marialite

marialite (countable and uncountable, plural marialites)

Named after wife of German mineralogist Gerhard vom Rath, Maria Rosa vom Rath, + -lite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, chlorine, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


metahohmannite

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


dimorphite

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


metaheinrichite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal yellowish green mineral containing arsenic, barium, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.


merlinoite

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


mereheadite

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


metarossite

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


melkovite

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


metaschoepite

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


metastudtite

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


magnesiocarpholite

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magnesiocarpholite (usually uncountable, plural magnesiocarpholites)

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

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

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


katoite

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


metaswitzerite

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


metakahlerite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal sulfur yellow mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and uranium.


magbasite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing aluminum, barium, fluorine, iron, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, scandium, and silicon.


metavariscite

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


mercallite

Named after Italian volcanologist Giuseppe Mercalli (1850–1914)

named-after

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


metavauxite

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


miassite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral gray mineral containing rhodium and sulfur.


masutomilite

Named after Japanese mineralogist Dr. Kazunosuke Masutomi, + -lite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic purple pink mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, lithium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.


meymacite

(mineralogy) An amorphous yellow brown mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.


minamiite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, sodium, and sulfur.


micheelsenite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, dysprosium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and yttrium.


metakirchheimerite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal light pink mineral containing arsenic, cobalt, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.


metasideronatrite

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


melanothallite

From Ancient Greek μελανός (melanós, “black”) and θαλλός (thallós, “young/green twig”), because when the mineral is exposed, it turns from black to green.

uder

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


metazellerite

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


michenerite

(mineralogy) An isometric-tetartoidal silver white mineral containing bismuth, palladium, platinum, and tellurium.


microsommite

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


miersite

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


milarite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.


konderite

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


minasragrite

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


miharaite

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


mikasaite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing iron, oxygen, and sulfur.


millisite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-trapezohedral mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, and sodium.


gilalite

Named for type locality, Gila County, Arizona, + -lite.

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


metavivianite

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


minyulite

Named for type locality Minyulo Well in Western Australia, + -ite.

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


moctezumite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing lead, oxygen, tellurium, and uranium.


misenite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, and sulfur.


minguzzite

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


megacyclite

From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large”) and κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”), because of its cyclosilicate categorization, + -ite.

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


mitryaevaite

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


morenosite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing hydrogen, nickel, oxygen, and sulfur.


minrecordite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing calcium, carbon, oxygen, and zinc.


moncheite

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


modderite

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


mozartite

Named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), a prolific composer of the Classical era, as the mineral was discovered 200 years after his death.
Mozart + -ite

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


mitridatite

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


muthmannite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing gold, silver, and tellurium.


mopungite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing antimony, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.


montesommaite

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


montbrayite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing antimony, gold, and tellurium.


monetite

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


mounanaite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal brownish red mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, and vanadium.


montanite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing bismuth, hydrogen, oxygen, and tellurium.


mourite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic violet mineral containing hydrogen, molybdenum, oxygen, and uranium.


molybdomenite

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


molybdofornacite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic light green mineral containing arsenic, chromium, copper, hydrogen, lead, molybdenum, oxygen, and phosphorus.


nabiasite

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal dark red mineral containing arsenic, barium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and vanadium.


minehillite

Named for type locality Mine Hill (an area in the mineralogical hotspot in Franklin, New Jersey) + -ite.

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


montgomeryite

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


munirite

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


monteponite

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


mountkeithite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal mineral containing aluminum, carbon, chromium, copper, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, nickel, oxygen, and sulfur.


morimotoite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral black mineral containing calcium, iron, oxygen, silicon, and titanium.


mozgovaite

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


mummeite

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


mountainite

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


motukoreaite

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


mundrabillaite

From Mundrabilla Station (Australia) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic colorless mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.


mutinaite

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


nabaphite

(mineralogy) An isometric-tetartoidal colorless mineral containing barium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.


nagelschmidtite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal mineral containing calcium, oxygen, phosphorus, and silicon.


nabokoite

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


mukhinite

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


mongolite

Named for type locality Mongolia, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A tetragonal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, niobium, oxygen, and silicon.


moschelite

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

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing iodine and mercury.


mohrite

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


nanlingite

(mineralogy) A trigonal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, fluorine, magnesium, and oxygen.


nalipoite

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


moluranite

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


narsarsukite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing fluorine, iron, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


murmanite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial mineral containing hydrogen, niobium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


nasonite

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


nasledovite

(mineralogy) A triclinic snow white mineral containing aluminum, carbon, hydrogen, lead, manganese, oxygen, and sulfur.


namansilite

Named for its composition of (NA)trium, (MAN)ganese, and (SIL)icon, + -ite.

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


natrochalcite

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


natrodufrenite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic light blue green mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.


montroseite

From Montrose + -ite after Montrose County, Colorado, USA.

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


mooreite

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


murataite

From Murata + -ite, named after American geochemist Kiguma Jack Murata.

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral black mineral that is a basic oxide and fluoride of yttrium, sodium, zinc, iron, titanium and niobium


nasinite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal white mineral containing boron, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.


natromontebrasite

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


natrotantite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral colorless mineral containing oxygen, sodium, and tantalum.


nafertisite

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


natrolemoynite

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


nepskoeite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic yellowish white mineral containing chlorine, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.


hydrotungstite

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


natrobistantite

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


monimolite

From Ancient Greek μόνιμος (mónimos, “stable, permanent”) + -lite because it is a mineral that resists chemical decomposition.

der

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


neighborite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing fluorine, magnesium, and sodium.


koechlinite

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


nowackiite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-pyramidal mineral containing arsenic, copper, sulfur, and zinc.


natisite

From the chemical symbols Na, Ti and Si, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


neotocite

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


natroglaucocerinite

(mineralogy) A mineral containing aluminum, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, sodium, sulfur, and zinc.


nevadaite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, copper, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, vanadium, and zinc.


novakite

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


nichromite

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


natrofairchildite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal white mineral containing calcium, carbon, oxygen, and sodium.


natroniobite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing niobium, oxygen, and sodium.


metavanuralite

From meta- + vanuralite. Named because it is a dehydrated form of vanuralite; mineralogical naming convention uses Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “above”) for minerals whose only difference is the hydration level.

(mineralogy) A triclinic lemon mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, uranium, and vanadium.


nickelalumite

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


paradocrasite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal silver white mineral containing antimony and arsenic.


nastrophite

Clipping of three of its component elements: sodium (Na), strontium, and phosphorus + -ite

(mineralogy) An isometric-tetartoidal colorless mineral containing barium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, sodium, and strontium.


mushistonite

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


nickelbischofite

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


natrojarosite

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


paracostibite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing antimony, cobalt, and sulfur.


paganoite

After Renato & Adriana Pagano (Italian mineralogists) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal gray mineral containing arsenic, bismuth, cobalt, nickel, and oxygen.


nordstrandite

Nordstrand + -ite after Robert A. Van Nordstrand (1918-2000)

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


paceite

Named after its discoverer, Frank L. Pace, + -ite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal dark blue mineral containing calcium, carbon, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen.


nickelaustinite

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


natrophosphate

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.


paderaite

After K. Padera (Czech scientist) + -ite.

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


nickenichite

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


natrosilite

Named for its composition of (NATR)ium and (SIL)icon, + -ite.

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


namuwite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and zinc.


palmierite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing lead, oxygen, potassium, sodium, and sulfur.


paolovite

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


paarite

After W. Paar (a scientist from Salzburg, Austria) + -ite.

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


niobokupletskite

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


niocalite

Named for its composition of (NIO)bium and (CAL)cium, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic light yellow mineral containing calcium, fluorine, niobium, oxygen, and silicon.


palladseite

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


palermoite

After Palermo (a mine in New Hampshire, USA) + -ite.

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


nagashimalite

Named after Japanese amateur mineralogist Otokichi Nagashima (1890–1969), + -lite

named-after

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal greenish black mineral containing barium, boron, chlorine, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, titanium, and vanadium.


natronambulite

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natronambulite (usually uncountable, plural natronambulites)

From natro- + nambulite, from the dominance of sodium (natrium).

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


nevskite

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


paralstonite

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


parafransoletite

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


paradamite

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


nolanite

From Nolan + -ite; named after American geologist Thomas Brennan Nolan (1901–1992).

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal black mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, titanium, and vanadium.


palladodymite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, palladium, and rhodium.


paraotwayite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic emerald green mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, nickel, oxygen, and sulfur.


norbergite

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


nantokite

From Nantoko + -ite, named after Nantoko in Chile, where it was found.

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


parahopeite

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


paramelaconite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal black mineral containing copper and oxygen.


parajamesonite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic gray mineral containing antimony, iron, lead, and sulfur.


parnauite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.


paraschoepite

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


murunskite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal grayish orange cream mineral containing copper, iron, potassium, and sulfur.


parascholzite

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


palenzonaite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral wine red mineral containing arsenic, calcium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and vanadium.


parapierrotite

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


parabrandtite

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


parakeldyshite

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


parabutlerite

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


paraschachnerite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal tin white mineral containing mercury and silver.


paravauxite

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


paulmooreite

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


paranatisite

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


parsettensite

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


paraumbite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and zirconium.


paramontroseite

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


parkerite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal light cream mineral containing bismuth, lead, nickel, and sulfur.


pekovite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal colorless mineral containing boron, oxygen, silicon, and strontium.


pararobertsite

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


pascoite

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


nambulite

Named after Japanese mineralogist at Tohoku University, Matsuo Nambu (1917–), + -lite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal reddish orange brown mineral containing hydrogen, lithium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


norsethite

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


parascorodite

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


paulkerrite

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


paulkellerite

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


paravinogradovite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial white mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


pautovite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal dark steel gray mineral containing cesium, iron, potassium, rubidium, sulfur, and thallium.


peisleyite

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


parvowinchite

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


partzite

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


pararsenolamprite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic lead gray mineral containing antimony and arsenic.


parsonsite

Named after mineralogist Arthur Leonard Parsons + -ite

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


petrukite

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


penikisite

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


pennantite

After Thomas Pennant (a Welsh scientist) + -ite.

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


penzhinite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-trapezohedral grayish white mineral containing copper, gold, selenium, silver, and sulfur.


perloffite

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


pahasapaite

From Lakota Ȟe Sápa (“Black Hills”) + -ite.

(mineralogy) An isometric-tetartoidal mineral containing beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, lithium, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, and sodium.


phosphoferrite

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


molybdophyllite

For its composition, Ancient Greek μόλυβδος (mólubdos, “lead”) and crystal habit φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”), + -ite. Note that the prefix molybdo- + here does NOT denote molybdenum; the element is named after the same Greek root.

uder

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-trapezohedral mineral containing hydrogen, lead, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.


pertsevite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal colorless mineral containing boron, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.


pachnolite

From Ancient Greek πάχνη (pákhnē, “frost”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”), for being a mineral close in appearance to ice crystals.

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


niobophyllite

For its composition of niobium, and Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) for its foliated crystal habit, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A triclinic brown mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


peterbaylissite

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


petrovskaite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing gold, selenium, silver, and sulfur.


pavonite

From Latin pavo (“peacock”) + -ite, as it was described by Canadian scientist Martin Peacock.

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


petitjeanite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial mineral containing bismuth, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.


pearceite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral black mineral containing antimony, arsenic, copper, silver, and sulfur.


petterdite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, carbon, chromium, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and strontium.


phosphammite

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


parwelite

Named after Swedish chemist Dr. Alexander Parwel (1906–1978), who analyzed the mineral, + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic yellow brown mineral containing antimony, arsenic, calcium, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.


pierrotite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal grayish black mineral containing antimony, arsenic, sulfur, and thallium.


peretaite

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


petewilliamsite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, cobalt, copper, iron, nickel, and oxygen.


paranatrolite

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


permingeatite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-scalenohedral pink brown mineral containing antimony, copper, and selenium.


perryite

From Perry + -ite, named after American newspaperman and leading private collector of meteorites Stuart Hoffman Perry (1874–1957).

named-after

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal gray white mineral containing iron, nickel, phosphorus, and silicon.


phuralumite

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


phyllotungstite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic yellow mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and tungsten.


pinchite

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


machatschkiite

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


phosphuranylite

For its composition, a phosphorus-bearing mineral with a uranyl anion base, + -ite.

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


pillaite

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


phurcalite

For its composition of (PH)osphorus, (UR)anium and (CAL)cium, + -ite.

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


pickeringite

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


pilsenite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing bismuth and tellurium.


artsmithite

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


petedunnite

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


philipsburgite

From Philipsburg + -ite, after Philipsburg, Montana.

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


polkanovite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal gray mineral containing arsenic and rhodium.


planerite

D. I. Planer (a Soviet mining official) + -ite.

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


piretite

From Piret + -ite, in honour of Paul Piret, Belgian crystallographer.

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


perraultite

From Perrault (“Canadian geologist Guy Perrault (1927-2002”) + -ite.

suffix

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal orange brown mineral containing barium, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


plattnerite

K. F. Plattner (a German metallurgist) + -ite.

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


phosphosiderite

en-noun

phosphosiderite (usually uncountable, plural phosphosiderites)

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


pirquitasite

Pirquitas (a mine in South America) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-scalenohedral gray mineral containing silver, sulfur, tin, and zinc.


philolithite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral with the chemical formula Pb₁₂O₆Mn₇(SO₄)(CO₃)₄Cl₄(OH)₁₂.


plumboferrite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal black mineral containing iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.


philipsbornite

(mineralogy) A trigonal mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.


pokrovskite

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


pintadoite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and vanadium.


potosiite

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


plumbopalladinite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal white mineral containing lead and palladium.


polkovicite

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


picotpaulite

Named after French mineralogist Paul Picot (1931–), + -ite.

named-after

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


plumbobetafite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, lead, niobium, oxygen, sodium, titanium, tungsten, and uranium.


pushcharovskite

Named after Dmitry Pushcharovsky (born in 1944), Russian geologist and mineralogist at Lomonosov Moscow State University.

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


pingguite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic yellowish green mineral containing bismuth, oxygen, and tellurium.


plumbogummite

en-noun

plumbogummite (usually uncountable, plural plumbogummites)

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


ponomarevite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic orange red mineral containing chlorine, copper, oxygen, and potassium.


putzite

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


potarite

Named after the Potaro River area in Guyana, + -ite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal silver white mineral containing mercury and palladium.


padmaite

(mineralogy) An isometric-tetartoidal yellow mineral containing bismuth, palladium, and selenium.


muirite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing barium, calcium, chlorine, fluorine, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and titanium.


plumbojarosite

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


prismatine

prismatine (usually uncountable, plural prismatines)

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


plumbotellurite

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


polhemusite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal black mineral containing mercury, sulfur, and zinc.


priderite

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


platarsite

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


priceite

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


poudretteite

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


povondraite

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


pinalite

Named for type locality Pinal County, Arizona + -ite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing chlorine, lead, oxygen, and tungsten.


probertite

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


protoanthophyllite

Named for being a protoamphibole polymorph of anthophyllite.

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


plumbopyrochlore

plumbopyrochlore (usually uncountable, plural plumbopyrochlores)

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


perlialite

Named after Russian instructor of mineralogy Lily Alekseevna Perekrest, + -ite. The word is an acronym of her name, last name first.

named-after

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal pearl white mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and thallium.


metavoltine

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


pimelite

From Ancient Greek πιμελή (pimelḗ, “fat”) for being a mineral with a greasy appearance, + -ite.

(mineralogy, outdated) A hexagonal mineral containing hydrogen, nickel, oxygen, and silicon.


raadeite

From Raade + -ite; named after Dr. Gunnar Raade (1944-), in recognition of his contribution to the mineralogy of magnesium phosphates.

(mineralogy) A colorless mineral, heptamagnesium diphosphate octahydroxy: Mg₇(PO₄)₂(OH)₈.


pottsite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-trapezohedral bright yellow mineral containing bismuth, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and vanadium.


rabejacite

Named after its location of discovery: Rabejac, Occitanie, France
Rabejac + -ite

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


plumbonacrite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.


playfairite

From Playfair + -ite. Named after Scottish Professor of Natural Philosophy John Playfair (1748-1819), from Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

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


pseudolaueite

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


preiswerkite

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


rankamaite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, lead, lithium, niobium, oxygen, potassium, sodium, and tantalum.


plumbomicrolite

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


rabbittite

Named after John Charles Rabbitt of the USGS
Rabbitt + -ite

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


rayite

Named after Professor Santosh Kumar Ray (1908-1976), Indian petrologist at President College, Calcutta, India
Ray + -ite

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


radovanite

Named after Professor Radovan Cerny (born 1957), eminent crystallographer at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, + -ite.

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


rapidcreekite

Named after the Rapid Creek area, Yukon, Canada, the type locality
Rapid Creek + -ite

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


poubaite

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


putoranite

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


rameauite

Named after Jacques Rameau, the French prospector who discovered the deposit where the mineral was found
Rameau + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic orange mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, and uranium.


pseudograndreefite

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


rathite

Named after Gerhard vom Rath (1830-1888), Professor of Mineralogy, Bonn, Germany
Rath + -ite

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


pseudoboleite

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


pseudobrookite

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


ramdohrite

Named after Paul Ramdohr (1890-1985), mineralogist at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Ramdohr + -ite

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


pinakiolite

From Ancient Greek πινάκιον (pinákion, “tablet”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”) because of the thin, tabular appearance of the crystals.

uder

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


pyrophanite

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


ransomite

Named after Frederick Leslie Ransome (1868 - 1935), American Professor of mining geology
Ransome + -ite

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


rauvite

Named by Frank L. Hess in 1922 from the elemental symbols of its presumed contents: RAdium, Uranium and Vanadium
RA + U + V + -ite

(mineralogy) An amorphous mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, uranium, and vanadium.


rajite

Named in honour of Dr. Robert Allen Jenkins (born 1944), discoverer of the mineral in his role as mineralogist with the Phelps Dodge Corporation; initials R.A.J. + -ite.

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


pyroaurite

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


pseudocotunnite

From pseudo- + cotunnite, a mineral it resembles in some respects.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing chlorine, lead, and potassium.


rasvumite

Named after the type locality: Mt. Rasvumchorr, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Rasvum- + -ite

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


reichenbachite

Named after its discovered locality: Reichenbach, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany
Reichenbach + -ite

(mineralogy) A dark green mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.


rhodostannite

The name reflects both the colour, Greek rhodos = red, and its similarity to the mineral stannite.
rhodo + stannite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal reddish gray mineral containing copper, iron, sulfur, and tin.


plagionite

From Ancient Greek πλάγιος (plágios, “slanted, oblique”) + -ite.

bor

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


pseudosinhalite

From pseudo- + sinhalite, alluding to the optical, chemical, and structural similarity to sinhalite.

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


raguinite

Named in honour of Eugene Raguin (1900-2001), Professor of Mining Geology at the National School of Mines in Paris, France, + -ite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic bronze mineral containing iron, sulfur, and thallium.


rappoldite

Named after its discovery locality: Rappold Mine, Neustädtel, Saxony, Germany
Rappold + -ite

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


ramsbeckite

Named after its discovered location, Bastenberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Germany
Ramsbeck + -ite

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


rengeite

Named after Mt. Renge, where the jaeitite deposits are found.
Renge + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic dark greenish brown mineral containing calcium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, oxygen, silicon, strontium, titanium, and zirconium.


reinerite

Named in 1958 by Bruno H. Geier and K. Weber in honour of Willy Reiner (1895-1965), Senior Chemist at the Tsumeb Corporation, Namibia, who analyzed the type material
Reiner + -ite

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


preisingerite

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


refikite

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


retgersite

Named after Jan Willem Retgers (1856-1896), Dutch crystallographer.
Retgers + -ite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-trapezohedral dark green mineral containing hydrogen, nickel, oxygen, and sulfur.


reedmergnerite

Named after Frank S. Reed and John L. Mergner, technicians at the USGS.
Reed + Mergner + -ite

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


ralstonite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sodium.


rectorite

Named in 1891 by Richard Newman Brackett and John Francis Williams in honour of Colonel Elias William Rector (1847-1917), politician and attorney in Hot Springs, Arkansas who supported the formation of the Arkansas Geological Survey.
Rector + -ite

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


reevesite

Named in 1967 by John S. White Jr., E.P. Henderson and Brian Mason in honour of Dr. Frank Reeves (1886-1986), exploration geologist who found the Wolf Creek meteorite in 1947.
Reeves + -ite

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


pretulite

Named for type locality Pretul Mountain in the Fischbacher Alpine mountains (in Styria, Austria) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal pale pink mineral containing oxygen, phosphorus, and scandium.


rankachite

Named after the Rankach valley in which the Clara mine, the place of discovery, is located
Rankach + -ite

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


radtkeite

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


redingtonite

Named after its discovery locality, Redington mercury mine, Knoxville, Napa Co., California, USA
Redington + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing aluminum, chromium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, nickel, oxygen, and sulfur.


reppiaite

Named after its discovered location: Valgraveglia Mine, Reppia, Genova Province, Italy
Reppia + -ite

(mineralogy) An orange red mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and vanadium.


ribbeite

Named in 1987 by Donald R. Peacor, Pete J. Dunn, S. C. Su and J. Innes in honour of Paul Hubert Ribbe (1935-2017), professor of mineralogy at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Ribbe + -ite

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


richetite

Named after Emile Richet (1884-1938), Chief Geologist at Union Miniere du Haut-Katanga
Richet + -ite

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


redgillite

Named for a mine near the type locality Red Gill Mine (in Cumbria, England) + -ite.

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


reyerite

Named in honour of Eduard Reyer (1849-1914), Austrian geologist
Reyer + -ite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.


rauenthalite

From Rauenthal + -ite, after a location near the type locality, the Rauenthal Valley in France.

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


richelsdorfite

Named after its discovery locality, Wilhelm Mine in the Richelsdorf District of Hesse, Germany.
Richelsdorf + -ite

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


margarosanite

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


pyrochroite

From pyro- + Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs) + -ite.

af

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.


rhodesite

Named after Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902), British colonial statesman.
From Rhodes + -ite.

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


ronneburgite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic reddish brown mineral containing magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, and vanadium.


rittmannite

Named after Alfred Rittman, Swiss volcanologist.
Rittman + -ite

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


poyarkovite

Borrowed from Russian Поя́рков (Pojárkov) + -ite. Named in honor of Vladimir Erastovich Poyarkov (1907‒1975).

bor+

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


rhodarsenide

Named after its chemical composition of rhodium and arsenic.
From rhodo- + arsenide.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic brown mineral containing arsenic, palladium, and rhodium.


roshchinite

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


ranunculite

From Latin ranunculus (“buttercup”) + -ite for its golden yellow color.

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


riomarinaite

Named after the type locality: Rio Marina Mine, Elba Island, Tuscany, Italy
Rio Marina + -ite

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


redledgeite

Named after its discovery locality: Red Ledge Mine, Washington, Nevada Co., California, USA
Red Ledge + -ite

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


rilandite

Named after James L. Riland (1857-1936), newspaper publisher from Meeker, Colorado, USA and owner of the claims on which the mineral was discovered
Riland + -ite

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


plumbotsumite

From Latin plumbum (“lead”), in the mineral's composition, and the locality, Tsumeb, Namibia, + -ite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal colorless mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and silicon.


rodolicoite

Named after Francesco Rodolico (1905-1988), Professor of Mineralogy at the University of Florence in Italy, a specialist of the history of geology.
Rodolico + -ite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-trapezohedral mineral containing iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.


revdite

Named after the mining town of Revda, Murmansk District, Russia, near to the discovery locality.
Revda + -ite

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


rodalquilarite

Named after the type locality: Rodalquilar, Níjar, Andalusia, Spain
Rodalquilar + -ite

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


rivadavite

Named after Argentine president Bernardino Rivadavia (1780-1845)
Rivadav- + -ite
There is no connection to the Rivadavia borate mine

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


roaldite

From Roald + -ite, after Roald Norbach Nielsen.

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral tin white mineral containing iron, nickel, and nitrogen.


roggianite

Named in honour of Aldo Giuseppe Roggiani (1914-1986), Italian science teacher who found the first specimen and an expert on the mineralogy of the Ossola region
Roggiani + -ite

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


roeblingite

Named in 1897 by Samuel Lewis Penfield and Harry Ward Foote in honour of Colonel Washington A. Roebling (1837-1926), engineer, founder of the Mineralogical Society of America, builder of the Brooklyn Bridge and avid mineral collector.
Roebling + -ite

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


raslakite

Named after a Raslak Valley, a valley southwest of the type locality at Mt. Karnasurt, Northern Region, Russia
Raslak + -ite

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


picropharmacolite

For its composition: from Ancient Greek πικρός (pikrós, “bitter”) in allusion to its magnesium content and φάρμακον (phármakon, “drug, medicine, poison”) for its arsenic content, with the mineral suffix from λίθος (líthos, “stone”). It is similar but not closely related to pharmacolite.

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


rimkorolgite

Named in honour of Olga Mikhailovna Rimskaya-Korsakov (1914-1987), Russian mineralogist at St. Petersburg University
Rimskaya-Korsakov, Olga + -ite

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


rorisite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal colorless mineral containing calcium, chlorine, fluorine, and magnesium.


rebulite

Named after a Slovenian geologist or mining engineer named Rebula, who discovered the mineral, + -ite.

named-after

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


rinmanite

Named in honour of Sven Rinman (1720-1792), chemist, mineralogist, author of two mining engineering books and discoverer of the pigment Rinman's green.
Rinman + -ite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, antimony, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and zinc.


robinsonite

Named in 1951 by Leonard Gascoigne Beryy, Joseph John Fahey and Edgar Herbert Bailey in honour of Stephen Clive Robinson (1911-1981), Canadian mineralogist with the Geological Survey of Canada who synthesized the mineral before it was found naturally.
Robinson + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic bluish lead gray mineral containing antimony, lead, and sulfur.


rubicline

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal colorless mineral containing aluminum, oxygen, potassium, rubidium, and silicon.


rosiaite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing antimony, lead, and oxygen.


rosemaryite

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


roquesite

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


rohaite

Named after John Rose-Hansen (1937-2015), professor of mineralogy at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Rose-Hansen + -ite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal steel gray mineral containing antimony, copper, sulfur, and thallium.


rosickyite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing sulfur.


rondorfite

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


rossite

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


rouaite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal dark emerald green mineral containing copper, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.


rossmanite

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


richellite

Named for type locality Richelle (in Belgium) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.


rouseite

(mineralogy) A triclinic yellow orange mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, lead, manganese, and oxygen.


roscherite

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


rosenhahnite

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


roubaultite

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


rusakovite

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


riversideite

Named after its discovery locality: Crestmore quarries, Riverside Co., California, USA
Riverside + -ite

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


romarchite

Named from the acronym for the Royal Ontario Museum where the mineral was first studied.
Royal Ontario Museum + Archaeology + -ite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal black mineral containing oxygen and tin.


roedderite

Named after Edwin Woods Roedder (1919-2006), winner of the 1986 Roebling Medal and the 1988 Penrose Gold Medal, the president of the Mineralogical Society of America and the geologist who earlier discovered the synthetic compound with the United States Geological Survey.
Roedder + -ite

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


roweite

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


roxbyite

roxby + -ite, named after its type locality Roxby Downs Olympic Dam Mine

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic bluish black mineral containing copper and sulfur.


reinhardbraunsite

Named after Reinhard Brauns (1867-1937), prolific author of mineralogical works and expert on the volcanic minerals of the Rheinland
Reinhard Brauns + -ite

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


rouvilleite

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


rockbridgeite

From Rockbridge (“Rockbridge County”) + -ite.

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


sabelliite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral emerald green mineral containing antimony, arsenic, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and zinc.


poitevinite

en-noun

poitevinite (countable and uncountable, plural poitevinites)

Named after Canadian mineralogist Théophile Eugène Poitevin (1888–1978) + -ite. The surname is of French origin, see Poitevin.

named-after

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


ruarsite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic grayish white mineral containing arsenic, ruthenium, and sulfur.


rustenburgite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral tin white mineral containing palladium, platinum, and tin.


ruthenarsenite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, nickel, and ruthenium.


ruizite

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


schieffelinite

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


rucklidgeite

Named for John Christopher Rucklidge (1938-1921), Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Toronto who first discovered the mineral + -ite

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


sacrofanite

After the Sacrafano volcano, in Italy, + -ite.

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


saddlebackite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal grayish white mineral containing bismuth, lead, sulfur, and tellurium.


scarbroite

(mineralogy) A triclinic white mineral that is a hydrous carbonate of aluminium, Al₅CO₃)(OH)₁₃ · 5H₂O.


reddingite

From Redding + -ite after Redding, Connecticut.

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


kozulite

Named after Japanese mineralogist at Tohoku University Shukusuke Kozu (1880–1955), but discredited as a name in 2012, where it was renamed mangano-ferri-eckermannite for nomenclature systematicity. The suffix -lite is from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”) for it being a mineral.

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


sakharovaite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic lead gray mineral containing antimony, bismuth, iron, lead, and sulfur.


salzburgite

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


paralaurionite

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


paralaurionite

fr-noun

paralaurionite f (plural paralaurionites)


poughite

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


sabugalite

Named for type locality Sabugal (Portugal) + -ite.

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


sayrite

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


sanjuanite

(mineralogy) A triclinic white mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur.


samuelsonite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing aluminum, barium, calcium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, sodium, and strontium.


sakhaite

(mineralogy) An isometric-gyroidal mineral containing boron, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.


samfowlerite

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


rustumite

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


scainiite

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


sampleite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, chlorine, copper, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, and sodium.


satimolite

Named for type locality Satimola salt dome in Kazakhstan, + -ite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic chalky white mineral containing aluminum, boron, chlorine, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, and sodium.


sainfeldite

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


rudenkoite

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


metazeunerite

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


santaclaraite

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


sailaufite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing arsenic, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and sodium.


sanmartinite

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


santafeite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal black mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, sodium, strontium, and vanadium.


sasaite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic white mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur.


santanaite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-trapezohedral straw yellow mineral containing chromium, lead, and oxygen.


sarmientite

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


sarabauite

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


rinkite

Named in 1884 by Johannes Theodor Lorenzen in honour of Henrik Johannes Rink (1819-1893), Director of the Royal Greenland Board of Trade at the time.
Rink + -ite
In 2016, the IMA renamed rinkite to rinkite-(Ce), as opposed to rinkite-(Y).

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing calcium, cerium, fluorine, niobium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


pseudomalachite

en-noun

pseudomalachite (countable and uncountable, plural pseudomalachites)

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

pseudomalakiitti

a mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus


rooseveltite

From Roosevelt + -ite. Named after American politician Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945).

named-after

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


sartorite

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


rouxelite

Named after French chemist Jean Rouxel (1935–1998), + -ite.

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


scacchite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing chlorine and manganese.


schlemaite

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


schapbachite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral grayish black mineral containing bismuth, lead, silver, and sulfur.


scrutinyite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal dark reddish brown mineral containing lead and oxygen.


scawtite

en-noun

scawtite (countable and uncountable, plural scawtites)

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


schoenfliesite

From Schoenflies + -ite, after Arthur Moritz Schoenflies (1853-1928), professor of mathematics at the University of Frankfurt.

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal reddish brown mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and tin.


schaurteite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal silky white mineral containing calcium, germanium, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.


schmiederite

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


schultenite

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


scandiobabingtonite

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


senaite

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


schwartzembergite

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


segnitite

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


schoonerite

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


schachnerite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal silver gray mineral containing mercury and silver.


schirmerite

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


schairerite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal colorless mineral containing chlorine, fluorine, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.


schuetteite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-trapezohedral mineral containing mercury, oxygen, and sulfur.


schoderite

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


schumacherite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing arsenic, bismuth, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and vanadium.


scotlandite

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


schiavinatoite

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


ruitenbergite

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


sengierite

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


schallerite

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


shakhovite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing antimony, hydrogen, mercury, and oxygen.


scholzite

From Scholz + -ite, after German mineral collector Adolph Scholz (1894–1950).

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


prosperite

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


seidozerite

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


schulenbergite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal mineral containing carbon, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and zinc.


semseyite

semseyite (countable and uncountable, plural semseyites)

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


sheldrickite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, carbon, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.


serpierite

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


schlossmacherite

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


selenostephanite

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


schertelite

Named after German professor of mineralogy Arnulf Schertel (1841–1902), + -ite.

named-after

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


shabynite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic snow white mineral containing boron, chlorine, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.


shigaite

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


shafranovskite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.


schmitterite

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


shirokshinite

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


shibkovite

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


shubnikovite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic light blue mineral containing arsenic, calcium, chlorine, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen.


shuangfengite

After the village of Shuangfeng in China + -ite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral black mineral containing iridium and tellurium.


satterlyite

From Satterly + -ite, after Canadian geologist Dr. Jack Satterly.

Satterlyite is a rare hydroxyl-bearing ferrous phosphate with the originally proposed simplified formula (Fe²⁺,Mg)₂(PO₄)OH.

2002, Uwe Kolitsch and Michael Andrut and Gerald Giester, Satterlyite, (Fe,Mg)₁₂(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₅(OH,O)₆: crystal structure and infrared absorption spectra, in "European Journal of Mineralogy", volume 14, issue 1

In the optical spectrum of satterlyite, eight bands are observed and all are attributed to different transitions arising from ferric and ferrous ions.

2003, A.V. Chandrasekhar and M. Venkata Ramanaiah and B.J. Reddy and Y.P. Reddy and P.S. Rao and R.V.S.S.N. Ravikumar, Optical and EPR studies of iron bearing phosphate minerals: satterlyite and gormanite from Yukon Territory, Canada, in "Spectrochimica Acta Part A", volume 59, issue 9

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


sicklerite

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


sederholmite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing nickel and selenium.


sharpite

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


silinaite

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


simferite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic dark red mineral containing iron, lithium, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.


sitinakite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, niobium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


simmonsite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic pale buff cream mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, lithium, and sodium.


shadlunite

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


sieleckiite

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


sidorenkite

After Alexander V. Sidorenko, Russian mineralogist, + -ite

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


sigloite

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


sedovite

After Georgy Sedov, Russian explorer, + -ite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing molybdenum, oxygen, and uranium.


schubnelite

Named after French mineralogist Henri-Jean Schubnel (1930–), + -ite.

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


pecoraite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic dark green mineral containing hydrogen, nickel, oxygen, and silicon.


slavikite

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


sidpietersite

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


simplotite

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


shannonite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal white mineral containing carbon, lead, and oxygen.


selwynite

From Selwyn + -ite, after A. R. C. Selwyn.

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal deep purplish blue mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, and zirconium.


sibirskite

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


skinnerite

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


sicherite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal dark gray mineral containing antimony, arsenic, silver, sulfur, and thallium.


skippenite

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


sorosite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal pinkish tin white mineral containing antimony, copper, and tin.


sewardite

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


spadaite

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


silhydrite

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


spiroffite

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


slawsonite

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


raspite

Named after Mr. Charles Rasp (1846-1907), a German-Australian prospector and the discoverer of the Broken Hill deposit, where raspite was first found
Rasp + -ite

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


sergeevite

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


soddyite

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


sherwoodite

/ˈʃɜːwʊdaɪt/

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


sinnerite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial steel gray mineral containing arsenic, copper, and sulfur.


sobolevskite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal steel gray mineral containing bismuth and palladium.


simpsonite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, niobium, oxygen, and tantalum.


schlegelite

Named after German mineral collector Fritz Schlegel who found the mineral, + -ite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal yellow mineral containing arsenic, bismuth, calcium, lead, molybdenum, oxygen, phosphorus, and vanadium.


smolianinovite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, calcium, cobalt, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, nickel, and oxygen.


sobolevite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial brown mineral containing calcium, fluorine, iron, magnesium, manganese, niobium, oxygen, phosphorus, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


serrabrancaite

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


sonoraite

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


sternbergite

From Sternberg + -ite, after Count Kaspar Sternberg of Prague.

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


stenonite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, barium, carbon, fluorine, oxygen, sodium, and strontium.


terskite

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


tatyanaite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic pink mineral containing copper, palladium, platinum, and tin.


suolunite

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


stronalsite

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


perhamite

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


sinoite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing nitrogen, oxygen, and silicon.


tatarskite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic sulfate chloride mineral with the chemical formula Ca₆Mg₂(SO₄)₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄Cl₄ · 7H₂O.


thalcusite

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


tarkianite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral black mineral containing copper, iron, molybdenum, rhenium, and sulfur.


teineite

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


sklodowskite

From Polish Skłodowska (“maiden name of Marie Curie”) + -ite.

uder

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


sulphohalite

For its composition of sulphur and halogens.

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing chlorine, fluorine, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.


sundiusite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic sulfate chloride mineral with the chemical formula Pb₁₀(SO₄)O₈Cl₂.


stevensite

Stevens + -ite. Named for Edwin Augustus Stevens.

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


talmessite

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


ternovite

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


sidwillite

Named after American mineralogist Sidney Arthur Williams (1933–2006), who played a prolific part in western United States mineralogy, + -ite.

named-after

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


taranakite

Taranaki + -ite, from its original discovery on the Sugar Loaf Islands, off the coast of Taranaki, New Zealand.

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


tomichite

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


shirozulite

Named after Japanese professor at University of Kyushu Haruo Shirozu, + -lite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic dark reddish brown mineral containing aluminum, barium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and titanium.


parakhinite

From para- + khinite, in allusion to its dimorphous relationship to khinite.

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-trapezohedral dark green mineral containing copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and tellurium.


thalfenisite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing chlorine, copper, iron, nickel, sulfur, and thallium.


merenskyite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal white mineral containing bismuth, palladium, platinum, and tellurium.


taramite

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


telluronevskite

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


suessite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral gray white mineral containing iron, nickel, and silicon.


thorikosite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal light yellow mineral containing antimony, arsenic, chlorine, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.


tarbuttite

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


skaergaardite

Named after the Skaergaard intrusion in Greenland, possibly from Danish skærgård (or the older spelling Skærgaard), see “skærgård” in Den Danske Ordbog.
? + -ite

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


tiettaite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


shuiskite

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


tetrawickmanite

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


sinhalite

Named for the type locality in Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala, “Sri Lanka”) + -ite.

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


thometzekite

Named after Wilhelm Thometzek, Director of Mining at Tsumcor Mine, where the mineral was discovered.
Thometzek + -ite

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


shkatulkalite

Named after the material it was found in, shkatulka pegmatite, from Russia, derived from Russian шкатулка (škatulka, “small box, jewelry box”); + -lite.

uder

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, manganese, niobium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


shandite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral brass yellow mineral containing lead, nickel, and sulfur.


tinticite

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


tinzenite

Named after its discovery locality: Alpe Parsettens, near Tinzen, Grisons, Switzerland.
Tinzen + -ite

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


parkinsonite

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


silvialite

Named after the daughter of Austrian mineralogist Gustav Tschermak von Seysenegg (1836-1927), Silvia Hillebrand, + -lite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and sulfur.


tivanite

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


tellurantimony

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral silver white mineral containing antimony and tellurium.


toyohaite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal gray mineral containing iron, silver, sulfur, and tin.


smythite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral pinkish cream mineral containing iron, nickel, and sulfur.


tedhadleyite

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


smirnite

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


tisinalite

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


tintinaite

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


tiragalloite

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


tolovkite

(mineralogy) An isometric-tetartoidal steel gray mineral containing antimony, iridium, and sulfur.


testibiopalladite

(mineralogy) An isometric-tetartoidal mineral containing antimony, palladium, and tellurium.


sinkankasite

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


theisite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing antimony, arsenic, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and zinc.


tochilinite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic bronze black mineral containing hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and sulfur.


tuhualite

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


tinaksite

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


thadeuite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal yellow orange mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.


trimerite

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


taramellite

Named after Italian professor of geology at University of Pavia, Torquato Taramelli (1845–1922), + -ite.

named-after

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


tunisite

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


trikalsilite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-pyramidal colorless mineral containing aluminum, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.


tainiolite

From Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “ribbon”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), because of its tabular crystal habit.

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


tounkite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-trapezohedral mineral with the chemical formula (Na,Ca,K)₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)₂Cl · H₂O.


thornasite

thorium + Na (“symbol for sodium”) + Si (“symbol for silicon”) + -ite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and thorium.


tobermorite

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


traskite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal brownish red mineral containing aluminum, barium, calcium, chlorine, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, strontium, and titanium.


simonite

Simonite (TlHgAs₃S₆), found in Allchar, Macedonia, Yugoslavia, named in 1982 for Simon Engel, son of Peter Engel (b. 1942), a Swiss crystallographer, + -ite

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


theophrastite

The name is for Theophrastus, the first Greek mineralogist, 373/372-288/287 B.C., + -ite. The new mineral and the name were approved by the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names.

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


tunellite

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


protasite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic light orange mineral containing barium, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.


tienshanite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal pistachio green mineral containing barium, boron, manganese, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


pyrobelonite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal dark red mineral containing hydrogen, lead, manganese, oxygen, and vanadium.


tongbaite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal light brownish yellow mineral containing carbon and chromium.


schafarzikite

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


petrovicite

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


rutheniridosmine

en-noun

rutheniridosmine (usually uncountable, plural rutheniridosmines)

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal white mineral containing iridium, osmium, and ruthenium.


tosudite

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

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


triangulite

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


zirsilite

(mineralogy) A brittle cream-coloured complex mineral.


medjidite

(obsolete, mineralogy) A mineral that is a double sulfate of lime and uranium.


pringleite

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


rosenbuschite

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


ellestadite

ellestadite (usually uncountable, plural ellestadites)

From Ellestad + -ite, after Reuben B. Ellestad, an American chemist.

(mineralogy) A mineral found in metamorphosed limestone.


pharmacolite

pharmacolite (usually uncountable, plural pharmacolites)

From Ancient Greek φάρμακον (phármakon, “drug, medicine, poison”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), for being an arsenic-bearing mineral.

uder

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


salesite

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


trattnerite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, titanium, and zinc.


torreyite

From Torrey + -ite after John Torrey (1796-1873), an American naturalist who made an early study of minerals in Franklin, New Jersey, USA.

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


lengenbachite

(mineralogy) A triclinic mineral containing arsenic, copper, lead, silver, and sulfur.


nacaphite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, fluorine, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.


namibite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic dark green mineral containing bismuth, copper, oxygen, and vanadium.


cavansite

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


calciborite

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


cabalzarite

Named by J. Brugger et al. in 2000 in honour of Walter Cabalzar (1919-2007), amateur mineralogist who discovered grischunite and geigerite.
Cabalzar + -ite

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


fabianite

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


carletonite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, carbon, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.


cohenite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal yellowish white mineral containing carbon, cobalt, iron, and nickel.


combeite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-trapezohedral colorless mineral containing calcium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


cronstedtite

Named in honor of Axel Fredrik Cronstedt + -ite.

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


cadmoindite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing cadmium, germanium, indium, iron, sulfur, and zinc.


cesbronite

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


franckeite

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


crookesite

From Crookes + -ite, named after British chemist and physicist Sir William Crookes.

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-disphenoidal mineral containing copper, selenium, silver, and thallium.


corderoite

(mineralogy) An isometric-tetartoidal mineral containing chlorine, mercury, and sulfur.


cervantite

From Cervantes (locality in Spain) + -ite.

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


hellyerite

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


clinohumite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral composed of a mixed iron and magnesium silicate / fluoride


cahnite

en-noun

cahnite (countable and uncountable, plural cahnites)

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-disphenoidal mineral containing arsenic, boron, calcium, hydrogen, and oxygen.


creedite

From Creede + -ite, after Creede, Colorado.

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


fluorcaphite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, cerium, fluorine, oxygen, phosphorus, sodium, and strontium.


gratonite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing arsenic, lead, and sulfur.


hanksite

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


graftonite

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


geigerite

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


glucine

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


geocronite

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


ferrosilite

For its composition, a silicate of iron (ferrum (“iron”)) + -ite.

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


herderite

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


cafarsite

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and titanium.


humite

humite (countable and uncountable, plural humites)

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


ferroselite

For its composition of iron (ferrum (“iron”)) selenide, + -ite.

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


kalininite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral black mineral containing chromium, sulfur, and zinc.


goslarite

goslarite (countable and uncountable, plural goslarites)

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


karpatite

Named after Carpathian mountains + -ite ; later called carpathite

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


kalinite

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


kinoite

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


kremersite

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


hopeite

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


montroydite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing mercury and oxygen.


lyonsite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal black mineral containing copper, iron, oxygen, and vanadium.


lorandite

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


ludwigite

ludwigite (countable and uncountable, plural ludwigites)

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


kankite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic yellow green mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.


molysite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing chlorine and iron.


molybdite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing molybdenum and oxygen.


lautarite

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


montebrasite

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


pabstite

After Adolph Pabst (an American scientist) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal mineral containing barium, oxygen, silicon, tin, and titanium.


mohite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial greenish gray mineral containing copper, sulfur, and tin.