davreuxite

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

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


danielsite

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


dalyite

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


daomanite

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


dashkovaite

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


davanite

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


despujolsite

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

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


deerite

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


defernite

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


damiaoite

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


demesmaekerite

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

named-after

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


dewindtite

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

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


diaoyudaoite

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

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


desautelsite

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


dessauite

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

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


cumengite

After Edouard Cumenge, French engineer, + -ite

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


coyoteite

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


cowlesite

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


cualstibite

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


cronusite

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


coquandite

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


coparsite

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


colquiriite

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


colusite

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


compreignacite

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


cookeite

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


coombsite

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


cobalttsumcorite

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


cobaltlotharmeyerite

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


corkite

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


congolite

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

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


dozyite

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


downeyite

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

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


doyleite

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


dravite

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


dixenite

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

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


drugmanite

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


dresserite

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


dittmarite

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


diomignite

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


dolerophanite

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


dinite

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


deanesmithite

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


dwornikite

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


dzharkenite

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


dzhalindite

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


clinojimthompsonite

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


chvilevaite

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


cejkaite

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

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


bohdanowiczite

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

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


bezsmertnovite

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


azoproite

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


argentotennantite

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


alluaivite

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

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


amesite

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

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


batisite

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


amarantite

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


alleghanyite

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alleghanyite (countable and uncountable, plural alleghanyites)

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

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


alumotantite

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


angelellite

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

named-after

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


angelaite

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

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


arakiite

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


arsendescloizite

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


ardaite

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

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


bazhenovite

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


blixite

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


betpakdalite

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

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


boussingaultite

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


brabantite

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


bikitaite

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


bigcreekite

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


bieberite

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


barquillite

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

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


bassetite

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


batiferrite

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


becquerelite

Named after French physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel + -ite.

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


bederite

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


biringuccite

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


biphosphammite

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


bindheimite

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


boothite

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


behierite

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


bementite

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


bokite

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


beidellite

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beidellite (countable and uncountable, plural beidellites)

Named for type locality Beidell, Colorado + -ite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic form of sodium aluminosilicate


belendorffite

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


bechererite

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


bearthite

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


boggsite

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


bonshtedtite

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


bismutohauchecornite

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


brodtkorbite

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


bultfonteinite

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


burpalite

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

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


coconinoite

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


devilline

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


ferrokaersutite

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


ferroholmquistite

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


ferroalluaudite

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


ferrotitanowodginite

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


eifelite

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

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


ehrleite

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


eitelite

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

named-after

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


ellenbergerite

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


eylettersite

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


eyselite

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

named-after

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


edoylerite

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


gaitite

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


ferrowyllieite

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


effenbergerite

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


edenharterite

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


ekaterinite

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


ekatite

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


ewaldite

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


evansite

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


fingerite

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

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


hejtmanite

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


gearksutite

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gearksutite (usually uncountable, plural gearksutites)

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


gerasimovskite

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


hexatestibiopanickelite

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


hewettite

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


giuseppettite

giuseppettite (usually uncountable, plural giuseppettites)

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

named-after

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


haycockite

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


hsianghualite

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

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


hydrombobomkulite

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


ilmajokite

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

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


hydroxylclinohumite

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


helmutwinklerite

Named after geologist Helmut Winkler, + -ite.

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


howardevansite

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


hechtsbergite

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


hawthorneite

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


henritermierite

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


henryite

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


henrymeyerite

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


herzenbergite

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


hydrowoodwardite

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


hematophanite

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


hendersonite

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

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


hedyphane

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hedyphane (countable and uncountable, plural hedyphanes)

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


heliophyllite

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


inesite

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


hungchaoite

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

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


itoigawaite

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


ianthinite

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


imandrite

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


imgreite

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


ilinskite

ilinskite (usually uncountable, plural ilinskites)

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


itoite

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


isovite

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


isokite

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


iowaite

iowaite (usually uncountable, plural iowaites)

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


khamrabaevite

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


khaidarkanite

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


kharaelakhite

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


khibinskite

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


khmaralite

khmaralite (usually uncountable, plural khmaralites)

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

named-after

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


khomyakovite

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

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


isocubanite

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


hydroxylherderite

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


jeanbandyite

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


nickelhexahydrite

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


mooihoekite

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

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


morozeviczite

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


niggliite

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


nifontovite

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


nikischerite

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


ningyoite

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

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


nimite

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


nakauriite

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


nahpoite

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


muskoxite

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


museumite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic dark silver gray mineral containing antimony, gold, lead, sulfur, and tellurium.


natanite

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


navajoite

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


newberyite

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


novgorodovaite

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


nuffieldite

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


nukundamite

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


oboyerite

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

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


nullaginite

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


ogdensburgite

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


ojuelaite

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


olekminskite

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


olgite

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


moorhouseite

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


ohmilite

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

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


niahite

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

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


rastsvetaevite

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

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


argentojarosite

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


ankinovichite

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


arsenogoyazite

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


aristarainite

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


arsenosulvanite

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


arrojadite

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


armstrongite

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


benjaminite

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

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


arhbarite

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

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


bideauxite

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


borishanskiite

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

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


bobjonesite

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


bobkingite

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


billingsleyite

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


awaruite

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


bafertisite

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


babkinite

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


bogdanovite

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

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


bahianite

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


dellaventuraite

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


dellaite

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


chlormagaluminite

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


cheremnykhite

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


chessexite

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


cobaltkoritnigite

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


christelite

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

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


christite

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


dickthomssenite

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


cuspidine

en-noun

cuspidine (usually uncountable, plural cuspidines)

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


dorallcharite

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


earlshannonite

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


efremovite

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


edenite

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


ferrilotharmeyerite

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


ferrisicklerite

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


duranusite

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

suffix

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


sulvanite

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


dussertite

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


ecandrewsite

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


fredrikssonite

en-noun

fredrikssonite (usually uncountable, plural fredrikssonites)

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


ferrotschermakite

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


haapalaite

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

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


hollingworthite

hollingworthite (usually uncountable, plural hollingworthites)

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


glushinskite

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


heneuite

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


hastingsite

hastingsite (countable and uncountable, plural hastingsites)

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

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


kemmlitzite

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


hyalotekite

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


janggunite

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


jarandolite

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

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


kamaishilite

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

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


kamitugaite

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


jouravskite

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


jankovicite

After Serbian geologist Slobodan Janković + -ite.

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


jennite

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


jagowerite

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


isomertieite

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


huntite

From the name of Walter Frederick Hunt (1882–1975), US mineralogist, + -ite.

[A] good white is also very precious. It is valued partly because […] the best of it – a clay called huntite – is believed to be the faeces of the Rainbow Snake.

2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, page 49:

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


hydroglauberite

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


jeffreyite

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


jensenite

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


johnwalkite

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


jokokuite

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


jedwabite

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


jagoite

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


jaipurite

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


jalpaite

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


janhaugite

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


jamesite

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


joliotite

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


keldyshite

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


juanitaite

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


juanite

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


jungite

After Gerhard Jung, German mineralogist, + -ite.

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


jamborite

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


jentschite

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


jervisite

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


junitoite

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


junoite

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


juabite

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


manganlotharmeyerite

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


lithiowodginite

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


lunijianlaite

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


lulzacite

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

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


luzonite

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


litvinskite

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


likasite

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


manganonaujakasite

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


lisetite

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


lomonosovite

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


lonecreekite

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

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


londonite

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


mazzettiite

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


lotharmeyerite

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


liveingite

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


majakite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal gray white mineral containing arsenic, nickel, and palladium.


makarochkinite

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


maxwellite

Named after American geologist Charles Henry Maxwell (1923–) (who studied the mineral's type locality) + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) A monoclinic dark red mineral containing arsenic, fluorine, iron, oxygen, and sodium.


lisitsynite

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


lovdarite

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


mendozavilite

Named after Mexican geologist Heriberto Mendoza Avila (1924–), who discovered the mineral, + -ite. The mineral was given the suffix of -NaFe in 2010 when more related species were discovered to differentiate it from other species of alternate element dominance.

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

(mineralogy) A group of said minerals with a common chemical base.


oxammite

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


ovamboite

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


orlandiite

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


orlymanite

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


omeiite

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


orickite

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

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


orschallite

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

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


nabalamprophyllite

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

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


nekoite

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

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


natroxalate

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


oswaldpeetersite

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


otjisumeite

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


ourayite

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


oursinite

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


owensite

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


owyheeite

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

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


oyelite

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

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


obradovicite

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


odintsovite

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


olenite

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


odinite

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

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


olkhonskite

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


onoratoite

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


oneillite

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

named-after

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


oosterboschite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic black mineral containing copper, palladium, and selenium.


ominelite

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

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


olympite

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


orpheite

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


orientite

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


orcelite

Named after French professor of mineralogy Jean Orcel (1896–1978),
curator of Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal orange white mineral containing arsenic and nickel.

National Museum of Natural History (France)


olshanskyite

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


orthowalpurgite

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


ottemannite

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


osbornite

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


olsacherite

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


olmsteadite

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


orthoserpierite

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


orthochamosite

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


orthoericssonite

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


orthopinakiolite

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

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


orthobrannerite

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


ikranite

en-noun

ikranite (usually uncountable, plural ikranites)

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


ikunolite

ikunolite (usually uncountable, plural ikunolites)

Named for type locality Ikuno Mine in Hyogo, Japan, + -lite.

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


ilesite

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


incaite

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


ingersonite

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


insizwaite

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


iranite

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


irarsite

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


irhtemite

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

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


iriginite

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


indialite

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


inaglyite

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

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


ingodite

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


indigirite

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


intersilite

From inter- + silite, because it is an intermediate between layered and banded silicates.

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


innelite

Named for type locality, from Yakut inneli, the Inagli river in Yakutia, Russia, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial mineral containing barium, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, sulfur, and titanium.


imiterite

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


inderite

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


inderborite

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


imhofite

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


iltisite

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


ilsemannite

ilsemannite (usually uncountable, plural ilsemannites)

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


earlandite

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


eakerite

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


eastonite

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


eckermannite

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


ecdemite

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


eugsterite

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


eskolaite

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


eudidymite

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


eugenite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral silver white mineral containing mercury and silver.


eucairite

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


epistilbite

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


epididymite

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


ephesite

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


elyite

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


elpidite

elpidite (usually uncountable, plural elpidites)

From Ancient Greek ἐλπίς (elpís, “hope”) + -ite.

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


ellisite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal dark gray mineral containing arsenic, sulfur, and thallium.


epistolite

From Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ, “letter, message”), because of its flat, white appearance, + -ite.

uder

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


ercitite

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


erlianite

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


eskebornite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-scalenohedral bronze mineral containing copper, iron, and selenium.


ershovite

For Vadim Viktorovich Ershov (1939-1989) + -ite

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


eclarite

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


edgarite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-trapezohedral similar to molybdenite mineral containing iron, niobium, and sulfur.


eggletonite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic golden brown mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


eglestonite

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


eriochalcite

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


ernstite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic yellow brown mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, and phosphorus.


yftisite

From the chemical symbols Y, F, Ti, and Si, and -ite.

(mineralogy) A yellow mineral containing mostly yttrium, oxygen, and fluorine.


vasilite

Named after Bulgarian docent of mineralogy at the Higher Institute of Mining and Geology, Sofia, Dr. Vasil Atanasov (1933–2015), + -ite.

named-after

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral steel gray mineral containing copper, palladium, sulfur, and tellurium.


veenite

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


versiliaite

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


vitimite

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


vincentite

Vincent + -ite, after Ewart Albert "David" Vincent.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic gray mineral containing antimony, arsenic, palladium, platinum, and tellurium.


vertumnite

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


vernadite

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


vaughnite

(mineralogy) Alternative spelling of vaughanite


vasilyevite

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


vozhminite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal rose-orange mineral containing antimony, arsenic, cobalt, nickel, and sulfur.


srebrodolskite

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


stannomicrolite

For its composition, a tin-dominant member of the microlite group, from Latin stannum (“tin”). Discredited as the name of one specific species of mineral; as a mineral, most likely refers to oxystannomicrolite.

(mineralogy, outdated) An isometric-hexoctahedral yellow brown mineral containing hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, tantalum, tin, and titanium.

(mineralogy) A variety of the generalized microlite subgroup.


stannopalladinite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing copper, palladium, and tin.


stannoidite

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


shcherbinaite

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


rankinite

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


berdesinskiite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic reddish brown mineral containing oxygen, titanium, and vanadium.


berezanskite

Named after Anatolyi Vladimirovich Berezanskii (born 1948) who mapped the geology of large amounts of remote areas of the Turkestan mountain range, Tajikistan
Berezansk- + -ite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal white mineral containing lithium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and titanium.


bilibinskite

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


bicchulite

From Bicchu + -lite. From Japanese 備中/備州 (“Bitchū/Bishū”); Named for the locality Bitchū, Okayama, Japan; where the Fuka mine is located, from which the mineral was discovered.

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


biehlite

Named after mineralogist Fredrich Karl Biehl, the first to work in the mine where it was found, + -ite.

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


bismutocolumbite

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


bismutomicrolite

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


bismutopyrochlore

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


bismutostibiconite

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


bismutotantalite

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


bityite

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


ardealite

en-noun

ardealite (usually uncountable, plural ardealites)

Named after type locality Ardeal (Transylvania), Romania + -ite

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


aravaipaite

After the Aravaipa region in Arizona, + -ite.

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


amarillite

Named after type locality Terra Amarilla in Chile + -ite

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


boleite

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


taneyamalite

Named for one of its type localities Taneyama Mine (in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan) + -lite.

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


sosedkoite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal colorless mineral containing aluminum, antimony, calcium, niobium, oxygen, potassium, sodium, and tantalum.


spionkopite

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


souzalite

Named after Brazilian mining engineer Antonio José Alves de Souza (1896–1961), + -lite.

named-after

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


spertiniite

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


sphaerobismoite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal mineral containing bismuth and oxygen.


bismuto-

(mineralogy) Used to name minerals in which an element of another mineral is replaced by bismuth


swamboite

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


spencerite

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


tacharanite

en-noun

tacharanite (usually uncountable, plural tacharanites)

Named from the Gaelic tàcharan, a changeling + -ite, because when this poorly studied mineral was discovered, it was first supposed that on standing in air it breaks down to form other compounds (tobermorite and gyrolite).

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


swinefordite

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


swartzite

From Swartz + -ite, after Charles K. Swartz, American geologist and mineralogist.

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


switzerite

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


sopcheite

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


soucekite

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


solongoite

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


stalderite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-scalenohedral mineral containing arsenic, copper, iron, mercury, sulfur, thallium, and zinc.


spheniscidite

From Sphenisciformes (“the taxonomic order comprising the penguins”) + -ite, after its discovery in the penguin nesting grounds on Elephant Island.

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


sterlinghillite

Named after type locality Sterling Hill, New Jersey + -ite.

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


stanfieldite

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


starkeyite

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


sterryite

From Sterry + -ite, after Thomas Sterry Hunt.

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


stepanovite

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


arseno-

(organic chemistry, mineralogy) Used to name compounds and minerals in which an element is replaced by arsenic.

arseno-

used to name compounds and minerals in which an element is replaced by arsenic


tuscanite

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


titantaramellite

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


spriggite

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


spodiosite

Swedish spodiosit, from Ancient Greek σπόδιος (spódios, “grey”).

The apatites, which are more soluble than the spodiosites, are formed on heating the latter to redness, hence spodiosites rarely occur in nature.

1911, Journal of the Chemical Society, volume 100, page 735:

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


stibarsen

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing antimony and arsenic.


sodicanthophyllite

From sodic + anthophyllite. Named for its composition, being a sodic orthoamphibole resembling anthophyllite.

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


steigerite

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


sodicgedrite

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


sorbyite

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


stenhuggarite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-pyramidal bright reddish orange mineral containing antimony, arsenic, calcium, iron, and oxygen.


stewartite

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


stibiotantalite

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


stibiocolumbite

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


stibiomicrolite

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


stibiobetafite

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


tokkoite

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


stranskiite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal cyanic blue mineral containing arsenic, copper, oxygen, and zinc.


strengite

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


stistaite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral light gray mineral containing antimony and tin.


stoppaniite

From Stoppani + -ite, after Francesco Saverio Stoppani, Italian lawyer and collector of minerals.

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal light blue mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.


straczekite

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


treasurite

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


strakhovite

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


strashimirite

From Strashimir + -ite, named after Strashimir Dimitrov (Страшимир Димитров) (1892-1960), Professor in Mineral and Petrography at Sofia University "St Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria.

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


strelkinite

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


stokesite

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


stoiberite

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


stringhamite

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


stillwaterite

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


sonolite

Named for type locality Sono Mine (in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan) + -lite.

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


sturtite

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


taikanite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-sphenoidal greenish black mineral containing barium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and strontium.


takanelite

Named after Japanese professor of mineralogy at Tohoku University, Katsutoshi Takane (1899–1945), + -lite.

named-after

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


teepleite

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


stanekite

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


tucekite

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


takovite

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


tamaite

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


takedaite

en-noun

takedaite (usually uncountable, plural takedaites)

From Takeda + -ite; named after Japanese earth scientist Hiroshi Takeda (1934–).

named-after

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


suredaite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal grayish black mineral containing arsenic, lead, silver, sulfur, and tin.


stibiocolusite

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


stibivanite

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


tancoite

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


tantalcarbide

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral yellow gray mineral containing carbon and tantalum.


stetefeldtite

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


messelite

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

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


metaborite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hextetrahedral mineral containing boron, hydrogen, and oxygen.


metacalciouranoite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic orange mineral containing barium, calcium, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, sodium, and uranium.


metahewettite

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


mroseite

From Mrose + -ite, after Mary Emma Mrose (1910-2003), American mineralogist.

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


liberite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing beryllium, lithium, oxygen, and silicon.


litidionite

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


loseyite

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


kovdorskite

After the Kovdor massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia, + -ite

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


georgbokiite

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


fervanite

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


fillowite

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


ferroglaucophane

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


danalite

en-noun

danalite (usually uncountable, plural danalites)

From Dana + -lite, after James Dwight Dana.

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


danbaite

(mineralogy) An isometric mineral containing copper and zinc.


damaraite

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


duttonite

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


dypingite

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


dyscrasite

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


faheyite

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


curite

curite (usually uncountable, plural curites)

From Curie (“a surname”) + -ite, after Pierre Curie and/or his wife Marie, early researchers of radioactivity — the ore being radioactive due to its uranium.

The color is lighter than that of curite.

1956, Walter Fred Hunt, editor, American Mineralogist, volume 41, page 555:

The present note relates to the behaviour of uranium minerals such as uraninite, curite, and uranophane in high-tension separators.

1962, Thomas Arthur Rickard, editor, The Mining Magazine, volumes 106-107, page 9:

1982, R. W. Boyle, Geochemical Prospecting for Thorium and Uranium Deposits, Elsevier, Developments in Economic Geology: 16, page 68,
Yellow, orange, greenish, and bluish oxidation products of uranium and copper comprising gummite and containing minerals such as curite, liebigite, malachite and azurite may be developed locally in the oxidized rubble and gossans.

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


deliensite

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


delhayelite

Named after Belgian geologist Fernard Delhaye (1880–1946), who worked in the type locality of Zaire, + -lite.

named-after

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


atlasovite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal dark brown mineral with the chemical formula K(BiO)Cu₆Fe³⁺(SO₄)₅O₃Cl.


arsenocrandallite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and strontium.


bellingerite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal light green mineral containing copper, hydrogen, iodine, and oxygen.


aurivilliusite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic dark gray black mineral containing bromine, chlorine, iodine, mercury, and oxygen.


bakerite

From Baker + -ite, after the area of Baker, California where it occurs.

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


bergslagite

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


balipholite

For its composition of (BA)rium and (LI)thium, and from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”) for being a mineral. Claimed to also contain the Chinese word for fibrous. Likely, the -pho- is a reference to carpholite, which mineral group balipholite is closely related to.

It covered all the structures of the main minerals specified in the teaching plan of mineralogy course. It also contains most of crystal structures first determined by Chinese scientists, such as Baotite, Bafertisite, Balipholite, Prehnite, Astrophyllite, […]

1996, Abstracts: 30th International Geological Congress, Beijing, China, 4-14 August 1996, volume 3:

However, alkali and alkaline-earth cations can also occur in the carpholite-type structure; for example, balipholite […] has the carpholite structure (Peng et al. 1987).

2004, Kimberly T. Tait, Frank C. Hawthorne, Joel D. Grice, John L. Jambor, William W. Pinch, Potassic-carpholite, a new mineral species from the Sawtooth batholith, Boise County, Idaho, USA:

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, barium, fluorine, hydrogen, lithium, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.


arsenuranospathite

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


aramayoite

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


balyakinite

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


averievite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-pyramidal black mineral containing chlorine, copper, oxygen, and vanadium.


brackebuschite

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


bararite

Barari + -ite, after the place where it was first described, Barari in Jharia Coal Field, Dhanbad, India.

(mineralogy) A natural form of ammonium fluorosilicate, with chemical formula (NH₄)₂SiF₆ and trigonal crystal structure.


barberiite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal colorless mineral containing boron, fluorine, hydrogen, and nitrogen.


bannisterite

From Bannister + -ite, after British mineralogist Frederick Allen Bannister.

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


benavidesite

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


beraunite

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


bradaczekite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic dark blue mineral containing arsenic, copper, oxygen, sodium, and zinc.


belyankinite

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


brianroulstonite

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


brianyoungite

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


bleasdaleite

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


bonaccordite

From Bon Accord + -ite, after a locality in Transvaal, South Africa, where it was discovered.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal reddish-brown mineral of the ludwigite group, with chemical formula Ni₂FeBO₅.


bandylite

Named after American mining engineer Dr. Mark Chance Bandy, who found the mineral, + -lite

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


banalsite

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


bellbergite

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


bayldonite

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


barbosalite

Named after Brazilian professor emeritus of geology Dr. Aluízio Licínio de Miranda Barbosa at School of Mines at Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil, + -lite.


borodaevite

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


boromuscovite

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


braggite

From Bragg + -ite, named after Sir William Henry Bragg and Professor William Lawrence Bragg, pioneers in the X-ray investigations of crystals.

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


lautenthalite

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

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


leucosphenite

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


konyaite

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


koritnigite

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


kostylevite

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


keystoneite

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


kotulskite

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


kidwellite

en-noun

kidwellite (usually uncountable, plural kidwellites)

Named after American geologist Albert Laws Kidwell (1919–2008), + -ite.

named-after

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


kimrobinsonite

(mineralogy) An isometric lemon white mineral containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and tantalum.


kuksite

From Kuks + -ite, named after Russian prospector A. I. Kuks.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal gray lead zinc tellurate phosphate mineral.


krasnovite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal pale blue mineral containing aluminum, barium, carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.


kettnerite

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


kombatite

From Kombat + -ite, after the Kombat Mine in the north-central part of Namibia, from Herero [Term?] (given name).

Kombatite is bright yellow in color with a light yellow streak.

1986, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, page 520:

However, later a large number of new minerals were discovered from the manganese and iron ores, such as kombatite, asisite, johninnesite and amaraite.

2004, Gabi Schneider, The roadside geology of Namibia, page 24:

In ordered structures, vacancies in the PbO blocks have the form of a square (in symesite), or a double square (butterfly-like vacancies in kombatite and sahlinite).

2011, S V Krivovichev, Minerals as Advanced Materials II, page 322:

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


kudriavite

From Kudriavy (Russian Кудрявый (Kudrjavyj), the Russian volcano where it was discovered) + -ite.

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic dark reddish gray mineral containing bismuth, cadmium, indium, iron, lead, manganese, selenium, and sulfur.


leiteite

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


lemanskiite

From Lemanski + -ite, after Chet Lemanski, American mineralogist.

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


aeschynite

(mineralogy) Any of several basic oxide minerals of mostly titanium and niobium with either cerium, neodymium or yttrium.


brassite

(mineralogy) A basic magnesium arsenate mineral from the Czech Republic.


bariosincosite

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral derived from sincosite by replacement of the calcium by barium.


brochantite

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brochantite (countable and uncountable, plural brochantites)

From the name of A. J. M. Brochant de Villiers, + -ite.

(mineralogy) A basic copper sulfate mineral


bariomicrolite

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


brinrobertsite

After Brin Roberts, British mineralogist, + -ite

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


beryllite

For its composition of beryllium, + -ite.

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


berzeliite

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


berzelianite

Named in 1850 by James Dwight Dana in honour of Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848), Swedish chemist and the inventor of chemical symbol notation.
Berzelius + an + -ite

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


bario-

(mineralogy) Used to form the names of minerals in which an element has been replaced by barium


benyacarite

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


bertossaite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic light pink mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, lithium, oxygen, and phosphorus.


bannermanite

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


berthierine

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


brannockite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal colorless mineral containing lithium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and tin.


sincosite

(mineralogy) A mixed calcium and vanadyl phosphate mineral that occurs in tetragonal scales or plates


buergerite

buergerite (usually uncountable, plural buergerites)

(mineralogy) A cyclosilicate mineral related to tourmaline.


fedorovskite

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


derriksite

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


ferropargasite

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


foshagite

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


filatovite

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


palarstanide

Formed from palladium, arsenic, stanno-, and -ide.

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-trapezohedral steel gray mineral containing arsenic, palladium, and tin.


marshite

From Marsh + -ite, after the Australian mineral collector C. W. Marsh, who first described it.

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


maldonite

After the town of Maldon, Victoria, Australia + -ite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing bismuth and gold.


hastite

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


lithiophosphate

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


ravatite

Named after its discovered locality: Ravat Village, Tajikistan
Ravat + -ite

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


kolymite

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


bunsenite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing nickel and oxygen, Nickel(II) oxide.


gupeiite

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


carlinite

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


tobelite

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


chernykhite

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


phosphofibrite

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


perroudite

Named after Swiss mineralogist Pierre Perroud + -ite.

named-after

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


pellouxite

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


mitscherlichite

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


metaschoderite

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


metadelrioite

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


lithiomarsturite

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


petarasite

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


geerite

(mineralogy) A trigonal bluish white mineral containing copper and sulfur.


seifertite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing oxygen and silicon.


niobocarbide

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing carbon, niobium, and tantalum.


cryptomelane

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


humboldtine

Named after German polymath Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), Humboldt + -ine.

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


metastibnite

(mineralogy) An amorphous mineral containing antimony and sulfur.


nickelphosphide

(mineralogy) A tetragonal-disphenoidal mineral containing iron, nickel, and phosphorus.


athabascaite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing copper and selenium.


tolbachite

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


krutaite

Named after Czech mineralogist Tomáš Krut'a (1906–1998), + -ite.

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal gray mineral containing copper and selenium.


amstallite

Named after the type locality, Amstall, Austria + -ite

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


anapaite

From Russian Анапа (Anapa) + -ite, named for the town near where it was discovered.

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


andorite

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andorite (countable and uncountable, plural andorites)

Named for Hungarian amateur mineralogist Andor von Semsey + -ite.

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


anduoite

From Anduo + -ite, after the region of Tibet where it is found.

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


ankangite

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


apachite

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


apuanite

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


argentopyrite

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


armangite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral black mineral containing arsenic, carbon, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.


armenite

After the Armen mine, Kongsberg, Norway, + -ite

Pure armenite is colorless and has well developed prismatic pseudohexagonal crystals with poorly developed terminal faces.

1939 June 17, Henrich Neumann, “Armenite, a new mineral”, in Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift, volume 19, page 312:

All reported armenites are of nearly end-member composition.

2003, Hetherington, Callum J., et al., “Formation of armenite in the Berisal Complex, Simplon Region, Switzerland.”, in Swiss Bulletin of Mineralogy and Petrology, volume 83, number 3, page 243:

Although armenite contains 10 inequivalent Si-positions, only the topochemically distinct Si sites are resolved in the NMR spectrum.

2012, Robin K. Harris, NMR Crystallography:

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


arseniopleite

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


arseniosiderite

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


arsenoclasite

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


arsenopalladinite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial silver white mineral containing antimony, arsenic, and palladium.


arsenpolybasite

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


arsentsumebite

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


arsenuranylite

From the mineral's composition, arseno- + uranyl + -ite.

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


artsmithite

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


arupite

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


arzakite

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


asbecasite

(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, beryllium, calcium, oxygen, silicon, tin, and titanium.


ashburtonite

From Ashburton + -ite (from an occurrence in Ashburton Downs in Western Australia).

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


ashoverite

From the village and parish of Ashover + -ite.

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


aspidolite

From Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

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


asselbornite

(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing arsenic, barium, bismuth, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium.


attakolite

From Ancient Greek ἄττακος (áttakos, “salmon”) + -lite, for its color.

uder

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


aurorite

Named after the North Aurora mine in Nevada, where it was discovered.
From Aurora + -ite.

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


avicennite

(mineralogy) An isometric-diploidal grayish black mineral containing oxygen and thallium.


baksanite

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


balangeroite

From Balangero (“a mine in Piedmont, Italy”) + -ite.

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


balkanite

From Balkan + -ite, after the medieval and popular name of the Stara planina (Balkan) mountains in Europe where it is found.

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


bambollaite

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


bamfordite

From Bamford + -ite, after the location of Bamford Hill, Queensland.

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


baratovite

(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic pearl white mineral containing calcium, fluorine, lithium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, titanium, and zirconium.


barentsite

(mineralogy) A triclinic colorless mineral containing aluminum, carbon, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sodium.


bariandite

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


barnesite

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


barringerite

(mineralogy) A hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal gray white mineral containing iron, nickel, and phosphorus.


barroisite

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


bartelkeite

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


bartonite

From Barton + -ite, after Paul B. Barton, Jr., sulfide petrologist with the U.S. Geological Society.

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


barylite

From Ancient Greek βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

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


barysilite

From Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús, “heavy”), the inclusion of (SI)licon, and λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

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


baumhauerite

Named in 1902 by Richard Harrison Solly in honour of Heinrich Adolf Baumhauer (1848-1926), Professor of Mineralogy at the University of Fribourg.
Baumhauer + -ite

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


baumstarkite

(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal gray to white mineral containing antimony, arsenic, silver, and sulfur.


bauranoite

(mineralogy) A triclinic reddish brown mineral containing barium, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.


bavenite

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