syenite

en-noun

syenite (countable and uncountable, plural syenites)

Borrowed from Latin Syēnītēs, from Syēnē (“Aswan”), because it was anciently quarried there.

The temple, of which some massive hewn blocks and a fine column of Syenite granite still mark the site, occupied a terrace facing the source of the river and commanding a magnificent prospect.

1906, James George Frazer, Adonis, Attis, Osiris, page 15:

(geology) An igneous rock composed of feldspar and hornblende.


mianrach

head

mianrach (genitive singular masculine mianraigh, genitive singular feminine mianraí, plural mianracha, not comparable)

mianraigh (genitive masculine singular)
mianraí (feminine genitive singular)
mianracha (plural)
nominative (positive)
mianrach (masculine singular)
mianrach
mhianrach


prasine

From Middle English [Term?], from a combination of Middle French prame (inherited from Late Latin prasinus) and Middle French prasine (borrowed from Late Latin prasinum), both ultimately from Latin prasinus (“leek-green”), from Ancient Greek πράσινος (prásinos), from πράσον (práson, “leek”).

It is possible that just as chrysocolla is silicated malachite, so prasine is phosphated malachite; the physical appearance of these minerals strongly confirms this view.

1864 November 5, William Crookes, editor, The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science: […] , volume 10, number 257, London: J. H. Dutton, […] , →OCLC, Revision of the Mineral Phosphates, page 217, column 1:


пачка

uk-noun

па́чка • (páčka) f inan (genitive па́чки, nominative plural па́чки, genitive plural па́чок, diminutive па́чечка)

па́чка (canonical)
páčka (romanization)
па́чки (genitive)
па́чки (nominative plural)
па́чок (genitive plural)
па́чечка (diminutive)
па́чка (nominative singular)
па́чки (nominative plural)
па́чки (genitive singular)
па́чок (genitive plural)
па́чці (dative singular)
па́чкам (dative plural)
па́чку (accusative singular)
па́чки (accusative plural)
па́чкою (instrumental singular)
па́чками (instrumental plural)
па́чці (locative singular)
па́чках (locative plural)
па́чко (singular vocative)
па́чки (plural vocative)

From German Pack + -ка (-ka). See also пакува́ти (pakuváty).


fougerite

From Fougères + -ite, after a commune in France where it was found.

Typical fougèrite crystals are small enough to become embedded in protocell membranes, which turns these crystals into natural channels, transporting and concentrating a chemical called pyrophosphate within these membranes.

2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 233:

(mineralogy) A trigonal clay mineral that is chemically and structurally related to green rust.


xéinilit

head

xéinilit f (genitive singular xéinilite, nominative plural xéinilití)

xéinilite (genitive singular)
xéinilití (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
xéinilit (indefinite singular)
xéinilita (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a xéinilit (indefinite singular)
a xéinilita (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
xéinilite (indefinite singular)
xéinilit (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an xéinilit (definite singular)
na xéinilita (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
na xéinilite (definite singular)
na xéinilit (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an xéinilit (definite singular)
don xéinilit (definite singular)
leis na xéinilita (definite plural)


grauwacke

en-noun

grauwacke (countable and uncountable, plural grauwackes)

From German Grauwacke, from grau (“grey”) + wacke (“boulder”).


pyrosphere

(geology, dated) The zone of igneous activity and lava formation, situated between the lithosphere and barysphere.


greywacke

greywacke (countable and uncountable, plural greywackes)

Endless bleak, rounded hills composed of shales and ribs of tough ‘greywackes’ make up the Southern Uplands – all of such rocks were originally deposited under marine conditions.

2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 177:

(geology) A hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.


стратиграфија

sh-noun

стратигра̀фија

стратигра̀фија f (Latin spelling stratigràfija)

стратигра̀фија (canonical feminine)
stratigràfija (romanization)
стратиграфија (nominative singular)
стратиграфије (genitive singular)
стратиграфији (dative singular)
стратиграфију (accusative singular)
стратиграфијо (singular vocative)
стратиграфији (locative singular)
стратиграфијом (instrumental singular)

sh-decl-noun-unc

стратиграфија

стратиграфије

стратиграфији

стратиграфију

стратиграфијо

стратиграфији

стратиграфијом

стра‧ти‧гра‧фи‧ја


treo

head

treo m (genitive singular treo, nominative plural treonna)

treo (genitive singular)
treonna (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
treo (indefinite singular)
treonna (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a threo (indefinite singular)
a threonna (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an treo (definite singular)
na treonna (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
na dtreonna (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an treo (definite singular)
don treo (definite singular)
leis na treonna (definite plural)
treo
threo
dtreo


sabo

Borrowed from Japanese 砂防(さぼう) (sabō, “erosion control”).


hair stone

en-noun

hair stone (countable and uncountable, plural hair stones)

(mineralogy) Clear quartz crystal containing coloured filaments caused by impurities. Particular kinds are sometimes known as Venus’s hair stone or Thetis’s hair stone.


crystalloclast

Virtually all crystalloclasts are strongly fractured, fused, and fragmented, and are often partly dissolved in the ground-mass...

2002, Geochemistry international: Volume 40, Pages 827-1242:

(mineralogy) A clast that consists primarily of crystalized mineral.


décollement

The décollements occur in near-continuously exposed Upper Devonian to Lower Cretaceous strata in the southern Chandler Lake quadrangle.

1987, Donald J. Orth, Metal Biogeochemistry in Surface-water Systems:

(geology) A gliding plane between two rock masses; a basal detachment fault.


pěsk

hsb-noun

pěsk m inan (diminutive pěsačk, related adjective pěskowy)

pěsačk (diminutive)
pěskowy (adjective)
pěsk (nominative singular)
pěskaj (dual nominative)
pěski (nominative plural)
pěska (genitive singular)
pěskow (dual genitive)
pěskow (genitive plural)
pěskej (dative singular)
pěskomaj (dative dual)
pěskam (dative plural)
pěsk (accusative singular)
pěskaj (accusative dual)
pěski (accusative plural)
pěskom (instrumental singular)
pěskomaj (dual instrumental)
pěskami (instrumental plural)
pěsku (locative singular)
pěskomaj (dual locative)
pěskach (locative plural)
pěsko (singular vocative)
pěskaj (dual vocative)
pěski (plural vocative)

(geology) sand (set of granular particles of a mineral nature, found in the beds of rivers, seas, beaches and deserts)


Zechstein

Sedimentation rates in the Zechstein were variable. In general, during periods of carbonate and anhydrite deposition on the shelves, slow sedimentation rates characterized the sediment- starved basinal areas.

2008, Tom McCann, The Geology of Central Europe: Precambrian and palaeozoic:

(geology) A unit of sedimentary rock layers of Middle to Late Permian age located in the Permian Basin (Europe), corresponding to the Lopingian (epoch).


zietrisikite

en-noun

zietrisikite (usually uncountable, plural zietrisikites)

(mineralogy) A mineral wax resembling ozocerite.


wasite

(mineralogy) A variety of allanite from Sweden supposed to contain wasium.


warwickite

warwickite (countable and uncountable, plural warwickites)

From Warwick + -ite, from Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA.

(mineralogy) An iron magnesium titanium borate mineral occurring as brown to black prismatic orthorhombic crystals.


yttrocerite

(mineralogy) A violet-blue mineral, a hydrous fluoride of cerium, yttrium, and calcium.


coquimbite

From Coquimbo + -ite, after the province of Chile where it was found.

(mineralogy) The nonahydrate of iron(III) sulfate.


yttrotantalite

yttrotantalite (usually uncountable, plural yttrotantalites)

(mineralogy) A brown or black tantalate of uranium, yttrium, and calcium.


vuggy

en-adj

vuggy (comparative more vuggy, superlative most vuggy)

more vuggy (comparative)
most vuggy (superlative)

1962, Thomas A. Steven, James C. Ratté, Geology and Ore Deposits, Summitville District, San Juan Mountains, Colorado (Geological Survey Professional Paper 343), Geological Survey (U.S.) (publisher), page 41,
Parts of the resistant veins have been strongly leached and consists of vuggy, porous quartz ; elsewhere compact quartz has replaced most of the constituents in the original rock.

The diachronous layers under the lagoons, when traced seaward, become more and more vuggy, as cement is more patchily developed, and eventually pass into separate lumps (Taylor and Illing, 1969).

1975, Robin G. C. Bathurst, Carbonate Sediments and Their Diagenesis, page 371:

1976, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Deep Sea Drilling Project, National Ocean Sediment Coring Program, Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling, National Science Foundation (U.S.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Report, page 46,
The basalt consists of a dark greenish-gray, aphyric, vesicular to vuggy altered rock that is diabasic and vesicular near the top, but becomes steadily coarser, more vuggy, and trachitic in texture in the lower part of the unit.


desert pavement

en-noun

desert pavement (plural desert pavements)

(geology) A desert surface that is covered with closely packed rock fragments; reg, serir.


desert varnish

desert varnish (countable and uncountable, plural desert varnishes)


pargasite

pargasite (countable and uncountable, plural pargasites)

From Pargas + -ite, after its locality in Finland.

(mineralogy) A complex inosilicate mineral of the amphibole group.


subepoch

(geology) A geochronologic unit comprising one or more ages, being a period of generally agreed significance within an epoch.


simonkolleite

From Simon + Kolle + -ite. Named after mineral collectors Werner Simon and Kurt Kolle.

(mineralogy) A rare zinc chloride mineral.


Ypresian

From the French ypresien, from Ypres + -ien; equivalent to Ypres + -ian; compare yperite.

(geology, paleontology) A subdivision of the Eocene epoch


Ypresian

(geology) Of or pertaining to a geological epoch, the oldest age or lowest stratigraphic stage of the Eocene.


gladite

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


downsection

en-adv

downsection (comparative more downsection, superlative most downsection)

more downsection (comparative)
most downsection (superlative)

(geology) Towards the lower part of a section.


ekebergite

(archaic, mineralogy) Wernerite, a scapolite mineral.


明石

/miŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/mɪŋ²¹ sɛːk̚²/

/miŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/mɪŋ²¹ sɛːk̚²/

(mineralogy) Alternative name for 明礬／明矾 (míngfán, “alum”).


bariopyrochlore

(mineralogy) A basic fluoride mineral similar to pyrochlore but containing barium.


strontiopyrochlore

(mineralogy) A basic fluoride mineral similar to pyrochlore but containing strontium


jenite

(mineralogy, archaic) The mineral ilvaite.


trappy

en-adj

trappy (comparative trappier, superlative trappiest)

trappier (comparative)
trappiest (superlative)

From trap (“type of igneous rock”) + -y.

This district is not so easy for a stranger to ride his own line over as the Midlands; it is not half so stiff, but it is often cramped and trappy.

1918, J. Arthur Gibbs, A Cotswold Village:

(mineralogy) Like the mineral trap; trappean; trappous.


quartzoid

(mineralogy) A form of crystal resembling quartz, having two six-sided pyramids, base to base.


Glacial

(geology) Of the Pleistocene period dominated by the presence of glaciers.


maailmankausi

maailmankausi (nominative singular)
maailmankaudet (nominative plural)
maailmankausi (accusative nominative singular)
maailmankaudet (accusative nominative plural)
maailmankauden (accusative genitive singular)
maailmankaudet (accusative genitive plural)
maailmankauden (genitive singular)
maailmankausien (genitive plural)
maailmankautten (genitive plural rare)
maailmankautta (partitive singular)
maailmankausia (partitive plural)
maailmankaudessa (inessive singular)
maailmankausissa (inessive plural)
maailmankaudesta (elative singular)
maailmankausista (elative plural)
maailmankauteen (illative singular)
maailmankausiin (illative plural)
maailmankaudella (adessive singular)
maailmankausilla (adessive plural)
maailmankaudelta (ablative singular)
maailmankausilta (ablative plural)
maailmankaudelle (allative singular)
maailmankausille (allative plural)
maailmankautena (essive singular)
maailmankausina (essive plural)
maailmankaudeksi (singular translative)
maailmankausiksi (plural translative)
maailmankaudetta (abessive singular)
maailmankausitta (abessive plural)
maailmankausin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
maailmankauteni (nominative singular)
maailmankauteni (nominative plural)
maailmankauteni (accusative nominative singular)
maailmankauteni (accusative nominative plural)
maailmankauteni (accusative genitive singular)
maailmankauteni (accusative genitive plural)
maailmankauteni (genitive singular)
maailmankausieni (genitive plural)
maailmankautteni (genitive plural rare)
maailmankauttani (partitive singular)
maailmankausiani (partitive plural)
maailmankaudessani (inessive singular)
maailmankausissani (inessive plural)
maailmankaudestani (elative singular)
maailmankausistani (elative plural)
maailmankauteeni (illative singular)
maailmankausiini (illative plural)
maailmankaudellani (adessive singular)
maailmankausillani (adessive plural)
maailmankaudeltani (ablative singular)
maailmankausiltani (ablative plural)
maailmankaudelleni (allative singular)
maailmankausilleni (allative plural)
maailmankautenani (essive singular)
maailmankausinani (essive plural)
maailmankaudekseni (singular translative)
maailmankausikseni (plural translative)
maailmankaudettani (abessive singular)
maailmankausittani (abessive plural)
maailmankausineni (comitative plural)
maailmankautesi (nominative singular)
maailmankautesi (nominative plural)
maailmankautesi (accusative nominative singular)
maailmankautesi (accusative nominative plural)
maailmankautesi (accusative genitive singular)
maailmankautesi (accusative genitive plural)
maailmankautesi (genitive singular)
maailmankausiesi (genitive plural)
maailmankauttesi (genitive plural rare)
maailmankauttasi (partitive singular)
maailmankausiasi (partitive plural)
maailmankaudessasi (inessive singular)
maailmankausissasi (inessive plural)
maailmankaudestasi (elative singular)
maailmankausistasi (elative plural)
maailmankauteesi (illative singular)
maailmankausiisi (illative plural)
maailmankaudellasi (adessive singular)
maailmankausillasi (adessive plural)
maailmankaudeltasi (ablative singular)
maailmankausiltasi (ablative plural)
maailmankaudellesi (allative singular)
maailmankausillesi (allative plural)
maailmankautenasi (essive singular)
maailmankausinasi (essive plural)
maailmankaudeksesi (singular translative)
maailmankausiksesi (plural translative)
maailmankaudettasi (abessive singular)
maailmankausittasi (abessive plural)
maailmankausinesi (comitative plural)
maailmankautemme (nominative singular)
maailmankautemme (nominative plural)
maailmankautemme (accusative nominative singular)
maailmankautemme (accusative nominative plural)
maailmankautemme (accusative genitive singular)
maailmankautemme (accusative genitive plural)
maailmankautemme (genitive singular)
maailmankausiemme (genitive plural)
maailmankauttemme (genitive plural rare)
maailmankauttamme (partitive singular)
maailmankausiamme (partitive plural)
maailmankaudessamme (inessive singular)
maailmankausissamme (inessive plural)
maailmankaudestamme (elative singular)
maailmankausistamme (elative plural)
maailmankauteemme (illative singular)
maailmankausiimme (illative plural)
maailmankaudellamme (adessive singular)
maailmankausillamme (adessive plural)
maailmankaudeltamme (ablative singular)
maailmankausiltamme (ablative plural)
maailmankaudellemme (allative singular)
maailmankausillemme (allative plural)
maailmankautenamme (essive singular)
maailmankausinamme (essive plural)
maailmankaudeksemme (singular translative)
maailmankausiksemme (plural translative)
maailmankaudettamme (abessive singular)
maailmankausittamme (abessive plural)
maailmankausinemme (comitative plural)
maailmankautenne (nominative singular)
maailmankautenne (nominative plural)
maailmankautenne (accusative nominative singular)
maailmankautenne (accusative nominative plural)
maailmankautenne (accusative genitive singular)
maailmankautenne (accusative genitive plural)
maailmankautenne (genitive singular)
maailmankausienne (genitive plural)
maailmankauttenne (genitive plural rare)
maailmankauttanne (partitive singular)
maailmankausianne (partitive plural)
maailmankaudessanne (inessive singular)
maailmankausissanne (inessive plural)
maailmankaudestanne (elative singular)
maailmankausistanne (elative plural)
maailmankauteenne (illative singular)
maailmankausiinne (illative plural)
maailmankaudellanne (adessive singular)
maailmankausillanne (adessive plural)
maailmankaudeltanne (ablative singular)
maailmankausiltanne (ablative plural)
maailmankaudellenne (allative singular)
maailmankausillenne (allative plural)
maailmankautenanne (essive singular)
maailmankausinanne (essive plural)
maailmankaudeksenne (singular translative)
maailmankausiksenne (plural translative)
maailmankaudettanne (abessive singular)
maailmankausittanne (abessive plural)
maailmankausinenne (comitative plural)
maailmankautensa (nominative singular)
maailmankautensa (nominative plural)
maailmankautensa (accusative nominative singular)
maailmankautensa (accusative nominative plural)
maailmankautensa (accusative genitive singular)
maailmankautensa (accusative genitive plural)
maailmankautensa (genitive singular)
maailmankausiensa (genitive plural)
maailmankauttensa (genitive plural rare)
maailmankauttaan (partitive singular)
maailmankauttansa (partitive singular)
maailmankausiaan (partitive plural)
maailmankausiansa (partitive plural)
maailmankaudessaan (inessive singular)
maailmankaudessansa (inessive singular)
maailmankausissaan (inessive plural)
maailmankausissansa (inessive plural)
maailmankaudestaan (elative singular)
maailmankaudestansa (elative singular)
maailmankausistaan (elative plural)
maailmankausistansa (elative plural)
maailmankauteensa (illative singular)
maailmankausiinsa (illative plural)
maailmankaudellaan (adessive singular)
maailmankaudellansa (adessive singular)
maailmankausillaan (adessive plural)
maailmankausillansa (adessive plural)
maailmankaudeltaan (ablative singular)
maailmankaudeltansa (ablative singular)
maailmankausiltaan (ablative plural)
maailmankausiltansa (ablative plural)
maailmankaudelleen (allative singular)
maailmankaudellensa (allative singular)
maailmankausilleen (allative plural)
maailmankausillensa (allative plural)
maailmankautenaan (essive singular)
maailmankautenansa (essive singular)
maailmankausinaan (essive plural)
maailmankausinansa (essive plural)
maailmankaudekseen (singular translative)
maailmankaudeksensa (singular translative)
maailmankausikseen (plural translative)
maailmankausiksensa (plural translative)
maailmankaudettaan (abessive singular)
maailmankaudettansa (abessive singular)
maailmankausittaan (abessive plural)
maailmankausittansa (abessive plural)
maailmankausineen (comitative plural)
maailmankausinensa (comitative plural)

[ˈmɑ̝ː(ˌ)ilmɑ̝ŋˌkɑ̝u̯s̠i]

maailman (“of the World”) + kausi (“era, period”)

compound

(geology) era (phase in Earth's development typically lasting hundreds of millions of years; subdivision of eon consisting of several periods)


polysomatic

en-adj

polysomatic (comparative more polysomatic, superlative most polysomatic)

more polysomatic (comparative)
most polysomatic (superlative)

(geology) Having grains or layers of multiple minerals


leucitic

(mineralogy) Relating to, or composed of leucite


kotschubeite

(mineralogy) A chromium chlorite mineral.


kobellite

Named after German mineralogist Wolfgang Xavier Franz Ritter von Kobell (1803–1882), + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A grey, fibrous, metallic mineral, a sulfide of antimony, bismuth, and lead.


campylite

en-noun

campylite (countable and uncountable, plural campylites)

Ancient Greek καμπούρα (kampoúra, “bent”), on account of the barrel-shaped bend of its crystals.


mimetite

en-noun

mimetite (countable and uncountable, plural mimetites)

Ancient Greek Μιμητής (Mimētḗs), "imitator", from its similarity to pyromorphite.

(mineralogy) An arsenate mineral which forms in lead deposits, usually by the oxidation of galena and arsenopyrite.


underclay

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-underclay.wav

(geology) A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed.


kabook

(mineralogy) A clay ironstone found in Sri Lanka.


SCT

(geology) Initialism of Seismic Classifier Toolbox, a software system used for stratigraphic mapping.


Neozoic

(geology) More recent than the Paleozoic era, i.e. including the Mesozoic and Cenozoic.


maamassa

maamassa (nominative singular)
maamassat (nominative plural)
maamassa (accusative nominative singular)
maamassat (accusative nominative plural)
maamassan (accusative genitive singular)
maamassat (accusative genitive plural)
maamassan (genitive singular)
maamassojen (genitive plural)
maamassain (genitive plural rare)
maamassaa (partitive singular)
maamassoja (partitive plural)
maamassassa (inessive singular)
maamassoissa (inessive plural)
maamassasta (elative singular)
maamassoista (elative plural)
maamassaan (illative singular)
maamassoihin (illative plural)
maamassalla (adessive singular)
maamassoilla (adessive plural)
maamassalta (ablative singular)
maamassoilta (ablative plural)
maamassalle (allative singular)
maamassoille (allative plural)
maamassana (essive singular)
maamassoina (essive plural)
maamassaksi (singular translative)
maamassoiksi (plural translative)
maamassatta (abessive singular)
maamassoitta (abessive plural)
maamassoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
maamassani (nominative singular)
maamassani (nominative plural)
maamassani (accusative nominative singular)
maamassani (accusative nominative plural)
maamassani (accusative genitive singular)
maamassani (accusative genitive plural)
maamassani (genitive singular)
maamassojeni (genitive plural)
maamassaini (genitive plural rare)
maamassaani (partitive singular)
maamassojani (partitive plural)
maamassassani (inessive singular)
maamassoissani (inessive plural)
maamassastani (elative singular)
maamassoistani (elative plural)
maamassaani (illative singular)
maamassoihini (illative plural)
maamassallani (adessive singular)
maamassoillani (adessive plural)
maamassaltani (ablative singular)
maamassoiltani (ablative plural)
maamassalleni (allative singular)
maamassoilleni (allative plural)
maamassanani (essive singular)
maamassoinani (essive plural)
maamassakseni (singular translative)
maamassoikseni (plural translative)
maamassattani (abessive singular)
maamassoittani (abessive plural)
maamassoineni (comitative plural)
maamassasi (nominative singular)
maamassasi (nominative plural)
maamassasi (accusative nominative singular)
maamassasi (accusative nominative plural)
maamassasi (accusative genitive singular)
maamassasi (accusative genitive plural)
maamassasi (genitive singular)
maamassojesi (genitive plural)
maamassaisi (genitive plural rare)
maamassaasi (partitive singular)
maamassojasi (partitive plural)
maamassassasi (inessive singular)
maamassoissasi (inessive plural)
maamassastasi (elative singular)
maamassoistasi (elative plural)
maamassaasi (illative singular)
maamassoihisi (illative plural)
maamassallasi (adessive singular)
maamassoillasi (adessive plural)
maamassaltasi (ablative singular)
maamassoiltasi (ablative plural)
maamassallesi (allative singular)
maamassoillesi (allative plural)
maamassanasi (essive singular)
maamassoinasi (essive plural)
maamassaksesi (singular translative)
maamassoiksesi (plural translative)
maamassattasi (abessive singular)
maamassoittasi (abessive plural)
maamassoinesi (comitative plural)
maamassamme (nominative singular)
maamassamme (nominative plural)
maamassamme (accusative nominative singular)
maamassamme (accusative nominative plural)
maamassamme (accusative genitive singular)
maamassamme (accusative genitive plural)
maamassamme (genitive singular)
maamassojemme (genitive plural)
maamassaimme (genitive plural rare)
maamassaamme (partitive singular)
maamassojamme (partitive plural)
maamassassamme (inessive singular)
maamassoissamme (inessive plural)
maamassastamme (elative singular)
maamassoistamme (elative plural)
maamassaamme (illative singular)
maamassoihimme (illative plural)
maamassallamme (adessive singular)
maamassoillamme (adessive plural)
maamassaltamme (ablative singular)
maamassoiltamme (ablative plural)
maamassallemme (allative singular)
maamassoillemme (allative plural)
maamassanamme (essive singular)
maamassoinamme (essive plural)
maamassaksemme (singular translative)
maamassoiksemme (plural translative)
maamassattamme (abessive singular)
maamassoittamme (abessive plural)
maamassoinemme (comitative plural)
maamassanne (nominative singular)
maamassanne (nominative plural)
maamassanne (accusative nominative singular)
maamassanne (accusative nominative plural)
maamassanne (accusative genitive singular)
maamassanne (accusative genitive plural)
maamassanne (genitive singular)
maamassojenne (genitive plural)
maamassainne (genitive plural rare)
maamassaanne (partitive singular)
maamassojanne (partitive plural)
maamassassanne (inessive singular)
maamassoissanne (inessive plural)
maamassastanne (elative singular)
maamassoistanne (elative plural)
maamassaanne (illative singular)
maamassoihinne (illative plural)
maamassallanne (adessive singular)
maamassoillanne (adessive plural)
maamassaltanne (ablative singular)
maamassoiltanne (ablative plural)
maamassallenne (allative singular)
maamassoillenne (allative plural)
maamassananne (essive singular)
maamassoinanne (essive plural)
maamassaksenne (singular translative)
maamassoiksenne (plural translative)
maamassattanne (abessive singular)
maamassoittanne (abessive plural)
maamassoinenne (comitative plural)
maamassansa (nominative singular)
maamassansa (nominative plural)
maamassansa (accusative nominative singular)
maamassansa (accusative nominative plural)
maamassansa (accusative genitive singular)
maamassansa (accusative genitive plural)
maamassansa (genitive singular)
maamassojensa (genitive plural)
maamassainsa (genitive plural rare)
maamassaansa (partitive singular)
maamassojaan (partitive plural)
maamassojansa (partitive plural)
maamassassaan (inessive singular)
maamassassansa (inessive singular)
maamassoissaan (inessive plural)
maamassoissansa (inessive plural)
maamassastaan (elative singular)
maamassastansa (elative singular)
maamassoistaan (elative plural)
maamassoistansa (elative plural)
maamassaansa (illative singular)
maamassoihinsa (illative plural)
maamassallaan (adessive singular)
maamassallansa (adessive singular)
maamassoillaan (adessive plural)
maamassoillansa (adessive plural)
maamassaltaan (ablative singular)
maamassaltansa (ablative singular)
maamassoiltaan (ablative plural)
maamassoiltansa (ablative plural)
maamassalleen (allative singular)
maamassallensa (allative singular)
maamassoilleen (allative plural)
maamassoillensa (allative plural)
maamassanaan (essive singular)
maamassanansa (essive singular)
maamassoinaan (essive plural)
maamassoinansa (essive plural)
maamassakseen (singular translative)
maamassaksensa (singular translative)
maamassoikseen (plural translative)
maamassoiksensa (plural translative)
maamassattaan (abessive singular)
maamassattansa (abessive singular)
maamassoittaan (abessive plural)
maamassoittansa (abessive plural)
maamassoineen (comitative plural)
maamassoinensa (comitative plural)

/ˈmɑːˌmɑsːɑ/

[ˈmɑ̝ːˌmɑ̝s̠ːɑ̝]

maa (“earth, soil”) + massa (“mass”), calque of Swedish jordmassa.

(geology) landmass (large continuous area of land, such as a continent or large island)


eduction

eduction (countable and uncountable, plural eductions)

From Latin eductio. Equivalent to educe + -ion.

(geology) A process by which the Earth's crust spreads sideways and exposes deep-seated rocks.


moryon

(mineralogy) morion (mineral); smoky quartz


瑠璃

Daijirin
Izu Peninsula
Lapis lazuli
Qing Dynasty
ja:瑠璃

Shortened from 吠(べい)瑠(る)璃(り) (beiruri), itself from Middle Chinese 吠瑠璃 (MC bjojH lje), a phonetic transcription of Sanskrit वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya, “cat's eye, beryl”). Some scholars suggest that the source term might instead have been Pali veḷuriya (“precious stone, maybe lapis lazuli”).

der

瑠璃貝: pelagic marine snail of genus Janthina

瑠璃瓦

a kawara tile with a glossy blue glaze, commonly used in roofing in Japan

瑠璃観音: one of the 33 manifestation of Kannon

depicted standing on a lotus leaf floating in the water

with incense in her right hand and a lotus blossom in her left hand

瑠璃釉

a slip containing powdered cobalt and applied to ceramics to achieve a deep blue color after firing

瑠璃紺: a deep blue and glossy piece of lapis lazuli

瑠璃草: navelwort: a flowering plant of genus Omphalodes in family Boraginaceae

native to the mountainous regions of Honshū and Hokkaidō

瑠璃灯: a kind of hexagonal lamp used in the Ōbaku sect of Zen

covered in thin silk and containing a candela made of lapis lazuli

瑠璃溝隠: a flowering herbaceous perennial plant

瑠璃実の樹

an evergreen shrub of genus Lasianthus, native to the Izu Peninsula

a perennial bulbous plant native to Eurasia

lapis lazuli's shine is brought out by polishing

瑠璃の光も磨きがら: → inborn talent is no substitute for hard work and practice

lazuli and crystal sparkle when you shine a light on them

瑠璃も玻璃も照らせば光かる: → even if two things are different

illumination can make their excellent qualities clear

you can tell lazuli and crystal by shining a light on them

瑠璃も玻璃も照らせば分かる: → the true nature of similar things can be discerned by different means

瑠璃は脆し: → a metaphor for the fragility of beautiful things

瑠璃も曇る: → a metaphor for how even the most excellent things lose value over time

(more specific)


tholeiite

/ˈθəʊ.lɪ.ʌɪt/

From German Tholeiit, from Tholei (“a village in western Germany”).

Correctly speaking, Hawaiian basalt is not just basalt, but is a special variety enriched in silica known as tholeiite.

2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 51n:

(geology) An igneous basaltic rock, formed from magma rich in magnesium and iron.


lumachel

(geology) A grey form of limestone that contains fossil shells, and reflects a fiery play of colours


liparite

en-noun

liparite (countable and uncountable, plural liparites)


lumachella

→ English: lumachel


foreset

From Middle English foresetten, from Old English fōresettan (“to place before, shut in, propose, prefer, precede”), equivalent to fore- + set. Cognate with Dutch voorzetten (“to put in front”), German vorsetzen (“to put in front, offer, serve up”), Swedish föresätta (“to put before”).

cog

Most deltas contain three different types of deposits: foreset, topset and bottomset beds. — Fluvial Landforms

(geology) The deposition of sediment by the turbidity currents above the reservoir water level.


kohosiirros

kohosiirros (nominative singular)
kohosiirrokset (nominative plural)
kohosiirros (accusative nominative singular)
kohosiirrokset (accusative nominative plural)
kohosiirroksen (accusative genitive singular)
kohosiirrokset (accusative genitive plural)
kohosiirroksen (genitive singular)
kohosiirrosten (genitive plural)
kohosiirroksien (genitive plural)
kohosiirrosta (partitive singular)
kohosiirroksia (partitive plural)
kohosiirroksessa (inessive singular)
kohosiirroksissa (inessive plural)
kohosiirroksesta (elative singular)
kohosiirroksista (elative plural)
kohosiirrokseen (illative singular)
kohosiirroksiin (illative plural)
kohosiirroksella (adessive singular)
kohosiirroksilla (adessive plural)
kohosiirrokselta (ablative singular)
kohosiirroksilta (ablative plural)
kohosiirrokselle (allative singular)
kohosiirroksille (allative plural)
kohosiirroksena (essive singular)
kohosiirroksina (essive plural)
kohosiirrokseksi (singular translative)
kohosiirroksiksi (plural translative)
kohosiirroksetta (abessive singular)
kohosiirroksitta (abessive plural)
kohosiirroksin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
kohosiirrokseni (nominative singular)
kohosiirrokseni (nominative plural)
kohosiirrokseni (accusative nominative singular)
kohosiirrokseni (accusative nominative plural)
kohosiirrokseni (accusative genitive singular)
kohosiirrokseni (accusative genitive plural)
kohosiirrokseni (genitive singular)
kohosiirrosteni (genitive plural)
kohosiirroksieni (genitive plural)
kohosiirrostani (partitive singular)
kohosiirroksiani (partitive plural)
kohosiirroksessani (inessive singular)
kohosiirroksissani (inessive plural)
kohosiirroksestani (elative singular)
kohosiirroksistani (elative plural)
kohosiirrokseeni (illative singular)
kohosiirroksiini (illative plural)
kohosiirroksellani (adessive singular)
kohosiirroksillani (adessive plural)
kohosiirrokseltani (ablative singular)
kohosiirroksiltani (ablative plural)
kohosiirrokselleni (allative singular)
kohosiirroksilleni (allative plural)
kohosiirroksenani (essive singular)
kohosiirroksinani (essive plural)
kohosiirroksekseni (singular translative)
kohosiirroksikseni (plural translative)
kohosiirroksettani (abessive singular)
kohosiirroksittani (abessive plural)
kohosiirroksineni (comitative plural)
kohosiirroksesi (nominative singular)
kohosiirroksesi (nominative plural)
kohosiirroksesi (accusative nominative singular)
kohosiirroksesi (accusative nominative plural)
kohosiirroksesi (accusative genitive singular)
kohosiirroksesi (accusative genitive plural)
kohosiirroksesi (genitive singular)
kohosiirrostesi (genitive plural)
kohosiirroksiesi (genitive plural)
kohosiirrostasi (partitive singular)
kohosiirroksiasi (partitive plural)
kohosiirroksessasi (inessive singular)
kohosiirroksissasi (inessive plural)
kohosiirroksestasi (elative singular)
kohosiirroksistasi (elative plural)
kohosiirrokseesi (illative singular)
kohosiirroksiisi (illative plural)
kohosiirroksellasi (adessive singular)
kohosiirroksillasi (adessive plural)
kohosiirrokseltasi (ablative singular)
kohosiirroksiltasi (ablative plural)
kohosiirroksellesi (allative singular)
kohosiirroksillesi (allative plural)
kohosiirroksenasi (essive singular)
kohosiirroksinasi (essive plural)
kohosiirrokseksesi (singular translative)
kohosiirroksiksesi (plural translative)
kohosiirroksettasi (abessive singular)
kohosiirroksittasi (abessive plural)
kohosiirroksinesi (comitative plural)
kohosiirroksemme (nominative singular)
kohosiirroksemme (nominative plural)
kohosiirroksemme (accusative nominative singular)
kohosiirroksemme (accusative nominative plural)
kohosiirroksemme (accusative genitive singular)
kohosiirroksemme (accusative genitive plural)
kohosiirroksemme (genitive singular)
kohosiirrostemme (genitive plural)
kohosiirroksiemme (genitive plural)
kohosiirrostamme (partitive singular)
kohosiirroksiamme (partitive plural)
kohosiirroksessamme (inessive singular)
kohosiirroksissamme (inessive plural)
kohosiirroksestamme (elative singular)
kohosiirroksistamme (elative plural)
kohosiirrokseemme (illative singular)
kohosiirroksiimme (illative plural)
kohosiirroksellamme (adessive singular)
kohosiirroksillamme (adessive plural)
kohosiirrokseltamme (ablative singular)
kohosiirroksiltamme (ablative plural)
kohosiirroksellemme (allative singular)
kohosiirroksillemme (allative plural)
kohosiirroksenamme (essive singular)
kohosiirroksinamme (essive plural)
kohosiirrokseksemme (singular translative)
kohosiirroksiksemme (plural translative)
kohosiirroksettamme (abessive singular)
kohosiirroksittamme (abessive plural)
kohosiirroksinemme (comitative plural)
kohosiirroksenne (nominative singular)
kohosiirroksenne (nominative plural)
kohosiirroksenne (accusative nominative singular)
kohosiirroksenne (accusative nominative plural)
kohosiirroksenne (accusative genitive singular)
kohosiirroksenne (accusative genitive plural)
kohosiirroksenne (genitive singular)
kohosiirrostenne (genitive plural)
kohosiirroksienne (genitive plural)
kohosiirrostanne (partitive singular)
kohosiirroksianne (partitive plural)
kohosiirroksessanne (inessive singular)
kohosiirroksissanne (inessive plural)
kohosiirroksestanne (elative singular)
kohosiirroksistanne (elative plural)
kohosiirrokseenne (illative singular)
kohosiirroksiinne (illative plural)
kohosiirroksellanne (adessive singular)
kohosiirroksillanne (adessive plural)
kohosiirrokseltanne (ablative singular)
kohosiirroksiltanne (ablative plural)
kohosiirroksellenne (allative singular)
kohosiirroksillenne (allative plural)
kohosiirroksenanne (essive singular)
kohosiirroksinanne (essive plural)
kohosiirrokseksenne (singular translative)
kohosiirroksiksenne (plural translative)
kohosiirroksettanne (abessive singular)
kohosiirroksittanne (abessive plural)
kohosiirroksinenne (comitative plural)
kohosiirroksensa (nominative singular)
kohosiirroksensa (nominative plural)
kohosiirroksensa (accusative nominative singular)
kohosiirroksensa (accusative nominative plural)
kohosiirroksensa (accusative genitive singular)
kohosiirroksensa (accusative genitive plural)
kohosiirroksensa (genitive singular)
kohosiirrostensa (genitive plural)
kohosiirroksiensa (genitive plural)
kohosiirrostaan (partitive singular)
kohosiirrostansa (partitive singular)
kohosiirroksiaan (partitive plural)
kohosiirroksiansa (partitive plural)
kohosiirroksessaan (inessive singular)
kohosiirroksessansa (inessive singular)
kohosiirroksissaan (inessive plural)
kohosiirroksissansa (inessive plural)
kohosiirroksestaan (elative singular)
kohosiirroksestansa (elative singular)
kohosiirroksistaan (elative plural)
kohosiirroksistansa (elative plural)
kohosiirrokseensa (illative singular)
kohosiirroksiinsa (illative plural)
kohosiirroksellaan (adessive singular)
kohosiirroksellansa (adessive singular)
kohosiirroksillaan (adessive plural)
kohosiirroksillansa (adessive plural)
kohosiirrokseltaan (ablative singular)
kohosiirrokseltansa (ablative singular)
kohosiirroksiltaan (ablative plural)
kohosiirroksiltansa (ablative plural)
kohosiirrokselleen (allative singular)
kohosiirroksellensa (allative singular)
kohosiirroksilleen (allative plural)
kohosiirroksillensa (allative plural)
kohosiirroksenaan (essive singular)
kohosiirroksenansa (essive singular)
kohosiirroksinaan (essive plural)
kohosiirroksinansa (essive plural)
kohosiirroksekseen (singular translative)
kohosiirrokseksensa (singular translative)
kohosiirroksikseen (plural translative)
kohosiirroksiksensa (plural translative)
kohosiirroksettaan (abessive singular)
kohosiirroksettansa (abessive singular)
kohosiirroksittaan (abessive plural)
kohosiirroksittansa (abessive plural)
kohosiirroksineen (comitative plural)
kohosiirroksinensa (comitative plural)

[ˈko̞ɦo̞ˌs̠iːrːo̞s̠]


comagmatic

(geology, of rocks) Derived from the same magma.


jacupirangite

en-noun

jacupirangite (countable and uncountable, plural jacupirangites)

(mineralogy) Any of a melanocratic series of igneous rocks of varying composition, the characteristic minerals being purple titanaugite, nepheline, and magnetite or titanoferrite.


melinite

melinite (countable and uncountable, plural melinites)

Borrowed from French mélinite, from Ancient Greek μήλινος (mḗlinos, “quince-yellow”).

der

(mineralogy) A yellow clay mineral from Bavaria.


parasequence

(geology) A relatively conformable, genetically related succession of beds and bedsets bounded by marine flooding surfaces and their correlative surfaces.


backstepping

Once the sea level stabilized again, the same group of corals grew once more, but farther inshore and up to 10 feet higher in elevation, a process known to geologists as backstepping.

2009 April 16, Andrew C. Revkin, “Coral Fossils Suggest That Sea Level Can Rise Rapidly”, in New York Times:

(geology) A gradual backward movement of organisms or a sedimentary environment caused by changes in environmental factors.


hampshirite

(mineralogy) A particular steatic pseudomorph, found in New Hampshire.


krzemionka

krzemionka (nominative singular)
krzemionki (genitive singular)
krzemionce (dative singular)
krzemionkę (accusative singular)
krzemionką (instrumental singular)
krzemionce (locative singular)
krzemionko (singular vocative)


lutite

(geology, dated) A rock composed of clayey or silty sediment.


Chalcedon

de-noun

Chalcedon m (strong, genitive Chalcedons, plural Chalcedone)

Chalcedons (genitive)
Chalcedone (plural)
Chalcedon (nominative singular)
Chalcedone (definite nominative plural)
Chalcedons (genitive singular)
Chalcedone (definite genitive plural)
Chalcedon (dative singular)
Chalcedonen (dative definite plural)
Chalcedon (accusative singular)
Chalcedone (accusative definite plural)


nacrite

(mineralogy) A basic aluminium silicate clay that is a polymorph of kaolinite


antidune

(geomorphology) A bedform found in fluvial environments, opposing the direction of flow.

antiduna

a bedform opposing the direction of fluvial flow


agpaite

(mineralogy) Any of various peralkaline igneous rocks, typically nepheline syenite or phonolite.


nettunista

it-noun

nettunista m or f by sense (masculine plural nettunisti, feminine plural nettuniste)

nettunisti (masculine plural)
nettuniste (feminine plural)


nife

Coined by Eduard Suess in 1909, in Das Antlitz der Erde, as a blend of translingual Ni (nickel) + Fe (iron).

ref

Eduard Suess (1909) “Vierter Theil, Vierundzwanzigster Abschnitt: Die Tiefen”, in Das Antlitz der Erde (in German), volume 3.2, Wien: F. Tempsky, →OCLC, page 626:
Wir nehmen ferner drei Zonen oder Hüllen als maassgebend für die Beschaffenheit der Erde an, u. zw. die Barysphäre oder das Nife (Ni-Fe), ferner Sima (Si-Mg) und Sal (Si-Al). Diese Theilung unterscheidet sich von der Classification, die von hervorragenden americanischen Petrographen vorgeschlagen wurde, durch die Abtrennung der metallischen Barysphäre (Nife).
We further assume the existence of three zones or envelopes as determining the structure of the earth, namely, the barysphere or the Nife (Ni-Fe), Sima (Si-Mg), and Sal (Si-Al). This division differs from the classification which has been proposed by distinguished American petrographers, in the separation of the metallic barysphere (Nife).

(geology) The innermost layers or core of the Earth, composed chiefly of nickel and iron.


villiaumite

(mineralogy) A rare toxic halide mineral composed of sodium fluoride.


isolueshite

(mineralogy) A brownish-black mineral comprising mostly niobium and lanthanum.


quetzalcoatlite

Named after Quetzalcoatl + -ite, the Toltec/Aztec god of the sea, for its blue-green color.

(mineralogy) A blue mineral containing zinc, tellurium, and copper.


zlatogorite

(mineralogy) A silvery-white mineral containing copper, nickel, and antimony.


vyuntspakhkite

From Vyuntspakh + -ite, after a mountain in Russia.

(mineralogy) A mineral comprising mostly aluminosilicates of yttrium, ytterbium and various lanthanides


abenakiite

(mineralogy) A mineral of sodium, cerium, neodymium, lanthanum, praseodymium, thorium, samarium, oxygen, sulfur, carbon, phosphorus, and silicon.


loparite

en-noun

loparite (countable and uncountable, plural loparites)

(mineralogy) A granular, brittle oxide mineral of the perovskite class.


wardite

(mineralogy) A hydrous sodium aluminium phosphate hydroxide mineral, of interest for its rare tetragonal trapezohedral crystallography.


howlite

(mineralogy) A calcium borosilicate hydroxide found in evaporite deposits.


triplite

triplite (countable and uncountable, plural triplites)

(mineralogy) A rare manganese-bearing phosphate mineral.


eudialyte

eudialyte (countable and uncountable, plural eudialytes)

From Ancient Greek εὖ διάλυτος (eû diálutos, “well decomposable”), alluding to its ready solubility in acid.

uder

(mineralogy) A red silicate mineral that forms in alkaline igneous rocks such as nepheline syenites.


kukharenkoite

From Kukharenko + -ite, after Russian mineralogist Alexander A. Kukharenko.

(mineralogy) A radioactive mineral containing barium, cerium, and fluorine.


vishnevite

en-noun

vishnevite (usually uncountable, plural vishnevites)


kinoshitalite

(mineralogy) A mineral containing barium, aluminium, magnesium, and silicon.


violarite

(mineralogy) A red-violet supergene sulfide mineral associated with the weathering and oxidation of primary pentlandite nickel sulfide ore minerals.


tvalchrelidzeite

Named after A.A. Tvalchrelidze (born 1915), academic at the Georgia Academy of Science.
Tvalchrelidze + -ite

(mineralogy) A grey mineral containing mercury, antimony, arsenic, and sulfur.


bayerite

bayerite (countable and uncountable, plural bayerites)


weilite

From Weil + -ite, after René Weil (born 1901), professor of mineralogy at the University of Strasbourg.

(mineralogy) A rare white triclinic arsenate mineral with waxy lustre.


krutovite

(mineralogy) A cubic nickel diarsenide mineral.


metatorbernite

(mineralogy) A radioactive phosphate mineral, a dehydration pseudomorph of torbernite.


painite

From Pain + -ite, after British mineralogist Arthur C. D. Pain.

(mineralogy) A very rare orange-red borate mineral consisting mostly of calcium, zirconium, boron, aluminium, and oxygen.


lansfordite

From Lansford + -ite, after the place in Pennsylvania where it was discovered.

(mineralogy) A soft monoclinic hydrated magnesium carbonate mineral.


schreyerite

(mineralogy) A vanadium titanium oxide mineral found in Kenya; it is a polymorph of kyzylkumite.


barrerite

From Barrer + -ite, after British teacher Richard Maling Barrer.

(mineralogy) A white to pinkish tectosilicate zeolite mineral.


trevorite

From Trevor + -ite, after South African mining inspector Major Tudor Gruffydd Trevor.

(mineralogy) A very rare black nickeliferous mineral of the spinel group.


baotite

baotite (usually uncountable, plural baotites)

(mineralogy) A rare tetragonal mineral with a unique fourfold silicate ring.


euchroite

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

(mineralogy) A green hydrated copper arsenate hydroxide mineral.


daqingshanite

(mineralogy) A trigonal mineral comprising mostly strontium, cerium, and oxygen.


lanthanite

lanthanite (countable and uncountable, plural lanthanites)

(mineralogy) A radioactive mineral, a carbonate of the rare earth elements lanthanum, cerium, and neodymium.


zugshunstite

(mineralogy) A mineral comprising mostly cerium and oxygen.


zemkorite

(mineralogy) A soft hexagonal mineral containing potassium, sodium, calcium, carbon, and oxygen.


jimboite

From Jimbo + -ite, after Kotora Jimbo (1867-1924).

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


zdenekite

From Zdenek + -ite. Named after Dr. Zdeněk Johan born 18 November 1935 by P. J. Chiappero and H. Sarp in 1995.

(mineralogy) A blue monoclinic mineral, a sodium, lead copper arsenate chloride


scorzalite

From Scorza + -lite, after Brazilian geologist Everisto Pena Scorza (1899–1969).

(mineralogy) A dark blue phosphate mineral containing iron, magnesium, and aluminium phosphate.


tusionite

From Tusion + -ite, after the Tusion River Valley in Tajikistan.

(mineralogy) A rare trigonal borate mineral.


triploidite

From triplite + -oid (“resembling”). This mineral resembles triplite.

(mineralogy) An uncommon monoclinic manganese iron phosphate mineral.


johnsomervilleite

(mineralogy) A dark, brittle, vitreous mineral comprising mostly iron, phosphorus, and oxygen.


vaesite

vaesite (usually uncountable, plural vaesites)

From Vaes + -ite, after Belgian mineralologist Johannes F. Vaes.

(mineralogy) A nickel-sulfur mineral found with cattierite.


valentinite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic antimony oxide mineral.


naujakasite

(mineralogy) A mineral comprising mostly oxygen, silicon, aluminium, and sodium.


zincowoodwardite

(mineralogy) A soft bluish mineral comprising mostly zinc and oxygen.


zeophyllite

(mineralogy) A white pearly mineral from hydrothermal alteration of basalt.


zircosulfate

(mineralogy) A soft mineral containing zirconium, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.


schreibersite

schreibersite (countable and uncountable, plural schreibersites)

From Schreibers + -ite, after Austrian scientist Karl Franz Anton von Schreibers (1775-1852).

(mineralogy) A tetragonal iron nickel phosphide mineral most commonly found in meteorites.


zavaritskite

From Zavaritskii + -ite, after Aleksandr Zavaritskii.

(mineralogy) A soft bismuth-oxygen-fluorine mineral.


zincolibethenite

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


zwieselite

Named for type locality Zwiesel (in Bavaria, Germany) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A brown to black mineral containing manganese, iron, phosphorus, oxygen, and fluorine.


zodacite

(mineralogy) A yellow or colourless mineral comprising mostly oxygen, calcium, iron, and phosphorus.


vauxite

From Vaux + -ite, after American mineral collector George Vaux Junior (1863-1927).

(mineralogy) A phosphate mineral of the laueite–paravauxite group.


viitaniemiite

(mineralogy) A mineral, Na(Ca,Mn++)Al(PO₄)(F,OH)₃.


tuperssuatsiaite

(mineralogy) A red-brown monoclinic mineral comprising mostly iron, silicon, and oxygen.


rosenbergite

From Rosenberg + -ite, after US geochemist Philip E. Rosenberg.

(mineralogy) A mineral with chemical formula AlF₃·3H₂O.


quadridavyne

(mineralogy) A mineral found in volcanic ash.


SEDEX

(geology) Abbreviation of sedimentary exhalative.


fukalite

From Fuka + -lite. From Japanese 布賀; from the Fuka mine in Bitchuu Province, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

(mineralogy) A mineral comprising mostly calcium, oxygen, and silicon.


gneissoid

en-adj

gneissoid (comparative more gneissoid, superlative most gneissoid)

more gneissoid (comparative)
most gneissoid (superlative)

(geology) Having a structure similar to that of gneiss, or intermediate between that of gneiss and mica or granite


gneissoid

(geology) A metamorphic rock having the composition of a laminated granite


zoubekite

From Zoubek + -ite, after Vladimír Zoubek.

(mineralogy) A grey orthorhombic mineral containing silver, antimony, lead, and sulfur.


evenkite

From Evenkia + -ite, after a district of Siberia.

(mineralogy) A rare hydrocarbon mineral.


nadorite

From Nador + -ite, after Djebel Nador in Algeria.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic brown or yellow mineral containing lead and tin.


iraqite

(mineralogy) A greenish-yellow radioactive mineral.


mccrillisite

(mineralogy) A mineral comprising mainly cesium, zirconium, phosphorus, and oxygen.


taseqite

(mineralogy) A complex yellow-brown mineral found in Greenland.


cornwallite

Named for type locality, Cornwall (England) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A basic copper arsenate mineral with chemical formula Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄.


ferrokinoshitalite

(mineralogy) A dark green iron mineral related to kinoshitalite.


yvonite

(mineralogy) A turquoise-blue mineral containing copper, arsenic, hydrogen, and oxygen.


wagnerite

From Wagner + -ite, after F. M. von Wagner (1768-1851), German mining official.

(mineralogy) A combined phosphate and fluoride of iron and magnesium.


tsnigriite

(mineralogy) A grey mineral found in gold and silver deposits.


welshite

(mineralogy) A complex mineral containing magnesium and antimony.


samsonite

From Samson + -ite, after an occurrence in the Samson Vein of the Sankt Andreasberg silver mines, Harz Mountains, Germany.

(mineralogy) A black, monoclinic silver manganese antimony sulfosalt mineral.


zeuxite

From Ancient Greek ζεῦξις (zeûxis, “joining”) + + -ite.

der

(mineralogy, obsolete) A form of green tourmaline.


o'danielite

Named after German professor of mineralogy Herbert O'Daniel (1903–1977), + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A mineral comprising mainly zinc, arsenic, and oxygen.


hawleyite

From Hawley + -ite, after James Edwin Hawley.

(mineralogy) A rare cadmium sulfide mineral in the sphalerite group.


ettringite

en-noun

ettringite (countable and uncountable, plural ettringites)

(mineralogy) A trigonal hydrous calcium aluminium sulfate mineral.


wodginite

wodginite (countable and uncountable, plural wodginites)

(mineralogy) A brown to black mineral comprising mainly tantalum.


hedenbergite

hedenbergite (countable and uncountable, plural hedenbergites)

From Hedenberg + -ite, after M. A. Ludwig Hedenberg.

(mineralogy) The iron-rich endmember of the pyroxene group having a monoclinic crystal system.


hapkeite

From Hapke + -ite, after US scientist Bruce Hapke.

(mineralogy) A meteoric mineral composed of silicon and iron.


melonite

From Melones + -ite, after the Melones and Stanislaus mine in Calaveras County, California.

(mineralogy) A nickel telluride mineral.


mendozite

(mineralogy) A sulfate mineral of the alum series; a hydrated form of sodium aluminium sulfate.


canfieldite

canfieldite (usually uncountable, plural canfieldites)

From Canfield + -ite, after American mining engineer Frederick Alexander Canfield (1849-1926).

(mineralogy) A rare silver tin sulfide mineral.


meneghinite

meneghinite (countable and uncountable, plural meneghinites)

From Meneghini + -ite, after Giuseppe Meneghini (1811–1889).

(mineralogy) A blackish-grey orthorhombic sulfosalt mineral.


meionite

meionite (countable and uncountable, plural meionites)

From Ancient Greek μείων (meíōn, “less”) + -ite.

af

(mineralogy) A silicate mineral belonging to the scapolite group.


sanbornite

From Sanborn + -ite, after mineralogist Frank B. Sanborn (1862-1936).

(mineralogy) A rare orthorhombic barium phyllosilicate mineral.


argyrodite

en-noun

argyrodite (countable and uncountable, plural argyrodites)

(mineralogy) An uncommon silver germanium sulfide mineral, black with a purplish tinge and metallic lustre.


struvite

struvite (countable and uncountable, plural struvites)

Named after German diplomat and mineralogist Heinrich von Struve (1772–1851) + -ite (“mineral”).

named-after

(mineralogy) A hydrated magnesium-containing mineral Mg(NH₄)(PO₄)·6H₂O which is found in kidney stones associated with bacteria that cleave urea.


weddellite

Named for type locality Weddell Sea in Antarctica, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A tetragonal mineral form of calcium oxalate.


hauerite

From Hauer + -ite, after Austrian geologists Joseph and Franz Ritter von Hauer.

(mineralogy) A manganese sulfide mineral, MnS₂, that forms reddish-brown or black octahedral crystals.


mcbirneyite

From McBirney + -ite, after Alexander Robert McBirney.

(mineralogy) A copper-oxygen-vanadium mineral.


ofite

(mineralogy) ophite, verd antique (lapis ophytes)


zellerite

(mineralogy) A soft mineral containing calcium and uranium.


miarolitic

/ˌmaɪəɹəˈlɪtɪk/

(mineralogy) Being or pertaining to a crystal-lined irregular cavity or vug most commonly found in granitic pegmatites.


tincalconite

(mineralogy) A hydrous sodium borate mineral closely related to borax.


miargyrite

Ancient Greek meyon, "smaller", and argyros, "silver", as its silver content is lower than most silver sulfides.

(mineralogy) A sulfide of silver and antimony.


veatchite

(mineralogy) A strontium borate mineral.


saponite

en-noun

saponite (countable and uncountable, plural saponites)

Coined by Swedish chemist and mineralogist Lars Fredrik Svanberg in 1840, from Latin sāpō (“soap”) + -ite.

coin

(mineralogy) A trioctahedral smectite mineral.


zemannite

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


zincroselite

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


yofortierite

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


zincaluminite

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


zincospiroffite

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


yuanjiangite

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


zirsinalite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing calcium, iron, manganese, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and zirconium.


zapatalite

Named after Emiliano Zapata (1879-1919), the peasant hero of the Mexican revolution.
Zapata + -lite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal light blue mineral containing aluminum, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.


yoshiokaite

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


zincovoltaite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, potassium, sulfur, and zinc.


yixunite

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


yoderite

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


zairite

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


yuanfuliite

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


zirklerite

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


yugawaralite

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


zincgartrellite

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


yeatmanite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal clove brown mineral containing antimony, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.


zincostaurolite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, lithium, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, titanium, and zinc.


yarrowite

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


yavapaiite

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


yecoraite

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


yagiite

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


yushkinite

From Yushkin + -ite, named after Russian mineralogist Nikolai Pavlovich Yushkin (1936–2012).

named-after

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, sulfur, and vanadium.


yedlinite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral red violet mineral containing chlorine, chromium, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.


yingjiangite

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


yaroslavite

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


voglite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing calcium, carbon, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.


yafsoanite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing calcium, oxygen, tellurium, and zinc.


yakhontovite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic pistachio green mineral containing calcium, copper, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.


woodwardite

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


wyllieite

After Peter John Wyllie, American geologist, + -ite

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


vistepite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal yellowish orange mineral containing boron, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and tin.


wicksite

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


wheatleyite

From Wheatley + -ite, after the Wheatley mine, near Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA.

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


yimengite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal black mineral containing aluminum, barium, chromium, iron, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and titanium.


vochtenite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic bronze brown mineral containing hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium.


wycheproofite

After Wycheproof, northwestern Victoria, Australia, + -ite

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


waylandite

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


vladimirite

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


woodallite

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


willemseite

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


virgilite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-trapezohedral colorless mineral containing aluminum, lithium, oxygen, and silicon.


wilcoxite

From Wilcox + -ite, after William Wilcox (?-1880), discoverer of the Wilcox district of New Mexico in 1879.

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


voltaite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, potassium, and sulfur.


vismirnovite

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


osarsite

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


norrishite

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


nefedovite

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


wilhelmvierlingite

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


wallkilldellite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal dark red mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.


wakabayashilite

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


westerveldite

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


natalyite

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


oenite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic silver white mineral containing antimony, arsenic, and cobalt.


wattevillite

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


volynskite

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


bearsite

Named after its chemical composition of BArium and ZIRconium.
 + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic white mineral containing arsenic, beryllium, hydrogen, and oxygen.


wickenburgite

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


palladoarsenide

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic steel gray mineral containing arsenic and palladium.


nisbite

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


apjohnite

Named after James Apjohn (1796-1886), Professor of Mineralogy at Trinity College, Dublin and the person who first described the mineral.
Apjohn + -ite

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


baghdadite

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


aminoffite

From Aminoff + -ite, named after Swedish mineralogist Gregori Aminoff.

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


baricite

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


avogadrite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, cesium, fluorine, and potassium.


behoite

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


baylissite

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


vlasovite

From Vlasov + -ite; named after Kuzma Aleksevich Vlasov (1905–1964), a Russian mineralogist and geochemist.

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


stottite

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


bayleyite

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


srilankite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal black mineral containing oxygen, titanium, and zirconium.


anorthominasragrite

From an- + ortho- + minasragrite. Named for the polymorphic relationship to minasragrite.

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal blue green mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and vanadium.


yoshimuraite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal orange brown mineral containing barium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, silicon, strontium, sulfur, and titanium.


beaverite

From Beaver + -ite, after Beaver County, Utah.

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


arsenogorceixite

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


serendibite

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


taimyrite

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


springcreekite

From Spring Creek + -ite, after a place in Australia.

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral black mineral containing barium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and vanadium.


tavorite

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


neltnerite

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


stanleyite

From Stanley + -ite, after Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), British journalist and explorer.

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


threadgoldite

From Threadgold + -ite, after Ian M. Threadgold.

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


anthonyite

From Anthony + -ite, after its discoverer John W. Anthony.

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


szymanskiite

Szymański + -ite, named after Jan Tomasz Szymański, a Canadian X-ray crystallographer

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, mercury, nickel, and oxygen.


tsumcorite

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


tinsleyite

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


szaibelyite

Named in 1861 by Karl Ferdinand Peters in honour of Stephen Szaibely (1777-1855), mine surveyor of Rézbánya, Hungary, now Romania.
Szaibely + -ite

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


szenicsite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic dark green mineral containing copper, hydrogen, molybdenum, and oxygen.


tilleyite

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


uralolite

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


tsumgallite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing gallium, germanium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.


utahite

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


zincrosasite

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


tengchongite

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


ushkovite

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


thorutite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, thorium, titanium, and uranium.


thorogummite

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


tellurohauchecornite

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


uvanite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic brownish yellow mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, uranium, and vanadium.


tiptopite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-pyramidal colorless mineral containing beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, lithium, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, and sodium.


ternesite

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


vimsite

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


quenselite

Named after Swedish professor of mineralogy Percy Dudgeon Quensel (1881–1966), + -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal pitch black mineral containing hydrogen, lead, manganese, and oxygen.


telyushenkoite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, cesium, fluorine, oxygen, potassium, rubidium, silicon, sodium, and zinc.


tegengrenite

(mineralogy) A trigonal dark red mineral containing antimony, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, titanium, and zinc.


tilasite

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


turkestanite

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


tooeleite

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


vinogradovite

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


tuliokite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing barium, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, sodium, and thorium.


uranpyrochlore

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


altisite

From Al (“aluminum”) + Ti (“titanium”) + Si (“silicon”) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing aluminum, chlorine, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


tsumoite

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


vanuralite

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


trabzonite

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


villyaellenite

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


tuzlaite

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


wroewolfeite

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


walfordite

(mineralogy) An isometric orange mineral containing iron, oxygen, and tellurium.


vergasovaite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal olive green mineral containing copper, molybdenum, oxygen, sulfur, and zinc.


umbozerite

Named after the type locality: Mt. Karnasurt, near Lake Umbozero
Umbozero + -ite

(mineralogy) An amorphous mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, strontium, and thorium.


wilkinsonite

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


vikingite

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


vanmeersscheite

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


ungemachite

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


vyacheslavite

From Vyacheslav + -ite, named after Russian mineralogist Vyacheslav Gavilovich Melkov.

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


vanalite

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


tvedalite

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


tsaregorodtsevite

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


uytenbogaardtite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-trapezohedral gray white mineral containing gold, silver, and sulfur.


tyretskite

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


tristramite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-trapezohedral mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, phosphorus, sulfur, and uranium.


wilhelmramsayite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal bluish gray mineral containing copper, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, potassium, sodium, sulfur, and thallium.


vandenbrandeite

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


trogtalite

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal pink violet mineral containing cobalt and selenium.


trigonite

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


vandendriesscheite

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


tschernichite

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


satpaevite

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


trilithionite

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


telluropalladinite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic silver white mineral containing palladium and tellurium.


telargpalite

For its composition, (TEL)lurium, Latin (ARG)entum (“silver”), and (PAL)ladium, + -ite.

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


trolleite

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


truscottite

After Samuel John Truscott, English geologist, + -ite.

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


uranotungstite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing barium, hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, tungsten, and uranium.


turanite

(mineralogy) An olive green mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and vanadium.


symplesite

From Ancient Greek συν- (sun-, “together”) + πλησίος (plēsíos, “near”) + -ite.

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


queitite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing lead, oxygen, silicon, sulfur, and zinc.


vanoxite

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


uranopolycrase

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal brown red mineral containing niobium, oxygen, tantalum, thorium, titanium, uranium, and yttrium.


sclarite

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


ursilite

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


schneebergite

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


kalipyrochlore

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral green mineral containing hydrogen, niobium, oxygen, potassium, strontium, and titanium.


sarcolite

en-noun

sarcolite (usually uncountable, plural sarcolites)

From sarco- + -lite, from Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”) for its reddish fleshy color, and λίθος (líthos, “stone”) for being a mineral.

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


cuprostibite

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


varulite

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


edgarbaileyite

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


quadratite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, cadmium, lead, silver, and sulfur.


sadanagaite

Named in 1984 by Hidehiko Shimazaki and others in honour of Ryoichi Sadanaga (定永両一) (1920-2002), professor of crystallography at the University of Tokyo.
Sadanaga + -ite

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


dietzeite

From Dietze + -ite after August Dietze (?-1893?), German chemist who first described the mineral.

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


cuprosklodowskite

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


johnbaumite

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


izoklakeite

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


collinsite

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


kryzhanovskite

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


kupcikite

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


carbokentbrooksite

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


senegalite

From Senegal + -ite, from the type locality.

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


cattiite

From Catti + -ite, after physical chemist Michele Catti.

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


jeromite

(mineralogy) An amorphous mineral containing arsenic, selenium, and sulfur.


cesanite

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


joesmithite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing beryllium, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.


kuranakhite

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


kamchatkite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal greenish brown mineral with the chemical formula KCu₃(SO₄)₂OCl.


cuprospinel

cuprospinel (usually uncountable, plural cuprospinels)

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


johannsenite

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


bazirite

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


khanneshite

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


kanonaite

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


ktenasite

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


korzhinskite

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


kanonerovite

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


urancalcarite

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


kornelite

Borrowed from Hungarian kornelit, after its discoverer Kornel Hlavacsek.

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


jixianite

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


keyite

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


kampfite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic light blue gray mineral containing aluminum, barium, carbon, chlorine, oxygen, silicon, sodium, strontium, and titanium.


vanthoffite

From Vanthoff + -ite, named for Dutch physical chemist and Nobel Prize winner Jacobus Hendricus van 't Hoff, Jr (1852-1911).

The principal changes which have taken place in the deposits are those of kieserite and rock salt into vanthoffite and loewite, and of carnallite into sylvite. The vanthoffite crystals are almost pure.

1914, Journal of the Chemical Society, Volume 106, Part 2, page 376:

1968, Robert Kühn, Geochemistry of the German Potash Deposits, Richard B. Mattox (editor), Saline Deposits: A Symposium based on Papers from the International Conference on Saline Deposits, Houton Texas, 1962, Geological Society of America, Special Paper 88, page 431,
At high temperatures there is a separation of the “thermophile” salts, halite, anhydrite, thenardite, bloedite, vanthoffite, loeweite, kainite, and langbeinite, which have a negative coefficient of solubility.

1980, P. A. Storm, The Great Salt Lake Brine System, J. Wallace Gwynn (editor), Great Salt Lake: A Scientific, Historical and Economic Overview, Utah Geological and Mineral Survey, Bulletin 116, page 150,
Other sodium bearing minerals that can be produced through solar evaporation are astrakainite. glaserite, and vanthoffite.

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


althausite

Named for Egon Althouse, a German mineralogist + -ite.

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


kupletskite

After Boris Kupletski and Elsa Kupletskaya, Russian geologists, + -ite

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


ixiolite

From the Greek mythical character Ixion, + -lite. This mineral contains tantalum, named after Tantalus, who is another Greek mythical figure with whom Ixion had a similarity in that they both are punished in Tartarus.

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


kurchatovite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal light gray mineral containing boron, calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.


johninnesite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal yellow brown mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


klyuchevskite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing aluminum, copper, iron, oxygen, potassium, and sulfur.


kentbrooksite

Named for geologist C. Kent Brooks + -ite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal yellowish brown mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, manganese, niobium, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and zirconium.


khinite

Named in honor of BaSaw Khin (b. 1931, Burma; Burmese-American geologist, petrographer and mineralogist with Phelps Dodge Corporation, USA) + -ite.

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


johntomaite

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


jonesite

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


kolovratite

From Kolovrat + -ite. Named after Lev Stanislovich Kolovrat-Chervinckii (1884-1921; Russian: Лев Станиславович Коловрат-Червинский), a physicist and radiologist of the Russian Empire.

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


smithite

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


manandonite

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


kuznetsovite

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


jolliffeite

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal tin white mineral containing arsenic, cobalt, nickel, and selenium.


jinshajiangite

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


liskeardite

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


mammothite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic sulfate chloride mineral with the chemical formula Pb₆Cu₄AlSb⁵⁺O₂(OH)₁₆Cl₄(SO₄)₂.


kieftite

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal tin white mineral containing antimony and cobalt.


kasolite

Named for type locality Kasolo Mine in Zaire, + -ite.

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


kinichilite

Named after Japanese mineral collector Dr. Ken'ichi Sakurai (1912–1993), + -lite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal dark brown mineral containing hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and tellurium.


laurionite

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


landesite

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


koenenite

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


kribergite

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


jeppeite

After John Frederick Biccard Jeppe, Australian geologist, + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing barium, iron, oxygen, potassium, and titanium.


kashinite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal light gray mineral containing iridium, rhodium, and sulfur.


johillerite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic violet mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, copper, iron, magnesium, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, and zinc.


kristiansenite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, scandium, silicon, sodium, tin, and zirconium.


landauite

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


kornite

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


iwakiite

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


keckite

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


lawrencite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing chlorine, iron, and nickel.


liebauite

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


kazakhstanite

Named after Kazakhstan, the country of the type locality
Kazakhstan + -ite

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


mandarinoite

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


liebenbergite

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


metavandendriesscheite

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


lawsonbauerite

Named for chemist Lawson H. Bauer + -ite.

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


lourenswalsite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal mineral containing aluminum, barium, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and titanium.


mcguinnessite

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


lazarenkoite

Named in honour of Evgenii Konstantinovich Lazarenko (1912-1979), a mineralogist at Lvov University, Ukraine.
Lazarenko + -ite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic light orange mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.


johachidolite

Named for type locality Johachido district (an old name for Sanpal-Tong) in North Korea, + -lite.

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


jianshuiite

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


makovickyite

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


mcgillite

Named in honor of McGill University (in Montreal, Canada) + -ite.

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


jeremejevite

Named after 19th century Russian mineralogist P. V. Jeremejev + -ite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, boron, fluorine, hydrogen, and oxygen.


laurelite

Named for type locality Laurel Canyon (in Graham County, Arizona) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-trigonal dipyramidal colorless mineral containing chlorine, fluorine, and lead.


mpororoite

(mineralogy) A triclinic greenish yellow mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.


mallestigite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-trapezohedral colorless mineral containing antimony, arsenic, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and sulfur.


magnesiokatophorite

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


manganbelyankinite

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


mcauslanite

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


vlodavetsite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral with the chemical formula AlCa₂(SO₄)₂F₂Cl · 4H₂O.


magnesiosadanagaite

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


pararammelsbergite

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


nickellotharmeyerite

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


metavanmeersscheite

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


potassicpargasite

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


mcallisterite

Named after geologist James Franklin McAllister + -ite

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


magnesiodumortierite

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


mathewrogersite

(mineralogy) A trigonal mineral containing aluminum, copper, germanium, hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, and silicon.


phosphoellenbergerite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal blue mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.


proudite

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


kegelite

Named after German director of mining operations at the Tsumeb Mine, Friedrich Wilhelm Kegel (1874–1948) + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing aluminum, carbon, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, silicon, and sulfur.


petscheckite

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


piypite

Boris I. Piyp (a Soviet geologist) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A tetragonal sulfate chloride mineral with the chemical formula K₄Cu₄O₂(SO₄)₄ · (Na,Cu)Cl.


potassicsadanagaite

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


metatyuyamunite

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


pellyite

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


penkvilksite

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


mcgovernite

From McGovern + -ite, in honor of James J. McGovern, American mine foreman.

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


paracoquimbite

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


penfieldite

After Samuel Lewis Penfield (American scientist) + -ite.

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


magnesiostaurolite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, lithium, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, titanium, and zinc.


phaunouxite

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


orthominasragrite

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


voggite

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


lamprophyllite

en-noun

lamprophyllite (countable and uncountable, plural lamprophyllites)

From Ancient Greek λαμπρός (lamprós, “shining”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”), for its luster, + -ite.

uder

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


parasibirskite

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


thoreaulite

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


yanomamite

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


potassicleakeite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic reddish brown mineral containing hydrogen, iron, lithium, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and vanadium.


mcalpineite

From McAlpine + -ite, named after a mine in Tuolumne County, California.

(mineralogy) An isometric mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tellurium.


mcnearite

(mineralogy) A triclinic white mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.


phosphowalpurgite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal brownish gray mineral containing arsenic, bismuth, calcium, copper, hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, phosphorus, silicon, uranium, and vanadium.


phosphovanadylite

For its composition, a phosphorus-bearing mineral containing a vanadyl anion base, + -ite.

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral light greenish blue mineral containing aluminum, barium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, and vanadium.


penobsquisite

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


tischendorfite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic beige mineral containing lead, mercury, palladium, selenium, and silver.


parasymplesite

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


thorosteenstrupine

en-noun

thorosteenstrupine (usually uncountable, plural thorosteenstrupines)

(mineralogy) An amorphous mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and thorium.


radhakrishnaite

Named after Dr. Bangalore Puttaiya Radhakrishna or BPR (1918-2012), director of Mysore Geological Department, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A tetragonal rose-brown mineral containing chlorine, lead, sulfur, and tellurium.


poldervaartite

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


veszelyite

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


thorbastnasite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal brown mineral containing calcium, carbon, cerium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and thorium.


lavrentievite

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


tetrarooseveltite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, bismuth, and oxygen.


tsugaruite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic silvery lead gray mineral containing arsenic, lead, and sulfur.


svyatoslavite

Святослав + -ite

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


mcconnellite

Named after Canadian director of the British Guyana Geological Survey, Dr. Richard Bradford McConnell (1903–1986), + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral dark red mineral containing chromium, copper, and oxygen.