nekrasovite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral reddish brown mineral containing antimony, arsenic, copper, iron, sulfur, tin, vanadium, and zinc.


carrollite

Named for type locality Carroll County, Maryland, + -ite.

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing cobalt, copper, nickel, and sulfur.


eosphorite

en-noun

eosphorite (usually uncountable, plural eosphorites)

From Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs, “dawn”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”) + -ite, in reference to the pink colour of the mineral.

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


nelenite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral brown mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.


tamarugite

From Tamarugal + -ite, after Tamarugal Province in Chile.

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


nissonite

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


clinohedrite

clinohedrite (countable and uncountable, plural clinohedrites)

From Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō, “to incline”) + ἕδρᾱ (hédrā, “face”) + -ite, for the inclined facial character of the crystal morphology.

der

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral that is a mixed silicate of calcium and zinc


keilite

Named after German-American professor at University of Hawaii in Honolulu, Klaus Keil, + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral gray mineral containing calcium, chromium, iron, magnesium, manganese, sulfur, and zinc.


nobleite

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


germanite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral pinkish gray mineral containing copper, germanium, iron, and sulfur.


northupite

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, magnesium, oxygen, and sodium.


halotrichite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and sulfur.


rickardite

Named after Thomas Arthur Rickard (1864-1953), mining engineer and Editor of the Engineering and Mining Journal.
Rickard + -ite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing copper and tellurium.


mascagnite

From Mascagni + -ite, named after the discoverer.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur; a native sulfate of ammonia, found in volcanic districts.


legrandite

From Legrand + -ite; named after Belgian mining engineer and mineral collector Louis C.A. Legrand (1861–1920), who collected the first specimen.

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


mordenite

Named for type locality Morden, Nova Scotia (Canada) + -ite.

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


livingstonite

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


panethite

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


natrophilite

From natro- + -philite, named for its high sodium content.

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


nabesite

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


partheite

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


franklinite

en-noun

franklinite (countable and uncountable, plural franklinites)

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing iron, manganese, oxygen, and zinc.


linarite

From Linares + -ite, named after Linares, Jaén, Andalusia, Spain, the place it was discovered.

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

Andalusia
Linares, Jaén
Province of Jaén (Spain)


robertsite

Named in 1974 by Paul Brian Moore and Jun Ito in honour of Willard "Bill" Lincoln Roberts (1923-1987), professor of mineralogy and curator of the South Dakota School of Mines mineral museum.
Roberts + -ite

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


saneroite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal light orange mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and vanadium.


monticellite

monticellite (countable and uncountable, plural monticellites)

Named after Italian writer Teodoro Monticelli (1759–1845), + -ite.

named-after

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


penroseite

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal creamy grayish white mineral containing cobalt, copper, nickel, and selenium.


rambergite

Named after Hans Ramberg (1917-1998), Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology at the University of Chicago and later the University of Uppsala, Sweden.
Ramberg + -ite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal mineral containing manganese and sulfur.


teruggite

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


routhierite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal pyramidal mineral containing antimony, arsenic, copper, mercury, sulfur, thallium, and zinc.


homilite

From homi- + -lite, with homi- being an alteration of homo-. From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same, together”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), because of its association with the minerals "erdmannite" and meliphanite.

uder

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


sabinaite

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


krennerite

From Krenner + -ite, after mineralogist Joseph Krenner who discovered it.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal creamy white mineral containing gold and tellurium.


sabieite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-trapezohedral white mineral containing hydrogen, iron, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.


hemimorphite

en-noun

hemimorphite (countable and uncountable, plural hemimorphites)

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


tantite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial colorless mineral containing oxygen and tantalum.


clinoclase

clinoclase (countable and uncountable, plural clinoclases)

(mineralogy) A mineral composed of a basic copper arsenate


seeligerite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal light yellow mineral containing chlorine, iodine, lead, and oxygen.


seligmannite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal rose white mineral containing arsenic, copper, lead, and sulfur.


sauconite

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


stolzite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing lead, oxygen, and tungsten.


siegenite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing cobalt, nickel, and sulfur.


talnakhite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral mineral containing copper, iron, nickel, and sulfur.


tausonite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing oxygen, strontium, and titanium.


phosgenite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.


palygorskite

palygorskite (countable and uncountable, plural palygorskites)

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon and a type of fuller's earth.


stilleite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral gray mineral containing selenium and zinc.


lorenzenite

Named after Johannes Theodor Lorenzen (1855-1884), + -ite.

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


thomsenolite

After Hans Thomsen, Danish physical chemist, + -ite

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


fornacite

From Latin fornāx, fornāc- (“furnace”) -ite, named in 1915 after Lucien Lewis Forneau (whose surname resembles French fourneau (“stove”), which, like fornāx, is ultimately from Latin furnus (“oven”)).

(mineralogy) A rare monoclinic-prismatic lead copper chromate arsenate hydroxide mineral, which is generally green to yellow and translucent to transparent, and has a Mohs hardness of 2.3, a specific gravity of 6.27, and a Strunz classification of 7.FC.10.


tarapacaite

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


rynersonite

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


thenardite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.


nitratine

nitratine (countable and uncountable, plural nitratines)

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral form of sodium nitrate.


rutherfordine

From Rutherford + -ine, after Ernest Rutherford.

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


steacyite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and thorium.


seamanite

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


sabatierite

From Sabatier + -ite, named after French mineralogist Germain Sabatier.

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal blue gray mineral containing copper, selenium, and thallium.


sellaite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing fluorine and magnesium.


segelerite

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


temagamite

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


uricite

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


scolecite

scolecite (countable and uncountable, plural scolecites)

From Ancient Greek σκώληξ (skṓlēx, “worm”) + -ite.

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


cerolite

(mineralogy) Alternative form of kerolite


paulingite

From Pauling + -ite after chemist Linus Carl Pauling (1901–1994).

(mineralogy) A rare zeolite mineral found in vesicles in alluvial basaltic rocks.


schoepite

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


simonellite

Named after Italian geologist Vittorio Simonelli (1860–1929), who discovered the mineral, + -ite.

named-after

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


russellite

Named after British mineral collector Sir Arthur Edward Ian Montague Russell (1878–1964), who held the mineral in his collection before it was donated for analysis, + -ite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing bismuth, oxygen, and tungsten.


triphylite

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


terlinguaite

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


tephroite

en-noun

tephroite (countable and uncountable, plural tephroites)

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


roscoelite

roscoelite (countable and uncountable, plural roscoelites)

Named after English chemist Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe (1833–1915), + -lite.

named-after

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


hoelite

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


renierite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-scalenohedral orange brown mineral containing arsenic, copper, germanium, iron, sulfur, and zinc.


thaumasite

From Ancient Greek θαυμάζω (thaumázō, “to wonder”) + -ite.

der

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


stercorite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.


cabrerite

(mineralogy) A form of annabergite with some of the nickel replaced by magnesium.


tiemannite

en-noun

tiemannite (countable and uncountable, plural tiemannites)

From Tiemann + -ite, after Johann Carl Wilhelm Tiemann (1848–1899).

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral grayish white mineral containing mercury and selenium; mercury selenide, chemical formula HgSe.


stibiconite

From Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi, “antimony”) + κόνῐς (kónĭs, “dust”) + -ite.

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


phenakite

phenakite (countable and uncountable, plural phenakites)

Ancient Greek φέναξ (phénax, a deceiver) (because of its resemblance to quartz). + -ite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing beryllium, oxygen, and silicon.


stromeyerite

From German Stromeyerit < Friedrich Stromeyer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

pedia

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


parisite

(mineralogy) A rare mineral consisting of cerium, lanthanum and calcium fluorocarbonate.


sperrylite

en-noun

sperrylite (countable and uncountable, plural sperrylites)

Named after American chemist Francis Louis Sperry (1861–1906), + -lite.

named-after

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal tin white mineral containing arsenic and platinum.


lonsdaleite

en-noun

lonsdaleite (usually uncountable, plural lonsdaleites)

From Lonsdale + -ite, in honour of Irish crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale.

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon. Also called hexagonal diamond.


teallite

Named after British geologist Dr. Jethro Justinian Harris Teall (1849–1924), + -ite.

named-after

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


moissanite

en-noun

moissanite (countable and uncountable, plural moissanites)

From Moissan + -ite; the mineral form of silicon carbide was named moissanite in honor of chemist Henri Moissan.².

(mineralogy) Naturally-occurring silicon carbide, having various crystalline polymorphs.

莫桑石

Naturally-occurring silicon carbide with various crystalline polymorphs


murdochite

Named for American mineralogist Joseph Murdoch + -ite.

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral black mineral containing bromine, chlorine, copper, lead, and oxygen.


senarmontite

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


kerolite

kerolite (countable and uncountable, plural kerolites)

From Ancient Greek κηρός (kērós, “wax”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

(mineralogy) A metamorphic nickel-bearing phyllosilicate mineral similar to talc and serpentine.


rosasite

From Rosas + -ite, after the Rosas mine in Sardinia, Italy.

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


mullite

mullite (countable and uncountable, plural mullites)

Named for type locality Mull (Scotland) + -ite.

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


hercynite

hercynite (countable and uncountable, plural hercynites)

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral black mineral containing aluminum, iron, and oxygen.


voltzite

From Voltz + -ite, after a French engineer.

(mineralogy) An oxysulfide of lead occurring in implanted spherical globules of a yellowish or brownish colour.


papagoite

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


kermesite

kermesite (usually uncountable, plural kermesites)

From kermes + -ite.
Named after the dye kermes, and named thus, owing to the grainy reddish hue that the mineral often has. The name dates from 1832.

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


halloysite

halloysite (countable and uncountable, plural halloysites)

From Belgian geologist Omalius d'Halloy + -ite.

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


ferberite

ferberite (countable and uncountable, plural ferberites)

Named after German mineralogist Moritz Rudolph Ferber + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing iron, oxygen, and tungsten.


powellite

en-noun

powellite (countable and uncountable, plural powellites)

powellite Powellite (canonical)
powellites (plural)

Named after American geologist John Wesley Powell (1834–1902), + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, molybdenum, and oxygen.


scorodite

en-noun

scorodite (countable and uncountable, plural scorodites)

From Ancient Greek σκόροδον (skórodon, “garlic”) + -ite.

der

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


knebelite

en-noun

knebelite (countable and uncountable, plural knebelites)

(mineralogy) A silicate mineral, a manganese variety of fayalite that forms dark green orthorhombic crystals.


sakuraiite

From Sakurai + -ite, named after Japanese amateur mineralogist Kin-ichi Sakurai.

person

(mineralogy) An isometric mineral containing copper, indium, iron, silver, sulfur, tin, and zinc.


conite

Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis, “dust”), from its grey colour, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A magnesian variety of dolomite.


jaspilite

en-noun

jaspilite (countable and uncountable, plural jaspilites)

(mineralogy) A compact siliceous rock resembling jasper.


spandite

(mineralogy) A combination of spessartine and andradite. Ca-Fe-rich spessartine or Mn-Al-rich andradite.


Granat

de-noun

Granat m (strong, genitive Granats, plural Granate)

Granats (genitive)
Granate (plural)
Granat (nominative singular)
Granate (definite nominative plural)
Granats (genitive singular)
Granate (definite genitive plural)
Granat (dative singular)
Granaten (dative definite plural)
Granat (accusative singular)
Granate (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German grānāt which was borrowed from Medieval Latin granatus, most likely a substantivized masculine form of *lapis granatus.. More at Granatapfel.
The term Granat in the sense of shrimp was borrowed from Middle Low German garner, garnat or garnol, itself borrowed from Middle Dutch grenat (as spoken in Flanders).


wakefieldite

After Wakefield Lake in Quebec, Canada, + -ite (now known as Lake Saint Pierre).

(mineralogy) Any of four uncommon rare earth element vanadate minerals, each containing oxygen and vanadium, but otherwise containing different elements.


alsakharovite-Zn

Named after Aleksey S. Sakharov (1910-1996), Russian geologist, who worked on the Lovozero massif where the mineral was discovered.
Aleksey + Sakharov + -ite

(mineralogy) An extremely rare alkaline strontium zinc titanium silicate mineral from the cyclosilicates class, with formula written as NaSrKZn(Ti,Nb)₄(Si₄O₁₂)₂(O,OH)₄·7H₂O, from alkaline pegmatites.


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ܣܘܡܩܐ • (summāqā) m (plural ܣܘܡܩܐ (summāqē))

summāqā (romanization)
ܣܘܡܩܐ (plural)
ܣܘܡܩ (absolute singular)
ܣܘܡܩܝ (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
ܣܘܡܩܢ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
ܣܘܡܩ (construct singular)
ܣܘܡܩܟ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܣܘܡܩܟܝ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܣܘܡܩܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܣܘܡܩܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܣܘܡܩܐ (emphatic singular)
ܣܘܡܩܗ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܣܘܡܩܗ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܣܘܡܩܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
ܣܘܡܩܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

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→ Arabic: سُمَّاق (summāq)
Andalusian Arabic: سماق
→ Catalan: sumac
→ Galician: sumagre
→ Portuguese: sumagre
→ Spanish: zumaque
→ Basque: zumake
→ Italian: sommacco
→ Medieval Latin: sumach
→ Irish: sumach
Old French: sumac
Anglo-Norman: sumak
→ Middle English: sumac
English: sumac
French: sumac
→ Dutch: sumak
→ Ottoman Turkish: صوماق (sumak, somak)
Turkish: sumak, somak
→ Persian: سماق (somâq)
→ Azerbaijani: sumaq
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: सुम्माक़ (summāq)
Urdu: سماق (summāq)

From the root ܣ-ܡ-ܩ (s-m-q) related to reddening. Compare Hebrew סֹמֶק (sṓmeq).

(mineralogy) ruby, sard, cinnabar, minium, red lead


jasponyx

A form of onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper.


unisilicate

en-noun

unisilicate (countable and uncountable, plural unisilicates)

(mineralogy) A salt of orthosilicic acid where the ratio of oxygen atoms united to the basic metals and silicon respectively is 1:1.


dysluite

Ancient Greek meaning "hard to loosen or dissolve".

(mineralogy) A variety of the zinc spinel or gahnite.


dysodile

dysodile (usually uncountable, plural dysodiles)

From Ancient Greek δῠσώδης (dŭsṓdēs, “ill-smelling”), from δῠσ- (dŭs-) + ὄζω (ózō, “smell”), + -ile.

der

(mineralogy) A soft, finely laminated, greenish or yellowish-grey impure earthy or coaly bitumen, which emits a highly foetid odour when burning.


danaite

From Dana + -ite, after J. Freeman Dana.

(mineralogy) A cobaltiferous variety of arsenopyrite.


dufrenite

en-noun

dufrenite (usually uncountable, plural dufrenites)

From Dufrénoy + -ite, after French geologist Pierre Armand Dufrénoy.

(mineralogy) A blackish-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of iron.


holosiderite

(mineralogy) meteoric iron; a meteorite consisting of metallic iron without stony matter.


luxullianite

luxullianite (countable and uncountable, plural luxullianites)

From Luxullian + -ite, after the place in Cornwall.

(mineralogy) A kind of granite characterized by the presence of radiating groups of minute tourmaline crystals.


lherzolite

lherzolite (countable and uncountable, plural lherzolites)

/ˈləːzəlʌɪt/

The most important variety is called lherzolite: its list of constituent minerals includes a lot of olivine but also feldspar and pyroxene, and often small quantities of two other minerals: garnet and spinel.

2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 60:

(mineralogy) A dark-green igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite.


pyrosmalite

pyrosmalite (countable and uncountable, plural pyrosmalites)

(mineralogy) A mineral, usually of a pale brown or grey-greenish colour, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron and manganese.


daubreelite

daubreelite (countable and uncountable, plural daubreelites)

From Daubrée + -lite, after a French mineralogist.

(mineralogy) A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons.


pycnite

pycnite (countable and uncountable, plural pycnites)

(mineralogy) A massive subcolumnar variety of topaz.


cley

English: clay, cley

Scots: cley

Yola: cley

From Old English clǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic *klaij.

Any earth or terrain; something of little value or import.


pagodite

From pagoda + -ite, because sometimes carved by the Chinese into the form of pagodas.


potstone

potstone (countable and uncountable, plural potstones)

(mineralogy) A variety of steatite sometimes manufactured into culinary vessels.


karpholite

(mineralogy) A fibrous mineral occurring in tufts of a straw-yellow colour. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and manganese.


Derbyshire spar

Derbyshire spar (countable and uncountable, plural Derbyshire spars)


eulytite

eulytite (countable and uncountable, plural eulytites)

(mineralogy) A mineral, consisting chiefly of the silicate of bismuth.


jaspachate

jaspachate (countable and uncountable, plural jaspachates)


euchlorine

Compare French euchlorine. See euchloric.

(mineralogy) A rare emerald-green sulfate mineral found as a natural sublimate in fumaroles around volcanic eruptions, and having the chemical formula KNaCu₃(SO₄)₃O).


spherosiderite

spherosiderite (countable and uncountable, plural spherosiderites)

(mineralogy) Siderite occurring in spheroidal masses.


vulpinite

From Costa Volpino (“a place name in Italy”) + -ite (“a mineral”).

af

(mineralogy) A scaly granular variety of anhydrite of a grayish-white colour, used for ornamental purposes.


water sapphire

(mineralogy) A deep blue variety of iolite, sometimes used as a gem.


francolite

en-noun

francolite (countable and uncountable, plural francolites)

Named for type locality Wheal Franco (a former copper mine in Tavistock, in Devon, England) + -lite.


ehlite

For the German village of Ehl (near the type locality Linz, Austria) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A variety of pseudomalachite; a green pearly mineral, hydrous phosphate of copper.


viridite

viridite (usually uncountable, plural viridites)

(mineralogy) A greenish chloritic mineral common in certain igneous rocks.


brongniartite

(mineralogy) Alternative spelling of brongniardite


brongniardite

(mineralogy) A lead-silver sulfantimonide with 26.2% silver, some of which is apparently diaphorite and some canfieldite.


皂石

/t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/


peastone

peastone (countable and uncountable, plural peastones)


needlestone

needlestone (countable and uncountable, plural needlestones)


szaskaite

(mineralogy) Alternative name for smithsonite.


subgraywacke

subgraywacke (countable and uncountable, plural subgraywackes)

(mineralogy) The most common type of sandstone, intermediate in composition between orthoquartzite and graywacke, typically composed of 30% to 65% quartz and chert, less than 15% clay matrix, more than 25% unstable materials such as feldspar grains and rock fragments, and voids or mineral cement exceeding the amount of clay matrix, and being lighter colored and better sorted, and with less matrix, than graywacke.


zanthochroite

Probably from a spelling pronunciation of xantho- (“yellow”) + Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs) + -ite.

af

(mineralogy) An amorphous cadmium sulfide, of which greenockite is the crystalline form.


dopplerite

en-noun

dopplerite (countable and uncountable, plural dopplerites)

From Doppler + -ite, after physicist and mathematician Christian Doppler.

(mineralogy) A brownish-black native hydrocarbon occurring in elastic or jelly-like masses, derived from the maceration of peat.


stylotypite

(mineralogy) Alternative name for tetrahedrite.


gieseckite

From Giesecke + -ite, after Karl Giesecke.

(mineralogy) A greenish-grey variety of muscovite.


nevadite

(mineralogy) A granitoid variety of rhyolite.


雌黄

雌黄 (canonical)
shiō (romanization)
siwau (romanization)
しわう (hiragana historical)

/siːwau/ → /ɕiːwɔː/ → /ɕiːoː/
From Middle Chinese compound 雌黄 (tsiɛ hwang, literally “female + yellow”), indicating the mineral orpiment, in contrast to 雄黃 /雄黄 (hjuwng hwang, literally “male + yellow”), indicating the mineral realgar.
Cognate and homophone of 雄黄 (kini, “realgar”). Only differentiated by spelling.


雌黄

Probably from Old Japanese [Term?]. Compound of 黄 (ki, “yellow”) + 丹 (ni, “earth, reddish earth”).
The spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), ultimately from Middle Chinese 雌黃.

compound

(rare, possibly obsolete) orpiment, an arsenic sulfide mineral


petrosilex

Petrosilex has given rise to different .

1871, Thomas Egleston, Catalogue of Minerals, with Their Formulae and Crystalline Systems:

The name simple petrosilex seems to have been confined to the more apparenttly homogeneous felsites, while the term porphyritic petrosilex was given to those rocks supposed to have a base of simple petrosilex or of felsparoid which held enclosed porphyritic crystals.

1884, Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Bulletin: Geological series - Volume 1, page 399:

A brief history of the word felsite and its synonyms in different countries (petrosilex, eurite, and ha:lleflinta) will serve to illustrate the unfitness of it and these allied terms for exact petrographical usage.

1896, Arthur Winslow, Charles Doolittle Walcott, Florence Bascom, Contributions to the Cretaceous Paleontology of the Pacific:

(mineralogy) A fine-grained, silica-rich rock composed of quartz and sometimes other minerals, similar to the chemical structure of hornstone but having a different texture.


malacolite

en-noun

malacolite (countable and uncountable, plural malacolites)

Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”) + -lite


oxalite

oxalite (countable and uncountable, plural oxalites)

(mineralogy) A yellow mineral, one of the oxalates of iron.


bronzite

bronzite (countable and uncountable, plural bronzites)

(mineralogy) A ferriferous variety of enstatite, often with a bronze-like lustre.


turnerite

From Turner + -ite after English chemist and mineralogist C. H. Turner.

(mineralogy) A variety of monazite with golden yellow to brownish yellow crystals.


nemalite

nemalite (usually uncountable, plural nemalites)

From Ancient Greek νῆμα (nêma, “thread”) + -lite.

In the mineral kingdom [Magnesium] is found in a native state, combined with water, though this is not a common mineral. The siliceous hydrate, or nemalite, is still rarer. The carbonate is far more common;[…].

1845 September, “My Cabinet”, in Charlotte Elizabeth, editor, The Christian Lady's Magazine, volume 24, page 264:

The specimens examined by me had the ordinary external characters of nemalite, consisting of adhering fibres of a fine silky lustre, and white colour, with a shade of yellow and partial slight blue or green tinge.

1846 October, Arthur Connell, “Analysis of the American Mineral Nemalite”, in Robert Jameson, editor, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, volume 41, number 82, Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, page 388:

Several thousand specimens have been quarried from the serpentine and trap Ridges in New Jersey, under the direction of Professor Leeds of the Stevens Institute. They consist of nemalites, occurring in translucent masses made up of long, silky fibers;[…].

1874 October 17, “New Jersey Minerals”, in Scientific American, volume 31, number 16 (new series), New York: Munn, page 244:

As nemalite and chrysotile are usually found under similar conditions—in the form of veins traversing serpentine—it seems not unnatural that the two allied magnesian fibrous minerals should co-exist intimately mixed in the same vein,[…].

1897 May, F. R. Mallet, “On Nemalite from Afghánistán”, in The Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, volume 11, number 52, London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, page 213:

(mineralogy) A variety of brucite, occurring in slender fibers which are elastic and easily separated, having a color of white with a shade of yellow and a highly silky luster.


withamite

withamite (countable and uncountable, plural withamites)

From Witham + -ite after its discoverer, H. Witham.

(mineralogy) A reddish variety of epidote, found in Scotland.


woodrock

(mineralogy) A compact wood-like variety of asbestos.


orthite

(mineralogy) A variety of allanite occurring in slender prismatic crystals


desmine

(mineralogy, obsolete) The mineral stilbite.


xonaltite

(mineralogy, rare) A hydrous silicate of calcium, occurring in massive form of a white or bluish‐gray colour.


lithomarge

lithomarge (countable and uncountable, plural lithomarges)

From New Latin lithomarga, from Ancient Greek λιθος (lithos, “stone”) + Latin marga (“marl”). Equivalent to litho- + marge.


nigrine

Latin niger (“black”): compare French nigrine.

(mineralogy) A ferruginous variety of rutile.


keffekil

From Turkish [Term?], composed of Kefe (“Caffa, a city in Crimea”) + kil (“clay”). The material was imported from that region of Crimea.
Alternatively, according to Webster (1913), from Persian کف (kaf, “foam”) + گل (gel, “clay”). Note that Turkish kil is from Persian گل (gel).

(mineralogy) A kind of clay; meerschaum.


necronite

(obsolete, mineralogy) A kind of foul-smelling feldspar.


allochroite

From allo- + Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs) + -ite. Cf. allochroic.


ligurite

en-noun

ligurite (usually uncountable, plural ligurites)

(mineralogy) A variety of sphene or titanite.


haüynite

René Just Haüy, (1743-1822), French crystallographer, + -ite.

(mineralogy) An isometric tectosilicate feldspathoid mineral with sulfate and chloride.


byssolite

byssolite (countable and uncountable, plural byssolites)

From Ancient Greek βύσσος (bússos, “flax”) + -lite.

(mineralogy) An olive-green fibrous variety of hornblende.


misy

Compare Latin misy (“a mineral, perhaps copperas”).

cog

(mineralogy) An impure yellow sulphate of iron; yellow copperas or copiapite.


coccolite

From Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “kernel”) + -lite.

(mineralogy, obsolete) The mineral diopside.


lucullite

en-noun

lucullite (countable and uncountable, plural lucullites)

From Lucullus (“a Roman consul, famous for his great wealth and luxury”) + -ite. Compare French lucullite.

affix

He next characterized the different British limestones, with reference to the qualities peculiar to each, in the composition of mortars and cements, dividing them into the soft white limestones, such as chalk and oolite, the grey limestones, the bituminous limestones or lucullites, the magnesian limestones, and lastly those fitted for water cements, such as the grey chalk of Dorking, and the blue limestone of Aberthaw and Barrow, and the septaria of the London clay from which Roman cement is prepared, exhibiting specimens of each kind.

Compact lucullite is subdivided into common or black marble; and stinkstone.

1875, A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences, volume 3, page 698:

Lucullite, which also yields the odour of sulphuretted hydrogen on being rubbed, is found in Derbyshire and other parts of England, as also in Cork, Galway, and Kilkenny, in Ireland.

1883, Alexander Watt, The History of a Lump of Chalk: Its Family Circle, and Their Uses, page 37:

(mineralogy, dated) A variety of black limestone, often polished for ornamental purposes.


wernerite

en-noun

wernerite (countable and uncountable, plural wernerites)

(mineralogy) The common greyish or white variety of scapolite.


hepatite

hepatite (countable and uncountable, plural hepatites)

From Latin hepatitis, an unknown precious stone, from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”); compare French hépatite.

Carbon forms the basis of several of the combustibles; as coal, bitumen, amber, &c.; and it enters into the composition of a few minerals in small proportion; in the Aberthaw limestone, the hepatite, semi-opal, and in clay-slate, not exceeding 1 or 2 per cent.;[…].

1823, [1816], William Phillips, An Elementary Introduction to the Knowledge of Mineralogy, 3rd edition, page lii:

(mineralogy, dated) A variety of barite that emits a foetid odour when rubbed or heated.


boltonite

From Bolton + -ite, after Bolton, Massachusetts, USA.


miascite

miascite (countable and uncountable, plural miascites)

From Miask (“a place in the Ural Mountains”) + -ite.

affix

(mineralogy) A granitoid rock containing feldspar, biotite, elaeolite, and sodalite.


dialogite

en-noun

dialogite (countable and uncountable, plural dialogites)


ophthalmite

(mineralogy) A migmatite that is characterized by the presence of concentric or lenticular aggregates of newly formed minerals that reflect post-anatectic processes.


woodstone

woodstone (countable and uncountable, plural woodstones)

(mineralogy) A striped variety of hornstone, resembling wood in appearance.


agalmatolite

agalmatolite (countable and uncountable, plural agalmatolites)

(mineralogy) A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite.


orangite

orangite (countable and uncountable, plural orangites)

(mineralogy) An orange-yellow variety of thorite, found in Norway.


globulite

globulite (countable and uncountable, plural globulites)

(mineralogy) A rudimentary spherical form of crystallite.


columbate

columbate (countable and uncountable, plural columbates)


fahlunite

fahlunite (usually uncountable, plural fahlunites)

From Fahlun + -ite, after a place in Sweden (nowadays written Falun).


micropegmatite

micropegmatite (countable and uncountable, plural micropegmatites)

(mineralogy, dated) A rock showing under the microscope the structure of pegmatite.


melaconite

(mineralogy) An earthy black oxide of copper, arising from the decomposition of other ores.


iodyrite

iodyrite (usually uncountable, plural iodyrites)

(mineralogy) a natural mineral form of silver iodide


fowlerite

fowlerite (usually uncountable, plural fowlerites)

From Fowler + -ite, after Dr. Samuel Fowler.

(mineralogy) A variety of rhodonite that contains zinc.


elaterite

elaterite (countable and uncountable, plural elaterites)


hydrophane

hydrophane (countable and uncountable, plural hydrophanes)

From hydro- (water) + -phane (“appearing”).

(mineralogy) A semitranslucent variety of opal that becomes translucent or transparent on immersion in water.


longulite

(mineralogy) A kind of crystallite with a slender acicular form.


tripestone

(mineralogy) A variety of anhydrite composed of contorted plates, bearing a certain ressemblance to tripe.


金剛石

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/kɐm⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵ sɛːk̚²/

/kim²⁴⁻¹¹ koŋ⁵⁵ sak̚⁵/

/keiŋ⁵⁴ kɔŋ⁵⁴ t͡siɔ⁵⁵/

/kim⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sioʔ⁴/

/kim³³ kɔŋ³³ t͡sioʔ²⁴/

/kim⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sioʔ¹²¹/

/kim⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sioʔ⁴/

/kim⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɤʔ⁴/

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/kɐm⁵⁵ kɔːŋ⁵⁵ sɛːk̚²/

/kim²⁴⁻¹¹ koŋ⁵⁵ sak̚⁵/

/keiŋ⁵⁴ kɔŋ⁵⁴ t͡siɔ⁵⁵/

/kim⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sioʔ⁴/

/kim³³ kɔŋ³³ t͡sioʔ²⁴/

/kim⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sioʔ¹²¹/

/kim⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sioʔ⁴/

/kim⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɤʔ⁴/

Zhēnguān zhì zhōng yǒu póluósēng yán dé fóchǐ, suǒ jī qián wú jiānwù...... (Fù Yì) wén zhī, wèi qí zǐ yuē: “Shì fēi fóchǐ. Wú wén jīngāngshí jiān, wù bùnéng dí, wéi língyáng jiǎo pò zhī. Rǔ kě wǎng shì zhī yān.”

貞觀至中有婆羅僧言得佛齒，所擊前無堅物……（傅奕）聞之，謂其子曰：「是非佛齒。吾聞金剛石堅，物不能敵，惟羚羊角破之。汝可往試之焉。」

贞观至中有婆罗僧言得佛齿，所击前无坚物……（傅奕）闻之，谓其子曰：「是非佛齿。吾闻金刚石坚，物不能敌，惟羚羊角破之。汝可往试之焉。」


金剛石

金剛石 (canonical)
kongōseki (romanization)

[kõ̞ŋɡo̞ːse̞kʲi]

Compound of 金剛 (kongō, “adamant, extremely strong”) + 石 (seki, “stone”).


smaragdite

en-noun

smaragdite (countable and uncountable, plural smaragdites)

Compare French smaragdite; so called from its emerald-green color. See smaragd.

(mineralogy) A green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varieties of gabbro.


lithophyse

(mineralogy) A spherulitic cavity, often with concentric chambers, observed in some volcanic rocks, such as rhyolitic lavas.


osmiridium

osmiridium (countable and uncountable, plural osmiridiums)

(mineralogy) A hard, corrosion-resistant alloy of osmium and iridium, used in pen nibs.


anticotunnite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic form of cotunnite.


cerite

(mineralogy) A hydrous silicate of cerium (and other metals).


marmar

head

marmar m (genitive singular marmair, nominative plural marmair)

marmair (genitive singular)
marmair (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
marmar (indefinite singular)
marmair (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a mharmair (indefinite singular)
a mharmara (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
marmair (indefinite singular)
marmar (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an marmar (definite singular)
na marmair (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an mharmair (definite singular)
na marmar (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an marmar (definite singular)
don mharmar (definite singular)
leis na marmair (definite plural)
marmar
mharmar

From Old Irish marmar, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros).


thoria

en-noun

thoria (countable and uncountable, plural thorias)

(mineralogy) The rare earth thorium oxide.


itacolumite

itacolumite (countable and uncountable, plural itacolumites)

(mineralogy) A porous yellow sandstone that is flexible when cut into thin strips.


calcédoine

From Latin chalcēdōnius, from Ancient Greek χαλχηδόνιος (khalkhēdónios), cognate to Arabic كَرْكَنْد (karkand)


топаз

topaz (romanization)
топаз (nominative singular)
топаздар (nominative plural)
топаздың (genitive singular)
топаздардың (genitive plural)
топазға (dative singular)
топаздарға (dative plural)
топазды (accusative singular)
топаздарды (accusative plural)
топазда (locative singular)
топаздарда (locative plural)
топаздан (ablative singular)
топаздардан (ablative plural)
топазбен (instrumental singular)
топаздармен (instrumental plural)

Borrowed from Russian топа́з (topáz), from Ancient Greek τόπαζος (tópazos).


топаз

uk-noun

топа́з • (topáz) m inan (genitive топа́зу or топа́за¹, nominative plural топа́зи, genitive plural топа́зів, relational adjective топа́зовий) (¹See usage notes.)

топа́з (canonical)
topáz (romanization)
топа́зу (genitive)
топа́за¹ (genitive)
топа́зи (nominative plural)
топа́зів (genitive plural)
топа́зовий (adjective relational)
топа́з (nominative singular)
топа́зи (nominative plural)
топа́зу (genitive singular)
топа́за (genitive singular)
топа́зів (genitive plural)
топа́зові (dative singular)
топа́зу (dative singular)
топа́зам (dative plural)
топа́з (accusative singular)
топа́зи (accusative plural)
топа́зом (instrumental singular)
топа́зами (instrumental plural)
топа́зу (locative singular)
топа́зі (locative singular)
топа́зах (locative plural)
топа́зе (singular vocative)
топа́зи (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τόπαζος (tópazos) via French topaze and Latin topazus.

bor+

topaz (a rare silicate mineral made of aluminum and fluorine)

uk:Мельничук Олександр Савич
uk:топаз


moroxite

Related to Ancient Greek word for a sort of pipe clay.

(mineralogy, archaic) A greenish-blue variety of apatite.


phassachate

From Ancient Greek φάσσα (phássa, “wood-pigeon”) + agate, referring to its colour.

der

(obsolete, mineralogy) The lead-coloured agate.


alaite

(mineralogy) A rare hydrous arsenate sulfate mineral with the chemical formula V₂O₅·H₂O.


azuryt

azuryt (nominative singular)
azuryty (nominative plural)
azurytu (genitive singular)
azurytów (genitive plural)
azurytowi (dative singular)
azurytom (dative plural)
azuryt (accusative singular)
azuryty (accusative plural)
azurytem (instrumental singular)
azurytami (instrumental plural)
azurycie (locative singular)
azurytach (locative plural)
azurycie (singular vocative)
azuryty (plural vocative)

Borrowed from English azurite, from Persian لاژورد (lâžvard, “blue color”).


ditroite

en-noun

ditroite (countable and uncountable, plural ditroites)

From Ditró + -ite, named after Ditró, a village in Transylvania (now Ditrău, Romania).

(mineralogy) An igneous rock composed of orthoclase, elaeolite, and sodalite.


osteolite

(mineralogy) A massive impure apatite, or calcium phosphate.


milky quartz

milky quartz (usually uncountable, plural milky quartzes)

(mineralogy) A common form of crystalline quartz that is white in color.


rensselaerite

After Stephen Van Rensselaer, founder in 1824 of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

1840, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OrqB7elAQrwC&pg=PA321&lpg=PA321&dq=%22rensselaerite%22&source=bl&ots=pj8PiIHqLW&sig=TtiKA3EELWApIeKjjdL3aE3kX0E&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjfx4SR_p7TAhULD8AKHfJxAOA4FBDoAQhAMAk#v=onepage&q=%22rensselaerite%22&f=false ("Assembly: State of New York, Issue 50", published 1840, digitised 2010).
To this I may subjoin Rensselaerite, which frequently occurs in thick, heavy beds in connexion with the above.

(mineralogy) A soft, compact variety of talc, being an altered pyroxene, sometimes worked in a lathe into inkstands and other articles, found in New York and Canada.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Stephen Van Rensselaer


troostite

troostite (countable and uncountable, plural troostites)

From Troost + -ite, after Dr. Gerard Troost of Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

(mineralogy) The mineral willemite with manganese.


quatrandorite

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


tveitite

(mineralogy) An yttrium fluoride mineral.


joaquinite

joaquinite (countable and uncountable, plural joaquinites)


quadruphite

(mineralogy) A triclinic sorosilicate mineral.


quintinite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal carbonate mineral, Mg₄Al₂(OH)₁₂CO₃·H₂O.


lepidomelane

(mineralogy) A black iron-potash mica, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales.


cimolite

cimolite (countable and uncountable, plural cimolites)

First attested in 1801; formed as Latin Cimōlia (from the Ancient Greek Κιμωλία γῆ (Kimōlía gê, “earth of Cimolus”) — Cimōlus being the former name of Argentiera) + English -ite.

uder

(mineralogy) A soft clayey mineral of whitish or greyish colour.


oligist

Ancient Greek, probably in allusion to its weak magnetism, as compared with magnetite. See oligo-.


thinolite

en-noun

thinolite (usually uncountable, plural thinolites)

Ancient Greek θίνα (thína, “dune, shore”) + -lite.

uder

(mineralogy) a pseudomorph of ikaite, found in Quaternary lake basins of Nevada.


panabase

From pan- + base, in allusion to the number of metals it contains.


chalybite

en-noun

chalybite (countable and uncountable, plural chalybites)

From Ancient Greek χάλυψ (khálups, “steel”) + -ite.


embolite

From Latin embolus (“piston”), from Ancient Greek ἔμβολος (émbolos, “peg, wedge, stopper”).

uder

(mineralogy) A mineral consisting of silver chloride and silver bromide; a variety of bromian chlorargyrite.


condurrite

From Condurra + -ite, after the Condurra mine in Cornwall, England.

(mineralogy) A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide.


chloropal

A careful consideration of the various analyses of minerals of the chloropal group given by Dana, leads me, therefore, to propose that the following species and varieties should be regarded as a series of types to which all future discoveries in the group may be referred.

1877, J. H. Collins, “Remarks on Gramenite from Smallacombe, and on the Chloropal Group of Minerals”, in The Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society, page 70:

Several delessites and chloropals occurring in basalts have a composition very close to that of the glass.

1905, B. K. Emerson, “Plumose diabase and palagonite from the Holyoke trap sheet”, in Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, volume 16, page 105:

Nontronite, a variety of chloropal occurs as a light yellow powder in druses of the North Conway granite (99, p. 312).

1969, T. R. Meyers, The Geology of New Hampshire: Minerals and mines, page 18:

(mineralogy) A massive mineral, greenish in colour and opal-like in appearance, essentially a hydrous silicate of iron.


succinite

en-noun

succinite (countable and uncountable, plural succinites)


succinite

From Latin succinum (“amber”, variant of sūcinum) + -ite.

der

variant of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">sūcinum</i>

(mineralogy) succinite (amber-coloured/colored garnet)


pandermite

(mineralogy) A hydrous borate of lime, resembling priceite.


erinite

en-noun

erinite (countable and uncountable, plural erinites)

From Erin + -ite, referring to Ireland, where it occurs.

(mineralogy) A hydrous copper arseniate of an emerald-green colour.


bucholzite

From Bucholz + -ite, named after a German chemist.


fibrolite

fibrolite (countable and uncountable, plural fibrolites)

From fibro- + -lite, being a mineral of fibrous appearance.


retinalite

retinalite (usually uncountable, plural retinalites)

From Ancient Greek ρητίνη (rētínē, “resin”) + -lite.

(mineralogy) A translucent variety of serpentine of a honey-yellow or greenish-yellow colour, with a waxy resinous lustre.


margarodite

margarodite (countable and uncountable, plural margarodites)

Borrowed from German Margarodit (coined in 1843 by Dr. Carl Schaffhäutl), from Byzantine Greek μαργαρώδης (margarṓdēs, “pearl-like”), from Ancient Greek μάργαρον (márgaron, “pearl”); see μαργαρίτης (margarítēs).

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This optical peculiarity of the Breezy margarodite distinguishes it from the margarodite of the Leinster granite, in which the plane of the optical axes coincides with the long diagonal of the primary rhomb, joining its acute angles.

1862, The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, page 415:

Margarodite, as named by Schafhäutl, was the talc-like mica of Mt. Greiner in the Zillerthal (anal. 36); granular to scaly in structure, luster pearly, color grayish white.

1904, James Dwight Dana, The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana, 1837-1868:

The alumina of the topaz has gone to form muscovite of the variety known as margarodite with less margarite.

1921, Proceedings of the United States National Museum, United States National Museum:

(mineralogy, obsolete) A hydrous potash mica related to muscovite.


metacinnabarite

en-noun

metacinnabarite (usually uncountable, plural metacinnabarites)

(mineralogy) sulfide of mercury in a black isometric form


metacinnabarite

it-noun

metacinnabarite f (plural metacinnabariti)


fuchsite

Named in 1842 by Karl F. Emil von Schafhäutl in honor of Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs, a German chemist and mineralogist.

(mineralogy) A green variety of muscovite


piroksen

piroksen (nominative singular)
pirokseny (nominative plural)
piroksenu (genitive singular)
piroksenów (genitive plural)
piroksenowi (dative singular)
piroksenom (dative plural)
piroksen (accusative singular)
pirokseny (accusative plural)
piroksenem (instrumental singular)
piroksenami (instrumental plural)
piroksenie (locative singular)
piroksenach (locative plural)
piroksenie (singular vocative)
pirokseny (plural vocative)


пироксен

ru-noun+

пироксеновый

пироксе́н • (piroksén) m inan (genitive пироксе́на, uncountable, relational adjective пироксеновый)

пироксе́н (canonical)
piroksén (romanization)
пироксе́на (genitive)
пироксеновый (adjective relational)
пироксе́н (nominative singular)
пироксе́на (genitive singular)
пироксе́ну (dative singular)
пироксе́н (accusative singular)
пироксе́ном (instrumental singular)
пироксе́не (prepositional singular)

пироксе́нъ — Pre-reform orthography (1918)


пироксен

пиро̀ксе̄н (canonical masculine)
piròksēn (romanization)
пиро̀ксе̄н (nominative singular)
пироксе́ни (nominative plural)
пироксе́на (genitive singular)
пироксена (genitive plural)
пироксену (dative singular)
пироксенима (dative plural)
пироксен (accusative singular)
пироксене (accusative plural)
пироксене (singular vocative)
пироксени (plural vocative)
пироксену (locative singular)
пироксенима (locative plural)
пироксеном (instrumental singular)
пироксенима (instrumental plural)


cleavelandite

en-noun

cleavelandite (countable and uncountable, plural cleavelandites)

From Cleaveland + -ite, after Professor Parker Cleaveland.

(mineralogy) A white lamellar variety of albite.


fengite

Like phengite from Latin phengites, from Ancient Greek φέγγος (phéngos). Superficially contains -ite.

(mineralogy) A transparent form of marble or alabaster, formerly sometimes used for windows.


botryolite

From Ancient Greek βότρυς (bótrus, “cluster of grapes”) + -lite.

der

(mineralogy) A variety of datolite, usually having a botryoidal structure.


albertite

en-noun

albertite (countable and uncountable, plural albertites)

From Albert + -ite, after Albert County in New Brunswick where it is found.

(mineralogy) A variety of asphalt having a black color.


cairngormstone

(mineralogy, rare) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of Cairngorm in Scotland.


alum stone

(mineralogy) Alternative form of alumstone (“alunite”)


euosmite

(mineralogy) A fossil resin with a strong pleasant odour.


blackband

(mineralogy) An earthy carbonate of iron containing considerable carbonaceous matter, valuable as an iron ore.


odontolite

(mineralogy) A fossil tooth coloured a bright blue by iron phosphate, used as an imitation turquoise.


praseolite

(mineralogy) A variety of altered iolite with a green colour and greasy lustre.


peristerite

From Ancient Greek περιστερά (peristerá, “pigeon”) + -ite. In reference to the iridescence of a pigeon's neck.

der

(mineralogy) A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent.


verd antique

From French vert antique (“a kind of marble”), from verd, vert (“green”) + antique (“ancient”). Compare Italian verde antico.

(mineralogy) A mottled green serpentine marble.


belonite

From Ancient Greek βελόνη (belónē, “a needle”) + -ite (“rock, mineral or fossil”).

One of the minute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimes observed in glassy volcanic rocks.


farcilite

From farcical + -lite, in the Latin sense of the word farce which means to stuff or to season, because the composite mineral is "stuffed" with quartz nodules. See puddingstone.

an entire mountain of farcilite, containing flints , stuck in a quartzy basis , has been discovered there

1799, Richard Kirwan, Geological Essays:


dipyre

From di- + Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr, “fire”); so called from the double effect of fire upon it, in fusing it and rendering it phosphorescent.


ripidolite

From Ancient Greek ῥιπίς (rhipís, “fan”) + -lite.

(mineralogy) A translucent green chlorite mineral of micaceous structure; a hydrous silicate of alumina, magnesia, and iron.


eschynite

en-noun

eschynite (usually uncountable, plural eschynites)

Ancient Greek shame (because chemical science was unable, at the time of its discovery, to separate some of its constituents).

(mineralogy) A rare mineral, containing chiefly niobium, titanium, thorium, and cerium.


pissasphalt

Borrowed from Latin pissasphaltus, from Ancient Greek πισσάσφαλτος (pissásphaltos), from πίσσα (píssa, “pitch”) + ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt”).

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πισσάσφαλτος

These minerals are intimately incorporated with all asphaltum, pissasphalt and petroleum. […] The impregnated sand, A to B, has a nearly horizontal lamination, but is contorted in places by the ascent of the pissasphalt.

1893, Scientific American: Supplement, volume XXXVI, Petroleum and Asphalt in California, page 14739:

(mineralogy) A soft, black, tarry bitumen, intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.


menaccanite

en-noun

menaccanite (countable and uncountable, plural menaccanites)

From Menaccan + -ite, after the place in Cornwall where it was first found.

(mineralogy) A black or steel-grey mineral consisting chiefly of the oxides of iron and titanium.


bergmeal

From German Berg (“mountain”) + Mehl (“meal”).

Bergmeal was sometimes mixed into food during times of scarcity in Lapland and Sweden.

An earthy substance, resembling fine flour, composed of the shells of infusoria.


dichroite

dichroite (countable and uncountable, plural dichroites)

From dichroic + -ite. So called because it presents two different colours when viewed in two different directions.


sardachate

From Latin sardachates. Compare French sardachate. See sard and agate.

(mineralogy) A variety of agate containing sard.


lintonite

From Linton + -ite, after Laura Linton, chemistry student who analysed the mineral in the late 19th century.


sagenite

From French sagénite, from Latin sagena (“a large net”). See saine.

(mineralogy) acicular rutile occurring in reticulated forms embedded in quartz


mesole

From Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”).


marlite

marlite (countable and uncountable, plural marlites)

Marlites […]are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.

1784, Richard Kirwan, Elements of Mineralogy:

(mineralogy) A wind-resistant variety of marl.


mussite

From Mussa + -ite, since it comes from the Mussa Alp in Piedmont.

(mineralogy) A variety of pyroxene; diopside.


euphotide

Ancient Greek εὐ- (eu-, “well”) + φῶς (phôs, “light”). So called because of its pleasing combination of white and green.

(mineralogy) A rock occurring in the Alps, consisting of saussurite and smaragdite.


flos-ferri

Borrowed from Latin [Term?], meaning "flower of iron".

(mineralogy) A variety of aragonite occurring in delicate white coralloidal forms, common in beds of iron ore.


trichite

(mineralogy) A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian.


hemachate

Latin haemachates; Ancient Greek blood + agate.

(mineralogy) A variety of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper.


aphrite

(mineralogy) A foliated or chalk-like variety of calcite.


ampelite

ampelite (countable and uncountable, plural ampelites)

From Latin ampelitis, from Ancient Greek from ἀμπελῖτις (ampelîtis, “of or for vines”), from ἄμπελος (ámpelos, “vine”).

(mineralogy) An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines.

(mineralogy) A carbonaceous alum schist.


ampelite

(mineralogy) ampelite (carbonaceous alum schist)


eurite

(mineralogy) A compact feldspathic rock; felsite.


pleonaste

Ancient Greek abundant, rich; compare French pléonaste.


Cologne earth

(mineralogy) An earth of a deep brown colour, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal.


polianite

polianite (countable and uncountable, plural polianites)

(mineralogy) manganese dioxide, occurring in hard tetragonal crystals


cauk

cauk (countable and uncountable, plural cauks)

British dialect cauk (“limestone”), from Northern Middle English calke, from Anglian Old English calc; doublet of calx and chalk.

(mineralogy) An opaque, compact variety of barite, or heavy spar.


cacholong

From French cacholong, said to be from Cach (“the name of a river in Bucharia”) + cholon (“a Calmuck word for stone”); or from a Calmuck word meaning "beautiful stone".

(mineralogy) An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz.


აქატი

ka-noun

აქატი • (akaṭi) (plural აქატები)

akaṭi (romanization)
აქატები (plural)
აქატი (nominative singular)
აქატები (nominative plural)
აქატნი (archaic nominative plural)
აქატმა (ergative singular)
აქატებმა (ergative plural)
აქატთ (archaic ergative plural)
აქატთ (archaic ergative plural)
აქატთაt) (archaic ergative plural)
აქატთაta) (archaic ergative plural)
აქატს (dative singular)
აქატს (dative singular)
აქატსაs) (dative singular)
აქატსაsa) (dative singular)
აქატებს (dative plural)
აქატებს (dative plural)
აქატებსაs) (dative plural)
აქატებსაsa) (dative plural)
აქატთ (archaic dative plural)
აქატთ (archaic dative plural)
აქატთაt) (archaic dative plural)
აქატთაta) (archaic dative plural)
აქატის (genitive singular)
აქატის (genitive singular)
აქატისაs) (genitive singular)
აქატისაsa) (genitive singular)
აქატების (genitive plural)
აქატების (genitive plural)
აქატებისაs) (genitive plural)
აქატებისაsa) (genitive plural)
აქატთ (archaic genitive plural)
აქატთ (archaic genitive plural)
აქატთაt) (archaic genitive plural)
აქატთაta) (archaic genitive plural)
აქატით (instrumental singular)
აქატით (instrumental singular)
აქატითაt) (instrumental singular)
აქატითაta) (instrumental singular)
აქატებით (instrumental plural)
აქატებით (instrumental plural)
აქატებითაt) (instrumental plural)
აქატებითაta) (instrumental plural)
აქატად (adverbial singular)
აქატად (adverbial singular)
აქატადაd) (adverbial singular)
აქატადაda) (adverbial singular)
აქატებად (adverbial plural)
აქატებად (adverbial plural)
აქატებადაd) (adverbial plural)
აქატებადაda) (adverbial plural)
აქატო (singular vocative)
აქატებო (plural vocative)
აქატნო (archaic plural vocative)
-ზე
აქატზე (singular)
აქატებზე (plural)
-თან
აქატთან (singular)
აქატებთან (plural)
-ში
აქატში (singular)
აქატებში (plural)
-ვით
აქატივით (singular)
აქატებივით (plural)
-თვის
აქატისთვის (singular)
აქატებისთვის (plural)
-ებრ
აქატისებრ (singular)
აქატებისებრ (plural)
-კენ
აქატისკენ (singular)
აქატებისკენ (plural)
-გან
აქატისგან (singular)
აქატებისგან (plural)
-ადმი
აქატისადმი (singular)
აქატებისადმი (plural)
-დან
აქატიდან (singular)
აქატებიდან (plural)
-ურთ
აქატითურთ (singular)
აქატებითურთ (plural)
-მდე
აქატამდე (singular)
აქატებამდე (plural)

Inherited from Old Georgian აქატჱ (akaṭē), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀχάτης (akhátēs).


elaeolite

From Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil, oil”) + -lite.

uder

(mineralogy) A variety of nepheline, usually massive and of a greasy lustre and grey to reddish colour.


anthraconite

(mineralogy) A coal-black marble, usually emitting a foetid smell when rubbed.


ქარსი

karsi (romanization)
ქარსი (nominative singular)
ქარსმა (ergative singular)
ქარსს (dative singular)
ქარსს (dative singular)
ქარსსაs) (dative singular)
ქარსსაsa) (dative singular)
ქარსის (genitive singular)
ქარსის (genitive singular)
ქარსისაs) (genitive singular)
ქარსისაsa) (genitive singular)
ქარსით (instrumental singular)
ქარსით (instrumental singular)
ქარსითაt) (instrumental singular)
ქარსითაta) (instrumental singular)
ქარსად (adverbial singular)
ქარსად (adverbial singular)
ქარსადაd) (adverbial singular)
ქარსადაda) (adverbial singular)
ქარსო (singular vocative)
-ზე
ქარსზე (singular)
-თან
ქარსთან (singular)
-ში
ქარსში (singular)
-ვით
ქარსივით (singular)
-თვის
ქარსისთვის (singular)
-ებრ
ქარსისებრ (singular)
-კენ
ქარსისკენ (singular)
-გან
ქარსისგან (singular)
-ადმი
ქარსისადმი (singular)
-დან
ქარსიდან (singular)
-ურთ
ქარსითურთ (singular)
-მდე
ქარსამდე (singular)


hair-salt

en-noun

hair-salt (countable and uncountable, plural hair-salts)

(mineralogy, dated) A habit of epsomite which occurs as silky, hair-like fibers.


pucherite

From Pucher + -ite, named after a mine in Saxony.

(mineralogy) vanadate of bismuth, occurring in minute reddish-brown crystals


felstone

From German Feldstein, in analogy with English feldspar.


essonite

Named from Ancient Greek ἥσσων (hḗssōn, “inferior”), because not so hard as some minerals it resembles (e.g. hyacinth).

der

(mineralogy) Alternative spelling of hessonite (“Cinnamon stone, a variety of garnet”)


essonite

From Ancient Greek ἥσσων (hḗssōn, “inferior”) + -ite.

(mineralogy) essonite, cinnamon stone (reddish-brown variety of garnet)


colophonite

en-noun

colophonite (usually uncountable, plural colophonites)

From colophony + -ite, from the resemblance in colour.

(mineralogy) A coarsely granular variety of garnet.


piedmontite

piedmontite (usually uncountable, plural piedmontites)

(mineralogy) piemontite (a manganic variety of epidote)


Chessy copper

From Chessy, near Lyons, France, where it is found.

(mineralogy, archaic) The mineral azurite.


menilite

French ménilite, because it is found at Ménilmontant, in Paris.


disthene

Ancient Greek twice + force: compare French disthène. So called in allusion to its unequal hardness in two different directions, or from its positive and negative electric properties.


phenacite

(mineralogy) Alternative spelling of phenakite


phacolite

(mineralogy) A colourless variety of chabazite.


émeri

Inherited from Old French esmeril, from Italian smeriglio.


peagrit

peagrit (usually uncountable, plural peagrits)

(mineralogy) A coarse pisolitic limestone.


glist

Phosphate ore, mineral salt, graphite, glist, barites, abrasive

2018, Tianming Gao, Vasilii Erokhin, Xiuhua Zhang, Handbook of Research on International Collaboration, Economic Development, and Sustainability in the Arctic, page 168:


triphane

triphane (countable and uncountable, plural triphanes)

Ancient Greek, meaning "appearing threefold".


toph

toph (countable and uncountable, plural tophs)

From Latin tophus, tofus (“tufa, or tuft”). Compare tufa, tofus, tophus.


ceylanite

ceylanite (countable and uncountable, plural ceylanites)

From French, from Ceylan (“Ceylon”) + -ite.

(mineralogy) Alternative spelling of ceylonite


dendrachate

From Latin dendrachates, from Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron, “tree”) + ἀχάτης (akhátēs, “agate”).

(mineralogy) An arborescent or dendritic agate.


rhaetizite

So called from Latin Rhaetia, Raetia (“the Rhetian Alps”), where it is found, + -ite.

(obsolete, mineralogy) A variety of the mineral kyanite.


wadd

wadd (countable and uncountable, plural wadds)


strontia

From strontium + -a. Ultimately after Strontian, the Scottish village where strontium (and the mineral strontianite) was discovered.

1829, Jacob Green, A Text Book of Chemical Philosophy, R. H. Small, page 247,
From the close resemblance between baryta and strontia, these substances were once supposed to be identical.

1825 [Clara F. Cutbush], James Cutbush, A System of Pyrotechny, 2018, Outlook Verlag, page 230,
Nitrate of strontia deflagrates on ignited coals Dr. Hope pointed out, that if nitrate of strontia be exposed to a red heat, and a combustible substance be, at this time, brought in contact with it, a deflagration, with a very vivid red flame, will be produced.

1866, C. Remigius Fresenius, Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, 2021, Salzwasser Verlag, page 103,
The solution of sulphate of strontia in hydrochloric acid is made turbid by chloride of barium, after addition of water.

(mineralogy) A pale earth composed of strontium oxide (SrO).

Strontiumoxid

a pale earth composed of strontium oxide


palagonite

(mineralogy) A material similar to basalt formed by the action of water on volcanic ash


amphigene

amphigene (countable and uncountable, plural amphigenes)


stinkstone

stinkstone (countable and uncountable, plural stinkstones)

(mineralogy) One of the varieties of calcite, barite, and feldspar that emit a foetid odour on being struck.


potash-felspar

(obsolete, mineralogy) potassium feldspar


salamstone

(mineralogy, obsolete) A kind of blue sapphire brought from Ceylon.[1820]


sahlite

(mineralogy, obsolete) Alternative form of salite


néphrite

→ Turkish: nefrit

From Ancient Greek νεφρῖτις (nephrîtis).


picrolite

picrolite (countable and uncountable, plural picrolites)

From Ancient Greek πικρός (pikrós, “bitter”) + -lite: compare French picrolithe.

(mineralogy) A fibrous variety of serpentine.


amazonit

amazonit (nominative singular)
amazonity (nominative plural)
amazonitu (genitive singular)
amazonitów (genitive plural)
amazonitowi (dative singular)
amazonitom (dative plural)
amazonit (accusative singular)
amazonity (accusative plural)
amazonitem (instrumental singular)
amazonitami (instrumental plural)
amazonicie (locative singular)
amazonitach (locative plural)
amazonicie (singular vocative)
amazonity (plural vocative)

From Amazonka + -it. First attested in 1883.

ref

Encyklopedyja powszechna S. Orgelbranda: Nowe stereotypowe odbicie, Volume 1 (1883) S. Orgelbranda (in Polish), page 141

(mineralogy) amazonite (green tectosilicate mineral, a variety of the potassium feldspar called microcline)


calaite

en-noun

calaite (countable and uncountable, plural calaites)


saussurite

saussurite (countable and uncountable, plural saussurites)

(mineralogy) A tough, compact mineral aggregate, of a white, greenish, or greyish colour. It is an aggregate of albite, zoisite, prehnite and other aluminium silicates, and is produced by the alteration of feldspar.


cleveite

(mineralogy) A crystalline variety of uraninite.


corindon

→ Catalan: corindó

/kɔ.ʁɛ̃.dɔ̃/


corindon

corindon (accusative indefinite nominative)
corindonul (accusative definite nominative)
corindon (indefinite)
corindonului (definite)
corindonule (vocative)


cipolin

cipolin (countable and uncountable, plural cipolins)

From Italian cipollino (“a little onion”), from cipolla (“onion”) (compare English cibol). So called because its veins consist, like onions, of different strata, one lying upon another.

(mineralogy) A whitish marble from Rome, containing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc.


sinopite

sinopite (usually uncountable, plural sinopites)

From French [Term?], from Latin sinopis (terra) (“a red earth or ocher found in Sinope”), from Sinope (“a town in Paphlagoma, on the Black Sea”).


porcelanite

en-noun

porcelanite (countable and uncountable, plural porcelanites)

(mineralogy) A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; porcelain jasper.


saltfoot

A large salt cellar formerly placed near the centre of the table, with the superior guests seated above it.


cassitérite

From Ancient Greek κασσίτερος (kassíteros, “tin”).


allemontite

(mineralogy) The mineral form of antimony arsenide (SbAs).


lautite

(mineralogy) A mixed arsenide and sulfide of copper from Lauta near Marienberg, Saxony


sulfoselenide

(inorganic chemistry) Any compound (or mineral) that is both a sulfide and a selenide.


umagite

(mineralogy) A mineral selenide of copper Cu₃Se₂


cinabre

From Old French cinabre, from Latin cinnabaris, from Ancient Greek κιννάβαρι (kinnábari).


titanomagnétite

fr-noun

titanomagnétite f (plural titanomagnétites)


macle

Borrowed from French macle, which in turn derives either from Latin macula (from Italic) or from Latin mascula (from Germanic). See mascle for more.

(mineralogy) Chiastolite; so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross-section.


malakito

eo-head

malakito (accusative singular malakiton, plural malakitoj, accusative plural malakitojn)

malakiton (accusative singular)
malakitoj (plural)
malakitojn (accusative plural)

From English, French, Italian malachite, German Malachit, Spanish malaquita.


malakito

Borrowed from Esperanto malakito, English malachite, French malachite, German Malachit, Italian malachite, Russian малахи́т (malaxít), Spanish malaquita.


covelline

en-noun

covelline (countable and uncountable, plural covellines)


carpathite

Named after Carpathian mountains + -ite, originally karpatite in English

(mineralogy) A rare hydrocarbon mineral composed of coronene.


akmeņogle

akmeņogle (nominative singular)
akmeņogles (nominative plural)
akmeņogli (accusative singular)
akmeņogles (accusative plural)
akmeņogles (genitive singular)
akmeņogļu (genitive plural)
akmeņoglei (dative singular)
akmeņoglēm (dative plural)
akmeņogli (instrumental singular)
akmeņoglēm (instrumental plural)
akmeņoglē (locative singular)
akmeņoglēs (locative plural)
akmeņogle (singular vocative)
akmeņogles (plural vocative)

From akmens (“rock, stone”) + ogle (“coal”).

akmeņogļu atradnes

akmeņogļu ieguve

akmeņogļu slānis

akmeņogļu darva

akmeņogļu rūpnieciskā pārstrāde

(chiefly in the plural) coal (mineral deposits, used as fuel)


sovite

sovite (countable and uncountable, plural sovites)

(mineralogy) A coarse-grained carbonatite.


saxonite

saxonite (countable and uncountable, plural saxonites)

(mineralogy) Harzburgite, a peridotite consisting mostly of olivine and low-calcium pyroxene.

Peridotite composed of olivine and enstatite.


anfíbol

Borrowed from French amphibole, from Latin amphibolus (“ambiguous”), from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβολος (amphíbolos, “put round, encompassing”), from ἀμφί (amphí, “around, on both sides”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).


ataxite

(mineralogy) A type of iron meteorite that has a high nickel content


hexahedrite

(mineralogy) A type of iron meteorite composed mostly of kamacite.


lodranite

(mineralogy) A type of meteorite containing orthopyroxene, olivine, diopside and plagioclase


marcassite

Borrowed from Medieval Latin marchasita et al., from Arabic مَرْقَشِيتَا (marqašītā).

مَرْقَشِيتَا

Arabic مَرْقَشِيتَا (marqašītā)


rhizolite

(mineralogy) A type of tectite meteorite


chlorophane

en-noun

chlorophane (countable and uncountable, plural chlorophanes)

From chloro- + -phane. Compare French chlorophane.

CHLOROPHANE. The Amelia Court House, Va., locality yields a bluegreen fluorescing chlorophane. Kunz and Baskerville qualitatively studied the emission from Chlorophane in 1903. (See also the discussion for Fluorite which is also […]

2013, Jack DeMent, Handbook of Fluorescent Gems and Minerals - An Exposition and Catalog of the Fluorescent and Phosphorescent Gems and Minerals, Including the Use of Ultraviolet Light in the Earth Sciences, Read Books Ltd, →ISBN:

Chlorophane is the name given to those varieties of Fluorite (Fluorspar Calcium Fluoride), which possess to a noticeable extent the property of “thermo-luminosity ," that is to say, of spontaneous_' emitting light when heated. The temperature […]

1904, Knowledge...: A Monthly Record of Science, page 72:

the light from chlorophane is incomparably less intense than that from a common lamp. For there can be no doubt that each of the ten discharges gave a light which lasted brilliantly for six seconds, and upon the whole was equal in duration […]

1851, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, page 94:

(mineralogy) A variety of fluorspar, which, when heated, gives a striking emerald-green light.


antozonite

(mineralogy) A radioactive variety of fluorite, containing traces of elemental fluorine gas.


fluocerite

fluocerite (countable and uncountable, plural fluocerites)

Fluocerite in the matrass yields water and at the melting point of glass the matrass is attacked at a distance from the assay.

1875 [1835], Karl Friedrich Plattner, translated by Henry B. Cornwall, Plattner's Manual of Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis with the Blowpipe, translation of Die Probierkunst mit dem Löthrohr (in German), page 202:

From an analysis of a specimen from Broddbo, Berzelius considered it a combination of the fluorine and the fluoride of cerium. The name fluocerite was given by Haidinger. Crystallographic data about the fluocerite from Broddbo have been published by A. E. Nordenskiöld and G. Flink.

1921, Per Geijer, “On Fluocerite and Tysonite”, in Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar, volume 43:

This shows that all fluocerites are strongly enriched in LRE but the proportions vary as shown by the sum of La + Ce + Pr which varies from 70 to 96% of the total RE content.

1983, Mineralogical magazine, volume 47, page 42:

(mineralogy) A cerium fluoride mineral found in Sweden.


chlormanganokalite

(mineralogy) A trigonal mineral, K₄MnCl₆, which occurs in yellow rhombohedra.


chiastolite slate

chiastolite slate (plural chiastolite slates)

(mineralogy) A rock formed by contact metamorphism of carbonaceous shale, characterized by prominent cleavage or schistosity and the presence of conspicuous chiastolite crystals in a fine-grained groundmass.


crisoprasa

→ Bikol Central: krisoprasa

→ Tagalog: krisoprasa


espinela

(mineralogy) spinel (any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium)


uran-ochre

(mineralogy) A yellow, earthy incrustation, consisting essentially of the oxide of uranium, but more or less impure.


retinasphalt

Ancient Greek ῥητίνη (rhētínē, “resin”) + ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt”).


romeite

romeite (countable and uncountable, plural romeites)

From Romé + -ite, named after the French mineralogist Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle. See French roméine.

(mineralogy) A yellow hexoctahedral calcium antimonate mineral with the chemical formula (Ca,Fe,Mn,Na)₂(Sb,Ti)₂O₆(O,OH,F).


pennine

pennine (countable and uncountable, plural pennines)


elkerite

(mineralogy) A subgroup of pyrobitumens rich in oxygen and partly soluble in alkali, resembling an earthy brown coal and probably representing a product of intense weathering of bitumens.


iridosmine

iridosmine (countable and uncountable, plural iridosmines)

A native compound of iridium and osmium.


helvite

(mineralogy) A yellowish mineral consisting chiefly of silica, beryllium, manganese, iron, and sulfur. Its chemical formula is Mn₄Be₃(SiO₄)₃S.


zeepsteen

nl-noun

zeepsteen m (plural zeepstenen, diminutive zeepsteentje n)

zeepstenen (plural)
zeepsteentje (diminutive neuter)


soroche

Soroche... (24) .. Soroche con agujas...

1792, Sociedad académica de amantes de Lima, Mercurio peruano de historia, literatura, y noticias públicas que da á luz la Sociedad academica de amantes de Lima, y en su nombre J. Calero y Moreira, Nomenclatura Peruana, page 203:

Diferenciase de esta manera el Soroche, Tacona, Polvorilla, Rosiclér, Cochizo y Negrillo. Es el Soroche negro ó ceniciento, resplandeciente y sin viveza, que llaman muerto metal de plomo, y suele tener Plata.

1817, Alvaro Alonso Barba, Arte de los metales, page 83:

Soroche fino de Chile

1860, Ignacio Domeyko, Elementos de mineralojia, page 123:

A cada dos partes de mineral le añadían una de soroche.

2004, Fermín del Pino, Dos mundos, dos culturas:

To each two parts of mineral was added one of galena.

Este tratamiento se reducía a una simple copelación: introducido el mineral en el hornillo, se le fundía, sólo o mezclado con soroche (mineral cargado de plomo), hasta que corría la plata, quedando depositada la escoria.

2004, Ciro Bayo, El peregrino en Indias, page 99:


Alabaster

de-noun

Alabaster m (strong, genitive Alabasters, plural Alabaster)

Alabasters (genitive)
Alabaster (plural)
Alabaster (nominative singular)
Alabaster (definite nominative plural)
Alabasters (genitive singular)
Alabaster (definite genitive plural)
Alabaster (dative singular)
Alabastern (dative definite plural)
Alabaster (accusative singular)
Alabaster (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German alabaster, derived from Latin alabastrum, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros), from earlier ἀλάβαστος (alábastos, “alabaster vase”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌽 (alabastraun).

Friedrich Kluge
John Francis Davis
de:Alabaster


missourite

en-noun

missourite (countable and uncountable, plural missourites)

(mineralogy) A leucite-augite rock, resembling ijolite but with leucite in place of nepheline.


huminite

(mineralogy) A form of vitrinite that has a dull, non-glassy appearance.


fusinite

(mineralogy) An inertinite maceral that preserves some features of the plant cell wall structure.


macrinite

(mineralogy) An amorphous form of maceral


cinnabaris

la-noun

cinnabaris f (genitive cinnabaris); third declension

cinnabaris (genitive)
cinnabaris (nominative singular)
cinnabarēs (nominative plural)
cinnabaris (genitive singular)
cinnabarium (genitive plural)
cinnabarī (dative singular)
cinnabaribus (dative plural)
cinnabarem (accusative singular)
cinnabarim (accusative singular)
cinnabarēs (accusative plural)
cinnabarīs (accusative plural)
cinnabare (ablative singular)
cinnabarī (ablative singular)
cinnabaribus (ablative plural)
cinnabaris (singular vocative)
cinnabarēs (plural vocative)

Catalan: cinabri

Old French: cinabre, cinobre, cenobre

desc

French: cinabre, cinnabre, cinobre, cinnobre (obsolete)

q

apparently confused with the dye <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">sinople</i>

→ Middle Dutch: cinoper, cinopel, cynoper, sinoper, zinopel, sinopel (apparently confused with the dye sinople)

→ English: cinnabar

→ Middle High German: zinober

German: Zinnober

→ Danish: cinnober

→ Finnish: sinooperi

→ Norwegian: sinober

→ Swedish: cinnober

→ Polish: cynober

Galician: cinabrio

Italian: cinabro

Portuguese: cinábrio

Spanish: cinabrio

From Ancient Greek κιννάβαρι (kinnábari).

dragon's blood (resin, the colour of cinnabar)


illita

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines


skolecite

(mineralogy) Alternative form of scolecite


ferrierite

en-noun

ferrierite (countable and uncountable, plural ferrierites)

(mineralogy) Any of a group of orthorhombic zeolite minerals.


mckelveyite

From McKelvey + -ite, after Vincent Ellis McKelvey (1916–1985), a former director of the United States Geological Survey.

(mineralogy) A particular hydrated carbonate mineral.


cervandonite

cervandonite (countable and uncountable, plural cervandonites)

Named after the location where it was first described, Pizzo Cervandone (Scherbadung), Italy in the Central Alps, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A rare arsenosilicate mineral.


manganaxinite

manganaxinite (countable and uncountable, plural manganaxinites)

(mineralogy) A yellow-orange manganese-rich form of axinite.


hureaulite

hureaulite (countable and uncountable, plural hureaulites)

(mineralogy) A manganese phosphate mineral occurring in granite pegmatites.


naldrettite

From Naldrett + -ite, after Anthony J. Naldrett (born 1933).

(mineralogy) A mineral with a chemical formula of Pd₂Sb.


kesterite

kesterite (countable and uncountable, plural kesterites)

(mineralogy) A sulfide mineral with formula Cu₂(Zn,Fe)SnS₄.


josephinite

From Josephine + -ite, after Josephine County, Oregon, where it is found.


fluorapophyllite

fluorapophyllite (countable and uncountable, plural fluorapophyllites)

fluorapophyllite fluorapophyllite (canonical)
fluorapophyllites (plural)

(mineralogy) A particular apophyllite mineral with more fluorine than hydroxide compared to similar minerals.


stillwellite

Named after Australian mineralogist Frank Leslie Stillwell (1888–1963), + -ite. As a rare earth mineral ore, it usually requires a suffix of the element (i.e. Stillwellite-(Ce)).

named-after

(mineralogy) A trigonal-pyramidal rare earth borosilicate mineral.


pääkkönenite

From Pääkkönen + -ite, after Viekko Pääkkönen, Finnish geologist.

(mineralogy) A metallic grey mineral with the molecular formula Sb₂AsS₂.


clinoptilolite

en-noun

clinoptilolite (countable and uncountable, plural clinoptilolites)

From clino- + ptilolite, for being a monoclinic form of ptilolite (a synonym of mordenite). Usually given a suffix of the dominant alkali element.

(mineralogy) A natural zeolite comprising a microporous arrangement of silica and alumina tetrahedra.


fluorellestadite

fluorellestadite (countable and uncountable, plural fluorellestadites)

(mineralogy) A rare nesosilicate of calcium, with sulfate and fluorine, belonging to the apatite group.


whiteite

From White + -ite, named after John Sampson White Jr (born 1933).

(mineralogy) A rare monoclinic hydrated phosphate mineral.


julgoldite

Named after Professor Julian Goldsmith of the University of Chicago, with -ite.

(mineralogy) A particular pumpellyite mineral.


soola

soola (nominative singular)
soolat (nominative plural)
soolan (genitive singular)
sooliin (genitive plural)
soolaa (partitive singular)
soolia (partitive plural)
soolaa (illative singular)
soolii (illative plural)
soolaas (inessive singular)
sooliis (inessive plural)
soolast (elative singular)
soolist (elative plural)
soolalle (allative singular)
soolille (allative plural)
soolaal (adessive singular)
sooliil (adessive plural)
soolalt (ablative singular)
soolilt (ablative plural)
soolaks (singular translative)
sooliks (plural translative)
soolanna (essive singular)
soolaan (essive singular)
soolinna (essive plural)
sooliin (essive plural)
soolant (exessive singular)
soolint (exessive plural)

From Proto-Finnic *soola. Cognates include Finnish suola and Estonian sool.

Pintamaas ono veel kaikellaiset soolat.

1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:

In the topsoil there are also all kinds of salts.


hatchettite

From Hatchett + -ite, after the discoverer, Charles Hatchett.

(mineralogy) Mineral tallow; a waxy or spermaceti-like substance, commonly of a greenish-yellow colour.


nṯryt

The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:


ܡܟܪܐ

mḵārā (romanization)
maḵrā (romanization)
ܡܟܪ (absolute singular)
ܡܟܪܝ (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
ܡܟܪܢ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
ܡܟܪ (construct singular)
ܡܟܪܟ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܡܟܪܟܝ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܡܟܪܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܡܟܪܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܡܟܪܐ (emphatic singular)
ܡܟܪܗ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܡܟܪܗ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܡܟܪܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
ܡܟܪܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Compare Arabic مَكْر (makr, “red”, noun), Akkadian 𒈠𒀝𒊒𒌑 (ma-ak-ru-u₂ /makrû/, “red”).


lithargyrus

la-noun

lithargyrus m (genitive lithargyrī); second declension

lithargyrī (genitive)
lithargyrus (nominative singular)
lithargyrī (nominative plural)
lithargyrī (genitive singular)
lithargyrōrum (genitive plural)
lithargyrō (dative singular)
lithargyrīs (dative plural)
lithargyrum (accusative singular)
lithargyrōs (accusative plural)
lithargyrō (ablative singular)
lithargyrīs (ablative plural)
lithargyre (singular vocative)
lithargyrī (plural vocative)


boraks

From Middle Persian via Medieval Latin, and French borax.


abukumalite

Named for type locality Abukuma River (in Japan) where it was mined + -lite.

(mineralogy, outdated) A mineral, (Ca,Y)₅(P,Si)₃O₁₂(OH,F), that can contain uranium or thorium. The mineral was renamed britholite-(Y) in 1966 because of its similarity to britholite and because of its yttrium-dominant composition.


ܓܨܐ

head

ܓܨܐ • (gaṣṣā) m

gaṣṣā (romanization)
ܓܨ (absolute singular)
ܓܨܝ (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
ܓܨܢ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
ܓܨ (construct singular)
ܓܨܟ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܓܨܟܝ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܓܨܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܓܨܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܓܨܐ (emphatic singular)
ܓܨܗ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܓܨܗ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܓܨܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
ܓܨܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

[ɡɛsˤsˤɑ(ʔ)]

Ultimately, as Arabic جَصّ (jaṣṣ, “gypsum”) and Middle Persian gc (gač, “gypsum”) > Persian گچ (gač, “gypsum”), from Akkadian 𒅎𒌓 (IM.BABBAR /gaṣṣu/, “gypsum”).


Cleveit

de-noun

Cleveit m (strong, genitive Cleveites or Cleveits, plural Cleveite)

Cleveites (genitive)
Cleveits (genitive)
Cleveite (plural)
Cleveit (nominative singular)
Cleveite (definite nominative plural)
Cleveites (genitive singular)
Cleveits (genitive singular)
Cleveite (definite genitive plural)
Cleveit (dative singular)
Cleveite (dative singular)
Cleveiten (dative definite plural)
Cleveit (accusative singular)
Cleveite (accusative definite plural)


periclasite

en-noun

periclasite (usually uncountable, plural periclasites)


نشادر

ar-noun

نُشَادِر • (nušādir) m

نُشَادِر (canonical)
nušādir (romanization)
نُشَادِر (indefinite informal singular triptote)
النُّشَادِر (definite informal singular triptote)
نُشَادِر (construct informal singular triptote)
نُشَادِرٌ (indefinite nominative singular triptote)
النُّشَادِرُ (definite nominative singular triptote)
نُشَادِرُ (construct nominative singular triptote)
نُشَادِرًا (accusative indefinite singular triptote)
النُّشَادِرَ (accusative definite singular triptote)
نُشَادِرَ (accusative construct singular triptote)
نُشَادِرٍ (genitive indefinite singular triptote)
النُّشَادِرِ (definite genitive singular triptote)
نُشَادِرِ (construct genitive singular triptote)

From Classical Persian نُشادِر (nušādir).


نشادر

head

نشادر • (nošâdor, nešâdor, nošâder, nešâder)

nošâdor (romanization)
nešâdor (romanization)
nošâder (romanization)
nešâder (romanization)

desc

→ Arabic: نُشَادِر (nušādir), نُوشَادِر (nūšādir), نُشَاذِر (nušāḏir), نُوشَاذِر (nūšāḏir), نُشَاطِر (nušāṭir)

→ Georgian: ნიშადური (nišaduri)

→ Bengali: নিশাদল (niśadol)

→ Hindi: नौसादर (nausādar)

→ Mandarin: 硇砂 (náoshā)

→ Ottoman Turkish: نشادر (nişadır)

Turkish: nişadır

→ Armenian: նիշատիր (nišatir), նշատիր (nšatir), նշատր (nšatr)

→ Bulgarian: нишадър (nišadǎr)

→ Greek: νισαντήρι (nisantíri), νισαντίρι n (nisantíri)

→ Romanian: nișadir

→ Russian: нашаты́рь (našatýrʹ)

→ Uyghur: نۆشۈدۈر (nöshüdür)

From earlier form نوشادر (nôšâdor) from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭥𐭱𐭠𐭲𐭥𐭥𐭩 (*ʾnwšʾdwr /*anōšādur/, “immortal fire”), combinated from 𐭠𐭭𐭥𐭱 (anōš /ʾnwš/, “elixir, antidote”, literally “immortal”) (compare Old Armenian անոյշ (anoyš)) and 𐭠𐭲𐭥𐭥𐭩 (ʾdwr' /ādur/, “fire”). Cognate with Sogdian [script needed] (nwšʾʾtr /nōšātar/). Middle Armenian անուշադր (anušadr), Classical Syriac ܐܢܘܫܕܘܪ (ʾnwšdwr) are Iranian borrowings.

cog

(inorganic chemistry) ammonium chloride, sal ammoniac


Amblygonit

de-noun

Amblygonit m (strong, genitive Amblygonits, plural Amblygonite)

Amblygonits (genitive)
Amblygonite (plural)
Amblygonit (nominative singular)
Amblygonite (definite nominative plural)
Amblygonits (genitive singular)
Amblygonite (definite genitive plural)
Amblygonit (dative singular)
Amblygoniten (dative definite plural)
Amblygonit (accusative singular)
Amblygonite (accusative definite plural)


Borax

Borax m or n (strong, genitive Boraxes or Borax, no plural)

Boraxes (genitive)
Borax (genitive)
Borax (definite nominative singular)
Boraxes (genitive singular)
Borax (genitive singular)
Borax (dative singular)
Boraxe (dative singular)
Borax (accusative definite singular)


Graphit

Graphit m (strong, genitive Graphites or Graphits, plural Graphite)

Graphites (genitive)
Graphits (genitive)
Graphite (plural)
Graphit (nominative singular)
Graphite (definite nominative plural)
Graphites (genitive singular)
Graphits (genitive singular)
Graphite (definite genitive plural)
Graphit (dative singular)
Graphite (dative singular)
Graphiten (dative definite plural)
Graphit (accusative singular)
Graphite (accusative definite plural)

→ Dutch: grafiet

→ English: graphite

Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō, “to write”) + -it (suffix for names of minerals)


Lepidolith

de-noun

Lepidolith m (strong or weak, genitive Lepidoliths or Lepidolithen, plural Lepidolithe or Lepidolithen)

Lepidoliths (genitive)
Lepidolithen (genitive)
Lepidolithe (plural)
Lepidolithen (plural)
Lepidolith (nominative singular)
Lepidolithe (definite nominative plural)
Lepidolithen (definite nominative plural)
Lepidoliths (genitive singular)
Lepidolithen (genitive singular)
Lepidolithe (definite genitive plural)
Lepidolithen (definite genitive plural)
Lepidolith (dative singular)
Lepidolithen (dative singular)
Lepidolithen (dative definite plural)
Lepidolith (accusative singular)
Lepidolithen (accusative singular)
Lepidolithe (accusative definite plural)
Lepidolithen (accusative definite plural)


Kryolithionit

Kryolithionit m (strong, genitive Kryolithionites or Kryolithionits, plural Kryolithionite)

Kryolithionites (genitive)
Kryolithionits (genitive)
Kryolithionite (plural)
Kryolithionit (nominative singular)
Kryolithionite (definite nominative plural)
Kryolithionites (genitive singular)
Kryolithionits (genitive singular)
Kryolithionite (definite genitive plural)
Kryolithionit (dative singular)
Kryolithionite (dative singular)
Kryolithioniten (dative definite plural)
Kryolithionit (accusative singular)
Kryolithionite (accusative definite plural)


Petalit

Petalit m (strong, genitive Petalits, plural Petalite)

Petalits (genitive)
Petalite (plural)
Petalit (nominative singular)
Petalite (definite nominative plural)
Petalits (genitive singular)
Petalite (definite genitive plural)
Petalit (dative singular)
Petaliten (dative definite plural)
Petalit (accusative singular)
Petalite (accusative definite plural)


Spodumen

Spodumen m (strong, genitive Spodumens, plural Spodumene)

Spodumens (genitive)
Spodumene (plural)
Spodumen (nominative singular)
Spodumene (definite nominative plural)
Spodumens (genitive singular)
Spodumene (definite genitive plural)
Spodumen (dative singular)
Spodumenen (dative definite plural)
Spodumen (accusative singular)
Spodumene (accusative definite plural)


Triphylin

Triphylin m (strong, genitive Triphylins, plural Triphyline)

Triphylins (genitive)
Triphyline (plural)
Triphylin (nominative singular)
Triphyline (definite nominative plural)
Triphylins (genitive singular)
Triphyline (definite genitive plural)
Triphylin (dative singular)
Triphylinen (dative definite plural)
Triphylin (accusative singular)
Triphyline (accusative definite plural)


Zinnwaldit

Zinnwaldit m (strong, genitive Zinnwaldites or Zinnwaldits, plural Zinnwaldite)

Zinnwaldites (genitive)
Zinnwaldits (genitive)
Zinnwaldite (plural)
Zinnwaldit (nominative singular)
Zinnwaldite (definite nominative plural)
Zinnwaldites (genitive singular)
Zinnwaldits (genitive singular)
Zinnwaldite (definite genitive plural)
Zinnwaldit (dative singular)
Zinnwaldite (dative singular)
Zinnwalditen (dative definite plural)
Zinnwaldit (accusative singular)
Zinnwaldite (accusative definite plural)


Bertrandit

Bertrandit m (strong, genitive Bertrandits, plural Bertrandite)

Bertrandits (genitive)
Bertrandite (plural)
Bertrandit (nominative singular)
Bertrandite (definite nominative plural)
Bertrandits (genitive singular)
Bertrandite (definite genitive plural)
Bertrandit (dative singular)
Bertranditen (dative definite plural)
Bertrandit (accusative singular)
Bertrandite (accusative definite plural)


Alexandrit

Alexandrit m (strong, genitive Alexandrits, plural Alexandrite)

Alexandrits (genitive)
Alexandrite (plural)
Alexandrit (nominative singular)
Alexandrite (definite nominative plural)
Alexandrits (genitive singular)
Alexandrite (definite genitive plural)
Alexandrit (dative singular)
Alexandriten (dative definite plural)
Alexandrit (accusative singular)
Alexandrite (accusative definite plural)


Chrysoberyll

Chrysoberyll m (strong, genitive Chrysoberylls or Chrysoberylles, plural Chrysoberylle)

Chrysoberylls (genitive)
Chrysoberylles (genitive)
Chrysoberylle (plural)
Chrysoberyll (nominative singular)
Chrysoberylle (definite nominative plural)
Chrysoberylls (genitive singular)
Chrysoberylles (genitive singular)
Chrysoberylle (definite genitive plural)
Chrysoberyll (dative singular)
Chrysoberylle (dative singular)
Chrysoberyllen (dative definite plural)
Chrysoberyll (accusative singular)
Chrysoberylle (accusative definite plural)


Euklas

Euklas m (strong, genitive Euklases, no plural)

Euklases (genitive)
Euklas (nominative singular)
Euklases (genitive singular)
Euklas (dative singular)
Euklase (dative singular)
Euklas (accusative singular)


Gadolinit

Gadolinit m (strong, genitive Gadolinits, plural Gadolinite)

Gadolinits (genitive)
Gadolinite (plural)
Gadolinit (nominative singular)
Gadolinite (definite nominative plural)
Gadolinits (genitive singular)
Gadolinite (definite genitive plural)
Gadolinit (dative singular)
Gadoliniten (dative definite plural)
Gadolinit (accusative singular)
Gadolinite (accusative definite plural)


азурит

ru-noun+

азури́т • (azurít) m inan (genitive азури́та, nominative plural азури́ты, genitive plural азури́тов)

азури́т (canonical)
azurít (romanization)
азури́та (genitive)
азури́ты (nominative plural)
азури́тов (genitive plural)
азури́т (nominative singular)
азури́ты (nominative plural)
азури́та (genitive singular)
азури́тов (genitive plural)
азури́ту (dative singular)
азури́там (dative plural)
азури́т (accusative singular)
азури́ты (accusative plural)
азури́том (instrumental singular)
азури́тами (instrumental plural)
азури́те (prepositional singular)
азури́тах (plural prepositional)

азури́тъ — Pre-reform orthography (1918)


авантюрин

авантюри́н • (avantjurín) m inan (genitive авантюри́на, nominative plural авантюри́ны, genitive plural авантюри́нов)

авантюри́н (canonical)
avantjurín (romanization)
авантюри́на (genitive)
авантюри́ны (nominative plural)
авантюри́нов (genitive plural)
авантюри́н (nominative singular)
авантюри́ны (nominative plural)
авантюри́на (genitive singular)
авантюри́нов (genitive plural)
авантюри́ну (dative singular)
авантюри́нам (dative plural)
авантюри́н (accusative singular)
авантюри́ны (accusative plural)
авантюри́ном (instrumental singular)
авантюри́нами (instrumental plural)
авантюри́не (prepositional singular)
авантюри́нах (plural prepositional)


Phenakit

de-noun

Phenakit m (strong, genitive Phenakits, plural Phenakite)

Phenakits (genitive)
Phenakite (plural)
Phenakit (nominative singular)
Phenakite (definite nominative plural)
Phenakits (genitive singular)
Phenakite (definite genitive plural)
Phenakit (dative singular)
Phenakiten (dative definite plural)
Phenakit (accusative singular)
Phenakite (accusative definite plural)


Boracit

Boracit m (strong, genitive Boracits, plural Boracite)

Boracits (genitive)
Boracite (plural)
Boracit (nominative singular)
Boracite (definite nominative plural)
Boracits (genitive singular)
Boracite (definite genitive plural)
Boracit (dative singular)
Boraciten (dative definite plural)
Boracit (accusative singular)
Boracite (accusative definite plural)


Colemanit

Colemanit m (strong, genitive Colemanits, no plural)

Colemanits (genitive)
Colemanit (nominative singular)
Colemanits (genitive singular)
Colemanit (dative singular)
Colemanit (accusative singular)


Kernit

Kernit m (strong, genitive Kernits, plural Kernite)

Kernits (genitive)
Kernite (plural)
Kernit (nominative singular)
Kernite (definite nominative plural)
Kernits (genitive singular)
Kernite (definite genitive plural)
Kernit (dative singular)
Kerniten (dative definite plural)
Kernit (accusative singular)
Kernite (accusative definite plural)


pyrrhotine

en-noun

pyrrhotine (countable and uncountable, plural pyrrhotines)


Dolomit

de-noun

Dolomit m (strong, genitive Dolomits, plural Dolomite)

Dolomits (genitive)
Dolomite (plural)
Dolomit (nominative singular)
Dolomite (definite nominative plural)
Dolomits (genitive singular)
Dolomite (definite genitive plural)
Dolomit (dative singular)
Dolomiten (dative definite plural)
Dolomit (accusative singular)
Dolomite (accusative definite plural)


Eisenspat

Eisenspat m (strong, genitive Eisenspats, plural Eisenspate)

Eisenspats (genitive)
Eisenspate (plural)
Eisenspat (nominative singular)
Eisenspate (definite nominative plural)
Eisenspats (genitive singular)
Eisenspate (definite genitive plural)
Eisenspat (dative singular)
Eisenspaten (dative definite plural)
Eisenspat (accusative singular)
Eisenspate (accusative definite plural)


Kimberlit

Kimberlit m (strong, genitive Kimberlits, plural Kimberlite)

Kimberlits (genitive)
Kimberlite (plural)
Kimberlit (nominative singular)
Kimberlite (definite nominative plural)
Kimberlits (genitive singular)
Kimberlite (definite genitive plural)
Kimberlit (dative singular)
Kimberliten (dative definite plural)
Kimberlit (accusative singular)
Kimberlite (accusative definite plural)


Lonsdaleit

Lonsdaleit m (strong, genitive Lonsdaleits, plural Lonsdaleite)

Lonsdaleits (genitive)
Lonsdaleite (plural)
Lonsdaleit (nominative singular)
Lonsdaleite (definite nominative plural)
Lonsdaleits (genitive singular)
Lonsdaleite (definite genitive plural)
Lonsdaleit (dative singular)
Lonsdaleiten (dative definite plural)
Lonsdaleit (accusative singular)
Lonsdaleite (accusative definite plural)


Zinkspat

Zinkspat n (strong, genitive Zinkspats, plural Zinkspate)

Zinkspats (genitive)
Zinkspate (plural)
Zinkspat (nominative singular)
Zinkspate (definite nominative plural)
Zinkspats (genitive singular)
Zinkspate (definite genitive plural)
Zinkspat (dative singular)
Zinkspaten (dative definite plural)
Zinkspat (accusative singular)
Zinkspate (accusative definite plural)