belkovite

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


bellidoite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal silver gray mineral containing copper and selenium.


belloite

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


benauite

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


benleonardite

Named after Dr. Benjamin Franklin Leonard III: Ben + Leonard + -ite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal very pale blue mineral containing antimony, arsenic, silver, sulfur, and tellurium.


benstonite

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


bergenite

Bergen in Saxony, Germany, where it can be found, + -ite

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


berlinite

From Berlin + -ite, named in honor of Swedish chemist Nils Johan Berlin.

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


bermanite

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


bernalite

Named after British crystallographer John Desmond Bernal + -ite

named-after

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


bernardite

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


beudantite

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


beusite

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


bilinite

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


billietite

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


bismoclite

For its composition, (BISM)uth, (O)xide, and (CL)oride (omitting the H), + -ite.

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


bismutoferrite

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


blatonite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal canary yellow mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.


blatterite

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


bobierrite

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


boldyrevite

(mineralogy) An amorphous mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sodium.


bolivarite

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


boltwoodite

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


bonattite

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


boralsilite

For its composition, (BOR)on, (AL)uminum, and (SIL)icon, + -ite.

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


borcarite

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


bornemanite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic light yellow mineral containing barium, fluorine, hydrogen, manganese, niobium, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium.


bornhardtite

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


borovskite

Likely borrowed from Russian. Also Borovsky + -ite. Named for Igor Borisovich Borovsky.

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral dark gray mineral containing antimony, palladium, and tellurium.


bostwickite

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


bottinoite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-pyramidal mineral containing antimony, hydrogen, nickel, and oxygen.


boyleite

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


bracewellite

Named after director of British Guyana Geological Survey and professor at the University of the West Indies Smith Bracewell, + -ite.

named-after

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


bradleyite

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


brandholzite

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


brandtite

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


brannerite

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


bredigite

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


brendelite

Named after German mining director Christain Friedrich Brendel, + -ite.

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


brenkite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal colorless mineral containing calcium, carbon, fluorine, and oxygen.


brezinaite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic brownish gray mineral containing chromium and sulfur.


brindleyite

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


brockite

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


brunogeierite

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


buchwaldite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal white mineral containing calcium, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.


buckhornite

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


bukovite

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


bulachite

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


burangaite

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


burbankite

en-noun

burbankite (countable and uncountable, plural burbankites)

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


burckhardtite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, lead, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and tellurium.


burnsite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal dark red mineral containing cadmium, chlorine, copper, oxygen, potassium, and selenium.


burtite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral colorless mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and tin.


buryatite

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


bushmakinite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic bright yellow mineral containing aluminum, chromium, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, phosphorus, sulfur, vanadium, and zinc.


bussenite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial yellowish brown mineral containing barium, calcium, carbon, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, silicon, sodium, strontium, and titanium.


bustamite

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


butlerite

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


buttgenbachite

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


bystrite

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


calcioaravaipaite

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


calciobetafite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral reddish brown mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, niobium, oxygen, thorium, titanium, and uranium.


calcioburbankite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal mineral that includes calcium, carbon, oxygen, sodium, and strontium.


calciocopiapite

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


calcioferrite

calcioferrite (usually uncountable, plural calcioferrites)

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


calciohilairite

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


calciotantite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-trapezohedral colorless mineral containing calcium, niobium, oxygen, and tantalum.


calciouranoite

(mineralogy) A triclinic mineral containing barium, calcium, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, sodium, and uranium.


calcjarlite

For its composition of (CALC)ium and its relationship to jarlite.

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


calcurmolite

For its composition of (CALC)ium, (UR)anium , and (MOL)ybdenum, + -ite.

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


calderonite

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


callaghanite

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


calumetite

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


calzirtite

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


camerolaite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal blue green mineral containing aluminum, antimony, carbon, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.


camgasite

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


caminite

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


campigliaite

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


canaphite

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


canasite

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


canavesite

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


cancrisilite

Named for its relationship to cancrinite with a high (SIL)icon-to-aluminum ratio.

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


cannizzarite

From Cannizzaro + -ite, named after Italian chemist Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826–1910).

named-after

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


cannonite

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


caoxite

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


capgaronnite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing bromine, chlorine, iodine, mercury, silver, and sulfur.


caracolite

Named after a town near the type locality, Caracoles, Chile, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral with the chemical formula Na₃Pb₂(SO₄)₃Cl.


carboborite

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


carbocernaite

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


caresite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-trapezohedral mineral containing aluminum, carbon, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.


carlfriesite

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


carlhintzeite

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


carlosruizite

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


carlosturanite

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


carlsbergite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral gray mineral containing chromium and nitrogen.


carmichaelite

Named after American professor of geology at University of California, Berkeley Dr. Ian Stuart Edward Carmichael (1930–2011)

named-after

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


carminite

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


carpholite

en-noun

carpholite (countable and uncountable, plural carpholites)

From Ancient Greek κάρφος (kárphos, “straw”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”) for its appearance of long, slender crystallization and color.

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


carraraite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal milky white mineral containing calcium, carbon, germanium, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.


carrboydite

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


caryinite

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


caryopilite

From Ancient Greek κάρυον (káruon, “nut”) for its brown color and πίλος (pílos, “felt”) for its texture, + -ite.

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


cascandite

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


cassedanneite

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


cassidyite

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


caswellsilverite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral yellow gray mineral containing chromium, sodium, and sulfur.


catalanoite

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


catamarcaite

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


catapleiite

catapleiite (countable and uncountable, plural catapleiites)

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


cattierite

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


cavoite

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


cebollite

Named for type locality Cebolla Creek in Gunnison County, Colorado, + -ite.

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


cechite

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


cerchiaraite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal deep green mineral containing aluminum, barium, chlorine, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.


cervelleite

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


cesarolite

Named after Italian professor of mineralogy at University of Liége Giuseppe Raimondo Pio Cesàro (1849–1939) + -lite.

named-after

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


cesplumtantite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal colorless mineral containing antimony, calcium, cesium, lead, niobium, oxygen, sodium, tantalum, and tin.


cesstibtantite

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


cetineite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing antimony, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, sodium, and sulfur.


chadwickite

From Chadwick + -ite, after Sir James Chadwick.

(mineralogy) A tetragonal yellow mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.


chaidamuite

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


chalcoalumite

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


chalcocyanite

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


chalcomenite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal light blue mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and selenium.


chalconatronite

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


chalcophanite

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


chalcosiderite

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


chalcothallite

For its composition, Ancient Greek χαλκός (khalkós, “copper”) and (THALL)ium + -ite.

uder

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


chambersite

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


chamosite

Named after the location Chamoson, Rhone Valley, Switzerland, + -ite

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


changbaiite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing lead, niobium, and oxygen.


changchengite

(mineralogy) An isometric-tetartoidal mineral containing bismuth, iridium, and sulfur.


changoite

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


chantalite

Named after the wife of Halil Sarp (discoverer), Chantal Sarp + -ite.

named-after

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


charlesite

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


chatkalite

Named for type locality Chatkal Range in Uzbekistan, + -ite.

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


chayesite

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


chekhovichite

Named after Professor Sergei Konstantinovich Chekhovich (1917-1997), Kazakh mineralogist.
Chekhovich + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing bismuth, iron, lead, oxygen, and tellurium.


chelkarite

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


chelyabinskite

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


chenevixite

Named after Richard Chenevix (1774-1830), French chemist and the analyst of an arsenate of copper and iron from Cornwall in 1801 that was later shown to be chenevixite.
Chenevix + -ite

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


chengdeite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral steel black mineral containing iridium and iron.


cherepanovite

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


chernikovite

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


chervetite

From Chervet (“a surname”) + -ite; after French mineralogist Jean Chervet.

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


chestermanite

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


chiavennite

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


chiluite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal yellow mineral containing bismuth, molybdenum, oxygen, and tellurium.


chiolite

From Ancient Greek χιών (khiṓn, “snow”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”), because of its resemblance to cryolite (also Ancient Greek κρύος (krúos, “cold”)).

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, and sodium.

kioliitti

a mineral of aluminum, fluorine and sodium


chloraluminite

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


chlorartinite

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


chlorbartonite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal yellowish brown mineral containing chlorine, copper, iron, potassium, and sulfur.


chloromenite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic tobacco green mineral containing chlorine, copper, oxygen, and selenium.


chlorophoenicite

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


chlorothionite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal light blue mineral with the chemical formula K₂Cu(SO₄)Cl₂.


chloroxiphite

From Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “green”) + Ancient Greek ξίφος (xíphos, “sword”) + -ite.

(mineralogy) An olive-green monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.


choloalite

From Nahuatl choloa (“evasive”), because it was not found in the type locality mine for several years, + -lite.

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


chrisstanleyite

Chris Stanley, the Deputy Head and Associate Keeper at the Department of Mineralogy at The Natural History Museum in London + -ite

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


chromatite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal lemon mineral containing calcium, chromium, and oxygen.


chrombismite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal mineral containing bismuth, chromium, and oxygen.


chromceladonite

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


chromdravite

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


chromferide

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


chromphyllite

For its composition of (CHROM)ium and its micaceous cleavage, Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic emerald green mineral containing aluminum, barium, chromium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.


chudobaite

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


chursinite

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


cianciulliite

From Cianciulli + -ite, named after John Cianciulli, an American mineralogist.

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


ciprianiite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic pale brown mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, boron, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, lithium, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, thorium, titanium, and uranium.


clairite

From Claire + -ite, after Claire Zingg Martini, wife of Jacques Martini, who discovered and named the mineral.

(mineralogy) A triclinic yellow mineral containing hydrogen, iron, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.


claraite

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


claringbullite

Named after British Keeper of Mineralogy at the Natural History Museum Gordon Frank Claringbull + -ite

named-after

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


clearcreekite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic pale greenish yellow mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, mercury, and oxygen.


clerite

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


cliffordite

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


clinobehoite

From clino- + translingual Be (symbol for beryllium) + translingual H (symbol for hydrogen) + translingual O (symbol for oxygen) + -ite.

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


clinobisvanite

From clino- + bis(muth) + van(adium) + -ite.

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


clinocervantite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing antimony and oxygen.


clinochalcomenite

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


clinochlore

en-noun

clinochlore (countable and uncountable, plural clinochlores)

From clino- + Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “green”).

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


clinoferrosilite

From clino- + ferrosilite, named for being a monoclinic dimorph of ferrosilite.

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


clinoholmquistite

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


clinokurchatovite

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


clinomimetite

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


clinophosinaite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic light violet mineral containing calcium, oxygen, phosphorus, silicon, sodium, and strontium.


clinosafflorite

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


clinotobermorite

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


clinoungemachite

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

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


coalingite

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


cobaltarthurite

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


cobaltaustinite

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


cobaltkieserite

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


cobaltomenite

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


cochromite

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


comancheite

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


comblainite

After Gordon Comblain, mineralogist, + -ite

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


conichalcite

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


cornetite

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


cornubite

From Cornubia (“medieval Latin name of Cornwall”) + -ite.

suffix

(mineralogy) A mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen with chemical formula Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄.


coronadite

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


corrensite

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


corvusite

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


cosalite

en-noun

cosalite (countable and uncountable, plural cosalites)

Named for type locality Cosala Mine in Sinaloa, Mexico, + -ite.

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


costibite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal steel gray mineral containing antimony, cobalt, and sulfur.


coulsonite

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


coutinhoite

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


crandallite

Named after American mining engineer Milan Lucian Crandall, Jr. (1880–1959), who worked in the mine where the mineral was discovered, + -ite.

named-after

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


crawfordite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing carbon, oxygen, phosphorus, sodium, and strontium.


creaseyite

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


crerarite

From Crerar + -ite, after David Crerar, an American geologist.

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


criddleite

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


cryolithionite

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


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.


cubanite

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


cuboargyrite

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


cuprocopiapite

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


cuproiridsite

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


cupropavonite

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


cuprorhodsite

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


cuprorivaite

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


cuprotungstite

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


curetonite

Translingual: Cut

From Cureton + -ite. Named for Forrest and Michael Cureton who found the mineral.

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


curienite

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


cyanochroite

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

af

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


cyanophyllite

From Ancient Greek κυανός (kuanós, “blue-green”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) for its color and crystal habit, + -ite.

uder

(mineralogy, outdated) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal greenish blue mineral containing aluminum, antimony, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen. A polytype of cualstibite, and discredited for such in 2012.


darapiosite

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


darapskite

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


delindeite

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


deloryite

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


delrioite

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


denisovite

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


denningite

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


derbylite

Named after American geologist and director of the Brazilian Geological Survey Orville Adalbert Derby (1851–1915), who worked in the type locality in Brazil, + -lite.

named-after

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


dervillite

Named after French professor at University of Strasbourg Dr. Henri Derville + -ite.

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


diaphorite

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


dickinsonite

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


dienerite

From Diener + -ite, after Austrian paleontologist Karl Diener (1862-1928).

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral gray white mineral containing arsenic and nickel.


dietrichite

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


dimorphite

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


doloresite

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


donharrisite

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


donpeacorite

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


dorfmanite

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


dorrite

(mineralogy) A triclinic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.


dugganite

From Duggan + -ite, named after Marjorie Duggan, an analytical chemist.

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, silicon, tellurium, vanadium, and zinc.


dukeite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing bismuth, chromium, hydrogen, and oxygen.


dumontite

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


dundasite

From Dundas + -ite, after Dundas, Tasmania.

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


dusmatovite

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


fahleite

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


fairbankite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal colorless mineral containing lead, oxygen, and tellurium.


fairchildite

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


fairfieldite

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


fedorite

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


fedotovite

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


feinglosite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic pale olive green mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, lead, oxygen, sulfur, and zinc.


feitknechtite

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


fenaksite

Fe (iron) + Na (sodium) + K (potassium) + Si (silicon) + -ite

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


fencooperite

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


ferchromide

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral gray white mineral that is an alloy of chromium and iron.


fermorite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and strontium.


fernandinite

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


ferrarisite

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


ferrimolybdite

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


ferrinatrite

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


ferristrunzite

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


ferrisurite

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


ferrisymplesite

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


ferritungstite

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


ferrobarroisite

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


ferrobustamite

? + -ite
the mineral was named for the Mexican mineralogist and botanist Miguel Bustamante y Septiem (1790–1844).

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


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.


ferroceladonite

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


ferrogedrite

en-noun

ferrogedrite (usually uncountable, plural ferrogedrites)

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


ferrohornblende

ferrohornblende (countable and uncountable, plural ferrohornblendes)

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


ferrorhodsite

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


ferrorichterite

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


ferrotychite

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


ferrowodginite

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


ferruccite

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


fersmanite

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


fersmite

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


feruvite

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


fianelite

Named for type locality Fianel mine in Grischun, Switzerland, + -ite.

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


fiedlerite

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


finnemanite

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


fleischerite

From Fleischer + -ite, after mineralogist Michael Fleischer.

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


fletcherite

fletcherite (usually uncountable, plural fletcherites)

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


florenskyite

After Cyrill P. Florensky, Russian geochemist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal cream white mineral containing iron, nickel, phosphorus, and titanium.


florensovite

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


fluellite

For its composition, from French fluate (“fluoride”) of alumine (“aluminum”), + -lite.

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


fluoborite

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


fluornatromicrolite

For its composition, a (FLUOR)ine and (NATR)ium relative of microlite.

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral green mineral containing bismuth, calcium, fluorine, oxygen, sodium, and tantalum.


fluorocannilloite

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


fluorvesuvianite

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


formicaite

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


foshallasite

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


fourmarierite

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


fraipontite

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


francevillite

Named for type locality Franceville, Gabon, + -ite.

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


francisite

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


francoanellite

Named after Italian professor of geology Franco Anelli, who discovered the cave where the mineral was discovered, + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A trigonal yellowish white mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, and sodium.


franconite

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


frankamenite

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


fransoletite

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


franzinite

After Marco Franzini, Italian mineralogist, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A trigonal-trapezohedral pearl white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and sulfur.


freboldite

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


fresnoite

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


freudenbergite

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


friedelite

Named after French chemist and mineralogist Charles Friedel (1832–1899), + -ite.

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


galeite

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


galkhaite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral mineral containing antimony, arsenic, cesium, copper, mercury, sulfur, thallium, and zinc.


gallite

For its composition, an ore of (GALL)ium, + -ite.

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


ganomalite

From Ancient Greek γάνωμα (gánōma, “glaze”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”), for its distinct adamantine luster.

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


ganophyllite

en-noun

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.


ganterite

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


garavellite

Named after Italian mineralogist Professor C. L. Garavelli, + -ite.

named-after

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


garronite

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


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.


garyansellite

Named after Canadian mineralogist H. Gary Ansell + -ite.

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


gatumbaite

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


gaudefroyite

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


gaultite

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


gebhardite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic light brown mineral containing arsenic, chlorine, lead, and oxygen.


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.


genkinite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-trapezohedral gray mineral containing antimony, palladium, and platinum.


genthelvite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral mineral containing beryllium, oxygen, silicon, sulfur, and zinc.


georgechaoite

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


georgeite

(mineralogy) An amorphous light blue mineral containing carbon, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen.


georgiadesite

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


gerdtremmelite

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

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


gerhardtite

From Gerhardt + -ite, after Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1816-1856), a chemist who first prepared the artificial compound.

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


germanocolusite

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


gerstleyite

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


gerstmannite

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


getchellite

en-noun

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.


geversite

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal steel gray mineral containing antimony, bismuth, and platinum.


gianellaite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral mineral containing mercury, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.


giessenite

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


gilalite

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

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


gillespite

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


gillulyite

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


gilmarite

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


giniite

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


ginorite

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


giraudite

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


girdite

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


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.


gittinsite

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

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


gladiusite

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


glaucocerinite

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


glaukosphaerite

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


godlevskite

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


goedkenite

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


goldfieldite

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


goldichite

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


goldmanite

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


gonnardite

gonnardite (countable and uncountable, plural gonnardites)

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


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.


goosecreekite

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

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


gorceixite

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


gordaite

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


gordonite

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


gortdrumite

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


graemite

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


graeserite

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


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.


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.


grantsite

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


gravegliaite

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


grayite

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


grimaldiite

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


grimselite

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

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


grischunite

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


grossite

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


groutite

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


grumantite

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


guarinoite

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


gudmundite

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


guettardite

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


gugiaite

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


guildite

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


guilleminite

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

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


gustavite

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


guyanaite

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


gyrolite

en-noun

gyrolite (countable and uncountable, plural gyrolites)

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

uder

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


hagendorfite

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


haigerachite

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


haineaultite

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


hainite

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


haiweeite

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


hakite

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


hallimondite

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


halurgite

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


hambergite

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

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


hammarite

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


hanawaltite

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


hannayite

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

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


hannebachite

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


haradaite

en-noun

haradaite (usually uncountable, plural haradaites)

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


harkerite

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


harrisonite

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


harstigite

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


hashemite

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

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


hatchite

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


hatrurite

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


hauchecornite

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


hauckite

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


haynesite

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


hectorfloresite

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


hedleyite

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

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


heideite

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


heidornite

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


heinrichite

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


hematolite

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

uder

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


hemihedrite

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


hemloite

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


hemusite

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

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


hendricksite

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


henmilite

After Kitinosuke Henmi, Japanese scientist, + -ite

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


hennomartinite

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


hentschelite

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


hetaerolite

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

der

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


heteromorphite

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


heterosite

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

heterosiitti

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


hexaferrum

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


hexahydroborite

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


heyite

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


hibbingite

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

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


hidalgoite

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


hieratite

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


hilairite

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


hillebrandite

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


hillite

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


hinsdalite

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

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


hocartite

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


hochelagaite

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


hoganite

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


hohmannite

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


holdenite

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

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


holfertite

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

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


hollandite

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


holtedahlite

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


holtite

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


honessite

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


hongshiite

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


howieite

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howieite (countable and uncountable, plural howieites)

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

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


huangite

From Chinese mineralogist Yunhui Huang, Huang + -ite.

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


hubeite

From Hubei + -ite, after Hubei Province.

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


huemulite

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


hulsite

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


humberstonite

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


hummerite

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


hunchunite

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


hurlbutite

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


huttonite

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

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


hydroastrophyllite

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


hydrobasaluminite

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


hydrobiotite

hydrobiotite (countable and uncountable, plural hydrobiotites)

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


hydrocalumite

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


hydrocerussite

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


hydrochlorborite

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


hydrodelhayelite

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


hydrodresserite

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


hydrohalite

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


hydrohetaerolite

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

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


hydrohonessite

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


hydroromarchite

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


hydroscarbroite

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


hydrotalcite

hydrotalcite (countable and uncountable, plural hydrotalcites)

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


hydrotungstite

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


hydroxycancrinite

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


kaersutite

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

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


kahlerite

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


kalborsite

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


kalicinite

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


kalifersite

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


kalistrontite

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

bor

калийстронцит

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


kamiokite

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


kanemite

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


kanoite

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


kapustinite

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


karasugite

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


karelianite

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


karibibite

From a place in Namibia: Karibib + -ite.

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


karlite

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

named-after

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


karpinskite

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


kastningite

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


katoite

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


katophorite

en-noun

katophorite (countable and uncountable, plural katophorites)

katophorites (plural)
katoforit (alternative)
katoforite (alternative)

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

der

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

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


katoptrite

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

uder

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


kazakovite

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

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


keithconnite

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


kellyite

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


kelyanite

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


kempite

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


kenhsuite

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


kenyaite

en-noun

kenyaite (usually uncountable, plural kenyaites)

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


khademite

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

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


kiddcreekite

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


kilchoanite

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

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


killalaite

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


kimzeyite

kimzeyite (usually uncountable, plural kimzeyites)

From Kimzey + -ite; after the Kimzey family.

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


kingite

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

named-after

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


kintoreite

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

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


kochite

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


kochkarite

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


koechlinite

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


kolarite

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


kolicite

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


komarovite

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


komkovite

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


konderite

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


koninckite

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


koragoite

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


kosnarite

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

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


kostovite

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

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


koutekite

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


kozulite

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

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


kraisslite

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

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


krausite

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


krautite

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


krinovite

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


kulanite

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


kulkeite

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


laffittite

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


laflammeite

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


laitakarite

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

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


lammerite

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


langisite

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


lannonite

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


laphamite

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


lapieite

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


larisaite

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


larosite

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


larsenite

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


latrappite

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


launayite

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


lausenite

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

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


lavendulan

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


leakeite

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


lecontite

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


lehnerite

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


leifite

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


leightonite

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


leisingite

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


lemoynite

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

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


lenaite

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


lengenbachite

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


leningradite

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


lennilenapeite

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


lenoblite

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

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


leogangite

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


lermontovite

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


lesukite

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


letovicite

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

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


leucophoenicite

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


leucophosphite

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


liandratite

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


liddicoatite

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


liebigite

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liebigite (usually uncountable, plural liebigites)

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


lindackerite

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


lindbergite

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


lindsleyite

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


lintisite

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


liottite

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


lipscombite

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


lithiotantite

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


lithosite

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


loudounite

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

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


loughlinite

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


loveringite

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


luanheite

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


luberoite

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


luddenite

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

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


ludlamite

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


ludlockite

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


lueshite

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


luetheite

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


lukrahnite

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


macaulayite

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


macdonaldite

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

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

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

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


macedonite

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


macfallite

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

named-after

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


machatschkiite

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


macphersonite

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


madocite

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


magbasite

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


maghagendorfite

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


magnesioaubertite

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


magnesiocarpholite

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magnesiocarpholite (usually uncountable, plural magnesiocarpholites)

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


magnesiochloritoid

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


magnesiocoulsonite

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


magnesiofoitite

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


magnesiohastingsite

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


magnesiohulsite

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


magnetoplumbite

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


magnussonite

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


mahnertite

After Volker Mahnert, Swedish zoologist, + -ite

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


makatite

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


malanite

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


malayaite

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


maleevite

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


malinkoite

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


malladrite

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


mallardite

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


manaksite

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


manasseite

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


manganarsite

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


manganberzeliite

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


mangangordonite

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


manganhumite

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


manganochromite

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


manganocummingtonite

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


manganogrunerite

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


manganolangbeinite

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


manganosegelerite

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


manganosite

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


manganostibite

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


manganotychite

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


manganvesuvianite

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


manjiroite

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


mannardite

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


mansfieldite

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


mantienneite

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


mapimite

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


marecottite

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


margarosanite

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


marialite

marialite (countable and uncountable, plural marialites)

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

named-after

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


maricite

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


maricopaite

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


marinellite

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

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


marrite

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


marsturite

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


marthozite

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


marumoite

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


maslovite

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


masutomilite

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

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


mathiasite

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


matildite

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


matlockite

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


matraite

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


mattagamite

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


matteuccite

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


mattheddleite

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


matulaite

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


mawbyite

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


mawsonite

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


mayenite

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


mayingite

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


medaite

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


megacyclite

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

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


megakalsilite

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

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


meixnerite

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


melanophlogite

en-noun

melanophlogite (countable and uncountable, plural melanophlogites)

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


melanostibite

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


melanotekite

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


melanothallite

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

uder

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


melanovanadite

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


meliphanite

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


melkovite

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


mendipite

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


mercallite

Named after Italian volcanologist Giuseppe Mercalli (1850–1914)

named-after

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


mereheadite

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


mereiterite

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


merenskyite

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


merlinoite

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


merrihueite

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