gartrellite

Named after Australian mineral collector Blair J. Gartrell (1950–1995) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A triclinic mineral containing arsenic, carbon, copper, hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, and sulfur.


gilalite

Named for type locality, Gila County, Arizona, + -lite.

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


glaukosphaerite

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


gillespite

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


graemite

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


guarinoite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal mineral containing chlorine, cobalt, hydrogen, nickel, oxygen, sulfur, and zinc.


gonyerite

From Gonyer + -ite, named for Forest A. Gonyer, a chemist-analyst and mineralogist from Harvard University.

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


godlevskite

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


getchellite

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getchellite (usually uncountable, plural getchellites)

Named for type locality, Getchell Mine in Humboldt County, Nevada, + -ite.

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


carbocernaite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing barium, calcium, carbon, cerium, oxygen, sodium, and strontium.


grischunite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal dark reddish brown mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and sodium.


ferrocarpholite

From ferro- + carpholite, from Latin ferrum (“iron”), for being the ferrous analog of carpholite.

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

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

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


hakite

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


goldfieldite

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


gittinsite

From Gittins + -ite, named after petrologist John Gittins.

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


gordonite

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


gordaite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-pyramidal sulfate chloride mineral with the chemical formula NaZn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆Cl · 6H₂O.


glaucocerinite

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


goosecreekite

From Goose Creek (its type locality) + -ite.

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


goldmanite

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


balyakinite

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


gladiusite

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


gortdrumite

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


grossite

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


haiweeite

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


fresnoite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal pyramidal mineral containing barium, oxygen, silicon, and titanium.


goldichite

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


fiedlerite

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


graeserite

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


groutite

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


grimaldiite

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


gonnardite

gonnardite (countable and uncountable, plural gonnardites)

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


grayite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-trapezohedral mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, phosphorus, and thorium.


grumantite

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


gudmundite

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


guildite

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


guettardite

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


ganophyllite

ganophyllite (usually uncountable, plural ganophyllites)

From Ancient Greek γάνωμα (gánōma, “glaze”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”), for its luster and flat, platy appearance, + -ite.

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


grimselite

Named for type locality Grimsel, Switzerland, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal yellow mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, sodium, and uranium.


hammarite

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


hashemite

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

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


haigerachite

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


halurgite

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


hagendorfite

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


fluorvesuvianite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and silicon (a fluorine analog of vesuvianite.


hanawaltite

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


hannebachite

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


grandreefite

From Grand Reef + -ite; named for the location in which it was discovered in 1989, the Grand Reef Mine in Graham County, Arizona.

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


harkerite

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


hallimondite

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


grantsite

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


guilleminite

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

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


hatchite

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


hainite

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


gugiaite

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


grandidierite

From Grandidier + -ite; named after French naturalist and explorer Alfred Grandidier (1836–1921).

named-after

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


hauckite

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


hannayite

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

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


hatrurite

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


haradaite

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haradaite (usually uncountable, plural haradaites)

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


heideite

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


hambergite

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

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


girvasite

гирвас (girvas) + -ite. Named for Lake Girvas in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, where the mineral was found. The name of the lake is probably of Sami origin, likely from Kildin Sami сарьвэсь (sar’ves’).

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


haynesite

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


geffroyite

Geffroyite was named in honor of Jaques Geffroy, a metallurgist for the French Atomic Energy Commission.
geffroy + -ite

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


gorceixite

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


hauchecornite

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


heyite

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


hemloite

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


hectorfloresite

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


hennomartinite

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


henmilite

After Kitinosuke Henmi, Japanese scientist, + -ite

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


harrisonite

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


heinrichite

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


hieratite

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


hibbingite

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

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


hexahydroborite

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


gustavite

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


hohmannite

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


hemihedrite

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


hidalgoite

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


hendricksite

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


hedleyite

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

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


hocartite

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


hillebrandite

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


hillite

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


honessite

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


hoganite

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


hongshiite

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


holtedahlite

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


hulsite

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


hexaferrum

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


hentschelite

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


hemusite

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

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


hummerite

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


huemulite

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


heterosite

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

heterosiitti

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


kalifersite

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


holfertite

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

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


hunchunite

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


hydroastrophyllite

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


hubeite

From Hubei + -ite, after Hubei Province.

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


huttonite

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

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


huangite

From Chinese mineralogist Yunhui Huang, Huang + -ite.

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


hydrocalumite

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


hydrobasaluminite

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


hydrocerussite

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


karasugite

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


hydrohonessite

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


hydrochlorborite

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


hurlbutite

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


humberstonite

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


kanoite

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


kalicinite

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


hydroscarbroite

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


hydrodresserite

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


hydrotungstite

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


kelyanite

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


hollandite

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


gyrolite

gyrolite (countable and uncountable, plural gyrolites)

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

uder

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


hematolite

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

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


kastningite

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


holtite

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


howieite

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howieite (countable and uncountable, plural howieites)

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

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


hydrobiotite

hydrobiotite (countable and uncountable, plural hydrobiotites)

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


kamiokite

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


heidornite

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


keithconnite

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


hydroromarchite

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


kalborsite

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


cobaltarthurite

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


karpinskite

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


hydrohalite

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


hinsdalite

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

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


kellyite

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


katoite

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


karibibite

From a place in Namibia: Karibib + -ite.

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


karelianite

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


fersmite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, cerium, fluorine, hydrogen, niobium, oxygen, sodium, tantalum, thorium, titanium, and yttrium.


hydrotalcite

hydrotalcite (countable and uncountable, plural hydrotalcites)

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


kochkarite

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


kenhsuite

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


hydrodelhayelite

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


kapustinite

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


khademite

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

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


kenyaite

kenyaite (usually uncountable, plural kenyaites)

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


kazakovite

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

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


koechlinite

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


heteromorphite

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


kintoreite

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

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


hydroxycancrinite

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


kiddcreekite

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


kolarite

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


komkovite

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


kochite

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


komarovite

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


kolicite

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


krautite

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


konderite

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


kaersutite

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

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


koninckite

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


freudenbergite

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


lavendulan

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


koutekite

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


krausite

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


holdenite

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

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


ferrimolybdite

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


laffittite

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


koragoite

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


kulkeite

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


kempite

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


laphamite

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


laflammeite

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


krinovite

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


hetaerolite

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

der

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


lecontite

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


lammerite

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


kosnarite

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

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


killalaite

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


lannonite

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


lapieite

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


larisaite

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


latrappite

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


launayite

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


larsenite

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


kulanite

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


lenaite

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


langisite

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


clinoungemachite

From clino- + the name of French mineralogist Henri-Leon Ungemach + -ite.

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


lehnerite

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


ferrobarroisite

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


karlite

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

named-after

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


leucophosphite

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


lengenbachite

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


kilchoanite

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

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


leningradite

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


leightonite

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


leifite

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


lermontovite

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


liandratite

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


larosite

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


leisingite

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


lesukite

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


cryptohalite

From crypto- + halite, because it was mixed in with salammoniac in the type locality. + -ite.

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


liddicoatite

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


lenoblite

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

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


lintisite

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


leucophoenicite

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


leogangite

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


laitakarite

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

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


lindackerite

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


kalistrontite

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

bor

калийстронцит

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


lindbergite

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


lithiotantite

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


kostovite

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

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


kraisslite

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

named-after

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


lindsleyite

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


hydrohetaerolite

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

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


kimzeyite

en-noun

kimzeyite (usually uncountable, plural kimzeyites)

From Kimzey + -ite; after the Kimzey family.

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


katoptrite

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

uder

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


loudounite

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

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


lennilenapeite

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


loughlinite

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


liottite

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


letovicite

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

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


magbasite

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


liebigite

en-noun

liebigite (usually uncountable, plural liebigites)

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


luanheite

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


macaulayite

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


kahlerite

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


luetheite

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


lipscombite

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


lausenite

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

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


lithosite

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


marecottite

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


maghagendorfite

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


leakeite

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


machatschkiite

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


ludlamite

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


loveringite

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


macphersonite

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


lukrahnite

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


magnesiocoulsonite

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


magnesiohulsite

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


magnetoplumbite

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


kozulite

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

named-after

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


haineaultite

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


macedonite

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


madocite

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


lueshite

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


magnesioaubertite

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


manganochromite

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


malinkoite

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


manasseite

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


magnesiohastingsite

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


luberoite

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


luddenite

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

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


malayaite

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


magnesiofoitite

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


lemoynite

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

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


guyanaite

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


malladrite

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


magnussonite

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


mallardite

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


manganarsite

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


malanite

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


maleevite

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


gillulyite

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


mahnertite

After Volker Mahnert, Swedish zoologist, + -ite

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


manaksite

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


manganocummingtonite

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


makatite

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


manganosite

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


mantienneite

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


harstigite

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


macfallite

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

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


manjiroite

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


mangangordonite

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


mapimite

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


manganberzeliite

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


kentrolite

From Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sting, spike”) (etymon of κέντρο (kéntro, “center”))+ λίθος (líthos, “stone”), because of its crystal habit.

uder

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and titanium.


margarosanite

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


manganvesuvianite

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


marumoite

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


melanostibite

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


manganosegelerite

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


mansfieldite

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


matildite

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


mattagamite

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


maricite

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


kingite

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


manganostibite

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


mannardite

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


marsturite

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


maslovite

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


mawsonite

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


matraite

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


matteuccite

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


macdonaldite

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

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

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

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


mattheddleite

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


mayenite

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


melanovanadite

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


manganogrunerite

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


matulaite

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


merlinoite

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


mawbyite

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


meixnerite

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


meliphanite

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


mathiasite

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


marinellite

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

named-after

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


mayingite

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


manganhumite

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


matlockite

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


melkovite

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


manganotychite

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


marrite

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


katophorite

en-noun

katophorite (countable and uncountable, plural katophorites)

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

der

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

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


merrihueite

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


metavoltine

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


marialite

en-noun

marialite (countable and uncountable, plural marialites)

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

named-after

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


metakirchheimerite

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


fleischerite

From Fleischer + -ite, after mineralogist Michael Fleischer.

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


merwinite

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

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


melanophlogite

en-noun

melanophlogite (countable and uncountable, plural melanophlogites)

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


metalodevite

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


metaschoepite

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


merenskyite

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


mercallite

Named after Italian volcanologist Giuseppe Mercalli (1850–1914)

named-after

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


mereiterite

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


metahohmannite

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


metamunirite

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


metastudtite

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


metasideronatrite

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


metakahlerite

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


masutomilite

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

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


metaswitzerite

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


metavivianite

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


metarossite

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


mendipite

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


marthozite

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


magnesiocarpholite

en-noun

magnesiocarpholite (usually uncountable, plural magnesiocarpholites)

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


megakalsilite

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

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


meymacite

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


metazeunerite

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


milarite

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


gravegliaite

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


metavariscite

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


michenerite

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


gerdtremmelite

Named after German mineral collector Dr. Gerd Tremmel + -ite.

named-after

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


metaheinrichite

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


micheelsenite

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


hochelagaite

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


mikasaite

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


metazellerite

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


melanothallite

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

uder

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


microsommite

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


millisite

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


minasragrite

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


minguzzite

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


megacyclite

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

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


misenite

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


mereheadite

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


miharaite

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


minrecordite

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


montbrayite

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


miersite

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


mongolite

Named for type locality Mongolia, + -ite.

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


metavanuralite

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

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


molybdomenite

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


mohrite

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


maricopaite

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


molybdofornacite

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


mounanaite

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


mooreite

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


monetite

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


mummeite

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


moctezumite

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


minyulite

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

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


morenosite

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


mitryaevaite

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


munirite

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


nagelschmidtite

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


mountainite

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


montanite

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


montgomeryite

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


mountkeithite

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


moluranite

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


muirite

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


murataite

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

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


mutinaite

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


minamiite

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


motukoreaite

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


muthmannite

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


mozgovaite

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


nastrophite

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

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


montroseite

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

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


mundrabillaite

From Mundrabilla Station (Australia) + -ite.

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


murunskite

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


mukhinite

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


moschelite

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

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


manganolangbeinite

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


mushistonite

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


nabokoite

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


mozartite

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

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


nalipoite

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


nacaphite

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


mourite

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


namibite

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


nasinite

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


natrochalcite

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


minehillite

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

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


natroniobite

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


monimolite

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

der

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


nasonite

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


natisite

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

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


natrophosphate

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


namansilite

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

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


montesommaite

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


natrobistantite

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


neighborite

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


namuwite

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


nasledovite

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


narsarsukite

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


nantokite

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

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


nickenichite

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


neotocite

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


nanlingite

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


nichromite

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


nabaphite

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


natrofairchildite

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


natrolemoynite

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


nickelalumite

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


palmierite

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


paderaite

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

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


norbergite

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


nickelbischofite

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


novakite

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


natrosilite

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

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


natromontebrasite

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


nordstrandite

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

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


parakhinite

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

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


kanemite

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


nevadaite

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


paceite

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

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


norsethite

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


nepskoeite

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


nickelaustinite

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


nambulite

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

named-after

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


paganoite

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

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


nagashimalite

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

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


natrojarosite

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


padmaite

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


natronambulite

en-noun

natronambulite (usually uncountable, plural natronambulites)

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

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


paarite

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

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


natrotantite

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


palladseite

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


paraotwayite

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


parabutlerite

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


palladodymite

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


niocalite

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

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


palermoite

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

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


palenzonaite

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


paolovite

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


niobokupletskite

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


paracostibite

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


parakeldyshite

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


parabrandtite

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


parvowinchite

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


paramelaconite

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


paradocrasite

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


parahopeite

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


nowackiite

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


nabiasite

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


paraschachnerite

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


nevskite

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


parapierrotite

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


pararobertsite

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


partzite

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


parafransoletite

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


paravauxite

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


molybdophyllite

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

uder

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


parkerite

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


paramontroseite

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


paraumbite

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


paraschoepite

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


paranatisite

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


paulmooreite

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


parkinsonite

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


pararsenolamprite

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


petrovskaite

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


parnauite

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


paranatrolite

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


peisleyite

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


paradamite

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


pahasapaite

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

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


paravinogradovite

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


pascoite

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


natroglaucocerinite

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


paulkerrite

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


paralstonite

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


pachnolite

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

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


pearceite

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


parsonsite

Named after mineralogist Arthur Leonard Parsons + -ite

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


mitridatite

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


natrodufrenite

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


pekovite

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


pennantite

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

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


parsettensite

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


perhamite

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


morimotoite

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


ludlockite

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


penikisite

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


paulkellerite

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


niobophyllite

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

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


penzhinite

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


parascholzite

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


nolanite

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

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


petitjeanite

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


petewilliamsite

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


parajamesonite

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


perraultite

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

suffix

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


miassite

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


petterdite

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


petrukite

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


pertsevite

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


parascorodite

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


planerite

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

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


phosphoferrite

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


petrovicite

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


peretaite

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


philolithite

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


phosphammite

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


phuralumite

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


polkovicite

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


pinchite

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


pillaite

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


pilsenite

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


phyllotungstite

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


phurcalite

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

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


phosphosiderite

en-noun

phosphosiderite (usually uncountable, plural phosphosiderites)

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


pickeringite

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


pingguite

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


plattnerite

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

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


pirquitasite

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

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


perryite

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

named-after

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


pottsite

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


perloffite

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


permingeatite

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


phosphuranylite

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

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


perlialite

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

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


polhemusite

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


ponomarevite

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


pavonite

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

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


philipsburgite

From Philipsburg + -ite, after Philipsburg, Montana.

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


pierrotite

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


plumbobetafite

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


pokrovskite

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


plumboferrite

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


priceite

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


melanotekite

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


povondraite

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


petedunnite

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


plumbonacrite

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


plumbomicrolite

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


prismatine

en-noun

prismatine (usually uncountable, plural prismatines)

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


plumbogummite

plumbogummite (usually uncountable, plural plumbogummites)

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


picotpaulite

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

named-after

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


poudretteite

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


potosiite

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


plumbopalladinite

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


plumbojarosite

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


priderite

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


preisingerite

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


poughite

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


probertite

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


poubaite

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


plumbopyrochlore

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plumbopyrochlore (usually uncountable, plural plumbopyrochlores)

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


preiswerkite

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


pinalite

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

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


piretite

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

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


pushcharovskite

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

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


protoanthophyllite

Named for being a protoamphibole polymorph of anthophyllite.

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


pintadoite

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


plumbotellurite

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


protasite

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


pinakiolite

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

uder

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


pseudobrookite

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


pseudograndreefite

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


rameauite

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

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


pseudocotunnite

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

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


platarsite

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


pyrophanite

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


potarite

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

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


ramsbeckite

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

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


pseudolaueite

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


pretulite

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

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


putoranite

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


plagionite

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

bor

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


rabejacite

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

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


pseudoboleite

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


pyroaurite

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


ramdohrite

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

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


philipsbornite

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


ransomite

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

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


plumbotsumite

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

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


playfairite

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


pseudosinhalite

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

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


pimelite

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

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


rajite

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

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


rappoldite

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

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


rabbittite

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

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


pringleite

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


ralstonite

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


rankachite

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

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


radtkeite

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


rathite

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

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


rayite

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

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


pharmacolite

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pharmacolite (usually uncountable, plural pharmacolites)

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

uder

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


raadeite

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

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


refikite

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


rauvite

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

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


pyrobelonite

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


polkanovite

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


reevesite

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

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


reedmergnerite

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

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


rankamaite

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


rapidcreekite

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

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


rhodostannite

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

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


raguinite

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

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


reyerite

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

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


revdite

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

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


redingtonite

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

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


rectorite

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

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


raslakite

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

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


reinhardbraunsite

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

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


rauenthalite

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

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


rengeite

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

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


poyarkovite

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

bor+

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


reddingite

From Redding + -ite after Redding, Connecticut.

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


reichenbachite

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

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


retgersite

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

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


rhodesite

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

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


pyrochroite

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

af

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


richetite

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

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


ribbeite

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

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


reppiaite

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

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


reinerite

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

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