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B Index of Mineral Species

This alphabetical listing of B minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of that name, name origins, and locality information. Visit our expanded selection of mineral pictures.

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Babefphite  Say BABEFPHITE Mindat locations   BaBe(PO4)(F,O) NAME ORIGIN: For Barium, Beryllium, Fluorine, and Phosphorous in the composition.
Babingtonite  Say BABINGTONITE Mineral Image for Babingtonite Mindat locations   Ca2(Fe++,Mn)Fe+++Si5O14(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Irish physicist and mineralogist, W. Babington (1757-1833).
Babkinite !  Say BABKINITE Mindat locations   Pb2Bi2(S,Se)3 NAME ORIGIN: For P. V. Babkin (1929-1977), noted Russian Geologist and the first investigator of the Nevskoye deposit.
Baddeleyite  Say BADDELEYITE Mineral Image for Baddeleyite Java Crystal form for Baddeleyite Mindat locations   ZrO2 NAME ORIGIN: For Joseph Baddeley, who first called attention to the Sri Lankan material.
Bafertisite  Say BAFERTISITE Mineral Image for Bafertisite Mindat locations   Ba(Fe++,Mn)2TiSi2O7(O,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Ba, ferrous, Ti, Si).
Baghdadite  Say BAGHDADITE Mindat locations   Ca3(Zr,Ti)Si2O9 NAME ORIGIN: For Baghdad, the capital of Iraq.
Bagotite *  (see Thomsonite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bahianite  Say BAHIANITE Mineral Image for Bahianite Mindat locations   Al5Sb+++++3O14(OH)2
Baileychlore  Say BAILEYCHLORE Mindat locations   (Zn,Al,[ ])3[Fe++2Al][Si3AlO10](OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sturges W. Bailey (1919-), mineralogist University of Wisconsin.
Baiyuneboite-(Ce) - Discredited *  (see Cordylite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bakerite  Say BAKERITE Mineral Image for Bakerite Mindat locations   Ca4B4(BO4)(SiO4)3(OH)3·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Richard C. Baker, of Nutfield, Surrey, England, Mining Director of the Pacific Coast Borax Co., who discovered the mineral.
Bakhchisaraitsevite !   Mineral Image for Bakhchisaraitsevite Mindat locations   Na2Mg5(PO4)4·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for crystallographer Alexander Yu. Bakhchisaraitsev (1947-1998).
Baking soda *  (see Nahcolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Baksanite !  Say BAKSANITE Mineral Image for Baksanite Mindat locations   Bi6Te2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the discovery locality. LOCALITY: Tyrngauz deposit, Baksan River valley, northern Caucasus, Russia.
Balangeroite  Say BALANGEROITE Mindat locations   (Mg,Fe+++,Fe++,Mn++)42Si16O54(OH)40 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Balangero (San Vittore) mine, Piedmont, Italy.
Balas ruby - Red *  (see Spinel ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Balavinskite ?   Mindat locations   Sr2B6O11·4(H2O)
Balavinskite ? *  (see Tunellite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Balipholite  Say BALIPHOLITE Mindat locations   BaMg2LiAl3Si4O12(OH,F)8
Balkanite  Say BALKANITE Mindat locations   Cu9Ag5HgS8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Sedmochislenitsi mine, Vratsa district, Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria.
Balyakinite  Say BALYAKINITE Mindat locations   CuTeO3
Bambollaite  Say BAMBOLLAITE Mindat locations   Cu(Se,Te)2 NAME ORIGIN: For the Spanish nickname "La Bambolla" of the mine in which it occurs, which roughly translates into "hot air" in allusion to exaggerated tales of rich gold ore.
Bamfordite !  Say BAMFORDITE Mineral Image for Bamfordite Mindat locations   Fe+++Mo2O6(OH)3·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: After its locality. LOCALITY: Found at the Bamford Hill W-Mo-Bi deposits, 85 km WSW of Cairns, northern Queensland, Australia,
Banalsite  Say BANALSITE Mindat locations   BaNa2Al4Si4O16 NAME ORIGIN: Named from a contraction of the component cation symbols: Ba, Na,Al, and Si.
Bandylite  Say BANDYLITE Mineral Image for Bandylite Java Crystal form for Bandylite Mindat locations   CuB(OH)4Cl
Bannermanite  Say BANNERMANITE Mindat locations   (Na,K)0.7V+++++6O15 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Harold M. Bannerman (1897-1976), U. S. Economic Geologist.
Bannisterite  Say BANNISTERITE Mineral Image for Bannisterite Mindat locations   KCa(Mn,Fe++,Zn,Mg)21(Si,Al)32O76(OH)16·4-12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dr. Frederick Allen Bannister (1901-?), formerly Keeper of Minerals, British Museum (Natural History), London, England.
Bannisterite-Ba *  (see Bariumbannisterite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Baotite  Say BAOTITE Mineral Image for Baotite Mindat locations   Ba4(Ti,Nb)8Si4O28Cl NAME ORIGIN: For the locality. LOCALITY: From the Baiyun-Obo mine near Pat-t'ou (Baotou in Russian), Inner Mongolia..
Bararite  Say BARARITE Mineral Image for Bararite Mindat locations   (NH4)2SiF6
Baratovite  Say BARATOVITE Mineral Image for Baratovite Mindat locations   KCa7(Ti,Zr)2Li3Si12O36F2 NAME ORIGIN: For Rauf Baratovich Baratov, Soviet petrographer, of Tadzhikistan.
Barberiite  Say BARBERIITE Mineral Image for Barberiite Mindat locations   (NH4)BF4
Barbertonite  Say BARBERTONITE Mineral Image for Barbertonite Mindat locations   Mg6Cr2(CO3)(OH)16·4(H2O)
Barbosalite  Say BARBOSALITE Mineral Image for Barbosalite Mindat locations   Fe++Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Aluxio Licinio de Miranda Barbosa (1916- ), Professor of Geology, School of Mines, Ouro Preto, Brazil.
Barentsite  Say BARENTSITE Mineral Image for Barentsite Mindat locations   Na7AlH2(CO3)4F4 NAME ORIGIN: Named to honor Dutch sailor Willem Barents and the sea that washes the Kola Peninsula.
Bari-olgite *  (see Bario-olgite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bariandite  Say BARIANDITE Mindat locations   Al0.6V8O20·9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Bariand (1933-), French mineralogist.
Baricite  Say BARICITE Mineral Image for Baricite Mindat locations   (Mg,Fe++)3(PO4)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Honors Dr. Ljudevit Baric, former Director if the Mineralogical Museum and Professor of Mineralogy, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Bario-olgite !   Mindat locations   Na(Ba,Sr,Na,REE)PO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition and relationship to olgite.
Bario-orthojoaquinite   Mineral Image for Bario-orthojoaquinite Mindat locations   Fe++2(Ba,Sr)4Ti2[Si4O12]O2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition, orthorhombic crystal structure, and the relationship to joaquinite (named for Joaquin Ridge, Diablo Range, California, USA).
Bariolgite *  (see Bario-olgite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bariomicrolite  Say BARIOMICROLITE Mindat locations   Ba(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH)7 NAME ORIGIN: Assigned by the IMA pyrochlore nomenclature group for the predominant barium content and to microlite.
Bariopyrochlore  Say BARIOPYROCHLORE Mineral Image for Bariopyrochlore Mindat locations   (Ba,Sr)(Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)7 NAME ORIGIN: Assigned by the IMA pyrochlore nomenclature group for the predominant barium content and to pyrochlore.
Bariosincosite !   Java Crystal form for Bariosincosite Mindat locations   Ba(V++++O)2(PO4)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its relationship to sincosite.
Barite  Say BARITE Mineral Image for Barite Java Crystal form for Barite Mindat locations   BaSO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, baryos, "heavy."
Barium-alumopharmacosiderite ?   Mindat locations   BaAl4(AsO4)3(OH)5·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1966 as the aluminum end member with barium pharmcosiderite.
Barium-pharmacosiderite   Mineral Image for Barium-pharmacosiderite Mindat locations   BaFe+++4(AsO4)3(OH)5·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the barium analog of pharmacosiderite.
Barium-zinc-alumopharmacosiderite *   Mindat locations   (Ba,K)0.5(Zn,Cu)0.5(Al,Fe)4(AsO4)3·5(H2O)
Bariumbannisterite *   Mindat locations   (K,H3O)(Ba,Ca)(Mn++,Fe++,Mg)21(Si,Al)32O80(O,OH)16·4-12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the barium analog of bannisterite.
Bariumbrewsterite *  (see Brewsterite-Ba ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Barkevicite *  (see Ferrohornblende ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Barnesite  Say BARNESITE Mineral Image for Barnesite Mindat locations   Na2V6O16·3(H2O)
Barquillite !  Say BARQUILLITE Mindat locations   Cu2CdGeS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Barquilla, a village near the discovery locality. LOCALITY: Fuentes Villanas mine, Barquilla Sn-Ge-Cd-Cu-Fe vein-type deposit, southwestern Salamanca, Spain.
Barrandite *  (see Strengite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Barrandite *  (see Variscite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Barrerite  Say BARRERITE Mineral Image for Barrerite Mindat locations   (Na,K,Ca)2Al2Si7O18·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Richard Maling Barrer (1910- ), New Zealand-born British teacher ad student of the chemistry of zeolites.
Barringerite  Say BARRINGERITE Mineral Image for Barringerite Mindat locations   (Fe,Ni)2P NAME ORIGIN: Names in 1969 for Daniel M. Barringer (1860-1929), U.S. Mining engineer, who established the meteoritic origin of Meteor Crater, Arizona.
Barringtonite  Say BARRINGTONITE Mineral Image for Barringtonite Mindat locations   MgCO3·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: After its locality. LOCALITY: Barrington Tops, NSW, Australia.
Barroisite  Say BARROISITE Mineral Image for Barroisite Mindat locations   [ ](CaNa)Mg3AlFe+++Si7AlO22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: N.D.
Barsanovite - Discredited 1969 *  (see Georgbarsanovite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Barstowite  Say BARSTOWITE Mindat locations   Pb4(CO3)Cl6·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard William Barstow (1947-1982), Cornish mineral dealer.
Bartelkeite  Say BARTELKEITE Mindat locations   PbFe++Ge3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wolfgang Bartelke, mineral collector and specialist in Tsumeb mineral.
Bartonite  Say BARTONITE Mindat locations   K3Fe10S14 NAME ORIGIN: For Paul B. Barton, Jr., sulfide petrologist with the U.S. Geological Society.
Barylite  Say BARYLITE Mineral Image for Barylite Mindat locations   BaBe2Si2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "heavy", in allusion to its high specific gravity.
Barysilite  Say BARYSILITE Mineral Image for Barysilite Mindat locations   Pb8Mn(Si2O7)3
Barytes *  (see Barite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Barytkreuzstein *  (see Harmotome ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Barytocalcite  Say BARYTOCALCITE Mineral Image for Barytocalcite Mindat locations   BaCa(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named from its chemical composition.
Barytolamprophyllite  Say BARYTOLAMPROPHYLLITE Mineral Image for Barytolamprophyllite Mindat locations   Ba2Na3(Fe+++,Ti)3(Si2O7)2(O,OH,F)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition and similarity to lamprophyllite.
Basaluminite  Say BASALUMINITE Mineral Image for Basaluminite Mindat locations   Al4(SO4)(OH)10·5(H2O)
Bassanite  Say BASSANITE Mineral Image for Bassanite Mindat locations   2CaSO4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Francesco Basani (185301916). Italian paleontologist, University of Naples, Italy.
Bassetite  Say BASSETITE Mineral Image for Bassetite Mindat locations   Fe++(UO2)2(PO4)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the Basset mine group, Cornwall, England, from which it was first described.
Bastnasite-(Ce)  Say BASTNASITE-(CE) Mineral Image for Bastnasite-(Ce) Mindat locations   Ce(CO3)F NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan district, Vastermanland, Sweden.
Bastnasite-(La)  Say BASTNASITE-(LA) Mineral Image for Bastnasite-(La) Mindat locations   La(CO3)F NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan, Vastmanland, Sweden. LOCALITY: Gallinas Mountains, New Mexico, USA.
Bastnasite-(Y)  Say BASTNASITE-(Y) Mindat locations   Y(CO3)F NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Y end member and after the Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan, Vastmanland, Sweden.
Batiferrite !   Mineral Image for Batiferrite Java Crystal form for Batiferrite Mindat locations   Ba(Ti2Fe+++8Fe++2)O19 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the chemical composition (Ba,Ti,Fe) and the structural relationships to hexaferrite-type compounds.
Batisite  Say BATISITE Mineral Image for Batisite Mindat locations   BaNaNaTi2O2[Si4O12] NAME ORIGIN: For Ba, Ti, Si in the composition.
Baumhauerite  Say BAUMHAUERITE Mineral Image for Baumhauerite Java Crystal form for Baumhauerite Mindat locations   Pb3As4S9 NAME ORIGIN: For Heinrich Adolph Baumhauer (1848-1926), German mineralogist and Professor, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Baumhauerite-2a !  Say BAUMHAUERITE-2A Mineral Image for Baumhauerite-2a Mindat locations   Pb3As4S9 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the monoclinic polymorph of baumhauerite.
Baumstarkite !   Mineral Image for Baumstarkite Java Crystal form for Baumstarkite Mindat locations   Ag3(Sb,As)2SbS6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Manfred Baumstark(1954-), German mineralogist who first recognized the mineral.
Bauranoite  Say BAURANOITE Mineral Image for Bauranoite Mindat locations   BaU2O7·4-5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition of (Ba)(Urano)ite.
Bavenite  Say BAVENITE Mineral Image for Bavenite Mindat locations   Ca4Be2Al2Si9O26(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Baveno, Lago Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy.
Bayankhanite *  Say BAYANKHANITE Mindat locations   Cu6HgS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Idermeg-bayan-khan-ula, Mongolia.
Bayerite  Say BAYERITE Mindat locations   Al(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: The artificial compound is thought to have been named for the 19th-century German metallurgist Karl J. Bayer; the name was then applied to the natural mineral.
Bayldonite  Say BAYLDONITE Mineral Image for Bayldonite Mindat locations   (Cu,Zn)3Pb(AsO3OH)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after John Bayldon of England.
Bayleyite  Say BAYLEYITE Mineral Image for Bayleyite Mindat locations   Mg2(UO2)(CO3)3·18(H2O)
Baylissite  Say BAYLISSITE Mindat locations   K2Mg(CO3)2·4(H2O)
Bazhenovite  Say BAZHENOVITE Mineral Image for Bazhenovite Mindat locations   CaS5·CaS2O3·6Ca(OH)2·20(H2O)
Bazirite  Say BAZIRITE Mineral Image for Bazirite Mindat locations   BaZrSi3O9 NAME ORIGIN: For Barium and ZIRconium in the composition.
Bazzite  Say BAZZITE Mineral Image for Bazzite Mindat locations   Be3(Sc,Al)2Si6O18 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Italian engineer, A. E. Bazzi.
Bearsite  Say BEARSITE Mindat locations   Be2(AsO4)(OH)·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Be, Arsenic).
Bearthite  Say BEARTHITE Mindat locations   Ca2Al(PO4)2(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Honors Professor Peter Bearth (1902-1989), for his pioneering petrologic studies of the high-pressure terranes of the western Alps.
Beaumontite *  (see Heulandite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Beaumontite *  (see Heulandite-K ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Beaumontite *  (see Heulandite-Na ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Beaumontite *  (see Heulandite-Sr ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Beaverite  Say BEAVERITE Mineral Image for Beaverite Mindat locations   PbCu++(Fe+++,Al)2(SO4)2(OH)6
Bechererite !  Say BECHERERITE Java Crystal form for Bechererite Mindat locations   (Zn,Cu)6Zn2(OH)13[(S,Si)(O,OH)4]2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Dr. Karl Becherer (1926-) of the University of Vienna, in recognition of his contributions to the mineralogy of Spangolite from Lavrion.
Beckelite *  (see Britholite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Becquerelite  Say BECQUERELITE Mineral Image for Becquerelite Java Crystal form for Becquerelite Mindat locations   Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For French physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852-1908), who discovered radioactivity in 1896.
Bederite !   Mineral Image for Bederite Mindat locations   ([ ],Na)Ca2(Mn++,Mg,Fe++)2(Fe+++,Mg++,Al)2Mn++2(PO4)6·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Roberto Beder (1888-1930) in recognition of his major contributions to the development of mineralogy in Argentina.
Beegerite *  (see Aschamalmite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Behierite  Say BEHIERITE Mineral Image for Behierite Mindat locations   (Ta,Nb)BO4
Behoite  Say BEHOITE Mineral Image for Behoite Mindat locations   Be(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: For Beryllium, Be, and hydroxyl, OH, in its composition.
Beidellite  Say BEIDELLITE Mineral Image for Beidellite Mindat locations   Na0.5Al2(Si3.5Al0.5)O10(OH)2·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Beidell, Colorado, USA..
Belendorffite  Say BELENDORFFITE Mineral Image for Belendorffite Mindat locations   Cu7Hg6 NAME ORIGIN: Names in 1992 for Klaus Belendorff (b.1956), German mineral collector.
Belkovite !  Say BELKOVITE Mindat locations   Ba3(Nb,Ti)6(Si2O7)2O12 NAME ORIGIN: For I.V. Bel'kov (1917-1989), Soviet mineralogist who explored the Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Bell metal ore *  (see Stannite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bellbergite  Say BELLBERGITE Mineral Image for Bellbergite Mindat locations   (K,Ba,Sr)2Sr2Ca2(Ca,Na)4Al18Si18O72·30(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Bellberg volcano, Mayen, Laacher See area, Eifel, Germany.
Bellidoite  Say BELLIDOITE Mineral Image for Bellidoite Mindat locations   Cu2Se NAME ORIGIN: For Eleodoro Bellido Bravo, Director of Servicio de Geologia y Mineria, Peru.
Bellingerite  Say BELLINGERITE Mineral Image for Bellingerite Java Crystal form for Bellingerite Mindat locations   Cu++3(IO3)6·2(H2O)
Belloite !   Mindat locations   Cu(OH)Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for Andres Bello (1780-1865), founder and first rector of the Universidad de Chile.
Belovite *  (see Belovite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Belovite-(Ce)  Say BELOVITE-(CE) Mineral Image for Belovite-(Ce) Mindat locations   (Sr,Ce,Na,Ca)5(PO4)3(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nikolai Vassilievich Belov (1891-1982), mineralogist and crystallographer, Institute of Crystallography, Moscow, Russia.
Belovite-(La) !  Say BELOVITE-(LA) Mineral Image for Belovite-(La) Java Crystal form for Belovite-(La) Mindat locations   (Sr,La,Ce,Ca)5(PO4)3(F,OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nikolai Vassilievich Belov (1891-1982), mineralogist and crystallographer, Institute of Crystallography, Moscow, Russia.
Belyankinite  Say BELYANKINITE Mineral Image for Belyankinite Mindat locations   Ca1-2(Ti,Zr,Nb)5O12·9(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dmitry Stepanovich Belyankin (1876-1953), prominent Russian mineralogist and petrographer.
Bementite  Say BEMENTITE Mineral Image for Bementite Mindat locations   Mn8Si6O15(OH)10 NAME ORIGIN: For Clarence Sweet Bement (1843-1923), mineral collector of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Benauite !  Say BENAUITE Mindat locations   HSrFe+++3(PO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: For the Benauer Berg, Germany, near which the Clara mine is situated.
Benavidesite  Say BENAVIDESITE Mindat locations   Pb4(Mn,Fe)Sb6S14 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. Benavides to honor his contributions in the development of mining in Peru.
Benitoite  Say BENITOITE Mineral Image for Benitoite Java Crystal form for Benitoite Mindat locations   BaTiSi3O9 NAME ORIGIN: Named from its locality. LOCALITY: Benitoite Gem mine, head waters of the San Benito river, 1 mile south of Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA
Benjaminite  Say BENJAMINITE Mineral Image for Benjaminite Mindat locations   (Ag,Cu)3(Bi,Pb)7S12 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Marcus Benjamin (1857-1932), of the U.S. National Museum.
Benleonardite  Say BENLEONARDITE Mindat locations   Ag8(Sb,As)Te2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Benjamin F. Leonard (1921-), U.S. Geologist.
Benstonite  Say BENSTONITE Mineral Image for Benstonite Mindat locations   (Ba,Sr)6(Ca,Mn)6Mg(CO3)13
Bentonite *  (see Beidellite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bentonite *  (see Montmorillonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bentorite  Say BENTORITE Mineral Image for Bentorite Mindat locations   Ca6(Cr,Al)2(SO4)3(OH)12·26(H2O)
Benyacarite  Say BENYACARITE Java Crystal form for Benyacarite Mindat locations   (H2O,K)2Ti(Mn++,Fe++)2(Fe+++,Ti)2Ti(PO4)4(O,F)2·14(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Maria Angelica R. de Benyacar (1928-), Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Buenos Ares, Argentina, for her contribution to mineralogical studies.
Beraunite  Say BERAUNITE Mineral Image for Beraunite Java Crystal form for Beraunite Mindat locations   Fe++Fe+++5(PO4)4(OH)5·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For its occurrence near Beroun (formerly Beraun), Czech Republic.
Berborite  Say BERBORITE Mineral Image for Berborite Mindat locations   Be2(BO3)(OH,F)·(H2O)
Berdesinskiite  Say BERDESINSKIITE Mindat locations   V+++2TiO5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Waldemar Berdesinski (1911-1990), German mineralogist, University of Heidelberg.
Berezanskite !  Say BEREZANSKITE Mindat locations   KLi3Ti2Si12O30 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Anatolyi Vladimirovich Berezanskii (b. 1948), who mapped the geology of remote areas of the Turkestan-Alai range, in Tajikistan.
Bergenite  Say BERGENITE Mineral Image for Bergenite Mindat locations   Ca2Ba4[(UO3)2O2(PO4)2]3 (H2O)16 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mine dump at Streuberg, Bergen, Saxony, Germany.
Bergmannite *  (see Natrolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bergslagite  Say BERGSLAGITE Mineral Image for Bergslagite Mindat locations   CaBe(AsO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: For the occurrence at Langban, which is in the Bergslagen region of Sweden.
Berlinite  Say BERLINITE Mineral Image for Berlinite Mindat locations   AlPO4 NAME ORIGIN: Honoring Professor Nils Johan Berlin (1812-1891), pharmacologist, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden.
Bermanite  Say BERMANITE Mineral Image for Bermanite Java Crystal form for Bermanite Mindat locations   Mn++Mn+++2(PO4)2(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: In honor of Dr. Harry Berman (1902-1944), Professor of Mineralogy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Bernalite  Say BERNALITE Mindat locations   Fe(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: To honor John Desmond Bernal (1901-1971), eminent British crystallographer and historian of science.
Bernardite  Say BERNARDITE Java Crystal form for Bernardite Mindat locations   Tl(As,Sb)5S8 NAME ORIGIN: Names in 1989 for Jan Bernard (b.1928), Czech mineralogist.
Berndtite  Say BERNDTITE Mineral Image for Berndtite Mindat locations   SnS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Fritz Berndt, German mineralogist.
Bernstein *  (see Amber ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Berryite  Say BERRYITE Mineral Image for Berryite Mindat locations   Pb3(Ag,Cu)5Bi7S16 NAME ORIGIN: For Professor Leonard Gascoigne Berry (1914-1982), mineralogist, Queen's University, Toronto, Canada, who obtained the first X-ray powder pattern of the mineral.
Berthierine  Say BERTHIERINE Mineral Image for Berthierine Mindat locations   (Fe++,Fe+++,Al,Mg)2-3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Berthier (1782-1861), French geologist.
Berthierite  Say BERTHIERITE Mineral Image for Berthierite Mindat locations   FeSb2S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French chemist, P. Berthier (1782-1861).
Bertossaite  Say BERTOSSAITE Mineral Image for Bertossaite Mindat locations   Li2CaAl4(PO4)4(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Antonio Bertossa, director of the Geological Survey of Rwanda.
Bertrandite  Say BERTRANDITE Mineral Image for Bertrandite Mindat locations   Be4Si2O7(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French mineralogist, E. Bertrand.
Beryl  Say BERYL Mineral Image for Beryl Java Crystal form for Beryl Mindat locations   Be3Al2Si6O18 NAME ORIGIN: From the ancient Greek, beryllos, signifying a "precious blue-green color of sea water" stone, but through later usage, applied only to beryl.
Beryllite  Say BERYLLITE Mineral Image for Beryllite Mindat locations   Be3SiO4(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in allusion to the beryllium content.
Beryllonite  Say BERYLLONITE Mineral Image for Beryllonite Mindat locations   NaBePO4 NAME ORIGIN: For one of the major constituents in the composition, BERYLLium.
Berzelianite  Say BERZELIANITE Mineral Image for Berzelianite Mindat locations   Cu2Se NAME ORIGIN: Named after Jons Jacob Berzelius (1779-1848), Swedish chemist who discovered the element selenium.
Berzeliite  Say BERZELIITE Mineral Image for Berzeliite Java Crystal form for Berzeliite Mindat locations   (Ca,Na)3(Mg,Mn)2(AsO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: In honor of the noted Swedish chemist and mineralogist, Jons Jacob Berzelius (1779-1848).
Beta-duftite *  (see Duftite-beta ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Beta-roselite *  (see Roselite-beta ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Beta-uranophane *  (see Uranophane-beta ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Beta-uranotile *  (see Uranophane-beta ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Betafite  Say BETAFITE Mineral Image for Betafite Java Crystal form for Betafite Mindat locations   (Ca,U)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Betafo, Malagasy Republic.
Betekhtinite  Say BETEKHTINITE Mineral Image for Betekhtinite Mindat locations   Cu10(Fe,Pb)S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Anatolii Gergievich Betekhtin (1897-119620, Russian mineralogist and economic geologist.
Betpakdalite  Say BETPAKDALITE Mineral Image for Betpakdalite Mindat locations   [Mg(H2O)6]Ca2(H2O)13[Mo++++++8As+++++2Fe+++3O36(OH)]·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Bet-Pak-Dal desert, Kazakhstan.
Beudantite  Say BEUDANTITE Mineral Image for Beudantite Mindat locations   PbFe+++3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French mineralogist, F. S. Beudant (1787-1850).
Beusite  Say BEUSITE Mineral Image for Beusite Mindat locations   (Mn++,Fe++,Ca,Mg)3(PO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alexey Alexandrovich Beus, Professor of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Moscow Polytechnical Institute.
Beyerite  Say BEYERITE Mineral Image for Beyerite Mindat locations   (Ca,Pb)Bi2(CO3)2O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. Beyer.
Bezsmertnovite  Say BEZSMERTNOVITE Mindat locations   Au4Cu(Te,Pb) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Marianna S. Bezsmertnaya (1915-1991) and Valdimir V. Bezsmertny (1912-), Russian geologists.
Bianchite  Say BIANCHITE Mineral Image for Bianchite Mindat locations   (Zn,Fe++)(SO4)·6(H2O)
Bicchulite  Say BICCHULITE Mindat locations   Ca2Al2SiO6(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: For Bicchu, the town encompassing the Japanese type locality. LOCALITY: From Fuka, near Bicchu, Okayama Prefecture, and in the Akagane mine, Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
Bideauxite  Say BIDEAUXITE Mineral Image for Bideauxite Mindat locations   Pb2AgCl3(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: For Richard August Bideaux (1935-2004), of Oro Valley, Arizona, USA, American mineralogist, author, and mineral collector.
Bieberite  Say BIEBERITE Mineral Image for Bieberite Mindat locations   CoSO4·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its original locality. LOCALITY: Bieber, Hessen, Germany.
Biehlite !   Mineral Image for Biehlite Mindat locations   (Sb,As)2MoO6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Friedrich Karl Bielh (1887-?), who was the first to do scientific work on the mineralization of the Tsumeb deposit.
Bigcreekite !   Mineral Image for Bigcreekite Mindat locations   BaSi2O5·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Esquire no. 7 claim, along Big Creek, Fresno County, California, USA.
Bijvoetite-(Y)  Say BIJVOETITE-(Y) Mindat locations   (Y,REE)8(H2O)25(UO2)16O8(OH)8(CO3)16·14(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named to honor Dutch crystallographer, Johannes Martin Bijvoet (1892-1980).
Bikitaite  Say BIKITAITE Mineral Image for Bikitaite Mindat locations   Li2[Al2Si4O12]·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the locality. LOCALITY: From Bikita, Zimbabwe. In the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA.
Bilibinskite  Say BILIBINSKITE Mindat locations   Au3Cu2PbTe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yuri A. Bilibin (1902-1952), Russian geologist.
Bilinite  Say BILINITE Mineral Image for Bilinite Mindat locations   Fe++Fe+++2(SO4)4·22(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Schwaz, near Bilin, Bohemia, Czech Republic.
Billietite  Say BILLIETITE Mineral Image for Billietite Mindat locations   Ba(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Valere Louis Billiet (1903-1944), Belgian crystallographer, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
Billingsleyite  Say BILLINGSLEYITE Mindat locations   Ag7AsS6 NAME ORIGIN: For Paul Billingsley (1887-1962), mining geologist, who discovered the North Lily mine, and collected the type material.
Bindheimite  Say BINDHEIMITE Mineral Image for Bindheimite Mindat locations   Pb2Sb2O6(O,OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German chemist, J. J. Bindheim (1750-1825).
Binnite *  (see Tennantite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Binnite (Ba) *  (see Muscovite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Biotite *  Say BIOTITE Mineral Image for Biotite Java Crystal form for Biotite Mindat locations   K(Mg,Fe++)3[AlSi3O10(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1847 after the French physicist, Jean Baptiste Biot (1774 - 1862), who studied the optical properties of the micas.
Biotitic vermiculite *  (see Hydrobiotite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Biphosphammite  Say BIPHOSPHAMMITE Mineral Image for Biphosphammite Mindat locations   (NH4,K)H2PO4 NAME ORIGIN: As a BIPHOSPHate of AMMonium.
Biraite-(Ce) !   Mindat locations   Ce2Fe++[Si2O7](CO3) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN)
Biringuccite  Say BIRINGUCCITE Mindat locations   Na2B5O8(OH)·(H2O)
Birnessite  Say BIRNESSITE Mineral Image for Birnessite Mindat locations   (Na,Ca,K)x(Mn++++,Mn+++)2O4·1.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Birness, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Bisbeeite *  (see Chrysocolla ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bisbeeite *  (see Plancheite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bischofite  Say BISCHOFITE Mineral Image for Bischofite Java Crystal form for Bischofite Mindat locations   MgCl2·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Karl Gustav Bischo (1792-1870), German geologist and mineral chemist, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Bismite  Say BISMITE Mineral Image for Bismite Mindat locations   Bi2O3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of Bi.
Bismoclite  Say BISMOCLITE Mineral Image for Bismoclite Mindat locations   BiOCl NAME ORIGIN: In allusion to its composition, a "bismuth oxychloride."
Bismuth  Say BISMUTH Mineral Image for Bismuth Mindat locations   Bi NAME ORIGIN: Probably from the Arabic bi ismid, meaning having the properties of antimony.
Bismuth Glance *  (see Bismuthinite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bismuthian Arsenopyrite *  (see Arsenopyrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bismuthinite  Say BISMUTHINITE Mineral Image for Bismuthinite Java Crystal form for Bismuthinite Mindat locations   Bi2S3 NAME ORIGIN: From the composition.
Bismutite  Say BISMUTITE Mineral Image for Bismutite Mindat locations   Bi2(CO3)O2
Bismutocolumbite  Say BISMUTOCOLUMBITE Mindat locations   Bi(Nb,Ta)O4 NAME ORIGIN: For BISMuth in its composition and relation to minerals of the "columbite-tantalite" series.
Bismutoferrite  Say BISMUTOFERRITE Mineral Image for Bismutoferrite Mindat locations   BiFe+++2(SiO4)2(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named in allusion to the composition.
Bismutohauchecornite  Say BISMUTOHAUCHECORNITE Mindat locations   Ni9Bi2S8 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Bi analog of hauchecornite.
Bismutomicrolite  Say BISMUTOMICROLITE Mineral Image for Bismutomicrolite Mindat locations   (Bi,Ca)(Ta,Nb)2O6(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Assigned by the IMA pyrochlore nomenclature group for the predominant bismuth content and to microlite.
Bismutoplagionite *   Mindat locations   5PbS.4Bi2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after bismuth replacing arsenic in the mineral plagionite.
Bismutopyrochlore !   Java Crystal form for Bismutopyrochlore Mindat locations   (Bi,U,Ca,Pb)1+x(Nb,Ta)2O6(OH)·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and relationship to pyrochlore.
Bismutosparite *  (see Bismutite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bismutostibiconite  Say BISMUTOSTIBICONITE Mindat locations   Bi(Sb+++++,Fe+++)2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its bismuth content and relationship to stibiconite.
Bismutotantalite  Say BISMUTOTANTALITE Mineral Image for Bismutotantalite Java Crystal form for Bismutotantalite Mindat locations   Bi(Ta,Nb)O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition (Bi, Ta).
Bitter Salt *  (see Epsomite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Bitter Salt *  (see Hexahydrite ) See Also: