medaite

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


rubicline

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


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.


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.


rondorfite

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


roggianite

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

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


ronneburgite

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


roquesite

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


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.


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.


rasvumite

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

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


romarchite

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

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


roaldite

From Roald + -ite, after Roald Norbach Nielsen.

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


richellite

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

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


rossmanite

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


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.


rhodarsenide

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

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


rosickyite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing sulfur.


ruizite

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


roweite

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


rouseite

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


roshchinite

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


rudenkoite

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


roxbyite

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

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


roscherite

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


sakharovaite

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


rosenbuschite

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


rouaite

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


rustenburgite

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


rucklidgeite

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

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


metavauxite

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


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.


roedderite

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

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


rusakovite

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


rustumite

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


poitevinite

en-noun

poitevinite (countable and uncountable, plural poitevinites)

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

named-after

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


sailaufite

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


ruitenbergite

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


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.


ruthenarsenite

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


sainfeldite

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


sampleite

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


rouvilleite

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


sabelliite

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


saddlebackite

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


sacrofanite

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

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


sabugalite

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

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


santanaite

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


samfowlerite

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


salzburgite

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


roeblingite

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

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


monteponite

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


sanjuanite

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


sanmartinite

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


schallerite

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


santaclaraite

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


sarmientite

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


ruarsite

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


rouxelite

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

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


schachnerite

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


santafeite

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


sayrite

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


sakhaite

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


pseudomalachite

en-noun

pseudomalachite (countable and uncountable, plural pseudomalachites)

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

pseudomalakiitti

a mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus


paralaurionite

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


paralaurionite

fr-noun

paralaurionite f (plural paralaurionites)


sasaite

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


sartorite

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


roubaultite

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


schapbachite

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


schirmerite

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


schlemaite

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


schafarzikite

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


schairerite

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


schaurteite

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


satimolite

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

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


scainiite

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


scandiobabingtonite

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


schmiederite

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


schoonerite

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


schmitterite

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


schumacherite

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


scacchite

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


rutheniridosmine

en-noun

rutheniridosmine (usually uncountable, plural rutheniridosmines)

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


scawtite

scawtite (countable and uncountable, plural scawtites)

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


schieffelinite

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


schulenbergite

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


schiavinatoite

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


sederholmite

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


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.


schultenite

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


schoenfliesite

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

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


scrutinyite

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


schuetteite

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


serrabrancaite

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


scotlandite

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


rossite

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


seidozerite

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


serpierite

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


schwartzembergite

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


selenostephanite

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


shigaite

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


nafertisite

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


shadlunite

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


shuangfengite

After the village of Shuangfeng in China + -ite

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


senaite

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


shannonite

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


semseyite

semseyite (countable and uncountable, plural semseyites)

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


schertelite

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

named-after

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


shakhovite

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


sergeevite

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


shabynite

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


pecoraite

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


shandite

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


murmanite

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


sidpietersite

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


sharpite

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


shafranovskite

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


satterlyite

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

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

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

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

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

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


scholzite

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

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


shirokshinite

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


prosperite

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


schlossmacherite

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


schlegelite

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

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


shubnikovite

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


shibkovite

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


sicklerite

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


sengierite

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


sheldrickite

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


schubnelite

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

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


sidorenkite

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

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


sicherite

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


sedovite

After Georgy Sedov, Russian explorer, + -ite

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


silinaite

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


silhydrite

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


sherwoodite

/ˈʃɜːwʊdaɪt/

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


simonite

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

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


sigloite

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


sinkankasite

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


sewardite

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


scarbroite

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


rooseveltite

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

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


shuiskite

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


sitinakite

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


simferite

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


sibirskite

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


mopungite

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


sinoite

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


sieleckiite

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


simplotite

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


skippenite

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


sinnerite

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


skinnerite

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


sorosite

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


slawsonite

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


smythite

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


sobolevite

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


simmonsite

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


soddyite

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


spadaite

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


sobolevskite

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


sulphohalite

For its composition of sulphur and halogens.

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


spiroffite

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


suessite

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


smolianinovite

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


tatyanaite

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


stevensite

Stevens + -ite. Named for Edwin Augustus Stevens.

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


stenonite

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


sidwillite

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

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


thadeuite

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


sternbergite

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

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


suolunite

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


smirnite

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


schoderite

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


taranakite

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

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


sundiusite

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


terskite

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


segnitite

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


shirozulite

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

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


simpsonite

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


taramite

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


stronalsite

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


telluronevskite

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


tatarskite

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


modderite

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


thalcusite

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


tarkianite

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


tamarugite

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

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


tedhadleyite

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


theisite

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


thalfenisite

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


tellurantimony

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


teineite

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


tisinalite

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


skaergaardite

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

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


tetrawickmanite

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


selwynite

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

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


tarbuttite

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


thometzekite

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

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


tochilinite

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


ternovite

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


tintinaite

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


tinzenite

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

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


tinticite

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


sinhalite

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

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


silvialite

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

named-after

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


trattnerite

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


tiragalloite

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


toyohaite

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


tounkite

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


tinaksite

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


traskite

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


tolovkite

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


tivanite

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


rosiaite

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


tunellite

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


parwelite

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

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


testibiopalladite

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


theophrastite

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

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


tuhualite

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


taramellite

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

named-after

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


sklodowskite

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

uder

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


tunisite

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


tienshanite

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


tainiolite

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

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


tongbaite

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


peterbaylissite

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


torreyite

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

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


tiettaite

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


tobermorite

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


shkatulkalite

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

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


tomichite

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


rorisite

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


trikalsilite

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


rosemaryite

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


tosudite

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

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


triangulite

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


subangular

(geology) Slightly angular; having rather blunt angles


pautovite

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


medjidite

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


zirsilite

(mineralogy) A brittle cream-coloured complex mineral.


samuelsonite

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


putzite

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


talmessite

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


salesite

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


ellestadite

en-noun

ellestadite (usually uncountable, plural ellestadites)

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

(mineralogy) A mineral found in metamorphosed limestone.


trimerite

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


rosenhahnite

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


sarabauite

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


hilairite

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


sonoraite

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


thorikosite

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


slavikite

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


thornasite

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

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


moncheite

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


sakuraiite

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

person

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


cabalzarite

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

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


cadmoindite

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


calciborite

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


cafarsite

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


combeite

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


cavansite

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


cohenite

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


fabianite

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


corderoite

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


fluorcaphite

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


carrollite

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

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


carletonite

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


clinohumite

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


ferrosilite

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

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


crookesite

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

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


cronstedtite

Named in honor of Axel Fredrik Cronstedt + -ite.

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


franckeite

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


cesbronite

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


gratonite

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


ferberite

en-noun

ferberite (countable and uncountable, plural ferberites)

Named after German mineralogist Moritz Rudolph Ferber + -ite.

named-after

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


clinoclase

en-noun

clinoclase (countable and uncountable, plural clinoclases)

(mineralogy) A mineral composed of a basic copper arsenate


graftonite

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


geigerite

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


kankite

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


kalinite

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


herderite

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


hellyerite

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


lautarite

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


glucine

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


goslarite

goslarite (countable and uncountable, plural goslarites)

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


eosphorite

eosphorite (usually uncountable, plural eosphorites)

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

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


kalininite

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


hanksite

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


karpatite

Named after Carpathian mountains + -ite ; later called carpathite

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


keilite

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

named-after

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


geocronite

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


kinoite

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


humite

en-noun

humite (countable and uncountable, plural humites)

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


hercynite

hercynite (countable and uncountable, plural hercynites)

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


germanite

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


halotrichite

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


livingstonite

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


hoelite

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


franklinite

franklinite (countable and uncountable, plural franklinites)

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


montebrasite

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


montroydite

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


kremersite

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


mohite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial greenish gray mineral containing copper, sulfur, and tin.


legrandite

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

named-after

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


molybdite

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


molysite

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


kermesite

en-noun

kermesite (usually uncountable, plural kermesites)

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

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


lorandite

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


mascagnite

From Mascagni + -ite, named after the discoverer.

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


fornacite

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

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


northupite

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


nelenite

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


lorenzenite

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

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


lyonsite

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


linarite

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

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

Andalusia
Linares, Jaén
Province of Jaén (Spain)


ferroselite

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

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


hopeite

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


palygorskite

palygorskite (countable and uncountable, plural palygorskites)

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


homilite

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

uder

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


nissonite

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


panethite

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


hemimorphite

en-noun

hemimorphite (countable and uncountable, plural hemimorphites)

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


partheite

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


mordenite

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

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


pabstite

After Adolph Pabst (an American scientist) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal mineral containing barium, oxygen, silicon, tin, and titanium.


nobleite

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


robertsite

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

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


nabesite

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


sabieite

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


rickardite

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

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing copper and tellurium.


rambergite

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

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


penroseite

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


natrophilite

Named with natro- and Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “affinity”) for its high sodium content, + -ite.

uder

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


saneroite

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


phosgenite

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


murdochite

Named for American mineralogist Joseph Murdoch + -ite.

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


segelerite

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


roscoelite

en-noun

roscoelite (countable and uncountable, plural roscoelites)

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

named-after

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


siegenite

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


cervantite

From Cervantes (locality in Spain) + -ite.

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


creedite

From Creede + -ite, after Creede, Colorado.

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


sauconite

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


sabinaite

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


seeligerite

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


ludwigite

en-noun

ludwigite (countable and uncountable, plural ludwigites)

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


rutherfordine

From Rutherford + -ine, after Ernest Rutherford.

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


cahnite

cahnite (countable and uncountable, plural cahnites)

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


cabrerite

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


tarapacaite

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


sabatierite

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

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


simonellite

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

named-after

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


steacyite

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


schoepite

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


lonsdaleite

en-noun

lonsdaleite (usually uncountable, plural lonsdaleites)

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

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


teallite

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

named-after

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


sellaite

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


scolecite

en-noun

scolecite (countable and uncountable, plural scolecites)

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

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


stibiconite

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

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


cerolite

(mineralogy) Alternative form of kerolite


senarmontite

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


terlinguaite

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


temagamite

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


teruggite

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


stercorite

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


clinohedrite

clinohedrite (countable and uncountable, plural clinohedrites)

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

der

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


scorodite

en-noun

scorodite (countable and uncountable, plural scorodites)

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

der

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


nitratine

en-noun

nitratine (countable and uncountable, plural nitratines)

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


tephroite

tephroite (countable and uncountable, plural tephroites)

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


thaumasite

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

der

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


tausonite

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


paulingite

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

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


uricite

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


triphylite

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


phenakite

en-noun

phenakite (countable and uncountable, plural phenakites)

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

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


sperrylite

sperrylite (countable and uncountable, plural sperrylites)

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

named-after

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


seamanite

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


parisite

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


stolzite

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


stilleite

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


thenardite

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


stromeyerite

From German Stromeyerit < Friedrich Stromeyer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

pedia

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


renierite

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


thomsenolite

After Hans Thomsen, Danish physical chemist, + -ite

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


seligmannite

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


tiemannite

en-noun

tiemannite (countable and uncountable, plural tiemannites)

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

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


nekrasovite

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


rosasite

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

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


papagoite

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


tantite

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


routhierite

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


moissanite

moissanite (countable and uncountable, plural moissanites)

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

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

莫桑石

Naturally-occurring silicon carbide with various crystalline polymorphs


monticellite

monticellite (countable and uncountable, plural monticellites)

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

named-after

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


russellite

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

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


powellite

en-noun

powellite (countable and uncountable, plural powellites)

powellite Powellite (canonical)
powellites (plural)

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

named-after

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


kerolite

en-noun

kerolite (countable and uncountable, plural kerolites)

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

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


halloysite

halloysite (countable and uncountable, plural halloysites)

From Belgian geologist Omalius d'Halloy + -ite.

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


talnakhite

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


krennerite

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

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


voltzite

From Voltz + -ite, after a French engineer.

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


rynersonite

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


knebelite

knebelite (countable and uncountable, plural knebelites)

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


conite

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

(mineralogy) A magnesian variety of dolomite.


jaspilite

jaspilite (countable and uncountable, plural jaspilites)

(mineralogy) A compact siliceous rock resembling jasper.


spandite

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


mullite

mullite (countable and uncountable, plural mullites)

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

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


piritico

it-adj

piritico (feminine piritica, masculine plural piritici, feminine plural piritiche)

piritica (feminine)
piritici (masculine plural)
piritiche (feminine plural)


caprock

en-noun

caprock (countable and uncountable, plural caprocks)

Last month, federal scientists said that the company had fallen far behind schedule because a huge rig hired to drill down about 12,000 feet, or more than two miles, on federal land had not been able to pierce surface formations called caprock.

2009 September 3, James Glanz, “Energy Company Calls Halt to Drilling Project”, in New York Times:

Meanwhile, there were houses going up within gunshot of the caprock.

2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 424:

(geology) A harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type.


plutonico

it-adj

plutonico (feminine plutonica, masculine plural plutonici, feminine plural plutoniche)

plutonica (feminine)
plutonici (masculine plural)
plutoniche (feminine plural)


pleistocenico

pleistocenico (feminine pleistocenica, masculine plural pleistocenici, feminine plural pleistoceniche)

pleistocenica (feminine)
pleistocenici (masculine plural)
pleistoceniche (feminine plural)


porfirico

porfirico (feminine porfirica, masculine plural porfirici, feminine plural porfiriche)

porfirica (feminine)
porfirici (masculine plural)
porfiriche (feminine plural)


Granat

de-noun

Granat m (strong, genitive Granats, plural Granate)

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

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


anticlinorium

en-noun

anticlinorium (plural anticlinoriums or anticlinoria)

anticlinoriums (plural)
anticlinoria (plural)

(geology) A series of parallel anticlinal folds on a regional-scale anticline.

anticlinorio

a series of parallel anticlinal folds on a regional-scale anticline


plutoniano

es-adj

plutoniano (feminine plutoniana, masculine plural plutonianos, feminine plural plutonianas)

plutoniana (feminine)
plutonianos (masculine plural)
plutonianas (feminine plural)


Precambriano

From pre- (“pre-”) + Cambriano (“Cambrian”).

(geology) Precambrian (the geological supereon)


ܣܘܡܩܐ

head

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

summāqā (romanization)
ܣܘܡܩܐ (plural)
ܣܘܡܩ (absolute singular)
ܣܘܡܩܝܢ (absolute plural)
ܣܘܡܩ (construct singular)
ܣܘܡܩܝ (construct plural)
ܣܘܡܩܐ (emphatic singular)
ܣܘܡܩܐ (emphatic plural)
ܣܘܡܩܝ (common-gender first-person possessive singular)
ܣܘܡܩܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ܣܘܡܩܝܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ܣܘܡܩܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ܣܘܡܩܝܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ܣܘܡܩܗ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ܣܘܡܩܘܗܝ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ܣܘܡܩܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ܣܘܡܩܝܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ܣܘܡܩܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive)
ܣܘܡܩܝܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive)
ܣܘܡܩܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ܣܘܡܩܝܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ܣܘܡܩܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ܣܘܡܩܝܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ܣܘܡܩܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ܣܘܡܩܝܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ܣܘܡܩܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person)
ܣܘܡܩܝܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person)

desctree

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

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

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


wakefieldite

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

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


alsakharovite-Zn

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

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


Jura-Triassic

(geology) In which the characteristics of the Jurassic and Triassic periods appear to be blended.


unisilicate

en-noun

unisilicate (countable and uncountable, plural unisilicates)

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


depocenter

(geology) The location of the thickest deposit in a sedimentary basin.


halitic

en-adj

halitic (comparative more halitic, superlative most halitic)

more halitic (comparative)
most halitic (superlative)

(geology) Containing or pertaining to halite.


overbreak

From Middle English *overbreken, from Old English oferbrecan (“to transgress, violate”), equivalent to over- + break.

der

The overbreak depends on several factors. Foremost among them are the following: Spacing between the joints. Shattering effect of blasting on the rock located beyond the payline.

1946, Karl Terzaghi, Rock Defects and Loads on Tunnel Supports, page 49:

The presence of faults and joint structures in stope walls within the ore body has resulted in overbreak of ore into adjacent stopes.

2001, W.A. Hustrulid, Richard Bullock, Underground Mining Methods: Engineering Fundamentals and International Case Studies, page 248:

(civil engineering, geology) Rock or earth excavated beyond the planned extent; caving in of material near the edge of an excavation.


dysluite

Ancient Greek meaning "hard to loosen or dissolve".

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


dysodile

en-noun

dysodile (usually uncountable, plural dysodiles)

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

der

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


danaite

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

(mineralogy) A cobaltiferous variety of arsenopyrite.


dufrenite

en-noun

dufrenite (usually uncountable, plural dufrenites)

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

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


cornisa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κορωνίς (korōnís).


holocrystalline

(mineralogy) Completely crystalline; said of a rock like granite, all of whose constituents are crystalline.


holosiderite

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


luxullianite

en-noun

luxullianite (countable and uncountable, plural luxullianites)

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

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


lherzolite

lherzolite (countable and uncountable, plural lherzolites)

/ˈləːzəlʌɪt/

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

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

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


ܝܫܦܐ

ܝܫܦ (absolute singular uncountable)
ܝܫܦ (construct singular uncountable)
ܝܫܦܐ (emphatic singular uncountable)
ܝܫܦܝ (common-gender first-person possessive singular uncountable)
ܝܫܦܟ (masculine possessive second-person singular uncountable)
ܝܫܦܟܝ (feminine possessive second-person singular uncountable)
ܝܫܦܗ (masculine possessive singular third-person uncountable)
ܝܫܦܗ (feminine possessive singular third-person uncountable)
ܝܫܦܢ (common-gender first-person plural possessive uncountable)
ܝܫܦܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessive second-person uncountable)
ܝܫܦܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessive second-person uncountable)
ܝܫܦܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessive third-person uncountable)
ܝܫܦܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessive third-person uncountable)

From Aramaic ישפה, from Akkadian 𒉌𒌓𒅀𒀸𒁍 (/yašpû/, “name of a stone”).


zéolithe

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζέω (zéō, “to boil, to bubble”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”).


mesostatic

(geology) Of or pertaining to mesostasis


cutinite

en-noun

cutinite (countable and uncountable, plural cutinites)

(petrology) A liptinite maceral formed from terrestrial plant cuticles.


alginite

alginite (countable and uncountable, plural alginites)

(petrology) A component of some types of kerogen, consisting of organic-walled marine microfossils.

alginita

organic-walled marine microfossils in kerogen


pycnite

pycnite (countable and uncountable, plural pycnites)

(mineralogy) A massive subcolumnar variety of topaz.


pyrosmalite

pyrosmalite (countable and uncountable, plural pyrosmalites)

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


trapp

trapp (countable and uncountable, plural trapps)

(geology) Any dark-colored, fine-grained, non-granitic igneous rock, Alternative form of trap.


daubreelite

daubreelite (countable and uncountable, plural daubreelites)

From Daubrée + -lite, after a French mineralogist.

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


veio

(geology, mining) vein (thin deposit of a mineral or metal)


pagodite

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


potstone

potstone (countable and uncountable, plural potstones)

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


スター

ja-noun

スター • (sutā)


pintakivilaji

pintakivilaji (nominative singular)
pintakivilajit (nominative plural)
pintakivilaji (accusative nominative singular)
pintakivilajit (accusative nominative plural)
pintakivilajin (accusative genitive singular)
pintakivilajit (accusative genitive plural)
pintakivilajin (genitive singular)
pintakivilajien (genitive plural)
pintakivilajia (partitive singular)
pintakivilajeja (partitive plural)
pintakivilajissa (inessive singular)
pintakivilajeissa (inessive plural)
pintakivilajista (elative singular)
pintakivilajeista (elative plural)
pintakivilajiin (illative singular)
pintakivilajeihin (illative plural)
pintakivilajilla (adessive singular)
pintakivilajeilla (adessive plural)
pintakivilajilta (ablative singular)
pintakivilajeilta (ablative plural)
pintakivilajille (allative singular)
pintakivilajeille (allative plural)
pintakivilajina (essive singular)
pintakivilajeina (essive plural)
pintakivilajiksi (singular translative)
pintakivilajeiksi (plural translative)
pintakivilajitta (abessive singular)
pintakivilajeitta (abessive plural)
pintakivilajein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
pintakivilajini (nominative singular)
pintakivilajini (nominative plural)
pintakivilajini (accusative nominative singular)
pintakivilajini (accusative nominative plural)
pintakivilajini (accusative genitive singular)
pintakivilajini (accusative genitive plural)
pintakivilajini (genitive singular)
pintakivilajieni (genitive plural)
pintakivilajiani (partitive singular)
pintakivilajejani (partitive plural)
pintakivilajissani (inessive singular)
pintakivilajeissani (inessive plural)
pintakivilajistani (elative singular)
pintakivilajeistani (elative plural)
pintakivilajiini (illative singular)
pintakivilajeihini (illative plural)
pintakivilajillani (adessive singular)
pintakivilajeillani (adessive plural)
pintakivilajiltani (ablative singular)
pintakivilajeiltani (ablative plural)
pintakivilajilleni (allative singular)
pintakivilajeilleni (allative plural)
pintakivilajinani (essive singular)
pintakivilajeinani (essive plural)
pintakivilajikseni (singular translative)
pintakivilajeikseni (plural translative)
pintakivilajittani (abessive singular)
pintakivilajeittani (abessive plural)
pintakivilajeineni (comitative plural)
pintakivilajisi (nominative singular)
pintakivilajisi (nominative plural)
pintakivilajisi (accusative nominative singular)
pintakivilajisi (accusative nominative plural)
pintakivilajisi (accusative genitive singular)
pintakivilajisi (accusative genitive plural)
pintakivilajisi (genitive singular)
pintakivilajiesi (genitive plural)
pintakivilajiasi (partitive singular)
pintakivilajejasi (partitive plural)
pintakivilajissasi (inessive singular)
pintakivilajeissasi (inessive plural)
pintakivilajistasi (elative singular)
pintakivilajeistasi (elative plural)
pintakivilajiisi (illative singular)
pintakivilajeihisi (illative plural)
pintakivilajillasi (adessive singular)
pintakivilajeillasi (adessive plural)
pintakivilajiltasi (ablative singular)
pintakivilajeiltasi (ablative plural)
pintakivilajillesi (allative singular)
pintakivilajeillesi (allative plural)
pintakivilajinasi (essive singular)
pintakivilajeinasi (essive plural)
pintakivilajiksesi (singular translative)
pintakivilajeiksesi (plural translative)
pintakivilajittasi (abessive singular)
pintakivilajeittasi (abessive plural)
pintakivilajeinesi (comitative plural)
pintakivilajimme (nominative singular)
pintakivilajimme (nominative plural)
pintakivilajimme (accusative nominative singular)
pintakivilajimme (accusative nominative plural)
pintakivilajimme (accusative genitive singular)
pintakivilajimme (accusative genitive plural)
pintakivilajimme (genitive singular)
pintakivilajiemme (genitive plural)
pintakivilajiamme (partitive singular)
pintakivilajejamme (partitive plural)
pintakivilajissamme (inessive singular)
pintakivilajeissamme (inessive plural)
pintakivilajistamme (elative singular)
pintakivilajeistamme (elative plural)
pintakivilajiimme (illative singular)
pintakivilajeihimme (illative plural)
pintakivilajillamme (adessive singular)
pintakivilajeillamme (adessive plural)
pintakivilajiltamme (ablative singular)
pintakivilajeiltamme (ablative plural)
pintakivilajillemme (allative singular)
pintakivilajeillemme (allative plural)
pintakivilajinamme (essive singular)
pintakivilajeinamme (essive plural)
pintakivilajiksemme (singular translative)
pintakivilajeiksemme (plural translative)
pintakivilajittamme (abessive singular)
pintakivilajeittamme (abessive plural)
pintakivilajeinemme (comitative plural)
pintakivilajinne (nominative singular)
pintakivilajinne (nominative plural)
pintakivilajinne (accusative nominative singular)
pintakivilajinne (accusative nominative plural)
pintakivilajinne (accusative genitive singular)
pintakivilajinne (accusative genitive plural)
pintakivilajinne (genitive singular)
pintakivilajienne (genitive plural)
pintakivilajianne (partitive singular)
pintakivilajejanne (partitive plural)
pintakivilajissanne (inessive singular)
pintakivilajeissanne (inessive plural)
pintakivilajistanne (elative singular)
pintakivilajeistanne (elative plural)
pintakivilajiinne (illative singular)
pintakivilajeihinne (illative plural)
pintakivilajillanne (adessive singular)
pintakivilajeillanne (adessive plural)
pintakivilajiltanne (ablative singular)
pintakivilajeiltanne (ablative plural)
pintakivilajillenne (allative singular)
pintakivilajeillenne (allative plural)
pintakivilajinanne (essive singular)
pintakivilajeinanne (essive plural)
pintakivilajiksenne (singular translative)
pintakivilajeiksenne (plural translative)
pintakivilajittanne (abessive singular)
pintakivilajeittanne (abessive plural)
pintakivilajeinenne (comitative plural)
pintakivilajinsa (nominative singular)
pintakivilajinsa (nominative plural)
pintakivilajinsa (accusative nominative singular)
pintakivilajinsa (accusative nominative plural)
pintakivilajinsa (accusative genitive singular)
pintakivilajinsa (accusative genitive plural)
pintakivilajinsa (genitive singular)
pintakivilajiensa (genitive plural)
pintakivilajiaan (partitive singular)
pintakivilajiansa (partitive singular)
pintakivilajejaan (partitive plural)
pintakivilajejansa (partitive plural)
pintakivilajissaan (inessive singular)
pintakivilajissansa (inessive singular)
pintakivilajeissaan (inessive plural)
pintakivilajeissansa (inessive plural)
pintakivilajistaan (elative singular)
pintakivilajistansa (elative singular)
pintakivilajeistaan (elative plural)
pintakivilajeistansa (elative plural)
pintakivilajiinsa (illative singular)
pintakivilajeihinsa (illative plural)
pintakivilajillaan (adessive singular)
pintakivilajillansa (adessive singular)
pintakivilajeillaan (adessive plural)
pintakivilajeillansa (adessive plural)
pintakivilajiltaan (ablative singular)
pintakivilajiltansa (ablative singular)
pintakivilajeiltaan (ablative plural)
pintakivilajeiltansa (ablative plural)
pintakivilajilleen (allative singular)
pintakivilajillensa (allative singular)
pintakivilajeilleen (allative plural)
pintakivilajeillensa (allative plural)
pintakivilajinaan (essive singular)
pintakivilajinansa (essive singular)
pintakivilajeinaan (essive plural)
pintakivilajeinansa (essive plural)
pintakivilajikseen (singular translative)
pintakivilajiksensa (singular translative)
pintakivilajeikseen (plural translative)
pintakivilajeiksensa (plural translative)
pintakivilajittaan (abessive singular)
pintakivilajittansa (abessive singular)
pintakivilajeittaan (abessive plural)
pintakivilajeittansa (abessive plural)
pintakivilajeineen (comitative plural)
pintakivilajeinensa (comitative plural)

pinta (“surface”) + kivilaji (“(type of) rock”)

compound

(geology) extrusive (rock which has been formed through volcanic extrusion)


gabbroid

en-adj

gabbroid (comparative more gabbroid, superlative most gabbroid)

more gabbroid (comparative)
most gabbroid (superlative)


ekstrusiivinen

ekstrusiivinen (nominative singular)
ekstrusiiviset (nominative plural)
ekstrusiivinen (accusative nominative singular)
ekstrusiiviset (accusative nominative plural)
ekstrusiivisen (accusative genitive singular)
ekstrusiiviset (accusative genitive plural)
ekstrusiivisen (genitive singular)
ekstrusiivisten (genitive plural)
ekstrusiivisien (genitive plural)
ekstrusiivista (partitive singular)
ekstrusiivisia (partitive plural)
ekstrusiivisessa (inessive singular)
ekstrusiivisissa (inessive plural)
ekstrusiivisesta (elative singular)
ekstrusiivisista (elative plural)
ekstrusiiviseen (illative singular)
ekstrusiivisiin (illative plural)
ekstrusiivisella (adessive singular)
ekstrusiivisilla (adessive plural)
ekstrusiiviselta (ablative singular)
ekstrusiivisilta (ablative plural)
ekstrusiiviselle (allative singular)
ekstrusiivisille (allative plural)
ekstrusiivisena (essive singular)
ekstrusiivisina (essive plural)
ekstrusiiviseksi (singular translative)
ekstrusiivisiksi (plural translative)
ekstrusiivisetta (abessive singular)
ekstrusiivisitta (abessive plural)
ekstrusiivisin (instructive plural)
ekstrusiivisine (comitative plural)
ekstrusiiviseni (nominative singular)
ekstrusiiviseni (nominative plural)
ekstrusiiviseni (accusative nominative singular)
ekstrusiiviseni (accusative nominative plural)
ekstrusiiviseni (accusative genitive singular)
ekstrusiiviseni (accusative genitive plural)
ekstrusiiviseni (genitive singular)
ekstrusiivisteni (genitive plural)
ekstrusiivisieni (genitive plural)
ekstrusiivistani (partitive singular)
ekstrusiivisiani (partitive plural)
ekstrusiivisessani (inessive singular)
ekstrusiivisissani (inessive plural)
ekstrusiivisestani (elative singular)
ekstrusiivisistani (elative plural)
ekstrusiiviseeni (illative singular)
ekstrusiivisiini (illative plural)
ekstrusiivisellani (adessive singular)
ekstrusiivisillani (adessive plural)
ekstrusiiviseltani (ablative singular)
ekstrusiivisiltani (ablative plural)
ekstrusiiviselleni (allative singular)
ekstrusiivisilleni (allative plural)
ekstrusiivisenani (essive singular)
ekstrusiivisinani (essive plural)
ekstrusiivisekseni (singular translative)
ekstrusiivisikseni (plural translative)
ekstrusiivisettani (abessive singular)
ekstrusiivisittani (abessive plural)
ekstrusiivisineni (comitative plural)
ekstrusiivisesi (nominative singular)
ekstrusiivisesi (nominative plural)
ekstrusiivisesi (accusative nominative singular)
ekstrusiivisesi (accusative nominative plural)
ekstrusiivisesi (accusative genitive singular)
ekstrusiivisesi (accusative genitive plural)
ekstrusiivisesi (genitive singular)
ekstrusiivistesi (genitive plural)
ekstrusiivisiesi (genitive plural)
ekstrusiivistasi (partitive singular)
ekstrusiivisiasi (partitive plural)
ekstrusiivisessasi (inessive singular)
ekstrusiivisissasi (inessive plural)
ekstrusiivisestasi (elative singular)
ekstrusiivisistasi (elative plural)
ekstrusiiviseesi (illative singular)
ekstrusiivisiisi (illative plural)
ekstrusiivisellasi (adessive singular)
ekstrusiivisillasi (adessive plural)
ekstrusiiviseltasi (ablative singular)
ekstrusiivisiltasi (ablative plural)
ekstrusiivisellesi (allative singular)
ekstrusiivisillesi (allative plural)
ekstrusiivisenasi (essive singular)
ekstrusiivisinasi (essive plural)
ekstrusiiviseksesi (singular translative)
ekstrusiivisiksesi (plural translative)
ekstrusiivisettasi (abessive singular)
ekstrusiivisittasi (abessive plural)
ekstrusiivisinesi (comitative plural)
ekstrusiivisemme (nominative singular)
ekstrusiivisemme (nominative plural)
ekstrusiivisemme (accusative nominative singular)
ekstrusiivisemme (accusative nominative plural)
ekstrusiivisemme (accusative genitive singular)
ekstrusiivisemme (accusative genitive plural)
ekstrusiivisemme (genitive singular)
ekstrusiivistemme (genitive plural)
ekstrusiivisiemme (genitive plural)
ekstrusiivistamme (partitive singular)
ekstrusiivisiamme (partitive plural)
ekstrusiivisessamme (inessive singular)
ekstrusiivisissamme (inessive plural)
ekstrusiivisestamme (elative singular)
ekstrusiivisistamme (elative plural)
ekstrusiiviseemme (illative singular)
ekstrusiivisiimme (illative plural)
ekstrusiivisellamme (adessive singular)
ekstrusiivisillamme (adessive plural)
ekstrusiiviseltamme (ablative singular)
ekstrusiivisiltamme (ablative plural)
ekstrusiivisellemme (allative singular)
ekstrusiivisillemme (allative plural)
ekstrusiivisenamme (essive singular)
ekstrusiivisinamme (essive plural)
ekstrusiiviseksemme (singular translative)
ekstrusiivisiksemme (plural translative)
ekstrusiivisettamme (abessive singular)
ekstrusiivisittamme (abessive plural)
ekstrusiivisinemme (comitative plural)
ekstrusiivisenne (nominative singular)
ekstrusiivisenne (nominative plural)
ekstrusiivisenne (accusative nominative singular)
ekstrusiivisenne (accusative nominative plural)
ekstrusiivisenne (accusative genitive singular)
ekstrusiivisenne (accusative genitive plural)
ekstrusiivisenne (genitive singular)
ekstrusiivistenne (genitive plural)
ekstrusiivisienne (genitive plural)
ekstrusiivistanne (partitive singular)
ekstrusiivisianne (partitive plural)
ekstrusiivisessanne (inessive singular)
ekstrusiivisissanne (inessive plural)
ekstrusiivisestanne (elative singular)
ekstrusiivisistanne (elative plural)
ekstrusiiviseenne (illative singular)
ekstrusiivisiinne (illative plural)
ekstrusiivisellanne (adessive singular)
ekstrusiivisillanne (adessive plural)
ekstrusiiviseltanne (ablative singular)
ekstrusiivisiltanne (ablative plural)
ekstrusiivisellenne (allative singular)
ekstrusiivisillenne (allative plural)
ekstrusiivisenanne (essive singular)
ekstrusiivisinanne (essive plural)
ekstrusiiviseksenne (singular translative)
ekstrusiivisiksenne (plural translative)
ekstrusiivisettanne (abessive singular)
ekstrusiivisittanne (abessive plural)
ekstrusiivisinenne (comitative plural)
ekstrusiivisensa (nominative singular)
ekstrusiivisensa (nominative plural)
ekstrusiivisensa (accusative nominative singular)
ekstrusiivisensa (accusative nominative plural)
ekstrusiivisensa (accusative genitive singular)
ekstrusiivisensa (accusative genitive plural)
ekstrusiivisensa (genitive singular)
ekstrusiivistensa (genitive plural)
ekstrusiivisiensa (genitive plural)
ekstrusiivistaan (partitive singular)
ekstrusiivistansa (partitive singular)
ekstrusiivisiaan (partitive plural)
ekstrusiivisiansa (partitive plural)
ekstrusiivisessaan (inessive singular)
ekstrusiivisessansa (inessive singular)
ekstrusiivisissaan (inessive plural)
ekstrusiivisissansa (inessive plural)
ekstrusiivisestaan (elative singular)
ekstrusiivisestansa (elative singular)
ekstrusiivisistaan (elative plural)
ekstrusiivisistansa (elative plural)
ekstrusiiviseensa (illative singular)
ekstrusiivisiinsa (illative plural)
ekstrusiivisellaan (adessive singular)
ekstrusiivisellansa (adessive singular)
ekstrusiivisillaan (adessive plural)
ekstrusiivisillansa (adessive plural)
ekstrusiiviseltaan (ablative singular)
ekstrusiiviseltansa (ablative singular)
ekstrusiivisiltaan (ablative plural)
ekstrusiivisiltansa (ablative plural)
ekstrusiiviselleen (allative singular)
ekstrusiivisellensa (allative singular)
ekstrusiivisilleen (allative plural)
ekstrusiivisillensa (allative plural)
ekstrusiivisenaan (essive singular)
ekstrusiivisenansa (essive singular)
ekstrusiivisinaan (essive plural)
ekstrusiivisinansa (essive plural)
ekstrusiivisekseen (singular translative)
ekstrusiiviseksensa (singular translative)
ekstrusiivisikseen (plural translative)
ekstrusiivisiksensa (plural translative)
ekstrusiivisettaan (abessive singular)
ekstrusiivisettansa (abessive singular)
ekstrusiivisittaan (abessive plural)
ekstrusiivisittansa (abessive plural)
ekstrusiivisineen (comitative plural)
ekstrusiivisinensa (comitative plural)

Internationalism (see English extrusive). Adapted with the adjectival suffix + -inen.


karpholite

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


country rock

en-noun

country rock (countable and uncountable, plural country rocks)

It is commonly said of manganese ores that in their occurrence they are generally of a pockety nature, by which it is meant that the ores are found in limited masses surrounded by unproductive country rock, as opposed to the usual occurrence of other minerals in veins […]

1901, Charles Willard Hayes, Thomas Wayland Vaughan, Arthur Coe Spencer, Report on a Geological Reconnoissance of Cuba, page 63:

(geology, countable) The rock which is native to a certain area.


Derbyshire spar

Derbyshire spar (countable and uncountable, plural Derbyshire spars)


granitiform

(geology) Resembling granite in structure or shape.


euchlorine

Compare French euchlorine. See euchloric.

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


francolite

francolite (countable and uncountable, plural francolites)

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

carbonate-rich fluorapatite
carbonate-rich fluorapatite#English

(mineralogy) Synonym of carbonate-rich fluorapatite (“a variety of apatite”).


eulytite

eulytite (countable and uncountable, plural eulytites)

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


spherosiderite

spherosiderite (countable and uncountable, plural spherosiderites)

(mineralogy) Siderite occurring in spheroidal masses.


tephrite

tephrite (countable and uncountable, plural tephrites)

(geology) An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both.


vulpinite

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

af

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


water sapphire

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


morphodynamics

(geology) The study of changing morphology, typically of geologic surfaces


platiniridium

(chemistry, mineralogy) A natural alloy of platinum and iridium occurring in grayish metallic rounded or cubical grains with platinum.


volcanian

en-adj

volcanian (comparative more volcanian, superlative most volcanian)

more volcanian (comparative)
most volcanian (superlative)

Directly from Latin Volcāniānus or from Latin Volcānius + -an within English, from Volcānus + -iānus (“-ian”) or -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”). Equivalent to Volcan + -ian. Doublet of Vulcanian.

The colours all inflam'd throughout her train, / She writh'd about, convuls'd with scarlet pain: / A deep volcanian yellow took the place / Of all her milder-mooned body's grace; [...]

1819, John Keats, “Lamia”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1820, →OCLC, part I, page 12:

(geology, obsolete) Synonym of volcanic, of or related to volcanoes and volcanism.

(geology, historical) Synonym of Vulcanian, of or related to former theories concerning the origin of crystalline minerals to subterranean fires.


ehlite

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

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


oolítico

es-adj

oolítico (feminine oolítica, masculine plural oolíticos, feminine plural oolíticas)

oolítica (feminine)
oolíticos (masculine plural)
oolíticas (feminine plural)


oolito

From Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”) + -lito.


סופרפוזיציה

he-noun

סוּפֶּרְפּוֹזִיצְיָה

סוּפֶּרְפּוֹזִיצְיָה • (superpozítsya) f

סוּפֶּרְפּוֹזִיצְיָה (canonical)
superpozítsya (romanization)


viridite

en-noun

viridite (usually uncountable, plural viridites)

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


granuliform

en-adj

granuliform (comparative more granuliform, superlative most granuliform)

more granuliform (comparative)
most granuliform (superlative)

granuliform limestone

There is a fairly regular carinal band of more closely set, numerous granuliform spinelets

1928, Walter Kenrick Fisher, Asteroidea of the North Pacific and Adjacent Waters: Forcipulata:

(mineralogy) Having a granular structure or appearance.


schistous

schistous (comparative more schistous, superlative most schistous)

more schistous (comparative)
most schistous (superlative)


động đất

[ʔɗəwŋ͡m˧˨ʔ ʔɗət̚˧˦]

[ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ʔ ʔɗək̚˦˧˥]

[ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩˨ ʔɗək̚˦˥]

From động (“to move”) + đất (“earth”). Compare Chinese 地動／地动 (địa động).

(seismology) an earthquake (shaking of the surface of a planet)


diamantífero

pt-adj

diamantífero (feminine diamantífera, masculine plural diamantíferos, feminine plural diamantíferas)

diamantífera (feminine)
diamantíferos (masculine plural)
diamantíferas (feminine plural)

(mineralogy) diamondiferous (yielding diamond)


sectile

en-adj

sectile (comparative more sectile, superlative most sectile)

more sectile (comparative)
most sectile (superlative)

(mineralogy) Capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.


brongniardite

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


brongniartite

(mineralogy) Alternative spelling of brongniardite


åder

From Old Swedish aþra/adher (Old Norse æðr), from Proto-Germanic *ēþrǭ.
Cognate with Old English ǣðre, Danish åre, Norwegian åre, German Ader and Dutch ader.

(geology) vein, strain of mineral in the ground and in stone


uralitization

(geology) The change of pyroxene to amphibole by paramorphism.


nablock

(mineralogy) A rounded mass, as of flint in chalk, or of ironstone in coal.


criostalaigineas

head

criostalaigineas m (genitive singular criostalaiginis)

criostalaiginis (genitive singular)
nominative (indefinite)
criostalaigineas (indefinite singular)
vocative (indefinite)
a chriostalaiginis (indefinite singular)
genitive (indefinite)
criostalaiginis (indefinite singular)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an criostalaigineas (definite singular)
genitive (definite)
an chriostalaiginis (definite singular)
dative (definite)
leis an gcriostalaigineas (definite singular)
don chriostalaigineas (definite singular)
criostalaigineas
chriostalaigineas
gcriostalaigineas


eipirigineas

eipirigineas m (genitive singular eipiriginis)

eipiriginis (genitive singular)
nominative (indefinite)
eipirigineas (indefinite singular)
vocative (indefinite)
a eipiriginis (indefinite singular)
genitive (indefinite)
eipiriginis (indefinite singular)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an t-eipirigineas (definite singular)
genitive (definite)
an eipiriginis (definite singular)
dative (definite)
leis an eipirigineas (definite singular)
don eipirigineas (definite singular)
eipirigineas
n-eipirigineas
heipirigineas
t-eipirigineas


peitrigineas

peitrigineas m (genitive singular peitriginis)

peitriginis (genitive singular)
nominative (indefinite)
peitrigineas (indefinite singular)
vocative (indefinite)
a pheitriginis (indefinite singular)
genitive (indefinite)
peitriginis (indefinite singular)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an peitrigineas (definite singular)
genitive (definite)
an pheitriginis (definite singular)
dative (definite)
leis an bpeitrigineas (definite singular)
don pheitrigineas (definite singular)
peitrigineas
pheitrigineas
bpeitrigineas


miotalaigineas

miotalaigineas m (genitive singular miotalaiginis)

miotalaiginis (genitive singular)
nominative (indefinite)
miotalaigineas (indefinite singular)
vocative (indefinite)
a mhiotalaiginis (indefinite singular)
genitive (indefinite)
miotalaiginis (indefinite singular)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an miotalaigineas (definite singular)
genitive (definite)
an mhiotalaiginis (definite singular)
dative (definite)
leis an miotalaigineas (definite singular)
don mhiotalaigineas (definite singular)
miotalaigineas
mhiotalaigineas


Prótarasóch

Prótarasóch (genitive singular masculine Prótarasóch, genitive singular feminine Prótarasóiche, plural Prótarasócha, not comparable)

Prótarasóch (genitive masculine singular)
Prótarasóiche (feminine genitive singular)
Prótarasócha (plural)
nominative (positive)
Prótarasóch (masculine singular)
Prótarasóch
Phrótarasóch
bPrótarasóch