dessauite

From Dessau + -ite after Gabor Dessau (1907-1983), professor of ore mineralogy at the University of Pisa, Italy.

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral black mineral containing iron, lead, oxygen, strontium, titanium, uranium, and yttrium.


gabrielite

Named after Swiss mineral photographer Walter Gabriel, + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal black mineral containing antimony, arsenic, copper, silver, sulfur, and thallium.


coquandite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing antimony, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.


cowlesite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.


dalyite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal colorless mineral containing aluminum, iron, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, titanium, and zirconium.


ferronickelplatinum

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal silver white mineral containing iron, nickel, and platinum.


dewindtite

From De Windt + -ite, named in memory of Dr. Jan De Windt (Jan de Windt).

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium.


downeyite

The mineral was named after Wayne Downey, Jr. a high school student from Harrisburg, PA who first collected the material.
? + -ite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal colorless mineral containing oxygen and selenium.


davyne

After Sir Humphrey Davy, English chemist, + -ine.

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, chlorine, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and sulfur.


elpasolite

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elpasolite (countable and uncountable, plural elpasolites)

Named for type locality El Paso County, Colorado, + -lite.

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral colorless mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, potassium, and sodium.


cookeite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, lithium, oxygen, and silicon.


fetiasite

Fe (“iron”) + Ti (“titanium”) + As (“arsenic”) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic creamy white mineral containing arsenic, iron, oxygen, and titanium.


wairakite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.


dinite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing carbon and hydrogen.


dashkovaite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.


despujolsite

Named in honour of Pierre Despujols (1888-1981), the founder of the Moroccan Geologic Survey.
Despujols + -ite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal lemon mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and sulfur.


damiaoite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral bright white mineral containing indium and platinum.


foordite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic brownish yellow mineral containing niobium, oxygen, tantalum, and tin.


boussingaultite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.


doyleite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, and oxygen.


colusite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral bronze mineral containing antimony, arsenic, copper, germanium, sulfur, tin, and vanadium.


geikielite

geikielite (countable and uncountable, plural geikielites)

Named after Scottish geologist Sir Archibald Geikie (1835–1924) + -lite.

named-after

The free energy remains negative throughout the whole temperature range, indicating that the association forstorite + ilmenite is thermodynamically more stable than foyalite + geikielite.

1948, Frank K. McIntosh, McHenry Mosier, Investigation of Wood Chromite Mine Area Lancaster County, PA, page 7:

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing magnesium, oxygen, and titanium.


endellite

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endellite (countable and uncountable, plural endellites)

Named after German geologist Kurt Endell who discovered the mineral with a team, + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy, dated) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon. Discredited as the name of the mineral in 2006.


cobalttsumcorite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, cobalt, hydrogen, iron, lead, nickel, and oxygen.


fontanite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic honey yellow mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.


felbertalite

Named for type locality Felbertal region (in Salzburg, Austria) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic gray mineral containing bismuth, cadmium, copper, lead, silver, and sulfur.


compreignacite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, and uranium.


dixenite

From the Greek δύο (meaning 'two') and ξένος (meaning 'guest'), in allusion to the unique association of silica and arsenious oxide found in the mineral, plus the suffix -ite.

(mineralogy) A trigonal-pyramidal mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.


ernienickelite

Named after Canadian-Australian mineralogist Ernest (Ernie) Henry Nickel (1925–2005), + -ite.

(mineralogy) A trigonal reddish black mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, nickel, and oxygen.


dzharkenite

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal black mineral containing iron and selenium.


dwornikite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing hydrogen, iron, nickel, oxygen, and sulfur.


cronusite

(mineralogy) A trigonal coal black mineral containing calcium, chromium, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.


congolite

Named for type locality Republic of the Congo, + -lite.

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal light red mineral containing boron, chlorine, iron, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.


drugmanite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, and phosphorus.


coombsite

(mineralogy) A trigonal brown mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.


valleriite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, copper, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and sulfur.


foggite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.


demesmaekerite

From Demesmaeker + -ite. Named after Belgian geologist Gaston Demesmaeker (1911–).

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, selenium, and uranium.


azoproite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal black mineral containing boron, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and titanium.


arakiite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and zinc.


amarantite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and sulfur.


fettelite

Named after mineral collector M. Fettel, who observed the specimen in his collection, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal grayish white mineral containing antimony, arsenic, copper, iron, lead, mercury, silver, sulfur, and thallium.


diomignite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal pyramidal colorless mineral containing boron, lithium, and oxygen.


dresserite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal white mineral containing aluminum, barium, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.


davreuxite

From French davreuxite, named for Charles Joseph Davreux. See Devereaux.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.


cualstibite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral blue green mineral containing aluminum, antimony, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen.


dolerophanite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing copper, oxygen, and sulfur.


bigcreekite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing barium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.


brabantite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing calcium, oxygen, phosphorus, and thorium.


arsendescloizite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and zinc.


dzhalindite

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal yellow brown mineral containing hydrogen, indium, and oxygen.


devilline

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.


blixite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.


deanesmithite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal orange red mineral containing chromium, mercury, oxygen, and sulfur.


cumengite

After Edouard Cumenge, French engineer, + -ite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal indigo blue mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.


bikitaite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, lithium, oxygen, and silicon.


cejkaite

Čejka + -ite, From the surname of Dr. Jiří Čejka, a Czech mineralogist

(mineralogy) A triclinic mineral containing carbon, iron, magnesium, oxygen, sodium, and uranium.


belendorffite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing copper and mercury.


bindheimite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing antimony, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.


alleghanyite

Named in 1932 by Clarence S. Ross and Paul F. Kerr after the type locality: Bald Knob deposit, Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA.
From Alleghany + -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.


biringuccite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing boron, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.


boothite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic blue mineral containing cobalt, copper, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, sulfur, and zinc.


clinojimthompsonite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.


bassetite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium.


bederite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.


betpakdalite

Named for type locality Betpak-Dala Desert in Kazakhstan, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, molybdenum, and oxygen.


tripuhyite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing antimony, iron, and oxygen.


barquillite

Named for type locality Barquilla village in Salamanca, Spain + -ite.

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-scalenohedral gray mineral containing cadmium, copper, germanium, and sulfur.


bokite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and vanadium.


boggsite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


bechererite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-pyramidal light green mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sulfur, and zinc.


bohdanowiczite

Bohdanowicz (a surname from Bohdan + -owicz (“a patronymic”)) + -ite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral lead gray mineral containing bismuth, selenium, and silver.


batiferrite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal black mineral containing barium, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, sodium, strontium, and titanium.


bonshtedtite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing carbon, iron, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.


brodtkorbite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic dark gray mineral containing copper, mercury, and selenium.


alumotantite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, oxygen, and tantalum.


uramphite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium.


bearthite

(mineralogy) A mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.


diaoyudaoite

From Diaoyu Dao + -ite, from 钓鱼岛 (Diàoyúdǎo, literally “Fishing Island”), the largest of the Diaoyudao or Senkaku Islands, near Okinawa Trough where the mineral was found.

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, oxygen, and sodium.


hechtsbergite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic brown mineral containing bismuth, hydrogen, oxygen, and vanadium.


bultfonteinite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.


argentotennantite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral mineral containing antimony, arsenic, copper, iron, silver, sulfur, and zinc.


ardaite

From Arda + -ite, after the Arda river in southeastern Europe.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic green gray mineral containing antimony, chlorine, lead, and sulfur.


becquerelite

Named after French physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel + -ite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.


dittmarite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal colorless mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, nitrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.


amesite

From James Ames + -ite, named for the mine owner.

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.


hydroxylclinohumite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.


ekaterinite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing boron, calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.


ilmajokite

Named after the Ilmajoki River, located near the type locality.
Ilmajoki + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing barium, cerium, hydrogen, lanthanum, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


alluaivite

From Russian Аллуайв (Alluajv) + -ite, named for the mountain where it occurs.

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, manganese, niobium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


ferrotitanowodginite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing iron, oxygen, tantalum, and titanium.


ferrokaersutite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


gaitite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and zinc.


chvilevaite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing copper, iron, sodium, sulfur, and zinc.


ellenbergerite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and titanium.


ewaldite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal mineral containing barium, calcium, carbon, cerium, oxygen, sodium, strontium, and yttrium.


ferroalluaudite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic blue green mineral containing calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.


hewettite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic red mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and vanadium.


herzenbergite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing sulfur and tin.


fingerite

From Finger + -ite.
Named after mineralogist Larry W. Finger

(mineralogy) A very rare triclinic-pinacoidal black mineral containing copper, oxygen, and vanadium.


ferroholmquistite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, lithium, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.


hematophanite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal pyramidal reddish brown mineral containing chlorine, hydrogen, iron, lead, and oxygen.


henrymeyerite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal black mineral containing barium, iron, oxygen, and titanium.


eifelite

Named for type locality Eifel (Germany) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing magnesium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.


ekatite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal brownish black mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.


hedyphane

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hedyphane (countable and uncountable, plural hedyphanes)

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.


biphosphammite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-scalenohedral mineral containing hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and potassium.


krettnichite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic reddish brown mineral containing arsenic, cobalt, hydrogen, iron, lead, manganese, oxygen, strontium, and vanadium.


angelellite

Named after Argentinian director of the Argentinian Institute of Mineral Resources Dr. Victorio Angelelli + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal black brown mineral containing arsenic, iron, and oxygen.


evansite

(mineralogy) An amorphous mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.


corkite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur.


gerasimovskite

(mineralogy) An amorphous mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, manganese, niobium, oxygen, and titanium.


imandrite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal honey yellow mineral containing calcium, iron, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


hexatestibiopanickelite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing antimony, nickel, palladium, and tellurium.


dozyite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.


hawthorneite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal light gray mineral containing barium, chromium, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and titanium.


heliophyllite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing arsenic, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.


hydrombobomkulite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic sky blue mineral containing aluminum, copper, hydrogen, nickel, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.


edoylerite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing chromium, mercury, oxygen, and sulfur.


helmutwinklerite

Named after geologist Helmut Winkler, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and zinc.


bismutohauchecornite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal bronze mineral containing bismuth, nickel, and sulfur.


khibinskite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing oxygen, potassium, silicon, and zirconium.


sudoite

Named for Toshio Sudo, a professor of mineralogy, with suffix -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.


ianthinite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.


hydrowoodwardite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.


coconinoite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, phosphorus, sulfur, and uranium.


eylettersite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral cream white mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, phosphorus, silicon, and thorium.


burpalite

Named for type locality, Burpala Massif, in Russia, + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, fluorine, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and zirconium.


imgreite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal pale rose red mineral containing nickel and tellurium.


hejtmanite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing barium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and titanium.


itoigawaite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal blue mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and strontium.


haycockite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing copper, iron, and sulfur.


itoite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal silky white mineral containing germanium, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and sulfur.


gearksutite

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gearksutite (usually uncountable, plural gearksutites)

(mineralogy) A monoclinic white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.


isovite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral iron gray mineral containing carbon, chromium, and iron.


ferrowyllieite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.


edenharterite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing arsenic, lead, sulfur, and thallium.


isokite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, fluorine, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.


ehrleite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc.


khamrabaevite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral dark gray mineral containing carbon, iron, titanium, and vanadium.


iowaite

iowaite (usually uncountable, plural iowaites)

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing chlorine, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, and oxygen.


hendersonite

From Henderson + -ite, after Dr. Edward Porter Henderson.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and vanadium.


khaidarkanite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic bright blue mineral containing aluminum, copper, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.


nakauriite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing carbon, copper, hydrogen, manganese, nickel, oxygen, and sulfur.


morozeviczite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral brownish gray mineral containing germanium, iron, lead, and sulfur.


nimite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic yellow green mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, nickel, oxygen, and silicon.


hungchaoite

From Hungchao + -ite, after Chang Hungchao (1877-1951), Chinese geologist and mineralogist.

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing boron, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.


nikischerite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral green mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.


nukundamite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral copper red mineral containing copper, iron, and sulfur.


beidellite

beidellite (countable and uncountable, plural beidellites)

Named for type locality Beidell, Colorado + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic form of sodium aluminosilicate


hydroxylherderite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.


nickelhexahydrite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic bluish green mineral containing hydrogen, iron, magnesium, nickel, oxygen, and sulfur.


newberyite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.


eyselite

Named after German professor of crystallography at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Germany, Walter Hans Eysel (1935–1999), + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing gallium, germanium, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.


nahpoite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic white mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.


inesite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.


ilinskite

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ilinskite (usually uncountable, plural ilinskites)

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal emerald green mineral containing chlorine, copper, oxygen, selenium, and sodium.


museumite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic dark silver gray mineral containing antimony, gold, lead, sulfur, and tellurium.


natanite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral greenish brown mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and tin.


eitelite

Named after German-American director of the Institute of Silicate Research at University of Toledo, Ohio, Wilhelm Eitel (1891–1979), who first synthesized the material, + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing carbon, magnesium, oxygen, and sodium.


howardevansite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal black mineral containing copper, iron, oxygen, sodium, and vanadium.


niggliite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal silver white mineral containing platinum and tin.


ankinovichite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, copper, hydrogen, iron, nickel, oxygen, silicon, vanadium, and zinc.


novgorodovaite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing calcium, carbon, chlorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.


tikhonenkovite

After Igor Tikhonenkov, Russian mineralogist, + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and strontium.


oboyerite

Oliver Michael Boyer + -ite
Named in 1979 by S.A. Williams in honor of Oliver Michael Boyer (15 November 1842, New Hope, Ohio, USA - 14 September 1918, Medford, Oklahoma, USA), prospector.

(mineralogy) A triclinic mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and tellurium.


arsenosulvanite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral bronze mineral that is a mixed sulfide of arsenic, copper and vanadium.


kharaelakhite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal bronze brown mineral containing copper, iron, lead, nickel, platinum, and sulfur.


ogdensburgite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and zinc.


nullaginite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, nickel, and oxygen.


olgite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing barium, oxygen, phosphorus, sodium, and strontium.


navajoite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic dark brown mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, and vanadium.


arsenogoyazite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, barium, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and strontium.


khomyakovite

Khomyakov, the surname of Russian mineralogist Alexander Petrovich Khomyakov (1933–2012) + -ite

(mineralogy) A mineral containing calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, silicon, sodium, strontium, tungsten, and zirconium.


ojuelaite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic greenish yellow mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and zinc.


nuffieldite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal pale creamy white mineral containing bismuth, copper, lead, and sulfur.


niahite

From Niah Great Cave (in Malaysia) + -ite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, nitrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.


jeanbandyite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and tin.


rastsvetaevite

Named after Ramiza K. Rastsvetaeva (born 1936), prominent Russian crystallographer at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Rastsvetaev- + -ite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal pink mineral containing calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and zirconium.


nifontovite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing boron, calcium, hydrogen, and oxygen.


borishanskiite

After S.S. Borishanski, Soviet mineralogist, + -ite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal gray mineral containing arsenic, lead, and palladium.


bideauxite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing chlorine, fluorine, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and silver.


awaruite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing iron and nickel.


muskoxite

(mineralogy) A trigonal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, magnesium, and oxygen.


bafertisite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing barium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and titanium.


moorhouseite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic pink mineral containing cobalt, hydrogen, manganese, nickel, oxygen, and sulfur.


babkinite

(mineralogy) A trigonal silvery gray mineral containing bismuth, lead, selenium, and sulfur.


argentojarosite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, silver, and sulfur.


walstromite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing barium, calcium, oxygen, and silicon.


ohmilite

Named for type locality Ohmi river (in Itoigawa, Japan) + -lite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic light pink mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, silicon, strontium, and titanium.


christite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, mercury, sulfur, and thallium.


armstrongite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and zirconium.


benjaminite

From Benjamin + -ite after Dr. Marcus Benjamin (1857-1932) of the U.S. National Museum.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing bismuth, copper, lead, silver, and sulfur.


ningyoite

After Ningyo Pass (from Japanese 人形 (ningyō, “doll”)) + -ite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing calcium, cerium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium.


dickthomssenite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic light golden brown mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and vanadium.


cheremnykhite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic greenish yellow mineral containing lead, oxygen, tellurium, vanadium, and zinc.


billingsleyite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal lead gray mineral containing arsenic, silver, and sulfur.


efremovite

(mineralogy) An isometric-tetartoidal mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.


glushinskite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.


earlshannonite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.


cobaltkoritnigite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing arsenic, cobalt, hydrogen, oxygen, and zinc.


arhbarite

Named after the Ahrbar mine in Ouarzazate Province, Morocco.
Ahrbar + -ite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial dark blue mineral containing arsenic, cobalt, copper, hydrogen, magnesium, nickel, oxygen, and silicon.


ecandrewsite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing iron, manganese, oxygen, titanium, and zinc.


hyalotekite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, barium, beryllium, boron, calcium, chlorine, copper, fluorine, iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.


cuspidine

en-noun

cuspidine (usually uncountable, plural cuspidines)

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.


aristarainite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing boron, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sodium.


tlapallite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing calcium, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, sulfur, and tellurium.


batisite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing barium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


dorallcharite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral golden yellow mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, potassium, sulfur, and thallium.


heneuite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.


dussertite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing arsenic, barium, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.


bieberite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing cobalt, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.


duranusite

From Duranus (“commune in the Alpes-Maritimes”) + -ite.

suffix

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic red mineral containing arsenic and sulfur.


chlormagaluminite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal mineral containing aluminum, carbon, chlorine, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, and oxygen.


ferrotschermakite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and silicon.


ferrilotharmeyerite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, calcium, copper, hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, and zinc.


jensenite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic emerald green mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tellurium.


mooihoekite

From Mooihoek Farm (where the mineral was discovered) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-scalenohedral mineral with the chemical formula Cu₉Fe₉S₁₆ containing copper, iron, and sulfur.


bahianite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, antimony, hydrogen, and oxygen.


isomertieite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral silver white mineral containing antimony, arsenic, and palladium.


chessexite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and sulfur.


bobkingite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic pale blue mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen.


kemmlitzite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, calcium, cerium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, phosphorus, silicon, strontium, and sulfur.


bogdanovite

From Bogdanov + -ite, named after Russian geologist Aleksei Bogdanov.

named-after

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing copper, gold, iron, lead, and tellurium.


jouravskite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and sulfur.


vashegyite

From Hungarian Vashegy (literally “iron mountain”) (the old Hungarian name for the village of Železník, Slovakia where the mineral was discovered) + -ite.

der

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.


hollingworthite

en-noun

hollingworthite (usually uncountable, plural hollingworthites)

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal gray mineral containing arsenic, palladium, platinum, rhodium, and sulfur.


effenbergerite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal blue mineral containing barium, copper, oxygen, and silicon.


jennite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal white mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.


dravite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, boron, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


bobjonesite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and vanadium.


dellaventuraite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic pinkish red mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, lithium, magnesium, manganese, nickel, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, titanium, and zinc.


arrojadite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, and sodium.


kamaishilite

Named for type locality Kamaishi Mine (in Iwate, Japan) + -lite.

(mineralogy) A dimorph of bicchulite; a tetragonal colorless mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.


janggunite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic black mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, and oxygen.


fredrikssonite

fredrikssonite (usually uncountable, plural fredrikssonites)

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal reddish brown mineral containing boron, iron, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.


jalpaite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing copper, silver, and sulfur.


christelite

Named after the wife of Georg Gebhard (discoverer), Christel Gebhard-Giesen + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal greenish blue mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and zinc.


jarandolite

Named for type locality in the Jarandol Basin in Serbia, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing boron, calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.


hydroglauberite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic snow white mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.


jaipurite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal steel gray mineral containing cobalt and sulfur.


jagoite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal yellow green mineral containing calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, iron, lead, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


hsianghualite

香花 (xiānghuā) -ite, derived from Wade–Giles

(mineralogy) An isometric-tetartoidal white mineral containing beryllium, calcium, fluorine, lithium, oxygen, and silicon.


kamitugaite

(mineralogy) A triclinic yellow mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium.


jeffreyite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal colorless mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


janhaugite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic reddish brown mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, titanium, and zirconium.


giuseppettite

en-noun

giuseppettite (usually uncountable, plural giuseppettites)

From Italian Giuseppetti, a surname derived from Giuseppetto, diminutive of the male given name Giuseppe (“Joseph”) + -ite; named after Italian mineralogist Giuseppe Giuseppetti.

named-after

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal light violet blue mineral containing aluminum, calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and sulfur.


jagowerite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal light green mineral containing aluminum, barium, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.


joliotite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic lemon yellow mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.


jokokuite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal light pink mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and sulfur.


jedwabite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal grayish yellow mineral containing iron, niobium, and tantalum.


johnwalkite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, niobium, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, and tantalum.


sulvanite

(mineralogy) A hydrothermal mineral that is a mixed sulfide of copper and vanadium.


hastingsite

en-noun

hastingsite (countable and uncountable, plural hastingsites)

From Hastings + -ite, after Hastings County in Ontario where it was discovered.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


junitoite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.


lunijianlaite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, lithium, oxygen, and silicon.


jankovicite

After Serbian geologist Slobodan Janković + -ite.

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal black mineral containing antimony, arsenic, sulfur, and thallium.


keldyshite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal white mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and zirconium.


haapalaite

Named after Finnish geologist Paavo Haapala (1906-2002), + -ite.

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral bronze red mineral containing hydrogen, iron, magnesium, nickel, oxygen, and sulfur.


juanite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.


lisitsynite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal colorless mineral that is a potassium borosilicate.


juanitaite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, bismuth, calcium, copper, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.


junoite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic gray mineral containing bismuth, copper, lead, selenium, and sulfur.


jamesite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal reddish brown mineral containing arsenic, iron, lead, oxygen, and zinc.


jamborite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal green mineral containing hydrogen, iron, nickel, oxygen, and sulfur.


lulzacite

Named in honour of Yves Lulzac, a French geologist and engineer with Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, who discovered the mineral
Lulzac + -ite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, phosphorus, and strontium.


jentschite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, arsenic, lead, sulfur, and thallium.


lomonosovite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing oxygen, phosphorus, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


lonecreekite

From Lone Creek Fall Cave (in South Africa) + -ite.

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal colorless mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.


juabite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, copper, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and tellurium.


mazzettiite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic light gray mineral containing antimony, lead, mercury, silver, and tellurium.


litvinskite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and zirconium.


liveingite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal lead gray mineral containing arsenic, lead, and sulfur.


lisetite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal colorless mineral containing aluminum, calcium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


nekoite

A reverse spelling anagram for okenite, which nekoite was first mistaken for.

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial pearl white mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.


luzonite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-scalenohedral pale brownish pink mineral containing arsenic, copper, and sulfur.


natroxalate

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing carbon, oxygen, and sodium.


omeiite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal steel gray mineral containing arsenic, osmium, and ruthenium.


lithiowodginite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic grayish white mineral containing lithium, oxygen, and tantalum.


orlandiite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing chlorine, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and selenium.


majakite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal gray white mineral containing arsenic, nickel, and palladium.


manganlotharmeyerite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.


orlymanite

(mineralogy) A trigonal dark brown mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.


lotharmeyerite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and zinc.


lovdarite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, barium, beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


londonite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, boron, calcium, cesium, iron, lithium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, rubidium, silicon, and sodium.


khmaralite

khmaralite (usually uncountable, plural khmaralites)

Named for type locality, Khmara Bay, in turn named after Soviet tractor driver Ivan Fedorovich Khmara (1936–1956) who died in that area of Soviet-operated Antarctica. The suffix -lite is from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

named-after

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic very dark green mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.


otjisumeite

(mineralogy) A triclinic mineral containing germanium, lead, and oxygen.


orickite

From Orick + -ite, after the census-designated place in California where this mineral was discovered.

(mineralogy) A hexagonal brass yellow mineral containing copper, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and sulfur.


manganonaujakasite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic bright blue mineral containing aluminum, iron, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


ourayite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal gray mineral containing bismuth, lead, silver, and sulfur.


oswaldpeetersite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic canary yellow mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.


olenite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal light pink mineral containing aluminum, boron, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


oursinite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic pale yellow mineral containing cobalt, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and uranium.


makarochkinite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal black mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, niobium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, tantalum, and titanium.


oxammite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.


jervisite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic light green mineral containing calcium, iron, magnesium, oxygen, scandium, silicon, and sodium.


ovamboite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral gray mineral containing arsenic, copper, gallium, germanium, iron, molybdenum, sulfur, tin, tungsten, vanadium, and zinc.


olkhonskite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic black mineral containing chromium, oxygen, titanium, and vanadium.


owensite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral black mineral containing barium, copper, iron, lead, nickel, and sulfur.


odinite

From Odin + -ite, after French scientist Gilles Serge Odin.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and titanium.


orientite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.


osbornite

(mineralogy) A golden yellow mineral containing nitrogen and titanium.


orthobrannerite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, titanium, and uranium.


ottemannite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal reddish gray mineral containing sulfur and tin.


olmsteadite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, niobium, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, and tantalum.


orthowalpurgite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal pale yellow mineral containing arsenic, bismuth, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.


olshanskyite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing boron, calcium, hydrogen, and oxygen.


orthopinakiolite

For its composition related to pinakiolite with an orthorhombic crystal system.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal black mineral containing boron, iron, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.


oosterboschite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic black mineral containing copper, palladium, and selenium.


ominelite

Named for type locality Mount Ōmine (in Nara, Japan) + -lite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal blue mineral containing aluminum, boron, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.


orpheite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur.


orthochamosite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.


onoratoite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing antimony, chlorine, and oxygen.


cobaltlotharmeyerite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic brown mineral containing arsenic, calcium, cobalt, hydrogen, iron, nickel, and oxygen.


owyheeite

From Owyhee + -ite, found in Owyhee County, Idaho.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal gray-white mineral containing antimony, bismuth, lead, silver, and sulfur.


orthoericssonite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal reddish black mineral containing barium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.


olsacherite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal colorless mineral containing lead, oxygen, selenium, and sulfur.


imhofite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic copper red mineral containing arsenic, copper, sulfur, and thallium.


ilesite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, sulfur, and zinc.


incaite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal lead gray mineral containing antimony, iron, lead, sulfur, and tin.


iranite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial mineral containing chromium, copper, fluorine, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and silicon.


orthoserpierite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal pale blue green mineral containing calcium, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and zinc.


obradovicite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal pea green mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, iron, molybdenum, oxygen, potassium, and sodium.


jungite

After Gerhard Jung, German mineralogist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc.


irhtemite

From Irhtem, location of a mine in Morocco, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.


irarsite

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal iron black mineral containing arsenic, iridium, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, and sulfur.


behierite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal pink gray mineral containing boron, niobium, oxygen, and tantalum.


insizwaite

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal tin white mineral containing antimony, bismuth, and platinum.


ingodite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral silver white mineral containing bismuth, sulfur, and tellurium.


olympite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal colorless mineral containing lithium, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.


ikranite

en-noun

ikranite (usually uncountable, plural ikranites)

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal brownish yellow mineral containing calcium, cerium, chlorine, fluorine, hafnium, hydrogen, iron, lanthanum, manganese, neodymium, niobium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, strontium, titanium, and zirconium.


inaglyite

Named after the Inagli massif in Sakha, Russia + -ite.

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal steel gray mineral containing copper, iridium, lead, platinum, and sulfur.


inderborite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing boron, calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.


ikunolite

ikunolite (usually uncountable, plural ikunolites)

Named for type locality Ikuno Mine in Hyogo, Japan, + -lite.

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral lead gray mineral containing bismuth, selenium, and sulfur.


orschallite

Named after a man from Cologne named P. Orschall who discovered the mineral, + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral colorless mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.


earlandite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.


huntite

From the name of Walter Frederick Hunt (1882–1975), US mineralogist, + -ite.

[A] good white is also very precious. It is valued partly because […] the best of it – a clay called huntite – is believed to be the faeces of the Rainbow Snake.

2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, page 49:

(mineralogy) A trigonal-trapezohedral mineral containing calcium, carbon, magnesium, and oxygen.


iltisite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-trapezohedral mineral containing bromine, chlorine, mercury, silver, and sulfur.


likasite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal blue mineral containing copper, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.


indialite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.


ilsemannite

en-noun

ilsemannite (usually uncountable, plural ilsemannites)

(mineralogy) An amorphous mineral containing hydrogen, molybdenum, and oxygen.


oyelite

Named after Japanese professor of mineralogy Jiro Oye (1900–1968), + -lite.

named-after

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic white mineral containing boron, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.


iriginite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal canary yellow mineral containing hydrogen, molybdenum, oxygen, and uranium.


intersilite

From inter- + silite, because it is an intermediate between layered and banded silicates.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


orcelite

Named after French professor of mineralogy Jean Orcel (1896–1978),
curator of Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal orange white mineral containing arsenic and nickel.

National Museum of Natural History (France)


oneillite

Named after Canadian geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada, John Johnston O'Neill (1886–1966), + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A trigonal-pyramidal yellowish brown mineral containing calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and zirconium.


eckermannite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic blue green mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


mendozavilite

Named after Mexican geologist Heriberto Mendoza Avila (1924–), who discovered the mineral, + -ite. The mineral was given the suffix of -NaFe in 2010 when more related species were discovered to differentiate it from other species of alternate element dominance.

(mineralogy, outdated) A monoclinic mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, molybdenum, oxygen, phosphorus, sodium, and strontium.

(mineralogy) A group of said minerals with a common chemical base.


eakerite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and tin.


ecdemite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal mineral containing arsenic, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.


eugsterite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic colorless mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.


eskolaite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing chromium and oxygen.


epistilbite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.


eucairite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing copper, selenium, and silver.


eudidymite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing beryllium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


eugenite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral silver white mineral containing mercury and silver.


ephesite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, lithium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


epididymite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing beryllium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


ingersonite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-trapezohedral brownish yellow mineral containing antimony, calcium, fluorine, iron, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.


ercitite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.


vertumnite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and strontium.


elyite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and sulfur.


veenite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal steel gray mineral containing antimony, arsenic, lead, and sulfur.


yftisite

From the chemical symbols Y, F, Ti, and Si, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A yellow mineral containing mostly yttrium, oxygen, and fluorine.


ellisite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal dark gray mineral containing arsenic, sulfur, and thallium.


edgarite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-trapezohedral similar to molybdenite mineral containing iron, niobium, and sulfur.


eastonite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.


vozhminite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal rose-orange mineral containing antimony, arsenic, cobalt, nickel, and sulfur.


nabalamprophyllite

For its composition, a mineral related to lamprophyllite with a dominance of sodium and barium (chemical symbols Na and Ba).

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, barium, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, strontium, and titanium.


eskebornite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-scalenohedral bronze mineral containing copper, iron, and selenium.


eclarite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing bismuth, copper, iron, lead, and sulfur.


eglestonite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing chlorine, hydrogen, mercury, and oxygen.


erlianite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic black mineral containing hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and vanadium.


vincentite

Vincent + -ite, after Ewart Albert "David" Vincent.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic gray mineral containing antimony, arsenic, palladium, platinum, and tellurium.


eggletonite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic golden brown mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


vernadite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and sodium.


berdesinskiite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic reddish brown mineral containing oxygen, titanium, and vanadium.


shcherbinaite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal yellow green mineral containing oxygen and vanadium.


versiliaite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal black mineral containing antimony, iron, oxygen, and sulfur.


vasilyevite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing bromine, carbon, chlorine, iodine, mercury, oxygen, and sulfur.


rankinite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, oxygen, and silicon.


vaughnite

(mineralogy) Alternative spelling of vaughanite


srebrodolskite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, iron, and oxygen.


stannoidite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal brass brown mineral containing copper, iron, sulfur, and tin.


eriochalcite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen.


berezanskite

Named after Anatolyi Vladimirovich Berezanskii (born 1948) who mapped the geology of large amounts of remote areas of the Turkestan mountain range, Tajikistan
Berezansk- + -ite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal white mineral containing lithium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and titanium.


henryite

(mineralogy) An isometric gray mineral containing copper, silver, and tellurium.


ershovite

For Vadim Viktorovich Ershov (1939-1989) + -ite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


bityite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, lithium, oxygen, and silicon.


innelite

Named for type locality, from Yakut inneli, the Inagli river in Yakutia, Russia, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial mineral containing barium, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, sulfur, and titanium.


ernstite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic yellow brown mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.


indigirite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic snow white mineral containing aluminum, carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.


spertiniite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, and oxygen.


sosedkoite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal colorless mineral containing aluminum, antimony, calcium, niobium, oxygen, potassium, sodium, and tantalum.


bismutomicrolite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing bismuth, calcium, hydrogen, niobium, oxygen, and tantalum.


sopcheite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic brownish gray mineral containing palladium, silver, and tellurium.


bilibinskite

(mineralogy) An isometric mineral containing copper, gold, lead, and tellurium.


stannopalladinite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing copper, palladium, and tin.


bismutostibiconite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing antimony, bismuth, iron, and oxygen.


dellaite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal colorless mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.


swinefordite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, lithium, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


amarillite

Named after type locality Terra Amarilla in Chile + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.


solongoite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing boron, calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.


swamboite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic light yellow mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and uranium.


bismutotantalite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing bismuth, niobium, oxygen, and tantalum.


switzerite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.


taneyamalite

Named for one of its type localities Taneyama Mine (in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan) + -lite.

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


sphaerobismoite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal mineral containing bismuth and oxygen.


steigerite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, and vanadium.


aravaipaite

After the Aravaipa region in Arizona, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.


spencerite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc.


epistolite

From Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ, “letter, message”), because of its flat, white appearance, + -ite.

uder

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


bismutocolumbite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal black mineral containing bismuth, niobium, oxygen, and tantalum.


boleite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, potassium, and silver.


stewartite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.


bismutopyrochlore

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing bismuth, calcium, hydrogen, lead, niobium, oxygen, tantalum, and uranium.


ardealite

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ardealite (usually uncountable, plural ardealites)

Named after type locality Ardeal (Transylvania), Romania + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur.


treasurite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing bismuth, lead, silver, and sulfur.


biehlite

Named after mineralogist Fredrich Karl Biehl, the first to work in the mine where it was found, + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing antimony, arsenic, molybdenum, and oxygen.


starkeyite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sulfur.


sterryite

From Sterry + -ite, after Thomas Sterry Hunt.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal black mineral containing antimony, arsenic, lead, silver, and sulfur.


tuscanite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and sulfur.


stibiotantalite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing antimony, oxygen, and tantalum.


tokkoite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.


soucekite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal lead gray mineral containing bismuth, copper, lead, selenium, and sulfur.


stibiomicrolite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing antimony, calcium, hydrogen, niobium, oxygen, sodium, and tantalum.


stenhuggarite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-pyramidal bright reddish orange mineral containing antimony, arsenic, calcium, iron, and oxygen.


spriggite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic bright orange mineral containing barium, calcium, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and uranium.


stanfieldite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.


stalderite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-scalenohedral mineral containing arsenic, copper, iron, mercury, sulfur, thallium, and zinc.


sodicgedrite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal light brown mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


stoiberite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing copper, oxygen, and vanadium.


tantalcarbide

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral yellow gray mineral containing carbon and tantalum.


elpidite

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elpidite (usually uncountable, plural elpidites)

From Ancient Greek ἐλπίς (elpís, “hope”) + -ite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and zirconium.


olekminskite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-trapezohedral mineral containing barium, calcium, carbon, oxygen, and strontium.


spheniscidite

From Sphenisciformes (“the taxonomic order comprising the penguins”) + -ite, after its discovery in the penguin nesting grounds on Elephant Island.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic brown mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and potassium.


stibarsen

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing antimony and arsenic.


stistaite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral light gray mineral containing antimony and tin.


sterlinghillite

Named after type locality Sterling Hill, New Jersey + -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.


titantaramellite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing barium, boron, chlorine, iron, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and titanium.


vasilite

Named after Bulgarian docent of mineralogy at the Higher Institute of Mining and Geology, Sofia, Dr. Vasil Atanasov (1933–2015), + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral steel gray mineral containing copper, palladium, sulfur, and tellurium.


stepanovite

(mineralogy) A trigonal mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and sodium.


stranskiite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal cyanic blue mineral containing arsenic, copper, oxygen, and zinc.


tucekite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal light yellow mineral containing antimony, nickel, and sulfur.


stannomicrolite

For its composition, a tin-dominant member of the microlite group, from Latin stannum (“tin”). Discredited as the name of one specific species of mineral; as a mineral, most likely refers to oxystannomicrolite.

(mineralogy, outdated) An isometric-hexoctahedral yellow brown mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, tantalum, tin, and titanium.

(mineralogy) A variety of the generalized microlite subgroup.


stringhamite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.


strakhovite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing barium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


sodicanthophyllite

From sodic + anthophyllite. Named for its composition, being a sodic orthoamphibole resembling anthophyllite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


sturtite

(mineralogy) An amorphous black mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.


taikanite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal greenish black mineral containing barium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and strontium.


souzalite

Named after Brazilian mining engineer Antonio José Alves de Souza (1896–1961), + -lite.

(mineralogy) A triclinic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.


stillwaterite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral gray mineral containing arsenic and palladium.


straczekite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic greenish black mineral containing barium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, and vanadium.


ferroglaucophane

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


tancoite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, lithium, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.


stanekite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.


sorbyite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing antimony, arsenic, lead, and sulfur.


tamaite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, barium, calcium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.


stoppaniite

From Stoppani + -ite, after Francesco Saverio Stoppani, Italian lawyer and collector of minerals.

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal light blue mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


teepleite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing boron, chlorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.


liberite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing beryllium, lithium, oxygen, and silicon.


stibiocolumbite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing antimony, niobium, and oxygen.


stibivanite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, oxygen, and vanadium.


stetefeldtite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing antimony, hydrogen, oxygen, and silver.


stokesite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal colorless mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and tin.


litidionite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing copper, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.


fervanite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and vanadium.


messelite

Named for type locality Messel (Germany) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.


loseyite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and zinc.


stibiobetafite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing antimony, calcium, hydrogen, niobium, oxygen, tantalum, tin, and titanium.


suredaite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal grayish black mineral containing arsenic, lead, silver, sulfur, and tin.


metacalciouranoite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic orange mineral containing barium, calcium, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, sodium, and uranium.


dypingite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic white mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.


kovdorskite

After the Kovdor massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia, + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.


henritermierite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.


duttonite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic light brown mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, and vanadium.


takovite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, carbon, hydrogen, nickel, and oxygen.


fillowite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing calcium, iron, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.


deliensite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, sulfur, and uranium.


metahewettite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic red mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and vanadium.


damaraite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal colorless mineral containing chlorine, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.


faheyite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-trapezohedral mineral containing beryllium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.


sonolite

Named for type locality Sono Mine (in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan) + -lite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.


dyscrasite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing antimony and silver.


isocubanite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral bronze mineral containing copper, iron, and sulfur.


danbaite

(mineralogy) An isometric mineral containing copper and zinc.


georgbokiite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing chlorine, copper, oxygen, and selenium.


maxwellite

Named after American geologist Charles Henry Maxwell (1923–) (who studied the mineral's type locality) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic dark red mineral containing arsenic, fluorine, iron, oxygen, and sodium.


strelkinite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, sodium, uranium, and vanadium.


takanelite

Named after Japanese professor of mineralogy at Tohoku University, Katsutoshi Takane (1899–1945), + -lite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A hexagonal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.


swartzite

From Swartz + -ite, after Charles K. Swartz, American geologist and mineralogist.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and uranium.


atlasovite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal dark brown mineral with the chemical formula K(BiO)Cu₆Fe³⁺(SO₄)₅O₃Cl.


strashimirite

From Strashimir + -ite, named after Strashimir Dimitrov (Страшимир Димитров) (1892-1960), Professor in Mineral and Petrography at Sofia University "St Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen.


bellingerite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal light green mineral containing copper, hydrogen, iodine, and oxygen.


bergslagite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, and oxygen.


balyakinite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing copper, oxygen, and tellurium.


danalite

en-noun

danalite (usually uncountable, plural danalites)

From Dana + -lite, after James Dwight Dana.

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral mineral containing beryllium, iron, oxygen, silicon, and sulfur.


bazhenovite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.


mroseite

From Mrose + -ite, after Mary Emma Mrose (1910-2003), American mineralogist.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, carbon, oxygen, and tellurium.


bicchulite

From Bicchu + -lite. From Japanese 備中/備州 (“Bitchū/Bishū”); Named for the locality Bitchū, Okayama, Japan; where the Fuka mine is located, from which the mineral was discovered.

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral colorless mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.


arsenuranospathite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.


aurivilliusite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic dark gray black mineral containing bromine, chlorine, iodine, mercury, and oxygen.


averievite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-pyramidal black mineral containing chlorine, copper, oxygen, and vanadium.


inderite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing boron, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.


tacharanite

tacharanite (usually uncountable, plural tacharanites)

Named from the Gaelic tàcharan, a changeling + -ite, because when this poorly studied mineral was discovered, it was first supposed that on standing in air it breaks down to form other compounds (tobermorite and gyrolite).

(mineralogy) A monoclinic white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.


edenite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


bararite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral white mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, nitrogen, and silicon.


barberiite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal colorless mineral containing boron, fluorine, hydrogen, and nitrogen.


takedaite

takedaite (usually uncountable, plural takedaites)

From Takeda + -ite; named after Japanese earth scientist Hiroshi Takeda (1934–).

named-after

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing boron, calcium, and oxygen.


arsenocrandallite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and strontium.


delhayelite

Named after Belgian geologist Fernard Delhaye (1880–1946), who worked in the type locality of Zaire, + -lite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, chlorine, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and sulfur.


brianroulstonite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing boron, calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.


konyaite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.


belyankinite

(mineralogy) An amorphous mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, niobium, oxygen, titanium, and zirconium.


spionkopite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing copper and sulfur.


borodaevite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic gray mineral containing antimony, bismuth, silver, and sulfur.


bannisterite

From Bannister + -ite, after British mineralogist Frederick Allen Bannister.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and zinc.


bellbergite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal mineral containing aluminum, barium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and strontium.


beraunite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.


vitimite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic white mineral containing boron, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.


bayldonite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and zinc.


bleasdaleite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing bismuth, calcium, chlorine, copper, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.


berthierine

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.


sincosite

(mineralogy) A mixed calcium and vanadyl phosphate mineral that occurs in tetragonal scales or plates


aeschynite

(mineralogy) Any of several basic oxide minerals of mostly titanium and niobium with either cerium, neodymium or yttrium.


kostylevite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and zirconium.


brackebuschite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, manganese, oxygen, vanadium, and zinc.


kotulskite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing bismuth, palladium, and tellurium.


brianyoungite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and zinc.


boromuscovite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, boron, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.


spodiosite

Swedish spodiosit, from Ancient Greek σπόδιος (spódios, “grey”).

The apatites, which are more soluble than the spodiosites, are formed on heating the latter to redness, hence spodiosites rarely occur in nature.

1911, Journal of the Chemical Society, volume 100, page 735:

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, fluorine, oxygen, and phosphorus.


banalsite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal white mineral containing aluminum, barium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


leucosphenite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing barium, boron, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


braggite

From Bragg + -ite, named after Sir William Henry Bragg and Professor William Lawrence Bragg, pioneers in the X-ray investigations of crystals.

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal steel gray mineral containing nickel, palladium, platinum, and sulfur.


aramayoite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing antimony, bismuth, silver, and sulfur.


leiteite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, oxygen, and zinc.


koritnigite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal colorless mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, oxygen, and zinc.


keystoneite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, magnesium, nickel, oxygen, and tellurium.


lautenthalite

Named for type locality Lautenthal (Germany) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and sulfur.


bariomicrolite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing barium, hydrogen, niobium, oxygen, and tantalum.


benavidesite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, iron, lead, manganese, and sulfur.


kettnerite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing bismuth, calcium, carbon, fluorine, and oxygen.


bandylite

Named after American mining engineer Dr. Mark Chance Bandy, who found the mineral, + -lite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal dark blue mineral containing boron, chlorine, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen.


kimrobinsonite

(mineralogy) An isometric lemon white mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and tantalum.


bonaccordite

From Bon Accord + -ite, after a locality in Transvaal, South Africa, where it was discovered.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal reddish-brown mineral of the ludwigite group, with chemical formula Ni₂FeBO₅.


bradaczekite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic dark blue mineral containing arsenic, copper, oxygen, sodium, and zinc.


brinrobertsite

After Brin Roberts, British mineralogist, + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.


brannockite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal colorless mineral containing lithium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and tin.


krasnovite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal pale blue mineral containing aluminum, barium, carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.


bannermanite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing oxygen, potassium, sodium, and vanadium.


kuksite

From Kuks + -ite, named after Russian prospector A. I. Kuks.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal gray lead zinc tellurate phosphate mineral.


lemanskiite

From Lemanski + -ite, after Chet Lemanski, American mineralogist.

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-trapezohedral dark blue mineral containing arsenic, calcium, chlorine, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.


bertossaite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic light pink mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, lithium, oxygen, and phosphorus.


buergerite

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buergerite (usually uncountable, plural buergerites)

(mineralogy) A cyclosilicate mineral related to tourmaline.


foshagite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic snow white mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.


benyacarite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, and titanium.


derriksite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, selenium, and uranium.


fedorovskite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal brown mineral containing boron, calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.


barbosalite

Named after Brazilian professor emeritus of geology Dr. Aluízio Licínio de Miranda Barbosa at School of Mines at Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil, + -lite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.


bakerite

From Baker + -ite, after the area of Baker, California where it occurs.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing boron, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.


berzeliite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing arsenic, calcium, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and sodium.


brassite

(mineralogy) A basic magnesium arsenate mineral from the Czech Republic.


filatovite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, copper, iron, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, silicon, sodium, and zinc.


beryllite

For its composition of beryllium, + -ite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic white mineral containing beryllium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.


ferropargasite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


kidwellite

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kidwellite (usually uncountable, plural kidwellites)

Named after American geologist Albert Laws Kidwell (1919–2008), + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing copper, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.


berzelianite

Named in 1850 by James Dwight Dana in honour of Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848), Swedish chemist and the inventor of chemical symbol notation.
Berzelius + an + -ite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing copper and selenium.


brochantite

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brochantite (countable and uncountable, plural brochantites)

From the name of A. J. M. Brochant de Villiers, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A basic copper sulfate mineral


kudriavite

From Kudriavy (Russian Кудрявый (Kudrjavyj), the Russian volcano where it was discovered) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic dark reddish gray mineral containing bismuth, cadmium, indium, iron, lead, manganese, selenium, and sulfur.


odintsovite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing beryllium, calcium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


curite

curite (usually uncountable, plural curites)

From Curie (“a surname”) + -ite, after Pierre Curie and/or his wife Marie, early researchers of radioactivity — the ore being radioactive due to its uranium.

The color is lighter than that of curite.

1956, Walter Fred Hunt, editor, American Mineralogist, volume 41, page 555:

The present note relates to the behaviour of uranium minerals such as uraninite, curite, and uranophane in high-tension separators.

1962, Thomas Arthur Rickard, editor, The Mining Magazine, volumes 106-107, page 9:

1982, R. W. Boyle, Geochemical Prospecting for Thorium and Uranium Deposits, Elsevier, Developments in Economic Geology: 16, page 68,
Yellow, orange, greenish, and bluish oxidation products of uranium and copper comprising gummite and containing minerals such as curite, liebigite, malachite and azurite may be developed locally in the oxidized rubble and gossans.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and uranium.


imiterite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic white-gray mineral containing mercury, silver, and sulfur.


cyclosilicate

Any of several classes of silicate mineral having rings of silicate anions.


bariosincosite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral derived from sincosite by replacement of the calcium by barium.


kombatite

From Kombat + -ite, after the Kombat Mine in the north-central part of Namibia, from Herero [Term?] (given name).

Kombatite is bright yellow in color with a light yellow streak.

1986, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, page 520:

However, later a large number of new minerals were discovered from the manganese and iron ores, such as kombatite, asisite, johninnesite and amaraite.

2004, Gabi Schneider, The roadside geology of Namibia, page 24:

In ordered structures, vacancies in the PbO blocks have the form of a square (in symesite), or a double square (butterfly-like vacancies in kombatite and sahlinite).

2011, S V Krivovichev, Minerals as Advanced Materials II, page 322:

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic light yellow mineral containing chlorine, lead, oxygen, and vanadium.


balipholite

For its composition of (BA)rium and (LI)thium, and from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”) for being a mineral. Claimed to also contain the Chinese word for fibrous. Likely, the -pho- is a reference to carpholite, which mineral group balipholite is closely related to.

It covered all the structures of the main minerals specified in the teaching plan of mineralogy course. It also contains most of crystal structures first determined by Chinese scientists, such as Baotite, Bafertisite, Balipholite, Prehnite, Astrophyllite, […]

1996, Abstracts: 30th International Geological Congress, Beijing, China, 4-14 August 1996, volume 3:

However, alkali and alkaline-earth cations can also occur in the carpholite-type structure; for example, balipholite […] has the carpholite structure (Peng et al. 1987).

2004, Kimberly T. Tait, Frank C. Hawthorne, Joel D. Grice, John L. Jambor, William W. Pinch, Potassic-carpholite, a new mineral species from the Sawtooth batholith, Boise County, Idaho, USA:

The crystal structure refinement indicates vanadiocarpholite to be isotypic with carpholite, therefore it belongs to the carpholite group together with carpholite, magnesiocarpholite, ferrocarpholite, balipholite and potassic-carpholite.

2005, Riccardo BASSO, Roberto CABELLA, Gabriella LUCCHETTI, Alberto MARTINELLI, Andrea PALENZONA, Vanadiocarpholite, Mn2+V3+Al(Si₂O₆)(OH)₄, a new mineral from the Molinello mine, northern Apennines, Italy:

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, barium, fluorine, hydrogen, lithium, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.


stibiocolusite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral bronze mineral containing antimony, arsenic, copper, sulfur, tin, and vanadium.


strengite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.


metaborite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral mineral containing boron, hydrogen, and oxygen.


lithiophosphate

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing lithium, oxygen, and phosphorus.


hastite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing cobalt and selenium.


kolymite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral mineral containing copper and mercury.


carlinite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-pyramidal mineral containing sulfur and thallium.


geerite

(mineralogy) A trigonal bluish white mineral containing copper and sulfur.


mitscherlichite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and potassium.


maldonite

After the town of Maldon, Victoria, Australia + -ite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing bismuth and gold.


gupeiite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing iron and silicon.


ravatite

Named after its discovered locality: Ravat Village, Tajikistan
Ravat + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing carbon and hydrogen.


seifertite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing oxygen and silicon.


chernykhite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, barium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and vanadium.


metastibnite

(mineralogy) An amorphous mineral containing antimony and sulfur.


pellouxite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing antimony, chlorine, copper, lead, oxygen, silver, and sulfur.


petarasite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and zirconium.


tobelite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.


lithiomarsturite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, lithium, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.


marshite

From Marsh + -ite, after the Australian mineral collector C. W. Marsh, who first described it.

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral mineral containing copper and iodine.


metadelrioite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal pale yellow green mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, strontium, and vanadium.


bunsenite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing nickel and oxygen, Nickel(II) oxide.


metaschoderite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic yellow orange mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and vanadium.


tolbachite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing chlorine and copper.


athabascaite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing copper and selenium.


phosphofibrite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, phosphorus, and potassium.


krutaite

Named after Czech mineralogist Tomáš Krut'a (1906–1998), + -ite.

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal gray mineral containing copper and selenium.


palarstanide

Formed from palladium, arsenic, stanno-, and -ide.

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-trapezohedral steel gray mineral containing arsenic, palladium, and tin.


perroudite

Named after Swiss mineralogist Pierre Perroud + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal light red mineral containing bromine, chlorine, iodine, mercury, silver, and sulfur.


niobocarbide

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing carbon, niobium, and tantalum.


nickelphosphide

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-disphenoidal mineral containing iron, nickel, and phosphorus.


humboldtine

Named after German polymath Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), Humboldt + -ine.

(mineralogy) A rare monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.


cryptomelane

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing manganese, oxygen, and potassium.


bezsmertnovite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal bright orange yellow mineral containing copper, gold, lead, and tellurium.


angelaite

From Angela + -ite, named for the mine in Argentina where it is found.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic gray mineral containing bismuth, copper, lead, silver, and sulfur.


arsenpolybasite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing antimony, arsenic, copper, silver, and sulfur.


fluckite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.


argentopyrite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing iron, silver, and sulfur.


ankangite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal black mineral containing barium, chromium, oxygen, titanium, and vanadium.


apuanite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal black mineral containing antimony, iron, oxygen, and sulfur.


anduoite

From Anduo + -ite, after the region of Tibet where it is found.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal lead gray mineral containing arsenic, osmium, and ruthenium.


arsentsumebite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and sulfur.


arseniopleite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, calcium, iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and sodium.


arsenoclasite

(mineralogy) A mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.


arsenopalladinite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial silver white mineral containing antimony, arsenic, and palladium.


ashoverite

From the village and parish of Ashover + -ite.

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, and zinc.


bariandite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic blue black mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, and vanadium.


arzakite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing bromine, chlorine, mercury, and sulfur.


avicennite

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal grayish black mineral containing oxygen and thallium.


baksanite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral steel gray mineral containing bismuth, sulfur, and tellurium.


amstallite

Named after the type locality, Amstall, Austria + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing aluminum, calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.


apachite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic blue mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.


asbecasite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, beryllium, calcium, oxygen, silicon, tin, and titanium.


bambollaite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing copper, selenium, and tellurium.


baratovite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic pearl white mineral containing calcium, fluorine, lithium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, titanium, and zirconium.


arsenuranylite

From the mineral's composition, arseno- + uranyl + -ite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.


balkanite

From Balkan + -ite, after the medieval and popular name of the Stara planina (Balkan) mountains in Europe where it is found.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal white gray mineral containing copper, mercury, silver, and sulfur.


ferrisicklerite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing iron, lithium, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.


anapaite

From Russian Анапа (Anapa) + -ite, named for the town near where it was discovered.

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.


bamfordite

From Bamford + -ite, after the location of Bamford Hill, Queensland.

(mineralogy) A triclinic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, molybdenum, and oxygen.


barnesite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, sodium, and vanadium.


barringerite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal gray white mineral containing iron, nickel, and phosphorus.


benauite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing barium, hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, phosphorus, strontium, and sulfur.


balangeroite

From Balangero (“a mine in Piedmont, Italy”) + -ite.

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(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.


barentsite

(mineralogy) A triclinic colorless mineral containing aluminum, carbon, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.


andorite

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andorite (countable and uncountable, plural andorites)

Named for Hungarian amateur mineralogist Andor von Semsey + -ite.

(mineralogy) A white mineral containing antimony, lead, silver, and sulfur.


ashburtonite

From Ashburton + -ite (from an occurrence in Ashburton Downs in Western Australia).

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(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal blue mineral containing carbon, chlorine, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and silicon.


asselbornite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing arsenic, barium, bismuth, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium.


aurorite

Named after the North Aurora mine in Nevada, where it was discovered.
From Aurora + -ite.

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silver.


bauranoite

(mineralogy) A triclinic reddish brown mineral containing barium, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.


bartelkeite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing germanium, iron, lead, and oxygen.