gugiaite

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


guildite

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


guilleminite

Named for Jean-Claude Guillemin (1923–1994), founder of the Service Géologique National of the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières: Guillemin + -ite.

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


gustavite

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


guyanaite

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


gyrolite

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gyrolite (countable and uncountable, plural gyrolites)

From gyro- + -lite, from Ancient Greek γύρος (gúros, “ring, circle”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), for its round crystalline nodules.

uder

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


hagendorfite

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


haigerachite

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


haineaultite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, niobium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, sulfur, titanium, and zirconium.


hainite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, fluorine, iron, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, sodium, titanium, and zirconium.


haiweeite

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


hakite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral gray brown mineral containing antimony, arsenic, copper, mercury, selenium, and sulfur.


hallimondite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal yellow mineral containing arsenic, lead, oxygen, and uranium.


halurgite

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


hambergite

From Hamberg + -ite, after Axel Hamberg (1863-1933), Swedish mineralogist and geographer.

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


hammarite

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


hanawaltite

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


hannayite

From Hannay + -ite, after James Hannay, friend of R. W. E. MacIvor, who discovered and named it.

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


hannebachite

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


haradaite

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haradaite (usually uncountable, plural haradaites)

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, barium, calcium, oxygen, silicon, strontium, and vanadium.


harkerite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral colorless mineral containing aluminum, boron, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.


harrisonite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing calcium, iron, magnesium, oxygen, phosphorus, and silicon.


harstigite

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


hashemite

Named after the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, within which it occurs.

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


hatchite

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


hatrurite

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


hauchecornite

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


hauckite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, sulfur, and zinc.


haynesite

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


hectorfloresite

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


hedleyite

From Hedley + -ite after an unincorporated community in British Columbia, Canada.

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


heideite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic steel gray mineral containing chromium, iron, sulfur, and titanium.


heidornite

(mineralogy) A colorless monoclinic-prismatic mineral with the chemical formula Na₂Ca₃B₅O₈(SO₄)₂Cl(OH)₂.


heinrichite

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


hematolite

From hemato- + -lite, from Ancient Greek αἵματος (haímatos, “blood”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), in allusion to its blood-red color. Not chemically related to hematite.

uder

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


hemihedrite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing chromium, fluorine, lead, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.


hemloite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal gray mineral containing aluminum, antimony, arsenic, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, titanium, and vanadium.


hemusite

From Hemus + -ite, after Haemus, the ancient Roman name of the Balkan (Stara planina) mountains.

(mineralogy) An isometric gray mineral containing copper, molybdenum, sulfur, and tin.


hendricksite

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


henmilite

After Kitinosuke Henmi, Japanese scientist, + -ite

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


hennomartinite

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


hentschelite

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


hetaerolite

From hetaero- + -lite, from Ancient Greek ἑταῖρος (hetaîros, “companion”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”), because it was always found in its type locality alongside chalcophanite.

der

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


heteromorphite

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


heterosite

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

heterosiitti

mineralogy: an orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing iron, oxygen, and phosphorus


hexaferrum

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal yellowish steel gray mineral containing iridium, iron, osmium, and ruthenium.


hexahydroborite

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


heyite

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


hibbingite

Named after the city of Hibbing, Minnesota
Hibbing + -ite

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


hidalgoite

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


hieratite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing fluorine, potassium, and silicon.


hilairite

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


hillebrandite

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


hillite

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


hinsdalite

From Hinsdale + -ite, found in Hinsdale County, Colorado.

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


hocartite

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


hochelagaite

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


hoganite

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


hohmannite

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


holdenite

From Holden + -ite after Albert Fairchild Holden (1866-1913), a mining engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

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


holfertite

From Holfert + -ite, after John Holfert, the Utah resident who identified it.

(mineralogy) A trigonal-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, potassium, titanium, and uranium.


hollandite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing aluminum, barium, iron, lead, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


holtedahlite

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


holtite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, antimony, arsenic, boron, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, silicon, and tantalum.


honessite

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


hongshiite

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


howieite

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howieite (countable and uncountable, plural howieites)

From Howie + -ite, in honour of the British mineralogist Robert Howie.

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


huangite

From Chinese mineralogist Yunhui Huang, Huang + -ite.

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


hubeite

From Hubei + -ite, after Hubei Province.

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


huemulite

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


hulsite

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


humberstonite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral colorless mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, nitrogen, oxygen, potassium, sodium, and sulfur.


hummerite

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


hunchunite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing gold, lead, and silver.


hurlbutite

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


huttonite

After Colin Osborne Hutton, New Zealand-American mineralogist, Hutton + -ite

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


hydroastrophyllite

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


hydrobasaluminite

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


hydrobiotite

hydrobiotite (countable and uncountable, plural hydrobiotites)

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


hydrocalumite

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


hydrocerussite

(mineralogy) A form of lead carbondate, a trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.


hydrochlorborite

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


hydrodelhayelite

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


hydrodresserite

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


hydrohalite

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


hydrohetaerolite

From hydro- + hetaerolite, with the prefix from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) indicating the mineral as a hydrated form of hetaerolite.

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


hydrohonessite

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


hydroromarchite

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


hydroscarbroite

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


hydrotalcite

hydrotalcite (countable and uncountable, plural hydrotalcites)

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


hydrotungstite

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


hydroxycancrinite

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


kaersutite

From Kaersut + -ite. Named after the discovery locality: Kaersut, Umanaksfjord, Greenland.

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


kahlerite

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


kalborsite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, boron, chlorine, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.


kalicinite

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


kalifersite

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


kalistrontite

Borrowed from Russian калийстронцит (kalijstroncit), from калий (kalij, “potassium”) + стронций (stroncij, “strontium”) + -ит (-it, “-ite”).

bor

калийстронцит

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


kamiokite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal iron black mineral containing iron, molybdenum, and oxygen.


kanemite

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


kanoite

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


kapustinite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic dark cherry red mineral containing calcium, cerium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, neodymium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, titanium, uranium, yttrium, and zirconium.


karasugite

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


karelianite

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


karibibite

From a place in Namibia: Karibib + -ite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic brownish yellow mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.


karlite

Named after German professor of mineralogy and petrology at Christian Albrechts University, Dr. Franz Karl (1918–1972), + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, boron, chlorine, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen.


karpinskite

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


kastningite

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


katoite

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


katophorite

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katophorite (countable and uncountable, plural katophorites)

From German Katoforite, that from Ancient Greek κατώφορος (katṓphoros, “having a downward tendency”), from κάτω (kátō, “downward”) and φέρω (phérō, “to bear, carry”), referring to the mineral's volcanic origin. The suffix -ite was already used for other minerals.

der

Sodium Amphibole. Aluminokatophorite Na2Ca(Fe^2,Mg)4 AlSi7 AlO22 (OH)2. Forms two series with Magnesio-aluminokatophorite and Ferrikatophorite.

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


katoptrite

Ancient Greek κάτοπτρον (kátoptron, “mirror”) + -ite, named "for the perfectly reflecting cleavage surfaces".

uder

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


kazakovite

Named by A.P. Khomyakov et al. in 1974 in honour of Maria Efimovna Kazakova (1913-1982), chemist at the Institute of Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Rare Elements, Moscow, Russia.
Kazakov- + -ite

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


keithconnite

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


kellyite

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


kelyanite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-pyramidal mineral containing antimony, bromine, chlorine, mercury, and oxygen.


kempite

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


kenhsuite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal canary yellow mineral containing chlorine, mercury, and sulfur.


kenyaite

en-noun

kenyaite (usually uncountable, plural kenyaites)

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


khademite

Khadem + -ite
(iranian geologist)
These minerals were discovered by Baryan, Bertelon and Sadrzadeh in Saghand, Yazd, and named in 1962 in honor of Nasrullah Khadem, the then director of the Geological Survey of Iran

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


kiddcreekite

(mineralogy) An isometric pale gray mineral containing copper, sulfur, tin, and tungsten.


kilchoanite

From Kilchoan + -ite; named after Kilchoan, a village at the western end and on the southern shore of the Ardnamurchan Peninsula, where it was first discovered.

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


killalaite

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


kimzeyite

kimzeyite (usually uncountable, plural kimzeyites)

From Kimzey + -ite; after the Kimzey family.

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral dark brown mineral containing aluminum, calcium, iron, oxygen, silicon, titanium, and zirconium.


kingite

King + -ite. Named after Australian geologist D. King (1926–1990) of the South Australia Department of Mines

named-after

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


kintoreite

After Kintore, a location in New South Wales, Australia, + -ite

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


kochite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, cerium, fluorine, hafnium, iron, lanthanum, manganese, niobium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, strontium, titanium, vanadium, yttrium, and zirconium.


kochkarite

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


koechlinite

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


kolarite

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


kolicite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal yellow orange mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.


komarovite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, manganese, niobium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


komkovite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-trapezohedral brown mineral containing barium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and zirconium.


konderite

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


koninckite

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


koragoite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal light gray mineral containing iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, tantalum, titanium, and tungsten.


kosnarite

From Kosnar + -ite, named for Richard Andrew Kosnar (1946-2007), mineral dealer and collector.

(mineralogy) A trigonal (pseudocubic) mineral containing potassium and zirconium phosphates


kostovite

From Kostov + -ite, after Ivan Kostov (Иван Костов) (1913-2004), Professor of Mineralogy, Sofia University, Bulgaria.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal gray white mineral containing copper, gold, and tellurium.


koutekite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal gray blue mineral containing arsenic and copper.


kozulite

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

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


kraisslite

Named after Croatian-American mineral collectors Alice and Frederick Kraissl (?–1986), + -ite.

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


krausite

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


krautite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal light pink mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.


krinovite

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


kulanite

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


kulkeite

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


laffittite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic dark red mineral containing arsenic, mercury, silver, and sulfur.


laflammeite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic brownish cream mineral containing lead, palladium, and sulfur.


laitakarite

From Finnish laitakariitti, from the name of Aarne Laitakari (1890-1975), Finnish geologist. Compare -ite.

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


lammerite

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


langisite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal pinkish buff mineral containing arsenic, cobalt, and nickel.


lannonite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sulfur.


laphamite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic dark red mineral containing arsenic, selenium, and sulfur.


lapieite

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


larisaite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal yellow mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, selenium, sodium, and uranium.


larosite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic black mineral containing bismuth, copper, lead, silver, and sulfur.


larsenite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal white mineral containing lead, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.


latrappite

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


launayite

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


lausenite

From Lausen + -ite, after Carl Lausen, a U.S. mining engineer who first described the species.

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


lavendulan

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


leakeite

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


lecontite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal colorless mineral containing hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, potassium, sodium, and sulfur.


lehnerite

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


leifite

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


leightonite

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


leisingite

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


lemoynite

Possibly from Lemoyne (from French le moine ("the monk")) + -ite

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


lenaite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal pyramidal gray mineral containing iron, silver, and sulfur.


lengenbachite

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


leningradite

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


lennilenapeite

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


lenoblite

Named after French geologist André Lenoble (?–1968), + -ite.

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


leogangite

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


lermontovite

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


lesukite

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


letovicite

From Letovice + -ite, since the mineral was first described there.

(mineralogy) A triclinic mineral with chemical formula (NH₃)₃H(SO₄)₂.


leucophoenicite

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


leucophosphite

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


liandratite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing niobium, oxygen, tantalum, and uranium.


liddicoatite

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


liebigite

en-noun

liebigite (usually uncountable, plural liebigites)

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


lindackerite

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


lindbergite

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


lindsleyite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral black mineral containing barium, chromium, iron, magnesium, oxygen, strontium, and titanium.


lintisite

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


liottite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal colorless mineral with the chemical formula (Na,K)₁₆Ca₈(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)₃(SO₄)₅Cl₄.


lipscombite

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


lithiotantite

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


lithosite

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


loudounite

From Loudoun + -ite, after Loudoun County, Virginia.

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


loughlinite

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


loveringite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral black mineral containing aluminum, calcium, cerium, chromium, iron, magnesium, oxygen, titanium, vanadium, and zirconium.


luanheite

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


luberoite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic bronze brown mineral containing platinum and selenium.


luddenite

From Ludden + -ite, after Raymond W. Ludden, chief geologist, Phelps-Dodge Corporation.

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


ludlamite

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


ludlockite

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


lueshite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing niobium, oxygen, and sodium.


luetheite

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


lukrahnite

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


macaulayite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic blood red mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and silicon.


macdonaldite

From MacDonald + -ite after Gordon A. MacDonald, a volcanologist at the University of Hawaii.

It is typically a vein-forming mineral associated with macdonaldite, opal, and witherite.

2012, H. Earl Pemberton, Minerals of California, page 2406:

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


macedonite

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


macfallite

Named after American author and amateur mineralogist Russell Patterson MacFall (1903–1983), + -ite.

named-after

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


machatschkiite

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


macphersonite

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


madocite

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


magbasite

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


maghagendorfite

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


magnesioaubertite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal blue sulfate chloride mineral with the chemical formula (Mg,Cu)Al(SO₄)2Cl · 14H₂O.


magnesiocarpholite

en-noun

magnesiocarpholite (usually uncountable, plural magnesiocarpholites)

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

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

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


magnesiochloritoid

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


magnesiocoulsonite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral black mineral containing magnesium, oxygen, and vanadium.


magnesiofoitite

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


magnesiohastingsite

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


magnesiohulsite

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


magnetoplumbite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal gray mineral containing aluminum, calcium, iron, lead, manganese, oxygen, and titanium.


magnussonite

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


mahnertite

After Volker Mahnert, Swedish zoologist, + -ite

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


makatite

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


malanite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing copper, iridium, platinum, and sulfur.


malayaite

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


maleevite

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


malinkoite

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


malladrite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-trapezohedral mineral containing fluorine, silicon, and sodium.


mallardite

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


manaksite

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


manasseite

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


manganarsite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-trapezohedral pink brown mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.


manganberzeliite

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


mangangordonite

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


manganhumite

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


manganochromite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral grayish black mineral containing chromium, iron, manganese, oxygen, and vanadium.


manganocummingtonite

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


manganogrunerite

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


manganolangbeinite

(mineralogy) An isometric-tetartoidal pink mineral containing manganese, oxygen, potassium, and sulfur.


manganosegelerite

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


manganosite

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


manganostibite

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


manganotychite

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


manganvesuvianite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal deep maroon red mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.


manjiroite

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


mannardite

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


mansfieldite

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


mantienneite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal yellow brown mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, and titanium.


mapimite

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


marecottite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal yellow orange mineral containing hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, sulfur, and uranium.


margarosanite

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


marialite

marialite (countable and uncountable, plural marialites)

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

named-after

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


maricite

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


maricopaite

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


marinellite

Named after Italian professor at University of Pisa Giorgio Marinelli (1922–1993)

(mineralogy) A colorless trigonal sulfate chloride mineral with the chemical formula (Na,K)₄₂Ca₆(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)₆(SO₄)₈Cl₂ · 3H₂O.


marrite

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


marsturite

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


marthozite

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


marumoite

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


maslovite

(mineralogy) An isometric-tetartoidal steel gray mineral containing bismuth, platinum, and tellurium.


masutomilite

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

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


mathiasite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral black mineral containing calcium, chromium, iron, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, strontium, and titanium.


matildite

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


matlockite

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


matraite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal brownish yellow mineral containing sulfur and zinc.


mattagamite

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


matteuccite

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


mattheddleite

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


matulaite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing a hydrated aluminum and calcium phosphate


mawbyite

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


mawsonite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-scalenohedral brownish orange mineral containing copper, iron, sulfur, and tin.


mayenite

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


mayingite

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


medaite

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


megacyclite

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

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


megakalsilite

From mega- + kalsilite, because it is identical in chemical formula with kalsilite, but its unit cell is 12 times larger.

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


meixnerite

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


melanophlogite

en-noun

melanophlogite (countable and uncountable, plural melanophlogites)

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


melanostibite

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


melanotekite

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


melanothallite

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

uder

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


melanovanadite

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


meliphanite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-disphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


melkovite

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


mendipite

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


mercallite

Named after Italian volcanologist Giuseppe Mercalli (1850–1914)

named-after

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


mereheadite

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


mereiterite

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


merenskyite

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


merlinoite

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


merrihueite

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


merwinite

After Herbert Eugene Merwin, American mineralogist, + -ite.

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


metaheinrichite

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


metahohmannite

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


metakahlerite

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


metakirchheimerite

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


metalodevite

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


metamunirite

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


metarossite

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


metaschoepite

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


metasideronatrite

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


metastudtite

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


metaswitzerite

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


metavanuralite

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

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


metavariscite

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


metavauxite

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


metavivianite

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


metavoltine

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


metazellerite

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


metazeunerite

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


meymacite

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


miassite

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


micheelsenite

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


michenerite

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


microsommite

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


miersite

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


miharaite

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


mikasaite

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


milarite

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


millisite

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


minamiite

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


minasragrite

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


minehillite

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

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


minguzzite

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


minrecordite

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


minyulite

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

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


misenite

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


mitridatite

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


mitryaevaite

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


moctezumite

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


moluranite

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


molybdofornacite

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


modderite

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


mohrite

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


molybdomenite

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


molybdophyllite

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

uder

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


moncheite

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


monetite

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


mongolite

Named for type locality Mongolia, + -ite.

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


monimolite

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

der

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


montanite

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


montbrayite

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


monteponite

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


montesommaite

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


montgomeryite

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


montroseite

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

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


mooreite

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


mopungite

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


morenosite

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


morimotoite

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


moschelite

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

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


motukoreaite

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


mounanaite

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


mountainite

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


mountkeithite

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


mourite

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


mozartite

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

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


mozgovaite

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


muirite

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


mukhinite

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


mummeite

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


mundrabillaite

From Mundrabilla Station (Australia) + -ite.

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


munirite

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


murataite

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

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


murmanite

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


murunskite

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


mushistonite

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


muthmannite

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


mutinaite

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


nabaphite

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


nabiasite

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


nabokoite

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


nacaphite

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


nafertisite

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


nagashimalite

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

named-after

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


nagelschmidtite

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


nalipoite

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


namansilite

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

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


nambulite

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

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


namibite

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


namuwite

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


nanlingite

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


nantokite

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

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


narsarsukite

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


nasinite

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


nasledovite

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


nasonite

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


nastrophite

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

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


natisite

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

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


natrobistantite

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


natrochalcite

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


natrodufrenite

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


natrofairchildite

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


natroglaucocerinite

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


natrojarosite

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


natrolemoynite

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


natromontebrasite

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


natronambulite

en-noun

natronambulite (usually uncountable, plural natronambulites)

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

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


natroniobite

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


natrophosphate

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


natrosilite

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

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


natrotantite

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


neighborite

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


neotocite

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


nepskoeite

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


nevadaite

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


nevskite

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


nichromite

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


nickelalumite

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


nickelaustinite

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


nickelbischofite

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


nickenichite

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


niobokupletskite

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


niobophyllite

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

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


niocalite

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

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


nolanite

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

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


norbergite

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


nordstrandite

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

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


norsethite

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


novakite

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


nowackiite

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


paarite

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

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


paceite

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

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


pachnolite

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

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


paderaite

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

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


padmaite

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


paganoite

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

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


pahasapaite

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

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


palenzonaite

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


palermoite

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

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


palladodymite

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


palladseite

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


palmierite

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


paolovite

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


parabrandtite

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


parabutlerite

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


paracostibite

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


paradamite

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


paradocrasite

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


parafransoletite

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


parahopeite

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


parajamesonite

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


parakeldyshite

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


parakhinite

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

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


paralaurionite

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


paralaurionite

fr-noun

paralaurionite f (plural paralaurionites)


paralstonite

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


paramelaconite

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


paramontroseite

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


paranatisite

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


paranatrolite

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


paraotwayite

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


parapierrotite

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


pararobertsite

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


pararsenolamprite

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


paraschachnerite

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


paraschoepite

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


parascholzite

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


parascorodite

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


paraumbite

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


paravauxite

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


paravinogradovite

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


parkerite

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


parkinsonite

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


parnauite

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


parsettensite

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


parsonsite

Named after mineralogist Arthur Leonard Parsons + -ite

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


partzite

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


parvowinchite

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


parwelite

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

named-after

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


pascoite

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


paulkellerite

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


paulkerrite

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


paulmooreite

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


pautovite

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


pavonite

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

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


pearceite

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


pecoraite

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


peisleyite

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


pekovite

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


penikisite

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


pennantite

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

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


penzhinite

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


peretaite

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


perhamite

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


perlialite

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

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


perloffite

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


permingeatite

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


perraultite

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

suffix

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


perryite

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

named-after

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


pertsevite

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


petedunnite

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


peterbaylissite

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


petewilliamsite

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


petitjeanite

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


petrovicite

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


petrovskaite

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


petrukite

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


petterdite

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


pharmacolite

en-noun

pharmacolite (usually uncountable, plural pharmacolites)

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

uder

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


philipsbornite

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


philipsburgite

From Philipsburg + -ite, after Philipsburg, Montana.

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


philolithite

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


phosphammite

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


phosphoferrite

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


phosphosiderite

en-noun

phosphosiderite (usually uncountable, plural phosphosiderites)

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


phosphuranylite

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

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


phuralumite

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


phurcalite

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

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


phyllotungstite

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


pickeringite

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


picotpaulite

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

named-after

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


picropharmacolite

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

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


pierrotite

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


pillaite

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


pilsenite

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


pimelite

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

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


pinakiolite

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

uder

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


pinalite

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

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


pinchite

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


pingguite

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


pintadoite

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


piretite

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

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


pirquitasite

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

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


plagionite

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

bor

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


planerite

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

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


platarsite

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


plattnerite

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

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


playfairite

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


plumbobetafite

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


plumboferrite

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


plumbogummite

en-noun

plumbogummite (usually uncountable, plural plumbogummites)

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


plumbojarosite

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


plumbomicrolite

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


plumbonacrite

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


plumbopalladinite

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


plumbopyrochlore

plumbopyrochlore (usually uncountable, plural plumbopyrochlores)

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


plumbotellurite

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


plumbotsumite

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

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


poitevinite

poitevinite (countable and uncountable, plural poitevinites)

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

named-after

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


pokrovskite

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


polhemusite

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


polkanovite

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


polkovicite

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


ponomarevite

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


potarite

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

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


potosiite

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


pottsite

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


poubaite

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


poudretteite

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


poughite

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


povondraite

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


poyarkovite

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

bor+

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


preisingerite

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


preiswerkite

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


pretulite

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

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


priceite

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


priderite

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


pringleite

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


prismatine

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prismatine (usually uncountable, plural prismatines)

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


probertite

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


prosperite

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


protasite

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


protoanthophyllite

Named for being a protoamphibole polymorph of anthophyllite.

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


pseudoboleite

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


pseudobrookite

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


pseudocotunnite

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

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


pseudograndreefite

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


pseudolaueite

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


pseudomalachite

pseudomalachite (countable and uncountable, plural pseudomalachites)

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

pseudomalakiitti

a mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus


pseudosinhalite

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

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


pushcharovskite

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

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


putoranite

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


putzite

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


pyroaurite

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


pyrobelonite

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


pyrochroite

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

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


pyrophanite

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


raadeite

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

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


rabbittite

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

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


rabejacite

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

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


radovanite

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

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


radtkeite

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


raguinite

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

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


rajite

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

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


ralstonite

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


ramdohrite

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

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


rameauite

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

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


ramsbeckite

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

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


rankachite

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

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


rankamaite

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


ransomite

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

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


ranunculite

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

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


rapidcreekite

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

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


rappoldite

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

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


raslakite

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

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


raspite

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

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


rasvumite

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

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


rathite

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

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


rauenthalite

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

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


rauvite

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

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


rayite

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

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


rebulite

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

named-after

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


rectorite

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

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


reddingite

From Redding + -ite after Redding, Connecticut.

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


redgillite

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

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


redingtonite

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

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


redledgeite

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

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


reedmergnerite

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

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


reevesite

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

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


refikite

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


reichenbachite

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

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


reinerite

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

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


reinhardbraunsite

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

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


rengeite

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

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


reppiaite

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

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


retgersite

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

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


revdite

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

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


reyerite

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

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


rhodarsenide

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

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


rhodesite

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

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


rhodostannite

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

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


ribbeite

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

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


richellite

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

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


richelsdorfite

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

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


richetite

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

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


rilandite

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

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


rimkorolgite

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

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


rinkite

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

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


rinmanite

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

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


riomarinaite

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

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


rittmannite

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

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


rivadavite

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

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


riversideite

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

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


roaldite

From Roald + -ite, after Roald Norbach Nielsen.

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


robinsonite

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

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


rockbridgeite

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

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


rodalquilarite

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

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


rodolicoite

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

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