morion

Borrowed from Spanish morrión, from morra (“upper part of the head”), from morro (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”). Related to moraine (“an amassment of rocks on a glacier”) and morailles (“barnacle, twitch”).


morion

From Latin mormoriōn (“a black variety of quartz”), misread in some manuscripts as mōrion (“nightshade”).


augite

→ Romanian: augit


talc

From Persian طلق (talq), from a Middle Persian word meaning "medicament."


zircon

Borrowed from German Zirkon, formed in the 1780s from Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn). Doublet of jargon.


mica

Borrowed from Latin mīca. Doublet of mie and miche.


diamant

→ Czech: diamant

→ Romanian: diamant

Inherited from Middle French diamant, from Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamas, probably from metathesis of adimas (whence aimant), from Latin adamās, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas).


muscovite

→ Romanian: muscovit


montmorillonite

fr-noun

montmorillonite f (plural montmorillonites)


diopside

From Ancient Greek δίοψις (díopsis, “transparency”) + -ide.


smithsonite

fr-noun

smithsonite f (countable and uncountable, plural smithsonites)


titanite

→ Romanian: titanit


glaucophane

glaucophane m or f (plural glaucophanes)


cyprine

(mineralogy) a blue variety of vesuvianite


faujasite

From Faujas + -ite, named after Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741–1819), French geologist, by Alexis Damour, French mineralogist in 1842.


sylvine

fr:Sylvine (minéral)
fr:Sylvine (papillon)


paralaurionite

fr-noun

paralaurionite f (plural paralaurionites)


calcédoine

From Latin chalcēdōnius, from Ancient Greek χαλχηδόνιος (khalkhēdónios), cognate to Arabic كَرْكَنْد (karkand)


émeri

Inherited from Old French esmeril, from Italian smeriglio.


néphrite

→ Turkish: nefrit


corindon

→ Catalan: corindó

/kɔ.ʁɛ̃.dɔ̃/


cassitérite

From Ancient Greek κασσίτερος (kassíteros, “tin”).


cinabre

From Old French cinabre, from Latin cinnabaris, from Ancient Greek κιννάβαρι (kinnábari).


titanomagnétite

fr-noun

titanomagnétite f (plural titanomagnétites)


marcassite

Borrowed from Medieval Latin marchasita et al., from Arabic مَرْقَشِيتَا (marqašītā).

der

مَرْقَشِيتَا

Arabic مَرْقَشِيتَا (marqašītā)


piémontite

fr-noun

piémontite f (usually uncountable, plural piémontites)


zillerthite

(mineralogy, obsolete) Synonym of actinote


zincosite

(mineralogy) an evaporite composed of zinc sulfate


zvyagintsévite

zvyagintsévite f (plural zvyagintsévites)


yanthosiderite

yanthosiderite f (plural yanthosiderites)


argyride

(mineralogy) any mineral containing silver


pholérite

→ English: pholerite

From Ancient Greek φολίς (pholís) + -ite.

(mineralogy, obsolete) pholerite; kaolinite