List of minerals (synonyms)
Encyclopedia
It is currently not possible to have a "complete list of minerals". The International Mineralogical Association
(IMA) is the international group that recognises new minerals and new mineral names, however minerals discovered before 1959 did not go through the official naming procedure, although some minerals published previously have been either confirmed or discredited since that date. This list contains a mixture of mineral names that have been approved since 1959 and those mineral names believed to still refer to valid mineral species (these are called "grandfathered" species).
The list is divided into groups:
The data was exported from mindat.org
on April 29, 2005.
The minerals are sorted by name with the IMA approval, followed by the year of publication (if it's before an IMA approval procedure) and the Nickel–Strunz code
. The first link is to mindat.org, the second link is to webmineral.com, and the third is to the Handbook of Mineralogy (Mineralogical Society of America).
International Mineralogical Association
The International Mineralogical Association is an international group of 38 national societies. The goal is to promote the science of mineralogy and to standardize the nomenclature of the 4000 plus known mineral species...
(IMA) is the international group that recognises new minerals and new mineral names, however minerals discovered before 1959 did not go through the official naming procedure, although some minerals published previously have been either confirmed or discredited since that date. This list contains a mixture of mineral names that have been approved since 1959 and those mineral names believed to still refer to valid mineral species (these are called "grandfathered" species).
The list is divided into groups:
The data was exported from mindat.org
Mindat.org
Mindat.org is a non-commercial online mineralogical database, claiming to be the largest mineral database and mineralogical reference website on the internet....
on April 29, 2005.
The minerals are sorted by name with the IMA approval, followed by the year of publication (if it's before an IMA approval procedure) and the Nickel–Strunz code
Strunz classification
Nickel–Strunz classification is a scheme for categorizing minerals based upon their chemical composition, introduced by German mineralogist Karl Hugo Strunz in his 1941 Mineralogische Tabellen. The 4th edition was edited by Christel Tennyson too . It was followed by A.S...
. The first link is to mindat.org, the second link is to webmineral.com, and the third is to the Handbook of Mineralogy (Mineralogical Society of America).
- Abbreviations:
- "*" – discredited (IMA/CNMNC status).
- "?" – questionable/doubtful (IMA/CNMNC status).
- N – published without approval of the IMA/CNMNC.
- G – a name used to designate a group of species.
- I – intermediate member of a solid-solution series.
- H – hypothetical mineral (synthetic, anthropogenic, etc.)
- ch – chemical analysis incomplete. Published without approval and discredited or not approved, yet.
- no – no link available.
- red. – redefinition of ...
- Y: 1NNN – year of publication.
- Y: old – known before publications were available.
List of main synonyms
Mainly renamed minerals and synonyms used by the Handbook of Mineralogy.C
Chrysotile: Bostonite, Cyphoîte, Karystiolite, Krysolith, Kuphoite, Kupholite, Lefkasbestos, Picrosmine, Pikrosmin, Schweizerite, Ishkildite (var.); Clinozoisite-(Sr): Niigataite;H–J
- H
- Helvite: Helvine; Hinsdalite: Orpheite; Hydrokenoelsmoreite: Alumotungstite, Ferritungstite;
- I
- J
- Johnbaumite-M: Fermorite;
P–R
- P
- Q
- Qingheiite: Qinghelite; Qitianlingite: Qitianglinite; Quartz: Azetulite, Azeztulite, Dragonite, Konilite, Lodolite, Quartz-alpha, Quertz; Quarz varieties: Agate, Amberine, Amethyst, Ametrine, Apricotine, Aventurine, Azurchalcedony, Basanite, Bayate, Beekite, Binghamite, Bloodstone, Buhrstone, Carnelian, Chalcedony, Chert, Chrysojasper, Citrine, Cotterite, Creolite, Cubosilicite, Dallasite, Damsonite, Darlingite, Diackethyst, Eisenkiesel, El Doradoite, Flint, Haytorite, Herbeckite, Irnimite, Jasper, Kinradite, Myrickite, Onyx, Pastelite, Prase, Prasiolite, Quartzine, Quetzalitztli, Ribbonstone, Sard, Sardonyx, Schwimmstein, Seftonite
- R
- Rutile: Cajuelite, Crispite, Dicksbergite, Edisonite, Gallitzinite, Paraedrite, Rutilite, Titankalk, Titanschorl; Rutile varieties: Ilmenorutile, Lusterite, Nigrine, Struverite;
U–Z
- U
- Uzonite: Usonite;
- V
- W
- X
- Xanthoconite: Rittingerite, Xanthocone; Xonotlite: Calcium-Pectolite, Eakleite, Xenotlite, Xonaltite, Xonolite
- Y
- Z
Mineral varieties in the Handbook of Mineralogy
- Iridosmine*, OsmiumOsmiumOsmium is a chemical element with the symbol Os and atomic number 76. Osmium is a hard, brittle, blue-gray or blue-blacktransition metal in the platinum family, and is the densest natural element. Osmium is twice as dense as lead. The density of osmium is , slightly greater than that of iridium,...
variety, 01.AF.05 http://www.mindat.org/min-5990.html http://webmineral.com/data/Osmium.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/iridosmine.pdf - Plagioclase solid solution series:
- An0: AlbiteAlbiteAlbite is a plagioclase feldspar mineral. It is the sodium endmember of the plagioclase solid solution series. As such it represents a plagioclase with less than 10% anorthite content. The pure albite endmember has the formula NaAlSi3O8. It is a tectosilicate. Its color is usually pure white, hence...
; An20: OligoclaseOligoclaseOligoclase is a rock-forming mineral belonging to the plagioclase feldspars. In chemical composition and in its crystallographic and physical characters it is intermediate between albite and anorthite . The albite:anorthite molar ratio ranges from 90:10 to 70:30.Oligoclase is a high sodium...
; An40: AndesineAndesineAndesine is a silicate mineral, a member of the plagioclase feldspar solid solution series. Its chemical formula is 4O8, where Ca/ is between 30%-50%...
; An60: LabradoriteLabradoriteLabradorite , a feldspar mineral, is an intermediate to calcic member of the plagioclase series. It is usually defined as having "%An" between 50 and 70. The specific gravity ranges from 2.68 to 2.72. The streak is white, like most silicates. The refractive index ranges from 1.559 to 1.573....
; An80: BytowniteBytowniteBytownite is a calcium rich member of the plagioclase solid solution series of feldspar minerals. It is usually defined as having "%An" between 70 and 90. Like others of the series, bytownite forms grey to white triclinic crystals commonly exhibiting the typical plagioclase twinning and associated...
; An100: AnorthiteAnorthiteAnorthite is the calcium endmember of plagioclase feldspar. Plagioclase is an abundant mineral in the Earth's crust. The formula of pure anorthite is CaAl2Si2O8.-Mineralogy :... - OligoclaseOligoclaseOligoclase is a rock-forming mineral belonging to the plagioclase feldspars. In chemical composition and in its crystallographic and physical characters it is intermediate between albite and anorthite . The albite:anorthite molar ratio ranges from 90:10 to 70:30.Oligoclase is a high sodium...
, Albite variety, 09.FA.35 http://www.mindat.org/min-2976.html http://webmineral.com/data/Oligoclase.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/oligoclase.pdf - AndesineAndesineAndesine is a silicate mineral, a member of the plagioclase feldspar solid solution series. Its chemical formula is 4O8, where Ca/ is between 30%-50%...
, Albite variety, 09.FA.35 http://www.mindat.org/min-220.html http://webmineral.com/data/Andesine.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/andesine.pdf - LabradoriteLabradoriteLabradorite , a feldspar mineral, is an intermediate to calcic member of the plagioclase series. It is usually defined as having "%An" between 50 and 70. The specific gravity ranges from 2.68 to 2.72. The streak is white, like most silicates. The refractive index ranges from 1.559 to 1.573....
, Anorthite variety, 09.FA.35 http://www.mindat.org/min-2308.html http://webmineral.com/data/Labradorite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/labradorite.pdf - BytowniteBytowniteBytownite is a calcium rich member of the plagioclase solid solution series of feldspar minerals. It is usually defined as having "%An" between 70 and 90. Like others of the series, bytownite forms grey to white triclinic crystals commonly exhibiting the typical plagioclase twinning and associated...
, Anorthite variety, 09.FA.35 http://www.mindat.org/min-815.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Bytownite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/bytownite.pdf
- An0: Albite
- Incaite*, FranckeiteFranckeiteFranckeite, chemical formula Pb5Sn3Sb2S14, belongs to a family of complex sulfide minerals. Franckeite is a sulfosalt. It is closely related to cylindrite....
variety, 02.HF.25b http://www.mindat.org/min-2023.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Incaite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/incaite.pdf - Potosiite*, FranckeiteFranckeiteFranckeite, chemical formula Pb5Sn3Sb2S14, belongs to a family of complex sulfide minerals. Franckeite is a sulfosalt. It is closely related to cylindrite....
variety, 02.HF.25b http://www.mindat.org/min-3269.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Potosiite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/potosiite.pdf - Ilmenorutile, RutileRutileRutile is a mineral composed primarily of titanium dioxide, TiO2.Rutile is the most common natural form of TiO2. Two rarer polymorphs of TiO2 are known:...
variety, 04.DB.05 http://www.mindat.org/min-2014.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Rutile.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/rutile.pdf - Struverite*, RutileRutileRutile is a mineral composed primarily of titanium dioxide, TiO2.Rutile is the most common natural form of TiO2. Two rarer polymorphs of TiO2 are known:...
variety, 04.DB.05 http://www.mindat.org/min-3812.html http://webmineral.com/data/Struverite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/struverite.pdf
Discredited minerals
- Arsenosulvanite* http://www.mindat.org/min-297.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Arsenosulvanite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/arsenosulvanite.pdf
- Probably colusite.
- Ashanite* http://www.mindat.org/min-387.html [none] http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/ashanite.pdf
- Probably a mixture of several minerals including Ixiolite, Samarskite-(Y) and Uranmicrolite.
- Bursaite* http://www.mindat.org/min-807.html [none] http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/bursaite.pdf
- A mixture of two sulphosalts.
- Cheralite-(Ce)* http://www.mindat.org/min-988.html [none] http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/cheralitece.pdf
- Ca-rich monazite-(Ce).
- Endellite* http://www.mindat.org/min-1381.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Endellite.shtml [none]
- Halloysite-10ÅHalloysiteHalloysite is a 1:1 aluminosilicate clay mineral with the empirical formula Al2Si2O54. Its main constituents are aluminium , silicon , and hydrogen . Halloysite typically forms by hydrothermal alteration of alumino-silicate minerals. It can occur intermixed with dickite, kaolinite, montmorillonite...
- Halloysite-10Å
- Foshallasite* http://www.mindat.org/min-1586.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Foshallasite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/foshallassite.pdf
- Imgreite* http://www.mindat.org/min-2018.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Imgreite.shtml [none]
- Jeromite* http://www.mindat.org/min-2091.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Jeromite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/jeromite.pdf
- An amorphous As-S-Se phase of variable composition.
- Johnbaumite-M* http://www.mindat.org/min-1482.html http://webmineral.com/data/Fermorite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/fermorite.pdf
- An arsenate analogue and monoclinic polymorph of hydroxylapatiteHydroxylapatiteHydroxylapatite, also called hydroxyapatite , is a naturally occurring mineral form of calcium apatite with the formula Ca53, but is usually written Ca1062 to denote that the crystal unit cell comprises two entities. Hydroxylapatite is the hydroxyl endmember of the complex apatite group...
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- An arsenate analogue and monoclinic polymorph of hydroxylapatite
- Magniotriplite* (2003-C) http://www.mindat.org/min-2540.html [none] http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/magniotriplite.pdf
- A variety of wagneriteWagneriteWagnerite is a mineral, a combined phosphate and fluoride of iron and magnesium, with the formula 2PO4F. It occurs in pegmatite associated with other phosphate minerals. It is named after F.M. von Wagner , a German mining official....
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- A variety of wagnerite
- Matraite* (2006-C) http://www.mindat.org/min-2594.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Matraite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/matraite.pdf
- A densely twinned columnar variety of sphaleriteSphaleriteSphalerite is a mineral that is the chief ore of zinc. It consists largely of zinc sulfide in crystalline form but almost always contains variable iron. When iron content is high it is an opaque black variety, marmatite. It is usually found in association with galena, pyrite, and other sulfides...
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- A densely twinned columnar variety of sphalerite
- Montebrasite* (2005 05-E) http://www.mindat.org/min-2763.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Montebrasite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/montebrasite.pdf
- Mixture of OH-rich amblygoniteAmblygoniteAmblygonite is a fluorophosphate mineral, AlPO4, composed of lithium, sodium, aluminium, phosphate, fluoride and hydroxide. The mineral occurs in pegmatite deposits and is easily mistaken for albite and other feldspars. Its density, cleavage and flame test for lithium are diagnostic. Amblygonite...
with lacroixite and subordinate warditeWarditeWardite is a hydrous sodium aluminium phosphate hydroxide mineral with formula: NaAl324·2. Wardite is of interest for its rare crystallography. It crystallizes in the tetragonal trapezohedral class and is one of only a few minerals in that class. Wardite forms vitreous green to bluish green to...
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- Mixture of OH-rich amblygonite
- Parajamesonite* http://www.mindat.org/min-3093.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Parajamesonite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/parajamesonite.pdf
- Paraspurrite* (IMA 09-B) http://www.mindat.org/min-3112.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Paraspurrite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/paraspurrite.pdf
- Polysynthetically microtwinned spurriteSpurriteSpurrite is a white, yellow or light blue mineral with monoclinic crystals. Its chemical formula is Ca52CO3.Spurrite is generally formed in contact metamorphism zones as mafic magmas are intruded into carbonate rocks. Spurrite's space group is P 2/a...
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- Polysynthetically microtwinned spurrite
- Percylite* http://www.mindat.org/min-3158.html http://webmineral.com/data/Percylite.shtml
- Mixture of boleiteBoleiteBoleite is a complex halide mineral with formula: KPb26Ag9Cu2448Cl62. It was first described in 1891 as an oxychloride mineral. It is an isometric mineral which forms in deep blue cubes. There are numerous minerals related to boleite, such as pseudoboleite and cumengite, and these all have the...
und pseudoboleite.
- Mixture of boleite
- Viséite* http://www.mindat.org/min-4189.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Vis%E9ite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/viseite.pdf
- Si-bearing crandallite.
- Wellsite* http://www.mindat.org/min-4265.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Wellsite.shtml [none]
- Either barian phillipsite-Ca or calcian harmotomeHarmotomeHarmotome is a mineral, one of the rarer zeolites; a hydrated barium silicate with formula: 5Al5,Si11O32·12. It forms vitreous white well defined monoclinic crystals, often associated with calcite and other zeolites...
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- Either barian phillipsite-Ca or calcian harmotome
Polytypes
Based on Nickel (1993).- BerboriteBerboriteBerborite is a beryllium borate mineral with the chemical formula Be2·. It is colorless and leaves a white streak. Its crystals are hexagonal to pyramidal. It is transparent and has vitreous luster. It is not radioactive...
06.AB.10- Berborite-2H http://www.mindat.org/min-39616.html, Berborite-1T http://www.mindat.org/min-39617.html, Berborite-2T http://www.mindat.org/min-39618.html
- ChamositeChamositeChamosite is the Fe2+end member of the chlorite group. A hydrous aluminium silicate of iron, which is produced in an environment of low to moderate grade of metamorphosed iron deposits, as gray or black crystals in oolitic iron ore. Like other chlorites, it is a product of the hydrothermal...
09.EC.55 http://www.mindat.org/min-967.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Chamosite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/chamosite.pdf - ChrysotileChrysotileChrysotile or white asbestos is the most commonly encountered form of asbestos, accounting for approximately 95% of the asbestos in place in the United States and a similar proportion in other countries. It is a soft, fibrous silicate mineral in the serpentine group of phyllosilicates; as such, it...
09.ED.15 http://www.mindat.org/min-975.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Chrysotile.shtml [none]- Clinochrysotile http://www.mindat.org/min-1071.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Clinochrysotile.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/clinochrysotile.pdf
- Orthochrysotile http://www.mindat.org/min-3025.html http://webmineral.com/data/Orthochrysotile.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/orthochrysotile.pdf
- Parachrysotile http://www.mindat.org/min-3083.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Parachrysotile.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/parachrysotile.pdf
- KaoliniteKaoliniteKaolinite is a clay mineral, part of the group of industrial minerals, with the chemical composition Al2Si2O54. It is a layered silicate mineral, with one tetrahedral sheet linked through oxygen atoms to one octahedral sheet of alumina octahedra...
09.ED.05 http://www.mindat.org/min-2156.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Kaolinite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/kaolinite.pdf- DickiteDickiteDickite has molecular weight of 258.16 grams. It is a phyllosilicate clay mineral chemically composed of aluminium, silicon, hydrogen and oxygen contributing 20.90%, 21.76%, 1.56%, and 55.78% each respectively. It has the same composition as kaolinite, nacrite, and halloysite, but with a...
http://www.mindat.org/min-1287.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Dickite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/dickite.pdf - NacriteNacriteNacrite Al2Si2O54 is a clay mineral that is a polymorph of kaolinite. It crystallizes in the monoclinic system. X-ray diffraction analysis is required for positive identification....
http://www.mindat.org/min-2826.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Nacrite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/nacrite.pdf
- Dickite
- HilgarditeHilgarditeHilgardite is a borate mineral with the chemical formula Ca2B5O9Cl·H2O. It is transparent and has vitreous luster. It is colorless to light pink with a white streak. It is rated 5 on the Mohs Scale....
06.ED.05 http://www.mindat.org/min-1902.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Hilgardite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/hilgardite.pdf- Hilgardite-1Tc http://www.mindat.org/min-9761.html http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/hilgardite1a.pdf
- Hilgardite-3Tc http://www.mindat.org/min-9762.html http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/hilgardite3a.pdf
- Hilgardite-4M http://www.mindat.org/min-9763.html http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/hilgardite4m.pdf
- IlliteIlliteIllite is a non-expanding, clay-sized, micaceous mineral. Illite is a phyllosilicate or layered alumino-silicate. Its structure is constituted by the repetition of tetrahedron – octahedron – tetrahedron layers. The interlayer space is mainly occupied by poorly hydrated potassium cations...
G http://www.mindat.org/min-2011.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Illite.shtml [none]- Illite-1M http://www.mindat.org/min-31649.html, Illite-1Md http://www.mindat.org/min-31647.html, Illite-2M http://www.mindat.org/min-31648.html
- Ivanukite-Na
- Ivanukite-Na-C (2007-041C) (none) http://www.mindat.org/min-39653.html http://webmineral.com/data/Ivanyukite-Na.shtml [no]
- Ivanukite-Na-T
- Lamprophyllite 09.BE.25
- Lamprophyllite-2M http://www.mindat.org/min-7638.html [no] [no]
- Lamprophyllite-2O http://www.mindat.org/min-7639.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Lamprophyllite-2O.shtml [no]
- Pearceite-Tac - Polybasite Series
- Pearceite-Tac 02.GB.15 http://www.mindat.org/min-3138.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Pearceite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/pearceite.pdf
- PolybasitePolybasitePolybasite is a sulfosalt mineral of silver, copper, antimony and arsenic. Its chemical formula is [62S7][Ag9CuS4].It forms black monoclinic crystals which can show dark red internal reflections. It has a Mohs hardness of 2.5 to 3. It is found worldwide and is an ore of silver...
02.GB.15 http://www.mindat.org/min-3256.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Polybasite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/polybasite.pdf- Polybasite-Tac http://www.mindat.org/min-265.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Antimonpearceite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/antimonpearceite.pdf
- Pearceite-T2ac http://www.mindat.org/min-367.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Arsenpolybasite.shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/arsenpolybasite.pdf
- Pearceite-M2a2b2c http://www.mindat.org/min-31644.html
- Polybasite-T2ac http://www.mindat.org/min-31641.html
- Polybasite-M2a2b2c http://www.mindat.org/min-31642.html
- QuintiniteQuintiniteQuintinite is a carbonate mineral with the chemical formula Mg4Al212CO3⋅H2O.The mineral was named after Quinitin Wight of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Quintinite is a carbonate mineral with the chemical formula Mg4Al2(OH)12CO3⋅H2O.The mineral was named after Quinitin Wight of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada...
(1992-028, 1992-029) 05.DA.40 http://www.mindat.org/min-7265.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Quintinite.shtml [none]- Quintinite-2H http://www.mindat.org/min-31536.html, Quintinite-3T http://www.mindat.org/min-7266.html
- WollastoniteWollastoniteWollastonite is a calcium inosilicate mineral that may contain small amounts of iron, magnesium, and manganese substituting for calcium. It is usually white. It forms when impure limestone or dolostone is subjected to high temperature and pressure sometimes in the presence of silica-bearing fluids...
09.DG.05 http://www.mindat.org/min-4323.html- Wollastonite-1A http://www.mindat.org/min-7369.html, Wollastonite-2M http://www.mindat.org/min-4306.html, Wollastonite-3A http://www.mindat.org/min-35303.html Wollastonite-4A http://www.mindat.org/min-35305.html, Wollastonite-5A http://www.mindat.org/min-35307.html, Wollastonite-7A http://www.mindat.org/min-7370.html
- ZirconoliteZirconoliteZirconolite is a mineral, calcium zirconium titanate; formula CaZrTi2O7. Some examples of the mineral may also contain thorium, uranium, cerium, niobium and iron; the presence of thorium and/or uranium would make the mineral radioactive....
04.DH.30 http://www.mindat.org/min-4422.html- Zirconolite-2M http://www.mindat.org/min-6659.html, Zirconolite-3O http://www.mindat.org/min-6657.html, Zirconolite-3T http://www.mindat.org/min-6658.html
Arrojadite group 08.BF.05
- Arrojadite-(BaFe) (1994-033) http://www.mindat.org/min-7294.html http://webmineral.com/data/Arrojadite-(BaFe).shtml, Arrojadite-(BaNa)ch http://www.mindat.org/min-29414.html http://webmineral.com/data/Arrojadite-(BaNa).shtml, Arrojadite-(KFe) (pre-IMA) http://www.mindat.org/min-351.html http://www.webmineral.com/data/Arrojadite-(KFe).shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/arrojadite.pdf, Arrojadite-(KFeNa)ch http://www.mindat.org/min-29415.html, Arrojadite-(KNa) (2005-047) http://www.mindat.org/min-28959.html http://webmineral.com/data/Arrojadite-(KNa).shtml http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/arrojaditekna.pdf, Arrojadite-(NaFe)ch http://www.mindat.org/min-29413.html http://webmineral.com/data/Arrojadite-(NaFe).shtml, Arrojadite-(PbFe) (2005-056) http://www.mindat.org/min-29064.html http://webmineral.com/data/Arrojadite-(PbFe).shtml, Arrojadite-(SrFe) (2005-032) http://www.mindat.org/min-28889.html http://webmineral.com/data/Arrojadite-(SrFe).shtml, Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) (2005-048) http://www.mindat.org/min-1286.html http://webmineral.com/data/Dickinsonite-(KMnNa).shtml, Ferri-arrojadite-(BaNa)ch http://www.mindat.org/min-29416.html http://webmineral.com/data/Ferri-arrojadite-(BaNa).shtml, Fluorarrojadite-(BaFe) (2005-058a) http://www.mindat.org/min-29065.html http://webmineral.com/data/Fluorarrojadite-(BaFe).shtml, Fluorarrojadite-(KNa)ch http://www.mindat.org/min-29417.html http://webmineral.com/data/Fluorarrojadite-(KNa).shtml, Fluorarrojadite-(NaFe)ch http://www.mindat.org/min-29418.html
- IMA/CNMMN 05-D, October 2005.
Pyrochlore supergroup
- Pyrochlore group (D atom is Nb): oxycalciopyrochlore (red. stibiobetafite), hydropyrochlore (red. kalipyrochlore), hydroxycalciopyrochlorech, fluornatropyrochlorech, fluorcalciopyrochlorech, fluorstrontiopyrochlorech, fluorkenopyrochlorech, oxynatropyrochlorech, oxyplumbopyrochlorech, oxyyttropyrochlore-(Y)ch, kenoplumbopyrochlorech
- Microlite group (D atom is Ta): hydroxykenomicrolite (red. cesstibtantite), oxystannomicrolite (red. stannomicrolite), oxystibiomicrolite (red. stibiomicrolite), fluornatromicrolite (1998-018), fluorcalciomicrolitech, oxycalciomicrolitech, kenoplumbomicrolitech, hydromicrolitech, hydrokenomicrolitech
- Romeite group (D atom is Sb): hydroxycalcioromeite (red. lewisite (mineral)), fluornatroromeitech, fluorcalcioromeitech, oxycalcioromeitech, oxyplumboromeitech. Mindat.org lists partzite (cuproroméite) as well.
- Betafite group (D atom is Ti): oxycalciobetafitech, oxyuranobetafitech
- Elsmoreite group (D atom is W): hydrokenoelsmoreite (red. elsmoreite; alumotungstite/ferritungstite)
- The following mineral names are now discarded: alumotungstite, bariomicrolite, bariopyrochlore, bindheimite, bismutomicrolite, bismutopyrochlore, bismutostibiconite, calciobetafite, ceriopyrochlore-(Ce), cesstibtantite, ferritungstite, jixianite, kalipyrochlore, monimolite, natrobistantite, partzite, plumbobetafite, plumbomicrolite, plumbopyrochlore, stannomicrolite, stetefeldtite, stibiconite, stibiobetafite, stibiomicrolite, strontiopyrochlore, uranmicrolite, uranpyrochlore, yttrobetafite-(Y), and yttropyrochlore-(Y).
Further reading
- Subcommittee on zeolite minerals of the IMA/CNMNC
- Subcommittee on amphiboles of the IMA/CNMNC
External links
- Mindat.org (The Mineral Database)
- Webmineral.com
- Handbook of Mineralogy (Mineralogical Society of America)
- New minerals recently approved by the IMA-CNMNC