aldermanite

From Alderman + -ite, after mineralogist Arthur Richard Alderman.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic colorless mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.


bobfergusonite

Named for Professor Robert B. Ferguson, a noted mineralogist, + -ite.

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


allargentum

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


allactite

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


allabogdanite

Named for Russian geologist Alla Bogdanova + -ite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal light straw yellow mineral containing cobalt, iron, nickel, and phosphorus.


aleksite

From Russian Алексеев (Aleksejev) + -ite, after the mine where it was found.

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


panunzite

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


leadamalgam

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


jarlite

Named after Danish engineer Carl Frederik Jarl (1872–1951), + -ite.

named-after

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


jasmundite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-scalenohedral mineral containing calcium, oxygen, silicon, and sulfur.


suanite

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


panasqueiraite

Panasqueira in Portugal, where it can be found, + -ite

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


strunzite

Named after Karl Hugo Strunz (1910-2006), a German mineralogist.
Strunz + -ite

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


surite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing aluminum, carbon, copper, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


alumopharmacosiderite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral white mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, hydrogen, oxygen, and potassium.


anilite

en-noun

anilite (usually uncountable, plural anilites)

Named after type locality Ani mine in Akita (Japan) + -lite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal bluish gray mineral containing copper and sulfur.


roselite

Named after German mineralogist Gustav Rose (1798–1873), + -lite.

named-after

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


reidite

Named in 2002 by Billy P. Glass, Shaobin Liu and Peter B. Leavens in honour of Alan F. Reid, who first produced the phase in high-pressure laboratory experiments in 1969.
Reid + -ite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal white mineral containing oxygen, silicon, and zirconium.


raite

Named after the international group of scientists of the 1969-1970 voyage of the papyrus ship, Ra
Ra + -ite

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


paxite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic light grayish white mineral containing arsenic and copper.


pekoite

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


nealite

Named after American mineralogist Leo Neal Yedlin (1908–1977), + -ite.

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


nickelschneebergite

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


neyite

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


mundite

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


iridarsenite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic gray mineral containing arsenic, iridium, and ruthenium.


idaite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing copper, iron, and sulfur.


ferrokentbrooksite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, chlorine, fluorine, hafnium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, strontium, tantalum, titanium, yttrium, and zirconium, as well as lanthanum, cerium, praeseodymium, neodymium, and samarium.


manganokhomyakovite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, silicon, sodium, strontium, tungsten, and zirconium.


okayamalite

Named for type locality Okayama Prefecture (in Japan) + -lite.

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-scalenohedral creamy white mineral containing boron, calcium, oxygen, and silicon.


paraguanajuatite

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


atokite

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


alumoklyuchevskite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal dark green mineral containing aluminum, copper, oxygen, potassium, and sulfur.


althupite

From aluminum + thorium + uranium + phosphorus + -ite.

af

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


amakinite

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


alvanite

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


alumotungstite

(mineralogy) An isometric greenish yellow mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.


ammonioalunite

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


arsenbrackebuschite

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


arsenohauchecornite

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


babefphite

From the chemical symbols of the elements that compose it: Ba (“barium”), Be (“beryllium”), F (“fluorine”), P (“phosphorous”) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal white mineral containing barium, beryllium, fluorine, oxygen, and phosphorus.


ammoniojarosite

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


almarudite

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


aplowite

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


anyuiite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing antimony, gold, and lead.


argentopentlandite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral bronze brown mineral containing iron, nickel, silver, and sulfur.


ammonioleucite

en-noun

ammonioleucite (usually uncountable, plural ammonioleucites)

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal white mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.


antimonpearceite

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


antarcticite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-trapezohedral colorless mineral containing calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.


ansermetite

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


asbolane

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

asbolaani

a hexagonal mineral containing calcium, cobalt, hydrogen, manganese, nickel, and oxygen


aschamalmite

Named after the type locality: Ascham Alp, Salzburg, Austria
Ascham Alp + m + -ite

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


ammonioborite

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


andremeyerite

From Andre Meyer + -ite, named for the geologist who first collected it.

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


wupatkiite

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


wilhelmkleinite

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


trechmannite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral scarlet red mineral containing arsenic, silver, and sulfur.


tranquillityite

From tranquillity + -ite, after the Sea of Tranquillity, a basin on the Moon where the mineral was first found.

(mineralogy) A hexagonal dark red mineral containing iron, oxygen, silicon, titanium, yttrium, and zirconium.


ungarettiite

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


uralborite

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


trippkeite

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


tulameenite

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


tumchaite

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


turtmannite

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


twinnite

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


tungstibite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing antimony, oxygen, and tungsten.


tungusite

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


uranmicrolite

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


trembathite

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


tripuhyite

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


vanadomalayaite

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


valleriite

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


uzonite

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


urvantsevite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal steel gray mineral containing bismuth, lead, and palladium.


vanadiocarpholite

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, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and vanadium.


vanadiumdravite

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


uvite

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


verplanckite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing barium, chlorine, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and titanium.


wegscheiderite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal colorless mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.


weeksite

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


volkovskite

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


volkonskoite

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


vonsenite

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


vajdakite

From Vajdak + -ite after Josef Vajdak (1930-), for his significant contribution in the study of minerals in the Jachymov ore district (in northwestern Bohemia, Czechia).

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


viaeneite

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


vuonnemite

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


wairakite

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


wairauite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral steel gray mineral containing cobalt and iron.


vuagnatite

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


walthierite

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


verbeekite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic black mineral containing palladium and selenium.


vihorlatite

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


vinciennite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-trapezohedral orange mineral containing antimony, arsenic, copper, iron, sulfur, and tin.


wardsmithite

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


walentaite

After Kurt Walenta, German mineralogist, + -ite.

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


wadeite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing oxygen, potassium, silicon, and zirconium.


warikahnite

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


wawayandaite

From Wawayanda + -ite, discovered in a mine in Sussex County, New Jersey.

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


weberite

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


weinebeneite

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


walstromite

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


weissbergite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial steel gray mineral containing antimony, sulfur, and thallium.


wendwilsonite

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


usovite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing aluminum, barium, calcium, fluorine, and magnesium.


ustarasite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic pure white mineral containing antimony, bismuth, lead, and sulfur.


varennesite

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


vashegyite

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

der

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


wermlandite

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


watanabeite

Named for Takeo Watanabe, a Japanese mineralogist.
Watanabe + -ite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing antimony, arsenic, copper, and sulfur.


watatsumiite

海神 (わたつみ watatsumi, sea god in Shinto mythology) + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic yellow green mineral containing barium, iron, lithium, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, titanium, and vanadium.


wherryite

From Wherry + -ite, named for Edgar T. Wherry, American mineralogist and plant ecologist.

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


whitmoreite

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


wickmanite

After Franz-Erik Wickman, Swedish mineralogist, + -ite

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


wenkite

From Wenk + -ite, named after Swiss geologist Eduard Wenk.

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal light gray mineral containing aluminum, barium, calcium, chlorine, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and sulfur.


willhendersonite

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


winchite

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


wiserite

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


widenmannite

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


wooldridgeite

From Wooldridge + -ite, after its discoverer James Wooldridge.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal greenish blue mineral containing calcium, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.


woodruffite

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


woodhouseite

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


wonesite

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


wolfeite

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


wightmanite

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


winstanleyite

From Winstanley + -ite, named after Betty Jo Winstanley (1934-), amateur mineralogist, who found the first specimen.

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal mineral containing oxygen, tellurium, and titanium.


wittite

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


wittichenite

From Wittichen + -ite, after an area in Baden of Germany.

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


weibullite

After Mats Weibull, Swedish mineralogist, + -ite

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


willyamite

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


wilkmanite

Wanold Wrydon Wilkman, a geologist with the Geological Survey of Finland + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic grayish yellow mineral containing nickel and selenium.


wattersite

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


weishanite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal light yellow mineral containing gold, mercury, and silver.


werdingite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal brownish yellow mineral containing aluminum, boron, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.


wesselsite

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


uranospathite

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


uramphite

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


urusovite

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


uranocircite

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


stumpflite

Named after Austrian professor of mineralogy Eugen Friedrich Stumpfl (1931–2004), + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal silver white mineral containing antimony, bismuth, and platinum.


sudovikovite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral white mineral containing platinum and selenium.


sturmanite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, boron, calcium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and sulfur.


sudburyite

From Sudbury + -ite, after Sudbury District, Ontario.

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


sudoite

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

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


studenitsite

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


strontiochevkinite

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


strontiodresserite

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


strontioginorite

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


strontioborite

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


strontiomelane

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


theoparacelsite

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


sursassite

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


swaknoite

From SWAKNO (acronym of Suid Wes Africa Karst Navorsing Organisasie (Afrikaans for "South West Africa Karst Exploration Organisation"), a caving association in Namibia) + -ite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic white mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.


surinamite

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


sulphotsumoite

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


symesite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal pink mineral with the chemical formula Pb₁₀(SO₄)O₇Cl₄ · H₂O.


tlalocite

From Tlaloc, Mexica god of rain, + -ite, due to its high water content.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, tellurium, and zinc.


tlapallite

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


tyrrellite

Named after Canadian geologist Joseph Burr Tyrrell (1858–1957), + -ite.

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


tychite

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


takeuchiite

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


tikhonenkovite

After Igor Tikhonenkov, Russian mineralogist, + -ite

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


teschemacherite

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


barytolamprophyllite

From its composition of barium and its relation to lamprophyllite.

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


alumohydrocalcite

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


basaluminite

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


kuzminite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing bromine, chlorine, and mercury.


kuzelite

Named after German professor at University of Erlangen, Germany, Dr. Hans Jürgen Kuzel (1932–1997), + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A trigonal-pyramidal white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.


lacroixite

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


lishizhenite

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


lanmuchangite

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


langite

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


kurumsakite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing aluminum, copper, hydrogen, nickel, oxygen, silicon, vanadium, and zinc.


kusachiite

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


kukisvumite

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


krettnichite

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


kullerudite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal lead gray mineral containing nickel and selenium.


macquartite

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


kurgantaite

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


kuramite

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


lindqvistite

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


krupkaite

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


larderellite

Named after French engineer François Jacques de Larderell (1790–1858), known in Italy as Francesco Giacomo de Larderel, who ran business in the Tuscan borax industry.

(mineralogy) A dimorph of ammonioborate. A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing boron, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.


kittatinnyite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal bright yellow mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.


kitkaite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral yellow gray mineral containing nickel, selenium, and tellurium.


kirkiite

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


kladnoite

From the Kladno District (Czech Republic) + -ite.

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


kleemanite

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


klebelsbergite

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


kleinite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing chlorine, hydrogen, mercury, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.


kipushite

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


koktaite

From Kokta + -ite, after Jaroslav Kokta, a Czech chemist.

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


koashvite

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


kingsmountite

Kings Mount(ain) + -ite, after the type locality, Kings Mountain, North Carolina.

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


kolfanite

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


korshunovskite

(mineralogy) A triclinic colorless mineral containing chlorine, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.


kosmochlor

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


kolwezite

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


korobitsynite

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


ludjibaite

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


krauskopfite

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


franklinfurnaceite

From Franklin + furnace + -ite, after Franklin Furnace in New Jersey, USA.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal dark brown mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.


frankdicksonite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral colorless mineral containing barium and fluorine.


franklinphilite

From Franklin + -philite; named for type locality Franklin, New Jersey, and the devotion of mineralogists to the Franklin area mineralogy.

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


fuenzalidaite

Named by Judith A. Konnert et al. in 1994 in honour of Humberto Fuenzalida Villegas (1904-1966), founder of the Chilean School of Geology within the University of Chile and the Geological Society of Chile
Fuenzalida + -ite

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


furutobeite

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


freedite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic greenish yellow mineral containing arsenic, chlorine, copper, lead, and oxygen.


friedrichite

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


frolovite

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


galenobismutite

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


galileiite

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


gallobeudantite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, gallium, hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, sulfur, and zinc.


gananite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral gray mineral containing bismuth and fluorine.


geikielite

en-noun

geikielite (countable and uncountable, plural geikielites)

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

named-after

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

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

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


geminite

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


greifensteinite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic dark olive green mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.


gaidonnayite

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


gainesite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal blue mineral containing beryllium, calcium, cesium, hydrogen, iron, lithium, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, and zirconium.


gruzdevite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-pyramidal grayish black mineral containing antimony, copper, mercury, and sulfur.


guanajuatite

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


grumiplucite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic grayish black mineral containing bismuth, mercury, and sulfur.


gaotaiite

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal steel black mineral containing iridium and tellurium.


gowerite

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


goyazite

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


gabrielsonite

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


gageite

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


gabrielite

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

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


frohbergite

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


furongite

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


goudeyite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and yttrium.


gottlobite

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


gottardiite

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


gatehouseite

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


gamagarite

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


frondelite

Named after American mineralogist Clifford Frondel (1907–2002), + -ite.

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


giorgiosite

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


grechishchevite

Grechishev + -ite
Named after Oleg Konstantinovich Grechishev, soviet geologist

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


grattarolaite

From Grattarola + -ite, from Giuseppe Grattarola, an Italian mineralogist.

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


foggite

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


foitite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal bluish black mineral composed of a basic, hydrated aluminate / borate / silicate of iron and sodium


foordite

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


fontanite

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


filipstadite

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


fischesserite

(mineralogy) An isometric-gyroidal silver white mineral containing gold, selenium, and silver.


flagstaffite

From Flagstaff + -ite, named after Flagstaff, Arizona, a city near the locality of discovery.

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


flinkite

en-noun

flinkite (countable and uncountable, plural flinkites)

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


fibroferrite

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


fluckite

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


erniggliite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing arsenic, sulfur, thallium, and tin.


erdite

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


erlichmanite

Named for Jozef Erlichman, electron microprobe analyst at the NASA Ames Research Center.
Erlichman + -ite

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal gray white mineral containing osmium and sulfur.


ernienickelite

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

named-after

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


ertixiite

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal mineral containing oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


emeleusite

From Emeleus + -ite, after Charles Henry Emeleus.

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


ericaite

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


eskimoite

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


erythrosiderite

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


esperanzaite

Named after the discovery locality: La Esperanza Mine, Durango, Mexico.
Esperanza + -ite

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


esseneite

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


englishite

From English + -ite, after George L. English.

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


elpasolite

en-noun

elpasolite (countable and uncountable, plural elpasolites)

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

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


ericssonite

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


emmonsite

From Emmons + -ite, named after Samuel Franklin Emmons.

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


emilite

Named after sulfosalt specialist at University of Copenhagen Emil Makovicky, + -ite.

named-after

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


embreyite

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


endellite

en-noun

endellite (countable and uncountable, plural endellites)

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

named-after

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


eveite

Named in 1967 by Paul B. Moore after the biblical character Eve, in comparison to the isostructural mineral adamite.
Eve + -ite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal apple green mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.


eveslogite

Named after the type locality: Mt. Eveslogchorr, Khibiny massif, Kola peninsula, Russia
Mt. Eveslogchorr + -ite

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


falcondoite

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


famatinite

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


fangite

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


farringtonite

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


faustite

Named by Richard Erd et al in honour of George Faust (1908 - 1985), mineralogist and petrologist of the U.S. Geological Survey and the describer of the minerals huntite, pecoraite and schoenfliesite.
Faust + -ite

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


ferronickelplatinum

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


ezcurrite

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


eztlite

From Nahuatl eztli (“blood”), for the mineral's appearance, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic blood-red mineral with the chemical formula Pb²⁺₂Fe³⁺₃(Te⁴⁺ O₃)₃(SO₄)O₂Cl.


feklichevite

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


felbertalite

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

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


fettelite

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

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


fetiasite

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

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


dadsonite

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


cuzticite

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


cyrilovite

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


cupromakovickyite

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


davyne

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

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


davreuxite

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

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


danielsite

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


dalyite

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


daomanite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal light greenish yellow mineral containing arsenic, copper, platinum, and sulfur.


dashkovaite

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


davanite

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


despujolsite

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

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


deerite

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


defernite

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


damiaoite

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


demesmaekerite

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

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


dewindtite

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

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


diaoyudaoite

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

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


desautelsite

(mineralogy) A trigonal bright orange mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.


dessauite

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

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


cumengite

After Edouard Cumenge, French engineer, + -ite

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


coyoteite

(mineralogy) A triclinic black mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.


cowlesite

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


cualstibite

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


cronusite

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


coquandite

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


coparsite

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


colquiriite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, and lithium.


colusite

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


compreignacite

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


cookeite

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


coombsite

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


cobalttsumcorite

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


cobaltlotharmeyerite

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


corkite

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


congolite

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

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


dozyite

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


downeyite

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

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


doyleite

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


dravite

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


dixenite

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

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


drugmanite

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


dresserite

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


dittmarite

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


diomignite

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


dolerophanite

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


dinite

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


deanesmithite

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


dwornikite

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


dzharkenite

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


dzhalindite

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


clinojimthompsonite

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


chvilevaite

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


cejkaite

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

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


bohdanowiczite

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

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


bezsmertnovite

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


azoproite

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


argentotennantite

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


alluaivite

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

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


amesite

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

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


batisite

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


amarantite

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


alleghanyite

en-noun

alleghanyite (countable and uncountable, plural alleghanyites)

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

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


alumotantite

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


angelellite

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

named-after

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


angelaite

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

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


arakiite

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


arsendescloizite

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


ardaite

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

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


bazhenovite

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


blixite

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


betpakdalite

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

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


boussingaultite

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


brabantite

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


bikitaite

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


bigcreekite

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


bieberite

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


barquillite

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

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


bassetite

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


batiferrite

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


becquerelite

Named after French physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel + -ite.

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


bederite

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


biringuccite

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


biphosphammite

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


bindheimite

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


boothite

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


behierite

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


bementite

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


bokite

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


beidellite

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beidellite (countable and uncountable, plural beidellites)

Named for type locality Beidell, Colorado + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic form of sodium aluminosilicate


belendorffite

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


bechererite

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


bearthite

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


boggsite

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


bonshtedtite

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


bismutohauchecornite

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


brodtkorbite

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


bultfonteinite

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


burpalite

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

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


coconinoite

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


devilline

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


ferrokaersutite

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


ferroholmquistite

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


ferroalluaudite

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


ferrotitanowodginite

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


eifelite

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

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


ehrleite

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


eitelite

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

named-after

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


ellenbergerite

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


eylettersite

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


eyselite

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

named-after

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


edoylerite

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


gaitite

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


ferrowyllieite

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


effenbergerite

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


edenharterite

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


ekaterinite

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


ekatite

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


ewaldite

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


evansite

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


fingerite

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

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


hejtmanite

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


gearksutite

en-noun

gearksutite (usually uncountable, plural gearksutites)

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


gerasimovskite

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


hexatestibiopanickelite

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


hewettite

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


giuseppettite

giuseppettite (usually uncountable, plural giuseppettites)

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

named-after

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


haycockite

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


hsianghualite

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

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


hydrombobomkulite

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


ilmajokite

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

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


hydroxylclinohumite

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


helmutwinklerite

Named after geologist Helmut Winkler, + -ite.

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


howardevansite

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


hechtsbergite

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


hawthorneite

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


henritermierite

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


henryite

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


henrymeyerite

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


herzenbergite

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


hydrowoodwardite

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


hematophanite

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


hendersonite

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

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


hedyphane

en-noun

hedyphane (countable and uncountable, plural hedyphanes)

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


heliophyllite

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


inesite

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


hungchaoite

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

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


itoigawaite

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


ianthinite

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


imandrite

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


imgreite

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


ilinskite

ilinskite (usually uncountable, plural ilinskites)

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


itoite

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


isovite

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


isokite

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


iowaite

iowaite (usually uncountable, plural iowaites)

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


khamrabaevite

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


khaidarkanite

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


kharaelakhite

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


khibinskite

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


khmaralite

khmaralite (usually uncountable, plural khmaralites)

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

named-after

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


khomyakovite

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

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


isocubanite

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


hydroxylherderite

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


jeanbandyite

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


nickelhexahydrite

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


mooihoekite

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

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


morozeviczite

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


niggliite

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


nifontovite

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


nikischerite

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


ningyoite

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

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


nimite

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


nakauriite

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


nahpoite

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


muskoxite

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


museumite

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


natanite

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


navajoite

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


newberyite

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


novgorodovaite

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


nuffieldite

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


nukundamite

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


oboyerite

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

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


nullaginite

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


ogdensburgite

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


ojuelaite

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


olekminskite

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


olgite

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


moorhouseite

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


ohmilite

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

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


niahite

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

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


rastsvetaevite

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

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


argentojarosite

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


ankinovichite

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


arsenogoyazite

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


aristarainite

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


arsenosulvanite

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


arrojadite

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


armstrongite

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


benjaminite

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

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


arhbarite

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

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


bideauxite

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


borishanskiite

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

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


bobjonesite

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


bobkingite

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


billingsleyite

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


awaruite

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


bafertisite

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


babkinite

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


bogdanovite

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

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


bahianite

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


dellaventuraite

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


dellaite

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


chlormagaluminite

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


cheremnykhite

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


chessexite

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


cobaltkoritnigite

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


christelite

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

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


christite

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


dickthomssenite

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


cuspidine

en-noun

cuspidine (usually uncountable, plural cuspidines)

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


dorallcharite

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


earlshannonite

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


efremovite

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


edenite

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


ferrilotharmeyerite

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


ferrisicklerite

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


duranusite

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

suffix

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


sulvanite

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


dussertite

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


ecandrewsite

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


fredrikssonite

en-noun

fredrikssonite (usually uncountable, plural fredrikssonites)

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


ferrotschermakite

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


haapalaite

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

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


hollingworthite

hollingworthite (usually uncountable, plural hollingworthites)

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


glushinskite

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


heneuite

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


hastingsite

hastingsite (countable and uncountable, plural hastingsites)

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

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


kemmlitzite

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


hyalotekite

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


janggunite

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


jarandolite

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

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


kamaishilite

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

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


kamitugaite

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


jouravskite

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


jankovicite

After Serbian geologist Slobodan Janković + -ite.

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


jennite

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


jagowerite

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


isomertieite

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


huntite

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

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

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

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


hydroglauberite

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


jeffreyite

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


jensenite

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


johnwalkite

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


jokokuite

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


jedwabite

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


jagoite

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


jaipurite

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


jalpaite

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


janhaugite

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


jamesite

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


joliotite

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


keldyshite

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


juanitaite

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


juanite

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


jungite

After Gerhard Jung, German mineralogist, + -ite.

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


jamborite

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


jentschite

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


jervisite

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


junitoite

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


junoite

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


juabite

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


manganlotharmeyerite

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


lithiowodginite

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


lunijianlaite

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


lulzacite

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

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


luzonite

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


litvinskite

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


likasite

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


manganonaujakasite

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


lisetite

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


lomonosovite

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


lonecreekite

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

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


londonite

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


mazzettiite

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


lotharmeyerite

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


liveingite

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


majakite

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


makarochkinite

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


maxwellite

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

named-after

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


lisitsynite

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


lovdarite

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


mendozavilite

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

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

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


oxammite

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


ovamboite

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


orlandiite

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


orlymanite

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


omeiite

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


orickite

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

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


orschallite

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

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


nabalamprophyllite

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

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


nekoite

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

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


natroxalate

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


oswaldpeetersite

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


otjisumeite

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


ourayite

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


oursinite

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


owensite

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


owyheeite

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

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


oyelite

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

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


obradovicite

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


odintsovite

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


olenite

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


odinite

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

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


olkhonskite

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


onoratoite

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


oneillite

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

named-after

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


oosterboschite

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


ominelite

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

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


olympite

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


orpheite

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


orientite

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


orcelite

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

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

National Museum of Natural History (France)


olshanskyite

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


orthowalpurgite

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


ottemannite

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


osbornite

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


olsacherite

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


olmsteadite

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


orthoserpierite

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


orthochamosite

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


orthoericssonite

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


orthopinakiolite

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

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


orthobrannerite

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


ikranite

en-noun

ikranite (usually uncountable, plural ikranites)

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


ikunolite

ikunolite (usually uncountable, plural ikunolites)

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

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


ilesite

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


incaite

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


ingersonite

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


insizwaite

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


iranite

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


irarsite

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


irhtemite

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

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


iriginite

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


indialite

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


inaglyite

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

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


ingodite

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


indigirite

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


intersilite

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

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


innelite

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

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


imiterite

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


inderite

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


inderborite

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


imhofite

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


iltisite

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


ilsemannite

ilsemannite (usually uncountable, plural ilsemannites)

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


earlandite

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


eakerite

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


eastonite

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


eckermannite

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


ecdemite

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


eugsterite

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


eskolaite

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


eudidymite

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


eugenite

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


eucairite

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


epistilbite

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


epididymite

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


ephesite

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


elyite

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


elpidite

elpidite (usually uncountable, plural elpidites)

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

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


ellisite

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


epistolite

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

uder

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


ercitite

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


erlianite

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


eskebornite

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


ershovite

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

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


eclarite

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


edgarite

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


eggletonite

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


eglestonite

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


eriochalcite

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


ernstite

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