strontiowhitlockite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal white mineral containing barium, calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, phosphorus, and strontium.


parabariomicrolite

From Ancient Greek παρά (pará, “near”) + bariomicrolite, for being close in composition to that mineral. This name was discredited in 2016 in favor of hydrokenomicrolite-3R.

(mineralogy, outdated) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing barium, hydrogen, oxygen, and tantalum.


svyazhinite

(mineralogy) A triclinic mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sulfur.


villamaninite

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal iron black mineral containing cobalt, copper, iron, nickel, and sulfur.


sweetite

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


pyroxmangite

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


svabite

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


susannite

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


manganbabingtonite

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


vysotskite

After N. K. Vysotskii, Soviet geologist, + -ite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal silver gray mineral containing nickel, palladium, and sulfur.


tertschite

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


sverigeite

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


wallisite

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


synadelphite

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


paramendozavilite

From para- + mendozavilite, for its close relation to that mineral.

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


watkinsonite

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


vonbezingite

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


djerfisherite

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


vyalsovite

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


vuorelainenite

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


kawazulite

Named for type locality Kawazu Mine (in Shizuoka, Japan) + -lite.

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


sphaerobertrandite

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


suzukiite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal light green mineral containing barium, oxygen, silicon, and vanadium.


swedenborgite

From Swedenborg + -ite. Named after Swedish pluralistic-Christian theologian, scientist, philosopher and mystic Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772).

named-after

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal mineral containing antimony, beryllium, oxygen, and sodium.


vigezzite

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


strontiojoaquinite

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


phosphogartrellite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal bright green mineral containing copper, hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, and phosphorus.


tetraferroplatinum

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


terranovaite

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


tugarinovite

After Aleksei Ivanovich Tugarinov, Russian geologist, + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic violet brown mineral containing molybdenum and oxygen.


aktashite

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


alacranite

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


albrechtschraufite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal yellow green mineral containing calcium, carbon, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and uranium.


bobfergusonite

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

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


jasmundite

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


panunzite

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


uranosilite

For its composition, a (URAN)yl (SIL)icate, + -ite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal yellowish white mineral containing oxygen, silicon, and uranium.


akrochordite

From Ancient Greek ἀκροχορδών (akrokhordṓn, “wart”) + -ite.

der

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


panasqueiraite

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

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


allactite

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


aldermanite

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

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


kvanefjeldite

From Kvanefjeld + -ite. From Danish Kvanefjeld, a compound of kvan (“garden angelica”) + -e- + fjeld (“mountain”). Its namesake is the locality of the mineral.

compound

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


leadamalgam

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


nanpingite

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


velikite

After A. C. Velikyi, mineralogist, + -ite

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


surite

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


pekoite

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


idaite

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


paxite

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


paraguanajuatite

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


umohoite

en-noun

umohoite (usually uncountable, plural umohoites)

From U (“uranium”) + Mo (“molybdenum”) + H (“hydrogen”) + O (“oxygen”) -ite.

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


reidite

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

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


manganokhomyakovite

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


nickelschneebergite

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


neyite

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


mundite

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


sveite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic white mineral containing aluminum, chlorine, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, and potassium.


strunzite

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

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


allabogdanite

Named for Russian geologist Alla Bogdanova + -ite.

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


okayamalite

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

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


nealite

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

named-after

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


aleksite

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

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


ferrokentbrooksite

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


jarlite

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

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


iridarsenite

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


roselite

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

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


anilite

en-noun

anilite (usually uncountable, plural anilites)

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

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


mckinstryite

From McKinstry + -ite, after US geologist Hugh McKinstry.

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


anyuiite

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


alumoklyuchevskite

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


atokite

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


althupite

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

af

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


aplowite

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


antarcticite

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


arsenbrackebuschite

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


ansermetite

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


arsenohauchecornite

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


ammonioalunite

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


ammoniojarosite

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


wilhelmkleinite

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


argentopentlandite

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


trechmannite

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


ungarettiite

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


wupatkiite

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


uralborite

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


trippkeite

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


andremeyerite

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

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


alvanite

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


tumchaite

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


tulameenite

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


amakinite

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


ammonioleucite

en-noun

ammonioleucite (usually uncountable, plural ammonioleucites)

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


uranmicrolite

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


ammonioborite

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


tranquillityite

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

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


trembathite

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


asbolane

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

asbolaani

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


alumotungstite

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


twinnite

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


tungusite

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


weeksite

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


wegscheiderite

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


tripuhyite

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


uvite

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


valleriite

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


uzonite

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


vanadomalayaite

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


antimonpearceite

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


tungstibite

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


babefphite

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

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


viaeneite

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


vanadiumdravite

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


vuonnemite

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


vajdakite

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

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


wairakite

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


volkovskite

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


lindgrenite

lindgrenite (usually uncountable, plural lindgrenites)

From Lindgren (Swedish surname) + -ite. Named after Swedish-American economic geologist Waldemar Lindgren (1860–1939).

named-after

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

lindgrenita

mineral containing copper, hydrogen, molybdenum and oxygen


vuagnatite

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


volkonskoite

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


wairauite

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


walthierite

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


urvantsevite

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


vinciennite

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


verbeekite

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


vihorlatite

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


weinebeneite

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


wendwilsonite

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


usovite

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


wadeite

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


watanabeite

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

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


warikahnite

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


ustarasite

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


turtmannite

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


walstromite

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


woodhouseite

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


wardsmithite

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


walentaite

After Kurt Walenta, German mineralogist, + -ite.

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


willhendersonite

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


wolfeite

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


almarudite

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


wermlandite

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


weissbergite

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


wawayandaite

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

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


weberite

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


whitmoreite

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


uramphite

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


watatsumiite

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

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


winchite

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


preobrazhenskite

From Russian Преображенский (Preobraženskij) + -ite. Named after the surname of the Soviet researcher of salt deposits P. I. Preobrazhenskyi.

noncog

Преображенский

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


wiserite

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


wittichenite

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

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


varennesite

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


wittite

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


wightmanite

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


widenmannite

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


wonesite

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


suanite

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


weibullite

After Mats Weibull, Swedish mineralogist, + -ite

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


strontiochevkinite

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


wooldridgeite

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

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


wenkite

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

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


willyamite

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


weishanite

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


wickmanite

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

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


strontiomelane

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


winstanleyite

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

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


vashegyite

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

der

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


sudovikovite

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


urusovite

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


wesselsite

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


raite

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

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


studenitsite

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


uranospathite

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


wattersite

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


sturmanite

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


tlapallite

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


wilkmanite

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

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


strontiodresserite

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


vanadiocarpholite

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

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

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


werdingite

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


strontioborite

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


sursassite

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


woodruffite

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


surinamite

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


sudburyite

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

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


strontioginorite

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


takeuchiite

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


sulphotsumoite

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


symesite

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


teschemacherite

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


tychite

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


verplanckite

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


lanmuchangite

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


tikhonenkovite

After Igor Tikhonenkov, Russian mineralogist, + -ite

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


alumohydrocalcite

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


kurgantaite

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


kurumsakite

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


lacroixite

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


kittatinnyite

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


barytolamprophyllite

From its composition of barium and its relation to lamprophyllite.

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


kirkiite

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


tlalocite

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

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


kullerudite

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


krettnichite

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


stumpflite

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

named-after

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


lishizhenite

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


kukisvumite

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


kuramite

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


macquartite

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


kuzminite

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


langite

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


swaknoite

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

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


wherryite

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

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


kosmochlor

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


basaluminite

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


tyrrellite

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

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


kleemanite

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


uranocircite

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


klebelsbergite

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


kladnoite

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

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


kolfanite

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


alumopharmacosiderite

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


kleinite

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


koashvite

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


kolwezite

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


koktaite

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

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


korshunovskite

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


fuenzalidaite

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

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


krauskopfite

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


kipushite

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


ludjibaite

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


freedite

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


furutobeite

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


krupkaite

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


larderellite

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

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


lindqvistite

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


allargentum

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


kuzelite

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

named-after

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


kingsmountite

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

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


galenobismutite

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


gowerite

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


greifensteinite

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


galileiite

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


grumiplucite

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


gainesite

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


gruzdevite

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


gaotaiite

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


gaidonnayite

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


friedrichite

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


guanajuatite

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


frolovite

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


geminite

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


franklinfurnaceite

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

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


gottlobite

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


gageite

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


gottardiite

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


goyazite

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


filipstadite

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


frohbergite

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


gananite

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


eskimoite

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


furongite

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


gabrielsonite

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


erlichmanite

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

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


erniggliite

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


fontanite

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


foggite

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


gamagarite

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


fischesserite

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


erdite

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


grechishchevite

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

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


giorgiosite

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


foitite

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


gabrielite

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

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


ertixiite

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


goudeyite

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


grattarolaite

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

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


franklinphilite

Named for type locality Franklin, New Jersey, + Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “love”), for the devotion of mineralogists to the Franklin area mineralogy, + -ite.

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


ericaite

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


erythrosiderite

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


gallobeudantite

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


fluckite

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


fibroferrite

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


esperanzaite

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

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


flinkite

en-noun

flinkite (countable and uncountable, plural flinkites)

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


englishite

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

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


feklichevite

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


eveite

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

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


falcondoite

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


frondelite

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

named-after

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


farringtonite

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


cuzticite

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


fangite

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


desautelsite

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


ferronickelplatinum

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


davyne

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

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


ernienickelite

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

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


sudoite

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

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


ericssonite

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


faustite

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

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


eveslogite

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

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


elpasolite

en-noun

elpasolite (countable and uncountable, plural elpasolites)

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

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


cualstibite

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


cupromakovickyite

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


despujolsite

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

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


ezcurrite

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


danielsite

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


felbertalite

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

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


eztlite

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

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


daomanite

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


foordite

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


emilite

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

named-after

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


defernite

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


cumengite

After Edouard Cumenge, French engineer, + -ite

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


dashkovaite

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


deerite

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


esseneite

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


davanite

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


dadsonite

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


gatehouseite

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


coquandite

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


colquiriite

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


coyoteite

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


famatinite

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


coparsite

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


dalyite

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


emmonsite

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

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


cronusite

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


dewindtite

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

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


fetiasite

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

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


coombsite

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


endellite

en-noun

endellite (countable and uncountable, plural endellites)

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

named-after

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


cookeite

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


geikielite

en-noun

geikielite (countable and uncountable, plural geikielites)

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

named-after

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

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

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


compreignacite

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


davreuxite

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

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


cobalttsumcorite

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


diomignite

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


embreyite

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


downeyite

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

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


congolite

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

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


dessauite

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

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


dolerophanite

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


aschamalmite

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

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


colusite

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


kusachiite

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


demesmaekerite

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

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


dzharkenite

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


dozyite

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


dinite

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


fettelite

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

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


doyleite

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


boothite

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


drugmanite

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


chvilevaite

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


dwornikite

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


dittmarite

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


dixenite

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

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


damiaoite

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


deanesmithite

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


alumotantite

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


bezsmertnovite

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


argentotennantite

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


alleghanyite

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

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


dresserite

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


batisite

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


amarantite

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


azoproite

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


arakiite

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


angelaite

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

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


bikitaite

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


brabantite

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


vonsenite

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


devilline

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


bassetite

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


batiferrite

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


bazhenovite

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


behierite

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


bigcreekite

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


boussingaultite

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


dzhalindite

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


bementite

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


clinojimthompsonite

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


barquillite

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

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


bohdanowiczite

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

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


bonshtedtite

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


bokite

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


belendorffite

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


kitkaite

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


bultfonteinite

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


bederite

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


bechererite

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


brodtkorbite

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


boggsite

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


betpakdalite

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

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


amesite

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

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


biphosphammite

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


alluaivite

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

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


ardaite

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

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


theoparacelsite

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


becquerelite

Named after French physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel + -ite.

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


bearthite

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


biringuccite

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


arsendescloizite

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


hewettite

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


ellenbergerite

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


burpalite

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

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


coconinoite

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


corkite

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


ferrokaersutite

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


ferroalluaudite

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


eifelite

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

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


ehrleite

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


ferrotitanowodginite

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


ferroholmquistite

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


ferrowyllieite

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


angelellite

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

named-after

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


hechtsbergite

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


bindheimite

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


edenharterite

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


fingerite

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

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


hydroxylclinohumite

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


haycockite

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


hejtmanite

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


ekatite

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


gearksutite

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


eylettersite

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


ekaterinite

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


ewaldite

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


evansite

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


henrymeyerite

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


gaitite

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


hawthorneite

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


henryite

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


heliophyllite

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


bismutohauchecornite

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


gerasimovskite

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


hexatestibiopanickelite

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


khamrabaevite

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


isokite

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


inesite

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


ilmajokite

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

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


herzenbergite

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


helmutwinklerite

Named after geologist Helmut Winkler, + -ite.

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


cyrilovite

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


itoite

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


ianthinite

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


hematophanite

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


imgreite

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


isovite

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


effenbergerite

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


hydrowoodwardite

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


hydrombobomkulite

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


hendersonite

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

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


eyselite

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

named-after

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


imandrite

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


hungchaoite

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

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


isocubanite

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


morozeviczite

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


jeanbandyite

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


cejkaite

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

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


khibinskite

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


eitelite

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

named-after

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


khaidarkanite

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


dravite

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


hedyphane

en-noun

hedyphane (countable and uncountable, plural hedyphanes)

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


ilinskite

ilinskite (usually uncountable, plural ilinskites)

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


nickelhexahydrite

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


iowaite

iowaite (usually uncountable, plural iowaites)

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


hydroxylherderite

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


frankdicksonite

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


nakauriite

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


nifontovite

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


natanite

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


navajoite

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


nikischerite

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


itoigawaite

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


kharaelakhite

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


novgorodovaite

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


newberyite

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


oboyerite

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

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


beidellite

beidellite (countable and uncountable, plural beidellites)

Named for type locality Beidell, Colorado + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic form of sodium aluminosilicate


nuffieldite

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


diaoyudaoite

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

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


muskoxite

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


nukundamite

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


nullaginite

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


olekminskite

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


bahianite

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


bafertisite

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


ojuelaite

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


ankinovichite

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


awaruite

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


niahite

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

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


armstrongite

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


billingsleyite

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


cuspidine

cuspidine (usually uncountable, plural cuspidines)

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


bideauxite

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


edoylerite

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


bieberite

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


aristarainite

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


babkinite

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


borishanskiite

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

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


rastsvetaevite

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

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


ogdensburgite

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


argentojarosite

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


henritermierite

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


cheremnykhite

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


chlormagaluminite

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


moorhouseite

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


benjaminite

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

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


dellaite

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


hsianghualite

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

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


bobjonesite

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


ohmilite

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

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


howardevansite

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


earlshannonite

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


khomyakovite

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

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


cobaltkoritnigite

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


arsenogoyazite

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


dickthomssenite

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


edenite

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


arhbarite

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

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


chessexite

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


ningyoite

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

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


bobkingite

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


hyalotekite

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


heneuite

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


dorallcharite

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


ecandrewsite

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


efremovite

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


glushinskite

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


janggunite

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


mooihoekite

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

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


dussertite

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


niggliite

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


kamitugaite

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


arrojadite

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


sulvanite

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


kemmlitzite

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


duranusite

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

suffix

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


jouravskite

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


dellaventuraite

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


johnwalkite

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


isomertieite

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


jagowerite

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


jensenite

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


emeleusite

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


hydroglauberite

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


hastingsite

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

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


christelite

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

named-after

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


haapalaite

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

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


ferrotschermakite

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


bogdanovite

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

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


jaipurite

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


ferrisicklerite

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


jarandolite

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

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


jennite

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


jedwabite

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


kamaishilite

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

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


hollingworthite

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hollingworthite (usually uncountable, plural hollingworthites)

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


arsenosulvanite

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


jalpaite

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


jagoite

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


jentschite

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


olgite

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


janhaugite

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


jeffreyite

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


giuseppettite

giuseppettite (usually uncountable, plural giuseppettites)

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

named-after

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


keldyshite

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


juabite

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


juanitaite

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


junitoite

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


khmaralite

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khmaralite (usually uncountable, plural khmaralites)

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

named-after

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


jamesite

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


jokokuite

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


jamborite

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


luzonite

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


flagstaffite

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

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


juanite

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


lithiowodginite

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


lulzacite

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

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


jervisite

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


manganlotharmeyerite

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


litvinskite

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


lotharmeyerite

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


lomonosovite

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


lisetite

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


lunijianlaite

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


mazzettiite

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


manganonaujakasite

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


orlymanite

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


otjisumeite

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


nekoite

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

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


orlandiite

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


makarochkinite

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


oswaldpeetersite

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


natroxalate

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


omeiite

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


korobitsynite

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


odintsovite

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


obradovicite

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


onoratoite

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


orickite

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

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


lisitsynite

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


liveingite

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


ovamboite

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


oursinite

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


lonecreekite

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

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


olympite

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


orientite

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


odinite

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

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


orpheite

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


owyheeite

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

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


osbornite

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


olenite

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


londonite

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


olsacherite

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


orthoserpierite

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


olshanskyite

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


orthowalpurgite

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


orschallite

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

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


olkhonskite

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


lovdarite

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


oyelite

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

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


orthochamosite

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


irhtemite

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

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


irarsite

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


jungite

After Gerhard Jung, German mineralogist, + -ite.

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


nabalamprophyllite

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

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


likasite

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


orthobrannerite

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


olmsteadite

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


iriginite

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


imiterite

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


orthoericssonite

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


indigirite

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


incaite

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


ominelite

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

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


imhofite

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


owensite

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


insizwaite

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


indialite

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


ingodite

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


inaglyite

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

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


earlandite

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


orthopinakiolite

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

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


cobaltlotharmeyerite

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


ikranite

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ikranite (usually uncountable, plural ikranites)

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


eakerite

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


ingersonite

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


ecdemite

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


iltisite

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


ourayite

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


inderite

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


oneillite

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

named-after

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


iranite

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


oosterboschite

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


intersilite

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

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


inderborite

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


mendozavilite

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

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

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