turquoise

Greek: τυρκουάζ (tyrkouáz)

Turkish: turkuaz

Romanian: turcoază (stone)

Inherited from Old French turquois, from turc + -ois.


jargon

→ Catalan: jargó

→ English: jargoon

→ German: Jargon

→ Greek: γιαρκόν (giarkón)

→ Russian: жарго́н (žargón)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: жаргон

Latin script: žargon, jargon

→ Spanish: jergón

Borrowed from Italian giargone. Doublet of zircon.


jade

→ Catalan: jade

→ English: jade

→ German: Jade

→ Italian: giada

→ Portuguese: jade

→ Romanian: jad

→ Spanish: jade

Rebracketed from earlier l’éjade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (“flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”) (jade was thought to cure pains in the side).


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


mica

Borrowed from Latin mīca. Doublet of mie and miche.


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.


nacre

mother-of-pearl (the hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells)


quartz

→ Catalan: quars

Borrowed from German Quarz, from a West Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *tvьrdъ (“hard”).


relief

→ Bulgarian: реле́ф (reléf)

→ Danish: relief

→ Polish: relief

→ Romanian: relief

→ Russian: рельеф (relʹjef)

→ Swedish: relief

→ Turkish: rölyef

Inherited from Old French, from relever.

(geography, mineralogy) relief, surface elevation


cyanose

Coined by François Sulpice Beudant, from Ancient Greek κυάνεος (kuáneos).


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).


émeraude

Inherited from Old French esmeralde, esmeragde, from Vulgar Latin *smaralda, *smaraldus, *smaraudus, variant of Latin smaragdus (“emerald”), from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos, “emerald”), from a Semitic language.


muscovite

→ Romanian: muscovit


montmorillonite

fr-noun

montmorillonite f (plural montmorillonites)


-ite

Borrowed from Latin -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ίτης (-ítēs).

pyro- (“pyro-”) + -ite → pyrite (“pyrite”)


diopside

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


smithsonite

fr-noun

smithsonite f (countable and uncountable, plural smithsonites)


titanite

→ Romanian: titanit


jais

From Latin gagātem (“jet”), from Ancient Greek Γαγάτης (Gagátēs, “lignite, jet”, literally “stone of Gagas”).


glaucophane

fr-noun

glaucophane m or f (plural glaucophanes)


chrysolite

Borrowed from Latin chrȳsolithus, from Ancient Greek χρυσόλιθος (khrusólithos), from χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) + λίθος (líthos, “rock”). See also Old French crisolite.

(obsolete) gems such as chrysoberyl, sapphire, topaz, or tourmaline (any of various gemstones with a golden, and especially greenish) tint

(mineralogy) chrysolite
peridot, prehnite, or apatite


ambre

Inherited from Middle French ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”).


cyprine

(mineralogy) a blue variety of vesuvianite


yttrialite

L’yttria employée provient de la gadolinite ou l’yttrialite.

1905, “Revue de métallurgie”, in Volume 2, page 593:

The yttria used comes from gadolinite or yttrialite.


druse

→ Catalan: drusa

→ Spanish: drusa


monoclinique

(mineralogy) monoclinic (having three unequal axes)


grenat

Portuguese: grená

Probably derived from Old French pomme grenate or grenate (“pomegranate”), due to the red color.


saphir

→ Romanian: safir n

→ Turkish: safir


rubis

Inherited from Old French rubi, rubin, borrowed from Medieval Latin rubinus, from Latin rubeus.


topaze

From Latin topazus, from Koine Greek τόπαζος (tópazos), variant of τοπάζιον (topázion).


gravillon

Couvrir les allées de gravillons c’est économique mais cela demande de l’entretien.

Covering the lanes with grit is cheap, but it demands maintenance.

fine grit, grains of stone of between six and twenty millimeters diameter


clivage

→ Romanian: clivaj

Le clivage est la faculté d’un minéral de se rompre suivant un plan.


plombagine

Borrowed from Latin plumbaginem, as it resembled lead. Cf. also plumbago.

−La mine de crayons, de quoi est-elle faite?
−Avec de la plombagine, une pierre tendre qu'on scie en baguettes et qu'on enferme dans deux moitiés de cylindre de bois. (Colette, Cl. école, 1900)


prospecter

prospecter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
prospectant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
prospecté (participle past)
prospecte (first-person indicative present singular)
prospectes (indicative present second-person singular)
prospecte (indicative present singular third-person)
prospectons (first-person indicative plural present)
prospectez (indicative plural present second-person)
prospectent (indicative plural present third-person)
prospectais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
prospectais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
prospectait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
prospections (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
prospectiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
prospectaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
prospectai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
prospectas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
prospecta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
prospectâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
prospectâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
prospectèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
prospecterai (first-person future indicative singular)
prospecteras (future indicative second-person singular)
prospectera (future indicative singular third-person)
prospecterons (first-person future indicative plural)
prospecterez (future indicative plural second-person)
prospecteront (future indicative plural third-person)
prospecterais (conditional first-person singular)
prospecterais (conditional second-person singular)
prospecterait (conditional singular third-person)
prospecterions (conditional first-person plural)
prospecteriez (conditional plural second-person)
prospecteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
prospecte (first-person present singular subjunctive)
prospectes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
prospecte (present singular subjunctive third-person)
prospections (first-person plural present subjunctive)
prospectiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
prospectent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
prospectasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
prospectasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
prospectât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
prospectassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
prospectassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
prospectassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
prospecte (imperative second-person singular)
prospectons (first-person imperative plural)
prospectez (imperative plural second-person)

(mineralogy) prospect (to search as for gold)


spathifier

spathifier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
spathifiant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
spathifié (participle past)
spathifie (first-person indicative present singular)
spathifies (indicative present second-person singular)
spathifie (indicative present singular third-person)
spathifions (first-person indicative plural present)
spathifiez (indicative plural present second-person)
spathifient (indicative plural present third-person)
spathifiais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
spathifiais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
spathifiait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
spathifiions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
spathifiiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
spathifiaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
spathifiai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
spathifias (historic indicative past second-person singular)
spathifia (historic indicative past singular third-person)
spathifiâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
spathifiâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
spathifièrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
spathifierai (first-person future indicative singular)
spathifieras (future indicative second-person singular)
spathifiera (future indicative singular third-person)
spathifierons (first-person future indicative plural)
spathifierez (future indicative plural second-person)
spathifieront (future indicative plural third-person)
spathifierais (conditional first-person singular)
spathifierais (conditional second-person singular)
spathifierait (conditional singular third-person)
spathifierions (conditional first-person plural)
spathifieriez (conditional plural second-person)
spathifieraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
spathifie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
spathifies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
spathifie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
spathifiions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
spathifiiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
spathifient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
spathifiasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
spathifiasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
spathifiât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
spathifiassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
spathifiassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
spathifiassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
spathifie (imperative second-person singular)
spathifions (first-person imperative plural)
spathifiez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive, mineralogy) to turn into spar


spath

From German Spath, an obsolete spelling of Spat (“spar”).


trachyandésite

fr-noun

trachyandésite f (plural trachyandésites)


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)


améthyste

Persian: آمیتیست (âmitist)

Inherited from Old French ametiste, from Latin amethystus.


hyacinthe

desctree

→ German: Hyazinthe
→ Russian: гиаци́нт (giacínt)

From Latin hyacinthus. Doublet of jacinthe.


aigue-marine

fr-noun

aigue-marine f (plural aigue-marines or aigues-marines)

aigue-marines (plural)
aigues-marines (plural)


cristal de roche

cristal de roche m (plural cristaux de roche)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-cristal de roche.wav


paralaurionite

paralaurionite f (plural paralaurionites)


zéolithe

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζέω (zéō, “to boil, to bubble”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”).


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

From Ancient Greek νεφρῖτις (nephrîtis).


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).


sélénite

From Séléné (“Selene, Greek moon goddess”) + -ite.


sphène

→ English: sphene

→ Romanian: sfen

Coined by René Just Haüy in 1801, Traité de minéralogie vol. 3 p. 114, after Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”).


titanomagnétite

fr-noun

titanomagnétite f (plural titanomagnétites)


urane

(mineralogy) urania, yellowcake (uranium oxide)


sidérite

(mineralogy) siderite (iron(II) carbonate)


marcassite

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

der

مَرْقَشِيتَا

Arabic مَرْقَشِيتَا (marqašītā)


microminéralogie

fr-noun

microminéralogie f (plural microminéralogies)


pennine

(mineralogy) penninite (A double silicate of aluminium and magnesium)


antilogue

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀντίλογος (antílogos, “contradictory, reverse”), from ἀντιλέγω (antilégō, “speak against, gainsay, contradict”).


distique

From Latin distichon (“a poem of two verses, a distich consisting of a hexameter and a pentameter”), from Ancient Greek δίστιχον (dístikhon).

uder

(mineralogy) having two rows of facets around each base


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


pyritiser

pyritiser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
pyritisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
pyritisé (participle past)
pyritise (first-person indicative present singular)
pyritises (indicative present second-person singular)
pyritise (indicative present singular third-person)
pyritisons (first-person indicative plural present)
pyritisez (indicative plural present second-person)
pyritisent (indicative plural present third-person)
pyritisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pyritisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pyritisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pyritisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
pyritisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pyritisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
pyritisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
pyritisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
pyritisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
pyritisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
pyritisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
pyritisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
pyritiserai (first-person future indicative singular)
pyritiseras (future indicative second-person singular)
pyritisera (future indicative singular third-person)
pyritiserons (first-person future indicative plural)
pyritiserez (future indicative plural second-person)
pyritiseront (future indicative plural third-person)
pyritiserais (conditional first-person singular)
pyritiserais (conditional second-person singular)
pyritiserait (conditional singular third-person)
pyritiserions (conditional first-person plural)
pyritiseriez (conditional plural second-person)
pyritiseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
pyritise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
pyritises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
pyritise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pyritisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
pyritisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pyritisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pyritisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pyritisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pyritisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
pyritisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pyritisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pyritisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pyritise (imperative second-person singular)
pyritisons (first-person imperative plural)
pyritisez (imperative plural second-person)


aluminosilicaté

fr-adj

aluminosilicaté (feminine aluminosilicatée, masculine plural aluminosilicatés, feminine plural aluminosilicatées)

aluminosilicatée (feminine)
aluminosilicatés (masculine plural)
aluminosilicatées (feminine plural)

(geology, mineralogy) Containing aluminosilicates


arsénien

arsénien (feminine arsénienne, masculine plural arséniens, feminine plural arséniennes)

arsénienne (feminine)
arséniens (masculine plural)
arséniennes (feminine plural)


pholérite

→ English: pholerite

From Ancient Greek φολίς (pholís) + -ite.

(mineralogy, obsolete) pholerite; kaolinite


lagonite

* lagon + -ite
Named after the word "lagon" because it is found as an incrustation at Tuscan lagoons.

(mineralogy) An earthy, hydrous iron borate, H¹⁴Fe⁴Bo¹²O³¹ + 2[Fe²]ᵛⁱBo⁶O¹² + 7Aq