Watatsumiite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-044 * (see Greifensteinite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-044?? * (see Potassic-chloropargasite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-045 * (see Shirozulite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-048 * (see Ferrohogbomite-2N2S ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-049 * (see Potassicleakeite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-050 * (see Gatelite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-051 * (see Walkerite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-052 * (see Cobaltarthurite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-053 * (see Keilite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-054 * (see Sewardite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-055 * (see Niigataite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-056 * (see Marecottite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-057 * (see Vitimite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-058 * (see Goldquarryite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-059 * (see Martinite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-060 * (see Nabalamprophyllite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-061 * (see Tischendorfite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-062 * (see Phosphowalpurgite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-063 * (see Shirokshinite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-064 * (see Glagolevite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-065 * (see Protoanthophyllite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-066 * (see Ferri-clinoferroholmquistite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-067 * (see Ferri-ottoliniite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-067a * (see Ferri-ottoliniite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-068 * (see Sodic-ferri-ferropedrizite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-069 * (see Ferriwhittakerite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-070 * (see Tuite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-A * (see Ferronigerite-2N1S ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-A * (see Ferronigerite-6N6S ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-A * (see Ferrotaaffeite-6N3S ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-A * (see Magnesiohogbomite-2N2S ) See Also: GOOGLE,
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IMA2001-A * (see Magnesionigerite-2N1S ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-A * (see Magnesionigerite-6N6S ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-A * (see Magnesiotaaffeite-2N2S ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-A * (see Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-A * (see Zincohogbomite-2N2S ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-B * (see Duhamelite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2001-B * (see Mottramite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-001 * (see Graulichite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-002 * (see Trattnerite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-003 * (see Alsakharovite-Zn ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-004 * (see Cobaltkieserite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-005 * (see Tsepinite-K ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-006 * (see Paratsepinite-Ba ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-007 * (see Neskevaaraite-Fe ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-008 * (see Catalanoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-009a ! Ca2Fe++4Fe+++TiSi4BeAlO20 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on
IMA2002-010 * (see Fluoronyboite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-010 * (see Nyboite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-011 * (see Tsumgallite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-012 * (see Kochite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-013 * (see Kuannersuite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-014 * (see Spriggite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-015 * (see Clinobarylite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-016 ! CaFe++Fe+++(Mn,Fe++)(Si2O7)O(OH) NAME ORIGIN:
IMA2002-018 * (see Magnesiotantalite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-019 * (see Kukharenkoite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-020 * (see Tsepinite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-021 * (see Marinellite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-022 * (see Aurivilliusite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-023 * (see Percleveite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-024 * (see Putzite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-025 * (see Vastmanlandite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-026 * (see Lalondeite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-027 * (see Maleevite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-028 * (see Ferrosaponite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-029 * (see Manganokukisvumite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-030 * (see Pertsevite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-031 * (see Moskvinite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-033 * (see Paravinogradovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-034 ! CdSO4·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and
IMA2002-035 * (see Nevadaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-036 ! (Ba,Ca)2Al3(Si,Al)4O10(CO3)(OH)6·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
IMA2002-037 * (see Surkhobite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-038 * (see Alumino-magnesiohulsite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
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IMA2002-039 * (see Artsmithite ) See Also: GOOGLE,

IMA2002-041 ! KPb1.5ZnCu6O2(SeO3)2Cl10 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on
IMA2002-042a ! Na3La[Si6O15]·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
IMA2002-043 * (see Diversilite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-047 * (see Zincospiroffite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-048 * (see Almarudite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-049 ! (Mn++,Ca)(Ce,REE)AlMn+++Mn++(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) NAME
IMA2002-050 ! Ca4AlSi(SO4)F13·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
IMA2002-051 * (see Magnesiosadanagaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-052 * (see Filatovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-053 * (see Gabrielite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-054 * (see Kozoite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-055 * (see Taseqite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-056 * (see Carbokentbrooksite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-057 * (see Zirsilite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-058 * (see Cupromakovickyite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-059 * (see Petewilliamsite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-060 * (see Jagueite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-061 * (see Larisaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-062 * (see Rouxelite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-063 * (see Ankinovichite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-064 * (see Potassic-carpholite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-065 * (see Labyrinthite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-066 * (see Aqualite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-067 * (see Raslakite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-A * (see Squawcreekite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-A * (see Tripuhyite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-B * (see Arhbarite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-D * (see Magnesiocolumbite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2002-D * (see Malhmoodite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003--057 * (see Fougerite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-001 * (see Heulandite-Ba ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-002 * (see Bario-olgite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-003 * (see Lepkhenelmite-Zn ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-004 * (see Tarkianite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-005 * (see Hillite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-006 * (see Zoltaiite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-007 * (see Dissakisite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-008 * (see Paratsepinite-Na ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-009 * (see Holfertite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-010 * (see Zincolibethenite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-011 * (see Kudriavite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-012 * (see Jacquesdietrichite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-013 * (see Georgbarsanovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-014 * (see Hapkeite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
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IMA2003-015 * (see Gjerdingenite-Mn ) See Also: GOOGLE,

IMA2003-016 * (see Vasilyevite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-017 ! (REE,Ca)4(Fe+++,Ti,Fe++,[ ])(Ti,Fe+++,Fe++,Nb)4Si4O22 NAME
IMA2003-018 * (see Kapustinite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-019 ! Na6Sr12Ba2Zr13Si39B4O123(OH)6 ·20(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
IMA2003-020 * (see Catamarcaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-021 * (see Guanacoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-022 * (see Pezzottaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-024 * (see Grenmarite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-025 * (see Coutinhoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-026 * (see Schlemaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-027 * (see Vurroite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-028 * (see Haleniusite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-029 * (see Lindbergite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-030 * (see Agardite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-031a ! (Pb,REE,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
IMA2003-032 ! Tl(Cl,Br) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and
IMA2003-033 * (see Yazganite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-034 * (see Zeravshanite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-035 * (see Pekovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-036 * (see Tokyoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-037 * (see Biraite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-039 ! Pb2(Pb,Sb)2S8[Te,Au]2 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
IMA2003-040 ! (Mg,Cu)SO4·7H2O NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals
IMA2003-041 * (see Herbertsmithite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-042 * (see Cadmoindite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-043 * (see Potassicarfvedsonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-044 * (see Bykovaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-045a ! (Sc,Ca)2KBe3Si12O30 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
IMA2003-046 * (see Arapovite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-047 * (see Holtstamite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-048 * (see Struvite-K ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-049 * (see Skaergaardite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-050 ! NaCa2(Mg3Fe++Al)5(Si6Al2O22)F2 NAME ORIGIN: Commission
IMA2003-051 * (see Schlegelite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-052 * (see Eyselite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-053 * (see Iwashiroite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-055 * (see Vanadiocarpholite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-056 * (see Milotaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-058 * (see Mazzite-Na ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-059 * (see Elsmoreite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
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IMA2003-060 * (see Rudenkoite ) See Also: GOOGLE,

IMA2003-061 * (see Dellaventuraite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-062 ! Na(CaMn)2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on
IMA2003-063 * (see Ferrorosemaryite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-064 * (see Angelaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-065 * (see Allanite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-066 * (see Manganocummingtonite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2003-066 * (see Parvowinchite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2004-001 ! [(REE+Y),U,Th,Ca,Fe](Nb,Ta,Ti)O4 NAME ORIGIN: Commission
IMA2004-002 * (see Fluoro-sodic-pedrizite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2004-003 * (see Mazzettiite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2004-004 * (see Hingganite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2004-005 ! CsFe2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and
IMA2004-006 ! (Ca,Na)5[(P,S)O4]3(OH,Cl) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
IMA2004-007 * (see Naldretteite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2004-008 ! (Sr,Ba,K)(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)(OH,O)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
IMA2004-009 ! Mg2(PO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and
IMA2004-010 * (see Seifertite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2004-011 * (see Kokchetavite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2004-012 * (see Sokolovaite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2004-013 ! (Ba,K)(Mg,Fe++,Ti)3(Si,Al)4O10O2 NAME ORIGIN: Commission
IMA2004-014 ! La3Mn++3Cu++(Mn+++,Fe+++,Mn++++)26(Si2O7)6O30 NAME
IMA2004-015 ! (Mn++,Ca)(REE)V+++AlMn++(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) NAME
IMA2004-016 ! Cu6(OH)10(SO4)·H2O NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
IMA2004-017 * (see Senekevichite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2004-019 ! Ba(Ce,REE)(CO3)2F NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
IMA2004-020 ! Pd4Sb3 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and
IMA2004-021 ! Co3(PO4)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals
IMA2004-022 ! Pb2(UO2)11(BiO)8(PO4)5(OH)19·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
IMA2004-023 * (see Chukhrovite-(Nd) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2004-024 * (see Kirgizstanite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2004-025 ! Cu+Cu++5PbO2(SeO3)2Cl5 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
IMA2004-026 ! Na12(Ce,REE,Sr)3Ca6Mn3Zr3W(Si25O73)(OH)3(CO3)·H2O NAME
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IMA2004-028 * (see Challacolloite ) See Also: GOOGLE,

IMA2004-029 ! (Ce,Nd,Ca)[(UO2)3O(OH)(PO4)2]·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
IMA2004-030 ! [ ]Li2(Fe++3Al2)S5(Si8O22)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on
IMA2004-031 ! AuBi5S4 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and
IMA2004-032 ! Pb2AsS3(I,Cl) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and
IMA2004-033 * (see Wilhelmramsayite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2004-034 ! ([ ],Na)(Na,Ca)2(Mg, Fe++)4Fe+++[Si8O22](OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
IMA2004-035 ! Mn7(PO4)2(OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals
IMA2004-036 * (see Juangodoyite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2004-037 * (see Kochsandorite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2004-038 ! Cu13(AsO4)6(AsO3OH)4·23(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on
IMA2004-040 * (see Mogovidite ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2004-041 ! Ca2Fe++[ ]Mg2Fe++2Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
IMA2004-043 ! (Na37K9Ca10)S56(Si42Al42)S84O168(SO4)12·6(H2O) NAME
IMA2004-044 ! Na(Mn,Mg,Zn)9[VSi9O28(OH)](OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Commission
IMA2004-045 ! [ ](CaMn)S2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on
IMA2004-046 ! PdCu3 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and Mineral
Names (CNMMN)
IMA2004-047 ! PdAsSe NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and
IMA2004-048 ! Ag3CuSe2 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and
IMA2004-049 ! NaMg3(AlSi3)O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
IMA2004-04a * (see Kupletskite-(Cs) ) See Also: GOOGLE,
IMA2004-050 ! Fe3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
IMA2004-051 ! 5(Al2O3)·H2O NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and
IMA2004-052 ! Ca3Ti5[(Si6O17)2|O(OH)4]·14(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Commission
IMA2004-053 ! Pb3[Al(OH)6](SO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
IMA2004-054 ! (Na,Ca)AlSi3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals
IMA2004-054 * (see IMA2004-054 ) See Also: GOOGLE,
Imandrite Na12Ca3Fe+++2Si12O36 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Khibiny massif, near Lake Imandra, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
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Imgreite ? NiTe
Imgreite-discredited * (see Melonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Imgreite-Pd & Sb free * (see Hexatestibiopanickelite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Imhofite Tl6CuAs16S40 NAME ORIGIN: For Jospeh Imhof (1902-1969).

Imiterite Ag2HgS2 NAME ORIGIN: For the Imiter mine locality in Morocco.
LOCALITY: In the Imiter mine, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco.
Imogolite Al2SiO3(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Imogo soil, Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
Inaglyite PbCu3(Ir,Pt)8S16 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Inagli massif, Yakutia, Russia.
Incaite Pb4Sn4FeSb2S15 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Inca people,
pre-European rulers of Chile, Bolivia, and Peru.
Inderborite CaMg[B3O3(OH)5]2·6(H2O)
Inderite MgB3O3(OH)5·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its source.
Indialite Mg2Al4Si5O18 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY:
Bokaro coal seam, southwest of Hazaribagh, Bihar, India.
Indianite * (see Anorthite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Indicolite - blue * (see Elbaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Indigirite Mg2Al2(CO3)4(OH)2·15(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
locality. LOCALITY: Sarylakh Au-Sb deposit, Indigirka River, northeastern Yakutia,
Russia.
Indite Fe++In2S4 NAME ORIGIN: For the indium in its composition.
Indium In NAME ORIGIN: Named for the element which is named after
the indigo line in its spectrum.
Inesite Ca2Mn7Si10O28(OH)2·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek ines -
"flesh fibers."
Ingersonite Ca3Mn++Sb+++++4O14 NAME ORIGIN: Named for F. Earl
Ingerson (1906-1993), U. S. Geochemist.
Ingodite Bi(S,Te) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: From
the Ingoda deposit near the source of the Ingoda River, central Transbaikal.
Innelite (Na,Mg,Ca)2(Ba,K)4Ti3(Si2O7)2(SO4)2(OH,F) NAME ORIGIN: From
the Yakut name, "inneli," for the Inagli River, Yakutia, Russia.
Insizwaite Pt(Bi,Sb)2 NAME ORIGIN: For the Insizwa mineral deposit, South
Africa, where it was discovered.
Intersilite ! Na6Mn++Ti[Si10O24(OH)](OH)3·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in
allusion to it's intermediate position between the layered and banded silicates.
Inyoite Ca2B6O6(OH)10·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality.
LOCALITY: Mount Blanco mine, Mount Blanco, Black Mountains, Death Valley,
Inyo County, California.
Iodargyrite AgI NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition if
iodine (Greek, iodes = "violet") and silver (Latin, argentum).
Iodyrite * (see Iodargyrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Iolite * (see Cordierite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Iowaite Mg4Fe+++(OH)8OCl·2-4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Sioux County, Iowa.
Iquiqueite K3Na4Mg(Cr++++++O4)B24O39(OH)·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality LOCALITY: Iquique, Tarapaca Province, Chile.
Iranite Pb10Cu(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Name for the
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country.
Iraqite-(La) K(La,Ce,Th)2(Ca,Na)4(Si,Al)16O40 NAME ORIGIN: For the
country of origin, Iraq and La in the composition.
Irarsite (Ir,Ru,Rh,Pt)AsS NAME ORIGIN: For the Iridium and ARSenic in the
composition.
Irhtemite Ca4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Irhtem ore deposit, Morocco.
Iridarsenite (Ir,Ru)As2 NAME ORIGIN: For the IRIDium and ARSENic in the
composition.
Iridisite * (Ir,Cu,Rh,Ni,Pt)S2
Iridium (Ir,Os,Ru,Pt) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the element Iridium
which was from the Latin, Iris = "rainbow" in allusion to the colored salts derived
from its compounds.
Iridosmine * (see Osmium ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Iriginite (UO2)(Mo++++++2O7)·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Unknown origin.
Iron Fe NAME ORIGIN: Probably Anglo-Saxon in origin.
Iron Alum * (see Halotrichite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Iron Mica * (see Biotite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Iron spar * (see Siderite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Iron Spinel * (see Hercynite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Iron Talc * (see Minnesotaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Iron uralite * (see Bassetite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Iron wollastonite * (see Ferrobustamite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Iron-Magnesia Spinel * (see Magnesioferrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Irtyshite Na2(Ta,Nb)4O11 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Irtysh River area, eastern Kazakhstan.
Ishikawaite (U,Fe,Y,Ca)(Nb,Ta)O4 (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Ishikawa, Ivaki Province, Japan.
Isinglass * (see Muscovite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Isochalcopyrite * Cu8Fe9S16
Isoclasite Ca2(PO4)(OH)·2(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek
for "equal" and "fracture", in allusion to the cleavage.
Isocubanite CuFe2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the isometric polymorph of
cubanite.
Isoferroplatinum (Pt,Pd)3(Fe,Cu) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the structure
and composition.
Isokite CaMg(PO4)F NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY:
Nkumbwa Hill, near Isoka, northern Kumbwa, Zamibia.
Isolueshite ! (Na,La,Ca)(Nb,Ti)O3 NAME ORIGIN: The name reflects its
isometric habit, optical isotropism and compositional similarity to its
orthorhombic polymorph, lueshite.
Isomertieite Pd11Sb2As2 NAME ORIGIN: For its structural and
compositional relationship to mertieite-I.
Isovite ! (Cr,Fe)23C6 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality. LOCALITY: The Is River,
near the town of Is, Isovsky district, Middle Urals, Russia.
Itoigawaite ! SrAl2Si2O7(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: On the seashore of Oyashirazu, about 15 km WSW of Itoigawa Station,
Itoigawa-Ohmi district, Niigata-ken Prefecture, Japan.
Itoite Pb3[GeO2(OH)2](SO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Tei-Ichi Ito
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(1898-1980), mineralogist and crystallographer, University of Tokyo, Japan.

Iwakiite Mn++(Fe+++,Mn+++)2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Gozaisho mine, Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
Iwashiroite-(Y) ! YTaO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the old prefectural name
of Fukushima prefecture (Iwashiro).
Ixiolite (Ta,Nb,Sn,Mn++,Fe++)O2 NAME ORIGIN: For "Ixion", of Greek
mythology, who was related to Tantalus, in allusion to the mineral's relationship
to tantalite.
Izoklakeite Pb27(Cu,Fe)2(Sb,Bi)19S57 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: From Izok Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada.
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J Index of Mineral Species

This alphabetical listing of J minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of
LEGEND
viewed.
Jachimovite * (see Cuprosklodowskite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Jachymovite ! (UO2)8(SO4)(OH)14·13(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after the locality. LOCALITY: Jachymov (St. Joachimsthal), Krusne Hory,
Zapadocesky kraj, Cechy (Bohemia), Czech Republic.
Jachymovite * (see Cuprosklodowskite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Jacobsite (Mn++,Fe++,Mg)(Fe+++,Mn+++)2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named
after its locality. LOCALITY: Jakobsberg, Sweden.
Jacquesdietrichite ! Cu2[BO(OH)2](OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jacques
Emile Dietrich (1926-), French geologist who collected the specimens.
Jadeite Na(Al,Fe+++)Si2O6 NAME ORIGIN: From the Spanish, piedra de
ijada, "stone of the side," because its supposed to cure kidney ailments if applied
to the side of the body.
Jaffeite Ca4(Si3O7)(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Howard Jaffe of the
University of Massachusetts.
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Jagoite (Pb,Na,Ca)3(Fe+++,Mg)Si3O10(Cl,OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for

John B. Jago Trelawney (1909-), mineral collector of Palo Alto, California, USA.
Jagowerite BaAl2(PO4)2(OH)2
Jagueite ! Cu2Pd3Se4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the small village of
Jagué, which is located in the homonymous "Bolson de Jagué" (depression of
Jagué).
Jahnsite * (see Jahnsite-(CaMnMg) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Jahnsite-(CaFeFe) * (Ca,Mn)(Fe++,Mn++)Fe++2Fe+++2(PO4)4(OH)2·8(H2O)
NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard H. Jahns (1915-1983), mineralogist and
pegmatite expert, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA.
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe) CaMn++Fe++2Fe+++2(PO4)4(OH)2·8(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Richard H. Jahns (1915-1983), mineralogist and pegmatite
expert, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA.
Jahnsite-(CaMnMg) CaMnMg2Fe+++2(PO4)4(OH)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Richard H. Jahns (1915-1983), mineralogist and pegmatite expert,
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA.
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) CaMn++Mn++2Fe+++2(PO4)4(OH)2·8(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Richard H. Jahns (1915-1983), mineralogist and pegmatite
expert, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA.
Jahnsite-(MnMnMn) * MnMnMn2Fe+++2(PO4)4(OH)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Richard H. Jahns (1915-1983), mineralogist and pegmatite expert,
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA.
Jaipurite * CoS NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Khetri
mines, Jaipur, India
Jalpaite Ag3CuS2 NAME ORIGIN: For the Mexican locality at Jalpa.
LOCALITY: In the USA, in Colorado, at the Payrock mine in Silver Plume, Clear
Creek Co.
Jamborite (Ni++,Ni+++,Fe)(OH)2(OH,S,(H2O)) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
John L. Jambor, (1936-), mineralogist, Geological Survey of Canada.
Jamesite Pb2Zn2Fe+++5(AsO4)5O4
Jamesonite Pb4FeSb6S14 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Scottish
Mineralogist, R. Jameson (1774-1854).
Janggunite Mn++++5-x(Mn++,Fe+++)1+xO8(OH)6, x = 0,2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Janggun mine, Bonghwa, Korea.
Janhaugite (Na,Ca)3(Mn++,Fe++)3(Ti++++,Zr,Nb)2Si4O15(OH,F,O)3 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Jan Haug, and amateur mineralogist who first observed the
mineral.
Jankovicite Tl5Sb9(As,Sb)4S22 NAME ORIGIN: For Prof. S. Jankovic (1925- ) in
recognition of his work on the mineralogy and geology of Allchar.
Janosite * (see Copiapite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Jarcon - colorless * (see Zircon ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Jarlite Na(Sr,Na,[ ])7(Mg,[ ])Al6F32(OH,H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Carl Frederik Jarl (1872-19510, Formerly President of the Danish Cryolite
Company, who first noted the mineral.
Jarosewichite Mn++3Mn+++(AsO4)(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eugene
Jaroswich (1926-), chief chemist, Department of Mineral Sciences, National
Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
Jarosite KFe+++3(SO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Barranco Jaroso in southern Spain.
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Jarrowite (calcite pseudomorphs) * (see Ikaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Jaskolskiite Pb2+xCux(Sb,Bi)2-xS5, x=0.2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Stanislaw Jaskolski (1896-1981), of the Akademia Gorniczo-Hutnicza, Krakow,
Poland.
Jasmundite Ca11(SiO4)4O2S
Jasper - red or brown chalcedony * (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Jeanbandyite (Fe+++,Mn++)Sn++++(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jean
A. Bandy, Wickenburg, Arizona, USA, who, with her husband Mark Bandy,
translated Agricola's "De Natura Fossilium" from original Latin.
Jedvabite * (see Jedwabite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Jedwabite ! Fe7(Ta,Nb)3 NAME ORIGIN: For Jacques Jedwab, Université
Libre de Bruxelles, Belgique, in recognition of his meticulous investigations of the
mineralogy of placers and of carbides in natural environments.
Jefferisite * (see Hydrobiotite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Jeffreyite (Ca,Na)2(Be,Al)Si2(O,OH)7
Jenkinsite * (see Antigorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Jennite Ca9Si6O18(OH)6·8H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Clarence
Marvin Jenni (1896-1973), American mineral collector and director of the
Geological Museum, University of Missouri.
Jensenite Cu++3Te++++++O6·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Mr. Matin C.
Jensen (1959-), who first collected and recognized this mineral as a potentially
new species.
Jentschite ! TlPbAs2SbS6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Franz Jentsch
(1868-1908), head of the Binn syndicate that worked the sulfosalt deposit at the
Lengenbach quarry.
Jeppeite (K,Ba)2(Ti,Fe+++)6O13 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John
Frederick Biccard Jeppe (1920-), geologist of Nedlands, Western Australia,
discoverer of the mineral.
Jeremejevite Al6B5O15(F,OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Russian
mineralogist, P. V. Jeremejev (1820-1899).
Jeromite As(S,Se)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY:
United Verde Mine, Jerome, Arizona, USA.
Jerrygibbsite (Mn,Zn)9(SiO4)4(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gerald V.
Gibbs (1929-), Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Jervisite (Na,Ca,Fe++)(Sc,Mg,Fe++)Si2O6
Jezekite * (see Morinite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Jianshuiite (Mg,Mn++)Mn++++3O7·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Lu Village, Juanshui County, Yunnan Province, China.
Jimboite Mn3B2O6
Jimthompsonite (Mg,Fe++)5Si6O16(OH)2
Jinshajiangite Na2K5BaCa(Fe,Mn)8(Ti,Fe,Nb,Zr)4Si8O32(O,F,H2O)6 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Jinshajiang River, Sichuan Province,
China.
Jixianite Pb(W,Fe+++)2(O,OH)7
Joaquinite-(Ce) NaFe++Ba2Ce2(Ti,Nb)2[Si4O12]2O2(OH,F)·(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Benitoite Gem mine, head waters of
the San Benito River, Joaquin Ridge, Diablo Range, 1 mile south of Santa Rita
Peak, San Benito Co. California.
Joesmithite PbCa2(Mg,Fe++,Fe+++)5Si6Be2O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
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Named for Prof. Joseph Victor Smith (1928-), English-American mineralogist and
petrologist of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Johachidolite CaAlB3O7
Johannite Cu(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Archduke Johann (1782-1859) of Austria, fornder of the Styrian Landsmuseum ing
Graz.
Johannsenite CaMnSi2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Prof. Albert
Johannsen of the University of Chicago.
Johillerite Na(Mg,Zn)3Cu(AsO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Johannes Eric
Hiller (1911-1972), professor of mineralogy, Stuttart, Germany.
Johnbaumite Ca5(AsO4)3(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John L. Baum
(1916-), resident geologist of the New Jersey Zinc Co. and curator of the Franklin
Mineral Museum, Franklin, New Jersey, USA.
Johninnesite Na2Mg4Mn++12(AsO4)2(Si12O35)(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for John Innes, mineralogist of the Tsumeb Corporation, for his
contributions to the mineralogy of the Tsumeb and Kombat mines.
Johnsomervilleite Na2Ca(Mg,Fe++,Mn)7(PO4)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
John M. Somerville (1908-1978), who collected the first specimen.
Johnstrupite * (see Mosandrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Johntomaite ! Ba(Fe++,Ca,Mn++)2Fe+++2(PO4)3(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN:
Named after Mr. John Toma, amateur mineralogist and finder of the mineral.
Johnwalkite K(Mn++,Fe+++,Fe++)2(Nb,Ta)(PO4)2O2((H2O),OH)2 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Richard JOHNson (1936-1998) and Frank WALKup (1943-1993),
mineral preparators, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D. C., USA.
Jokokuite MnSO4·5(H2O)
Joliotite (UO2)(CO3)·n(H2O), (n=2?) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1976 for J.
Frederic Joliot (1900-1958), French physicist, and I. Joliot-Curie.
Jolliffeite (Ni,Co)AsSe NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1991 for Alfred W. Jolliffe
(1907-1988), Canadian geologist.
Jonesite Ba2(K,Na)[Ti2(Si5Al)O18·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Francis Tucker Jones (1905-1993), Research Chemical Microscopist of Berkeley,
California, USA, who discovered the mineral
Jordanite Pb14(As,Sb)6S23 NAME ORIGIN: Named after H. Jordan from
Saarbrucken.
Jordisite MoS2 NAME ORIGIN: For Eduard Friedrich Alexander Jordis
(1868-1917), colloidal chemist.
Jorgensenite ! Na2(Sr,Ba)14Na2Al12F64(OH,F)
Joseite Bi4(S,Te)3 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality at San Jose in Brazil.
LOCALITY: From San Jose, near Marianna, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Joseite-B Bi4(S,Te)3 NAME ORIGIN: For the relationship to joseite; "B" to
distinguish it from joseite, formerly joseite-A.
Josephinite * (see Awaruite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Jouravskite Ca3Mn++++(SO4,CO3)2(OH)6·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Georges Jouravsky (1896-1964), chief geologist, Division de la Geologie du
Maroc.
Juabite ! (Ca,Fe++)Cu10(Te++++O3)4(As+++++O4)4(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named after its discovery locality. LOCALITY: Found in the Centennial
Eureka mine, Juab County, Utah, U.S.A.
Juangodoyite ! Na2Cu(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals
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Juanitaite ! (Cu,Ca,Fe)10Bi(AsO4)4(OH)11·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The
name is for Juanita Curtis who found the mineral.
Juanite Ca10Mg4Al2Si11O39·4(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the San
Juan Mountains, Colorado, USA.
Julgoldite-(Fe++) Ca2Fe++(Fe+++,Al)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2·(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named in 1971 by Moore for Julian Royce Goldsmith (1918-), American
geochemist, University of Chicago.
Julgoldite-(Fe+++) Ca2Fe+++(Fe+++,Al)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(O,OH)2·(H2O)
NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1971 by Moore for Julian Royce Goldsmith (1918-),
American geochemist, University of Chicago.
Julianite * (see Tennantite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Julienite * Na2Co++(SCN)4·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henri Julien
(-1920), Belgian scientist.
Jungite Ca2Zn4Fe+++8(PO4)9(OH)9·16(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Gerhard Jung, German mineral collector who found the mineral.
Junitoite CaZn2Si2O7·(H2O)
Junoite Pb3Cu2Bi8(S,Se)16 NAME ORIGIN: For the Juno mine, Australia, in
which it was first found.
Juonniite ! CaMgSc(PO4)2(OH)·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The name alludes
to the locality. Pronounced YO'NAITE. LOCALITY: Kovdor ultramafic alkaline
complex, Yona or Juonni River (from the Russian or Finnish), Kola Peninsula,
Russia).
Jurbanite Al(SO4)(OH)·5(H2O)
Jurupaite * (see Stevensite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Jurupaite * (see Xonotlite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax


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K Index of Mineral Species
This alphabetical listing of K minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of
LEGEND
viewed.
K-Rectorite * (see Rectorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Kaatialaite Fe+++[H2As+++++O4]3·5-5.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality. LOCALITY: Kaatiala granite pegmatite, Kuortane, western Finland.
Kadyrelite Hg4(Br,Cl)2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Kadyrel deposit, Tuva, Siberia, Russia.
Kaersutite NaCa2(Mg4Ti)Si6Al2O23(OH)2
Kafehydrocyanite * K4Fe++(CN)6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for it's
composition.
Kahlerite Fe++(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10-12(H2O)
Kainite MgSO4·KCl·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek kainos,
meaning "contemporary."
Kainosite-(Y) Ca2(Y,Ce)2Si4O12(CO3)·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the
Greek for "unusual", for its rarity and exotic composition.
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Kakoxen * (see Cacoxenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Kalborsite K6Al4Si6BO20(OH)4Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition (KAllium, ALuminum,BORate, and SIlicon).
Kaliborite KHMg2B12O16(OH)10·4(H2O)
Kalicinite KHCO3
Kalifersite ! (K,Na)5Fe+++7Si20O50(OH)6·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the
chemical composition: KALIum (Potassium), FERrum (Iron), and SIlicium (Silicon).
Kalininite ZnCr2S4 NAME ORIGIN: For P.I. Kalinin, Russian mineralogist and
petrologist, investigator of the southern Baikal region.
Kalinite KAl(SO4)2·11(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition
(Kalium = potassium).
Kaliophilite KAlSiO4
Kalipyrochlore (H2O,Sr)(Nb,Ti)(O,OH)6·(H2O,K) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the pyrochlore mineral group and potassium (KALIum) although later work shows
very little potassium in the formula.
Kalistrontite K2Sr(SO4)2
Kalsilite KAlSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the compostion, Kallium
(Potassium), Aluminum, and Silicon. K,AL,SI.
Kaluginite * (Mn++,Ca)MgFe+++(PO4)2(OH)·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Aleksandr V. Kalugin (1857-1933), mineralogist, Ural Mountains, Russia.
Kamacite alpha-(Fe,Ni) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "shaft"
or "lath".
Kamaishilite Ca2Al2SiO6(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Kamaishi mine, Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, Honshu, Japan.
Kambaldaite NaNi4(CO3)3(OH)3·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Otter shoot, Kambalda, WA, Australia.
Kamchatkite KCu++3OCl(SO4)2
Kamiokite Fe2Mo3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Kamioka Ag-Pb-Zn mine, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
Kamitugaite PbAl(UO2)5(PO4)2(OH)9·9.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the mining district at the locality. LOCALITY: Kobokobo, Kivu, Zaire.
Kammererite - Red * (see Clinochlore ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Kamotoite-(Y) (Y,Nd,Gd)2U++++++4(CO3)3O12·14.5(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Kamoto, southern Shaba, Zaire.
Kampfite ! Ba6[(Si,Al)O2]8(CO3)2Cl2(Cl,H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Anthony Robert Kampf (1948-), Curator and Section Head of Minerals, Los
Angeles County Museum, in recognition of his many contributions in the study of
new minerals.
Kamphaugite-(Y) Ca(Y,REE)(CO3)2(OH)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Erling Kamphaug (1931-), Norwegian mineral collector.
Kanemite NaHSi2O5·3(H2O)
Kankite Fe+++AsO4·3.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Kank, Kutno Hora district, Stredocesky Kraj, Bohemia, Czech Republic.
Kanoite (Mn++,Mg)2Si2O6
Kanonaite (Mn+++,Al)AlSiO5
Kanonerovite ! MnNa3P3O10·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Aleksandr
Anatol'evich Kanonerov (1955-), mining historian at the Nizhnii Tagil Museum of
Mining Industry of the Middle Urals.
Kaolinite Al2Si2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality.
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LOCALITY: Kao-Ling, China.

Kapitsaite-(Y) ! (Ba,K,Pb,Na)4(Y,Ca,REE)2[Si8B2(B,Si)2O28F] NAME ORIGIN:
Named for P. L. Kapitsa (1894-1984), Russian physicist.
Kapustinite ! Na5.5Mn0.25ZrSi6O16(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yu. L.
Kapustin (1933-2002), Russian mineralogist who extensively studied alkaline
massifs.
Karasugite SrCaAl(F,OH)7
Karelianite V2O3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Karelian shist belt were
the mineral occurs.
Karibibite Fe+++2As+++4(O,OH)9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Karibib lithium pegmatite, Namibia.
Karlite ! (Mg,Al)6(BO3)3(OH,Cl)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for F. Karl, German
professor at the University of Kiel, Austria.
Karnasurtite-(Ce) (Ce,La,Th)(Ti,Nb)(Al,Fe+++)(Si,P)2O7(OH)4·3(H2O) (?)
NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Vein No. 2, Mt. Karnasurt,
Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Karpatite C24H12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Transcarpatinian Alps, Russia.
Karpinskite (Mg,Ni)2Si2O5(OH)2 (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alexander
Petrovich Karpinsky (1846-1936), Russian geologist and president of the Russian
Academy of Sciences.
Karupmollerite-Ca ! (Na,Ca,K)2Ca(Nb,Ti)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·7(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Svend Karup-Moller (1936-), Danish mineralogist.
Karyinite * (see Caryinite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Kashinite (Ir,Rh)2S3 NAME ORIGIN: To honor S.A. Kashin, a Russian
investigator of ore deposits in the Ural Mountains.
Kasolite Pb(UO2)SiO4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Kasolo, Zaire.
Kassite CaTi2O4(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kicolai Grigorevich Kassin
(1885-1949), Russian Geologist and academician, discoverer of the Afrikanda
massif on the Kola Peninsula.
Kastningite ! (Mn++,Fe++,Mg)Al2(PO4 )2(OH)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after Jürgen Kastning (b. 1932), from Reinbeck bei Hamburg, Germany,
amateur mineralogist specializing in phosphate minerals, who discovered the
mineral.
Katayamalite (K,Na)Ca7Li3Ti2[Si6O18]2(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Nobuo Katayama (1910-), prominent Japanese mineralogist.
Katoite Ca3Al2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x x=1.5-3
Katophorite Na(CaNa)Fe++4(Al,Fe+++)Si7AlO22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named from the Greek for "carrying down", in allusion to its volcanic origin.
Katoptrite (Mn,Mg)13(Al,Fe+++)4Sb+++++2Si2O28 NAME ORIGIN: Named
from the Greek for "mirror", for the perfectly reflecting cleavage surfaces.
Kawazulite Bi2(Te,Se,S)3 NAME ORIGIN: For the Kawazu mine, Japan.
Kazakhstanite Fe+++5V++++3V+++++12O39·8.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Northwestern Karatau, Kazakhstan.
Kazakovite Na6Mn++TiSi6O18 NAME ORIGIN: For Maria Efimovna
Kazakova, analytical chemist who provided the mineral's analysis.
Keckite Ca(Mn,Zn)2Fe+++3(PO4)4(OH)3·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Erich Keck, Etzenricht, Germany, collector of Hagendorf minerals.
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Kegelite Pb8Al4Si8O20(SO4)2(CO3)4(OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for

Friedrich Wilhelm Kegel, director of the Tsumbe mine from 1922 to 1938.
Kehoeite-quartz, gypsum and sphalerite * (see Woodhouseite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena,
MinDAT, MinMax
Keilhauite-REE * (see Titanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Keilite ! (Fe,Mg)S NAME ORIGIN: Named after Klaus Keil (1934-), professor at
the University of Hawaii.
Keithconnite Pd3-xTe(x=0.14 to 0.43) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Keith Conn
(1923), U.S. Geologist who investigated the Stillwater Complex, Nye, Montana,
USA.
Keiviite-(Y) (Y,Yb)2Si2O7
Keiviite-(Yb) (Yb,Y)2Si2O7
Keldyshite Na2-xHxZrSi2O7·n(H2O)
Kellyite (Mn++,Mg,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William
Crowley Kelley (1929-), American geologist, University of Michigan.
Kelyanite Hg+16Hg++20Sb3(Cl,Br)9O28 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Kelyan deposit, Buryatia, Ural Mountains, Russia.
Kemmlitzite (Sr,Ce)Al3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Kemmlitz kaolin depoosit, near Oschatz, Saxony, Germany.
Kempite Mn2Cl(OH)3
Kenhsuite ! Hg3S2Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Kenneth Junghwa Hsu (1929-),
Professor Emeritus, Swiss Federal Institute of Technonogy, Zurich, Switzerland.
Kennedyite-Discredited IMA 1988 * (see Armalcolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Kentbrooksite ! (Na,REE)15(Ca,REE)6Mn++Zr3NbSi25O74F2·2(H2O) NAME

ORIGIN: For Dr. C. Kent Brooks (1943-), leader of fourteen geological expeditions
to the Kangerdlugssuaq area of east Greenland.
Kentrolite Pb2Mn+++2Si2O9 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for spike or
thorn, for its prismatic habit.
Kenyaite Na2Si22O41(OH)8·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the country
of origin.
Keramohalite * (see Alunogen ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Kermesite Sb2S2O NAME ORIGIN: Name from kermes, a name given from
the Persian qurmizq, "crimson" in the older chemistry to red amorphous antimony
trisulphide, often mixed with antimony trioxide.
Kernite Na2B4O6(OH)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality.
LOCALITY: Boron, Kern County, California, the county that contains the fabulous
borate deposits at Kramer.
Kerolite * (see Stevensite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Kerolite * (see Talc ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Kerolite(Ni) * (see Pimelite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Kerstenite * PbSeO4 (?)
Kerstenite * (see Olsacherite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Kertschenite * (see Metavivianite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Kesterite Cu2(Zn,Fe)SnS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Kester deposit, Yano-Adychansk region, Yakutia, Russia.
Kettnerite CaBi(CO3)OF NAME ORIGIN: Named for Radim Kettner
(1891-1968), professor of geology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Keyite Cu++3(Zn,Cu)4Cd2(AsO4)6·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
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Charles Locke Key (1935-), Canton, Connecticut, USA, American mineral dealer
who furnished the first specimens.
Keystoneite Mg0.5[Ni++Fe++(TeO3)3]·4.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality LOCALITY: Keystone mine, Magnolia distict, Boulder County,
Colorado, USA.
Khademite Al(SO4)F·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for N. Khadem,
(b1910), director, Geological Survey of Iran.
Khaidarkanite ! Na0.34Cu4Al3(OH)14F3·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
the discovery locality. LOCALITY: Khaidarkan antimony-mercury deposit,
northern slope of the Alai Range, Fergana Valley, Kyrgyzstan.
Khamrabaevite (Ti,V,Fe)C NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ibragim
Khamrabaevich Khamrabaeva (1920-), Director, Institute of Geology and
Geophysics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Khanneshite (NaCa)3(Ba,Sr,Ce,Ca)3(CO3)5
Kharaelakhite (Pt,Cu,Pb,Fe,Ni)9S8 NAME ORIGIN: For the Kharaelakh
Plateau, Noril'sk region, USSR.
Khatyrkite (Cu,Zn)Al2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Khatirskii ultramafic zone of the Koryak-Kamchata fold area, Koryak Mountains,
Russia.
Khibinskite K2ZrSi2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Gakman Valley, Khibiny massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Khinite PbCu++3Te++++++O6(OH)2
Khmaralite ! (Mg,Al,Fe)16(Al,Si,Be)12O40 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality,
which was named in honor of Ivan Fedorovich Khmara (1936-1956), a tractor
driver who perished in Antarctica. LOCALITY: From "Zircon Point,", Khmara Bay,
Enderby Land, Antarctica.
Khomyakovite ! Na12Sr3Ca6Fe3Zr3W(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3 (OH,Cl)2 NAME
ORIGIN: Named after Alexander Petrovich Khomyakov (b. 1933), of the Institute
of Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Crystal Chemistry of Rare Elements, Moscow,
Russia, for his extensive contributions t
Khristovite-(Ce) (Ca,REE)(Ce,REE)(Mg,Fe,Cr,Ti,V,Al)Mn++Al(SiO4)(Si2O7)
(OH)(F,O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Evgenia Valdimirovicha Khristova (1933-),
Russian geologist and specialist in Tien-shan geology.
Kiddcreekite Cu6SnWS8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Kidd Creek mine, near Timmins, Ontario, Canada.
Kidney Ore * (see Hematite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Kidwellite Na(Fe+++,Cu)9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Albert Laws Kidwell (1919-), Houston, Texas.
Kieftite CoSb3 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1994 for Cornelis Kieft (b.1924),
Dutch mineralogist.
Kieserite MgSO4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after D. G. Kieserr.
President of the Academy in Jena, Germany (1770-1826).
Kilbrickenite * (see Geocronite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Kilchoanite Ca3Si2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan, Scotland.
Killalaite 2Ca3Si2O7·(H2O)
Kimolite * (see Endellite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Kimrobinsonite Ta(OH)3(O,CO3) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kim Robertson,
(1951-), Autralian geologist of Perth, Western Autralia, who found the first
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specimen.
Kimuraite-(Y) CaY2(CO3)4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kenjiro Kimura
(1896-), Geochemist, University of Japan.
Kimzeyite Ca3(Zr,Ti)2(Si,Al,Fe+++)3O12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
Kimzey family, long associated with the mineralogy at Magnet Cove, Arkansas.
Kingite Al3(PO4)2(F,OH)2·8(H2O,OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for D. King,
1926-1990), geologist, Department of Mines, SA, Australia.
Kingsmountite (Ca,Mn++)4(Fe++,Mn++)Al4(PO4)6(OH)4·12(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Foote Quarry, Kings Mountain,
Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA.
Kinichilite Mg0.5[Mn++Fe+++(TeO3)3]·4.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Kin-Ichi Sakurai (1912-1993), Japanese amateur mineralogist and collector,
coauthor of "Minerals of Japan" 1938.
Kinoite Ca2Cu2Si3O8(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Eusebio Francisco
Kino (1645-1711), Jesuit explorer of the southwestern United States.
Kinoshitalite (Ba,K)(Mg,Mn,Al)3Si2Al2O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Dr. Kameki Kinshita (1896-1974), investigator of ore deposits in Japan.
Kintoreite PbFe+++3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)6 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality.
LOCALITY: Kintore opencut and Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales,
Australia.
Kipushite (Cu,Zn)5Zn(PO4)2(OH)6·(H2O)
Kirgizstanite ! ZnAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
Kirkiite Pb10Bi3As3S19 NAME ORIGIN: For Kirki, Greece.
Kirschsteinite CaFe++SiO4
Kitaibelite * Ag10PbBi30S51
Kithilite * (see Bassetite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Kitkaite NiTeSe NAME ORIGIN: Named for the river Kitka, in findland, in the
valley of which the mineral was found.
Kittatinnyite Ca2Mn+++2Mn++Si2O8(OH)4·9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
from the Algonquin for "endless hills," in allusion to the topography of the
Franklin, New Jersey, area.
Kivuite ? (Th,Ca,Pb)H2(UO2)4(PO4)2(OH)8·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
in 1958 for the locality. LOCALITY: Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Zaire.
Kladnoite C6H4(CO)2NH
Klaprothite * (see Lazulite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Klaprothite - mixture with emplectite * (see Wittichenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Klaprothite - mixture with wittichenite * (see Emplectite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Klebelsbergite Sb+++4O4(OH)2(SO4) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kuno

Klebelsberg (1875-1932), Hungarian educator.
Kleberite * FeTi6O13·4(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Will Kleber
(1906-1970), Humboldt University, Berlin.
Kleberite-(OH) * (see Pseudorutile ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Kleemanite ZnAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alfred
William Kleeman, petrologist, University of Adelaide, SA, Aurtalia.
Kleinite Hg2N(Cl,SO4)·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carl Klein
(1832-1907), German mineralogist, University of Berlin.
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Klockmannite CuSe NAME ORIGIN: Named for Friedrich Klockmann

(1857-1937), German mineralogist of Aachen.
Klyuchevskite K3Cu3(Fe+++,Al)O2(SO4)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
locality. LOCALITY: Great Tolbachik fissure eruption, Kamchatka, Russia.
Klyuchevskite-Duplicate K3Cu3Fe+++O2(SO4)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named
after the locality. LOCALITY: Great Tolbachik fissure eruption, Kamchatka, Russia.
Knebelite(Mn) * (see Fayalite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Knopite (Ce) * (see Perovskite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Knorringite Mg3Cr2(SiO4)3
Koashvite Na6(Ca,Mn)(Ti,Fe)Si6O18·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Mt. Koashva, Khibiny massif, Kola, Peninsula, Russia.
Kobeite-(Y) (Y,U)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6 (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Kobe-Mura [presently Oyama-cho], Japan.
Kobellite Pb22Cu4(Bi,Sb)30S69 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wolfgang Franz
von Kobell (1803-1882), German mineralogist.
Kochite ! Na2(Na,Ca)4Ca4(Mn,Ca)2Zr2Ti2(Si2O7)4(O,F)4F4 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Lauge Koch (1892-1964), Danish geologist who mapped Werner
Bjerge.
Kochkarite PbBi4Te7 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY:
Kochkar deposit, Ural Mountains, Russia
Kochsandorite ! CaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
Koechlinite Bi2MoO6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rudolf Koechlin
Koenenite Na4Mg4Cl12·Mg5Al4(OH)22 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Adolf
von Koenen (1837-1915), German geologist of Gottingen, who first found the
mineral.
Koettigite * (see Kottigite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Kogarkoite Na3(SO4)F NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lia Nikolaevna Kofarko
(1936-), Russian geochemist, who first noticed the mineral in Russia.
Kokchetavite ! KAlSi3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Kumdy-Kul, Kokchetav, Kazakhstan.
Koktaite (NH4)2Ca(SO4)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jaroslav Kokta
(1904-1970), Czech chemist, who analyzed the artificial compound.
Kolarite PbTeCl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Champion Reef mine, Kolar Geold Fields, Karnataka, India.
Kolbeckite ScPO4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Friedrich L. W.
Kolbeck (1860-1943), mineralogist, Mining Academy, Freiberg, Germany.
Kolfanite Ca2Fe+++3O2(AsO4)3·2(H2O)
Kolicite Mn7Zn4(AsO4)2(SiO4)2(OH)8
Kolovratite Hydrous vanadate of Ni and Zn NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lev
S. Kolovrat-Chervinsky (1884-1921), a Russian physicist.
Kolwezite (Cu,Co)2(CO3)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the mine
locality. LOCALITY: Kolwezi-Kamoto-Musonoi, southern Shava, Zaire.
Kolymite Cu7Hg6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Krokhalin antimony deposit, Kolyma River, Russia.
Komarovite (Ca,Mn)2(Nb,Ti)2Si2O7(O,F)2·3.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Vladimir M. Komarov (1927-1967), Russian cosmonaut, who was killed during
his return flight on April, 23, 1967.
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Komarovite-Na * (see Na-komarovite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Kombatite Pb14(VO4)2O9Cl4 NAME ORIGIN: The name is for the Kombat
mine, which is the Anglicized version of the Herero names, "Okombahe Tijinene"
and "Okombahe Katiti" which mean "the large drinking place of the giraffe," and
t
Komkovite BaZrSi3O9·3(H2O)
Konderite PbCu3(Rh,Pt,Ir)8S16 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Konder massif, Yakutia, Russia.
Kondorite * (see Konderite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Kongsbergite * (see Amalgam ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Koninckite Fe+++PO4·3(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Laurent
Guillaumen de Koninck (1809-1887), Belgian geologist.
Konyaite Na2Mg(SO4)2·5(H2O)
Koragoite (Mn++,Fe+++)3(Nb,Ta,Ti)2(Nb,Mn)2(W,Ta)2O20 NAME ORIGIN:
Named after Aleksei Aleksandrovich Korago (1942–1993), geologist who
investigated the formation of river pearls in the Arkhangel'sk district of Russia,
and the origin of amber.
Koritnigite ZnHAsO4·(H2O)
Kornelite Fe+++2(SO4)3·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Kornel
Hlavacsek (1835-1914), hungarian mining engineer at the Szomolnok copper
mine.
Kornerupine (Mg,Fe++)4(Al,Fe+++)6(SiO4,BO4)5(O,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named after the Danish geologist, A. N. Kornerup (1857-1881).
Kornite Na(CaNa)Fe++4(Al,Fe+++)Si7AlO22(OH)2
Korobitsynite ! Na3(Ti,Nb)2[Si4O12](OH,O)2·3-4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after Mikhail Fedorovich Korobitsyn (1928-1996), amateur mineralogist
and collector who made significant contributions to mineralogical investigations
of the Lovozero alkaline compl
Korshunovskite Mg2Cl(OH)3·3.5-4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's
locality. LOCALITY: Korshunov iron ore deposti, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia.
Korzhinskite CaB2O4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for D.S. Korzhinski
Kosmochlor NaCr+++Si2O6
Kosnarite KZr++++2(PO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard A. Kosnar
(1946-), mineral dealer.
Kostovite CuAuTe4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ivan Kostov (1912-), Bulgarian
mineralogist.
Kostylevite K2ZrSi3O9·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yekaterina
Eutikhievna Kostyleva-Labuntsova (1894-1974), Russian Mineralogist.
Kotoite Mg3B2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Bundjiro Koto (1856-1935),
Japanese geologist.
Kottigite Zn3(AsO4)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Otto Köttig
(1824-?), chemist of Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany.
Kotulskite Pd(Te,Bi) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vladimir Klement'evich
Kotul'skii, economic geologist and an authority on Cu-Ni sulfide deposits.
Koutekite Cu5As2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jaromir Koutek (1902-1983),
Czech mineralogist.
Kovdorskite Mg5(PO4)2(CO3)(OH)2·4.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality. LOCALITY: Kovdor massif, Kola Pneinsula, Russia.
Kozoite-(La) ! La(CO3)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the La-dominant
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analog of kozoite-(Nd).
Kozoite-(Nd) ! (Nd,La,Sm,Pr)(CO3)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kozo
Hanashima (1925-1985), a chemist, and pioneer in the study of chemistry of rare
earth minerals in Japan.
Kozulite NaNa2Mn++4(Fe+++,Al)Si8O22(OH)2
Kraisslite (Mn++,Mg)24Zn3Fe+++(As+++O3)2(As+++++O4)3(SiO4)6(OH)18
NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frederick Kraissl, Jr. (1899-1986) and Alice L. Kraissl
(1905-1986), of Hackensack, New Jersey.
Krasnogorite * WO3
Krasnoselskite * CoWO4
Krasnovite ! Ba(Al,Mg)(PO4,CO3)(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For N. I.
Krasnova (1941-), mineralogist at St. Petersburg University.
Kratochvilite (C6H4)2CH2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. Kratochvil.
Krausite KFe+++(SO4)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edward Henry
Krous (1875-1973), American mineralogist, University of Michigan.
Krauskopfite BaSi2O4(OH)2·2(H2O)
Krautite MnAs+++++O3(OH)2·(H2O)
Kremersite (NH4,K)2Fe+++Cl5·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Peter
Kremers (1827-?), German chemist.
Krennerite AuTe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Joseph A. Krenner
(1839-1920), Hungarian mineralogist.
Krettnichite ! PbMn+++2(VO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Krettnich, Saarland, Germany.
Kribergite Al5(PO4)3(SO4)(OH)4·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
locality. LOCALITY: Kristineberg mine, Vasterbotten, Sweden.
Krinovite NaMg2CrSi3O10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Evgeny Leonidovich
Krinov (1906-1984), Russian student of meteorites.
Kristiansenite ! Ca2ScSn(Si2O7)(Si2O6OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Roy
Kristiansen (1943-), amateur mineralogist who first observed the mineral.
Kroehnkite * (see Krohnkite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Krohnkite Na2Cu(SO4)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after B. Kroehnke,
who was the first person to analyze it.
Krupkaite PbCuBi3S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Krupka, Srredocesky kraj, Czech Republic.
Krutaite CuSe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Tomas Kruta, Director of the
Mineralogy Laboratory, Moravian Museum, Bron, Czechoslovakia.
Krutovite NiAs2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Georgi Alekseevich Krutov,
Professor of Mineralogy, Moscow Gosdarst Univeristy, Moscow, Russia.
Kryzhanovskite MnFe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Vladimir Ilyitch Kryzhanovsky (1881-1947), curator of the Mineralogical Museum,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
Ktenasite (Cu,Zn)5(SO4)2(OH)6·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Constantine A. Ktenas (1935-), Greek mineralogist.
Kuannersuite-(Ce) ! Ba6Na2REE2(PO4)6FCl NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Kuannersuit Plateau (formerly Kvanefjeld) in the Ilimaussaq
alkaline complex, South Greenland.
Kudriavite ! (Cd,Pb)Bi2S4 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and
Kukharenkoite-(Ce) ! Ba2Ce(CO3)3F NAME ORIGIN: For Prof. Alexander
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A. Kukharenko (1914-1993), Department of Mineralogy, St. Petersburg University,

St. Petersburg, Russia.
Kukharenkoite-(La) ! Ba2(La,Ce)(CO3)3F NAME ORIGIN: Named as the La
dominant analogue of kukharenkoite-Ce).
Kukisvumite Na6ZnTi4Si8O28·4(H2O)
Kuksite Pb3Zn3Te++++++O6(PO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. I. Kuks,
Russian prospector, one of the discoverers of the Kuranakh deposit.
Kulanite Ba(Fe++,Mn,Mg)2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alan
Kulan (1921-1977), prospector who found the first specimen.
Kuliokite-(Y) (Y,REE)4Al(SiO4)2(OH)2F5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kuliok
River, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Kulkeite Na0.35Mg8AlSi7O20(OH)10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Holger Kulke,
geologist, Essen, Germany.
Kullerudite NiSe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gunner Kullerud, Geophisical
Laboratory, Washington, D.C., USA.
Kunzite - pink, violet, purple * (see Spodumene ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Kupcikite ! Cu3.4Fe0.6Bi5S10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vladimir Kupcik
(1934-1990), professor at the University of Bratislava and Gottingen in recognition
of his contributions to the crystal chemistry of sulfosalts.
Kupfer * (see Copper ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Kupletskite K2Na(Mn,Fe++)7(Ti,Nb)2Si8O26(OH)4F NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Boris Mikhailovich Kupletski (1984-1964) and Elsa Maximilianove Bohnshtedt
Kupletskaya (1897-1974), Russian geologists.
Kupletskite-(Cs) (Cs,K)2Na(Mn,Fe++,Li)7(Ti,Nb)2Si8O26(OH)4F NAME
ORIGIN: For the cesium in the composition and similarity to kupletskite.
Renamed kupletskite-(Cs) from cesium kupletskite (IMA order 04-A).
Kuramite Cu3SnS4 NAME ORIGIN: Name for the locality. LOCALITY:
Kochbulak Au-Ag-Te deposit, Chatkal-Kuraminskii (Kuramin) Mountains, Angren
Region, Tashkent District, Uzbekistan.
Kuranakhite PbMn++++Te++++++O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Kuranakh gold deposit, southern Yakutia, Russia.
Kurchatovite Ca(Mg,Mn,Fe++)B2O5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Igor V.
Kurchatov (1903-1960), Russian physicist.
Kurgantaite ! CaSr[B5O9]Cl·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
Revalidated 2002 from a mineral described in 1952 and discredited in 1984.
LOCALITY: Western Kargan-tau, Inder uplift (Salt Dome), northern Caspian area,
western Kazakhstan.
Kurilite * (Ag,Au)2(Te,Se,S) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Kurile-Kamtchatka volcanic belt, Siberia, Russia
Kurilite * (see IMA1999-004a ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Kurnakovite MgB3O3(OH)5·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nikolai S.
Kurnakov (1860-1941), Russian mineralogist.
Kurtzite * (see Harmotome ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Kurumsakite (Zn,Ni,Cu)8Al8V2Si5O35·27(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality. LOCALITY: Kurumsak, near Dzhambul, Karatau Mountanins,
Kazakhstan.
Kusachiite CuBi2O4 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Isao Kusachi (1942- ), of
Okayama University in recognition of his work on the skarn minerals of the
locality. LOCALITY: Fika, Bitchu-Cho, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
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Kusuite * (see Wakefieldite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Kutinaite Cu14Ag6As7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jan Kutina (1924-), Czech
mineralogist.
Kutnahorite * (see Kutnohorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Kutnohorite Ca(Mn,Mg,Fe++)(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality in Czechoslovakia.
Kuzelite ! Ca4Al2.4(OH)12.8(SO4)·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Prof. Hans
Jurgen Kuzel of Erlangen, Germany. who first synthesized th compound.
Kuzmenkoite * (see Kuzmenkoite-Mn ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Kuzmenkoite-Mn ! (K,Na)2(Mn,Fe)(Ti,Nb)4[Si4O12]2(OH)4·5(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for the Russian geochemist and mineralogist Maria V.
Kuz'menko (1918-1995).
Kuzmenkoite-Zn ! K2Zn(Ti,Nb)4(Si4O12)2(OH,O)4·6-8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the Russian geochemist and mineralogist Maria V. Kuz'menko
(1918-1995) and the Zn content.
Kuzminite Hg2(Br,Cl)2
Kuznetsovite ! Hg3Cl(AsO4) NAME ORIGIN: Named for V. A. Kuznetsov.
Kvanefjeldite Na4(Ca,Mn)Si6O14(OH)2
Kyanite Al2SiO5 = Al[6]Al[6]OSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek kyanos
= "blue."
Kyzylkumite V+++2Ti3O9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Kyzul-Kum, Uzbekistan.

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L Index of Mineral Species
This alphabetical listing of L minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of
LEGEND
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Labradorite * (Ca,Na)(Si,Al)4O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.

LOCALITY: Labrador peninsula, Canada.
Labuntsovite * (see Labuntsovite-Mg ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Labuntsovite - (60.1.3.2) * (see Labuntsovite-Mn ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Labuntsovite-Fe ! Na4K4(Ba,K)2(Fe,Mg,Mn)1+xTi8(Si4O12)4(O,OH)8·10(H2O)
NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Fe dominant member of the labuntsovite
subgroup.
Labuntsovite-Mg ! Na4K4(Ba,K)(Mg,Fe)1+xTi8(Si4O12)4(O,OH)8·10(H2O)
NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Mg dominant member of the labuntsovite
subgroup.
Labuntsovite-Mn Na4K4(Ba,K)
(Mn,Fe)1+x(Ti,Nb)8[Si4O12]4(O,OH)8·n(H2O), n=10-12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Aleksander Nikolaevich Labuntsov and Ekaterina Eutikhieva Labuntsov-
Kostyleva, Russian mineralogists.
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Labyrinthite ! (Na,K,Sr)35Ca12Fe3Zr6TiSi51O144(O,OH,H2O)9Cl3 NAME

Lacroixite NaAl(PO4)F
Laffittite AgHgAsS3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Laffitte, Director,
National School of Mines, Paris, France.
Laflammeite ! Pd3Pb2S2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. H. Gilles Laflamme
(1947-) of CANMET, Ottawa, who has contributed to the study of numerous PGM.
Laforetite ! AgInS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Claude P. Laforet (1936-) a
metallographer at the Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, who first
observed the mineral from the Montgros mine.
Laihunite Fe++Fe+++2(SiO4)2
Laitakarite Bi4(Se,S)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Aarne Laitakari, Director,
Geological Survey of Finland, who collected the original material.
Laiton * (see Brass ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lalondeite ! (Na,Ca)6(Ca,Na)3Si16O38(F,OH)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Lamellar zeolite * (see Heulandite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lamellar zeolite * (see Heulandite-K ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lamellar zeolite * (see Heulandite-Na ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lamellar zeolite * (see Heulandite-Sr ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lammerite Cu3[(As,P)O4]2
Lamprophyllite Na2(Sr,Ba)2Ti3(SiO4)4(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the
Greek, lampros - "luster" and fyllon - "leaf" in allusion to the lusterous cleavage.
Lanarkite Pb2(SO4)O NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY:
Susanna Mine, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Landauite NaMnZn2(Ti,Fe+++)6Ti12O38 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lev
Davidovich Landau (1908-1968), noted Russian physicist.
Landesite (Mn,Mg)9Fe+++3(PO4)8(OH)3·9(H2O)
Langbanite (Mn,Ca,Fe)++4(Mn+++,Fe+++)9Sb+++++Si2O24 NAME ORIGIN:
After its locality. LOCALITY: At Langbanshyttan, Vermland, Sweden and the Sjo
mines near Orebro in Orebro.
Langbeinite K2Mg2(SO4)3
Langisite (Co,Ni)As NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Langis mine, Casey Township, Cobalt-Gowganda area, Ontario, Canada.
Langite Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
Viennese physicist, V. von Lang (1838-1921).
Lanmuchangite ! TlAl(SO4)2·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Lanmuchang Tl-Hg deposit, Xinren County, Guizhou Province, China.
Lannonite HCa4Mg2Al4(SO4)8F9·32(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Dan
Lannon, who staked important claims at the locality in the late 1800's. LOCALITY:
Lone Pine mine, Catron County, New Mexico.
Lansfordite MgCO3·5(H2O)
Lanthanite-(Ce) (Ce,La)2(CO3)3·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
relationship to lanthanite-(La) and the cerium content.
Lanthanite-(La) (La,Ce)2(CO3)3·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
dominant lanthanum in the composition. From the Greek, lanthanein = "to lie
hidden."
Lanthanite-(Nd) (Nd,La)2(CO3)3·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
relationship to lanthanite-(La) and the neodymium content.
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Laphamite As2(Se,S)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Davis M. Lapham

(1931-1974), former Chief Mineralogist of the Pennsylvania Geological Survey.
Lapieite CuNiSbS3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Near
the confluence of Glacier Creek and the Lapie River, Cyr Ranges, Yukon
Territory, Canada.
Lapis lazuli * (see Lazurite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Laplandite-(Ce) Na4CeTiPSi7O22·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Lappland (Lapland), the region in which the Kola Peninsula lies.
Lapparentite * (see Rostite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Larderellite (NH4)B5O6(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for count Francesco
de Larderelle (1848-1925), owner of the "BORAX mine" in Tuscany, Italy
Larimar - blue * (see Pectolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Larisaite ! Na(H3O)(UO2)3(SeO3)2O2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Larisa
Nikolaevna Belova (1923-1998), Russian mineralogist and crystallographer.
Larnite Ca2SiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Scawt
Hill, near Larne, Co., Antrim, Ireland.
Larosite (Cu,Ag)21(Pb,Bi)2S13 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Fred LaRose, a
discoverer of silver ore at Cobalt.
Larsenite PbZnSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Esper Signius Larsen, Jr.
(1879-1961), petrologist and Professor of Geology, Harvard University.
Lasurite * (see Lazurite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Latiumite (Ca,K)8(Al,Mg,Fe)(Si,Al)10O25(SO4) NAME ORIGIN: For the Latin
name of the district of origin, Latium, Italy.
Latrappite (Ca,Na)(Nb,Ti,Fe)O3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: St Lawrence Columbium and Metals Corporation mine, near La
Trappe, Quebec, Canada.
Laubmannite ? Fe++3Fe+++6(PO4)4(OH)12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Heinrich Laubmann (1865-1951), German mineralogist.
Laueite Mn++Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for M. F.
T. Von Laue.
Laumontite CaAl2Si4O12·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
Frenchman, F. P. N. de Laumont (1747-1834).
Launayite Pb22Sb26S61 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Louis de Launay
(1860-1938), French student of mineral deposits.
Laurelite Pb7F12Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Grand Reef, Mine, Aravaipa District, Laural Canyon, Graham County, Arizona
USA.
Laurionite PbCl(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY:
Ancient lead slags at Laurium, Greece.
Laurite RuS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Laura R. Joy, wife of Charles A.
Joy, American Chemist, Columbia University, New Yourk City, USA.
Lausenite Fe+++2(SO4)3·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carl Lausen, U.
S. Mining engineer, who first described the species.
Lautarite Ca(IO3)2
Lautenthalite PbCu++4(OH)6(SO4)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
locality. LOCALITY: Lautenthal, Harz Mts, Germany.
Lautite CuAsS NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Vater
Abraham Mine (Shaft 139), Lauta, Marienberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony,
Germany.
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Lavendulan NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the

color (lavender blue).
Lavenite (Na,Ca)2(Mn,Fe++)(Zr,Ti,Nb)Si2O7(O,OH,F) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: In Norway, on Laven and the Aro Islands.
Lavrentievite Hg3S2(Cl,Br)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Michail Alexeevich
Lavrentiev (1900-1980), Russian mathematician and academician, founder of
the Siberian Academy of Science.
Lawrencite (Fe++,Ni)Cl2
Lawsonbauerite (Mn,Mg)9Zn4(SO4)2(OH)22·8(H2O)
Lawsonite CaAl2Si2O7(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Andrew
Cowper Lawson (1861-1952), Scottish-American geologist.
Lazarenkoite CaFe++As+++3O7·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eugeni
Konstatinovich Lazarenko (1912-1979), mineralogist, academician, Academy of
Science, Ukraine.
Lazulite MgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Arabic azul - "sky"
and the Greek lithos - "stone."
Lazurite Na3Ca(Al3Si3O12)S NAME ORIGIN: From the Persian lazward -
"blue."
Lead Pb NAME ORIGIN: Anglo-Saxon, lead; Latin plumbum.
Lead arsenate * (see Schultenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lead Glance * (see Galena ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lead Monoxide * (see Massicot ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lead Spar * (see Anglesite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lead Thiosulfate * (see Sidpietersite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lead Vitrol * (see Anglesite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Leadamalgam HgPb2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the natural alloy of lead
and mercury.
Leadhillite Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the localiy.
LOCALITY: Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Leakeite NaNa2(Mg2Fe+++2Li)Si8O22(OH)2
Lechatelierite * SiO2
Lecontite (NH4,K)Na(SO4)·2(H2O)
Legrandite Zn2(AsO4)(OH)·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
Belgian mining engineer, Legrande.
Lehiite * (see Millisite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lehnerite Mn[UO2/PO4]2·8(H2O)
Leifite Na2(Si,Al,Be)7(O,OH,F)14 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the tenth-
century Norse mariner and explorer Leif Ericson.
Leightonite K2Ca2Cu(SO4)4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for T.
Leighton, mineralogist at the University of Sanitago, Chile.
Leisingite ! Cu(Mg,Cu,Fe,Zn)2Te++++++O6·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Mr.
Joseph F. Leising (1949-), geologist and mineral collector of Reno, Nevada, USA.
Leiteite ZnAs+++2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Luis Texeira-Leite (1942-),
Portuguese mineral dealer who discovered the mineral.
Lekeite-K * (see Potassicleakeite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lemanskiite ! NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Chester (Chet) S. Lemanski, Jr.
Lemmleinite * (see Lemmleinite-K ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lemmleinite-Ba ! Na2K2Ba1-xTi4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
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Lemmleinite-K ! NaK2(Ti,Nb)2Si4O12(O,OH)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Georgy G. Lemmlein (1901-1962), prominent Russian mineralogist and
crystallographer.
Lemoynite (Na,K)2CaZr2Si10O26·5-6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Charles Lemoyne (1625-1685), Lord of Longuevil, and his four sons, well-known
personalites in French-Canadian history.
Lenaite AgFeS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Lena River.
Lengenbachite Pb6(Ag,Cu)2As4S13 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Lengenbach quarry, Binnental, Valais, Switzerland.
Leningradite PbCu++3(VO4)Cl2
Lennilenapeite K6-7(Mg,Mn,Fe++,Fe+++,Zn)48(Si,Al)72(O,OH)216·16(H2O)
NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Lenni Lenape Native American tribe, who first
inhabited the type locality region. LOCALITY: Franklin, Sussex County, New
Jersey, USA.
Lenoblite V2O4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Andre Lenoble, French
mineralogist-geologist.
Leogangite ! Cu10(AsO4)4(SO4)(OH)6·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: A mine dump of the Danielstollen, in the Schwarzleo valley
about 10 km west-southwest of Leogang, Salzburg, Austria.
Leonhardite * (see Laumontite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Leonite K2Mg(SO4)2·4(H2O)
Lepersonnite-(Gd) CaGd2(UO2)24(CO3)8(SiO4)4·48(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after Jacques Lepersonne (1909-), honorary head of the Department of
Geology and Mineralogy, Musee Royale de l'Afrique Centrale, Brussels, Belgium.
Lepidocrocite FeO(OH) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek lipis - "scale" and
krokis - "fibre."
Lepidolite K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek
lepidion - "scale" and lithos - "stone."
Lepidomelane (Fe) * (see Biotite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lepkhenelmite-Zn ! Ba2Zn(Ti,Nb)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after the locality and composition. LOCALITY: Lepkhe-Nelm Mountain,
Lovozero alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Lerbachite * (see Clausthalite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lermontovite U++++(PO4)(OH)·(H2O) (?)
Lessingite * (see Britholite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lessingite-(Ce) * (see Britholite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lesukite ! Al2(OH)5Cl·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Grigorii
Ivanovich Lesuke (1935–1995), technical worker in the Department of
Crystallography, University of St. Petersburg, Russia.
Letovicite (NH4)3H(SO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Letovice, Moravia, Czech Republic.
Lettsomite * (see Cyanotrichite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Leucite KAlSi2O6 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek leukos - "white."
Leucophanite (Na,Ca)2BeSi2(O,OH,F)7 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek
leucos, "white" and phanein, " to appear" in allusion to the white color
Leucophoenicite Mn7(SiO4)3(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek leukos,
"pale" and foinis, "red purple", in allusion to its color
Leucophosphite KFe+++2(PO4)2(OH)·2(H2O)
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Leucophyllite (Starkl 1883) * (see Aluminoceladonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Leucosapphire - colorless * (see Corundum ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Leucosphenite Na4BaTi2O2[B2Si10O28] NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1901 by
Flink from the Greek for white (=leuco) and wedge (=sphen), in allusion to its
color and morphology.
Leucoxene-alteration * (see Ilmenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Levinsonite-(Y) ! (Y,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4)·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Al A. Levinson of the University of Calgary, who is the originator of the
nomenclature system used by REE minerals.
Levyclaudite Pb8Sn7Cu3(Bi,Sb)3S28 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Claude Levy
(1924-), French mineralogist.
Levyne * (see Levyne-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Levyne-Ca (Ca,Na2,K2)Al2Si4O12·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Armand Levy (1794-1841), French mineralogist and crystallographer, Paris
University, France. Ca modifier added by zeolite nomenclature committee.
Levyne-Na ! (Na2,Ca,K2)Al2Si4O12·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Armand Levy (1794-1841), French mineralogist and crystallographer, Paris
University, France. The Na-dominant member of the levyne series.
Levynite * (see Levyne-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Levynite * (see Levyne-Na ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lewisite (Ca,Fe++,Na)2(Sb,Ti)2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Willam James
Lewis (1847-1926), Professor of Mineralogy, Cambridge University, Canbridge,
England.
Lewisite - Mn deficient * (see Romeite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lewistonite * (see Carbonate-fluorapatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Liandratite U++++++(Nb,Ta)2O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Georges
Liandrat and his wife, of Samoens, France, who had prospected extensively in
Madagascar.
Liberite Li2BeSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Presumably for LIthium and BERyllium in
the composition.
Libethenite Cu2(PO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Lubietova (German Livethen), Czechoslovakia.
Liddicoatite ! Ca(Li,Al)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(O,OH,F)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Richard T. Liddicot (1918-2003), gemologist, who invented the diamond
grading system, for his many contributions to the Gemological Institute of
America.
Liddicoatite - (61.3.1.2) * (see Liddicoatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Liebauite Ca3Cu5Si9O26
Liebenbergite (Ni,Mg)2SiO4
Liebigite Ca2(UO2)(CO3)3·11(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Justus
van Liebig (1803-1873), German chemist.
Lievrite * (see Ilvaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Light Red Silver Ore * (see Proustite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Likasite Cu3(NO3)(OH)5·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Likasi mine, Shaba, Zaire.
Lillianite Pb3Bi2S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Lillian Mining Co. in
Colorado.
Lime CaO
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Lime Uranite * (see Autunite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Limonite * (see Goethite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Linarite PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Linares, Spain.
Lindackerite CuCu4(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·~9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Joseph Lindacker, Austrain chemist, who made the analysis.
Lindbergite ! Mn(C2O4)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Marie Louise
Lindburg-Smith (1918-), USGS scientist who described several new species from
the mine.
Lindgrenite Cu3(MoO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Waldemar
Lindgren (1860-1939), American mining geologist and teacher.
Lindqvistite Pb2(Mn++,Mg)Fe+++16027 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Bengt
Lindqvist (1927-), formerly Senior Curator of the Swedish Museum of Natural
History, Stockholm, Sweden.
Lindsleyite (Ba,Sr)(Ti,Cr,Fe,Mg)21O38 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Donald H.
Lindsley (1934-), mineralogist, Department of Earth Sciences, State University of
New York at Stony Brook.
Lindstroemite * (see Lindstromite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lindstromite Pb3Cu3Bi7S15 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gustav Lindstrom
(1838-1916), Swedish mineral chemist of the Swedish Museum of Natrual History,
Stockholm, Sweden.
Lingaitukuang * (see Brabantite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Linnaeite Co++Co+++2S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Swedish
botanist, C. Linne (1707-1778).
Linneite * (see Linnaeite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lintisite Na3LiTi2Si4O14·2(H2O)
Liottite (Ca,Na,K)8(Si,Al)12O24[(SO4),(CO3),Cl,OH]4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Luciano Liotti, mineral collector who donated the specimen in which
this mineral was first found.
Lipscombite (Fe++,Mn)Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2
Liroconite Cu2Al(AsO4)(OH)4·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek,
liros - "pale" and konia - "powder."
Lisetite Na2CaAl4Si4O16
Lishizhenite ZnFe+++2(SO4)4·14(H2O)
Lisitsynite ! KBSi2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Apollon E. Lisitsyn (1928-1999),
Russian specialist in B deposits.
Liskeardite (Al,Fe+++)3(AsO4)(OH)6·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Liskeard, Cornwall, England.
Litharge PbO NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1917 from a Greek word given by
Diocorides to a material obtained in the process of separating lead from silver
by pyrometallurgy.
Lithidionite * (see Litidionite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lithiomarsturite LiCa2Mn2HSi5O15
Lithionite * (see Zinnwaldite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lithiophilite LiMnPO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the composition,
Lithium, and from the Greek for "friend".
Lithiophorite (Al,Li)Mn++++O2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
content of LITHIum and the Greek for "to bear".
Lithiophosphate Li3PO4
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Lithiotantite Li(Ta,Nb)3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for LITHIum and TANTalum

in the composition.
Lithiowodginite LiTa3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the dominant LITHium
content and the relationship to wodginite.
Lithium Mica * (see Lepidolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lithosite K6Al4Si8O25·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek
"lithos", stone, because it contains the most abundant components of the Earth's
crust.
Litidionite KNaCuSi4O10
Litvinskite ! Na2([ ],Na,Mn)Zr[Si6O12(OH,O)6] NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Galina P. Litvinskaya (1920-1994), former crystallographer of the Moscow State
University.
Liveingite Pb9As13S28 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Geroge D. Liveing
(1827-1924), Professor of Chemistry, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England.
Livingstonite HgSb4S8 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Scottish explorer
and missionary, David Livingstone (1813-1873).
Lizardite Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
Lodestone * (see Magnetite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Loellingite * (see Lollingite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Loeweite * (see Loweite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lokkaite-(Y) CaY4(CO3)7·9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Lauri Lokka
(1875-1966), mineralogist and chief chemist, Geological Survey of Finland.
Lollingite FeAs2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY:
Lölling, Hüttenberg, Carinthia, Austria
Lomonite * (see Laumontite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lomonosovite Na5Ti2O2(Si2O7)(PO4) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mikhail V.
Lomonosov (1711-1765), Russian mineralogist and naturalist.
Londonite ! CsAl4Be4(B,Be)12O28 NAME ORIGIN: Named for David
London (1953-), petrologist at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA.
Lonecreekite (NH4)(Fe+++,Al)(SO4)2·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality. LOCALITY: Lone Creek Fall cave, near Sabie, eastern Transvaal,
South Africa.
Lonsdaleite C NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kathleen Lonsdale (1903-1971),
English crystallographer.
Loparite-(Ce) (Ce,Na,Ca)2(Ti,Nb)2O6 NAME ORIGIN: From the Russian
name for the Lapps, "Lopar", inhabitants of the Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Lopezite K2Cr2O7
Lorandite TlAsS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eotovos Laorand (1848-1919),
physicist of Budapest, Hungary.
Loranskite-(Y) (Y,Ce,Ca)ZrTaO6 (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Apollonie
Mikhailovich Loranski (1847-1917), inspector and teacher of the Mining Institute,
St. Petersburg, Russia.
Lorenzenite Na2Ti2Si2O9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Johannes Theodor
Lorenzen (1855-1884), Danish mineralogist and student of Greenland minerals.
Lorettoite ? Pb7O6Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1916 for its original locality.
LOCALITY: Loretto, Tennessee, USA. Laurium, Greece. Chubut, Argentina.
Lorettoite * (see Chubutite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Loseyite (Mn,Zn)7(CO3)2(OH)10
Lotharmeyerite CaZnMn+++(AsO3OH)4(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
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Julius Lothar Meyer (1830-1895), German chemist who developed concepts for
the periodic table.
Louderbackite * (see Romerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Loudounite NaCa5Zr4Si16O40(OH)11·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: After the
locality. LOCALITY: Goose Creek Quarry, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA.
Loughlinite Na2Mg3Si6O16·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gerald
Francis Loughlin (1880-1946), chief geologist, U. S. Geological Survey.
Lourenswalsite (K,Ba)2(Ti,Mg,Ca,Fe)4(Si,Al,Fe)6O14(OH)12 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Lourens Wals (1939-), a leading Belgian mineral collector.
Lovdarite K2Na6Be4Si14O36·9(H2O)
Loveringite (Ca,Ce)(Ti,Fe+++,Cr,Mg)21O38 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
John Francis Lovering (1930-), Australian geochemist, University of Melbourne,
Melbourne, Australina, for his work on fission-track methods in geochemistry.
Lovozerite H4Na2Ca(Zr,Ti)[Si6O18] NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Loweite Na12Mg7(SO4)13·15(H2O)
Luanheite Ag3Hg NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Luanhe River, Chengde Co.,Hebei Province, China.
Luberoite Pt5Se4 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1992 for the locality. LOCALITY:
Lubero region, Kivu Prov., Zaire.
Lucasite-(Ce) CeTi2(O,OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hans Lucas, CRA
Exploration Pty., Ltd,. Who noted the mineral in concentrates.
Lucinite * (see Variscite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Luddenite Pb2Cu2Si5O14·14(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Raymond W.
Ludden, chief geologist, Phelps-Dodge Corporation.
Ludjibaite Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4
Ludlamite (Fe++,Mg,Mn)3(PO4)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Henry Ludlam (1824-1880), English mineralogist and collector.
Ludlockite (Fe++,Pb)As+++++2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for F. Ludlow
Smith III and C. Locke Key, mineral collectors and dealers in New Jersy.
Ludlockite * (see Ludlockite-(Pb) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ludlockite-(Pb) * PbFe+++4As+++10O22 NAME ORIGIN: Named for mineral
dealers Ludlow Smith and Locke Key, who discovered the mineral.
Ludlockite-Pb * (see Ludlockite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ludwigite Mg2Fe+++BO5 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Austrian
chemist, Ernst Ludwig (1842-1915).
Lueneburgite * (see Luneburgite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lueshite NaNbO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Lueshe, Goma, Congo, Zaire.
Luetheite Cu2Al2(AsO4)2(OH)4·(H2O)
Lukechangite-(Ce) ! Na3Ce2(CO3)4F NAME ORIGIN: For Prof. Luke L. Y.
Chang (1934-) University of Maryland, for his contributions to the study of
carbonate group minerals.
Lukrahnite ! Ca(Cu,Zn)(Fe,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Ludger Krahn (1957-), Geologischer Dienst Nordrhein-Westfalen, geologist who
provided the initial specimen for study.
Lulzacite ! Sr2Fe++(Fe++,Mg)2Al4(PO4)4(OH)10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
mining geologist Y. Lulzac (1934-) of the BRGM who discovered the mineral.
Lun'okite * (see Lunokite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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Luneburgite Mg3B2(PO4)2(OH)6·5(H2O)
Lunijianlaite LiAl6(Si7Al)O20(OH)10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for "chlorite
alternating with pyrophyllite".
Lunnite * (see Pseudomalachite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lunokite (Mn,Ca)(Mg,Fe++,Mn)Al(PO4)2(OH)·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for the Lun'ok River, nearby Mt. Vasin-Myl'k, Russia.
Lusungite ? (Sr,Pb)Fe+++3(PO4)2(OH)5·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1958
for the Lusungu River, Zaire.
Lusungite * (see Benauite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lusungite * (see Goyazite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lutecine * (see Lutecite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Lutecite * SiO2 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1892.
Luzonite Cu3AsS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality LOCALITY:
Mancayan, Luzon Island, Phillippines.
Lyonsite Cu++3Fe+++4(VO4)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John
Bartholomew Lyones )1915-), Professor of Mineralogy, dartmouth College,
Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.

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Macaulayite (Fe+++,Al)24Si4O43(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the

Macaulay Institute for Soil Research.
Macdonaldite BaCa4[Si16O36(OH)2]·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Grodon Andrew Macdonald (1911-1978), American volcanologist, University of
Hawaii.
Macedonite PbTiO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Crni
Kamen, near Prilep, Macedonia.
Macfallite Ca2(Mn+++,Al)3(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Russell P. MacFall, a dedicated amateur mineralogist.
Machatschkiite Ca6(AsO4)(AsO3OH)3(PO4,SO4)·15(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Felix Karl Ludwig Machatschki (1895-1970), Professor of Mineralogy,
University of Vienna, Austria.
Mackayite Fe+++Te2O5(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John William
Mackay (1831-1902), mine operator, Comstock Lode, and benefactor of the
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Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada.

Mackinawite (Fe,Ni)S0.9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Mackinaw mine, Snohomish County, Washington, USA.
Mackintoshite * (see Thorogummite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Macphersonite Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Harry
Gordon Macpherson (1925-), mineralogist at the Royal Scottish Museum,
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Macquartite Pb3Cu(CrO4)(SiO3)(OH)4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Louis Charles Henri Macquart (1745-1803), French chemist who brought to France
from Russia the samples of crocoite in which the element chromium was
discovered.
Madocite Pb17(Sb,As)16S41 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Madoc, Ontario, Canada.
Maekinenite * (see Makinenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Magadiite NaSi7O13(OH)3·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Lake Magadi, Olduvai Gorge, Kenya.
Magbasite KBa(Al,Sc)(Mg,Fe++)6Si6O20F2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
composition of Mg, Ba, and Si.
Maghagendorfite NaMgMn(Fe++,Fe+++)2(PO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named as
MAGnesium hagendorfite.
Maghemite gamma-Fe+++2O3 NAME ORIGIN: From MAGnetite and
HEMatite, in allusion to the mineral's magnetism and composition.
Magnesia Alum * (see Pickeringite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Magnesio-aluminokatophorite * (see Magnesiokatophorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena,
MinDAT, MinMax
Magnesio-arfvedsonite NaNa2(Mg4Fe++)Si8O22(OH)2
Magnesio-axinite Ca2MgAl2BO3Si4O12(OH) NAME ORIGIN: From the
Greek acine - "axe" in allusion to the acute shape of typical crystals and the
Greek, "Magnesia" a district in Thessaly in reference to the Mg in the chemical
formula.
Magnesioaluminotaramite * (see Magnesiotaramite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Magnesioanthophyllite ? (Mg,Fe++)7Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From its

compostition and from the Latin anthophyllum - "clove" in allusion to the color.
Magnesioaubertite (Mg,Cu)Al(SO4)2Cl·14(H2O)
Magnesiocarpholite MgAl2Si2O6(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the
Mg-dominant member of the carpholite series.
Magnesiochloritoid MgAl2SiO5(OH)2
Magnesiochromite MgCr2O4
Magnesioclinoholmquistite ? Li2(Mg,Fe++)3Al2Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for its composition, monoclinic crystal structure, and relationship with
holmsquisite. Discredited as clinoholmquistite (1997). Clinohomsquisite
discredited (2005).
Magnesiocolumbite (Mg,Fe++,Mn)(Nb,Ta)2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
dominent MAGNESIum and its relationship to ferrocolumbite (formerly
columbite).
Magnesiocopiapite MgFe+++4(SO4)6(OH)2·20(H2O)
Magnesiocoulsonite MgV+++2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its relationship
to coulsonite.
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Magnesiocummingtonite (Mg,Fe++)7Si8O22(OH)2
Magnesiodumortierite (Mg,Ti,[ ])<1(Al,Mg)2Al4Si3O18-y(OH)yB y=2-3 NAME
ORIGIN: For its containing magnesium and the relationship to dumortierite.
Magnesioferrikatophorite Na2Ca(Mg,Fe++)4Fe+++Si7AlO22(OH)2 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for its composition and from the Greek for "carrying down", in
allusion to its volcanic origin.
Magnesioferritaramite * (see Ferri-magnesiotaramite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Magnesioferrite MgFe+++2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical

composition of magnesium and ferric iron.
Magnesiofoitite ! [ ](Mg2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: The
name recalls its composition and relationship to foitite.
Magnesiogedrite ? (Mg,Fe++)5Al2Si6Al2O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
its composition and the original gederite location at Heas Valley, Gedres,
France. IMA amphibole commission recommends abandoning this species
name.
Magnesiohastingsite NaCa2(Mg4Fe+++)Si6Al2O22(OH)2
Magnesiohogbomite-2N2S (Al,Fe++,Fe+++,Mg,Ti,Zn)11O15(OH) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Arvid Gustaf Hogbom (1857-1940), Swedish geologist,
University of Upplala and the crystal structure. (S=Spinel, N=Nolanite Layers).
Magnesiohogbomite-2N3S (Mg,Fe++)1.4Ti0.3Al4O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Arvid Gustaf Hogbom (1857-1940), Swedish geologist, University of Upplala and
the crystal structure. (S=Spinel, N=Nolanite Layers).
Magnesiohogbomite-6N6S (Mg,Fe++)1.4Ti0.3Al4O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Arvid Gustaf Hogbom (1857-1940), Swedish geologist, University of Upplala and
the crystal structure. (S=Spinel, N=Nolanite Layers).
Magnesioholmquistite Li2(Mg,Fe++)3Al2Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: The
name reflects its composition and relationship to holmquistite..
Magnesiohornblende Ca2[Mg4(Al,Fe+++)]Si7AlO22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the composition and its relationship to hornblende.
Magnesiohulsite (Mg,Fe++)2(Mg,Fe+++,Sn++++)O2(BO3) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the composition and for Alfred Hulse Brooks (1871-1924), U. S.
Geologist.
Magnesiokatophorite Na(CaNa)Mg4AlSi7AlO22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for its composition and from the Greek for "carrying down", in allusion to
its volcanic origin.
Magnesioludwighite * (see Ludwigite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Magnesionigerite-2N1S (Mg,Zn,Fe+++,Al)4(Sn,Fe+++)2Al10O22(OH)2 NAME
ORIGIN: Named as the MAGNESIum analog of Ferronigerite. (S=Spinel,
N=Nolanite Layers).
Magnesionigerite-6N6S ! (Mg,Zn,Fe+++,Al)4(Sn,Fe+++)2Al10O22(OH)2 NAME
ORIGIN: Named as the MAGNESIum analog of Ferronigerite. (S=Spinel,
N=Nolanite Layers).
Magnesioriebeckite [ ]Na2(Mg3Fe++2)Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for the composition and relatinship to riebeckite.
Magnesiosadanagaite ! NaCa2[Mg3(Al,Fe+++)2]Si5AlO22(OH)2 NAME
ORIGIN: Named as a low-K analog of potassic-magnesiosadanagaite (renamed
from original magnesiosadanagaite-IMA1982-102).
Magnesiosadanagaite - 1982 * (see Potassic-magnesiosadanagaite ) See Also:
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GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Magnesiostaurolite ! [ ]4Mg4Al16(Al,[ ])2Si8O40[O6,(OH)2] NAME ORIGIN:

Named as the magnesium-dominant analog of staurolite.
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N2S Mg3Al8BeO16 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Count
R.Taaffe of Dublin, Ireland, who discovered the mineral in 1945. (S=Spinel,
N=Nolanite Layers).
Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S ! (Mg,Fe++,Zn)2Al6BeO12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Count R.Taaffe of Dublin, Ireland, who discovered the mineral in 1945. (S=Spinel,
N=Nolanite Layers).
Magnesiotantalite ! (Mg,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the
magnesium-dominant member of the tantalite series.
Magnesiotaramite Na(CaNa)Mg3ALFe+++[Si6Al2O22](OH)2 NAME
ORIGIN: Named after the chemical composition and the locality. LOCALITY:
Magnesite MgCO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical
composition.
Magnesium Mica * (see Phlogopite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Magnesium Oxalate * (see Glushinskite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Magnesium Sulphate * (see Hexahydrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Magnesium Talc * (see Talc ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Magnesium-chlorophoenicite (Mg,Mn)3Zn2(AsO4)(OH,O)6
Magnesium-zippeite Mg(H2O)3.5(UO2)2(SO4)O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for its composition and for Franz Xaver Maxmillian Zippe (1791-1863), Austrian
mineralogist.
Magnesiumastrophyllite K2Na[Na(Fe++,Fe+++,Mn)Mg2]Ti2Si8O26(OH)4F
NAME ORIGIN: Named for the magnesium content and relationship to
astrophyllite.
Magnetic iron ore * (see Magnetite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Magnetic pyrites * (see Pyrrhotite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Magnetite Fe++Fe+++2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Magnes, a Geek
shepherd, who discovered the mineral on Mt, Ida, He noted that the nails of his
shoe and the iron ferrule of his staff clung to a rock.
Magnetoplumbite Pb(Fe+++,Mn+++)12O19 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
being a MAGNETic oxide of iron, manganese, and lead, "plumbum."
Magniotriplite ? (Mg,Fe++,Mn)2(PO4)F NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1951 for
its relationship to triplite. Magniotriplite discredited 2003
Magniotriplite * (see Wagnerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Magnocolumbite * (see Magnesiocolumbite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Magnolite Hg+2Te++++O3
Magnussonite Mn++5As+++3O9(OH,Cl)
Mahlmoodite * (see Malhmoodite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Mahnertite ! (Na,Ca)Cu++3(AsO4)2Cl·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
Volker Mahnert (b. 1943), zoologist, director of the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle,
Geneva, Switzerland.
Maikainite ! Cu20(Fe,Cu)6Mo2Ge6S32 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Maikain deposit, Kazakhstan and (2) Tsumeb deposit, Namibia.
Majakite PdNiAs NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Najak
mine, Talnakh, Norilsk, Russia.
Majorite Mg3(Fe,Al,Si)2(SiO4)3
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Makarochkinite * (see Hogtuvaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Makatite Na2Si4O8(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Masai
"emakat," soda, in allusion to the high sodium content.
Makinenite NiSe NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eero Makinen, Finnish geologist,
adn former President of the Outokumpa Company.
Makovickyite Ag1.5Bi5.5S9 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Emil Makovicky, Slovak
and Danish mineralogist, University of Copenhagen.
Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, malache, -
"mallow" in reference to green leaf color.
Malacon * (see Zircon ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Malanite Cu(Pt,Ir)2S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Malan valley, Zunhua, Hebei Province, China.
Malayaite CaSnSiO5 = CaSnOSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality
LOCALITY: Sunsei Lah, Chenderiang, Perak, Malaysia.
Maldonite Au2Bi NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Nugget
reef, near Maldon, Victoria, Australia.
Maleevite ! BaB2Si2O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mihail Naidenovitch
Maleev (1940-), Bulgarian mineralogist and expert in mineral systematics.
Malhmoodite FeZr(PO4)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Bertha K.
Malhmood, long-time secretary and administrative assistant of the Branch of
Analytical Laboratories, US Geological Survey.
Malinkoite ! NaBSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Svetlana V. Malinko(1927-),
Russian mineralogist who specializes in B minerals.
Malladrite Na2SiF6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alessandro Malladra
(1865-1945), Italian volcanologist, director of the Vesuvius Observatory.
Mallardite Mn++SO4·7(H2O)
Mallestigite ! Pb3Sb+++++(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after the locality. LOCALITY: Dump of a Cu-Pp-Zn mine 1 km NW of Mallestiger
Mittagskogel, Finkenstein, Villach, Kärnten, Austria
Mammothite Pb6Cu4AlSb+++++O2(SO4)2Cl4(OH)16 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mammoth vein, Tiger, Arizona, USA and from
Laurium, Attika, Greece.
Manaksite KNaMn++Si4O10
Manandonite Li2Al4[(Si2AlB)O10](OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Antandrokomby, near Mt. Bity on the Manandona River,
Madagascar.
Manasseite Mg6Al2(CO3)(OH)16·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Ernesto Manasse (1875-1922), mineralogist of Florence, Italy.
Mandarinoite Fe+++2Se3O9·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Joseph A.
Mandarino of the Royal Ontario Museum in recognition of his work on selenites.
Mangan-neptunite KNa2Li(Mn,Fe++)2Ti2Si8O24 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the composition and relationship to neptunite.
Manganarsite Mn++3As+++204(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
composition (Manganese, Arsenic).
Manganaxinite Ca2Mn++Al2BO3Si4O12(OH) NAME ORIGIN: From the
Greek acine - "axe" in allusion to the acute shape of typical crystals and the from
the Latin magnes = "magnet" in reference to Mn in the chemical formula.
Manganbabingtonite Ca2(Mn,Fe++)Fe+++Si5O14(OH) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the manganese content and relation to babingtonite.
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Manganbelyankinite (Mn,Ca)(Ti,Nb)5O12·9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:

Presumably for its MANGANese content and relationship to belyankinite.
Manganberzeliite (Ca,Na)3(Mn,Mg)2(AsO4)3
Manganblende * (see Alabandite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Manganese spar * (see Rhodochrosite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Manganese-hornesite (Mn,Mg)3(AsO4)2·8(H2O)
Manganese-shadlunite (Mn,Pb)(Cu,Fe)8S8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Tatyana Shadlun, Russian ore mineralogist.
Mangangordonite (Mn++,Fe++,Mg)Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named as the manganese analog of gordonite.
Manganhornesite * (see Manganese-hornesite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Manganhumite (Mn,Mg)7(SiO4)3(OH)2
Manganidocrase * (see Manganvesuvianite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Manganite MnO(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical
composition.
Manganlotharmeyerite ! Ca(Mn+++,Mg,)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 NAME
ORIGIN: Named as the Mn-dominant lotharmeyerite.
Manganocalcite - variety * (see Calcite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Manganochromite (Mn,Fe++)(Cr,V)2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
MANGANese in the composition and relationship to magnesiochromite.
Manganocolumbite (Mn,Fe++)(Nb,Ta)2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
MANGANese content and the relationship to columbite (ferrocolumbite).
Manganocummingtonite Na(Na,Mn)2(Mg4,Fe+++)5Si8O22(OH)2 NAME
ORIGIN: Renamed IMA 2003, Formerly Tirodite (1938). Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Tirodi, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Manganogrunerite [ ]Mn2Fe++5Si8O22(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Renamed IMA
1997 as the Mn analog of grunerite, Formerly dannemorite (1855) which was
named after its locality. LOCALITY: Dannemora, Uppsala, Sweden.
Manganokhomyakovite ! Na12Sr3Ca6Mn3Zr3W(Si25O73)
(O,OH,H2O)3(OH,Cl)2 NAME ORIGIN: The name reflects the composition and
similarity to khomyakovite.
Manganokukisvumite ! Na6MnTi4Si8O28·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as
the manganese-dominant analogue of kukisvumite.
Manganolangbeinite K2Mn2(SO4)3
Manganonaujakasite ! Na6(Mn,Fe++ )Al4Si8O26 NAME ORIGIN: Named as
the manganese analog of naujakasite.
Manganonordite-(Ce) ! Na3SrCeMn++Si6O17 NAME ORIGIN: Named as
the Mn++ dominant analogue of nordite-(Ce). Nordite series is named after the
word for north because of its northern origin in the Lovozero Massif.
Manganophyllite (Mn) * (see Biotite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Manganosegelerite (Mn,Ca)(Mn,Fe++,Mg)Fe+++(PO4)2(OH)·4(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named as the manganese analog of segelerite.
Manganosite MnO NAME ORIGIN: Named as an oxide of manganese.
Manganostibite (Mn++,Fe++)7(SbO4)(AsO4,SiO4)O4
Manganotantalite MnTa2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical
composition containing manganese and tantalum.
Manganotapiolite (Mn++,Fe++)(Ta,Nb)2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
MANGANese content and relationship to ferroTAPIOLITE.
Manganotychite Na6(Mn++,Fe++,Mg)2(SO4)(CO3)4
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Manganpyrosmalite (Mn,Fe++)8Si6O15(OH,Cl)10 NAME ORIGIN:

Manganese end member of pyrosmalite.
Manganvesuvianite ! Ca19Mn+++
(Al,Mn+++,Fe+++)10(Mg,Mn++)2Si18O69(OH)9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
relationship to vesuvianite (idocrase) and Mn.
Manjiroite (Na,K)(Mn++++,Mn++)8O16·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Manjiro Watanabe (1891-?), Emeritus Professor of Mineralogy, Tohoku University,
Sendai, Japan.
Mannardite BaTi6V+++2O16·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for George
William Mannard (1932-1982), formerly President of Kidd Creek Mines, Ltd.,
Toronto, Canada.
Mansfieldite AlAsO4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for George Rogers
Mansfield (1875-1947), geologist, U. S. Geological Survey.
Mantienneite KMg2Al2Ti(PO4)4(OH)3·15(H2O)
Mapimite Zn2Fe+++3(AsO4)3(OH)4·10(H2O)
Marcasite FeS2 NAME ORIGIN: Arabic or Moorish name for pyrites and
similar material of uncertain origin.
Marecottite ! Mg3(H2O)18[(UO2)4O3(SO4)2]2·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: La Creusaz U-prospect near Les Marecottes,
Western Swiss Alps, Switzerland.
Margaritasite (Cs,K,H3O)2(UO2)2V2O8·(H2O)
Margarite CaAl2(Al2Si2)O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek
margaritos - "pearl."
Margarosanite Pb(Ca,Mn++)2Si3O9
Marialite Na4Al3Si9O24Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named by von Rath in honor
of his wife, Maria Rosa vom Rath (1830-1888).
Maricite NaFe++PO4
Maricopaite Pb7Ca2(Si,Al)48O100·32(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Moon Anchor mine, near Tonopah, Maricopa County,
Arizona, USA.
Marignacite * (see Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Marinellite ! [(Na,K)42Ca6](Si36Al36O144)(SO4)8Cl2·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Giorgio Marinelli (1922-1993), Professor, Department of Earth Sciences,
University of Pisa, specialist in magma genesis and tectonic settings.
Marionite * (see Hydrozincite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Marokite CaMn+++2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Tachgagalt, Ouarzazate, Morocco. Morocco in French "Maroc".
Marrite PbAgAsS3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Edward Marr
(1857-1933), geologist of Canbridge, England.
Marshite CuI NAME ORIGIN: Named for C. W. Marsh, Autralian mineral
collector who first described the mineral.
Marsturite NaCaMn3[Si5O14(OH)] NAME ORIGIN: Named for Marion Stuart
of Bellvue, Idaho, who has been a staunch supporter of the preservation of
natural history specimens, particularly those of geological interest.
Marthozite Cu[(UO2)3(SeO3)2O2]·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Aime Marthoz (1864-1962), French mineralogist and inspector General, Bureau de
Recherches Geolgiques et Miniere.
Martinite ! (Na,Ca)11Ca4(Si,S,B)14B2O40F2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
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Martite * (see Hematite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Martourite * (see Berthierite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Marumoite ! Pb32As40S92 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and
Mascagnite (NH4)2SO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paolo Mascagni
(1752-1815), Italian anatomist, University of Siena who first described the natural
salt.
Maslovite PtBiTe NAME ORIGIN: Named for G. D. Maslov (1915-1968).
Massicot PbO NAME ORIGIN: French name for lead oxide.
Masutomilite K(Li,Al,Mn++)3[(Si,Al)4O10](F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Kazunosuke Masutomi, Japanese pharmacist and prominent amateur
mineralogist and mineral collector.
Masuyite Pb[(UO2)3O3(OH)2]·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Gustave Masuy (1905-1945), Belgian geologist, shot by the German occupiers at
the end of World War II.
Mathewrogersite Pb7(Fe,Cu)Al3GeSi12O36·(OH,H2O)6 NAME ORIGIN:
Named to honor Mathew Rogers, first European prospector at Tsumeb, Namibia.
Mathiasite (K,Ca,Sr)(Ti,Cr,Fe,Mg)21O38 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frances
Celia Morna Mathias (1913-), British-South African geochemist, University of
Capetown, South Africa.
Matildite AgBiS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality LOCALITY:
Matilda mine, near Moroccha, Provinence Junin, Peru.
Matlockite PbFCl NAME ORIGIN: Named from its locality. LOCALITY:
Cromford, near Matlock, Derbyshire. Ancient lead slags at Laurium, Greece.
Matraite ZnS NAME ORIGIN: Name for the locality. LOCALITY:
Gyöngyösoroszi, Mátra Mountains locality, Heves Co., Hungary.
Matsubaraite ! Sr4TiTi4Si4O22 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Satoshi
Matsubara, specialist for strontium minerals in the National Science Museum,
Tokyo, Japan.
Mattagamite CoTe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Mattagami Lake mines, Mattagami, Galinee Township, Abitibi Co., Québec,
Canada.
Matteuccite NaHSO4·(H2O)
Mattheddleite Pb20(SiO4)7(SO4)4Cl4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Matthew
Forster Heddle (1828-1897), Scottish mineralogist.
Matulaite CaAl18(PO4)12(OH)20·28(H2O)
Matveevite ? KTiMn2Fe+++2(PO4)4(OH)3·15(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in
1986 for K. K. Matveev (1875-1954).
Maucherite Ni11As8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Maucher
(1879-1930), mineral dealer of Munich, Germany.
Maufite (Mg,Ni)Al4Si3O13·4(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Herbert
Brantwood Maufe (1879-1976), director of the Geological Service of Rhodesia
Mawbyite Pb(Fe+++Zn)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sir
Maurice Alan Edgar Mawby (1904-1977), for his contribution to the Australian
mining industry.
Mawsonite Cu+6Fe+++2Sn++++S8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Douglas
Mawson (1882-1958), Australian geologist and Antarctic explorer.
Maxwellite NaFe+++(AsO4)F NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles Henry
Maxwell (1923-), U. S. Geological Survey.
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Mayakite * (see Majakite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Mayenite Ca12Al14O33
Mayingite IrBiTe NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Near the
village of Maying, about 230 km NNE of Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Mazzettiite ! Ag3HgPbSbTe5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Giuseppe Mazzetti
(1942–2003), curator in chief of the Mineralogy Section of the Museo di Storia
Naturale, Università di Firenze.
Mazzite K2CaMg2(Al,Si)36O72·28(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Prof.
Fiorenzo Mazzi, mineralogist, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Mazzite-Na ! Na8Al8Si28O72·30(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the
Na-dominat analogue of mazzite(-K).
Mbobomkulite (Ni,Cu)Al4(NO3,SO4)2(OH)12·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mbobo Mkulu cave, Nelspruit district, South
Africa.
Mcallisterite Mg2B12O14(OH)12·9(H2O)
Mcalpineite Cu++3Te++++++O6·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the mine at the
type locality. LOCALITY: McAlpine mine, Tuolumne County, California, USA.
Mcauslanite HFe++3Al2(PO4)4F·18(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for David A.
McAuslan, exploration manager, Shell Canada Resources LTD., who discovered
the locality. LOCALITY: East Kemptville tin mine, Yarmouth County, NS, Canada.
Mcbirneyite Cu3(VO4)2
Mcconnellite CuCrO2
Mccrillisite NaCs(Be,Li)Zr2(PO4)4·1-2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: In honor of the
late Dean McCrillis and his son, Philip.
Mcgillite (Mn,Fe++)8Si6O15(OH)8Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for McGill
University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Mcgovernite Mn9Mg4Zn2As2Si2O17(OH)14 NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. J.
McGovern (1915-), Franklin miner and mineral collector.
Mcguinnessite (Mg,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Albert L.
McGuinness (1926-1990), mineral dealer, San Mateo, California, USA>
Mckelveyite-(Nd) * (Ba,Sr)(Ca,Na,Nd,REE)(CO3)2·3-10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after Vincent E. McKelvey, 1916-1985), director of the U.S. Geological
Survey.
Mckelveyite-(Y) Ba3Na(Ca,U)Y(CO3)6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after Vincent E. McKelvey, 1916-1985), director of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Mckinstryite (Ag,Cu)2S NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hugh E. McKinstry
(1896-1961), U. S. Economic geologist.
Mcnearite NaCa5H4(AsO4)5·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Elizabeth
McNear, mineralogist and crystallographer, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Medaite (Mn,Ca)6(V+++++,As)Si5O18(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dr.
Francesco Meda (1926-1977), an amateur mineralogist from Turin, Italy.
Medenbachite ! Bi2Fe+++(Cu,Fe+++)(O,OH)2(OH)2(AsO4)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Dr. Olaf Medenbach (1949-) of the University of Bochum, Germany.
Meerschaum * (see Sepiolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Megacyclite Na8KSi9O18(OH)9·19(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for
large and cyclical, with reference to the large ringlike groups of silica tetrahedra
in the structure.
Megakalsilite ! KAlSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named to reflect the large (MEGA)
unit cell relative to kalsilite.
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Meionite Ca4Al6Si6O24CO3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "less",

referring to its less acute pyramidal form compared with vesuvianite.
Meixnerite Mg6Al2(OH)18·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Heinrich
Herman Meixner (1908-1981), Austrian mineralogist.
Melaconite * (see Tenorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Melanite - black * (see Andradite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Melanocerite-(Ce) (Ce,Th,Ca)5(Si,B)3O12(OH,F)·n(H2O) (?) NAME
ORIGIN: Named from the Greek meaning "black" and the composition (Cerium).
Melanochalcite * (see Tenorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Melanophlogite SiO2·n(C,H,O,S) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "black"
and "to be burned" in allusion to the fact that some specimens blacken on
heating. Low temperature form.
Melanophlogite-alpha * (see Melanophlogite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Melanophlogite-beta ! SiO2·n(C,H,O,S) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for
"black" and "to be burned" in allusion to the fact that some specimens blacken
on heating. High temperature form.
Melanostibite Mn(Sb+++++,Fe+++)O3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for
"black" and antimony (STIBium) in its composition.
Melanotekite Pb2Fe+++2Si2O9
Melanothallite Cu2OCl2
Melanovanadite CaV++++2V+++++2O10·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From
the Greek, Melano, "dark" and the composition.
Melanterite Fe++SO4·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek melas,
"black."
Melilite (Ca,Na)2(Al,Mg,Fe++)(Si,Al)2O7 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek,
meli - "honey" and lithos - "stone."
Melinophane * (see Meliphanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Meliphanite (Ca,Na)2Be[(Si,Al)2O6(F,OH)] NAME ORIGIN: Named from the
Greek for "honey" and "to appear" in allusion to the color.
Melkovite CaFe+++H6(MoO4)4(PO4)·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Vyacheslav Gavrilovich Melkov (1911-1991), Russian mineralogist.
Mellite Al2[C6(COO)6]·16(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin mel -
"honey."
Melnikovite * (see Greigite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Melonite NiTe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Melones
and Stanislaus mine, Carson hill, Calaveras County, California, USA.
Melonjosephite CaFe++Fe+++(PO4)2(OH)
Menaccanite * (see Ilmenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Mendeleyevite * (see Betafite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Mendipite Pb3Cl2O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY:
Mendip Hills, Somersetshire, England.
Mendozavilite (Na,Mg)Ca2[Mo++++++8P+++++2Fe+++3O36(OH)]·n(H2O),
n~9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for H. Mendoza Avila, Mexican geologist, who found
the mineral.
Mendozite NaAl(SO4)2·11(H2O)
Meneghinite Pb13CuSb7S24 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Giuseppi
Meneghini (1811-1889) of Pisa, Italy who first observed the mineral.
Mengxianminite * (Ca,Na)3(Fe++,Mn++)2Mg2(Sn++++,Zn)5Al8O29
Menshikovite ! Pd3Ni2As3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yurii P. Men'shikov
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(1934-) of the Geological Institute of the Kola Science Center, Apatity, Russia.
Mercallite KHSO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Giuseppe Mercalli
(1850-1914), Italian Geologist, director of the Vesuvius Observatory.
Mercury Hg NAME ORIGIN: From the Arabic.
Mereheadite ! Pb2O(OH)Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Merehead Quarry, Cranmore, Somerset, England, U.K.
Mereiterite ! K2Fe++(SO4)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Kurt Mereiter
(1945- ), Technical University of Vienna, Austria.
Merenskyite (Pd,Pt)(Te,Bi)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hans Merensky
(1871-1952), who was intrumental in the discovery of the "Reef" also named for
him.
Merlinoite (K,Ca,Na,Ba)7Si23Al9O64·23(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Stefano Merlino (1938-), Professor of Crystallography, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Merrihueite (K,Na)2(Fe++,Mg)5Si12O30
Merrillite-(Ca) * (Ca,[ ])19Mg2(PO4)14 NAME ORIGIN: Named after George
Perkins Merrill (1854-1929), meteorite specialist at U. S. National Museum,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. USA.
Merrillite-(Na) * Ca18Na2Mg2(PO4)14 NAME ORIGIN: Named after George
Merrillite-(Y) * Ca16Y2Mg2(PO4)14 NAME ORIGIN: Named after George
Mertieite-I Pd11(Sb,As)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John B. Mertie
(1888-1980), geologist, U.S. Geological Survey.
Mertieite-II Pd8(Sb,As)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John B. Mertie
(1888-1980), geologist, U.S. Geological Survey.
Merwinite Ca3Mg(SiO4)2
Mesolite Na2Ca2Al6Si9O30·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek mesos -
"middle."
Mesotype * (see Natrolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Messelite Ca2(Fe++,Mn)(PO4)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Messel, Germany.
Messing * (see Brass ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Meta Autunite * (see Meta-autunite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Meta-aluminite Al2(SO4)(OH)4·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the lower
hydrate of aluminite.
Meta-alunogen Al4(SO4)6·27(H2O)
Meta-ankoleite K2(UO2)2(PO4)2·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
locality. LOCALITY: Mungenyi pegmatite, Ankole District, Uganda.
Meta-autunite Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·2-6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the
lower hydrate of autunite.
Meta-uranocircite Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2·6-8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
its lower hydrate relationship to uranocercite.
Meta-uranopilite (UO2)6(SO4)(OH)10·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the
lower hydrate of uranopilite.
Meta-uranospinite Ca(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8(H2O)
Metaborite HBO2
Metacalciouranoite (Ca,Na,Ba)U2O7·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
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from meta 'change' and calciouranoite indicating it's lower hydrate content.
Metacinnabar HgS NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek meta and cinnabar
(similar chemical composition and association with cinnabar).
Metadelrioite CaSrV2O6(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the lower
hydrate of delrioite which was named for Andres M. del Rio (1764-1849), Mexican
mineralogist, who discovered vanadium.
Metahaiweeite Ca(UO2)2Si6O15·n(H2O), n<5 NAME ORIGIN:
Dehydration product of haiweeite.
Metaheinrichite Ba(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as
the lower hydrate and for Eberhardt William Heinrich (1918-1991), Mineralogist,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Metahewettite CaV6O16·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its lower
hydrate relationship to hewettite.
Metahohmannite Fe+++2[O(SO4)2]·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
the similarity to hohmannite, with a lower state of hydration.
Metakahlerite Fe++(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8(H2O)
Metakirchheimerite Co(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8(H2O)
Metakoettigite * (see Metakottigite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Metakottigite (Zn,Fe+++,Fe++)3(AsO4)2·8((H2O),OH) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for its dimorphous relationship to kottigite, and by analogy to
metavivianite.
Metalodevite Zn(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10(H2O)
Metamunirite Na2[V+++++2O6] or NaVO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
relationship to munirite.
Metanovacekite Mg(UO2)2(AsO4)2·4-8(H2O)
Metarossite CaV2O6·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the dehydration
procutc of rossite.
Metaschoderite Al2(PO4)(VO4)·6(H2O)
Metaschoepite UO3·n(H2O)(n<2) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the lower
hydrate of schoepite.
Metasideronatrite Na2Fe+++(SO4)2(OH)·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the similarity to sideronatrolite with a lower hydrate.
Metastibnite Sb2S3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "with" and stibnite,
in allusion to its composition.
Metastrengite * (see Phosphosiderite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Metastudtite UO4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the lower
hydration product of studtite.
Metaswitzerite Mn3(PO4)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the lower
hydrate of switzerite.
Metatorbernite Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the
lower hydrate of tobernite.
Metatyuyamunite Ca(UO2)2V2O8·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as
the lower hydrate of tyuyamunite.
Metavandendriesscheite PbU7O22·n(H2O)(n<12) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Adrien Vandendriessche (1914-1940), Belgain mineralogist and geologist.
Meta is used for dehydrated vandendriesscheite.
Metavanmeersscheite U++++++(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6·2(H2O)
Metavanuralite Al(UO2)2(VO4)2(OH)·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as
the lower hydrate of vanuralite.
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Metavariscite AlPO4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its dimorphic

relationship to variscite.
Metavauxite Fe++Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
chemical relationship to vauxite.
Metavivianite (Fe++3-x,Fe+++x)(PO4)2(OH)x·8-x(H2O), x=0.5 NAME
ORIGIN: Named to reflect the relationship with vivianite.
Metavoltine K4Na4(Fe++,Zn)Fe+++6(SO4)12O2·20(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named from the Greek for "with" and voltine, because is was found associated
with voltaite at the original locality. LOCALITY: From Vesuvius and Cape Miseno,
near Naples, Italy.
Metazellerite Ca(UO2)(CO3)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
relationship to zellerite (after Howard D. Zeller (1922-), U.S Geological Survey.
Metazeunerite Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the
lower hydrate of zeunerite
Methane Clathrate * (see Methane hydrate-H ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Methane Clathrate * (see Methane hydrate-I ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Methane Clathrate * (see Methane hydrate-II ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Methane hydrate * (see Methane hydrate-H ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Methane hydrate * (see Methane hydrate-I ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Methane hydrate * (see Methane hydrate-II ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Methane hydrate-H ! 34(H2O)·3(S)·2(M)·1(L) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition of the component chemicals.
Methane hydrate-I ! 46(H2O)·2(S)·6(L) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
Methane hydrate-II ! 136(H2O)·16(S)·8(L) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
Meurigite ! KFe+++7(PO4)5(OH)7·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sir
John Meurig Thomas, British chemist
Meyerhofferite Ca2B6O6(OH)10·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Wilhelm Myerhoffer (1864-1906), German chemist who synthesized the mineral.
Meymacite WO3·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Meymac, Correze, France.
Mg-zippeite * (see Magnesium-zippeite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Mgriite Cu3AsSe3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Moscow Geological
Exploration Institute (MGEI).
Miargyrite AgSbS2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, meyon, "smaller" and
argyros, "silver." in allusion to the lessor silver content of the mineral.
Miassite ! Rh17S15 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Miass
river, Ural Mountains, Russia
Micaceous Iron Ore * (see Biotite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Micheelsenite ! (Ca,Y)3Al[PO3OH,CO3](CO3)(OH)6·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for H. I. Micheelsen (1931-), of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Michenerite (Pd,Pt)BiTe NAME ORIGIN: Named for C. E. Michener, who
discovered the mineral.
Microcline KAlSi3O8 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek mikron - "little" and
klinein - "to stoop."
Microlite (Na,Ca)2Ta2O6(O,OH,F) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek mikros
- "small" and lithos - "stone."
Microsommite (Na,Ca,K)7-8(Si,Al)12O24(Cl,SO4)2-3 NAME ORIGIN:
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Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Mte Somma, Vesuvius, Italy.

Miersite (Ag,Cu)I NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henry Alexander Miers
(1848-1942), English mineralogist, Oxford University.
Miharaite PbCu4FeBiS6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY:
Mihara mine and the Imooka mine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
Mikasaite Fe+++2(SO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: For its locality. LOCALITY:
Ikushunbetsu, Mikasa City, Hokkaido, Japan.
Milarite K2Ca4Al2Be4Si24O60·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Val Milar, Switzerland.
Millerite NiS NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English mineralogist,
William Hallowes Miller (1801-1880)
Millisite (Na,K)CaAl6(PO4)4(OH)9·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for F. T.
Millis of Lehi, Utah, who found the first specimens.
Millon's base * (see Mosesite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Millosevichite (Al,Fe+++)2(SO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for F. Millosevich
(1874-1942), Italian mineralogist, University of Rome.
Milotaite ! PdSbSe NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and Mineral
Names (CNMMN)
Mimetesite * (see Mimetite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Mimetite Pb5(AsO4)3Cl NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek mimethes -
"imitator" , because of its resemblance to pyromorphite.
Minamiite (Na,Ca,K)Al3(SO4)2(OH)6
Minasgeraisite-(Y) CaY2Be2Si2O10 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: The Jaguaracu Pegmatite, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Also known as the
Jose Miranda mine or the Ze Pinto or Jose Pinto mine.
Minasragrite VO(SO4)·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Mina Ragra (Minasragra), Junin, Cerro de Pasco, Peru.
Mineevite-(Y) Na25Ba(Y,Gd,Dy)2(HCO3)4(CO3)11(SO4)2ClF2 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Dimitry A. Mineev (1935-1992), Russian mineralogist and
Geochemist.
Minehillite (K,Na)2-3Ca28(Zn4Al4Si40)O112(OH)16 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for the locality. LOCALITY: Mine Hill at Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA.
Minguzzite K3Fe+++(C2O4)3·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carlo
Minguzzi (1910-1953), Italian mineralogist and professor, University of Pavia.
Minium Pb++2Pb++++O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: The river Minius located in NW Spain.
Minnesotaite (Fe++,Mg)3Si4O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
occurrence in Minnesota, USA.
Minrecordite CaZn(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the journal
Mineralogical Record.
Minyulite KAl2(PO4)2(OH,F)·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Minyulo Well in western Australia.
Mirabilite Na2SO4·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Latin, sal
mirabile Glauberi - "Glauber Salt."
Misenite K8H8(SO4)7 (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY:
Cape Miseno, near Naples, Italy.
Miserite K(Ca,Ce)5[Si8O22](OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hugh
Dinsmore Miser (1884-1969), geologist, U. S. Geological Survey.
Mispickel * (see Arsenopyrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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Misy * (see Copiapite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Mitaxite - splintery * (see Orthochrysotile ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Mitridatite Ca2Fe+++3(PO4)3O2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Mithridat Hill, Kerch, Crimea, Russia.
Mitryaevaite ! Al5[(PO4)2[(P,S)O3(OH,O)]2F2(OH)2(H2O)8·6.48(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: For Dr. Nonna Mikhailovna Mitryaeva (1920-) in recognition of her
contributions to the mineralogy of Kazakhstan.
Mitscherlichite K2CuCl4·2(H2O)
Mixite BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the mining
engineer, A. Mixa from Jachymov, Czechoslovakia.
Miyashiroite * (see Nyboite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Mock Lead Ore * (see Sphalerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Moctezumite Pb(UO2)(TeO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality
which was named after Moctezuma (1466-1520), last king of the Aztecs.
LOCALITY: Moctezuma mine (La Bambolla), Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico.
Modderite (Co,Fe)As NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Modderfontein mine, Witwatersrand, Transvaal, South Africa.
Moeloite ! Pb6Sb6S14(S3) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yves Moelo who
synthesized and characterized the synthetic material prior to the discovery of the
mineral.
Moganite ! SiO2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mogan,
on southern Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands.
Moganite * (see Lutecite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Mogovidite ! Na9(Ca,Na)6Ca6Fe2Zr3[ ]Si25O72(CO3)(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN:
Mohite Cu2SnS3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gunter Moh, University of
Heidelberg, Germany.
Mohr's salt * (see Mohrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Mohrite (NH4)2Fe++(SO4)2·6(H2O)
Moissanite SiC NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henri Moissan (1852-1907),
French chemist.
Moluranite H4U++++(UO2)3(MoO4)7·18(H2O)
Molybdenite MoS2 NAME ORIGIN: Greek, molybdos = "lead."
Molybdic ochre * (see Molybdenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Molybdite MoO3
Molybdite * (see Ferrimolybdite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Molybdoferrite * (see Bamfordite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Molybdofornacite Pb2Cu[(As,P)O4][(Mo,Cr)O4](OH) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for its predominance of molybdenum and relation to fornacite.
Molybdomenite PbSeO3
Molybdophyllite Pb9Mg9Si9O24(OH)24 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the
Greek for "lead" and "leaf", in allusion to its composition and foliated habit.
Molysite Fe+++Cl3
Monazite-(Ce) (Ce,La,Nd,Th)PO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek
monazeis - "to be alone" in allusion to its isolated crystals and their rarity when
first found.
Monazite-(La) (La,Ce,Nd)PO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek monazeis -
"to be alone" in allusion to its isolated crystals and their rarity when first found.
Monazite-(Nd) (Nd,Ce,La)(P,Si)O4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek
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monazeis - "to be alone" in allusion to its isolated crystals and their rarity when
first found.
Monazite-(Sm) ! SmPO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Sm-dominant
member of the monazite series.
Moncheite (Pt,Pd)(Te,Bi)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Monchegorsk deposit, Monche Tundra, Murmansk,Kola peninsula,
Russia.
Monetite CaHPO4
Mongolite Ca4Nb6Si5O24(OH)10·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
locality. LOCALITY: Khan-Bogdinsky massif, Gobi desert, Mongolia, China.
Mongshanite * (Mg,Cr,Fe++)2(Ti,Zr)5O12
Monimolite (Pb,Ca)2Sb2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for
"stable," because it decomposed chemically with great difficulty.
Monohydrocalcite CaCO3·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its calcite
composition with one molecule of water.
Monrepite * (see Tetra-ferri-annite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Monsmedite ? H8K2Tl2(SO4)8·11(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1968 from
the Latin 'Mons Medius', for Baia Sprie, Romania, the locality for the mineral.
LOCALITY: Baia Sprie, Baia Mare region, Romania.
Monsmedite * (see Voltaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Montanite Bi2Te++++++O6·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Highland, Montana, USA.
Montbrayite (Au,Sb)2Te3 NAME ORIGIN: Name for the locality. LOCALITY:
Robb-Montbray mine, Montbray, Abitibi County, Québec, Canada.
Montdorite (K,Na)(Fe++,Mn++,Mg)2.5[Si4O10](F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mt. Dore stratovolcano, near La Bourboule,
France.
Montebrasite LiAl(PO4)(OH,F) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Montebras, Creuse, France.
Monteponite CdO
Monteregianite * (see Hydrodelhayelite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Monteregianite-(Y) (Na,K)6(Y,Ca)2Si16O38·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for the Monteregian Hills, a series of intrusions.
Montesommaite (K,Na)9Al9Si23O64·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality. LOCALITY: Monte Somma, Pollena, Camania, Italy.
Montgomeryite Ca4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Arthur Mongomery (1909-), mineralogist, teacher, collector, and founder of the
Friends of Mineralogy.
Monticellite CaMgSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Teodoro Monticelli
(1759-1846), Italian Mineralogist.
Montmorillonite (Na,Ca)0,3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Veinne, Montmorillone, France.
Montmorillonite(Ca) * (see Beidellite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Montmorillonite(Na) * (see Beidellite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Montroseite (V+++,Fe+++,V++++)O(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
locality. LOCALITY: Bitter Creek, Jo Dandy, Whitney, and Virgin mines, Uravan
district, Montrose County, Colorado, USA.
Montroyalite Sr4Al8(CO3)3(OH,F)26·10-11(H2O)
Montroydite HgO
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Mooihoekite Cu9Fe9S16 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:

Mooihoek Farm, Lydenberg district, Transvaal, South Africa
Moolooite Cu++(C2O4)·n(H2O) (n < 1) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Bunbury Well, Mooloo Downs, WA, Australia.
Mooreite (Mg,Zn,Mn)15(SO4)2(OH)26·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Gideon E. Moore (1842-1895), U.S. Chemist who investigated the Franklin and
Sterling Hill, New Jersey ores.
Moorhouseite (Co,Ni,Mn)SO4·6(H2O)
Mopungite NaSb(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Mopung Hills, Churchill County, Nevada, USA.
Moraesite Be2(PO4)(OH)·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Liciano
Jacques de Moraes (1896-1968), Brazilian geologist and mineral collector.
Mordenite (Ca,Na2,K2)Al2Si10O24·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Shore of Bay of Fundy, 3-5 km east of Morden, King’s County,
Nova Scotia, Canada.
Moreauite Al3(UO2)(PO4)3(OH)2·13(H2O)
Morelandite (Ba,Ca,Pb)5(AsO4,PO4)3Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for Groven
C. Moreland (1912-1978), supervisor of sample preparation laboratory, National
Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC., USA.
Morenosite NiSO4·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Antonio Moreno
Ruiz (1796-1852), Spanish pharmacist and chemist.
Morganite - pink * (see Beryl ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Morimotoite Ca3TiFe++Si3O12 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Nobuo Morimoto
(1926- ), Professor Emeritus of Osaka University.
Morinite NaCa2Al2(PO4)2(F,OH)5·2(H2O)
Morozeviczite (Pb,Fe)3Ge1-xS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Josef Morozewicz
(1865-1941), Professor of Mineralogy, Jagellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
Mosandrite Na(Na,Ca)2(Ca,Ce,Y)4(Ti,Nb,Zr)(Si2O7)2(O,F)2F3 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Carl Gustav Mosander (1797-1858), Swedish chemist and
mineralogist, who discovered several REE elements.
Moschelite Hg+2I2 NAME ORIGIN: After the locality. LOCALITY: Backofen
mine, Moschel landsberg district, Opermoschel, Rhineland Pjalz, Germany.
Moschellandsbergite Ag2Hg3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), near Obermoschel, Rheinland-
Palatinate, Germany.
Mosesite Hg2N(Cl,SO4,MoO4,CO3)·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Alfred J. Moses (1859-1920), professor of mineralogy, Columbia University who
studies the Hg-bearing minerals at Terlingua, Texas, USA.
Moskvinite-(Y) ! Na2K(Y,REE) [Si6O15] NAME ORIGIN: Named for A.V.
Moskvin (1897-1974), Russian geologist.
Moss Agate - variety of chaledony * (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Mottanaite-(Ce) ! Ca4(Ce,Ca)2AlBe2[Si4B4O22]O2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Annibale Mottana, Professor of Mineralogy at the University of Roma
Tre (Italy).
Mottramite PbCu(VO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Mottram, St. Andrews, Cheshire, England.
Motukoreaite Na2Mg38Al24(CO3)13(SO4)8(OH)108·56(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the Maori name for the locality (Motukorea - "island of the
cormorants."). LOCALITY: Brown's Island, (Motukorea) within Waitemata Harbor,
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New Zealand.
Mounanaite PbFe+++2(VO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Mounana mine, Franceville, Haute Ogooue, Gabon.
Mountain Leather * (see Actinolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Mountain Leather * (see Clinochrysotile ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Mountainite (Ca,Na2,K2)2Si4O10·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Edgar Donald Mountain, Professor of Geology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown,
South Africa.
Mountkeithite (Mg,Ni)11(Fe+++,Cr)3(SO4,CO3)3.5(OH)24·11(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mount Keith nickel deposit, 400 km
nnw of Kalgooolie, WA, Australia.
Mourite U++++Mo++++++5O12(OH)10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
composition (Mo, Uranium).
Moydite-(Y) YB(OH)4(CO3)
Mozartite CaMn+++SiO4(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) and his opera "The Magic Flute". The mineral was
first noted in 1991, the 200th annivarsary of the composer's death.
Mozgovaite ! PbBi4(S,Se)7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Russian mineralogist
Nadezhda N. Mozgova (1931-).
Mpororoite Al(WO3)(OH)3·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Mpororo tungsten mine, Kigezi, Uganda.
Mrazekite Bi+++2Cu++3(PO4)2O2(OH)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Zdenek Mrazek (1952-1984) who discovered the mineral.
Mroseite CaTe++++(CO3)O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mary Emma Mrose
(1910-), American mineralogist, U. S. Geological Survey.
Muckeite CuNiBiS3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arno Mucke (1937-),
German mineralogist.
Mueckeite * (see Muckeite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Muirite Ba10Ca2Mn++TiSi10O30(OH,Cl,F)10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
John Muir (1838-1914), American geologist and explorer who made early
observations in geology in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA.
Mukhinite Ca2Al2V+++(SiO4)3(OH)
Mullanite * (see Boulangerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Mullite Al(4+2x)Si(2-2x)O(10-x) where x =0.17 to 0.59 NAME ORIGIN: Named
after its locality. LOCALITY: Isle of Mull, Scotland, England.
Mummeite Ag3CuPbBi6S13 or Ag2Cu2Pb2Bi6S13 NAME ORIGIN: Named in
1986 for William G. Mumme (b.1936), Australian mineralogist.
Mundite Al(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)3·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Walter Mund (1892-1956), radiochemist, University of Louvain, Belgium.
Mundrabillaite (NH4)2Ca(HPO4)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Petrogale Cave near Mundrabilla Station, WA, Australia.
Munirite NaVO3·(2-x)(H2O)
Murataite (Y,Na)6(Zn,Fe+++)5(Ti,Nb)12O29(O,F)14 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Kiguma Jack Murata (1909-) Geochemist, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park,
California, USA.
Murate of Sota * (see Halite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Murdochite PbCu6O8-x(Cl,Br)2x NAME ORIGIN: Named for Joseph
Murdock (1890-1973), American mineralogist, University of California, Los
Angeles, California, USA.
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Murmanite Na3(Ti,Nb)4(Si2O7)2O4·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named

apparently for the locality. LOCALITY: Lu Javr and Hibina districts, Lovozero
Massif, Murmansk, Kola peninsula, Russia.
Murunskite K2Cu3FeS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Murunskii massif, between the Charo and Tokko Rivers, Olekminsk, Aldan,
Yakutia, Russia.
Muscovite KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: From Muscovy glass,
alluding to the Russian province of Muscovy.
Musgravite * (see Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Mushistonite (Cu,Zn,Fe)Sn++++(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Mushiston tin deposit, Kaznok, Tadzhikistan.
Muskoxite Mg7Fe+++4O13·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the igneous
complex (the Muskox intrusion) in which the mineral occurs.
Muthmannite AgAuTe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Friedrich W. Muthmann
(1861-1913), German chemist and crystallographer.
Mutinaite ! Na3Ca4Si85Al11O192·60(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
Mutina, the ancient Latin name of Modena, Italy, a center of zeolite research.

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This alphabetical listing of N minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of
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n-tetracosane * (see Evenkite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Na-komarovite ? Na6CaNb6[Si4O12F2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in
1979 for Vladimir M. Komarov (1927-1967), Russian cosmonaut who was killed
during his return flight on April 23, 1967 and the sodium content.
Na-Rectorite * (see Rectorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nabalamprophyllite ! Ba(Na,Ba){Na3Ti[Ti2O2Si4O14](OH,F)2} NAME ORIGIN:
Named as the Na & Ba dominant analogue of lamprophyllite.
Nabaphite NaBaPO4·9(H2O)
Nabesite ! Na2BeSi4O10·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
elements in its composition, Natrium (Na), Beryllium (Be), and Silicon (Si).
Nabiasite ! BaMn9[(V,As)O4]6(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Pla de Labasse deposit near the hamlet of Nabias, Central Pyrenees,
France.
Nabokoite Cu++7Te++++O4(SO4)5·KCl NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sof'ya I.
Naboko (1901-), Russian volcanologist.
Nacaphite Na(Na,Ca)2(PO4)F NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
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composition (NaCa, Phosphate).

Nacareniobsite-(Ce) NbNa3Ca3(Ce,La)(Si2O7)2OF3 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Natrium (sodium), Calcium, Rare Earths, NIOBium, and Silicon in the
chemical formula.
Nacrite Al2Si2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: From the French, nacre, "mother-
of-pearl."
Nadorite PbSbO2Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY:
Djebel Nador, Constantine, Algeria.
Nafertisite ! Na3(Fe++,Fe+++)6(Ti2Si12O34)(O,OH)7·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the elements, NAtrium, FERrus and FERric, and TIanium.
Nagashimalite Ba4(V+++,Ti)4Si8B2O27Cl(O,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Otokichi Nagashima (1890{1969), pioneer Japanese amateur mineralogist,
Nagelschmidtite Ca7(SiO4)3(PO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for G.
Nagelschmidt, who first described the synthetic compound in 1937.
Nagyagite AuPb(Sb,Bi)Te2-3S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality.
LOCALITY: Nagyag mine (now Sacaramb), Romania.
Nahcolite NaHCO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the nmonic of the
chemical formula (NaHCO).
Nahpoite Na2HPO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition (NaHPO-).
Nakalifite * (see Gagarinite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nakauriite (Mn,Ni,Cu)8(SO4)4(CO3)(OH)6·48(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for the locality. LOCALITY: Nakauri, Achi Prefecture, Japan.
Naldretteite ! Pd2Sb NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and
Nalipoite NaLi2PO4
Namansilite NaMn+++(Si2O6)
Nambulite (Li,Na)Mn++4[Si5O14(OH)] NAME ORIGIN: Named for Matsuo
Nambu (1917-), mineralogist, Tohoko University, Japan.
Namibite Cu++Bi2(VO4)O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the country in
which it is found.
Namuwite (Zn,Cu)4(SO4)(OH)6·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
country of origin, and the National Museum of Wales.
Nanlingite CaMg4(AsO3)2F4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality.
LOCALITY: Nanling area, southern China.
Nanpingite Cs(Al,Mg,Fe++,Li)2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality. LOCALITY: Nanping area, Fukien Province, China.
Nantokite CuCl NAME ORIGIN: Named after its location.
Narsarsukite Na2(Ti,Fe+++)Si4(O,F)11 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Narsarsuk, southern Greenland.
Nasinite Na2B5O8(OH)·2(H2O)
Nasledovite PbMn3Al4(CO3)4(SO4)O5·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
B. N. Nasledov (1891-1942) of Russia.
Nasonite Pb6Ca4Si6O21Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank Lewis Nason
(1856-1928), American geologist, Geological Survey of New Jersey.
Nastrophite Na(Sr,Ba)(PO4)·9(H2O)
Natalyite Na(V+++,Cr+++)Si2O6
Natanite Fe++Sn++++(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Natan Il'ich
Ginzburg (1917-1985), Russian mineralogist and geochemist.
Natisite Na2(TiO)SiO4
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Native Alum * (see Potassium-alum ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Natrite Na2CO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition.
Natriumphlogopite * (see Aspidolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Natriumphlogopite * (see Wonesite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Natroalunite NaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6
Natroapophyllite NaCa4Si8O20F·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek
apophylliso - "it flakes off" and the composition.
Natrobistantite (Na,Cs)Bi(Ta,Nb,Sb)4O12 NAME ORIGIN: For sodium
(NATRium), BISmuth, and TANTalum in the chemical formula which deviates
from the IMA pyrochlore nomenclature.
Natrocalcite * (see Gaylussite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Natrochalcite NaCu2(SO4)2(OH)·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
compositon, NATRium (Na), and CHALCos, (Cu).
Natrodufrenite Na(Fe+++,Fe++)(Fe+++,Al)5(PO4)4(OH)6·2(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for the essential sodium, (NATRium) and its relationship to
dufrenite.
Natrofairchildite Na2Ca(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Na analog of
fairchildite.
Natroglaucocerinite ! (Na,Zn,Cu)10Al6(SO4)3(OH)32·18(H2O)?
Natrojarosite NaFe+++3(SO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
chemical composition and similarity to Jarosite.
Natrolemoynite ! Na4Zr2Si10O26·9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The name alludes
to the Na dominance and polymorphic relationship to lemoynite.
Natrolite Na2[Al2Si3O10]·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek natron,
"soda," in allusion to sodium content and lithos - "stone."
Natromontebrasite (Na,Li)Al(PO4)(OH,F)
Natron Na2CO3·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin for "soda."
Natronambulite (Na,Li)Mn++4[Si5O14(OH)] NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
composition and for Matsuo Nambu (1917-), mineralogist, Tohoko University,
Japan.
Natroniobite NaNbO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition.
Natrophilite NaMnPO4
Natrophosphate Na7(PO4)2F·19(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition.
Natrosilite Na2Si2O5
Natrotantite Na2Ta4O11 NAME ORIGIN: Named for sodium, "NATRium", and
TANTalum in the composition.
Natroxalate ! Na2C2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical
composition of sodium (Na) and oxalate (C2O4).
Naujakasite Na6(Fe++,Mn)Al4Si8O26 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Naujakasik, Tunugdliarfik Fjord, Greenland.
Naumannite Ag2Se NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carl Friedrich Naumann
(1797-1873), German mineralogist and crystallographer.
Navajoite V2O5·3(H2O)
Nchwaningite Mn++2SiO3(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its locality.
LOCALITY: The N,chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape
Province, Republic of South Africa.
Nealite Pb4Fe++(As+++++O4)2Cl4 NAME ORIGIN: Named of Leo Neal
Yedlin (1908-1997), micromount mineral collector of New Haven, Connecticut,
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USA.
Nealite-(H2O) * Pb4Fe++(As+++O3)2Cl4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Neal Yedlin (1908-1977), U. S. Mineralogist, who discovered the mineral.
Needle ironstone * (see Goethite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nefedovite Na5Ca4(PO4)4F
Neighborite NaMgF3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank Neighbor (1906-),
American petroleum geologist, Sun Oil Co. who logged the first specimen.
Nekoite Ca3Si6O15·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named by reversing the order
for okenite (Lorenz Oken (1779-1851), German natural historian, Munich
Germany) because the minerals were so similer.
Nekrasovite Cu+26V2(Sn,As,Sb)6S32 NAME ORIGIN: Named for I. Y.
Nekrasov, Russian mineralogist.
Nelenite (Mn,Fe++)16Si12As+++3O36(OH)17 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Joseph A. Nelen, chemist at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA.
Neltnerite CaMn+++6SiO12
Nemalite * (see Brucite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nenadkevichite (Na,Ca,K)(Nb,Ti)Si2O6(O,OH)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Konstantin A. Nenadkevich, Russian mineralogist and geochemist.
Nenadkevichite - (60.1.3.1) * (see Nenadkevichite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nenadkevite * (see Boltwoodite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Neocolmanite * (see Colemanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Neodymite * (see Lanthanite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Neodymite * (see Lanthanite-(Nd) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Neotocite (Mn,Fe++)SiO3·(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek
"Neotokos" = of recent origin, being a product of deterioration of other species.
Nepheline (Na,K)AlSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek nephele,
"cloud," because it becomes clouded when put in strong acid.
Nephelite * (see Nepheline ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nephrite Jade * (see Actinolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nepouite Ni3Si2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Reis II mine, Nepoui, New Caledonia.
Nepskoeite ! Mg4Cl(OH)7·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's location.
Neptunite KNa2Li(Fe++,Mn)2Ti2Si8O24 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Neptune, the Roman god of the sea, because it was found with aegirine,
named for the Scandinavian god of the sea.
Neskevaaraite-Fe ! NaK3Fe(Ti,Nb)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality and composition. LOCALITY: Drillcore from the
Neskevaara Hill, central part of the Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif, northern
Karelia, Russia.
Nesquehonite Mg(HCO3)(OH)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Coal mine at Nesquehoning, Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, USA.
Neustadtelite ! Bi2Fe+++(Fe+++,Co)(O,OH)2(OH)2(AsO4)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Mine dumps in the Schneeberg-Neustädtel
area, Saxony, Germany.
Nevadaite ! (Cu++,[ ],Al,V+++)6[Al8(PO4)8F8] (H2O)23 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality LOCALITY: 5425-5375 (elevation) benches, Gold Quarry
open-pit mine near Carlin, Eureka County, Nevada.
Nevskite Bi(Se,S) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Nevskii
tin deposit, northeastern Russia.
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Nevyanakite * (see Osmium ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Newberyite Mg(PO3OH)·3(H2O)
Neyite AgCu3Pb12.5Bi13S34 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles Stewart
Ney (1918-1975 ), Geologist.
Nezilovite ! PbZn2(Mn++++,Ti++++)2Fe+++8O19 NAME ORIGIN: Named
after its locality. LOCALITY: Nezilovo, Republic of Macedonia.
Niahite (NH4)(Mn++,Mg,Ca)PO4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Niah Great Cave, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Niccolite * (see Nickeline ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nichromite (Ni,Co,Fe++)(Cr,Fe+++,Al)2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
chromite with dominant nickel, Ni.
Nickel Ni NAME ORIGIN: From the German Nickel - "demom", from a
contraction of kupfernickel, or "Devil's Copper", as the mineral was believed to
contain copper but yielded none when smelted.
Nickel Bloom * (see Annabergite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nickel glance * (see Gersdorffite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nickel Porphyrin * (see Abelsonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nickel Selenide * (see Sederholmite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nickel Vitriol * (see Morenosite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nickel-boussingaultite (NH4)2(Ni,Mg)(SO4)2·6(H2O)
Nickel-skutterudite (Ni,Co)As3-x NAME ORIGIN: Named as the nickel-rich
version of skutterudite.
Nickel-zippeite Ni++2(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10·16(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for its composition and for Franz Xaver Maxmillian Zippe (1791-1863),
Nickelalumite (Ni,Cu)Al4[(SO4),(NO3)2](OH)12·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named in allusion to its composition.
Nickelaustinite Ca(Ni,Zn)(AsO4)(OH)
Nickelbischofite NiCl2·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Nickel analog of bischofite.
Nickelblodite Na2(Ni,Mg)(SO4)2·4(H2O)
Nickelbloedite * (see Nickelblodite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nickelhexahydrite (Ni,Mg,Fe++)(SO4)·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
nickel in the compostion and relationship to hexahydrite.
Nickelian Pyrite * (see Bravoite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nickeline NiAs NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition.
Nickellotharmeyerite ! Ca(Ni,Fe,Co)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named to indicate the chemical and structural similarities with lotharmeyerite.
Nickelphosphide ! (Ni,Fe)3P NAME ORIGIN: The name reflects its
composition.
Nickelschneebergite ! Bi(Ni,Co)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named as the Ni-dominant analog of schneebergite (Locality).
Nickenichite Na0,8Ca0,4(Mg,Fe+++,Al)3Cu0,4(AsO4)3 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Nickenich village, near the Nickenicher Sattel
Volcano, Eifel district, Germany.
Nicols * (see Calcite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nicolsonite (Zn) * (see Aragonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Niedermayrite ! Cu4Cd(SO4)2(OH)6·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
Gerhard Niedermayr (b. 1941), mineralogist and geologist, Naturhistorisches
Museum, Vienna, Austria, compiler of the regional mineralogy of the eastern
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Alps.
Nierite Si3N4 NAME ORIGIN: For A. O. Nier (1912-1994), who was responsible
for the now accepted measurement of the atmospheric N-isotope composition.
Nifontovite Ca3B6O6(OH)12·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Roman V.
Nifontov (1901-1960), Russian geologist.
Nigerite * (see Ferronigerite-2N1S ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nigerite-24R * (see Ferronigerite-6N6S ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nigerite-6H * (see Ferronigerite-2N1S ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nigerite-6T * (see Ferronigerite-2N1S ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Niggliite PtSn NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paul Niggli (1888-1953), Professor at
Zurich, Switzerland.
Niigataite ! CaSrAl3(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Itoigawa-Ohmi district, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan.
Nikischerite ! NaFe++6Al3(SO4)2(OH)18(H2O)12 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Anthony (Tony) J. Nikischer (1949-), geologist (Excalibur Minerals) who
Nimesite * (see Brindleyite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nimite (Ni,Mg,Fe++)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: An acronym for the
National Institute of Metallurgy of South Africa.
Ningyoite (U,Ca,Ce)2(PO4)2·1-2(H2O)
Niningerite (Mg,Fe++,Mn)S NAME ORIGIN: Named for Harvey Harlow
Nininger (1887-1986), of Sedona Arizona, USA for his contributions to meteorite
studies.
Niobite * (see Ferrocolumbite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Niobo-aeschynite-(Ce) (Ce,Ca)(Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
its composition and from the Greek for "shame," in allusion to the inability of
Niobo-aeschynite-(Nd) ! (Nd,Ce)(Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
its composition and from the Greek for "shame," in allusion to the inability of
Niobocarbide ! (Nb,Ta)C NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of
Nb and C.
Niobokupletskite ! K2Na(Mn,Zn,Fe)7(Nb,Zr,Ti)2Si8O26(OH)4(O,F) NAME
ORIGIN: Named as the Nb analog of kupletskite.
Niobophyllite K2Na(Fe++,Mn)7(Nb,Ti)2Si8O26(OH)4(F,O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the niobium content and foliated character common to the
astrophyllite group.
Niocalite Ca14Nb2(Si2O7)4O6F2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition
(Niobium, Calcium).
Nisbite NiSb2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, NIckel and SB, the
chemical symbol for antimony.
Nissonite Cu2Mg2(PO4)2(OH)2·5(H2O)
Niter KNO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named derived from Herbraic neter, used in
ancient times for alkaline salts extracted by water from vegetable ashes.
Nitratine NaNO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of
containing nitrates.
Nitratite * (see Nitratine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nitre * (see Niter ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nitrobarite Ba(NO3)2
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Nitrocalcite Ca(NO3)2·4(H2O)
Nitromagnesite Mg(NO3)2·6(H2O)
Nitronatrite * (see Nitratine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nobleite CaB6O9(OH)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Levi F. Noble ( ),
Geologist, USGS for his contributions to the geology of the Death Valley region.
Noelbensonite ! BaMn+++2(Si2O7)(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For William
Noel Benson (1855-1957), of the University of Otago, in recognition of his
pioneering research in the Great Serpentine Belt and New England Fold Belt of
New South Wales, Austr
Nolanite (V+++,Fe++,Fe+++,Ti)10O14(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Thomas Brennan Nolan (1901-1992), formerly Director of the U. S. Geological
Survey, Washington, D.C., USA.
Nontronite Na0.3Fe+++2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after its locality. LOCALITY: Nontrone, Dordogne, France.
Norbergite Mg3(SiO4)(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Ostanmosoa iron mine, Norberg, Vastmanland, Sweden.
Nordenskioeldine * (see Nordenskioldine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nordenskioldine CaSnB2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nils A. E.
Nordenskiöld (1832-1901), Swedish mineralogist and Arctic explorer.
Nordite-(Ce) (Ce,La,Ca)(Sr,Ca)Na2(Na,Mn)(Zn,Mg)Si6O17 NAME ORIGIN:
Analog to the La-dominant nordite-(La) which was named after the word for
north because of its northern origin in the Lovozero Massif.
Nordite-(La) (Na,Mn)3(Sr,Ca)(La,Ce)(Zn,Mg)Si6O17 NAME ORIGIN: Named
after the word for north because of its northern origin in the Lovozero Massif.
Nordstrandite Al(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for R. A. van Nordstrand
(1817-), Sinclair Research Laboratories, who first synthesized the compound.
Nordstroemite * (see Nordstromite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Nordstromite Pb3CuBi7(S10Se4) NAME ORIGIN: Named for T. Nordstrom.
Normandite ! NaCa(Mn++,Fe++)(Ti,Nb,Zr)Si2O7(O,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: For
Mr. Charles Normand (1963-), of Montreal, who discovered the mineral.
Norrishite K(Mn+++2Li)Si4O10(O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Keith Norrish
of the Division of Soils, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organization, Australia.
Norsethite BaMg(CO3)2
Northupite Na3Mg(CO3)2Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named after C. H. Northup
(b.1861), grocer, of San Jose, California, who found the first specimen.
Nosean Na8Al6Si6O24(SO4) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German
mineralogist, K. W. Nose (1753-1835).
Noselite * (see Nosean ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Novacekite Mg(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12(H2O)
Novakite (Cu,Ag)21As10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jiri Novak (1902-1971),
Czech mineralogist.
Novgorodovaite ! Ca2(C2O4)Cl2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Margarita Ivanovna Novgorodova (1938-), director of the Fersman Mineralogical
Museum, Moscow, Russia.
Nowackiite Cu6Zn3As4S12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Werner Nowaki
(1909-), University of Berne, Switzerland.
Nsutite (Mn++++1-x)(Mn++x)(O2-2x)(OH2x) where x = 0.06-0.07 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Nsuta, Ghana.
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Nuffieldite Pb2Cu(Pb,Bi)Bi2S7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edward W. Nuffield

Nukundamite (Cu,Fe)4S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Undu mine, Nukundamu, Fiji.
Nullaginite Ni2(CO3)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Otway Belt, Nullagine district, WA, Australia.
Nyboite NaNa2(Mg3Al2)Si7AlO22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Nybo pod, Nordfjord, Norway.
Nyerereite Na2Ca(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the president of
Tanzania, Julius K. Nyerere (1922-).
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O Index of Mineral Species

This alphabetical listing of O minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of
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O'danielite * (see Odanielite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Obertiite ! NaNa2(Mg3Fe+++Ti)Si8O22(O,F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dr.
Roberta Oberti (1951-), Pavia, Italy, for her contributions to the understanding of
the crystal chemistry of the amphibole group.
Oboyerite Pb6H6(Te++++O3)3(Te++++++O6)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for O. (Oliver) Boyer, one of the men who first staked the Grand Central lode
claim in the Tombstone district, Arizona, USA.
Obradovicite H4(K,Na)Cu++Fe+++2(AsO4)(MoO4)5·12(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Martin T. Obradovic, who provided the type material.
Obruchevite * (see Yttropyrochlore-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Octahedrite * (see Anatase ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Odanielite Na(Zn,Mg)3H2(AsO4)3
Odinite (Fe+++,Mg,Al,Fe++,Ti,Mn)2.5(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Gilles Serge Odin, clay mineralogist of the University P. And M. Curie, Paris,
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France.
Odintsovite K2Na4Ca3Ti2Be4Si12O38 NAME ORIGIN: For Prof. M. M.
Odintsova (1911-1979), a founder of the Institute of the Earth's Crust, Irkutsk.
Oellacherite * (see Ganterite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Oenite ! CoSbAs NAME ORIGIN: For Prof. Dr. Ing Soen Oen (1928-1996),
Professor of Petrology, Mineralogy and Ore Geology at the University of
Amsterdam.
Oerebroite * (see Orebroite-III ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Oerebroite * (see Orebroite-VIII ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Offretite (K2,Ca,Mg)2.5Al5Si13O36·15(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Albert Jules Joseph Offret (1857-?), professor in the Faculty of Sciences, Lyon,
France.
Ogdensburgite Ca2(Zn,Mn)Fe+++4(AsO4)4(OH)6·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersy,
USA.
Ohmilite Sr3(Ti,Fe+++)(Si2O6)2(O,OH)·2-3(H2O)
Ojuelaite ZnFe+++2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.
Okanoganite-(Y) (Na,Ca)3(Y,Ce)12Si6B2O27F14 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for the locality. LOCALITY: Golden Horn Batholith, near Washington Pass,
Okanongan County, Washington.
Okayamalite ! Ca2B2SiO7 NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality.
LOCALITY: The Fuka mine, Bicchu-cho, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
Okenite Ca3[Si6O15]·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lorenz Oken
(1779-1851), German natural historian, Munich Germany.
Okhotskite-(Mg) * Ca3(Mg,Mn++)(Mn+++,Al,Fe+++)(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2·(H2O)
NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1987 by Togari and Akasaka for the Sea of Okhotsk,
along which the mine is located.
Okhotskite-(Mn++) Ca2(Mn++,Mg)(Mn+++,Al,Fe+++)Si3O10(OH)4 NAME
ORIGIN: Named in 1987 by Togari and Akasaka for the Sea of Okhotsk, along
which the mine is located.
Oldhamite (Ca,Mg,Fe)S NAME ORIGIN: Named for Thomas Oldham
(1816-1878), Director of the Indian Geologial Survey (185o-1876).
Olekminskite Sr(Sr,Ca,Ba)(CO3)2
Olenite ! NaAl3Al6(BO3)3(Si6O18)(O,OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Decembrist pegmatite field, Olenik River Basin, Russia.
Olenite - (61.3.1.7) * (see Olenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Olgite Na(Sr,Ba)PO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Olga Anisimovne-Vorobiova
(1902-1974), Russian mineralogist.
Olgite-Ba * (see Bario-olgite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Oligoclase (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)4O8 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, oligos and
kasein, "little cleavage."
Olivenite Cu2AsO4(OH) NAME ORIGIN: From the German olivernerz,
literally "olive" ore, in allusion to its typical color.
Olivine * (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the green color.
Olivine * (see Forsterite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Olkhonskite (Cr+++,V+++)2Ti3O9 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality. LOCALITY:
On the western shore of Lake Baikal, 4.5 km south of the Olkhon Island, Russia.
Olmsteadite KFe++2(Nb,Ta)(PO4)2O2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
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Milo Olmstead, micromount mineral collector, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA.
Olsacherite Pb2(SeO4)(SO4) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Juan A. Olsacher
(1903-1964), Argentine mineralogist, University of Cordoba.
Olshanskyite Ca2[B3O3(OH)6]OH·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yakov
I. Olshansky (1912-1958), Russian geochemist.
Olympite LiNa5(PO4)2
Omeiite (Os,Ru)As2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Danba, Omeishan Mt, Sichuan (Szechuan), China,
Ominelite ! (Fe++,Mg)Al3BSiO9 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality.
LOCALITY: Omine Mountains near the misen River at Tenkawa, Yoshio, Nara
Prefecture, Japan.
Omphacite (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe++,Al)Si2O6 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for
"unripe grapes", in allusion to its green color.
Oneillite ! Na15Ca3Mn3Fe++3Zr3Nb(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(OH,Cl)2 NAME
ORIGIN: Named after John Johnston O’Neill (1886-1966), geologist with the
Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, and later, Professor of geology, Dean of
Science and Dean of Engineering at McGill U
Onofrite(Se) * (see Metacinnabar ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Onoratoite Sb8O11Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ettore Onorato
(1899-1971), Italian mineralogist, University of Rome, Italy.
Oosterboschite (Pd,Cu)7Se3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for M. R. Oosterbosch,
(1908-), Belgian mining engineer.
Opal SiO2·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Old Indian upala - "precious
stone."
Orange bornite * (see Renierite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Orangite * (see Thorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Orcelite Ni5-xAs2 (x=0.23) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jean Orcel
(1896-1978), French mineralogist.
Ordonezite ZnSb2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ezequiel Ordonez
(1867-1950), Mexican geologist.
Orebroite-III Mn++6(Fe+++,Sb+++++)2Si2(O,OH)14 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality. LOCALITY: Sjogruvan, Grythyttan, Orebro, Sweden.
Orebroite-VIII Mn++3(Sb+++++,Fe+++)SiO4(O,OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for the locality. LOCALITY: At the Sjo mine, near Grythyttan, Orebro, Sweden.
Oregonite Ni2FeAs2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the state of Oregon, USA.
Organovaite-Mn ! K2Mn(Nb,Ti)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Natalia Ivanovna Organova (1929-), Russian crystallographer and the
Mn end-member.
Organovaite-Zn ! K2Zn(Nb,Ti)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Natalia Ivanovna Organova (1929-), Russian crystallographer and the
Zn end-member.
Orickite CuFeS2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Coyote Peak diatreme, 16 miles SW of Orick, Santa Cruz Co., California.
Orientite Ca2Mn++Mn+++2Si3O10(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Oriente Province, Cuba.
Orlandiite ! Pb3(Cl,OH)4(SeO3)·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
mineralogist Paolo Orlandi (1946-) of the University of Pisa, Italy.
Orlymanite Ca4Mn++3Si8O20(OH)6·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Orlando P. Lyman (1903-1986), founder of Lyman House Memorial Museum, Hilo,
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Hawaii.
Oro * (see Gold ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Orpheite PbAl3(PO4,SO4)2(OH)6 (?)
Orpiment As2S3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin, auripigmentum, in
allusion to the vivid golden hue.
Orschallite Ca3(SO3)2SO4·12(H2O)
Orthite * (see Allanite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Orthite * (see Allanite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Orthite * (see Allanite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Orthoantigorite * (see Lizardite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Orthobrannerite U++++U++++++Ti4O12(OH)2
Orthobrannerite * (see Brannerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Orthochamosite (Fe++,Mg,Fe+++)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH,O)8 NAME ORIGIN:
Named as the orthorhombic analogue of chamosite.
Orthochevkinite * (Ce,La,Ca,Na,Th)4(Fe++,Mg)2(Ti,Fe+++)3Si4O22 NAME
ORIGIN: Named as a possible orthorhombic form of chevkinite.
Orthochrysotile Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: From the orthorhombic
crystal symmetry and Greek chrysos - "gold" and tilos - "fiber."
Orthoclase KAlSi3O8 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek orthos - "right" and
kalo -" I cleave" in allusion to the mineral's right angle of good cleavage.
Orthoenstatite * (see Enstatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Orthoericssonite BaMn2(Fe+++O)Si2O7(OH)
Orthoferrosilite * (see Ferrosilite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Orthojoaquinite-(Ce) NaFe++Ba2Ce2Ti2[Si4O12]2 O2(OH)·(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named after its orthorhombic crystal structure and the relationship to
joaquinite (named for Joaquin Ridge, Diablo Range, California, USA).
Orthojoaquinite-(La) ! Ba2Na(La,Ce)2Fe++Ti2Si8O26(OH,O,F)·H2O NAME
ORIGIN: Named as the La analog of orthojoaquinite.
Orthominasragrite ! VO(SO4)·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
polymorphic relationship to minasragrite.
Orthopinakiolite (Mg,Mn++)2Mn+++BO5
Orthose * (see Orthoclase ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Orthoserpierite Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
its stuctural rellationship to serpierite.
Orthowalpurgite (UO2)Bi4O4(AsO4)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: It is an
orthorhombic polymorph of walpurgite.
Osarizawaite PbCuAl2(SO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Osarizawa mine, Akita Prefecture, Japan.
Osarsite (Os,Ru)AsS NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's chemical composition
of osmium and arsenic.
Osbornite TiN NAME ORIGIN: For George Osborn, who sent to London the
meteorite in which the species was found.
Osmiridium * (see Iridium ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Osmium (Os,Ir) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the principle element in the
composition.
Osumilite * (see Osumilite-(Fe) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Osumilite-(Fe) (K,Na)(Fe++,Mg)2(Al,Fe+++)3(Si,Al)12O30 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Historic province of Osumi in Sakkabira,
Kyushu, Japan.
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Osumilite-(Mg) (K,Na)(Mg,Fe++)2(Al,Fe+++)3(Si,Al)12O30 NAME ORIGIN:

Named for the locality and the composition. LOCALITY: Historic province of
Osumi in Sakkabira, Kyushu, Japan.
Oswaldpeetersite ! (UO2)2CO3(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Maurice Oswald Peeters (1945-), structural crystallographer at the University of
Leuven, Belgium.
Otavite CdCO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY:
Tsumeb, near Otavi (Namibia).
Otjisumeite PbGe4O9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Herrero tribe name of
the locality, Tsumeb. LOCALITY: Tsumeb mine, Namibia.
Ottemannite Sn2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. Ottemann, German
mineralogist, Heidelberg, Germany.
Ottrelite (Mn,Fe++,Mg)2Al4Si2O10(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: In Belgium, in the Ardennes Mountains, from Ottre,
Salmchateau, and Veilsalm.
Otwayite Ni2(CO3)(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Charles
Albert Otway (1922-), miner and prospector of Cosnells, WA, Australia.
Oulankaite ! (Pd,Pt)5(Cu,Fe)4SnTe2S2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
Oulanka river, which is near the occurrence.
Oulongaite * (see Oulankaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ourayite Pb4Ag3Bi5S13 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Old Lout mine, Ouray, Colorado. USA.
Oursinite (Co,Mg)(H3O)2[(UO2)SiO4]2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
from the French "oursin", sea urchin, in allusion to the radiating habit of the
acicular crystals.
Ovamboite ! Cu20(Fe,Cu,Zn)6W2Ge6S32 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Tsumeb deposit, Ovamboland, Namibia, and (2) the Maikain
deposit, Kazakhstan.
Overite CaMgAl(PO4)2(OH)·4(H2O)
Owensite (Ba,Pb)6(Cu,Fe,Ni)25S27 NAME ORIGIN: For DeAlton R. Owens
(1934- ), Canada Centre for Mineral and energy Technology.
Owyheeite Pb7Ag2(Sb,Bi)8S20 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Poorman Mine, Silver City district, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA.
Oxammite (NH4)2(C2O4)·(H2O)
Oxiberaunite * (Fe+++,Mn+++)Fe+++5(PO4)4O(OH)4·6(H2O)
Oxyberaunite * (see Beraunite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Oxyhornblende * (see Ferrohornblende ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Oxyhornblende * (see Ferrokaersutite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Oxyjulgoldite * (see Julgoldite-(Fe+++) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Oxykertschenite * (see Metavivianite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Oxypetscheckite * (see Petscheckite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Oyelite Ca10B2Si8O29·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jiro Oye
(1900-1968), professor of mineralogy, Okayama University, Japan.
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P Index of Mineral Species

This alphabetical listing of P minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of
LEGEND
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P Veatchite * (see Veatchite-p ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Paakkonenite Sb2AsS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Viekko Paakkonen, who
studied the ore deposits of the region.
Paarite ! Cu1.7Pb1.7Bi6.3S12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for. W. Paar (Salzburg) of
the University of Copenhagen and the University of Salzburg.
Pabstite Ba(Sn,Ti)Si3O9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Adolph Pabst
(1899-1990), American mineralogist, University of California at Berekey
Paceite ! CaCu(CH3COO)4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank L Pace
(1948-), who discovered the mineral.
Pachnolite NaCaAlF6·(H2O)
Paderaite AgPb2Cu6Bi11S22 NAME ORIGIN: Named for K. Padera, Charles
University, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Padmaite PdBiSe
Paganoite ! (Ni,Co)BiAsO5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Renato (1938-) and
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Adriana (1939-) Pagano, amateur mineralogists from Cinisello, Milan, Italy.

Pahasapaite Li8(Ca,Li,K,Na)11Be24(PO4)24·38(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From
Pahasapa, the Lakota Sioux word for Black Hills, South Dakota, USA.
Painite CaZrB[Al9O18] NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. C. D. Pain (-1971),
British gem collector who first noticed the mineral.
Palarstanide Pd8(Sn,As)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition
(Palladium, Arsenic, Stannum(tin)).
Palenzonaite (Ca,Na)3Mn++(V+++++,As+++++,Si)3O12 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Andrea Palenzona, amateur mineralogist and discoverer of the
mineral.
Palermoite (Sr,Ca)(Li,Na)2Al4(PO4)4(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Palermon No. 1 mine, North Groton, New Hampshire, USA.
Palladium Pd,Pt NAME ORIGIN: After the asteroid "Pallas"
Palladoarsenide Pd2As NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition.
Palladobismutharsenide Pd2(As,Bi) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition (Pd, Bi, As).
Palladodymite ! (Pd,Rh)2As NAME ORIGIN: From (pallad)ium and the Greek
for twin as it is the palladium-dominat analogue of rhodarsenide.
Palladseite Pd17Se15 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition,
PALLADium and SElenium.
Palmierite (K,Na)2Pb(SO4)2
Palygorskite (Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after a
deposit in the Ural Mountains, Russia.
Panasqueiraite CaMg(PO4)(OH,F)
Pandaite * (see Bariopyrochlore ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Pandaite * (see Kesterite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Pandermite * (see Priceite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Panethite (Na,Ca,K)2(Mg,Fe++,Mn)2(PO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Friedrich Adolph Paneth (1887-1958), director of the Max-Planck Institute of
Chemistry, Mainz, Germay.
Panunzite (K,Na)AlSiO4
Paolovite Pd2Sn NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, PAlladium and
OLOVo, tin (in russian).
Papagoite CaCuAlSi2O6(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the papago
indian tribe, Arizona, USA.
Para-alumohydrocalcite CaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after its relationship with alumohydrocalcite.
Parabariomicrolite BaTa4O10(OH)2·2H20
Parabrandtite Ca2Mn++(AsO4)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
dimorphic relationship to brandtite.
Parabutlerite Fe+++(SO4)(OH)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the
Greek para, and it's dimorph, bulterite,
Paracelsian BaAl2Si2O8
Parachrysotile Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the crystal
structure and the relationship to chrysotile which is from the Greek chrysos -
"gold" and tilos - "fiber."
Paracoquimbite Fe+++2(SO4)3·9(H2O)
Paracostibite CoSbS NAME ORIGIN: Named for the chemical composition
and probable structural relationship to pararammelsbergite.
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Paradamite Zn2(AsO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the dimorph of

adamite.
Paradocrasite Sb2(Sb,As)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for
"unexpected alloy"
Parafransoletite Ca3Be2(PO4)2(PO3,OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for it's dimorphous relatinship with fransoltite.
Paragonite NaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek
for "to mislead", in allusion to its originally having been mistaken for talc.
Paraguanajuatite Bi2(Se,S)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the supposed
relationship to guanajuatite.
Parahopeite Zn3(PO4)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for it's dimorphic
relationship to hopeite.
Parajamesonite Pb4FeSb6S14 NAME ORIGIN: Named as a dimorph of
jamesonite.
Parakeldyshite Na2ZrSi2O7
Parakhinite Cu++3PbTe++++++O4(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named in allusion to
its dimorphous relationship to khinite.
Parakuzmenkoite-Fe ! (K,Ba)2Fe(Ti,Nb)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·7(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named as the Fe-dominant analog of kuzmenkoite-Mn with a doubled
c-axis.
Paralabuntsovite-Mg ! Na8K8Mg8Ti16(Si4O12)8(O,OH)16· n(H2O)
Paralaurionite PbCl(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named from its similarity to
laurionite.
Paralstonite BaCa(CO3)2
Paramelaconite Cu+2Cu++2O3
Paramendozavilite NaAl4Fe+++7(PO4)5(P+++++Mo++++++12O40)
(OH)16·56(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the similarity to mendozavilite.
Paramontroseite VO2
Paranatisite Na2[TiO(SiO4)] NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek para, for near,
and its relation to natisite.
Paranatrolite Na2[Al2Si3O10]·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The name given in
1980 recognizes its association with and similarity in chemical composition to
natrolite.
Paraniite-(Y) Ca2Y(AsO4)(WO4)2
Paraotwayite Ni(OH)2-x(SO4,CO3)0.5x x=.5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
close physical and chemical resemblance to otwayite.
Parapierrotite Tl(Sb,As)5S8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its relationship to
pierrotite.
Pararammelsbergite NiAs2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, para
-"similar" and the mineral Rammelsbergite named after the German chemist and
mineralogist, K. F. Rammelsberg (1813-1899).
Pararealgar AsS NAME ORIGIN: Named for its chemical identity with
realgar.
Pararobertsite Ca2Mn+++3(PO4)3O2·3(H2O)
Pararsenolamprite ! As NAME ORIGIN: Named for the dimorphous
relationship with arsenolamprite.
Paraschachnerite Ag3Hg2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its relationship to
schachnerite.
Paraschoepite UO3·2(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named as a polymorph of
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schoepite.
Parascholzite CaZn2(PO4)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
dimorphic relationship to scholzite.
Parascorodite ! Fe+++AsO4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From Gk. para, near,
and scorodite, with which it has a dimorphic relationship.
Parasibirskite ! Ca2B2O5·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For it's relationship to
sibirskite.
Paraspurrite Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3) NAME ORIGIN: Named because of it's
similarity to spurrite.
Parasymplesite Fe++3(AsO4)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the
Greek "to bring together", in allusion to its relations to other minerals. Dimorphous
with symplesite.
Paratacamite (Cu,Zn)2(OH)3Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for the dimorphous
relationship with atacamite.
Paratacamite * (see Atacamite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Paratellurite TeO2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for it's dimorphous relationship
with tellurite.
Paratsepinite-Ba ! (Ba,Na,K)2-x(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)(OH,O)2·4(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for the relationship to tsepinite-Na.
Paratsepinite-Na ! (Na,Sr,K,Ca)7(Ti,Nb)8[Si4O12]4(O,OH)8·n(H2O) n ~ 8
NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN)
Paraumbite K3Zr2HSi6O18·n(H2O) n=3 to 7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
close structural similarity to umbite.
Paravauxite Fe++Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
chemical similarity to vauxite. Polymorph of metavauxite.
Paravinogradovite ! (Na,[ ])2(Ti,Fe+++)4(Si2O6)2(Si3AlO10)(OH)4·H2O NAME
ORIGIN: Named for the relationship to vinogradovite.
Parawollastonite * (see Wollastonite-2M ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Pargasite NaCa2(Mg,Fe++)4Al(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
after its locality. LOCALITY: Pargas, Finland.
Pargasite-K * (see Potassicpargasite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Parisite-(Ce) Ca(Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. J.
Paris, mine proprietor at Muzo, north of Bogota, Columbia.
Parisite-(Nd) Ca(Nd,Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the
Nd-rich end member of the parisite series, named for J. J. Paris, mine proprietor
at Muzon, north of Bogota, Columbia.
Parkerite Ni3(Bi,Pb)2S2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert Luling Parker
(1893-1973), Zurich, Switzerland.
Parkinsonite (Pb,Mo,[ ])8O8Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Reginald F. D.
Parkinson, English mineral collector from Somerset.
Parnauite Cu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John
L. Parnau (1906-1990), U.S. Mineral collector who discovered the mineral.
Parsettensite (K,Na,Ca)(Mn,Al)7Si8O20(OH)8·2(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Parsettens Alp, Val d'Err, Grisons, Switzerland.
Parsonsite Pb2(UO2)(PO4)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur
Leonard Parsons (1873-1957), mineralogist, University of Toronto, Canada.
Partheite Ca2Al4Si4O15(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Erwin
Parthe (1928-), crystallographer at the University of Geneva.
Partzite Cu2Sb2(O,OH)7 (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. F. W. Partz, who
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Parvowinchite Na(NaMn++)(Mg4Fe+++)Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Renamed IMA 1997 as the Mn analog of cummintonite, Formerly Tirodite which
was named after its locality. LOCALITY: Tirodi, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Parwelite (Mn,Mg)5Sb(As,Si)2O12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alexander
Parwel, Swedish chemist, Swedish National History Museum, Stockholm, Sweden.
Pascoite Ca3V10O28·17(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality
LOCALITY: Minasragra, Pasco Province, Peru.
Patronite VS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Antenor Rizo-Patron, Peruvian
engineer, discoverer of the Peruvian occurrence.
Paulingite * (see Paulingite-K ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Paulingite-Ca ! (Ca,K,Na,Ba)5[Al10Si35O84]·34(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994), professor of chemistry, California
Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Paulingite-K (K2,Ca,Na2,Ba)5Al10Si35O90·45(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994), professor of chemistry, California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA. K modifier added by zeolite nomenclature
committee.
Paulingite-Na ! (Na2,K2,Ca,Ba)5Al10Si35O90·45(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994), professor of chemistry, California
Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA. Named as the Na-dominant
member ot the paulingite series.
Paulkellerite Bi2Fe+++(PO4)O2(OH)2
Paulkerrite K(Mg,Mn)2(Fe+++,Al)2Ti(PO4)4(OH)3·15(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after Paul Francis Kerr (1897-1981), Professor of Mineralogy, Columbia
University, New York City, New York, USA.
Paulmooreite Pb2As+++2O5
Pavonite (Ag,Cu)(Bi,Pb)3S5 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Latin "pavo",
peacock, which honored Professor Martin Alfred Peacock (1898-1950), a
Canadian mineralogist.
Paxite CuAs2 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Latin "pax" for peace.
PDF 20-1390 * (see Winchite )
Pearceite Ag16As2S11 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the American
chemist, R. Pearce (1837-1927).
Pecoraite Ni3Si2O5(OH)4
Pectolite NaCa2Si3O8(OH) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek pektos -
"compacted" and lithos - "stone."
Pehrmanite * (see Ferrotaaffeite-6N3S ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Peisleyite Na3Al16(SO4)2(PO4)10(OH)17·20(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Vincent Peisley (1941-), Australian mineral collector who found the mineral.
Pekoite PbCuBi11(S,Se)18 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its locality. LOCALITY:
Peko mine, Tennant Creek, Australia.
Pekovite ! SrB2Si2O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Igor Viktorovich Pekov
(1967-), Russian mineralogist and alkaline rock expert.
Pellouxite ! (Cu,Ag)Pb10Sb12S27(Cl,S)0.6O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alberto
Pelloux (1868-1948), curator of the mineralogical Museum at the University of
Genova.
Pellyite Ba2Ca(Fe++,Mg)2Si6O17 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Pelly and Ross River, Yukon Territories, Canada.
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Pendletonite * (see Karpatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Penfieldite Pb2Cl3(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Samuel L. Penfield
(1856-1905), American mineralogist and mineral chemist.
Pengzhizhongite-24R * (see Magnesionigerite-6N6S ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Pengzhizhongite-6H * (see Magnesionigerite-2N1S ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Pengzhizhongite-6T * (see Magnesionigerite-2N1S ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Penikisite BaMg2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gunar Penikis
(1936-1979), who discovered the locality. LOCALITY: Rapid Creek (Cross Cut
Creek), Big fish River, Yukon Territory, Canada.
Penkvilksite Na4(Ti++++,Zr)2[Si8O22]·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from
the Lapp "penk" and "vilkis", white and curly in allusion to its appearance.
Pennantite Mn5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8
Pennine * (see Clinochlore ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Penninite * (see Clinochlore ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Penobsquisite ! Ca2Fe++[B9O13(OH)6]Cl·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after the locality. LOCALITY: Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (New
Brunswick Division) mine at Penobsquis, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Penroseite (Ni,Co,Cu)Se2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard Alexander
Fullerton Penrose, Jr. (1863-1931), American economic geologist, of Philaelphia,
Pennsylvania, USA.
Pentagonite Ca(VO)Si4O10·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the
Greek, penta, "five" and angle in allusion to the fiveling twins common in this
species.
Pentahydrite MgSO4·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek,
penta, "five" and hydros "water" in allusion to the 5 water molecules in the
formula.
Pentahydroborite CaB2O(OH)6·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition.
Pentlandite (Fe,Ni)9S8 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Irish natural
historian, J. B. Pentland (1797-1873).
Penwithite * (see Neotocite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Penzhinite (Ag,Cu)4Au(S,Se)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Penzhina River, near the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.
Peprossiite-(Ce) (Ce,La)(Al3O)2/3B4O10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Giuseppe "PEP" = Rossi (1938-1990), Italian crystallographer and mineralogist.
Percleveite-(Ce) ! (Ce,La,Nd)2Si2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Per Theodor
Cleve (1840-1905), discoverer of Holmium (Ho) and Thulium (Tm).
Percylite * (see Boleite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Percylite * (see Pseudoboleite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Peretaite CaSb+++4O4(OH)2(SO4)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Pereta, Tuscany, Italy.
Perhamite Ca3Al7(SiO4)3(PO4)4(OH)3·16.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Frank C. Perham (1934-), U.S. Geologist and pegmatite miner.
Periclase MgO NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek peri - "around" and klao -
"to cut."
Peridot * (see Forsterite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Peridot * (see Olivine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Perite PbBiO2Cl
Perlialite K8Tl4Al12Si24O72·20(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Lily
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Alekseevna Perekrest, teacher of mineralogy at the Kirovsk Mining Technical

School
Perloffite Ba(Mn,Fe++)2Fe+++2(PO4)3(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Louis Perloff (1907-), American lawyer and collector of microscopic minerals.
Permanganogrunerite ! [ ]Mn4(Fe++)3(Si8O22)(OH)2
Permingeatite Cu3SbSe4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Francois Permingeat
(1917-1988), mineralogist, University of Toulouse, France.
Perofskite * (see Perovskite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Perovskite CaTiO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Russian mineralogist,
L. A. Perovski (1792-1856).
Perraultite (Na,Ca)2(Ba,K)2(Mn++,Fe++)8(Ti,Nb)4Si8O32(OH,F,O)6 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Guy Perault (1937-) of Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal,
Canada.
Perrierite-(Ce) (Ce,La,Ca)4(Fe++,Mg)2(Ti,Fe+++)3Si4O22 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Carlo Perier (1886-1948), Italian mineralogist.
Perroudite Hg5-xAg4+xS5-x(Cl,I,Br)4+x NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre
Perroud, Professor at Voltaire College, Geneva, Switzerland, for his work on
Cap-Garonne minerals.
Perryite (Ni,Fe)8(Si,P)3
Pertsevite ! Mg2(BO3)F NAME ORIGIN: After Nikolai Nikolayewich Pertsev
(b. 1930), IGEM, Moscow, in recognition of his work on boron minerals and
deposits.
Petalite LiAlSi4O10 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek petalon - "leaf" in
allusion to the perfect basal cleavage.
Petarasite Na5Zr2Si6O18(Cl,OH)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Peter
Tarasoff, amateur mineralogist, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec, Canada.
Petedunnite Ca(Zn,Mn++,Fe++,Mg)Si2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pete J.
Dunn, Department of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.
C., USA.
Peterbaylissite Hg+3(CO3)(OH)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Peter Bayliss,
Prof. emeritus of Mineralogy, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University
of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Petersenite-(Ce) (Na,Ca)4(Ce,La,Nd)2(CO3)5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Ole Valdemar Petersen (1939-), Curator, Geology Museum, Copenhagen,
Denmark.
Petersite-(Y) (Y,Ce,Nd,Ca)Cu6(PO4)3(OH)6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Thomas A. Peters (1947-) and Joseph Peters (1951-), curators of
minerals at the Paterson, New Jersey museum and the American Museum of
Natural History, New York, respectively.
Petewilliamsite ! (Ni,Co,Cu)30(As2O7)15 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Peter
(Pete) Allan Williams (b. 1950), Professor, Minerals and Materials Group, School of
Science, Food and Horticulture, University of Western Sydney, Penrith South DC,
New Sou
Petitjeanite Bi+++3(PO4)2O(OH)
Petrovicite PbHgCu3BiSe5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Petrovice deposit, Czech Republic.
Petrovskaite AuAg(S,Se) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nina Petrovskaya (1910-),
Russian mineralogist.
Petrukite (Cu,Fe,Zn)2(Sn,In)S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Petruk
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Petscheckite U++++Fe++(Nb,Ta)2O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eckhard
Petsch (1939-), of Idar-Oberstein, Germany, who was a noteworthy prospector in
Madagascar.
Petterdite ! PbCr+++2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for amateur
mineralogist William Frederick Petterd (1849-1910), an amateur collector who
published several significant catalogues on the mineralogy of Tasmania.
Petzite Ag3AuTe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the chemist, W. Petz.
Pezzottaite ! Cs(Be2Li)Al2Si6O18 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Federico
Pezzotta of the Museo Civico, Milano, Italy for his work on the granitic
pegmatites of Madagascar.
Phacellite * (see Kaliophilite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Pharmacolite CaHAsO4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek,
farmakon, "poison" and lithos, "stone."
Pharmacosiderite KFe+++4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From
the Greek, farmakon for "poison" and sideros for "iron."
Phaunouxite Ca3(AsO4)·11(H2O)
Phenakite Be2SiO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek phenakos -
"ldeceiver", in allusion to its similarity to quartz when colorless.
Phenenthrene * (see Ravatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Philipsbornite PbAl3(AsO4)2(OH)5·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Helut
von Philipsborn (1892-1983), Mineralogist, University of Bonn, Germany.
Philipsburgite (Cu,Zn)6(AsO4,PO4)2(OH)6·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality LOCALITY: Black Pine mine, Flink Creek Valley, John Long Mountains,
14.5 km west of Philipsburg, Montana, USA.
Phillipsite * (see Phillipsite-Na ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Phillipsite-Ca ! (Ca,K,Na)1-2(Si,Al)8O16·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
William Phillips (1775-1829), English mineralogist and founder of the Geological
Society of London. The Ca-dominant member of the phillipsite series.
Phillipsite-K ! (K,Na,Ca)1-2(Si,Al)8O16·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
William Phillips (1775-1829), English mineralogist and founder of the Geological
Society of London. The K-dominant member of the phillipsite series.
Phillipsite-Na (Na,K,Ca)1-2(Si,Al)8O16·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after William Phillips (1775-1829), English mineralogist and founder of the
Geological Society of London. Na modifier added by zeolite nomenclature
committee.
Philolithite ! Pb12O6Mn(Mg,Mn)2(Mn,Mg)4(SO4)(CO3)4Cl4(OH)12 NAME
ORIGIN: The name is from the Greek philos (=loving) and lithos (=stone) in honor
of the Friends of Mineralogy.
Phlogopite KMg3(Si3Al)O10(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek
flogopos - "resembling fire."
Phlogopite-Na * (see Aspidolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Phoenicochroite Pb2(CrO4)O NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "deep
red" and "color", in allusion to the color
Phosgenite Pb2(CO3)Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the composition
phosgene (COCl2), as the mineral contains this compound.
Phosinaite-(Ce) Na13Ca2Ce[Si4O12](PO4)4 NAME ORIGIN: For
PHOsphorus, SIlicon, and sodium, NAtrium, in the composition.
Phosphammite (NH4)2HPO4
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Phosphoellenbergerite ! Mg14(PO4)6(PO3OH,CO3)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN:

Named as the phosphate analogue of ellenbergerite.
Phosphoferrite (Fe++,Mn)3(PO4)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
compositoin, PHOSPHate and FERRous Iron.
Phosphofibrite KCuFe+++15(PO4)12(OH)12·12(H2O)
Phosphogartrellite ! PbCuFe+++(PO4)2(OH,H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN: For the
relationship with gartrellite.
Phosphomimetite * (see Pyromorphite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Phosphophyllite Zn2(Fe++,Mn)(PO4)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after its chemical composition containing phosphorus and the Greek fyllon -
meaning "leaf."
Phosphorroesslerite * (see Phosphorrosslerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Phosphorrosslerite Mg(PO3OH)·7(H2O)
Phosphosiderite Fe+++PO4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
chemical composition, PHOSPHrous and SIDERos, Iron..
Phosphovanadylite ! (Ba,Ca,K,Na)x[(V,Al)4P2(O,OH)16]·12(H2O) x~0.66
NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of phosphate and the vanadyl
(V++++O2)-- group.
Phosphowalpurgite ! (UO2)Bi4(PO4)O4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as
the phosphate (PO4---) analogue of walpurgite.
Phosphuranylite KCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the composititon, PHOSPHorus, and URANYL, U4+.
Phthalimide * (see Kladnoite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Phuralumite Al2(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the composition of PHosphate, URanium, and ALUMinum.
Phurcalite Ca2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·7(H2O)
Phyllotungstite CaFe+++3H(WO4)6·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
crystal habit and composition.
Pianlinite - Disordered * (see Kaolinite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Picene * (see Idrialite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Pickeringite MgAl2(SO4)4·22(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after J.
Pickering (1777-1846).
Picotpaulite TlFe2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paul Picot (1931-), French
mineralogist.
Picrolite * (see Antigorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Picromerite K2Mg(SO4)2·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for
"bitter" and "part" in allusion to the magnesium content which makes this water-
soluble salt bitter to the taste.
Picropharmacolite Ca4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for its magnesia content and the similarity to pharmacolite.
Picrosmine * (see Antigorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Piedmontite * (see Piemontite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Piemontite Ca2(Al,Mn,Fe)3(SiO4)3(OH) = Ca2(Mn,Fe)Al2(SiO4)
(Si2O7)O(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Piedmont, Italy.
Pierrotite Tl2Sb6As4S16 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Roland Pierrot (1930-),
Pigeonite (Mg,Fe++,Ca)(Mg,Fe++)Si2O6
Pillaite ! Pb9Sb10S23ClO0.5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Leopoldo Pilla
(1805-1848), Italian Earth scientist.
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Pilsenite Bi4Te3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Deutsch
Pilsen ( Nagybörzsöny), Hungary
Pimelite Ni3Si4O10(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Greek word
for "fat", in allusion to the mineral's appearance.
Pinakiolite Mg2Mn+++O2(BO3) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek
for "small tablet", in allusion to the morphology.
Pinalite Pb3(WO4)OCl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Mammoth mine, Pinal County, Arizona, USA.
Pinchite Hg++5O4Cl2
Pingguite Bi+++6Te++++2O13 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: At Yangjiava, Pinggu County, near Beijing, People's Republic of
China.
Pinnoite MgB2O4·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for chief councilor of
Mines, Pinno, of Halle, Germany.
Pintadoite Ca2V2O7·9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Canyon Pintado, San Juan Co., New Mexico, USA.
Piotine * (see Saponite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Piretite ! Ca(UO2)3(SeO3)2(OH)4-4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Paul Piret
(1932- ), Professor of Crystallography, University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Pirquitasite Ag2ZnSnS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Pirquitas deposit, Rinconada department, Jujuy province, Argentina
Pirssonite Na2Ca(CO3)2·2(H2O)
Pistacite - pistachio green * (see Epidote ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Pistanite (copper bearing) * (see Melanterite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Pitiglianoite Na6K2Si6Al6O24(SO4)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
the locality. LOCALITY: Casa Collina, Ptigliano, Tuscany, Italy.
Pitticite Hydrous ferric arsenate sulfate (Fe, AsO4, SO4, H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: From the Greek for "pitch", for its typical resinous appearance.
Piypite K2Cu2(SO4)2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Boris I. Piyp (1906-1966),
Russian geologist and director, Institute of Volcanology, Petropoavlovsk-
Kamchatskii.
Placodine * (see Maucherite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Plagioclase * (Na,Ca)(Si,Al)4O8 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek plagios -
"oblique" and klao - "I cleave" in allusion to the obtuse cleavage angles of the
good cleavages.
Plagionite Pb5Sb8S17 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, plagios meaning
"oblique."
Plancheite Cu8Si8O22(OH)4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after J. Planche
who brought it from Africa.
Planerite Al6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for D. I.
Planer, director of mines, Gumeshevsk, Ural Mountains, Russia.
Plasma - green chalcedony * (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Plaster of Paris * (see Bassanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Platarsite (Pt,Rh,Ru)AsS NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition,
PLATinum and ARSenic.
Platiniridium * (see Iridium ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Platinum Pt NAME ORIGIN: Spanish, platina = "silver."
Plattnerite PbO2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German metallurgist, K.
F. Plattner (1800-1858).
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Platynite ? (Bi,Pb)3(Se,S)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1910 from the Greek

"to broaden", in allusion to its platy habit.
Playfairite Pb16Sb18S43 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Playfair (1748-1819),
Professor of Natural Philosophy, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Plazolite * (see Hibschite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Pleonaste * (see Magnesioferrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Plessite - Taenite and Kamacite * (see Kamacite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Plessite - Taenite and Kamacite * (see Taenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Plombierite Ca5H2Si6O18·6(H2O) (?)
Plumalsite ? Pb4Al2(SiO3)7 (?)
Plumbago * (see Graphite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Plumbobetafite (Pb,U,Ca)(Ti,Nb)2O6(OH,F) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the lead (PLUMBium), and other betafite minerals.
Plumboferrite Pb2Fe+++(11-x)Mn++xO19-2x (x=1/3) NAME ORIGIN: From the
Latin (PLUMum) for lead and FERROus iron in the composition.
Plumbogummite PbAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
composition: plumbum - "lead" and gummi - "indian rubber."
Plumbojarosite PbFe+++6(SO4)4(OH)12 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
chemical composition (a variety of jarosite with Pb replacing K).
Plumbomicrolite (Pb,Ca,U)2Ta2O6(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for lead,
"PLUMBum" and its relationship to microlite.
Plumbonacrite Pb10(CO3)6O(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named in for its
composition and luster.
Plumbopalladinite Pd3Pb2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition.
Plumbopyrochlore (Pb,Y,U,Ca)2-xNb2O6(OH) NAME ORIGIN: For lead,
PLUMBum, in its composition and its relationship to pyrochlore.
Plumbotellurite PbTe++++O3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition
(Pb, Te).
Plumbotsumite Pb5Si4O8(OH)10
Plumbum * (see Lead ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Plumosite * Pb2Sb2S5
Poitevinite (Cu,Fe++,Zn)SO4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Theophile
Eugene Poitevin (1888-1978), Canadian mineralogist, Geological Survey of
Canada.
Pokrovskite Mg2(CO3)(OH)2·0.5(H2O)
Polarite Pd(Bi,Pb) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Talnakh,
Norilsk, Polar Ural Mountians, Russia.
Poldervaartite (Ca,Mn++)2SiO3(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arie
Poldervaart (1918-1964), Professor of Petrology, Columbia University, New York
City, New York, USA.
Polhemusite (Zn,Hg)S NAME ORIGIN: Named for Clyde Polhemus Ross,
American economic geologist.
Polianite * (see Pyrolusite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Polkanovite ! Rh12As7 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Yuri Aleksandrovich
Polkanov (b. 1935), Academician, Institute of Mineral Resources, Academy of
Technical Sciences of Ukraine, known for his studies of the mineralogy and ore
Polkovicite (Fe,Pb)3(Ge,Fe)1-xS4
Pollucite (Cs,Na)2Al2Si4O12·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Pollux, a
figure from Greek mythology, brother of Castor, for its common association with
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"castorite" (petalite).
Polyakovite-(Ce) ! (Ce,La,Nd,Pr,Ca)4(Mg,Fe++)(Cr,Fe+++)2(Ti,Nb)2Si4O22
NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vladislav O. Polyakoy (1950-1993), Russian
mineralogist.
Polybasite (Ag,Cu)16Sb2S11 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, poly,
"many" and basis, "a base" in allusion to the basic character of the compound.
Polycrase-(Y) (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6 NAME ORIGIN: From the
Greek for "many" and "mixture", in reference to the large number of chemical
elements in the formula.
Polydymite NiNi2S4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "many" and "twin",
as the mineral is observed in twinned forms.
Polyhalite K2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek,
polys, meaning "much" and hals, meaning "salt." in allusion to the many salt
components in the formulae..
Polylithionite KLi2AlSi4O10(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek "ploy"
for many or much, and in allusion to its high LITHIum content.
Polymignite-metamict * (see Zirconolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Polymignite-metamict * (see Zirkelite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Polyphite-VII Na17Ca3Mg(Ti,Mn)4[Si2O7]2(PO4)6O2F6 NAME ORIGIN:
Named from the Greek for "many" and PHosphorus for the multiple phosphate
anions in the formula.
Polyphite-VIII Na17Ca3Mg(Ti,Mn)4[Si2O7]2(PO4)6O2F6 NAME ORIGIN:
Named from the Greek for "many" and PHosphorus for the multiple phosphate
anions in the formula.
Ponomarevite K4Cu++4OCl10
Portlandite Ca(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named because the material is a
common product of hydration of portland cement.
Posnjakite Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
geochemist, E. W. Posnjak (1888-1949).
Potarite PdHg NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Potaro
River area, Guyana.
Potash Alum * (see Potassium-alum ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Potash Mica * (see Muscovite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Potassic-carpholite ! (K,Na,[ ])(Li,Mn++)2Al)4Si4O12(OH)4(F,OH)4 NAME
ORIGIN: Named as the potassium-dominant member of carpholite.
Potassic-chlorohastingsite ! (K,Na)Ca2(Fe++,Mg)4Fe+++[Si6Al2O22](Cl,OH)2
NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition and for Hastings Co., Ontario,
Canada..
Potassic-chloropargasite ! (K,Na)Ca2(Mg,Fe2+)4Al(Si6Al2O22)(Cl,OH)2
NAME ORIGIN: Named as K-rich chloroparagasite as per IMA-approved
amphibole nomenclature.
Potassic-fluororichterite ! (K,Na)(CaNa)Mg5[Si8O22]F2
Potassic-magnesiosadanagaite
(K,Na)Ca2(Mg,Fe++,Al,Ti)5[(Si,Al)8O22](OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition and for Ryoichi Sadanaga (1920-), professor emeritus, University of
Tokyo.
Potassicarfvedsonite ! KNa2Fe++4Fe+++Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
as the K-dominant analogue of arfvedsonite.
Potassicferrisadanagaite ! (K,Na)Ca2(Fe++,Mg)2(Fe+++,Al)2[Si5Al3O22]
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(OH,F,O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition and relationship to

sadanagaite.
Potassicleakeite ! KNa2Mg2Fe+++2LiSi8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
as the K-dominant analog of leakeite.
Potassicpargasite ! (K,Na)Ca2(Mg,Fe++)5Si8O22(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named after its containing potassium and the locality. LOCALITY: Pargas,
Turku-Pori, Finland.
Potassicrichterite ! (K,Na)(CaNa)2Mg5[Si8O22](OH,F)2
Potassicsadanagaite ! (K,Na)Ca2[Fe++3(Al,Fe+++)2][Si5Al3O22](OH)2
NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition and for Ryoichi Sadanaga (1920-),
professor emeritus, University of Tokyo.
Potassium autunite * (see Meta-ankoleite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Potassium-alum KAl(SO4)2·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
element K and the Latin, alumen.
Potassium-fluor-richterite * (see Potassic-fluororichterite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Potosiite Pb6Sn2FeSb2S14 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its locality. LOCALITY:

Andacaba deposit, Potosi, Bolivia.
Pottsite PbBiH(VO4)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Potts, Lander Coundy, Nevada. USA.
Poubaite PbBi2Se2(Te,S)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Z. Pouba, economic
geologist, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Poudretteite KNa2B3Si12O30
Poughite Fe+++2(TeO3)2(SO4)·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frederick
Harvey Pough (1906-), American mineralogist, curator, and writer.
Povondraite ! (Na,K)(Fe+++,Fe++)3(Fe,Mg,Al)6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Pavel Povandra (1924-), mineralogits, Charles University,
Prague, Czech Repubic.
Povondraite - (61.3.1.6) * (see Povondraite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Powellite CaMoO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the American
geologist, John Westly Powell (1834-1902).
Poyarkovite Hg3ClO NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vlakimir Erastovich
Poyarkov, Russian geologist, well-known investigator of mercury and antimony
deposits.
Prase - green * (see Opal ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Prase - leek green chalcedony * (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Prassoite Rh17S15 (?)
Prassoite * (see Miassite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Pravdite * (see Britholite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Precious opal - opalescent * (see Opal ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Prehnite Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Dutch
Colonel, H. Von Prehn (1733-1785).
Preisingerite Bi3(AsO4)2O(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Anton Preisinger
(1925-), Mineralogist, University of Technology, Vienna.
Preiswerkite NaMg2Al3Si2O10(OH)2
Preobrazhenskite Mg3B11O15(OH)9
Pretulite ! ScPO4 NAME ORIGIN: For the mountain Pretul, one of the
localities at which the mineral occurs. LOCALITY: The type locality is 100 m
southwest of Hollkegel, which is 12 km south-southwest of Murzzuschlag,
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Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria.

Priceite Ca2B5O7(OH)5·H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named after the American
metallurgist, Thomas Price (1837-?), San Francisco metallurgist, who first analyzed
the mineral.
Priderite (K,Ba)(Ti,Fe+++)8O16 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rex Tregilgas
Prider (1910-), Professor of Geology, University of Western Australia.
Pringleite Ca9B26O34(OH)24Cl4·13(H2O)
Prismatine ! ([ ],Fe,Mg)(Mg,Al,Fe)5Al4Si2(Si,Al)2(B,Si,Al)(O,OH,F)22
Prismatine * (see Kornerupine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Prixite * (see Mimetite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Probertite NaCaB5O7(OH)4·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank H.
Probert (1876-1940), University of California, who discovered the mineral.
Prochlorite * (see Clinochlore ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Prosopite CaAL2(F,OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek prosopon -
"mask."
Prosperite CaZn2(AsO4)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Prosper J.
Williams (1910-), South African-Canadian mineral dealer from Toronto, Canada.
Protasite Ba(UO2)3O3(OH)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jean
Protas (1931-), University of Nancy, France.
Protoallophane * (see Allophane ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Protoanthophyllite ! (Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the
proto-type analog of anthophyllite. The prefix proto refers to a half-rotation
about the b axis between successive layers of octahedra.
Protoferro-anthophyllite ! (Fe++,Mn++)2(Fe++,Mg)5(Si4O11)2(OH)2 NAME
ORIGIN: The name indicates the structural relationship to protoamphiboles, and
the compositional relationship to anthophyllite.
Protojoseite * Bi4TeS2 (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named as a precursor of joseite.
Protomangano-ferro-anthophyllite !
(Mn++,Fe++)2(Fe++,Mg)5(Si4O11)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: The name indicates the
structural relationship to protoamphiboles, and the compositional relationship to
protoferro-anthophyllite and anthophyllite.
Proudite (Pb,Cu)8Bi9-10(S,Se)22 NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. S. Proud, a
Director of the Peko-Wallsend mining
Proustite Ag3AsS3 NAME ORIGIN: After the French chemist, J. L. Proust
(1755-1826).
Przhevalskite Pb(UO2)2(PO4)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nikolai
M. Przhevalsky (1839-1888), Russian explorer.
Pseudo-autunite * (H3O)4Ca2(UO2)2(PO4)4·5(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for its similarity to autunite and meta-autunite in composition and
occurrence.
Pseudoboleite Pb5Cu4Cl10(OH)8·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
similarity to the mineral Boleite.
Pseudobrookite (Fe+++,Fe++)2(Ti,Fe++)O5 NAME ORIGIN: From the
Greek pseudo - "I mislead" and the mineral brookite.
Pseudocotunnite K2PbCl4 (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Greek
"pseudo", false and cotunnite, a mineral it resembles in some respects.
Pseudograndreefite Pb6SO4F1O
Pseudojohannite ! Cu5(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)16·14(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
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Pseudolaueite Mn++Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2·7-8(H2O)
Pseudomalachite Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: From ghe Greek,
pseudo - "false" and malachite.
Pseudonatrolite * (see Mordenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Pseudorutile Fe+++2Ti3O9
Pseudosinhalite ! Mg2Al3B2O9(OH) NAME ORIGIN: The name alludes to the
optical, chemical, and structural similarity to sinhalite.
Psilomelane ? (Ba,H2O)2Mn5O10 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1758 from the
Greek psilos - "smooth" and melas - "black."
Psilomelane * (see Cryptomelane ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Psilomelane * (see Romanechite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ptilolite * (see Mordenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Pucherite BiVO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY:
Oxidized portions of Bi-Ag-U-Ca veins in the Pucher shaft of the Wolfgang Mine,
Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany.
Pumpellyite * (see Pumpellyite-(Mg) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Pumpellyite-(Fe++) Ca2Fe++(Al,Fe+++)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2·(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named after the American geologist, R. Pumpelly (1837-1923).
Pumpellyite-(Fe+++) Ca2Fe+++Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH,O)2·(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named after the American geologist, R. Pumpelly (1837-1923).
Pumpellyite-(Mg) Ca2MgAl2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after the American geologist, R. Pumpelly (1837-1923).
Pumpellyite-(Mn++) Ca2(Mn++,Mg)(Al,Mn+++,Fe)2(SiO4)(Si2O7(OH)2·(H2O)
NAME ORIGIN: Named after the American geologist, R. Pumpelly (1837-1923).
Purpurite Mn+++PO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin purpureus - "purple
red."
Pushcharovskite ! Cu(AsO3OH)·1.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
Dmitry Yurievich Pushcharovsky (b. 1944), crystallographer, Moscow State
University, Russia.
Putoranite Cu1.1Fe1.2S2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Putoran Mountains,
Siberia.
Putzite ! (Cu4.7Ag3.3)GeS6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hubert Putz (1973-),
who discovered the new species during field work in Catamarca, for his
significant contribution to the mineralogy of germanium in the Capillitas deposit.
Pyatenkoite-(Y) ! Na5(Y,Dy,Gd)TiSi6O18·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Yu. A.
Pyatenko (1928-), prominent Russian crystal chemist.
Pycnite - yellowish white- * (see Topaz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Pyrantimonite * (see Kermesite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Pyrargyrite Ag3SbS3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, pyr and argyros,
"fire-silver" in allusion to color and silver content.
Pyrite FeS2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, pyrites lithos, "stone which
strikes fire," in allusion to the sparking produced when iron is struck by a lump of
pyrite.
Pyroaurite Mg6Fe+++2(CO3)(OH)16·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the
Greek, pyro and the Latin aurium, "fire" and "golden" because of the gold-like
submetallic scales present in its type locality. LOCALITY: Langbanshyttan,
Sweden.
Pyrobelonite PbMn(VO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for
"fire" and "needle", in allusion to the color and habit.
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Pyrochlore (Na,Ca)2Nb2O6(OH,F) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek pyr -

"fire" and chloros - "green."
Pyrochroite Mn(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek, puro, "fire"
and khroma, "color", because of the change in color upon ignition.
Pyrocoproite * (Mg(K,Na))2P2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's derivation
from bat guano combustion.
Pyrolusite MnO2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, pyro and louein, "fire"
and "to wash," because it was used to remove the greenish color imparted to
glass by iron compounds.
Pyromorphite Pb5(PO4)3Cl NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek pyr - "fire" and
morfe - "form" in allusion the recrystallization reaction of the molten mineral.
Pyrope Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, pyropos,
"fiery-eyed" in allusion to the red hue.
Pyrophanite MnTiO3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek pyr - "fire" and fanos -
"shining."
Pyrophosphite * K2CaP2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Greek pyros,
meaning fire and the element name - Phosphorus.
Pyrophyllite Al2Si4O10(OH)2
Pyrosmalite * (see Ferropyrosmalite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Pyrosmalite * (see Manganpyrosmalite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Pyrostilpnite Ag3SbS3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, pyr, "fire" and
stilpnos, "shining."
Pyroxferroite (Fe++,Mn)7[Si7O21] NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
resemblance to the pyroxenes and containing iron over manganese..
Pyroxmangite (Mn,Fe++)SiO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
resemblance to the pyroxenes and containing manganese.
Pyrrhotite Fe(1-x)S (x=0-0.17) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, phrrhotes,
"redness," in allusion to color.

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Qandilite (Mg,Fe++)2(Ti,Fe+++,Al)O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its

occurrence in rocks of the Quadil Group, Iraq.
Qilianshanite NaH4(CO3)(BO3)·2(H2O)
Qingheiite Na2(Mn++,Mg,Fe++)(Al,Fe+++)(PO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality. LOCALITY: Qinghe County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,
China.
Qitianlingite Fe++2Nb2W++++++O10
Quadratite ! Ag(Cd,Pb)AsS3 NAME ORIGIN: The name is derived from the
conspicuous quadratic shape of the mineral.
Quadridavyne (Na,K)6Ca2Al6Si6O24Cl4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin
"quad" for four, as the mineral has four times the unit cell volume of the related
mineral species davyne.
Quadruphite-VII Na14CaMgTi4[Si2O7]2(PO4)4O4F2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for the Latin "quadruplex" and the element phosphorus, for the quantity of PO4
groups in the formula.
Quadruphite-VIII Na14CaMgTi4(Si2O7)2(PO4)4O4F2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
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groups in the formula.
Quartz SiO2 NAME ORIGIN: From the German "quarz", of uncertain
origin.
Quecksilber * (see Mercury ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Queitite Pb4Zn2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(SO4)
Quenselite PbMn+++O2(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Percy Dudgeon
Quensel (1881-1966), Swidish mineralogist and petrolgist, Stockholm University,
Sweden.
Quenstedtite Fe+++2(SO4)3·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
German mineralogist, F. A. Quenstedt (1809-1889).
Quetenite * (see Botryogen ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Quetzalcoatlite Zn8Cu4(TeO3)3(OH)18 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Quetzalcoatl, a Toltec god of the sea, in allusion of the sea blue-green color of
the mineral.
Quicksilver * (see Mercury ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Quintinite-2H Mg4Al2(OH)12CO3·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
Quintin Wight (b. 1935), of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, significant contributor to
mineral studies at Mont Saint-Hilaire, and author of The Complete Book of
micromounting (1993).
Quintinite-3T Mg4Al2(OH)12CO3·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
Quintin Wight (b. 1935), of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, significant contributor to
mineral studies at Mont Saint-Hilaire, and author of The Complete Book of
Micromounting (1993).
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This alphabetical listing of R minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of
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Raadeite ! Mg7(PO4)2(OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gunnar Raade

(1944-), minerals curator at the Natural History Museum, Oslo, Norway.
Rabbittite Ca3Mg3(UO2)2(CO3)6(OH)4·18(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for John Charles Rabbitt (1907-1957), geologist with the U. S. Geological Survey.
Rabejacite Ca(UO2)4(SO4)2(OH)6·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality. LOCALITY: Rabejac and Mas d'Alary village a few kilometers from
Lodeve, France.
Radhakrishnaite PbTe3(Cl,S)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after B. P.
Radhakrishna (1918-), Indian mineralogist.
Radial Blende * (see Wurtzite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Radiobarite * (Ba,Ra)SO4 NAME ORIGIN: From radium replacing barium
and from the Greek, baryos, "heavy."
Radovanite ! Cu2Fe+++(AsO4)[As+++O2(OH)2]·H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Radovan Cerny (1957-), crystallographer at the University of Geneva,
Switzerland.
Radtkeite Hg3S2ClI NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur S. Radtke (1936-2004),
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Rafaelite * (see Paralaurionite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Raguinite TlFeS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eugene Raguin (1900-), French
geologist.
Raite Na3Mn3Ti0.25Si8O20(OH)2·10(H2O)
Rajite CuTe++++2O5 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Robert Allen Jenkins
(RAJ-ite), a mineralogist who first recognized the species.
Ralstonite NaxMgxAl2-x(F,OH)6·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. Grier
Ralston (1851-1880) of Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA, who first observed the
mineral.
Rambergite ! MnS NAME ORIGIN: Named after Hans Ramberg (1917-1998),
Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology at the University of Chicago, then at the
University of Uppsala, Sweden.
Ramdohrite Ag3Pb6Sb11S24 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paul Ramdohr
(1890-1985), German mineralogist.
Rameauite K2CaU++++++6O20·9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Jacques Rameau (1926-1960), French prospector who discovered the deposit
where the mineral occurs.
Rammelsbergite NiAs2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German chemist
and mineralogist, K. F. Rammelsberg (1812-1899).
Ramsayite * (see Lorenzenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ramsbeckite (Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality. LOCALITY: Bastenberg mine, near Ramsbeck, Germany.
Ramsdellite MnO2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the American
mineralogist, Lewis S. Ramsdell (1895-1975), of the University of Michigan, who
first described the mineral.
Rancieite (Ca,Mn++)Mn++++4O9·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Rancie, near Vicdessos, Ariege, France.
Rankachite CaFe++V+++++4W++++++8O36·12(H2O)
Rankamaite (Na,K,Pb,Li)3(Ta,Nb,Al)11(O,OH)30 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Kalervo Rankama (1913-), Finnish geochemist, University of Helsinki.
Rankinite Ca3Si2O7
Ranquilite * (see Haiweeite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ransomite CuFe+++2(SO4)4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Federick
Leslie Ransome (1868-1935), U.S. Mining geologist.
Ranunculite HAl(UO2)(PO4)(OH)3·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
color "ranunculus", buttercup.
Rapidcreekite Ca2(SO4)(CO3)·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Rapid Creek, Big Fish river area, Yukon Territories, Canada.
Rappoldite ! Pb(Co,Ni,Zn,)2(AsO4)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
locality. LOCALITY: Dump material from the Rappold mine near Schneeberg,
Saxony, Germay.
Raslakite ! Na15Ca3Fe3(Na,Zr)3Zr3(Si,Nb)(Si25O73)(OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH) NAME
ORIGIN: Named after the Raslak cirques near Mount Kedykverpakhk.
Rasorite * (see Kernite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Raspite PbWO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles Rasp (1846-1907),
German-Australian prospector, discovered of the Broken Hill ore deposit.
Rastsvetaevite ! Na27K8Ca12Fe3Zr6Si52O144(O,OH,H2O)6Cl2 NAME ORIGIN:
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Rasvumite KFe2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:

Rasvumchorr and Kidusvumchorr apatite deposits, Khibina massif, Kola
Peninsula, Russia.
Rathite Pb8Pb4-x(Tl2As2)x(Ag2As2)As16S40 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Gerhard von Rath (1830-1888), Professor of Mineralogy, Bonn, Germany.
Rauenthalite Ca3(AsO4)2·10(H2O)
Rauvite Ca(UO2)2V+++++10O28·16(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the composition, RAdium, Uranium, and Vanadium.
Ravatite C14H10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Ravat,
Fan-Jagnob coal basin, Dushambe, Tajikistan
Rayite (Ag,Tl)2Pb8Sb8S21 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Santosh K. Ray of
President College, Calcutta, India.
Realgar AsS NAME ORIGIN: From the Arabic, rahj al ghar, "powder of the
mine;"
Rebulite Tl5Sb5As8S22 NAME ORIGIN: Unknown name derivation.
Rectorite (Na,Ca)Al4(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
E. W. Rector (1849-1917), legislator and lawyer of Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA.
Red Antimony * (see Kermesite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Red Lead Ore * (see Crocoite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Red oxide of copper * (see Cuprite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Red oxide of lead * (see Minium ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Red Oxide of Zinc * (see Zincite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Reddingite Mn++3(PO4)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Branchville, in the town of Redding, Fairfield Co.,
Connecticut.
Redingtonite (Fe++,Mg,Ni)(Cr,Al)2(SO4)4·22(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after it's locality. LOCALITY: Redington mine, Knoxville, Napa Co., California.
Redledgeite BaTi6Cr+++2O16·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's
locality. LOCALITY: Red Ledge mine, south of Washington, Nevada Co.,
California.
Reederite-(Y) ! Na15Y2(CO3)9(SO3F)Cl NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Richard J.
Reeder, currently co-editor of the American Mineralogist.
Reedmergnerite NaBSi3O8
Reevesite Ni6Fe+++2(CO3)(OH)16·4(H2O)
Refikite C19H31COOH
Reichardite - massive * (see Epsomite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Reichenbachite Cu++5(PO4)2(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Reichenbach, Odenwald, Germany.
Reidite ! ZrSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alan F. Reid who first produced
this high pressure phase in the laboratory.
Reinerite Zn3(As+++O3)2
Reinhardbraunsite Ca5(SiO4)2(OH,F)2
Remondite-(Ce) Na3(Ce,La,Ca,Na,Sr)3(CO3)5
Remondite-(La) ! Na3(La,Ce,Ca)3(CO3)5 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the La
analog of remondite-(Ce).
Renardite Pb(UO2)4(PO4)2(OH)4·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Alphonse Francois Renard (1842-1903), mineralogist, University of Ghent, Belgium.
Rengeite ! Sr4ZrTi4Si4O22 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mt Renge, near the
discovery location and the jadeitite-bearing Renge metamorphic belt.
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Renierite (Cu,Zn)11(Ge,As)2Fe4S16 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Armand

Renier, Belgian geologist adn Director of the Belgian Geological Survey.
Reniforite * (see Jordanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Reppiaite Mn++5[(V,As)O4]2(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Gambatesa mine, near Reppia, Val Graveglia, Italy.
Resin * (see Amber ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Retgersite NiSO4·6(H2O)
Retzian-(Ce) Mn2Ce(AsO4)(OH)4
Retzian-(La) (Mn,Mg)2(La,Ce,Nd)(AsO4)(OH)4
Retzian-(Nd) Mn2(Nd,Ce,La)(AsO4)(OH)4
Revdanskite * (see Pimelite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Revdite Na2Si2O5·5(H2O)
Reyerite (Na,K)4Ca14Si22Al2O58(OH)8·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Eduard Reyer (1849-1907), Austrian geologist.
Rhabdite * (see Schreibersite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Rhabdophane-(Ce) (Ce,La)PO4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the
Greek, "rod" and "to appear", in allusion to the characteristic bands shown in its
spectrum.
Rhabdophane-(La) (La,Ce)PO4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named to
distinguish the La rich form of rhabdophane-Ce.
Rhabdophane-(Nd) (Nd,Ce,La)PO4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named to
distinguish the Nd rich form of rhabdophane-Ce.
Rheniite * (see IMA1999-004a ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Rhenium * Re NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Rhine River in Germany in
1925.
Rhodarsenide ! (Rh,Pd)2As NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical
composition of rhodium and arsenic.
Rhodesite KHCa2Si8O19·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Cecil John
Rhodes (1853-1902), British founder of the DeBeers Mining Company and for
Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa where the mineral was studied.
Rhodium (Rh,Pt) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek, rhodon = "rose" in
allusion to the colored salts.
Rhodizite (K,Cs)Al4Be4(B,Be)12O28 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the
Greek "rose-colored" because it tinges the blowpipe flame red.
Rhodochrosite MnCO3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek rhodon -"rose"
and chroma - "color."
Rhodolite * (see Pyrope ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Rhodonite (Mn++,Fe++,Mg,Ca)SiO3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek
rhodos - "rose colored."
Rhodostannite Cu2FeSn3S8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its reddish color
compared to stannite.
Rhodplumsite Pb2Rh3S2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition.
Rhoenite * (see Rhonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Rhomboclase (H5O2)+Fe+++(SO4)2·2(H2O)
Rhonite Ca2(Mg,Fe++,Fe+++,Ti)6(Si,Al)6O20 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality. LOCALITY: Rhon Mountains, at Scharnhausen, near Stuttgart,
Germany.
Ribbeite (Mn++,Mg)5(SiO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paul Ribbe of
Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University.
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Richellite Ca3Fe+++10(PO4)8(OH)12·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the

locality. LOCALITY: Richelle, near Vise in Liege, Balgium.
Richelsdorfite Ca2Cu5Sb(AsO4)4Cl(OH)6·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for the locality. LOCALITY: Richelsdorf Mountains, Hesse, Germany.
Richetite PbU++++++4O13·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Emile
Richet (1884-1938), chief geologist, Union Miniere du Haut Katanga.
Richterite Na(CaNa)(Mg,Fe++)5[Si8O22](OH)2
Richterite-K * (see Potassicrichterite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Rickardite Cu7Te5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Thomas Arthur Rickard
(1864-1953), mining engineer and Editor of the Engineering and Mining Journal,
New York and London.
Riebeckite [ ]Na2(Fe++3Fe+++2)Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after
the German traveler, Emil Riebeck (1853-1885).
Rijkeboerite * (see Bariomicrolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Rilandite (Cr,Al)6SiO11·5(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for James L.
Riland (1857-1938?), newspaper publisher of Meeker, Colorado, on whose claim
the mineral was found.
Rimkorolgite ! Mg5Ba(PO4)4·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Olga M. Rimskaya-
Konsakova (1914-1987), Russian mineralogist from St. Petersbug University.
Ringwoodite Mg2SiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alfred Edward Ringwood
(1930-1993), petrologist, University of Canberra, Australia.
Rinkite ! Na(Na,Ca)2(Ca,Ce)4(Ti,Nb)(Si2O7)2(O,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
after H. RINK, director of a Danesh-Greenlandic trade group.
Rinkite * (see Mosandrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Rinkolite * (see Mosandrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Rinkolite * (see Rinkite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Rinmanite ! (Zn,Mn)2Sb2Mg2Fe4O14(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Sven
Rinman (1720-1792), father of the Swedish mineral industry, member of the
Bergskollegium.
Rinneite K3NaFe++Cl6
Riomarinaite ! Bi(OH)SO4·H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality
LOCALITY: Falcacci mine, Rio Marina iron mine, Elba Island, Toscana (Tuscany),
Italy
Ripidolite * (see Clinochlore ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Rittingerite * (see Xanthoconite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Rittmannite Mn++Mn++Fe++Al2(OH)2(PO4)4·8(H2O)
Rivadavite Na6MgB24O40·22(H2O)
Riversideite Ca5Si6O16(OH)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's
locality. LOCALITY: Crestmore quarry, 5 miles NW of Riverside, Riverside Co.,
California.
Roaldite (Fe,Ni)4N NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1981 for Roald Nielsen (b.1928),
Danish metallurgist.
Robertsite Ca6Mn+++9(PO4)9O6(H2O)6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Willard Lincoln Roberts (1923-1987), mineralogist, South Dakota School of Mines.
Robinsonite Pb4Sb6S13 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Stephen Clive Robinson
(1911-), Geological Survey of Canada, who first synthesized the mineral.
Rock Crystal * (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Rock Salt * (see Halite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Rockbridgeite (Fe++,Mn)Fe+++4(PO4)3(OH)5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
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the locality. LOCALITY: South Mountain, near Midvale, Rockbridge County,

Virginia, USA.
Rodalquilarite H3Fe+++2(Te++++O3)4Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Rodalquilar gold deposit, Almeria, Spain.
Rodolicoite ! Fe+++PO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Francesco Rodolico
(1905–1988), professor of mineralogy, University of Florence, Italy, specialist of the
history of geology and of building and ornamental materials, author o
Roeblingite Pb2Ca6(Si6O18)(SO4)2(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after Washington A. Roebling (1837-1926), well known mineral collector and
builder of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Roedderite (Na,K)2(Mg,Fe++)5Si12O30
Roemerite * (see Romerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Roesslerite * (see Rosslerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Roggianite Ca2[Be(OH)2Al2Si4O13]·<2·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
Aldo G. Roggiani, a teacher of natural sciences, who first found the mineral.
Rohaite TlCu5SbS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Rose-Hansen, (1937-),
Danish mineralogist.
Rokuehnite * (see Rokuhnite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Rokuhnite Fe++Cl2·(H2O)
Rollandite ! Cu3(AsO4)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Rolland
(1940-), an eminent mineral collector of the Roua mines.
Romanechite (Ba,H2O)2(Mn++++,Mn+++)5O10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality. LOCALITY: Romaneche, Saone-et-Loire, France.
Romanite * (Fe++,U,Pb)2(Ti,Fe+++)O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
locality. LOCALITY: Romania.
Romanite * (see Dessauite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Romarchite SnO
Romeite (Ca,Fe++,Mn,Na)2(Sb,Ti)2O6(O,OH,F) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after the French crystallographer, J. B. Rome de I'lsle (1736-1770).
Romerite Fe3(SO4)4·14(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Friedrich Adolph
Römer (1809-1869), German geologist.
Rondorfite ! Ca8Mg(SiO4)4Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alice and Eugen
Rondorf, two distinguished mineral collectors, who found the mineral with Bernd
Ternes in 1979.
Ronneburgite ! K2MnV4O12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Locality.
Rontgenite-(Ce) Ca2(Ce,La)3(CO3)5F3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
William Conrad von Rontgen (1845-1923), German physicist and discoverer of
X-rays.
Rooseveltite BiAsO4
Roquesite CuInS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Maurice Roques, University of
Clairmont-Gerrand, France.
Rorisite (Ca,Mg)FCl
Rosasite (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Rosas mine, Narcao, Cagliari, Sardegna (Sardinia), Italy.
Roscherite Ca(Mn++,Fe++)5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Walter Roscher, mineral collector of Ehrenfriedsdorf, Germany.
Roscoelite K(V,Al,Mg)2AlSi3O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henry
Enfield Roscoe (1833-1915) of Manchester, England who first prepared pure
vanadium.
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Rose Quartz - rose colored * (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Roselite Ca2(Co,Mg)(AsO4)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
Gustave Rose (1798-1873), professor on mineralogy at the University of Berlin,
Germany.
Roselite-beta Ca2(Co,Mg)(AsO4)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
dimorphic relationship with roselite.
Rosemaryite (Na,Ca,Mn++)(Mn++,Fe++)(Fe+++,Fe++,Mg)Al(PO4)3 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for F. Rosemay Wyllie wife of Professor Peter J. Wyllie, namesake
of wyllieite.
Rosenbergite AlF3·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Philip E. Rosenberg
(1931-), U.S. Geochemist, Washington State University.
Rosenbuschite (Ca,Na)3(Zr,Ti)Si2O8F
Rosenhahnite Ca3Si3O8[(OH)2-4x,(CO3)x] NAME ORIGIN: Named for Leo
Rosenhahn (1904-1991), American amateur mineralogist, who found the mineral.
Roshchinite Ag19Pb10Sb51S96 or Pb(Ag,Cu)2(Sb,As)5S10 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Yuri V. Roshchin (1934-1979), Russian Geologist.
Rosiaite ! PbSb+++++2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Cetine di Cotorniano Mine (Cetine Mine), Rosia, Siena Province,
Tuscany, Italy
Rosickyite S NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vojtech Rosicky, former Director of
the Mineralogical and Petrological Institute of Masaryk University, Brno,
Czechoslovakia.
Rosieresite (Pb,Cu,Al)(PO4)x·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From an abandoned
copper mine at Rosiere, Carmaux, Tarn, France.
Rossite CaV2O6·4(H2O)
Rosslerite Mg(AsO3OH)·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Karl Rössler of
Hanau, Germany.
Rossmanite ! [ ]LiAl2Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after
George R. Rossman (1945-), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA,
USA, in recognition for his work on the spectroscopy of the tourmaline minerals.
Rostite AlSO4(OH,F)·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rudolph Rost
(1912-), Czech mineralogist.
Rottisite * (see Pimelite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Rouaite ! Cu2(NO3)(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Old copper mines at Roua, Alpes-Maritimes, southeastern France.
Roubaultite Cu2(UO2)3(CO3)2O2(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Marcel Roubault (1905-), geologist, University of Nancy, France.
Rouseite Pb2Mn++(As+++O3)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rolnd
Rouse (1943-), U. S. Mineralogist.
Routhierite TlCu(Hg,Zn)2(As,Sb)2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Routhier
(1916-), French economic geologist.
Rouvilleite Na3Ca2(CO3)3F NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Poudrette quarry, Rouville County, Mt. St-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada.
Rouxelite ! Cu2HgPb23Sb27S65.5 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
Roweite Ca2Mn++2B4O7(OH)6
Rowlandite-(Y) Y4Fe++Si4O14F2 (?)
Roxbyite Cu1.78S NAME ORIGIN: Named from the locality. LOCALITY: Roxby
Downs, AS, Australia. Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
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Rozenite Fe++SO4·4(H2O)
Ruarsite RuAsS NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, RUthenium,
ARsenic, and Sulfur.
Rubellite - red or pink * (see Elbaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Rubicelle * (see Spinel ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Rubicline ! (Rb,K)AlSi3O8 NAME ORIGIN: The name reflects its
compositional and structural attributes as the rubidium analog of microcline.
Ruby - red * (see Corundum ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ruby Silver Ore * (see Proustite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ruby Silver Ore * (see Pyrargyrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ruby spinal * (see Spinel ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Rucklidgeite (Bi,Pb)3Te4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. C. Rucklidge,
University of Toronto, Canada who first noticed the mineral.
Rudenkoite ! Sr3Al3[(Si,Al)4O10](OH,O)8Cl2·H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Sergey Alexandrovich Rudenko (1917-1992). Professor at the St. Petersburg
(Leningrad) Mining Institute.
Ruitenbergite Ca9B26O34(OH)24Cl4·13(H2O)
Ruizite CaMn+++Si2O6(OH)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Joe Ana Ruiz, of
Mammoth, Arizona, USA, collector of microscopic minerals, who discovered the
mineral.
Rusakovite (Fe+++,Al)5(VO4,PO4)2(OH)9·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Mikhail Petrovich Rusakov (1892-1963), geologist, Kazakhstan, Russia.
Russellite Bi2WO6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Edward Ian Montagu
Russell (1878-1964), British mineralogist.
Rustenburgite (Pt,Pd)3Sn NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Atok and Rustenburg mines, Merensky Reef, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.
Rustumite Ca10(Si2O7)2(SiO4)Cl2(OH)2
Ruthenarsenite (Ru,Ni)As NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition.
Rutheniridosmine (Ir,Os,Ru) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Ru,
Os, Ir).
Rutheniridosmium * (see Osmium ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ruthenium (Ru,Ir,Os) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the element (Latin,
Ruthenia = "Russia.").
Ruthenosmiridium * (see Iridium ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Rutherfordine UO2(CO3) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ernest Rutherford
(1871-1937) British atomic physicist and Nobel laureate.
Rutile TiO2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin, rutilus - "reddish."
Rynersonite Ca(Ta,Nb)2O6
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Sabatierite Cu4TlSe3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Germain Sabatier (1923-),

Sabelliite ! Cu2Zn(As,Sb)O4(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Cesare Sabelli
(1934- ) of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Firenze, Ital.
Sabieite (NH4)Fe+++(SO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Lone Creek cavern, near Sabie, Transvaal, South Africa.
Sabinaite (Na,Ca)4Zr2Ti(CO3)4O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ann Phyllis
Sabina Stenson (1930-), mineralogist, Geological Survey of Canada.
Sabugalite HAl(UO2)4(PO4)4·16(H2O)
Sacrofanite (Na,Ca,K)9Si6Al6O24[(OH),(SO4),(CO3),Cl)]4·n(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mt. Sabatini, Sacrafano volcano area,
Latium, Italy.
Sadanagaite (K,Na)Ca2(Fe++,Mg,Al,Ti)5[(Si,Al)8O22](OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Ryoichi Sadanaga (1920-), professor emeritus, University of Tokyo.
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Sadanagaite-K * (see Potassicsadanagaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Saddlebackite ! Pb2Bi2Te2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
Archean-aged Saddleback greenstone belt which hosts the deposit.
Safflorite (Co,Fe)As2 NAME ORIGIN: From the German Safflor - "dyer's
saffron."
Sagenite - reticulated * (see Rutile ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sahamalite-(Ce) (Mg,Fe++)Ce2(CO3)4
Sahlinite Pb14(AsO4)2O9Cl4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carl Andreas
Sahlin (1861-1943), chemist and manager of the iron works at Laxa, Sweden.
Sailaufite ! Ca2Mn3O2(AsO4)2(CO3)·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality LOCALITY: Hartkoppe hill, Ober-Sailauf (Spessart mountains) Germany.
Sainfeldite Ca5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paul
Sainfeld (1916-), Musee des Mineralogie, Ecole des Mines, Paris.
Sakhaite Ca3Mg(BO3)2(CO3)·0.36(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality, Sakha being the name for Siberia in the Yakut language. LOCALITY:
Solongo, Transbaikalia, Russia.
Sakharovaite (Pb,Fe)(Bi,Sb)2S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Marina S.
Sakharova (1917-), Russian mineralogist.
Sakuraiite (Cu,Zn,Fe,In,Sn)4S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kin-Ichi Sakurai
(1912-1993), a Japanese amateur mineralogist.
Sal Ammoniac * (see Sal-ammoniac ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sal-ammoniac NH4Cl NAME ORIGIN: Alchemist's Latin name for "salt of
Ammon", used by early writers for common rock salt from near the Oracle of
Ammon in Egypt.
Saleeite Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Achille
Salee (1883-1932), mineralogist, Universite Louvain, Belgium.
Salesite Cu(IO3)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Reno H. Sales
(1876-1969), chief geologist, Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
Saliotite Na0.5Li0.5Al3AlSi3O10(OH)5
Salmiac * (see Sal-ammoniac ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Salmoite * (see Tarbuttite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Salpeter * (see Niter ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Samarskite-(Y) (Y,Fe+++,U)(Nb,Ta)5O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Vasilii Yefrafovich von Samarski-Bykhovets (1803-1870), Chief of Staff of the
Russian Corps of Mining Engineers.
Samfowlerite Ca14Mn++3Zn2(Be,Zn)2Be6(SiO4)6(Si2O7)4(OH,F)6 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Samuel Fouler, M.D. (1779-1844), who early encouraged
study of the Franklin deposits.
Samiresite * (see Betafite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sampleite NaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mat
Sample, mine superintendent, Chuquicamata, Chile.
Samsonite Ag4MnSb2S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its location.
Samuelsonite (Ca,Ba)Ca8(Fe++,Mn)4Al2(PO4)10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Peter B. Samuelson (1941-), Rumney New Hampshire, USA.
Sanbornite BaSi2O5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank B. Sanborn,
(1862-1936), Mineralogist, California Department of Natural Resources.
Sandbergite * (see Ganterite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sanderite MgSO4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Bruno Sander
(1884-1979), Austrian geologist, Alte Universitat, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Saneroite Na2(Mn++,Fe+++)10Si11V+++++O34(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN:

Named for Edoardo Sanero, formerly professor of Mineralogy at the University of
Genova, Italy.
Sanidine (K,Na)(Si,Al)4O8 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek sanis - "little
plate" and idos - "to see."
Sanjuanite Al2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Sierra Chica de Zonda, San Juan Province, Argentina.
Sanmartinite (Zn,Fe++)WO4
Santabarbaraite ! Fe+++3(PO4)2(OH)3·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Saint Barbara (4th century), a martyred christian who took refuge in the mines
and converted many of the miners, hence her patronage to miners.
Santaclaraite CaMn++4Si5O14(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
it's locality. LOCALITY: Pennsylvania mine, SW side of San Antonio Valley, 4 miles
ENE of Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara Co., California.
Santafeite
(Mn,Fe,Al,Mg)2(Mn++++,Mn++)2(Ca,Sr,Na)3(VO4,AsO4)4(OH)3·2(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named after the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company,
because if its contribution to the exploration and development of the New
Mexico uranium deposits.
Santanaite Pb++9Pb++++2CrO16
Santite KB5O6(OH)4·2(H2O)
Saponite (Ca/2,Na)0,3(Mg,Fe++)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
From the Latin, sapo meaning "soap.'
Sapphire - blue * (see Corundum ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sapphire Quartz - blue colored * (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sapphirine (Mg,Al)8(Al,Si)6O20 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its blue color.
Sapphiros of Pliny * (see Lazurite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sarabauite CaSb10O10S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Sarabau mine, Sarawak.Borneo.
Sarcolite NaCa6Al4Si6O24F (?) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "flesh",
alluding to the color.
Sarcopside (Fe++,Mn,Mg)3(PO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for
"flesh" and "view," in allusion to its apparent flesh-red color [due to intimate
intergrowth with graftonite].
Sarkinite Mn++2(AsO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for
"made of flesh" in allusion to the blood-red color.
Sarmientite Fe+++2(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)·5(H2O)
Sartorite PbAs2S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sartorius von Walterhausen
(1809-1876), German geologist who first mentioned the species.
Saryarkite-(Y) Ca(Y,Th)Al5(SiO4)2(PO4,SO4)2(OH)7·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Derivation of the name not given, probably for the locality; and for its high
yttrium content. LOCALITY: Sary-Arka, Kazakhstan.
Sasaite (Al,Fe+++)14(PO4)11(SO4)(OH)7·84(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the South African Speleological Society (SAS).
Sassolite H3BO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Sasso
and the Tuscan lagoons, between Volterra and Massa Marittima, Italy.
Satimolite KNa2Al4(B2O5)3Cl3·13(H2O)
Satin Spar * (see Gypsum ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Satpaevite Al12V++++2V+++++6O37·30(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
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Kanysh I. Satpaev (1899-1964), Kazakh geologist.

Satterlyite (Fe++,Mg)2(PO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jack Satterly
(1906-), geologist at Ontario Department of Mines, Canada.
Sauconite Na0,3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Ueberroth mine, Saucon Valley, near Friedensville, Lehigh
County, Pennsylvania, USA.
Saukovite(Cd) * (see Metacinnabar ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sayrite Pb2(UO2)5O6(OH)2·4(H2O)
Sazhinite-(Ce) Na2Ce[Si6O14(OH)]·n(H2O), (n >= 1.5) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Nikolai Petrovich Sazhin (1898-1969), Founder of the Russian rare-earth
industry.
Sazykinaite-(Y) Na5YZrSi6018·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Ludmila
B. Sazykina (1934- ), a Kola artist.
Sborgite NaB5O6(OH)4·3(H2O)
Scacchite MnCl2
Scainiite ! Pb14Sb30S54O5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dr. Giuseppe Scaini
(1906-1988), engineer and skillful investigator of systematic and Italian
mineralogy.
Scandiobabingtonite ! Ca2(Fe++,Mn)ScSi5O14(OH) NAME ORIGIN: The
name reflects its composition, as the scandium analogue of babingtonite.
Scapolite * (Na,Ca)4[Al3Si9O24]Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1800 rom
the Greek skapos - "rod" and lithos - "stone."
Scarbroite Al5(CO3)(OH)13·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
locality. LOCALITY: South Bay, Scarborough, England.
Scawtite Ca7Si6(CO3)O18·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Scawt Hill, Antrim, Ireland.
Schachnerite Ag1.1Hg0.9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Doris Schachner
(1904-1989), German mineralogist.
Schadeite * (see Plumbogummite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Schafarzikite Fe++Sb+++2O4
Schaferite ! NaCa2Mg2(VO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Helmut Schäfer
(b. 1931), amateur mineralogist from Mayen-Kürrenberg, specialist in the minerals
of the Eifel volcanic area, who discovered the mineral.
Schairerite Na21(SO4)7F6Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Frank Schairer
(1904-1970), American physical chemist, Geophysical Laboratory, Washington,
DC, USA.
Schallerite Mn++16[As+++O2OH][Si12O30](OH)14 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Wakdemar Theodore Shaller ((1852-1967), mineralogist, U. S. Geological Survey.
Schapbachite ? AgBiS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the original (discredited)
locality. LOCALITY: Discredited locality at Schapbach, Baden. Silberbrünnle
Mine, Haigerach valley, Gengenbach, Schwarzwald (Black Forest), Baden-
Württemberg, Germany
Schapbachite * (see Matildite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Schaurteite Ca3Ge++++(SO4)2(OH)6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Werner T. Schaurte (1892-1978), South African scientist.
Scheelite CaWO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Swedish chemist,
Karl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786).
Schertelite (NH4)2MgH2(PO4)2·4(H2O)
Scheteligite ? (Ca,Y,Sb,Mn)2(Ti,Ta,Nb,W)2O6(O,OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named in
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1937 for Jacob Schetelig (1875-1935), Norwegian mineralogist, director of the

Oslo Mineralogical Museum.
Schiavinatoite ! (Nb,Ta)BO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Italian mineralogist
Giuseppe Schiavinato (1915-1996).
Schieffelinite Pb(Te++++++,S)O4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ed
Schieffelin (1847-1897), stagecoach driver and prospector who discovered the
Tombstone district mines.
Schirmerite Ag3Pb3Bi9S18 to Ag3Pb6Bi7S18 NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. H.
L. Schirmer, superintendent of the U. S. Mint, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Schlegelite ! Bi7O4(MoO4)2(AsO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
Schlemaite ! (Cu,[ ])6(Pb,Bi)Se4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Schlema-
Alberoda ore field in the ancient mining region of Saxony, Germany
Schlossmacherite (H3O,Ca)Al3(AsO4,SO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Karl Schlossmacher (1887-?), mineralogist and honorary member of the
German Gemological Society.
Schmeiderite * (see Schmiederite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Schmiederite Pb2Cu++2(Se++++O3)(Se++++++O4)(OH)4
Schmitterite (UO2)TeO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eduardo Schmitter
Villada (1904-1982), professor of mineralogy, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de
Mexico.
Schneebergite ! Bi(Co,Ni)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality. LOCALITY: Dump material of the "Am Roten Berg" mining area,
about 5 km SW of Schneeberg, Saxony, Germay.
Schneiderhoehnite * (see Schneiderhohnite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Schneiderhohnite Fe++Fe+++3As+++5O13 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hans
Schneiderhöhn (1887-1962), German mineralogist.
Schoderite Al2(PO4)(VO4)·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for William P.
Schoder (1900-1977), U. S. Chemist.
Schoellhornite * (see Schollhornite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Schoenfliesite MgSn++++(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Moritz
Schoenflies (1853-1928), professor of mathematics, University of Frankfurt.
Schoenite * (see Picromerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Schoepite (UO2)8O2(OH)12·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alfred
Schoep (1881-1966), Belgian mineralogist who studied uranium mineralogy.
Schollhornite Na0.3CrS2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert Schollhorn,
German chemist.
Scholzite CaZn2(PO4)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Adolph Scholz
(1894-1950), mineral collector and chemist, Regensburg, Germany.
Schoonerite Fe++2ZnMnFe+++(PO4)3(OH)2·9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Richard Schooner (1925-), mineral collector, Connecticut, USA.
Schorl NaFe++3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Old name of
unknown origin.
Schorl - (61.3.1.10) * (see Schorl ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Schorlomite Ca3(Ti,Fe+++,Al)2[(Si,Fe+++,Fe++)O4]3 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the mineral schorl and from the Greek "homos," the same, in allusion
to its resemblance to schorl.
Schreibersite (Fe,Ni)3P
Schreyerite V+++2Ti3O9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Werner Schreyer (1930-),
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Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany.

Schrockingerite NaCa3(UO2)(CO3)3(SO4)F·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after Julius Freiherr Schrockinger von Neudenberg (1814-1882), who
found and described the U occurrence at Jochymov, Bohemia, Czech
Republic.
Schroeckingerite * (see Schrockingerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Schrotterite * (see Allophane ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Schubnelite Fe++(V+++++O4)(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henri J.
Schubnel (1935-), French mineralogist.
Schuetteite Hg3(SO4)O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Curt Nicolaus
Schuette (1895-1975), American mining engineer and geologist, specialist in
mercury deposits.
Schuilingite-(Nd) PbCu(Nd,Gd,Sm,Y)(CO3)3(OH)·1.5(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named after Hendrik Jan Schuiling (1892-1966), Dutch engineer and
Chief Geologist, Union Miniere du Haut-Katanga, former Belgian Congo.
Schulenbergite (Cu,Zn)7(SO4,CO3)2(OH)10·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for the locality. LOCALITY: Glucksrad mine, near Oberschulenberg (Upper
Schulenberg), Harz, Germany.
Schultenite PbHAsO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Baron August Benjamin
de Schulten (1856-1912) of Helsingfors and Paris, who prepared and described
artificial crystals of the compound.
Schumacherite Bi3[(V,As,P)O4]2O(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Friedrich
Schumacher, professor, University of Freiberg and Bonn, Germany
Schwartzembergite Pb++6(IO3)2O3Cl4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for H.
Schwartzemberg, assayer, Copiapo, Chile.
Schwefel * (see Sulfur ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Schwertmannite Fe+++16O16(OH)12(SO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: In honor of Udo
Schwertmann (1922 - ).
Sclarite (Zn,Mg,Mn++)4Zn3(CO3)2(OH)10
Scleroclase * (see Sartorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Scolecite CaAl2Si3O10·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, skolec =
'worm' in reference to the mineral's reaction to the blowpipe flame.
Scorodite Fe+++AsO4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek skorodon -
meaning "garlic" alluding to the arsenic odor when heated.
Scorzalite (Fe++,Mg)Al2(PO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Everisto
Pena Scorza (1899-?), Brazilian mineralogist, Mineral Survey of Brazil.
Scotiolite * (see Hisingerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Scotlandite PbSO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the country of origin.
Scrutinyite PbO2 NAME ORIGIN: The name alludes to the close scrutiny
that is necessary to distinguish the mineral from its dimorph, plattnerite.
Sea Foam * (see Sepiolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Seamanite Mn3(PO4)B(OH)6
Searlesite NaBSi2O5(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality.
LOCALITY: Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California.
Sederholmite NiSe NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. J. Sederholm, former
Director of the Gological Survey of Finland.
Sedovite U(MoO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Georgii Yakolevich
Sedov (1877-1914), Russian polar investigator.
Seeligerite Pb3Cl3(IO3)O
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Seelite-1 Mg[(UO2)(AsO3)x(AsO4)1-x]2·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named

for Paul (1904-1982) and Hilde (1901-1987) Seel, Belgium mineral collectors.
Seelite-2 Mg(UO2)(AsO3)x(AsO4)1-x·7(H2O) (x=0.7) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Paul (1904-1982) and Hilde (1901-1987) Seel, Belgium mineral
collectors.
Segelerite CaMgFe+++(PO4)2(OH)·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Curt
G. Segeler (1901-1989), amateur mineralogist, New York City.
Segnitite PbFe+++3H(AsO4)2(OH)6
Seidite-(Ce) ! Na4(Ce,Sr)2{Ti(OH)2(Si8O18)}(O,OH,F)4·5(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named after Seidozero, literally Lake Seid, the central lake in the
Lovozero complex.
Seidozerite (Na,Ca)2(Zr,Ti,Mn)2Si2O7(O,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after
the locality. LOCALITY: Lovozero massif, near the Muruai and Uel'kuai Rivers,
Seidozero region, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Seifertite ! SiO2 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and Mineral
Names (CNMMN)
Seinajokite (Fe,Ni)(Sb,As)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
In the Seinäjoki deposit, Vaasa, Finland
Sekaninaite (Fe++,Mg)2Al4Si5O18 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
Czechoslovakian mineralogist, J. Sekanina (1901-1986).
Selen tellurium-Mixture with selenium * (see Tellurium ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Selen tellurium-Mixture with tellurium * (see Selenium ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Selenite * (see Gypsum ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Selenium Se NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, Selene, "goddess of the
Moon" to contrast Tellure, "earth".
Selenolite * (see Olsacherite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Selenostephanite Ag5Sb(Se,S)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition
and similarity to stephanite.
Seligmannite PbCuAsS3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gustav Seligman
(1849-1920), German mineral collector.
Sellaite MgF2
Selwynite NaK(Be,Al)Zr2(PO4)4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For A. R. C. Selwyn
(1824-1902), founding director of the Geological Survey of Victoria, Australia.
Semenovite (Na,Ca)9(Ce,La)2(Fe++,Mn)(Si,Be)20(O,OH,F)48 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Yevgeny Ivanovich Semenov, (1951-), Russian mineralogist,
IMGRE, Moscow, Russia.
Semseyite Pb9Sb8S21 NAME ORIGIN: For Andor von Semsey (1833-1923),
a Hungarian nobleman, who was also an amateur mineralogist.
Senaite Pb(Ti,Fe,Mn)21O38 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Joaquim de Costa
Sena, Esola de Minas, Ouro Preto, Brazil.
Senarmontite Sb2O3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French mineralogist,
H. Hureau de Senarmot (1808-1862).
Senegalite Al2(PO4)(OH)3·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Kourondicko iron ore (magnetite) deposit, Faleme River Basin,
Senegal.
Senekevichite ! CsKNaCa2TiO[Si7O18(OH)] NAME ORIGIN: Commission on
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Sengierite Cu2(UO2)2V2O8·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edgar

Sengier (1879-1963), executive director, Societe Generale de Belgiwue.
Sepiolite Mg4Si6O15(OH)2·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, sepia -
"cuttlefish" and lithos - "stone." From the German, meerschaum meaning "sea
froth."
Serandite Na(Mn++,Ca)2Si3O8(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. M.
Serand, West African mineral collector.
Serbianite * (see IMA1995-020a ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Serendibite Ca2(Mg,Al)6(Si,Al,B)6O20
Sergeevite Ca2Mg11(CO3)9(HCO3)4(OH)4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Evengi M. Sergeev (1914-), engineering geologist, Moscow University.
Serpentine * (see Clinochrysotile ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Serpierite Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Giovanni Battista Serpieri (1832-1897), Italian mining entrpreneur, founder of the
Montecatini Co., and developer of the Laurium mines.
Serrabrancaite ! MnPO4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality.
LOCALITY: Alto Serra Branca pegmatite, ~10 km southwest of Pedra Lavrand,
Paraiba, Brazil.
Severginite * (see Tinzenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sewardite ! CaFe+++2(AsO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Terry
Maxwell Seward (1940-) who collected the mineral.
Seybertite * (see Clintonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Shabaite-(Nd) Ca(Nd,Sm,Y)2(UO2)(CO3)4(OH)2·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kamoto East, 5 km W of Kolwezi, Shaba, Zaire.
Shabynite Mg5(BO3)Cl2(OH)5·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Leonid I.
Shabynin (1909-), Russian geologist.
Shadlunite (Pb,Cd)(Fe,Cu)8S8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Tatanya Shadlun,
Russian researcher on ore minerals.
Shafranovskite K2Na3(Mn++,Fe++,Na)4[Si9(O,OH)27](OH)2·n(H2O),
n~2.33 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ilarion Ilarionovich Shafranovskii (1907-1994),
mineralogist and crystallographer at the Mining Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Shahovite * (see Shakhovite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Shakhovite Hg+4Sb+++++O3(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Feliks
Nikolaevich Shakhov (1894-1971), Head of the Division of Geochemistry in the
Russian Academy of Sciences.
Shandite Pb2Ni3S2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Samuel James Shand
(1882-1957), Scottish petrologist, Columbia University, New York City, New York,
USA.
Shannonite ! Pb2OCO3 NAME ORIGIN: For David M. Shannon (1942- ), a
mineral dealer who helped collect the first samples of the mineral.
Sharpite Ca(UO2)6(CO3)5(OH)4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for R. R.
Sharp (1881-1956), English engineer, prospector, and soldier, who discovered the
Shikolobwe uranium deposit in 1915.
Shattuckite Cu5(SiO3)4(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Shattuck mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA.
Shcherbakovite KKNaTi2O(OH)[Si4O12] NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dmitrii
Ivanovich Shcherbakov (1893-1966), Russian mineralogist and geochemist
Shcherbinaite V2O5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vladimir V. Shcherbina
(1907-1978), Russian geochemist.
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Sheldrickite ! NaCa3(CO3)2F3·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for George M.

Sheldrick, creator of the SHELX software, widely used for the refinement of crystal
structures.
Sheridanite * (see Clinochlore ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sherwoodite Ca9Al2V++++4V+++++24O80·56(H2O)
Shibkovite ! K(Ca,Mn,Na)2(K2-x,[ ]x)2ZnSi12O30 (x~0.8) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after two prominent Russian geologists, Viktor Sergeevitch Shibkov
(1926-1992) and Nikolai Viktorovitch Shibkov (1951-1991), who both spent their
professional lives working on the g
Shigaite Mn++7Al4(SO4)2(OH)22·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Loi mine, Shinga Prefecture, Japan.
Shirokshinite ! K(NaMg2)Si4O10F2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nikolay V.
Shirokshin (1809-), Russian geologist who in 1835 published the first geological
data for the Khibiny massif.
Shirozulite ! KMn3(AlSi3)O10(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Haruo
Shirozu, Professor Emeritus of Kyushu University for his contributions to the crystal
chemistry of sheet-silicate minerals.
Shkatulkalite ! Na10Mn++Ti3Nb3(Si2O7)6(OH)2F·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For
the Shkatulka vein in which the mineral was found.
Shomiokite-(Y) Na3Y(CO3)3·3(H2O)
Shortite Na2Ca2(CO3)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Maxwell Naylor Short
(1889-1952), professor of mineralogy, University of Arizona.
Shuangfengite IrTe2 NAME ORIGIN: After the locality. LOCALITY: Located
hear the village of Shuangfeng about 190 km NNE of Beijing, People's Republic
of China.
Shubnikovite Ca2Cu8(AsO4)6Cl(OH)·7(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Aleksei V. Shunikov (1887-1971), crystallographer, Institute of Crystallography,
Moscow, Russia.
Shuiskite Ca2(Mg,Al)(Cr,Al)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for V. P. Shuisk, petrologist of the Ural Scientific Center, Yekaterinburg
(Sverdlovsk), Russia.
Siamaite * (see Strontiochevkinite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sibirskite CaHBO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Siberia (sibirski).
Sicherite ! TlAg2(As,Sb)3S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Valentin Sicher
(1925-), member of the Lengenbach syndicates who contributed greatly to the
specimen recovery efforts.
Sicklerite Li(Mn++,Fe+++)PO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the discoverer
of the Pala pegmatite deposits, Sickler.
Siderazot Fe5N2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition (Greek,
"sideros" = iron).
Siderite Fe++CO3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek sideros, "iron."
Sideronatrite Na2Fe+++(SO4)2(OH)·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
composition.
Siderophyllite KFe++2Al(Al2Si2)O10(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named from
the Greek for "iron" and "leaf" in allusion to the composition and the micaceous
character.
Siderotil Fe++SO4·5(H2O)
Sidorenkite Na3Mn(PO4)(CO3) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alexander V.
Sidorenko (1917-1982), Russian mineralogist.
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Sidpietersite ! Pb++4(S++++++O3S--)O2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after

Sidney Pieters (1920-2003), of Windhoek, Namibia for his outstanding
contributions to Namibian mineralogy.
Sidwillite MoO3·2(H2O)
Siegenite (Ni,Co)3S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its ore-bearing
locality, Siegen, Germany. LOCALITY: Grube Jungfer, Müsen, Siegen district,
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Sieleckiite Cu3Al4(PO4)2(OH)12·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert
Sielecki (1958-), Australian geologist.
Sigismundite ! (Ba,K,Pb)Na3(Ca,Sr)(Fe++,Mg,Mn)14Al(OH)2(PO4)12 NAME
ORIGIN: For Pietro Sigismund (1874-1962), a well known collector of minerals from
Valtellina, especially Val Malenco.
Sigloite Fe+++Al2(PO4)2(OH)3·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Sigol XX mine, Llallagua, Potosi, Bolivia.
Silhydrite 3SiO2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition, a silica
hydrate.
Silicified pyrochlore * (see Komarovite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Silicified pyrochlore * (see Na-komarovite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Silicium * (see Silicon ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Silicon Si NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin, silicis = "flint."
Silicosmirnovskite * (see Brockite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Silinaite NaLiSi2O5·2(H2O)
Sillenite Bi12SiO20 NAME ORIGIN: Named fo rLars Gunnar Sillén (1916-1970)
of Stockholm, Sweden for his work on Bi2O3 polymorphs.
Sillimanite Al2SiO5 = Al[6]Al[4]OSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
American chemist and mineralogist, B. Silliman (1779-1824).
Silver Ag NAME ORIGIN: Anglo-Saxon, of unknown origin.
Silver amalgam (Hg) * (see Amalgam ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Silver Glance * (see Acanthite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Silver Glance * (see Argentite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Silvialite ! (Ca,Na)4Al6Si6O24(SO4,CO3) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Silvia
Hillebrand, daughter of G. Tschermak, was first suggested in 1914 for the
then-hypothetical SO4 analog of meionite.
Simferite Li(Mg,Fe+++,Mn+++)2(PO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the city of
Simferpol, Crimea, Urkrane.
Simmonsite ! Na2LiAlF6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after William B. "Skip"
Simmons (b. 1943), University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.,
specialist in the mineralogy and petrology of granitic pegmatites, especially t
Simonellite C19H24 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vittorio Simonelli
(1860-1929), Italian geologist and paleontologist, University of Bologna, Italy.
Simonite TlHgAs3S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1982 for Simon Engel, son of
Peter Engel (b.1942), Swiss crystalographer.
Simonkolleite Zn5(OH)8Cl2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Werner Simon
(1939-) and Kurt Kolle (1949-), mineral collectors from Conrberg, Germany.
Simplotite CaV++++4O9·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jack R. Simplot
(1909-) of the Simplot Mining Co., Boise, Idaho, USA.
Simpsonite Al4(Ta,Nb)3O13(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edward Sydney
Simpson (1875-1939), Western Australian government mineralogis and mineral
analyst.
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Sincosite Ca(V++++O)2(PO4)2·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the

locality. LOCALITY: Sincos, Dept. Junin, Peru, about 160 km E of Lima.
Sinhalite MgAlBO4
Sinjarite CaCl2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Sinjar, W of Mosul, Iraq.
Sinkankasite H2MnAl(PO4)2(OH)·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John
Sinkankas (1915-2002), Captain, U.S. Navy, and author of books on minerals and
gems.
Sinnerite Cu6As4S9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rudolph von Sinner
(1890-1960), President of the Commission of the Natural History Museum, Bern,
Switzerland.
Sinoite Si2N2O NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1964 for the composition (SiNO).
Siserskite * (see Osmium ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sismondine * (see Magnesiochloritoid ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sismondine(Mg) * (see Chloritoid ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sitinakite Na2K(Ti,Nb)4O4(SiO4)2(O,OH)·4(H2O)
Sjoegrenite * (see Sjogrenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sjogrenite Mg6Fe++2(CO3)(OH)14·5(H2O)
Skaergaardite ! CuPd NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Skaergaard intrusion, Kangerdlugssuaq area, East Greenland.
Skinnerite Cu3SbS3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Brian J. Skinnner, Yale
University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Skippenite Bi2Se2(Te,S) NAME ORIGIN: Named for George Skippen,
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Skleroklas * (see Sartorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sklodowskite (H3O)2Mg(UO2)2(SiO4)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Marie Curie-Sklodowska (1867 - 1934), Polish-born French researcher of
radioactive minerals. Discoverd the element radium.
Skutterudite (Co,Ni)As3-x NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
Smaltite In reference to smalt, a deep blue glaze in which this mineral was used
to furnish the necessary cobalt. LOCALITY: Skutterud, Norway.
Slavikite NaMg2Fe+++5(SO4)7(OH)6·33(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after the Czech mineralogist, Frantisek Slavik (1876-1957).
Slawsonite (Sr,Ca)Al2Si2O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Chester Baker
Slawson (1898-1964, Mineralogist AT THE University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
Michigan, USA.
Smaltite * (see Skutterudite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Smaragdite - emerald green * (see Actinolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Smectite * (see Rectorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Smirnite Bi2Te++++O5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vladimir Ivanovich
Smirnov (1910-1988), Russian economic geologist and department chairman,
University of Moscow.
Smirnovskite * (see Brockite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Smithite AgAsS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for George Frederick Smith
(1872-1953), crystallographer of the British Museum, London, England.
Smithsonite ZnCO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after James Smithson
(1765-1829), English mineralogist who financed the founding of the Smithsonian
Institution in Washington, DC, USA.
Smoky Quartz - brown to black * (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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Smolianinovite (Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)3(Fe+++,Al)2(AsO4)4·11(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:

Named for Nikolai A. Smoljaninov (1885-1957), Mineralogist, Moscow Univerisity,
Russia.
Smrkovecite ! Bi2O(OH)(PO4) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Smrkovec, Slavkovsky Mt, Marianske Lazne, Czech Republic.
Smythite (Fe,Ni)9S11 or (Fe,Ni)13S16 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles
Henry Smyth (1866-1937), economic geologist and petrologist of Princeton
University, New Jersey, USA.
Soapstone * (see Talc ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sobolevite Na11(Na,Ca)4(Mg,Mn)Ti++++4(Si4O12)(PO4)4O5F3 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Vladimir S. Sobolev (1908-1982), Soviet petrologist and former
President of the Internatinal Mineralogical Association.
Sobolevskite PdBi NAME ORIGIN: Named for Petr Grigorevich Sobolevski
(1781-1841), Russian metallurgist, who studied the platinum deposits of the Ural
Mountains.
Sobotkite ? (K,Ca0.5)0.33(Mg,Al)3(Si3Al)O10(OH)2·1-5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named in 1976 for the locality. LOCALITY: Mt. Sobotka, Godolow-Jordanow
massif, Wiry, Lower Silesia, Poland.
Sobotkite-Aluminian * (see Saponite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Soda * (see Natron ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Soda Microcline * (see Anorthoclase ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Soda Niter * (see Nitratine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sodalite Na8Al6Si6O24Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named from its chemical
composition.
Soddyite (UO2)2SiO4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frederick Soddy
(1877-1956), British radiochemist and physicist.
Sodic-ferri-ferropedrizite ! NaLi2(Fe+++2Fe++3)Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality and the Fe++ and Fe+++ clinoamphiboles. LOCALITY:
Pedriza Massif, Sierra del Guadarrama, Spain.
Sodic-ferriclinoferroholmquistite * (see Ferri-clinoholmquistite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena,
MinDAT, MinMax
Sodic-ferripedrizite ! Na(LiNa)(Fe+++2Mg2Li)Si8O22(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN:

Named for the locality and the prefixes "ferri" and "sodic" as recommended by
the amphibole commission. LOCALITY: In the Arroyo de la Yedra, Eastern Pedriza
Massif, Sierra de Guadarrama, Central System, Spain.
Sodic-ferro-anthophyllite ! NaFe++7Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From its
Sodic-ferrogedrite ! NaFe++6AlSi6Al2O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
Sodicanthophyllite NaMg7Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From its
Sodicgedrite NaMg6AlSi6Al2O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
Sodium bicarbonate * (see Nahcolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sodium Chloride * (see Halite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sodium Citrate * (see Earlandite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sodium colbalt thiocyanate * (see Julienite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sodium Fluoride * (see Villiaumite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sodium hydromica * (see Brammallite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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Sodium illite * (see Brammallite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sodium meta-autunite ! Na2(UO2)2(PO4)2·6-8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after sodium autunite with the loss of hydration water.
Sodium phlogopite * (see Aspidolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sodium-alum NaAl(SO4)2·12(H2O)
Sodium-anthophyllite * (see Sodicanthophyllite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sodium-autunite Na2(UO2)2(PO4)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
autunite and the composition containing sodium.
Sodium-betpakdalite (Na,Ca)3Fe+++2(As2Mo6O28)·15(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the chemistry and similarity to betpakdalite.
Sodium-boltwoodite (H3O)(Na,K)(UO2)SiO4·(H2O)
Sodium-gedrite * (see Sodicgedrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sodium-Komarovite * (see Na-komarovite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sodium-pharmacosiderite (Na,K)2Fe+++4(AsO4)3(OH)5·7(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for the sodium in the composition and its relationship to
pharmacosiderite.
Sodium-uranospinite (Na2,Ca)(UO2)2(AsO4)2·5(H2O)
Sodium-zippeite Na4(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for its composition and for Franz Xaver Maxmillian Zippe (1791-1863), Austrian
mineralogist.
Sodiumdachiardite - renamed Dachiardite-Na * (see Dachiardite-Na ) See Also:
GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sodiumphlogopite * (see Aspidolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Sodiumphlogopite * (see Wonesite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Soehngeite * (see Sohngeite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sofiite * (see Sophiite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sogdianite (K,Na)2(Li,Fe+++,Al)3ZrSi12O30
Sohngeite Ga(OH)3
Sokolovaite ! CsLi2AlSi4O10F2 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals
Solongoite Ca2B3O4(OH)4Cl
Sonolite Mn9(SiO4)4(OH,F)2
Sonoraite Fe+++Te++++O3(OH)·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico.
Sopcheite Ag4Pd3Te4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Sopcha massif, Monchegorsk pluton, Kola, Russia.
Sophiite Zn2(SeO3)Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sophia Ivanovna
Noboko (1909-), Russian volcanoloist and mineralogist, a leading investigator of
the Kamchatka volcanos.
Sorbyite Pb19(Sb,As)20S49 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henry Clifton Sorby
(1826-1908), English chemist and the founder of metallography.
Sorensenite Na4SnBe2Si6O18·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henning
Sorensen (1926-), emeritus professor, Hakkaido University, Sapporo.
Sorosite ! Cu(Sn,Sb) NAME ORIGIN: Named after George Soros (1930-),
well-known American financier, in recognition of his important support to
science.
Sosedkoite (K,Na)5Al2(Ta,Nb)22O60 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. F.
Sosedko (1901-1957), Russian mineralogist.
Soucekite PbCuBi(S,Se)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frantisek Soucek,
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Souesite * (see Awaruite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Soufre * (see Sulfur ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Souzalite (Mg,Fe++)3(Al,Fe+++)4(PO4)4(OH)6·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for J. A. De Souza (1896-1961), director of Departamento Nacional de
Producao Minera, Brazil.
Spadaite MgSiO2(OH)2·(H2O) (?)
Spangolite Cu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
Norman Spang (1889-1954), American mineral collector, USA.
Spathose iron * (see Siderite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Spectrolite * (see Labradorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Specularite * (see Hematite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Spenceite * (see Tritomite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Spencerite Zn4(PO4)2(OH)2·3(H2O)
Sperrylite PtAs2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its discoverer, the
American chemist, Francis L. Sperry of Tallmadge, Ohio, USA..
Spertiniite Cu(OH)2
Spessartine Mn++3Al2(SiO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Aschaffenburg, Spessart Mountains, Bavaria, Germany
Spessartite * (see Spessartine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sphaerobertrandite Be3SiO4(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: The name alludes to the
typical spherulitic morphology and the similarity to bertrandite in the main
chemical constituents.
Sphaerobismoite Bi2O3 NAME ORIGIN: For the form of the aggregates and
the composition.
Sphaerocobaltite CoCO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition and
form.
Sphalerite (Zn,Fe)S NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek sphaleros -
"misleading."
Sphene * (see Titanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Spheniscidite (NH4,K)(Fe+++,Al)2(PO4)2(OH)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for "Sphenisciformes," the Latin order name or penguins.
Spinel MgAl2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Of uncertain origin, possibly derived
from Latin, spina, for "thorn" in allusion to sharply-pointed crystals.
Spionkopite Cu1.4S NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Spionkop Creek and Yarrow Creek areas of southwestern Alberta, Canada.
Spiroffite (Mn,Zn)2Te3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kiril Spiroff (1901-1981),
Bulgarian-American economic geologist, Michigan College of Mining and
Technology.
Spodiophyllite ? (Na,K)4(Mg,Fe++)3(Fe+++,Al)2(Si8O24)
Spodiosite ? Ca2(PO4)F NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1872 from the Greek for
"ash gray", in allusion to the color.
Spodumene LiAlSi2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Spodumene is from the Greek,
spodoumenos, "burnt to ash," alluding to the ashy color of early specimens.
Kunzite is named after the American gem expert, G. F. Kunz (1856-1932). Hiddenit
Spriggite ! Pb3[(UO2)6O8(OH)2](H2O)x; x ~ 3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Reginald Claude Sprigg (1919-1994), South Australian Geological Survey.
Springcreekite ! BaV+++3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
locality. LOCALITY: The dumps of the Spring Creek copper mine near Wilminton,
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Spurrite Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3)
Squawcreekite ? (Fe+++,Sb+++++,W++++++)O4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named in 1991after its locality. LOCALITY: Type locality is Squaw Creek, Catron
County, New Mexico.
Squawcreekite * (see Tripuhyite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Srbianite * (see IMA1995-020a ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Srebrodolskite Ca2Fe+++2O5
Srilankite (Ti,Zr)O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Rakwana mine, Sabaragamuva, Sri Lanka.
Stalderite TlCu(Zn,Fe,Hg)2As2S6 NAME ORIGIN: For Prof. Dr. Hans A. Stalder
(1925-) of the Natural History Museum, Berne, Switzerland.
Stanekite ! Fe+++(Mn,Fe++,Mg)(PO4)O NAME ORIGIN: Named after Josef
Stanek (1928-1995), Professor of Mineralogy, Masarykov University, Brno, Czech
Republic, a specialist in phosphate mineralogy.
Stanfieldite Ca4(Mg,Fe++,Mn)5(PO4)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Stanley
Field (1875-1964), former Chairman of the Board of Turstees of the Field Museum
of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Stanleyite (V++++O)SO4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henry Morton
Stanley (1841-1904), British journalist and explorer ("Dr. Livinston I presume?")
Stannite Cu2FeSnS4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin stannum - "tin."
Stannoidite Cu8Fe3Sn2S12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its similarity to
stannite.
Stannomicrolite (Sn++,Fe++,Mn++)(Ta,Nb,Sn++++)2(O,OH)7 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for tin (STANNum), in the formula and membership in the microlite
subgroup of the pyrochlore group.
Stannopalladinite (Pd,Cu)3Sn2 (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition.
Staringite-mixture with cassiderite * (see Ferrotapiolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Staringite-mixture with ferrotapiolite * (see Cassiterite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Starkeyite MgSO4·4(H2O)
Staurolite (Fe++,Mg)2Al9(Si,Al)4O20(O,OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: From the
Greek, stauros - "cross" and lithos - "stone" in allusion to the common cross
shaped twins of the crystals.
Staurotide * (see Staurolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Steacyite K1-x(Ca,Na)2ThSi8O20 (x=0.2 to 0.4) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Harold R. Steacy, formerly Curator of the National Mineral Collection,
Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
Steatite - massive * (see Talc ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Steenstrupine-(Ce) Na14Ce6Mn++Mn+++Fe++2(Zr,Th)
(Si6O18)2(PO4)7·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Name for Knud Hohannes Vogelius
Steenstrup (1842-1913), geologist, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Steigerite AlVO4·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for George Steiger
(1869-1944), Chief chemist, U. S. Gological Survey.
Stellerite CaAl2Si7O18·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Georg Wilhelm
Steller (1709-1746), German explorer, zoologist and the discoverer of the
Komandor Islands.
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Stenhuggarite CaFe+++(As+++O2)(As+++Sb+++O5) NAME ORIGIN: Named

from the Swedish for "stonemason", in honor of Brian Harold Mason (1917-), U.S.
National Museum, Washington, D.C., USA for his Langban deposit studies.
Stenonite (Sr,Ba,Na)2Al(CO3)F5
Stepanovite NaMgFe+++(C2O4)3·8-9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Namde for
Pavel Ivanovich Stepanov (1880-1047), Russian geologist.
Stephanite Ag5SbS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Archduke Victor
Stephan (1817-1867). Former Austrian Mining Director and engineer,
Stercorite H(NH4)Na(PO4)·4(H2O)
Sterlinghillite Mn++3(AsO4)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA.
Sternbergite AgFe2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Count Casper Maria
Sternberg (1761-1838), of the National Museum in Prague.
Sterrettite * (see Kolbeckite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sterryite Ag2Pb10(Sb,As)12S29 NAME ORIGIN: Named for T. Sterry Hunt
(1826-1892), first mineralogist with the Geological Survey of Canada.
Stetefeldtite Ag2Sb2O6(O,OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carl A. Stetefeld
(1838-1896), German-American mining engineer.
Stevensite (Ca0.5,Na)0.33(Mg,Fe++)3Si4O10(OH)2·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for E. A. Stevens, founder of Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken,
New Jersey, USA.
Stewartite Mn++Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
it's locality. LOCALITY: Stuart mine, Queen Mountains, Pala, San Diego Co.,
California.
Stibarsen SbAs NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition of antimony
(Latin=stibium) and arsenic.
Stibiconite Sb+++Sb+++++2O6(OH) NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin stibium -
"antimony" and the Greek konis - "powder."
Stibiobetafite (Sb+++,Ca)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2(O,OH)7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
antimony (STIBium) in its composition and membership in the betafite subgroup
of the pyrochlore group.
Stibiocolumbite SbNbO4
Stibiocolusite Cu13V(Sb,As,Sn)3S16 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1992 for its
relationship to colusite.
Stibioenargite * Cu3(Sb,As)S4
Stibiomicrolite (Sb,Ca,Na)2(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH)7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
antimony (STIBIum) in the composition and membership in the microlite
subgroup of the pyrochlore group.
Stibiopalladinite Pd5Sb2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition.
Stibiotantalite SbTaO4
Stibium * (see Stibnite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Stibivanite Sb+++2V++++O5
Stibnite Sb2S3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, stimmi or stibi, "antimony,"
thence to the Latin, stibium. Also from the Greek anthemon, "flower" in allusion
to the form of crystal druses.
Stichtite Mg6Cr2(CO3)(OH)16·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Robert
Sticht, director of a mining corporation.
Stilbite * (see Stilbite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Stilbite-Ca NaCa4[Al8Si28O72]·n(H2O) (n=28-32) NAME ORIGIN: From the
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Greek stilbe - "luster" in allusion to the pearly to vitreous luster. Ca modifier

added by zeolite committee.
Stilbite-Na ! Na3Ca3[Al8Si28O72]·n(H2O) (n=28-32) NAME ORIGIN: From the
Greek stilbe - "luster" in allusion to the pearly to vitreous luster. The Na-dominant
member of the stilbite series.
Stilleite ZnSe NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hans Stille (1876-1966), distinguished
German geologist.
Stillwaterite Pd8As3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY:
Stillwater Complex, Nye County, Montana, USA.
Stillwellite-(Ce) (Ce,La,Ca)BSiO5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank Leslie
Stillwell (1888-1963), Australian ore mineralogist and the dominant Ce content.
Stilpnomelane K(Fe++,Mg,Fe+++)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)27·n(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: From the Greek for "shining" and "black", in allusion to its luster and color.
Stishovite SiO2
Stistaite SnSb NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition of stibium
(antimony) and stannum (tin).
Stoiberite Cu5V+++++2O10
Stokesite CaSnSi3O9·2(H2O)
Stolzite PbWO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Joseph Alexis Stolz
(1803-1896) from Teplice, Czechoslovakia.
Stoppaniite ! (Fe,Al,Mg)4(Na,[ ])2[Be6Si12O36]·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the mineral collector Francesco Saverio Stoppani (1947-).
Stottite Fe++Ge(OH)6
Straczekite (Ca,K,Ba)2V8O20·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John A.
Straczed (1914-), U. S. Geologist.
Straetlingite * (see Stratlingite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Strakhovite NaBa3(Mn++,Mn+++)4Si6O19(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: For N. M
Strakhov (1900-1978), for his contributions to the study of sedimentary ore
deposits and phosphorites.
Stranskiite Zn2Cu++(AsO4)2
Strashimirite Cu8(AsO4)4(OH)4·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
Strashimir Dimitrov, Bulgarian petrographer.
Stratlingite Ca2Al[(OH)6AlSiO2-3(OH)4-3]·2,5(H2O)
Stratopeite * (see Neotocite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Strelkinite Na2(UO2)2V2O8·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for M. F.
Strelkin (1905-1965), mineralogist interested in uranium ores, Russia.
Strengite Fe+++PO4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Johann August
Streng (1830-1897), German mineralogist, University of Giessen, Germany.
Stringhamite CaCuSiO4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Bronson F.
Stringham (1907-1968), University of Utah.
Stromeyerite AgCuS NAME ORIGIN: Named after Friedrich Stromeyer
(1776-1835), German mineralogiist and chemist,
Stronalsite SrNa2Al4Si4O16 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition
(Strontium, Na, Al, Si).
Strontianite SrCO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its containing the
element Strontium.
Strontio-orthojoaquinite (Na,Fe++)2Ba2Sr2Ti2[Si4O12]2(O,OH)2·(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named after its composition, orthorhombic crystal structure, and the
relationship to joaquinite (named for Joaquin Ridge, Diablo Range, California,
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USA).
Strontioborite SrB8O11(OH)4
Strontiochevkinite (Sr,REE)4Fe(Ti,Zr)2Ti2Si4O22 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the
Sr analog of chevkinite.
Strontiodresserite (Sr,Ca)Al2(CO3)2(OH)4·(H2O)
Strontioginorite (Sr,Ca)2B14O23·8(H2O)
Strontiojoaquinite (Na,Fe++)2Ba2Sr2Ti2[Si4O12]2(O,OH)2·(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named after its composition and the relationship to joaquinite (named
for Joaquin Ridge, Diablo Range, California, USA).
Strontiomelane ! SrMn++++6Mn+++2O16 NAME ORIGIN: The name reflects
the presence of strontium and the black color, melanos in Greek.
Strontiopiemontite (Ca,Mn++)(Sr,Ca)Mn+++(Al,Mn+++,Fe+++)2(SiO4)
(Si2O7)O(OH) NAME ORIGIN: From its strontium content and similarity to
piemontite.
Strontiopyrochlore * Sr2Nb2(O,OH)7
Strontiowhitlockite Sr7(Mg,Ca)3(PO4)6[PO3(OH)] NAME ORIGIN: Named as
the stronium analog of whitlockite.
Strontium Hilgardite * (see Kurgantaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Strontium-apatite (Sr,Ca)5(PO4)3(F,OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition and resemblance to the apatites.
Strontiumbrewsterite * (see Brewsterite-Sr ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Strueverite * (see Struverite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Strunzite Mn++Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hugo
Strunz (1910-), mineralogist, Berlin, who authored the Strunz system of mineral
classification.
Struverite (Ti,Ta,Fe+++)O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Giovanni Struver
(1842-1915), mineralogist, University of Rome, Italy.
Struvite (NH4)MgPO4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Russian
diplomat, H. G. von Struve (1772-1851).
Struvite-K ! KMg(PO4)·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals
Studenitsite NaCa2[B9O14(OH)4]·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the Serbian
cloister Studenitsa near the occurrence.
Studtite [(UO2)O2(H2O)2](H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Franz
Edward Studt, Belgian prospector and geologist, author of the first geological
map (1913) of Shava, Zaire.
Stuetzite * (see Stutzite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Stumpflite Pt(Sb,Bi) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eugen Friedrich Stumpfl
(1931-), Mineralogist, Mining University Leoben, Austria.
Sturmanite Ca6(Fe+++,Al,Mn++)2(SO4)2[B(OH)4](OH)12·25(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for B. Darko Sturman (1937-), Canadian mineralogist, Royal
Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada.
Sturtite * (Fe3+)(Mn2+,Ca,Mg)Si4O10(OH)3·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for C. Sturt.
Sturtite * (see Hisingerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sturtite * (see Neotocite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Stutzite Ag5-xTe3,(x=0.24-0.36) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Andreas Stutz
Stypticite * (see Fibroferrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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Suanite Mg2B2O5
Succinite * (see Amber ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sudburyite (Pd,Ni)Sb NAME ORIGIN: Name for the locality. LOCALITY:
Copper Cliff South mine and Frood mine, Sudbury district, Ontario, Canada
Sudoite Mg2(Al,Fe+++)3Si3AlO10(OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Toshio
Sudo (1911-), University of Tokyo, Japan.
Sudovikovite ! PtSe2 NAME ORIGIN: For N. G. Sudovikov (1903-1966), noted
Russian petrologist.
Suessite (Fe,Ni)3Si NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hans E. Suess (1909-1957), U.S.
Newspaper ppublisher and researcher on iron meteorites.
Sugilite KNa2(Fe++,Mn++,Al)2Li3Si12O30 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Ken-ichi Sugi (1901-1948), Japanexe petrologist
Sukulaite * (see Stannomicrolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sulfatic cancrinite * (see Vishnevite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sulfoborite Mg3B2(SO4)(OH)8(OH,F)2
Sulfur S8 NAME ORIGIN: Sanskrit, sulvere = "sulfur;" Latin sulphurium.
Sulphohalite Na6(SO4)2FCl NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of
sulfate plus NaCl (halite). .
Sulphotsumoite Bi3Te2S NAME ORIGIN: Named in allusion to the chemical
relationship with tsumoite.
Sulrhodite * (see Bowieite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Sulvanite Cu3VS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after sulfur (sul) and vanadium
(van) in the chemical formula.
Sundiusite Pb10(SO4)Cl2O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nils Sundius
(1886-1976), Swedish mineralogist.
Sunstone * (see Oligoclase ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Suolunite Ca2Si2O5(OH)2·(H2O)
Suredaite ! PbSnS3 NAME ORIGIN: The name honors R. J. Sureda Leston,
head of the Department of Mineralogy end Economic Geology, University of
Salta, Argentina.
Surinamite (Mg,Fe++)3Al4BeSi3O16
Surite (Pb,Cu)2-3(CO3)1.5-2(OH,F)0.5-1[(Al,Fe+++)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2]·n(H2O)
NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Cruz del Sur mine, Rio Negro
Province, Argentina.
Surkhobite ! (Ca,Na)(Ba,K)(Fe++,Mn)4Ti2(Si4O14)O2(F,OH,O)3 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Serkhob River Basin, Dara-i-Pioz massif, Central
Tajikistan.
Sursassite Mn++2Al3(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)3
Susannite Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2
Sussexite MnBO2(OH)
Suzukiite BaVO(SiO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jan Suzuki (1996-1970),
mineralogist and petrologist at Hokkaido University, Sapporo.
Svabite Ca5(AsO4)3F NAME ORIGIN: Named for Anton Svab (1703-1768),
Swedish mining official.
Svanbergite SrAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lars F.
Svanberg (1805-1878), Swedish chemist.
Sveite KAl7(NO3)4Cl2(OH)16·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sociedad
Venezolana de Espeleolgia.
Svenekite ! Ca(H2AsO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and
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Sverigeite NaMnMgSn++++Be2Si3O12(OH)
Svetlozarite - twinned * (see Dachiardite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Svetlozarite - twinned * (see Dachiardite-Na ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Svyatoslavite CaAl2Si2O8
Svyazhinite MgAl(SO4)2F·14(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nikolai
Vasilevich Svyazhin (1927-1967), Russian mineralogist.
Swaknoite (NH4)2Ca(HPO4)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the acronym
for the Siud Wes Aftica Karst Navorsing Organisasie (SWANKNO), a speleological
association in Namibia.
Swamboite U++++++H6(UO2)6(SiO4)6·30(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for the locality. LOCALITY: Swambo, Shaba, Zaire.
Swartzite CaMg(UO2)(CO3)3·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Charles K. Swartz (1861-1949), geologist and mineralogist, John Hopkins University.
Swedenborgite NaBe4SbO7
Sweetite Zn(OH)2
Swelling chlorite * (see Corrensite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Swinefordite (Li,Ca0.5,Na)0.72(Li,Al,Mg)2.66(Si,Al)4O10(OH,F)2·2(H2O)
NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ada Swineford (1917-1993), clay mineralogist and
professor of geology at Western Washington State College, Bellingham,
Washinton, USA.
Switzerite (Mn++,Fe++)3(PO4)2·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for George
Switzer, retired chairman of the Dept. of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian
Sylvanite (Au,Ag)2Te4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after TranSYLVANia, for
the part of Romainia where it was first found..
Sylvite KCl NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Dutch chemist, Sylvia de la
Boe (1614-1672).
Symesite ! Pb10(SO4)O7Cl4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert Symes
(1937-) of the Department of Mineralogy, the Natural History Museum (London) in
recognition of his studies of the ore deposits of South-West England.
Symplesite Fe++3(AsO4)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, syn,
"together" and plesiazein, "to associate."
Synadelphite (Mn,Mg,Ca,Pb)9(As+++O3)(As+++++O4)2(OH)9·2(H2O) (?)
NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "with" and "brother," as it is commonly
associated with several other chemically similar minerals.
Synchysite-(Ce) CaCe(CO3)2F NAME ORIGIN: Named for "confounding"
having been mistaken for parisite and for the Ce end-member of the series.
Synchysite-(Nd) CaNd(CO3)2F NAME ORIGIN: Named for "confounding"
having been mistaken for parisite and for the Nd end-member of the series.
Synchysite-(Y) CaY(CO3)2F NAME ORIGIN: Named for "confounding"
having been mistaken for parisite and for the Y end-member of the series.
Syngenite K2Ca(SO4)2·(H2O)
Szaibelyite MgBO2(OH)
Szenicsite Cu3MoO4(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its finders, Terry
and Marissa Szenics.
Szmikite MnSO4·(H2O)
Szomolnokite Fe++SO4·(H2O)
Sztrokayite * Bi3TeS2
Szymanskiite Hg+16(Ni,Mg)6(H3O)8(CO3)12·3(H2O)
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Taaffeite * (see Magnesiotaaffeite-2N2S ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Tacharanite Ca12Al2Si18O33(OH)36 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the
Gaelic "tacharan," a changeling, because on standing in air the mineral breaks
down to form other compounds (not noticed by later investigators).
Tachyhydrite CaMg2Cl6·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "quick
water", in allusion to its ready deliquescence.
Tadzhikite * (see Tadzhikite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tadzhikite-(Ce) Ca4(Ce,Y)2(Ti,Al,Fe+++,[ ])2[Si4B4O22](OH)2 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for the locality and its cerium content. LOCALITY: In the
Dara-i-Pioz massif, Alai Range, Tien Shan, Tajikistan (Tadzhikistan).
Tadzhikite-(Y) ! Ca4(Y,Ce)2(Ti,Al,Fe+++,[ ])2[Si4B4O22](OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality and its yttrium content. LOCALITY: In the Dara-i-Pioz
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Taeniolite * (see Tainiolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Taenite gamma-(Fe,Ni) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "band"
in allusion to the flattened form.
Taikanite (Ba,Sr)2Mn+++2Si4O12
Taimyrite (Pd,Cu,Pt)3Sn NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Talnakh, Tiamyr Peninsula, Norilsk, Russia.
Tainiolite KLiMg2Si4O10F2 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for
"band" or "strip", inallusion to hte tabular habit of the crystals.
Takanelite (Mn++,Ca)Mn++++4O8·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Katsutoshi Takane (1899-1945), professor of mineralogy, Tohoku University, Sendai,
Japan.
Takedaite Ca3(BO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: For Prof. Hiroshi Takeda (1934- ) , of
the Mineralogial Institute, University of Tokyo.
Takeuchiite Mg2Mn+++O2(BO3) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yoshio
Takeuchi (1924-), Japanese mineralogist
Takovite Ni6Al2(OH)16(CO3,OH)·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Takovo, Serbia.
Talc Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Arabic.
Talmessite Ca2Mg(AsO4)2·2(H2O)
Talnakhite Cu9(Fe,Ni)8S16 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Talnakh area, Taimyr Peninsula, Noril'sk region, Yakutiya, western
Siberia, Russia
Tamaite ! (Ca,K,Ba,Na)3-4Mn24(Si,Al)40(O,OH)112·21(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Shiromaru mine, Okutama, Tama district,
about 60 km from Tokyo, Japan.
Tamarugite NaAl(SO4)2·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Tamarugal Pampa, Cerro Pintado, Tarapaca, Chile
Tancoite HNa2LiAl(PO4)2(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Tanco spodumene-bearing pegmatite mine at Bernic Lake, MB,
Canada.
Taneyamalite (Na,Ca)(Mn++,Mg)12[(Si,Al)6O17]2(O,OH)10 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Taneyama mine, Kumamoto Prefecture and
Iwaizama mine, Saitama Prefecture, Honshu, Japan.
Tangeite CaCu(VO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Tange Gorge, Fergana Valley, Kyrgystan.
Tantalaeschynite-(Y) (Y,Ce,Ca)(Ta,Ti,Nb)2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
Tantalcarbide ! TaC NAME ORIGIN: The name reflects its composition:
tantalum and carbon.
Tantalite * (see Ferrotantalite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tantalite * (see Manganotantalite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tantalowodginite * (Mn2,[ ])4Ta4Ta8O32 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition.
Tantalum * Ta NAME ORIGIN: Greek, Tantalos = father of Niobe.
Tanteuxenite-(Y) (Y,Ce,Ca)(Ta,Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the composition (Tantalum) and the Greek for "friendly to strangers, hospitable,"
in allusion to the rare elements that it contains.
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Tantite Ta2O5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition (Tantalum).

Tanzanite - blue * (see Zoisite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tapiolite * (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1863 after the god
Tapio of Finnish mythology. Now a group name.
Tapiolite * (see Ferrotapiolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Taramellite Ba4(Fe+++,Ti,Fe++,Mg)4(B2Si8O27)O2Clx (x=0 to 1) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Torquato Taramelli (1845-1922), Italian geologist.
Taramite Na(CaNa)Fe++3AlFe+++[Si6Al2O22](OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
after the locality. LOCALITY: Wali-tarama, Mariupol, Ukraine.
Taranakite K3Al5(HPO4)6(PO4)2·18(H2O)
Tarapacaite K2CrO4
Tarasovite * (see Rectorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tarbuttite Zn2(PO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Percy Coventry
Tarbutt, director of the Broken Hill Explaration Co., Zambia.
Tarkianite ! (Cu,Fe)(Re,Mo)4S8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Professor
Mahmud Tarkian (1941-), of the University of Hamburg, Germany, for his
contributions to ore mineralogy.
Tarnowitzite (Pb) * (see Aragonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Taseqite ! Na12Sr3Ca6Fe3Zr3NbSi25O73(O,OH,H2O)3Cl2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the northern part of the complex, at theTaseq slope.
Tatarskite Ca6Mg2(SO4)2(CO3)2Cl4(OH)4·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Vitalii Borisovich Tatarskii (1907-), Russian mineralogist, Leningrad University.
Tatyanaite ! (Pt,Pd,Cu)9Cu3Sn4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Russian
mineralogist Tatyana L. Evstigneeva (or Yestigneeva) (1945-).
Tausonite SrTiO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for L. V. Tauson (1917-1989),
Russian geochemist.
Tavorite LiFe+++(PO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Elysairio Tavora
(1911-), mineralogist, University of Brazil, Rio de Janerio, Brazil.
Taylorite * (see Arcanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tazheranite CaTiZr2O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Tazheran alkalic massif., W of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia.
Teallite PbSnS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jethro Justinian Harris Teall
(1849-1924), Director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland.
Tedhadleyite ! Hg++Hg+10O4I2(Cl1.16Br0.84)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ted
A. Hadley (1961-) of Sunnyvale, California, who participated in the collection of
the holotype specimen.
Teepleite Na2B(OH)4Cl
Tegengrenite ! (Mg,Mn++)2Sb+++++0.5(Mn+++,Si,Ti)0.5O4 NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Felix Tegengren (1884-1980), a renowned Finlandic-Swedish
economic geologist who wrote about the ore deposits of Sweden and China.
Teineite CuTeO3·2(H2O)
Telargpalite (Pd,Ag)3Te NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Tel,
Ag, Pd).
Tellurantimony Sb2Te3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition.
Telluric Silver * (see Hessite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tellurite TeO2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its containing tellurium (Latin,
tellus = "earth").
Tellurium Te NAME ORIGIN: Named after the element, Latin, tellus =
"earth."
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Tellurobismuthite Bi2Te3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of

tellurium and bismuth.
Tellurohauchecornite Ni9BiTeS8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its chemical
relationship to hauchecornite.
Telluronevskite ! Bi3TeSe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Te analog of
nevskite.
Telluropalladinite Pd9Te4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition.
Telyushenkoite ! CsNa6[Be2(Si,Al)18O39F2] NAME ORIGIN: After Tamara
Matveyevna Telyushenko (1930–1997), a petrographer who made major
contributions to knowledge of the geology of Central Asia and who headed the
Young Geologists’ School of Ash
Temagamite Pd3HgTe3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Temagami Cu deposit, Temagami, Island, Ontario, Canada.
Temiskamite * (see Maucherite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tengchongite CaU++++++6Mo++++++2O25·12(H2O)
Tengerite-(Y) Y2(CO3)3·2-3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for C. Tenger,
Swedish geologist.
Tennantite (Cu,Fe)12As4S13 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English
chemist, Smithson Tennant (1761-1815).
Tenorite CuO NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Italian botanist, M. Tenor
(1781-1861).
Tephroite Mn2SiO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek tephros - "ash gray" for
its color.
Terlinguacreekite ! Hg++3O2Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Perry Pit, Mariposa mine, Terlingua mining district, Brewster County,
Texas, USA
Terlinguaite Hg+Hg++ClO NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Terlingua, Brewster Co., Texas, USA.
Ternesite ! Ca5(SiO4)2SO4 NAME ORIGIN: For Mr. B. Ternes of Mayen,
Germany, who found the mineral and provided specimens for the study.
Ternovite ! (Mg,Ca)Nb4O11-n(H2O) where n ~ 10 NAME ORIGIN: Named
after Vladimir Ivanovich Ternovoi (1928–1980), economic geologist, a pioneer in
studies of the Kovdor phlogopite depost.
Terranovaite ! (Na,Ca)8(Si68Al12)O160-29(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the
Italian Antarctic Station at Terranova Bay, Antarctica.
Terskite Na4Zr(H4Si6O18)
Tertschite Ca4B10O19·20(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Herman Tertsch
Teruggite Ca4MgAs2B12O22(OH)12·12(H2O)
Teschemacherite (NH4)HCO3
Testibiopalladite PdTe(Sb,Te) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition,
TEllurium, STIBnium (Latin for Antimony), BIsmuth, and PALLADIum.
Tetra-auricupride AuCu NAME ORIGIN: Named after its crystal symmetry
and Au, Cu content.
Tetra-ferri-annite K(Fe++,Mg)3(Fe+++,Al)Si3O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Named in 1963 for the composition and relationship to annite. Renamed to
Tetra-ferri-annite.
Tetra-ferriphlogopite ! KMg3Fe+++Si3O10(OH)2
Tetradymite Bi2Te2S NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, tetradymos,
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"fourfold."
Tetraferroplatinum PtFe NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Fe, Pt)
and crystal system.
Tetrahedrite (Cu,Fe)12Sb4S13 NAME ORIGIN: Name is derived from its
crystal form.
Tetranatrolite ? Na2[Al2Si3O10]·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The name given in
1980 recognizes its association with and similarity in chemical composition to
natrolite.
Tetranatrolite * (see Gonnardite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tetrarooseveltite BiAsO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the tetragonal analog
of rooseveltite.
Tetrataenite FeNi NAME ORIGIN: Named for taenite and the tetragonal
crystal form of this polymorph.
Tetrawickmanite Mn++Sn++++(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the
tetragonal analog of wickmanite.
Texasite * (see Zaratite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Thadeuite (Ca,Mn++)(Mg,Fe++,Mn+++)3(PO4)2(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN:
Namd for Decio Thadeu, Technical University, Lisbon, Portugal, for his studies on
Portuguese ore deposits.
Thalcusite TlCu3FeS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, THALlium,
CUprum (Copper), and Sulfur.
Thalenite-(Y) Y3Si3O10(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Tobins Robert
Thalen (1827-1905), Swedish physicist.
Thalfenisite Tl6(Fe,Ni,Cu)25S26Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition (Tl, Fe, Ni, S).
Thaumasite Ca3Si(CO3)(SO4)(OH)6·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the
Greek thaumasion - "surprising" in allusion to the chemical composition.
Theisite Cu5Zn5[(As+++++,Sb+++++)O4]2(OH)14 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Nicholas J. Theis, Geologist, Bendix Corp., who discovered the orignal sample.
Thenardite Na2SO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French chemist,
Louis Jacques Thenard (1777-1826).
Theoparacelsite ! Cu3(OH)2(As2O7) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Swiss
scientist Paracelse (1493-1541), who was Philippus Theophrastus van Hohenheim.
Paracelse is a Greek-Roman translation of Hohenheim.
Theophrastite Ni(OH)2
Theresemagnanite (Co,Zn,Ni)6(SO4)(OH,Cl)10·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Therese Magnan for her contributions to knowledge about the Cap
Garrone mine.
Thermonatrite Na2CO3·(H2O)
Thinolite (calcite pseudomorphs) * (see Ikaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Thomasclarkite-(Y) ! (Na,Ce)(Y,REE)(HCO3)(OH)3·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after Thomas Henry Clark (1893-1996), McGill University, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada, noted for his studies of the geology of the St. Lawrence
Lowlands.
Thometzekite Pb(Cu,Zn)2(AsO4)2·2(H2O)
Thomsenolite NaCaAlF6·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hans Peter
Jorgen Julius Thomsen (1826-1909), Daniosh physical chemist and founder of the
Greenland cryolite industry.
Thomsonite * (see Thomsonite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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Thomsonite-Ca NaCa2Al5Si5O20·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the

Scottish chemist, T. Thomson (1773-1852).
Thomsonite-Sr ! (Sr,Ca)2Na[Al5Si5O20]·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as
the Sr dominant analog of thomsonite-Ca.
Thorbastnaesite * (see Thorbastnasite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Thorbastnasite Th(Ca,Ce)(CO3)2F2·3(H2O)
Thoreaulite Sn++Ta2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jacques Thoreau
(188-1971), University of Louvain, Belogium.
Thorianite ThO2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its chemical composition
containing thorium.
Thorikosite Pb3(Sb+++,As+++)O3(OH)Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Thorikos, near the Laurium mines.
Thorite ThSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the presence of the element
Thorium, a highly radioactive material.
Thornasite Na12Th3[Si8O19]4·18(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
composition (Thorium, Na, Si).
Thorogummite Th(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x NAME ORIGIN: Named after
gummite and the element thorium.
Thorosteenstrupine (Ca,Th,Mn)3Si4O11F·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
steenstrupine and the thorium content.
Thortveitite (Sc,Y)2Si2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Norwegian
engineer, O. Thortveit.
Thorutite (Th,U,Ca)Ti2(O,OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition
(Thorium, rutile).
Threadgoldite Al(UO2)2(PO4)2(OH)·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Ian M. Threadgold (1929-), University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Thulite - red * (see Zoisite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Thuringite (Fe) * (see Chamosite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tiemannite HgSe NAME ORIGIN: Named after its discoverer, C. W. F.
Tiemann (1848-1899).
Tienshanite BaNa2MnTiB2Si6O20 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Dara-i-pioz massif, Tien Shan, southern Tajikistan.
Tiettaite (Na,K)17Fe+++TiSi16O29(OH)30·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
from the Finnish "tietta", science or knowledge, for the first science station in
Khibiny.
Tiger Eye - pseudomorph of asbestos * (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tikhonenkovite SrAl(OH)F4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Igor
Tikhonenkov (1927-1961), Russian student of alkaline rocks and minerals.
Tilasite CaMg(AsO4)F NAME ORIGIN: Named for Daniel Tilas (1712-1772),
Swedish mining engineer.
Tilkerodite * (see Clausthalite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tilleyite Ca5Si2O7(CO3)2
Tillmannsite ! (Ag3Hg)(V,As)O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ekkhart Tillmanns
(1941-) of the Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography, Wien, Austria.
Tin Sn NAME ORIGIN: A word of Old English origin, related to the Dutch tin
and the German zinn.
Tin Ore * (see Cassiterite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tin pyrites * (see Stannite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tinaksite K2Na(Ca,Mn++)2(Ti,Fe)O[Si7O18(OH)] NAME ORIGIN: Named
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fro the symbols of some of its component elements (Ti, Na, K).
Tincal * (see Borax ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tincalconite Na6[B4O5(OH)4]3·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for tincal
(borax) and konos "powder" in allusion to the minerals composition and
appearance.
Tinnunculite * C10H12N6O8 (?)
Tinsleyite KAl2(PO4)2(OH)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank C.
Tinsley (1916-), mineral collector, Black Hills specialist of Rapid City, South
Dakota, USA.
Tinticite Fe+++5(PO4,VO4)4·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Tintic Standard mine, Tintic district, Utah
Tintinaite Pb22Cu+4(Sb,Bi)30S69 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality.
LOCALITY: Tintina silver mines, Yukon Territory, Canada.
Tinzenite (Ca,Mn,Fe)3Al2BO3Si4O12(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Tinzen, Val d'Err, Grisons, Switzerland
Tiptopite K2(Na,Ca)2Li3Be6(PO4)6(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality. LOCALITY: Tip Top mine, Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Tiragalloite Mn++4As+++++Si3O12(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paolo
Tiragallo (1905-).
Tirodite - Renamed * (see Manganocummingtonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT,
MinMax
Tirolit * (see Tyrolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Tischendorfite ! Pd8Hg3Se9 NAME ORIGIN: Name for Gerhard Tischendorf
(1927-) who first recognized the mineral in the deposit in 1958.
Tisinalite Na3H3(Mn++,Ca,Fe)TiSi6(O,OH)18·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the
chemical elements Ti, Si, and Na in the formula.
Titanclinohumite * (see Clinohumite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Titanic Iron Ore * (see Ilmenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Titanite CaTiSiO5 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical
composition of titanium.
Titanium * Ti NAME ORIGIN: Named after the element which is named after
the Titans, sons of the Earth goddess.
Titanoelpidite * (see Labuntsovite-Mn ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Titanoferrite * (see Ilmenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Titanowodginite (Mn++,Fe++)(Ti,Sn)(Ta,Nb)2O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
TITANium and its relationship to wodginite.
Titantaramellite Ba4(Ti,Fe+++,Fe++,Mg)4(B2Si8O27)O2Clx X=0 TO 1, with Ti
> Fe NAME ORIGIN: Named for taramellite and dominance of Ti as the
octahedral cation.
Tivanite V+++TiO3(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the TItanium and
VANadium in the composition.
Tlalocite Cu10Zn6(Te++++O3)(Te++++++O4)2Cl(OH)25·27(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Tlaloc, the god of rain in the Toltec and Aztec civilizations, in
allusion to its high water content.
Tlapallite H6(Ca,Pb)2Cu3(SO4)(Te++++O3)4(Te++++++O6) NAME ORIGIN:
Named from the Nahua "tlapalli," paint, in allusion to its paintlike coating of rock
surfaces.
Tobelite (NH4,K)Al2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Ohgidani pottery stone deposit, Tobe, Ehime Prefecture, adn
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in the Horo pryophyllite deposit, Toyosaka, hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

Tobermorite Ca5Si6O16(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: In Scotland, on the Isle of Mull, around Tobermory.
Tochilinite 6Fe0.9S·5(Mg,Fe++)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mitrofan
S.Tochilin (1910-1968), Russian scientist.
Tocornalite (Ag,Hg)I (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1867 for S. F. Tocornal,
rector of the University of Santiago, Chile.
Toddite * (see Magnesiocolumbite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Todorokite (Na,Ca,K)2(Mn++++,Mn+++)6O12·3-4.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Todroki mine, Hikkaido, Japan.
Tokkoite K2Ca4[Si7O18(OH)](F,OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Murun massif, between the Charo and Tokko rivers, Yakutia,
Russia.
Tokyoite ! Ba2Mn(VO4)2(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals
Tolbachite CuCl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia.
Tolovkite IrSbS NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Ust'-Bel'skii
massif, Tolvka River, Northeastern Russia.
Tombarthite-(Y) Y4(Si,H4)4O12-x(OH)4+2x NAME ORIGIN: Named after
Thomas Fredrik Barth (1899-1971), mineralogist and petroligist, Oslo University,
Oslo, Norway.
Tomichite (V,Fe)4Ti3AsO13(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Stephan A.
Tomich (1914-), consulting geologist who discovered the mineral.
Tongbaite Cr3C2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Liu
Zhuang, Tongbai County, Henan, China
Tongxinite * Cu2Zn NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition
(tong=copper, xin=zinc).
Tooeleite Fe+++(8-2x)[(As(1-x),S(x))O4]6·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
its locality. LOCALITY: Found on waste dumps of the former gold and arsenic
mines in the Gold Hill district, western Tooele County, Utah, USA.
Topaz Al2SiO4(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY:
Topasos Island in the Red Sea.
Topazolite - yellow * (see Andradite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Torbernite Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8-12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
the Swedish chemist, Tornbern Bergmann (1735-1784).
Tornebohmite-(Ce) (Ce,La,Nd)2Al(SiO4)2(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Alfred Ellis Tornebohm (1839-1911), former director of the Geological Survey of
Sweden.
Tornebohmite-(La) (La,Ce)2Al(SiO4)2(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Alfred Ellis Tornebohm (1839-1911), former director of the Geological Survey of
Sweden.
Torreyite (Mg,Mn)9Zn4(SO4)2(OH)22·8(H2O)
Tosudite Na0,5(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)8O18(OH)12·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Toshio Sudo (1911-), Japanese mineralogist and crystallographer, University of
Tokyo, Japan.
Tounkite (Na,Ca,K)8Al6Si6O24(SO4)2Cl·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
the Tunka (Tounka) Valley near the deposits.
Tourmaline * (see Buergerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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Tourmaline * (see Chromdravite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Tourmaline * (see Dravite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tourmaline * (see Feruvite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tourmaline * (see Foitite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tourmaline * (see Liddicoatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tourmaline * (see Olenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tourmaline * (see Povondraite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tourmaline * (see Schorl ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tourmaline * (see Uvite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tourmaline * (see Vanadiumdravite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Toyohaite Ag2FeSn3S8
Trabzonite Ca4Si3O10·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality.
LOCALITY: Yarda Yaylasi, near Trabzon, Turkey.
Tranquillityite Fe++8(Zr,Y)2Ti3Si3O24 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Tranquility Base, Moon (Apollo 11).
Traskite (Ba,Ca)9(Fe++,Mn)2Ti2(SiO3)12(OH,Cl,F)6·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for John Boardman Trask (1824-1879), first state geologist of California.
Trattnerite ! (Fe,Mg)2(Mg,Fe)3(Si12O30) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Walter
Trattner, a mineral collector with excellent knowledge of the mineralogy of the
area in which the species was found.
Travertine * (see Calcite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Treasurite Ag7Pb6Bi15S32 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Treasury mine, Geneva district, Colorado, USA.
Trechmannite AgAsS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles O. Trechmenn
Trembathite (Mg,Fe++)3B7O13Cl
Tremolite [ ]Ca2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Tremola Valley, Alps.
Trevorite NiFe+++2O4
Triangulite Al3(UO2)4(PO4)4(OH)5·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
triangular habit of the crystals.
Trichalcite * (see Geminite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tridymite SiO2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek Tridymos - "triplex."
Trigonite Pb3Mn(As+++O3)2(As+++O2OH)
Trikalsilite (K,Na)AlSiO4
Trilithionite ! KLi1.5Al1.5AlSi3O10F2
Trimerite CaMn2Be3(SiO4)3
Trimounsite-(Y) (Y,REE)2Ti2SiO9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality and
the yttrium content. LOCALITY: Trimouns talc deposit, 6 km northeast of Luzenac,
Ariege, France.
Triphane - colorless, yellow * (see Spodumene ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Triphylite LiFe++PO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek tri - "threefold" and
fylon - "family" in allusion to the three cations in the formula.
Triplite (Mn,Fe++,Mg,Ca)2(PO4)(F,OH) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek
triplos - "triplex."
Triploidite (Mn,Fe++)2(PO4)(OH)
Trippkeite CuAs+++2O4
Tripuhyite Fe++Sb+++++O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality.
LOCALITY: Tripuhy valley (today Tripuí !!) near Ouro Preto.
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Tristramite (Ca,U++++,Fe+++)(PO4,SO4)·2(H2O)
Tritomite * (see Tritomite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tritomite-(Ce) (Ce,La,Ca,Y,Th)5(Si,B)3(O,OH,F)13 NAME ORIGIN: Named
from the Greek for "three" and "to cut," in allusion to the trihedral cavities left in
the host rock by the crystals.
Tritomite-(Y) (Y,Ca,La,Fe++)5(Si,B,Al)3(O,OH,F)13 (?) NAME ORIGIN:
Named from the Greek for "three" and "to cut," in allusion to the trihedral cavities
left in the host rock by the crystals.
Troegerite * (see Trogerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Trogerite H2(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for R. Troger,
mining offical at Schneeberg, Germany.
Trogtalite CoSe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Steinbruch Trogtal quarry, Lautenthal, Harz,, Germany
Troilite FeS NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dominico Troili, who described, in
1766, a meteorite which fell in Albareto, near Modena, Italy.
Trolleite Al4(PO4)3(OH)3
Trona Na3(CO3)(HCO3)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From Arabic origins
meaning "natron."
Troostite * (see Willemite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Truestedtite * (see Trustedtite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Truscottite (Ca,Mn++)14Si24O58(OH)8·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Samuel John Truscott (1970-1950), English mining geologist.
Trustedtite Ni3Se4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for O. Trustedt, whose work on
prospecting methods lead to the discovery of the Outokumpu ore deposit,
Finland.
Tsaregorodtsevite N(CH3)4AlSi5O12
Tsavorite - emerald green * (see Grossular ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tscheffkinite * (see Chevkinite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tschermakite [ ]Ca2(Mg3AlFe+++)Si6Al2O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Gustav Tschermak von Sessenegg (1836-1927), Austrian mineralogist.
Tschermigite (NH4)Al(SO4)2·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
locality. LOCALITY: Cermniky, (Tschermig), Czechoslovakia.
Tschernichite (Ca,Na)(Si6Al2)O16·4-8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Rudy Warren Tschernich (1945-), amateur mineralogist specializing in zeolites.
Tschortnerite ! Ca4(Ca,Sr,K,Ba)3Cu3(OH)8[Si12Al12O48]·x(H2O), x>=20
NAME ORIGIN: Named after Jochen Tschortner (1941-), mineral collector and
finder of the mineral.
Tsepinite-Ca ! (Ca,K,Na,[ ])2(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)(OH,O)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named as the Ca-dominant analogue of tsepinite-Na.
Tsepinite-K ! (K,Ba,Na)2(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)(OH,O)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named as the K-dominant analog of tsepinite-Na.
Tsepinite-Na ! (Na,H3O,K,Sr,Ba)2(Ti,Nb)2[Si4O12](OH,O)2·3(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Anatoliy I. Tsepin (1946-), Russian microprobe analyst.
Tsnigriite Ag9SbTe3(S,Se)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the initials of the
Russian name for the Central Scientice-Research Institute of Geological
Prospecting in Moscow.
Tsugaruite ! Pb4As2S7 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the discovery locality.
LOCALITY: Minami-Tsugara-gun provincial unit of the Aomori Prefecture in
northern Japan.
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Tsumcorite PbZnFe++(AsO4)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the

TSUMeb CORporation.
Tsumebite Pb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Tsumeb, Namibia.
Tsumgallite ! GaO(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Tsumeb mine and the
composition (GALLium).
Tsumoite BiTe NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tsumo
mine, Hiroshima, Shimane prefecture, Honshu, Japan.
Tucekite Ni9Sb2S8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Karel Tucek, Curator of
Minerals in the National Museum, Prague, Poland.
Tugarinovite MoO2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Aleksei Ivanovich Tugarinov
(1947-), geochemist, Vernadskii Institute, Moscow, Russia.
Tugtupite Na4AlBeSi4O12Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality
LOCALITY: Tugtup agatakorfia, Tunugdliarfik, Greenland.
Tuhualite [ ](Na,K)Fe++Fe+++[Si6O15] NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Mayor (Tuhua) Island, Bay of Plenty (Opo Bay), Norht Island,
New Zealand.
Tuite ! Ca3(PO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Guangzhi Tu (1920-), professor
and founding director of the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of
Tulameenite Pt2FeCu NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY:
Tulameen and Similkameen River, British Columbia, Canada.
Tuliokite BaNa6Th(CO3)6·6(H2O)
Tumchaite ! Na2(Zr,Sn)Si4O11·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The mineral is named
for the river Tumcha near Vuoriyarvi massif.
Tundrite-(Ce) Na3(Ce,La)4(Ti,Nb)2(SiO4)2(CO3)3O4(OH)·2(H2O)
Tundrite-(Nd) Na3(Nd,La)4(Ti,Nb)2(SiO4)2(CO3)3O4(OH)·2(H2O)
Tunellite SrB6O9(OH)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for George Tunnel
(1900-1996), U. S. Mineralogist.
Tungstenite WS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition.
Tungstibite Sb2O3·WO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical
composition of tungsten (W) and antimony (Sb). Swedish, tung sten = "heavy
stone" and Latin, "stibium."
Tungstite WO3·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition
containig tungsen (Swedish, tung sten = "heavy stone").
Tungusite Ca14(OH)8(Si8O20)3Fe++9(OH)14
Tunisite NaCa2Al4(CO3)4(OH)8Cl
Tuperssuatsiaite Na(Fe+++,Mn)3[Si8O20](OH)2·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tuperssuatsiait Bay, Greenland.
Turanite Cu5(VO4)2(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the locality.
LOCALITY: Tyuya Nuyun, Ferghana, Turan Region, Uzbekistan.
Turkestanite ! Th(Ca,Na)2(K1-x,[ ]x)Si8O20·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
after the discovery locality, along the Turkestan Ridge. LOCALITY: Located 40 km
apart north and south, respectively, of the Turkestan - Tadjikistan border.
Turneaureite Ca5[(As,P)O4]3Cl
Turquoise CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Turkey
(from where it was brought to Europe).
Turtmannite ! (Mn,Mg)25.5[(V,As)O4]3(SiO4)3[AsO3]xO5-5x(OH)20+x NAME
ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Barrhorn Unit (Central Alps) in the
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Triassic marbles near Turtmanntal, Valais, Switzerland.

Tuscanite K(Ca,Na)6(Si,Al)10O22(SO4,CO3,(OH)2)·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the Tuscany region of Italy where the mineral was first found.
Tusionite MnSn++++(BO3)2
Tuzlaite NaCaB508(0H)2·3(H2O)
Tvalchrelidzeite Hg12(Sb,As)8S15 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. A.
Tvalchrelidze, founder of the Georgian Mineralogical-Petrographic School,
Russia.
Tvedalite (Ca,Mn++)4Be3Si6O17(OH)4·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
type locality. LOCALITY: Vevja larvikite quarry, Tvedalen, Brunlanes, Vestfold Co.,
Norway.
Tveitite-(Y) Ca1-xYxF2+x, x~0.3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Peder Tveit
(1909-1978), Norwegian miner, who found it in his quarry.
Tweddillite ! CaSr(Mn+++,Fe+++)2Al[Si3O12](OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Samuel M. Tweddill, first curator (1897 to 1915) of the Museum of the Geological
Survey, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa.
Twinnite Pb(Sb,As)2S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert M. Thompson
(1918-1967), Canadian Mineralogist: Thompson means "son of Thomas," which is
Aramaic for "twin."
Tychite Na6Mg2(CO3)4(SO4)
Tyretskite Ca2B5O9(OH)·(H2O)
Tyrolite CaCu5(AsO4)2(CO3)(OH)4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the
locality. LOCALITY: Brixlegg-Schwaz District, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria.
Tyrrellite (Cu,Co,Ni)3Se4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Joseph Burr Tyrell
(1858-1957), first geologist to visit the area of discovery in Canada.
Tysonite * (see Fluocerite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Tyuyamunite Ca(UO2)2V2O8·5-8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from its
locality. LOCALITY: Found in the Tyuya-Muyun (Tuja Mujun) hill, a northern spur of
the Alai Mountains, Ferghana, in Turkestan.

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Uchucchacuaite AgPb3MnSb5S12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.

LOCALITY: Uchuc-Chacua deposit, Cajatambo Province, Peru.
Uhligite Ca3(Ti,Al,Zr)9O20 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alfred Louis Johannes
Uhlig (1883-1919), German geologist, leader of the African expedition in which
the material was first collected.
Uklonskovite NaMg(SO4)F·2(H2O)
Ulexite NaCaB5O6(OH)6·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German
chemist, George Ludwig Ulex (1811-1883).
Ullmannite NiSbS NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German chemist and
mineralogist, J. Ch. Ullmann (1771-1821).
Ulrichite CaCu(UO2)(PO4)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for G.H.F.
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Ulrich.
Ultamarine pigment * (see Lazurite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ulvite * (see Ulvospinel ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ulvospinel TiFe++2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality and the
spinel group of minerals. LOCALITY: Sodra Ulvön island, Angermanland, Sweden
Umangite Cu3Se2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY:
Sierra de Umango, La Rioja province in Argentina.
Umbite K2ZrSi3O9·(H2O)
Umbozerite Na3Sr4ThSi8(O,OH)24 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Umbozero (Lake Umba), Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Umohoite [(UO2)MoO4]·H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition of U, Mo, H.
Ungarettiite NaNa2(Mn++2Mn+++3)Si8O22O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after
Prof. Luciano Ungaretti (1942-), Universita de Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Ungemachite K3Na8Fe+++(SO4)6(NO3)2·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Henri-Leon Ungemach (1880-1936), Belgian crystallographer.
Ungursaite ? NaCa5(Ta,Nb)24O65(OH)
Upalite Al(UO2)3(PO4)2O(OH)·7(H2O)
Uralborite CaB2O2(OH)4
Uralolite Ca2Be4(PO4)3(OH)3·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Boyevka, central Ural Mountains, Russia.
Uramphite (NH4)(UO2)(PO4)·3(H2O)
Urancalcarite Ca(UO2)3(CO3)(OH)6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the composition.
Uraninite UO2 NAME ORIGIN: From its elemental composition
containing uranium.
Uranmicrolite (U,Ca)2(Ta,Nb)2O6(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for uranium
and as a member of the microlite group.
Uranocircite Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition and from the Greek for "falcon" because it was discovered in
Falkenstein, Germany.
Uranophane Ca(UO2)2SiO3(OH)2·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From uran and
phanos - "to appear."
Uranophane-beta Ca[(UO2)SiO3(OH)]2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
as the polymorph of uranophane.
Uranopilite [(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6(H2O)6]·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for uranium and the Greek for "felt", alluding to the composition and habit.
Uranopolycrase (U,Y)(Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
content or URANium and relation to polycrase.
Uranosilite (U++++++O2)Si7O15 NAME ORIGIN: Named in allusion to the
composition.
Uranospathite HAl(UO2)4(PO4)4·40(H2O)
Uranosphaerite Bi(UO2)O2(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
compostition uranium and the Greek for sphere, in allusion to its globular forms.
Uranospinite Ca(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
uranium and the Greek for "siskin," in allusion to its composition and color.
Uranotile * (see Uranophane ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Uranotile-beta * (see Uranophane-beta ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Uranotungstite (Fe++,Ba,Pb)(UO2)2WO4(OH)4·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
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Named for the composition.

Uranpyrochlore (U,Ca,Ce)2(Nb,Ta)2O6(OH,F) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for its URANium content and membership in the pyrochlore group.
Urao * (see Trona ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Urea CO(NH2)2
Ureyite * (see Kosmochlor ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Uricite C5H4N4O3
Ursilite * (Mg,Ca)4[(UO2)4(OH)5/(Si2O5)5.5]·13(H2O)
Urusite * (see Sideronatrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Urusovite ! Cu[AlAsO5] NAME ORIGIN: The name honors Vadim
Sergeevich Urusov of Moscow State University, Russia.
Urvantsevite Pd(Bi,Pb)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nikolai N. Urvantsev
(1893-1985), Russian geologist who discovered the Norilsk deposits.
Ushkovite MgFe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2·8(H2O)
Usonite * (see Uzonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Usovite Ba2CaMgAl2F14 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mikhail Antonovich
Usov (1883-1939), Russian geologist.
Ussingite Na2AlSi3O8(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Niels Viggo Ussing
(1864-1911), Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ustarasite Pb(Bi,Sb)6S10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Ustarasaisk deposit, western Tian-Shan, Kazakhstan.
Utahite ! Cu5Zn3(Te++++++O4)4(OH)8·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
its locality. LOCALITY: The Centennial Eureka mine, 1 mile southeast of Eureka,
Tintic District, Juab County, Utah, USA.
Utahite * (see Jarosite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Utahlite * (see Variscite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Uvanite U++++++2V+++++6O21·15(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition (U, Vanadium)..
Uvarovite Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Count S. S.
Uvarov (1765-1855), Russian statesman and ardent amateur mineral collector.
Uvite (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe++)3Al5Mg(BO3)3Si6O18(OH,F)4 NAME ORIGIN:
Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Province Uva, Sri Lanka.
Uvite - (61.3.1.3) * (see Uvite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Uytenbogaardtite Ag3AuS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Willem
Uytenbogaardt (1918– ), Professor of Geology, Technical University, Delft, The
Netherlands, prominent ore microscopist.
Uzonite As4S5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Uzon
caldera, Kamchatka, Russia.

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This alphabetical listing of V minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of
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Vaesite NiS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Johannes Vaes, mineralogist for
the Union Miniere du Haut Katanga.
Vajdakite ! [(MoO2)2(H2O)2As2O5]·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Josef
Vajdak (1930-), for his significant contribution in the study of minerals in the
Jachymov ore district.
Valentinite Sb2O3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German alchemist,
B. Valentinus (16th century).
Valleriite 4(Fe,Cu)S·3(Mg,Al)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Goran
Wallerius (Vallerius) (1683-1742), a Swedish mining geologist.
Vanadinite Pb5(VO4)3Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for its vanadium
content.
Vanadiocarpholite ! Mn++V+++Al(Si2O6)(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named as
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Vanadiumdravite ! NaMg3V6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for its vanadium content and the mineral dravite.
Vanadomalayaite CaVOSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named to show it's chemical
relationship to malayaite.
Vanalite NaAl8V10O38·30(H2O)
Vandenbrandeite Cu(UO2)(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre
van den Brande (1896-1957), Belgian geologist who discovered the ore deposit
at Kalongwe, Zaire.
Vandendriesscheite Pb(UO2)10O6(OH)11·11(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Adrien Vandendriessche (1914-1940), Belgian mineralogist and
geologist.
Vanmeersscheite U++++++(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6·4(H2O)
Vanoxite V++++4V+++++2O13·8(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
composition of vanadium and oxygen (oxide).
Vantasselite Al4(PO4)3(OH)3·9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rene Van
Tassel (1916-), mineralogist of phosphate and sulfate minerals.
Vanthoffite Na6Mg(SO4)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jacobus Hendricus
van't Hoff (1852-1911), Dutch physical chemist.
Vanuralite Al(UO2)2(VO4)2(OH)·11(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition (Vanadium, Uranium).
Vanuranylite ? (H3O,Ba,Ca,K)1.6(UO2)2V2O8·4(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN:
Named in 1965 for the composition (VANadium, URanium, and Aluminum).
Varennesite Na8Mn++2Si10O25(OH,Cl)2·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the
locality. LOCALITY: Demix-Varennes quarry, which lies between the villages of
Varennes and Saint-Amable, in Vercheres County, Quebec
Variscite AlPO4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Variscia, the historical
name of Vogtland, Germany.
Varlamoffite * (Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2
Varulite NaCaMn(Mn,Fe++,Fe+++)2(PO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Verutrask pegmatite, Boliden mine, Skelleftea, Vasterbottea,
Sweden.
Vashegyite Al11(PO4)9(OH)6·38(H2O) or Al6(PO4)5(OH)3·23(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Zeleznik (Vashegy) mine, Sirk River,
Slovakia, Boehmia, Czech Republic.
Vasilite (Pd,Cu)16(S,Te)7
Vasilyevite ! (Hg2)++10O6I3Cl(CO3) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vladimir
Ivanovich Vasilyev (1929-), Institute of of Geology of the Siberian Branch of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia.
Vastmanlandite-(Ce) ! Ce3CaMg2Al2Si5O19(OH)2F NAME ORIGIN:
Vaterite CaCO3
Vaughanite TlHgSb4S7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for David J. Vaughan (1946-),
English mineralogist.
Vauquelinite Pb2Cu(CrO4)(PO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Louis N.
Vauquelin (1763-1829), French chemist and discoverer of chromium.
Vauxite Fe++Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for George
Vaux, Jr. (1863-1927), mineral collector, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Vayrynenite MnBe(PO4)(OH,F) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Heikki Allan
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Vayrynen (1888-1956), mineralogist and geologist, Technical High School,

Helsinki, Finland.
Veatchite Sr2B11O16(OH)5·(H2O)
Veatchite-A Sr2B11O16(OH)5·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as a dimorph of
veatchite.
Veatchite-p ! Sr2B11O16(OH)5·(H2O)
Veenite Pb2(Sb,As)2S5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for R. W. Van der Veen
(1883-1925), Dutch economic geologist and metallographer.
Velikite Cu2HgSnS4 NAME ORIGIN: For A. C. Velikyi (1913-1970), a well
known investigator of the ore deposits of Central Asia.
Verbeekite ! PdSe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Theodore Verbeek (1927-1991)
who did the original studies on the Se-bearing lens.
Verdelite - green * (see Elbaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Vergasovaite ! Cu3O[(Mo,S)O4][SO4] NAME ORIGIN: Named after Lidiya
Pavlovna Vergasova (b. 1941), of the Institute of Volcanology, Russian Academy
of Sciences, Petropavlovsk, Russia,
Vermiculite (Mg,Fe++,Al)3(Al,Si)4O10(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From
the Latin vermiculus, "little worm."
Vernadite (Mn++++,Fe+++,Ca,Na)(O,OH)2·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadskii (1863-1945), Russian natrualist and geochemist.
Verplanckite Ba2(Mn++,Ti,Fe++)2Si2O6(O,OH,Cl,F)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for William E. VerPlanck (1916-1963), American geologist, California
Division of Mines & Geology.
Versiliaite Fe++4Fe+++8Sb+++12O23S2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Buca della Vena mine, Versilia valley, Apuan Alps, Italy.
Vertumnite Ca8Al4(Al4Si5)O12[(OH)36·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For
Vertumnus, the god worshipped by the ancient Etruscan people who inhabited
the region where the mineral was found.
Vesignieite Cu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French
mineral collector, L. Vesignie (1870-1954).
Vesuvian Salt * (see Aphthitalite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Vesuvianite Ca10Mg2Al4(SiO4)5(Si2O7)2(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named
after its locality. LOCALITY: Mte. Somma, Vesuvius, Italy.
Vesuvianite-Mn * (see Manganvesuvianite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Veszelyite (Cu,Zn)2ZnPO4(OH)3·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for A.
Veszelyi (1820-1888), Hungarian mining engineer who discovered the mineral.
Viaeneite ! (Fe,Pb)4S8O NAME ORIGIN: For Prof. Willy Viaene (1943-),
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
Vicanite-(Ce) (Ca,Ce,La,Th)15As+++++(As+++0.5,Na0.5)Fe+++Si6B4O40F7
NAME ORIGIN: After its locality. LOCALITY: Vican (Vico lake) volcanic complex
at Tre Croci, Ventralla (north of Rome), Latium, Veterbo provicne, Italy.
Vierlingite * (see Bermanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Vigezzite (Ca,Ce)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Orcesco, on Alpe Rosso, Val Vigezzo, Italy.
Vihorlatite * Bi8+x(Se,Te,S)11-x NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Poruba, Vihorlat Mountains, Slovakia.
Viitaniemiite Na(Ca,Mn++)Al(PO4)(F,OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Viitaniemi granite pegmatite, Erajarvi, Orivesi, Finland.
Vikingite Ag5Pb8Bi13S30 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Vikings, who
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settled Greenland in the tenth century.

Villamaninite (Cu,Ni,Co,Fe)S2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Providencia mine, Mina Cármenes district, near Villamanín, León
province, Spain
Villiaumite NaF NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French traveller, Villium.
Villyaellenite Mn++5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Villy Aellen, director of the Natural History Museum of Geneva, Switzerland.
Vimsite CaB2O2(OH)4
Vincentite (Pd,Pt)3(As,Sb,Te) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ewart A. Vincent
(1919-), professor of mineralogy, Oxford University.
Vinciennite Cu10Fe4Sn(As,Sb)S16 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henri
Vincienne (1898-1965), French mineralogist.
Vinogradovite (Na,K)4Ti4(Si,Al)8O26·3(H2O,Na) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov, Russian geochemist.
Violarite Fe++Ni+++2S4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin for "purple", its
color in a polished section.
Virgilite LixAlxSi3-xO6
Viseite Ca10Al24(SiO4)6(PO4)7O22F3·72(H2O) (?)
Vishnevite (Na,Ca,K)6(Si,Al)12O24[(SO4),(CO3),Cl2]2-4·n(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: From the Kurochkin Vally,
Vishnevy-Ilmen Mountains, Soputhern Urals, Russia.
Vismirnovite ZnSn++++(OH)6
Vistepite Mn++4Sn++++B2(SiO4)4(OH)2
Vitimite ! Ca6B14O19(SO4)(OH)14·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Vitim
plateau which is near the locality LOCALITY: Solongo deposit in Buryatia,
Transbaikal region, Russia
Vitusite-(Ce) Na3(Ce,La,Nd)(PO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vitus Bering
(1681-1741), explorer of norhtern seas (Bering Sea).
Vivianite Fe++3(PO4)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English
mineralogist, J. G. Vivian.
Vladimirite Ca5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·5(H2O)
Vlasovite Na2ZrSi4O11
Vlodavetsite ! AlCa2(SO4)2F2Cl·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For V. I. Vlodavets
(1893-1993), Russian volcanologist.
Vochtenite (Fe++,Mg)Fe+++[(UO2)(PO4)]4(OH)·12-13(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Renard F. C. Vochten (1933-), mineraloigst, State University of
Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Voggite Na2Zr(PO4)(CO3)(OH)·2(H2O)
Voglite Ca2Cu(UO2)(CO3)4·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Josef
Florian Vogl, Austrian mining official and mineralogist, who described the
compound and published on uranium mines and minerals of Jachymov, Czech
Republic.
Volborthite Cu++3V+++++2O7(OH)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Alexander von Volborth (1800-1876), Russian paleontologist who first noted the
mineral.
Volchonskoite * (see Volkonskoite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Volfsonite * Cu+10Cu++Fe++Fe+++2Sn++++3S16
Volkonskoite Ca0.3(Cr+++,Mg,Fe+++)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Prince A. Volkonskoi, Minister of the Imperial Court, Russia.
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Volkovskite KCa4[B5O8(OH)4][B(OH)3]Cl·4(H2O)
Voltaite K2Fe++5Fe+++3Al(SO4)12·18(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
the Italian physicist, Alessandro G. A. A. Volta (1745-1841).
Volynskite AgBiTe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for I. S. Volynskii (1900-1947),
Polish economic geologist.
Vonbezingite Ca6Cu3(SO4)3(OH)12·2(H2O)
Vonsenite Fe++2Fe+++BO5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Magnus Vonsen
(1879-1954), amateur mineralogist and mineral collector who discovered the
mineral.
Vozhminite (Ni,Co)4(As,Sb)S2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Vozhmin serpentinite, Karelia, Russia.
Vrbaite Tl4Hg3Sb2As8S20 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Karl Vrba
(1845-1922), Czech mineralogist.
vrendenbergite alpha * (see Iwakiite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Vuagnatite CaAlSiO4(OH)
Vulcanite CuTe NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Good
Hope mine, Vulcan, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA.
Vuonnemite Na11Nb2TiSi4O12(PO4)2O5F2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Vuonnemi River, Khibiny massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Ilímaussaq, Greenland.
Vuorelainenite (Mn++,Fe++)(V+++,Cr+++)2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Yrjo Vuorelainen (1922-), Finnish exploration geologist.
Vuoriyarvite * (see Vuoriyarvite-K ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Vuoriyarvite-K ! (K,Na)2(Nb,Ti)2Si4O12(O,OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The
name reflects the discovery locality. LOCALITY: Lake Vuoriyarvi and the
Vuoriyarvi alkali-ultramafic complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Vurroite ! Pb21SnAs11Bi11S50Cl8Se NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
Vyacheslavite U++++(PO4)(OH)·2.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Vyacheslav Gavilovich Melkov (1911-1991), Russian mineralogist.
Vyalsovite FeS·Ca(OH)2·Al(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Leonid N.
Vyalsov (1939-), Russian mineralogist.
Vysotskite (Pd,Ni)S NAME ORIGIN: Named for N. K. Vysotskii, Soviet
geologist, who first found platinum at Noril'sk, Russia.
Vyuntspakhkite-(Y) (Y,Yb,Er)4Al2AlSi5O18(OH)5

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This alphabetical listing of W minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of
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Wad * (see Lithiophorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Wad * (see Nsutite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wad * (see Pyrolusite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wad * (see Takanelite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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Wadalite Ca6Al5Si2O16Cl3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Tsunashiro Wada
(1856-1920), first Director General of the Geological Survey of Japan.
Wadeite K2ZrSi3O9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Wade (1878-1951),
Australian geologist who collected the mineral.
Wadsleyite (Mg,Fe++)2SiO4
Wagnerite (Mg,Fe++)2(PO4)F NAME ORIGIN: Named for F. M. von
Wagner (1768-1851), mining official in Munich, Germany.
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Wairakite CaAl2Si4O12·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the loclity.

Wairauite CoFe NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Red Hill,
Warau Valley, South Island, New Zealand.
Wakabayashilite (As,Sb)11S18 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yaichiro
Wakabayashi (1874-1943), mineralogist for Mitsubishi Mining.
Wakefieldite-(Ce) (Ce+++,Pb++,Pb++++)VO4 NAME ORIGIN: Renamed
from kusuite in 1977 for the locality, changed to wakefieldite-Ce as the Ce
analog of wakefieldite-Y. LOCALITY: Kusu deposit, 85 km SW of Kinshasa, Zaire.
Wakefieldite-(Y) YVO4
Walentaite (Ca,Mn++,Fe++)Fe+++3(AsO4)(PO4)3(PO3OH) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Kurt Walenta (1927-), mineralogist, University of Stuttgart, Germany,
who has studied many phosphate minerals.
Walfordite ! (Fe+++,Te++++++)Te++++3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named after
Phillip Walford (b. 1945), of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Vice-President and Chief
Geologist of LAC Minerals, Ltd., at the time that mining company held the
mining rights to the
Walkerite ! Ca16(Mg,Li,[ ])2[B13O17(OH)12]4Cl6·28(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Thomas Leonard Walker (1867-1942), Founding Member and past
president Geological Society of America.
Wallisite PbTl(Cu,Ag)As2S5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wallis, the German
name for the Swiss Canton in which the Lengenbach quarry is located.
Wallkilldellite Ca4Mn++6As+++++4O16(OH)8·18(H2O)
Wallkilldellite-(Fe) ! (Ca,Cu)4Fe6[(As,Si)O4]4(OH)8·18(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named as the Fe++ dominant analog of wallkilldellite.
Walpurgite Bi4(UO2)(AsO4)2O4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Walpurgis vein, Weisse Hirsch mine, Neustadtel, Schneeberg,
Saxony, Germany.
Walstromite BaCa2Si3O9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert E. Walstrom
(1920-), American mineral collector, who discovered the mineral.
Walthierite Ba0.5Al3(SO4)2(OH)6
Wapplerite * (see Rosslerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wardite NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henry
Augustus Ward (1834-1906), mineral dealer and collector, Rochester, New York,
USA.
Wardsmithite Ca5MgB24O42·30(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ward C.
Smith (1906-), U. S. Geologist.
Warikahnite Zn3(AsO4)2·2(H2O)
Warp Factor 9 * (see Dilithium ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Warwickite Mg(Ti,Fe+++,Al)(BO3)O NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
locality. LOCALITY: Southwest of Edenville, in the town of Warwick, Orange Co.,
New York.
Watanabeite Cu4(As,Sb)2S5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Takeo Watanabe,
(1907-1986), Japanese mineralogist.
Watatsumiite ! Na2KMn2LiV2Si8O24 NAME ORIGIN: Named after
watatsumi, Japanese god of the sea as is the analogue (neptunite) neptune,
Roman god of the sea.
Watkinsonite PbCu2Bi4(Se,S)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for David H. Watkinson
Wattersite Hg+4Hg++Cr++++++O6 NAME ORIGIN: The mineral is named
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for Mr. Lu Watters(1911-1989), a well known California mineral collector, jazz

trumpeter, chef and environmentalist.
Wattevillite Na2Ca(SO4)2·4(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Oscar de
Watteville of Paris, France.
Wavellite Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after William
Wavell (?-1829) of England who discovered the mineral.
Wawayandaite Ca12Mn4B2Be18Si12O46(OH,Cl)30 [Ortho] NAME ORIGIN:
Named from the Lenni Lenape Native American word "wawayanda," many or
several winding, in allusion to the grossly curved and winding habit of its crystals.
Waylandite BiAl3(PO4)2(OH)6
Weberite Na2MgAlF7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Theobald C. F. Weber
(1823-1886), one of the founders of the cryolite industry in Denmark.
Websterite * (see Aluminite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Weddellite Ca(C2O4)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Weddel sea,
Antactica.
Weeksite K2(UO2)2Si6O15·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mary Alice
Dowse Weeks (1909-1988), mineralogist with the U.S. Geological Survey, noted
specialist in the mineralogy of uranium and vanadium.
Wegscheiderite Na5(CO3)(HCO3)3
Weibullite Pb6Bi8(S,Se)18 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mats Weibull
(1856-1923), Swedish mineralogist.
Weilerite BaAl3H[(As,P)O4]2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Weiler and Neubulach, Black Forest, Germany.
Weilerite * (see Arsenogoyazite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Weilite CaHAsO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rene Weil (1901-),
mineralogist of Strasbourg, France, known for his study of Alsatian minerals.
Weinebeneite CaBe3(PO4)2(OH)2·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Weinebebe, Koralpe, Carinthia, Austria.
Weinschenkite * (see Churchite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Weishanite (Au,Ag)3Hg2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
Weishan, Poshan mining district,Tongbai County, Henan Province, China.
Weissbergite TlSbS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Byron G. Weissberg,
Chemistry division, D.S.I.R., New Zeland.
Weissite Cu1.9Te NAME ORIGIN: Named for Louis Weiss, owner of the Good
Hope mine and discoverer of rickardite.
Welinite-III Mn++6(W++++++,Mg)2Si2(O,OH)14
Welinite-VIII (Mn++,Mg)3(W++++++,Mn+++)1-x(SiO4)(O,OH)3 (x=1/3) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Eric Welin, mineralogist and geochronologist, Swedish
Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden.
Wellsite-barian Phillipsite-Ca * (see Phillipsite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wellsite-calcian Harmotome * (see Harmotome ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Weloganite Sr3Na2Zr(CO3)6·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for William E.
Logan (1798-1875), first director of the Canadian Geologic Survey.
Welshite Ca2Mg4(Mn,Fe)Sb+++++2O2[Si3Be2O18]
Wendwilsonite Ca2(Mg,Co)(AsO4)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Wendell E. Wilson (1946-), mineralogist, editor, and publisher of the Mineralogical
Record.
Wenkite Ba4Ca6(Si,Al)20O39(OH)2(SO4)3·n(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Eduard Wenk (1907-), mineralogist and petrologist, University of Basel,
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Basel, Switzerland.
Werdingite (Mg,Fe)2Al14B4Si4O37 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gunter
Werding, of the Mineralogical Institute, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany.
Wermlandite (Ca,Mg)Mg7(Al,Fe+++)2(SO4)2(OH)18·12(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Långban mine, Bergslagen ore
district, Filipstad, Värmland (Wermland), Sweden.
Wernerite * (see Marialite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wernerite * (see Meionite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wernerite * (see Scapolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wesselsite ! SrCu++Si4O10 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality.
LOCALITY: Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese field, Kuruman Hill, Cape
Province, South Africa.
Westerveldite (Fe,Ni,Co)As NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jan Westerveld
(1905-1962), Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Amsterdam, The
Netherlands.
Westgrenite * (see Bismutomicrolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wheatleyite Na2Cu(C2O4)2·2(H2O)
Wheel Ore * (see Bournonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wherryite Pb7Cu2(SO4)4(SiO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edgar T.
Wherry (1885-1982), American mineralogist and plant ecologist.
Whewellite Ca(C2O4)·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the British
mineralogist, crystallographer and natural philosopher William Whewell
(1794-1866), professor of mineralogy at Cambridge.
White Lead Ore * (see Cerussite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Whiteite-(CaFeMg) Ca(Fe++,Mn++)Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8(H2O) NAME
ORIGIN: Named for John S. White, Jr. (1933-), former editor of the Mineralogical
Record and professional curator of minerals and gems.
Whiteite-(CaMnMg) CaMn++Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for John S. White, Jr. (1933-), former editor of the Mineralogical Record
and professional curator of minerals and gems.
Whiteite-(MnFeMg) (Mn++,Ca)(Fe++,Mn++)Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8(H2O)
NAME ORIGIN: Named for John S. White, Jr. (1933-), former editor of the
Mineralogical Record and professional curator of minerals and gems.
Whitlockite Ca9(Mg,Fe++)(PO4)6(PO3OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Herbert Percy Whitlock (1868-1948), American mineralogist, Curator, American
Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY, USA.
Whitmoreite Fe++Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Robert W. Whitmore (1936-), Micromount mineral collector and owner of the
Palermo mine, New Hampshire, USA.
Whitneyite * (see Algodonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wickenburgite Pb3CaAl2Si10O27·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: near Wichenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona.
Wickmanite Mn++Sn++++(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Franz-Erik
Wickman (1915-), Swedish mineralogist, who studied the mineralogy of the
Langban area.
Wicksite NaCa2(Fe++,Mn++)4MgFe+++(PO4)6·2(H2O)
Widenmannite Pb2(UO2)(CO3)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Bergrat J. F.
Widenmann (1764-1798), who first discovered uranium containing micas in the
Schwarzwald.
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Widgiemoolthalite (Ni,Mg)5(CO3)4(OH)2·4-5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named

for the locality. LOCALITY: 132 North Nickel mine, 4 km SW of Widgiemooltha, 80
km S of Kalgoorlie, Australia.
Wightmanite Mg5(BO3)O(OH)5·2(H2O)
Wilcoxite MgAl(SO4)2F·18(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after William
Wilcox, who discovered this mining district in 1879. He was killed by Apache
Indians in 1880.
Wilhelmkleinite ! ZnFe+++3(AsO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after
Wilhelm Klein, former mine manager in Anamibia, who made the first systematic
collection of minerals from the Tsumeb mine.
Wilhelmramsayite ! Cu3FeS3·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
Wilhelmvierlingite CaMn++Fe+++(PO4)2(OH)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for William Vierling (1901-1995), Weiden, Bavaria, Germany.
Wilkeite * (see Fluorapatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wilkeite * (see Fluorellestadite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wilkinsonite Na2Fe++4Fe+++2Si6O20
Wilkmanite Ni3Se4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for W. W. Wilkman, geologist.
Willemite Zn2SiO4 NAME ORIGIN: After Willem I, King of the Netherlands
(1772-1843).
Willemseite (Ni,Mg)3Si4O10(OH)2
Willhendersonite KCaAl3Si3O12·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
William A. Henderson, of Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A., who noted this as an
unusual mineral and provided it for study.
Williamsite * (see Antigorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Willyamite (Co,Ni)SbS NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
A.B.H. Consols mine, Broken Hill, Willyama Township, New South Wales, Australia.
Wiltshireite * (see Rathite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wiluite ! Ca19(Al,Mg,Fe,Ti)13(B,Al,[ ])5Si18O68(O,OH)10 NAME ORIGIN:
Named after the discovery locality. LOCALITY: Wilui River, Yakutia, Russia.
Winchite [ ](CaNa)Mg4(Al,Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
its composition and for Howard J. Winch, Geological survey of India.
Winebergite (discredited) * (see Hydrobasaluminite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Winstanleyite TiTe++++3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Betty Jo Winstanley
(1934-), amateur mineralogist, who found the first specimen.
Wiserite Mn4B2O5(OH,Cl)4
Witherite BaCO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after William Withering
(1741-1799). English physician and mineralogist.
Wittichenite Cu3BiS3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY:
Wittichen, Baden, Germany.
Wittite Pb3Bi4(S,Se)9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for T. Witt, Swedish mining
engineer.
Wodginite Mn++(Sn,Ta)(Ta,Nb)2O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Wodgina, Marble Bar, and Greenbushes, Western Australia.
Woehlerite * (see Wohlerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Woelsendorfite * (see Wolsendorfite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wohlerite NaCa2(Zr,Nb)Si2O7(O,OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Friedrich Wohler (1800-1882), German chemist, Gottingen, Germay.
Wolchonskoite * (see Volkonskoite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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Wolfeite (Fe++,Mn++)2(PO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Caleb Wroe

Wolfe (1908-1980), crystallographer, Boston University.
Wolframite * (Fe,Mn)WO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the German, Wolfram,
name for tungsten.
Wolframoixiolite * (Fe,Mn,Nb)(Nb,W,Ta)O4
Wolfsbergite * (see Chalcostibite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wollastonite * (see Wollastonite-1A ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wollastonite * (see Wollastonite-2M ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wollastonite-1A CaSiO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English
mineralogist and chemist, W. H. Wollaston (1766-1828).
Wollastonite-1T * (see Wollastonite-1A ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wollastonite-2M * CaSiO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English
Wollastonite-3A-4A-5A-7A * CaSiO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English
Wolnyn * (see Barite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wolsendorfite (Pb,Ba,Ca)U2O7·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Wolsendorf, Bavaria, Germany.
Wonesite (Na,K).5(Mg,Fe,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for petrologist David R. Wones (1932-1984), Professor of Geology, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Wood arsenate * (see Olivenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wood copper * (see Olivenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wood Tin * (see Cassiterite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Woodallite ! Mg6Cr2(OH)16Cl2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Roy
Woodall (1930-), Australian geologist.
Woodhouseite CaAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Charles D. Woodhouse (1888-1975), U.S. mineral collector
Woodruffite (Zn,Mn++)2Mn++++5O12·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Samuel Woodruff, late-nineteenth-century miner and mineral collector at
Franklin, who collected and preserved many of the finest specimens found at
that locality. LOCALITY: Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New
Jersey, USA.
Woodwardite Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12·2-4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Samuel P. Woodward (1821-1865), English naturalist and geologist.
Woolridgeite ! Na2CaCu++2(P2O7)2·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
James Wooldridge (1923-1995), keen amateur mineralogist, micromounter and
gemologist from Fernhill Heath, Worcestershire, U.K., who discovered the
mineral.
Wroewolfeite Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Caleb
Wroe Wolfe (1908-1980), crystallographer, Boston University.
Wuelfingite * (see Wulfingite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wuestite * (see Wustite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Wulfenite PbMoO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Austrian
mineralogist, Frantz Xaver von Wulfen (1728-1805).
Wulfingite Zn(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ernst Anton Wulfing
(1860-1930), professor of mineralogy and petrography, Heidelberg University.
Wupatkiite (Co,Mg,Ni)Al2(SO4)4·22(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the prehistoric
pueblo dwelling near the locality. LOCALITY: On the walls of a shallow open cut
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8 miles ESE of Gray Mountain, Coconino County, Arizona USA.

Wurtzite (Zn,Fe)S NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French chemist, Charles
A. Wurtze (1817-1884).
Wustite FeO
Wyartite Ca3U++++(UO2)6(CO3)2(OH)18·3-5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Jean Wyart (1902-1992), mineralogist at the Sorbonne, Paris.
Wycheproofite NaAlZr(PO4)2(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the locality.
LOCALITY: A granite quarry near Wycheproof, northwestern Victoria, Australia.
Wyllieite (Na,Ca,Mn++)(Mn++,Fe++)(Fe++,Fe+++,Mg)Al(PO4)3 NAME
ORIGIN: Named for Peter John Wyllie (1930-), Professor of Petrology and
Geochemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Xanthiosite Ni3(AsO4)2
Xanthoconite Ag3AsS3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek xanthos, "yellow"
and konis "powder."
Xanthophyllite * (see Clintonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Xanthoxenite Ca4Fe+++2(PO4)4(OH)2·3(H2O)
Xenotime-(Y) YPO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek xenos - "foreign" and
time - "honor."
Xenotime-(Yb) ! YbPO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition
and relationship with xenotime-(Y).
Xiangjiangite (Fe+++,Al)(UO2)4(PO4)2(SO4)2(OH)·22(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Xiangjiang River, Hunan, China.
Xifengite Fe5Si3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the eastern passageway,
Xifengkou, of the Great Wall of China.
Xilingolite Pb3Bi2S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:
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Ximengite BiPO4
Xingzhongite (Pb,Cu,Fe)(Ir,Pt,Rh)2S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
unspecified locality. LOCALITY: China.
Xitieshanite Fe+++(SO4)(OH)·7(H2O)
Xocomecatlite Cu3Te++++++O4(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
Nahuatl for "bunches of grapes", in allusion to the appearance of the green
spherules of the mineral.
Xonotlite Ca6Si6O17(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Tetela de Xonotla, Puebla, Mexico.
Xyloretinite-C10H17O * (see Amber ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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This alphabetical listing of Y minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of
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Yafsoanite Ca3Te2Zn3O12
Yagiite (Na,K)3Mg4(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)24O60
Yakhontovite (Ca,K)0.5(Cu,Fe+++,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for Liiia KKonstantinovna Yakhontova I1926-), Russian mineralogist,
University of Moscow, a specialist in cobalt deposits.
Yamatoite ? (Mn++,Ca)3(V+++,Al)2(SiO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Yamato mine, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan.
Yanomamite In(AsO4)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The name is after
"Yanomami", a northern-Brazil indian tribe
Yaroslavite Ca3Al2F10(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Yaroslav, Siberia, Russia.
Yarrowite Cu9S8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yarrow
Creek, southwestern Alberta, Canada.
Yavapaiite KFe+++(SO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Yavapai Indian
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Yazganite ! NaFe+++2(Mg,Mn)(AsO4)3·H2O NAME ORIGIN: Commission on
Yberisilite * (see Hingganite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ye'elimite * (see Yeelimite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Yeatmanite Mn++9Zn6Sb+++++2Si4O28 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pope
Yeatman (1861-1953), U. S. Mining engineer.
Yecoraite Bi5Fe+++3(Te++++O3)(Te++++++O4)2O9·9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yecora, Sonora, Mexico.
Yedlinite Pb6CrCl6(O,OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named of Leo Neal Yedlin
(1908-1997), micromount mineral collector of New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Yeelimite Ca4Al6O12(SO4) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Hatrurim basin, W of the Dead Sea, Israel, near Har Ye'elim and Nahal
Ye'elim (a hill and a wadi).
Yellow Lead Ore * (see Wulfenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Yenite * (see Ilvaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Yftisite-(Y) ? (Y,Dy,Er)4(Ti,Sn)O(SiO4)2(F,OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named in
1965 for the elemental makeup, (Y, F, Ti, Si).
Yimengite K(Cr,Ti,Fe,Mg)12O19 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Yimeng Mountain area, Shandong Province, China.
Yingjiangite (K2,Ca)(UO2)7(PO4)4(OH)6·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for the locality. LOCALITY: Tongbiguan village, Yingiang County, Yunnan
Province, China.
Yixunite ! Pt3In NAME ORIGIN: Named after it locality. LOCALITY: Near the
village of Damiao and the Yixun River, about 370 km N of Beijing, People's
Republic of China.
Yoderite Mg2(Al,Fe+++)6Si4O18(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hatten
Schyuler Yoder, Jr. (1921-), petrologist with the Geophysical Laboratory,
Washinton, D. C. USA.
Yofortierite (Mn,Mg)5Si8O20(OH)2·8-9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yves
Oscar Fortier (1914-), formater Director of the Geological Survey of Canada
(1964-1972).
Yoshimuraite (Ba,Sr)2(Mn,Fe)2(Ti,Fe)(Si2O7)2(PO4,SO4)(OH)
Yoshiokaite (Ca8-(x/2)[ ](x/2)Al16-xSixO32)
Yttrialite-(Y) (Y,Th)2Si2O7
Yttrian Datolite * (see Calcybeborosilite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Yttrobetafite-(Y) (Y,U,Ce)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named as
the YTTRium-dominent betafite member of the pyrochlore group.
Yttroceberite * (see Hingganite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Yttroceberysilite * (see Hingganite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Yttrocerite * CaF2 + (Y,Ce)F3 NAME ORIGIN: Named from its chemical
composition containing ytterbium (Named after Ytterby, Sweden) and cerium
(Named after the asteroid, Ceres)..
Yttrocerite-Y * (see Fluorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Yttrocolumbite-(Y) (Y,U,Fe++)(Nb,Ta)O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition (Ytterbium, Columbium (former name for niobium)).
Yttrocrasite-(Y) (Y,Th,Ca,U)(Ti,Fe+++)2(O,OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: From the
Greek for "mixture", because it is a mixture fo yttrium with many other elements.
Yttropyrochlore-(Y) (Y,Na,Ca,U)1-2(Nb,Ta,Ti)2(O,OH)7 NAME ORIGIN:
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Named as the YTTRium-dominent member ot the pyrochlore group.

Yttrotantalite-(Y) (Y,U,Fe++)(Ta,Nb)O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
YTTRium content and relation to tantalite.
Yttrotungstite-(Ce) ! (Ce,Nd,Y)W2O6(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
composition (Yttrium, Tungsen).
Yttrotungstite-(Y) YW2O6(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition
(Yttrium, Tungsten).
Yuanfuliite (Mg,Fe++)(Fe+++,Al,Mg,Ti,Fe++)(BO3)O NAME ORIGIN: Named
after Prof. Yuan Fuli (1893-1987).
Yuanjiangite AuSn NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: In
sandy gravel in the middle course of the Yuanjiang River, near the town of
Yuanlin, Hunan Province, Peoples Republic of China.
Yugawaralite CaAl2Si6O16·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Yugawara Hot Springs, Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan.
Yukonite Ca7Fe+++11(AsO4)9O10·24.3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the locality. LOCALITY: Tagish Lake, Yukon Territory, Canada.
Yuksporite (Sr,Ba)2K4(Ca,Na)14([ ],Mn,Fe)
{(Ti,Nb)4(O,OH)4[Si6O17]2[Si2O7]3}(H2O,OH)n, NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
locality. LOCALITY: Yukspor, Mt. Khibiny massif, Kola peninsula, Russia.
Yushkinite V1-xS·n(Mg,Al)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for N. P. Yushkin,
Russian mineralogist.
Yvonite ! Cu(AsO3OH)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in honor of Klaus
Yvon, professor of crystallography at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

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Z Index of Mineral Species
This alphabetical listing of Z minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of
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Zabuyelite Li2CO3
Zaccagnaite ! Zn4Al2(OH)12(CO3)·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Domenico Zaccagna (1851-1940) who published the first geologic map of the
Apuan Alps and a collector of minerals from the Carrara Marble.
Zaherite Al12(SO4)5(OH)26·20H20 NAME ORIGIN: Named for M. A. Zaher,
Geological Survey of Bangladesh, who discovered the mineral.
Zairite Bi(Fe+++,Al)3(PO4)2(OH)6
Zajacite-(Ce) Na(REExCa1-x)(REEyCa1-y)F6 where (x ne y) NAME
ORIGIN: For Dr. Ihor Stephan Zajac (1935- ), the geologist who lead the
exploration group that discovered the Strange Lake deposit and who first
reconized the mineral.
Zakharovite Na4Mn++5Si10O24(OH)6·6(H2O)
Zalesiite ! (Ca,Y)Cu6[(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6]·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Zalesi (formerly Valdek) uranium deposit near
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Javornik, northern Moravia, Czech Republic.

Zanazziite Ca2(Mg,Fe++)(Mg,Fe++,Al,Mn,Fe+++)4Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6(H2O)
NAME ORIGIN: Named after Dr. Pier F. Zanazzi (1939-) of the Universita degli Studi
di Perugia, in recognition of his studies of the crystal structures and crystal
chemistry of minerals.
Zapatalite Cu3Al4(PO4)3(OH)9·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Emiliano
Zapata (1879-1919), hero of the Mexican Revolution.
Zaratite Ni3(CO3)(OH)4·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Antonio Gil y
Zarate (1793-1861), Spanish diplomat, general director of public education, and
counselor of state.
Zavaritskite BiOF
Zdenekite NaPbCu++5(AsO4)4Cl·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Johan
Zdenek (1935-), mineralogist and Director of Scientific Affairs of the Bureau de
Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, France.
Zeagonite * (see Gismondine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Zektzerite NaLiZrSi6O15 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jack Zektzer (1936-),
mathematician and geologist of Seattle, Washington, USA.
Zellerite Ca(UO2)(CO3)2·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Howard D.
Zeller (1922-), U. S. Geological Survey, who found the mineral.
Zemannite Mg0.5[Zn++Fe+++(TeO3)3]·4.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Josef Zemann (1923-), Austrian mineralogist, University of Vienna, who studied
tellurium oxysalts.
Zemkorite (Na,K)2Ca(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Institute of the
Earth's Crust (Russian: zemnoy kory = "earth's crust"), Russian Academy of
Science, Siberian Branch where the mineral was first studied.
Zenzenite Pb3(Fe+++,Mn+++)4Mn++++3O15 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nile
Zenzen (1883-1959), formerly Senior curator of the Swedish museum of Natural
History, Stockholm, Sweden.
Zeophyllite Ca4Si3O8(OH,F)4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek "to
boil" and "a leaf", in allusion to its habit.
Zeravshanite ! Cs4Na2Zr3(Si18O45)(H2O)2
Zeunerite Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10-16(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
Gustav Anton Zeuner (1828-1907), German physicist, director, School of Mines,
Freiberg, Germany.
Zhanghengite (Cu,Zn,Fe,Al,Cr)
Zharchikhite AlF(OH)2
Zhemchuzhnikovite NaMg(Al,Fe+++)(C2O4)3·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for Yurii Apollonovich Zhemchezhnikov (1885-1957), Russian geologist.
Zhonghuacerite-(Ce) Ba2Ce(CO3)3F NAME ORIGIN: Named in Chinese
for "a cerium mineral from China".
Ziesite Cu2V+++++2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Emanuel G. Sies
(1884-1981), Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution, Washington D.C. USA.
Zimbabweite Na(Pb,Na,K)2(Ta,Nb,Ti)4As+++4O18 NAME ORIGIN: Named
for the country of origin.
Zinalsite Zn2AlSi2O5(OH)4·2(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the major
chemical constituents, ZINc, ALuminum, and SIlicon.
Zinc Zn NAME ORIGIN: From the German, "zink."
Zinc Blende * (see Sphalerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Zinc Bloom * (see Hydrozincite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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Zinc silicate * (see Hemimorphite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Zinc spar * (see Smithsonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Zinc Spinal * (see Gahnite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Zinc-melanterite (Zn,Cu,Fe++)SO4·7(H2O)
Zinc-zippeite Zn++2(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10·16(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named
for its composition and for Franz Xaver Maxmillion Zippe (1791-1863), Austrian
mineralogist.
Zincalstibite ! Zn2AlSb(OH)12 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals
Zincaluminite Zn6Al6(SO4)2(OH)26·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition.
Zincgartrellite ! Pb(Zn,Fe,Cu)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as
the Zn-dominant analogue of gartrellite
Zincite (Zn,Mn)O NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition
containing zinc (From the German, "zink")
Zinckenite * (see Zinkenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Zinclavendulan * NaCa(Zn,Cu)5(AsO4)4Cl·4-5(H2O)
Zincobotryogen (Zn,Mg,Mn)Fe+++(SO4)2(OH)·7(H2O)
Zincochromite ZnCr2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for ZINC and CHROMium
in the composition.
Zincocopiapite ZnFe+++4(SO4)6(OH)2·18(H2O)
Zincohogbomite-2N2S ! (Zn,Fe++)(2-2x)(Ti)xAl4O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named
as the Zn dominant analogue of högbomite, found as the 8H and 16H polytypes.
(S=Spinel, N=Nolanite Layers).
Zincohogbomite-8H * (see Zincohogbomite-2N2S ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Zincolibethenite ! CuZn(PO4)OH NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
Zincosite * ZnSO4
Zincospiroffite ! Zn2Te3O8 NAME ORIGIN: The name reflects the similarity
with the unit-cell parameters and composition to spiroffite
Zincostaurolite ! [ ]4Zn4Al16(Al,[ ])2Si8O40[O6,(OH)2] NAME ORIGIN: Named
as the Zinc-dominant analog of staurolite.
Zincovoltaite K2Zn5Fe+++3Al(SO4)12·18(H2O)
Zincowoodwardite ! [Zn1-xAlx(OH)2][(SO4)x/2(H2O)n] NAME ORIGIN:
Named as the Zn analog of woodwardite.
Zincowoodwardite-1T ! [Zn1BxAlx(OH)2][(SO4)x/2·n(H2O)], x = 0.33, n . 0.96
NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Zn analog of woodwardite.
Zincowoodwardite-3R ! [Zn1BxAlx(OH)2][(SO4)x/2·n(H2O)], 0.32 < x < 0.50, n =
0.59 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Zn analog of woodwardite.
Zincrosasite (Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the zinc rich
member of rosasite.
Zincroselite Ca2Zn(AsO4)2·2(H2O)
Zincsilite Zn3Si4O10(OH)2·4(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Name for the
composition (Zinc Silicate).
Zinkenite Pb9Sb22S42 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the mineralogist, J. K.
L. Zincken (1798-1862).
Zinkosite * (see Zincosite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Zinnober * (see Cinnabar ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Zinnwaldite KLiFe++Al(AlSi3)O10(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its
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locality. LOCALITY: Erzgebirge of Saxony at Zinnwald (now Cinovec) - "Ore

Mountains", Czechoslovakia.
Zippeite K4(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Franz
Xaver Maxmillian Zippe (1791-1863), Austrian mineralogist.
Zippeite-Mg * (see Magnesium-zippeite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Zircon ZrSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named from its containing the element,
zirconium; which was named from the Persian, zar "gold" and gun = "like" which
translates "like gold"
Zirconolite (Ca,Ce)Zr(Ti,Nb,Fe+++)2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the
composition.
Zirconolite-2M CaZrTi2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named from its compostion and
crystal structure.
Zirconolite-3O (Ca,Fe,Y,Th)2Fe(Ti,Nb)3Zr2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
composition.
Zirconolite-3T CaZrTi2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition and
crystal structure.
Zircophyllite K2(Na,Ca)(Mn,Fe++)7(Zr,Nb)2Si8O26(OH)4F NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the ZIRCOnium in the composition and the Greek for "leaf," in
reference to the habit.
Zircosulfate Zr(SO4)2·4(H2O)
Zirkelite (Ca,Th,Ce)Zr(Ti,Nb)2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ferdinand
Zirkel (1838-1912), German petrographer, Professor of Mineralogy, University of
Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Zirkelite * (see Zirconolite-2M ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Zirkelite * (see Zirconolite-3T ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Zirklerite (Fe++,Mg)9Al4Cl18(OH)12·14(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named after
Zirkler, director of the Aschersleben potash works, Germany.
Zirsilite-(Ce) ! (Na,[ ])12(Ce, Na)3Ca6Mn3Zr3Nb(Si25O73)(OH)3(CO3)·H2O
NAME ORIGIN: Reflects the chemical composition, ZIRconium, SILicon, Cerium).
Zirsinalite Na6(Ca,Mn,Fe++)Zr[Si6O18] NAME ORIGIN: Named for its
composition (Zircon, Si, Na).
Zlatogorite ! CuNiSb2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY:
Zlatoya Gora deposit, near Karabasch, Middle Urals, Russia.
Znucalite CaZn11(UO2)(CO3)3(OH)20·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
the composition (Zn, U, Calcium).
Zodacite Ca4Mn++Fe+++4(PO4)6(OH)4·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Peter Zodac (1894-1967), founder and editor of Rocks and Minerals.
Zoisite Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH) = Ca2AlAl2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) NAME ORIGIN:
Named after the Austrian natural scientist, Siegmund Zois (1747-1819).
Zoltaiite ! Ba(V++++,Ti)2V+++12Si2O27 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New
Zorgite * (see Clausthalite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Zorite Na6Ti5[Si12O34](O,OH)5·11(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the
Russian for "rosy tint of the dawn sky."
Zoubekite AgPb4Sb4S10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vladimir Zoubek (1903-),
Czech geologist.
Zugshunstite-(Ce) ! (Ce,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4)·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN:
Named for the Cherokee Indian term for the Great Smoky Mountains.
Zunyite Al13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
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LOCALITY: Zuni mine, Anvil Mountain, Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado, USA.
Zussmanite K(Fe++,Mg,Mn)13[AlSi17O42](OH)14 NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Jack Zussman (1924-), crystallographer and emeritus professor of geology,
Manchester University, England.
Zvyagintsevite (Pd,Pt,Au)3(Pb,Sn) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Orest
Evgenevich Zvyagintsev, who did geochemical research on the platinum
metals.
Zwieselite (Fe++,Mn)2(PO4)F NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality.
LOCALITY: Rebenstein, Zweisel, Bavaria, Germany.
Zykaite Fe+++4(AsO4)3(SO4)(OH)·15(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for
Vaclav Zyka (1926-), Czech geochemist.
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Abernathyite K(UO2)(AsO4)·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jess

near Incline, Marisopa Co., California, USA.

Althupite ThAl(UO2)7(PO4)4(OH)5·15(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the major

Aluminomagnesiotaramite ! NaCaNaMg3Al2[Si6Al2O22](OH)2 NAME ORIGIN:

Ancylite-(La) ! Sr(La,Ce)(CO3)2(OH)·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the

Gerasimovitch Ankinovich (1912-1985). Russian mineralogist and geologist.

Greek apatao - "I am misleading."

Arseniosiderite Ca2Fe+++3(AsO4)3O2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For essential

collected the original sample.

Athabascaite Cu5Se4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY:

Averievite ! Cu5(VO4)2O2·CuCl2 NAME ORIGIN: For V. V. Averiev

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Babefphite BaBe(PO4)(F,O) NAME ORIGIN: For Barium, Beryllium, Fluorine,

Sturges W. Bailey (1919-), mineralogist University of Wisconsin.

Bakerite Ca4B4(BO4)(SiO4)3(OH)3·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Richard C.

(1933-), French mineralogist.

Barstowite Pb4(CO3)Cl6·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard William

Bartelkeite PbFe++Ge3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wolfgang Bartelke,

of Crystallography, Moscow, Russia.

(b.1928), Czech mineralogist.

Bideauxite Pb2AgCl3(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: For Richard August Bideaux

Blockite * (see Penroseite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Boltwoodite HK(UO2)(SiO4)·1.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Bertram Borden

Bredigite Ca7Mg(SiO4)4 NAME ORIGIN: For Max Albrecht Bredig (1902- ),

Brokenhillite * (Mn,Fe)32[Si24O60]OH29Cl11 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the

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Ca-Rectorite * (see Rectorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Cadmoindite ! CdIn2S4 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and

Campylite * (see Mimetite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Centrallasite * (see Gyrolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Chabazite-Ca (Ca0.5,Na,K)4[Al4Si8O24]·12H2O NAME ORIGIN: From Gk.

Chalybite * (see Siderite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Cheralite-(Ce) (Ce,Ca,Th)(P,Si)O4 NAME ORIGIN: For Chera (Kerala), an

Chlorartinite ! Mg2(CO3)Cl(OH)·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Chloride analog of

Chloromagnesite * MgCl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1873 for it's composition.

Chrysotile * Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1834 from the Greek

Cianciulliite Mn++++(Mg,Mn++)2Zn2(OH)10·2-4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named

Clinochrysotile Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek chrysos -

Colerainite * (see Clinochlore ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

McDermitt Mercury mine (formerly Cordero mine), Opalite district, Humboldt

Cowlesite CaAl2Si3O10·5-6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John George

Crichtonite (Sr,La,Ce,Y)(Ti,Fe+++,Mn)21O38 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sir

Csiklovaite * (see Galenobismutite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Cyanotrichite Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek,

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D'Ansite * (see Dansite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

geologist, J. W. Dawson (1820-1899).

Delvauxite CaFe+++4(PO4,SO4)2(OH)8·4-6(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: