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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.
  BaBe(PO4)(F,O) NAME ORIGIN: For Barium, Beryllium, Fluorine, and Phosphorous in the composition.  Ca2(Fe++,Mn)Fe+++Si5O14(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Irish physicist and mineralogist, W. Babington (1757-1833). Pb2Bi2(S,Se)3 NAME ORIGIN: For P. V. Babkin (1929-1977), noted Russian Geologist and the first investigator of the Nevskoye deposit.  ZrO2 NAME ORIGIN: For Joseph Baddeley, who first called attention to the Sri Lankan material. Ba(Fe++,Mn)2TiSi2O7(O,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Ba, ferrous, Ti, Si). Ca3(Zr,Ti)Si2O9 NAME ORIGIN: For Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. Al5Sb+++++3O14(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: About eight km southeast of the village of Paramirim das Crioulas, and elsewhere in the region around Rio do Picos das Almas, Serra das Almas, south-central Bahia, Brazil. (Zn,Al,[ ])3[Fe++2Al][Si3AlO10](OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sturges W. Bailey (1919-), mineralogist University of Wisconsin. 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. Na2Mg5(PO4)4•7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for crystallographer Alexander Yu. Bakhchisaraitsev (1947-1998). Bi6Te2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the discovery locality. LOCALITY: Tyrngauz deposit, Baksan River valley, northern Caucasus, Russia. (Mg,Fe+++,Fe++,Mn++)42Si16O54(OH)40 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Balangero (San Vittore) mine, Piedmont, Italy. Sr2B6O11•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Unknown. BaMg2LiAl3Si4O12(OH,F)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Barium and Lithium in the composition, and the Chinese for fibrous. Cu9Ag5HgS8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Sedmochislenitsi mine, Vratsa district, Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria. CuTeO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Tat’yana Stepanovna Balyakina (1906-1986), Geology Instructor, Moscow University, Moscow, Russia. 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. Fe+++Mo2O6(OH)3•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Found at the Bamford Hill W-Mo-Bi deposits, 85 km WSW of Cairns, northern Queensland, Australia, BaNa2Al4Si4O16 NAME ORIGIN: Named from a contraction of the component cation symbols: Ba, Na,Al, and Si. CuB(OH)4Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mark Chance Bandy (1900-1963), American mining engineer, mineralogist, and mineral collector, who first collected the mineral.  (Na,K)0.7V+++++6O15 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Harold M. Bannerman (1897-1976), U. S. Economic Geologist. 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. Ba4(Ti,Nb)8Si4O28Cl NAME ORIGIN: For the locality. LOCALITY: From the Baiyun-Obo mine near Pat-t'ou (Baotou in Russian), Inner Mongolia.. (Ca,Cu,Na,Fe+++,Al )12Al2(AsO4)8(OH,Cl)x•nH2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for its relationship with barahonaite-(Fe). (Ca,Cu,Na,Fe+++,Al )12Fe+++2(AsO4)8(OH,Cl)x•nH2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Antonio Barahona of Madrid who recognized the potential of the Dolores site and provided the original specimens. (NH4)2SiF6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Bararee colliery, Barari, Jharia coalfield, West Bengal, India. KCa7(Ti,Zr)2Li3Si12O36F2 NAME ORIGIN: For Rauf Baratovich Baratov, Soviet petrographer, of Tadzhikistan. (NH4)BF4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Franco Barberi, Italian volcanologist, University of Pisa, Italy. Mg6Cr2(CO3)(OH)16•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kaapsehoop asbestos mine, Kaapse Hoop, Barberton district, Transvaal, South Africa. 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. Na7AlH2(CO3)4F4 NAME ORIGIN: Named to honor Dutch sailor Willem Barents and the sea that washes the Kola Peninsula. Al0.6V8O20•9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Bariand (1933-), French mineralogist. (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.  Na(Ba,Sr,Na,REE)PO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition and relationship to olgite. 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). Ba(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH)7 NAME ORIGIN: Assigned by the IMA pyrochlore nomenclature group for the predominant barium content and to microlite. BaTiO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the barium analoge of perovskite. BaFe+++4(AsO4)3(OH)5•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the barium analog of pharmacosiderite. (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. Ba(V++++O)2(PO4)2•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its relationship to sincosite. BaSO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, baryos, "heavy." BaAl4(AsO4)3(OH)5•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1966 as the aluminum end member with barium pharmcosiderite. (Ba,K)0.5(Zn,Cu)0.5(Al,Fe)4(AsO4)3•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Ba and Zn analog of pharmacosiderite. (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. Na2V6O16•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for William H. Barnes (1903- ), National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, authority on the crystallography of many vanadium minerals. 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. (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. (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. MgCO3•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Barrington Tops, NSW, Australia. [ ](CaNa)Mg3AlFe+++Si7AlO22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Not given in original paper. Pb4(CO3)Cl6•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard William Barstow (1947-1982), Cornish mineral dealer. PbFe++Ge3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wolfgang Bartelke, mineral collector and specialist in Tsumeb mineral. K3Fe10S14 NAME ORIGIN: For Paul B. Barton, Jr., sulfide petrologist with the U.S. Geological Society. BaBe2Si2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "heavy", in allusion to its high specific gravity. Pb8Mn(Si2O7)3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for heavy and for SILicon in its composition. BaCa(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named from its chemical composition. Ba2Na3(Fe+++,Ti)3(Si2O7)2(O,OH,F)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition and similarity to lamprophyllite. Al4(SO4)(OH)10•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the composition (basic sulfate of aluminum). 2CaSO4•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Francesco Basani (185301916). Italian paleontologist, University of Naples, Italy.  Fe++(UO2)2(PO4)2•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the Basset mine group, Cornwall, England, from which it was first described.  Ce(CO3)F NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan district, Vastermanland, Sweden. La(CO3)F NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan, Vastmanland, Sweden. LOCALITY: Gallinas Mountains, New Mexico, USA. Y(CO3)F NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Y end member and after the Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan, Vastmanland, Sweden. Ba(Ti2Fe+++8Fe++2)O19 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the chemical composition (Ba,Ti,Fe) and the structural relationships to hexaferrite-type compounds. BaNaNaTi2O2[Si4O12] NAME ORIGIN: For Ba, Ti, Si in the composition. (Ti,V,Cr)14Ba[Si2O7]O22 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition Ba, Ti, Si, and V. Pb3As4S9 NAME ORIGIN: For Heinrich Adolph Baumhauer (1848-1926), German mineralogist and Professor, University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Pb3As4S9 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the monoclinic polymorph of baumhauerite. Ag3(Sb,As)2SbS6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Manfred Baumstark(1954-), German mineralogist who first recognized the mineral. BaU2O7•4-5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition of (Ba)(Urano)ite. Ca4Be2Al2Si9O26(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Baveno, Lago Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. Cu6HgS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Idermeg-bayan-khan-ula, Mongolia. 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. (Cu,Zn)3Pb(AsO3OH)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after John Bayldon of England. Mg2(UO2)(CO3)3•18(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Shirley Bayley (1861-1943), American mineralogist and geologist, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA K2Mg(CO3)2•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Noel Stanley Bayliss, Professor of Chemistry, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, who characterized the synthetic compound. CaS5•CaS2O3•6Ca(OH)2•20(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. G. Bazhenov (petrographer) and L. F. Bazhenov (analytical chemist), Russian scientists. BaZrSi3O9 NAME ORIGIN: For Barium and ZIRconium in the composition. Be3(Sc,Al)2Si6O18 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Italian engineer, A. E. Bazzi. Be2(AsO4)(OH)•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Be, Arsenic). 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. PbCu++(Fe+++,Al)2(SO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Horn Silver mine, Beaver County, Utah, USA. (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. Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for French physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852-1908), who discovered radioactivity in 1896. ([ ],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. (Ta,Nb)BO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jean Behier (1903-1965), French mineralogist, Geological Survey of Madagascar, who discovered the mineral. Be(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Beryllium, Be, and hydroxyl, OH, in its composition. Na0.5Al2(Si3.5Al0.5)O10(OH)2•n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Beidell, Colorado, USA.. Cu7Hg6 NAME ORIGIN: Names in 1992 for Klaus Belendorff (b.1956), German mineral collector. Ba3(Nb,Ti)6(Si2O7)2O12 NAME ORIGIN: For I.V. Bel'kov (1917-1989), Soviet mineralogist who explored the Kola Peninsula, Russia. (K,Ba,Sr)2Sr2Ca2(Ca,Na)4Al18Si18O72•30(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Bellberg volcano, Mayen, Laacher See area, Eifel, Germany. Cu2Se NAME ORIGIN: For Eleodoro Bellido Bravo, Director of Servicio de Geologia y Mineria, Peru. Cu++3(IO3)6•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Herman C. Bellinger (1867-1940), General Manager of the Chile Exploration Company, who submitted the first specimens. Cu(OH)Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for Andres Bello (1780-1865), founder and first rector of the Universidad de Chile. (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. (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. Ca1-2(Ti,Zr,Nb)5O12•9(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dmitry Stepanovich Belyankin (1876-1953), prominent Russian mineralogist and petrographer. Mn8Si6O15(OH)10 NAME ORIGIN: For Clarence Sweet Bement (1843-1923), mineral collector of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. HSrFe+++3(PO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: For the Benauer Berg, Germany, near which the Clara mine is situated. Pb4(Mn,Fe)Sb6S14 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. Benavides to honor his contributions in the development of mining in Peru. Fe++Fe+++2(AsO4)2(OH)2•4H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Bendada near Guarda, province Beira Alta, central Portugal 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 (Ag,Cu)3(Bi,Pb)7S12 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Marcus Benjamin (1857-1932), of the U.S. National Museum. Ag8(Sb,As)Te2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Benjamin F. Leonard (1921-), U.S. Geologist. (Ba,Sr)6(Ca,Mn)6Mg(CO3)13 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Orlando J. Benston (1901-1966), metallurgist for the Baroid Division, National Lead Co., Malvern, Arkansas, USA, who supplied the first specimens. Ca6(Cr,Al)2(SO4)3(OH)12•26(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Y.K. Bentor, Professor at the University of California, San Diego, California, USA, for his contributions to geology and mineralogy in Israel. (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. Fe++Fe+++5(PO4)4(OH)5•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For its occurrence near Beroun (formerly Beraun), Czech Republic. Be2(BO3)(OH,F)•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the BERyllium and BORate in the composition. V+++2TiO5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Waldemar Berdesinski (1911-1990), German mineralogist, University of Heidelberg. KLi3Ti2Si12O30 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Anatolyi Vladimirovich Berezanskii (b. 1948), who mapped the geology of remote areas of the Turkestan-Alai range, in Tajikistan. Ca2Ba4[(UO3)2O2(PO4)2]3 (H2O)16 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mine dump at Streuberg, Bergen, Saxony, Germany. CaBe(AsO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: For the occurrence at Langban, which is in the Bergslagen region of Sweden. AlPO4 NAME ORIGIN: Honoring Professor Nils Johan Berlin (1812-1891), pharmacologist, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden. 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. Fe(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: To honor John Desmond Bernal (1901-1971), eminent British crystallographer and historian of science. Tl(As,Sb)5S8 NAME ORIGIN: Names in 1989 for Jan Bernard (b.1928), Czech mineralogist. SnS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Fritz Berndt, German mineralogist. Cu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S16 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. (Fe++,Fe+++,Al,Mg)2-3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Berthier (1782-1861), French geologist. FeSb2S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French chemist, P. Berthier (1782-1861). Li2CaAl4(PO4)4(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Antonio Bertossa, director of the Geological Survey of Rwanda. Be4Si2O7(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French mineralogist, E. Bertrand. 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. Be3SiO4(OH)2•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in allusion to the beryllium content. NaBePO4 NAME ORIGIN: For one of the major constituents in the composition, BERYLLium. Cu2Se NAME ORIGIN: Named after Jons Jacob Berzelius (1779-1848), Swedish chemist who discovered the element selenium. (Ca,Na)3(Mg,Mn)2(AsO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: In honor of the noted Swedish chemist and mineralogist, Jons Jacob Berzelius (1779-1848). (Ca,U)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Betafo, Malagasy Republic. Cu10(Fe,Pb)S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Anatolii Gergievich Betekhtin (1897-119620, Russian mineralogist and economic geologist. [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. PbFe+++3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French mineralogist, F. S. Beudant (1787-1850). (Mn++,Fe++,Ca,Mg)3(PO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alexey Alexandrovich Beus, Professor of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Moscow Polytechnical Institute. (Ca,Pb)Bi2(CO3)2O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. Beyer. Au4Cu(Te,Pb) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Marianna S. Bezsmertnaya (1915-1991) and Valdimir V. Bezsmertny (1912-), Russian geologists. (Na,Ca,K)8(Si6Al6O24)(SO4)2(OH)0.5•H2O NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) (Zn,Fe++)(SO4)•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Angelo Bianchi (1892-1970), Italian mineralogist, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. 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. Pb2AgCl3(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: For Richard August Bideaux (1935-2004), of Oro Valley, Arizona, USA, American mineralogist, author, and mineral collector. CoSO4•7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its original locality. LOCALITY: Bieber, Hessen, Germany. (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. BaSi2O5•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Esquire no. 7 claim, along Big Creek, Fresno County, California, USA. (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). Li2[Al2Si4O12]•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the locality. LOCALITY: From Bikita, Zimbabwe. In the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA. Au3Cu2PbTe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yuri A. Bilibin (1902-1952), Russian geologist. Fe++Fe+++2(SO4)4•22(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Schwaz, near Bilin, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Ba(UO2)6O4(OH)6•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Valere Louis Billiet (1903-1944), Belgian crystallographer, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium. Ag7AsS6 NAME ORIGIN: For Paul Billingsley (1887-1962), mining geologist, who discovered the North Lily mine, and collected the type material. Pb2Sb2O6(O,OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German chemist, Johann J. Bindheim (1750-1825) who first analysed the mineral. 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. (NH4,K)H2PO4 NAME ORIGIN: As a BIPHOSPHate of AMMonium. Ce2Fe++(CO3)(Si2O7) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Biraia, Vitim, Irkutsk Oblast, Zabaikalye, (Siberia), Russia. Cd2Cu2(PO4)2(SO4)•5H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for William D. Birch, Senior Curator of Geosciences at Museum Victoria, Australia, in recognition of his contribution to Australian geological sciences. Na2B5O8(OH)•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vannoccio Biringuccio (1480-1538/9), alchemist and metallurgist, author of the Pirotechnia. (Na,Ca,K)x(Mn++++,Mn+++)2O4•1.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Birness, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. MgCl2•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Karl Gustav Bischo (1792-1870), German geologist and mineral chemist, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. Bi2O3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of Bi. BiOCl NAME ORIGIN: In allusion to its composition, a "bismuth oxychloride." Bi NAME ORIGIN: Probably from the Arabic bi ismid, meaning having the properties of antimony. Bi2S3 NAME ORIGIN: From the composition. Bi2(CO3)O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the bismuth in the composition. Bi(Nb,Ta)O4 NAME ORIGIN: For BISMuth in its composition and relation to minerals of the "columbite-tantalite" series. BiFe+++2(SiO4)2(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named in allusion to the composition. Ni9Bi2S8 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Bi analog of hauchecornite. (Bi,Ca)(Ta,Nb)2O6(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Assigned by the IMA pyrochlore nomenclature group for the predominant bismuth content and to microlite. 5PbS.4Bi2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after bismuth replacing arsenic in the mineral plagionite.  (Bi,U,Ca,Pb)1+x(Nb,Ta)2O6(OH)•n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and relationship to pyrochlore. Bi(Sb+++++,Fe+++)2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its bismuth content and relationship to stibiconite. Bi(Ta,Nb)O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition (Bi, Ta). CaLiAl2(AlBeSi2)O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Maharitra on Mt. Bity, Madagascar. (Mn+++,Fe+++)2O3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the American mineralogist, M. Bixby. (Ba,Sr)(Mn++,Fe++,Mg)2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alfred Gunnar Bjareby (1899-1967), Swedish-American student of New England pegmatite minerals. Fe2(TeO3)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William P. Blake (1826-1910), a pioneer geologist and mineralogist of the American southwest. UO2CO3•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Norbert Blaton (1945-), crystallographer at the University of Leuven, Belgium, a specialist on the crystal structure of uranium minerals. (Mn++,Mg)35Sb3(Mn+++,Fe+++)9(BO3)16O32 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Fritz Blatter (1943-), German mineral collector, who discovered the mineral. (Ca,Fe+++)2Cu5(Bi,Cu)(PO4 )4(H2O,OH,Cl)13 NAME ORIGIN: For the Reverend John Ignatius Bleasdale (1822-1884), an enthusiastic proponent of minerals from Victoria. Pb8O5(OH)2Cl4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ragner Blix (1898-), Chemist, Swedish Museum of Natural History. Na2Mg(SO4)2•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carl August Bloede (1773-1820), German chemist. Cu2V+++++2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for F. Donald Bloss, American mineralogist, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia. Ca9Mg(PO3F)(PO4)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert (Bob) Terrance Downs, Professor of Geophysics, University of Arizona, and chief advisor for the RRUFF project to collect Raman spectra of all minerals. Na2Mn++5Fe+++Al(PO4)6 NAME ORIGIN: To honor Emeritus Professor Robert Bury Ferguson (1920- ), Canadian mineralogist, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, especially for his contributions to pegmatite mineralogy. Mg3(PO4)2•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: In honor of Pierre Adolphe Bobierre (1823-1881), French agricultural chemist, who first described the mineral. VO(SO4)(H2O)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Bob Jones (1926-), of Cave Creek, Arizona, USA. Cu5Cl2(OH)8(H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert King, formerly of the Department of Geology, Leicester University, prominent mineral collector and founding member of the Russell Society. (Na,Ca)13Sr11(Zr,Y,Nb)14Si42B6O132(OH)12•12H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert (Bob) James Traill (1921-), mineralogist, former head of the mineralogy section of the Geological Survey of Canada (1953-1986), and for his contributions to mineralogy. AlO(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German geologist and paleontologist, J. Bohm (1857-1938). (Au,Te,Pb)3(Cu,Fe) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Aleksei A. Bogdanov (1907-1971), Russian geologist. Sr2Na2Al2(PO4)F9 NaCa2(Al5Si19O48)•17(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: After Robert Maxwell Boggs (1918- ), of Seattle, Washington, USA, and his son, Dr. Russell Calvin Boggs (1952- ), of Cheney, Washington, USA, mineral collectors. Na2SrBa2Al4F20 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard Bogvad (1952-), Danish, former chief geologist of the cryolite mining company. AgBiSe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Karol Bohdanovicz (1864-1947), Polish economic geologist. (Al,Fe+++)1.3(V++++,Fe)8O20•4.7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ivan I. Bok, (1898-), Kazakh mineralogist. NaCaMgAl3F14•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. K. Boldyrev, Russian mineralogist. KPb26Ag9Cu24Cl62(OH)48 NAME ORIGIN: Named after is locality. LOCALITY: Boleo, Baja California, Mexico. Al2(PO4)(OH)3•4-5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ignacio Boivar Y Urrutia (1850-?), Spanish entomologist. HK(UO2)(SiO4)•1.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Bertram Borden Boltwood (1870-1927), radiochemist of Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, who devised the U-Pb method of measuring geologic time. Ni2Fe+++BO5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Three km west of the Scotia talc mine, Bon Accord area, Barberton, Transvaal, South Africa. CuSO4•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Stefano Bonatti (1902-1968), Italian petrologist, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. Na3Fe++(PO4)(CO3) NAME ORIGIN: To honor Elsa Maksimilianovna Bonshtedt-Kupletskaya (1897-1974), Russian specialist in mineralogy of alkalic massifs. CuSO4•7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edward Booth (1857-1917), American chemist, University of California. Mg3B7O13Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition containing boron. Al16B6Si2O27 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of (bor}on, (al)uminum, and (sil)icon. Na2B4O5(OH)4•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Arabic buraq, for "white." Ca4MgB4O6(OH)6(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the BORate and CARbonate in the composition. Pd1+x(As,Pb)2, x = 0-0.2 NAME ORIGIN: For S.S. Borishanski, Soviet mineralogist. BaNa3{(Na,Ti)4[(Ti,Nb)2O2Si4O14](F,OH)2}•PO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named or Irina Dimitrievna Borneman-Starynkevich (1890-), Russian mineralogist, Institute of Ore Deposits, Moscow. She was a student of the mineralogy of the Khibiny and Lovozero massifs. Co++Co+++2Se4 NAME ORIGIN: After Dr. Wilhelm Bornhardt (1864-?), German student of ore deposits. Cu5FeS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Austrian mineralogist, I. von Born (1742-1791). Li(1+3x)Al(4-x)(BSi3)O10(OH,F)8 [x = 0-0.33] NAME ORIGIN: Named as the boron-rich analog of cookeite. Ag5(Bi,Sb)9S16 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1992 for its similarity to pavonite. Al4.5SiB0.5O9.5 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the boron analog to mullite. KAl2(Si3B)O10(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Presumably for the BOROn content and relation to "muscovite." Pd3SbTe4 NAME ORIGIN: For Igor Borisovich Borovskii, Russian pioneer in microprobe analysis. Pd4Cu3Zn NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nikolai Stefanovich Bortnikov, mineralogist and researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences. CaMn+++6Si3O16•7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard C. Bostwick (1943-), collector and compiler of data on Franklin and Sterling Hill, NJ mineralogy, particularly fluorescent species. Cu2Cl(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: For the occurrence in the Botallack mine, Cornwall, England. MgFe+++(SO4)2(OH)•7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, botrys, meaning "grape' and genos, meaning "to yield." NiSb+++++2(OH)12•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For its occurrence in the Bottino mine, Italy. Bi6(Mg,Co)11Fe14[AsO4]18O12(OH)4(H2O)86 NAME ORIGIN: The name recognizes the exceptional significance of the Bou Azzer district and, in particular, of the Bou Azzer mine to mineralogical sciences and mineral collecting. Pb5Sb4S11 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French mining engineer, C. L. Boulanger (1810-1849). Later name from an occurrence near Mullan, Idaho. PbCuSbS3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French mineralogist, J. L. de Bournon (1751-1825). (NH4)2Mg(SO4)2•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jean-Baptiste Joseph Dieudonne Boussingault (1802-1887), French chemist, Lyon University, Lyon, France. (Rh,Ir,Pt)1.77S3 NAME ORIGIN: For the British scientist, Dr. Stanley Hay Umphray Bowie, of the Institure of Geological Sciences, London, England. (Zn,Mg)SO4•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert William Boyle (1920- ), Canadian geochemist, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada. CaTh(PO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: For the Brabant Farm, Namibia, location of the pegmatite where the mineral was first found. Cr+++O(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Smith Bracewell, Director of the British Guiana (now Guyana) Geological Survey. Pb2(Mn,Fe++)(VO4)2(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ludwig Brackebusch (1849-1906), Professor of Mineralogy, University of Cordoba, Cordove, Argentina. NaCu4(AsO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hans Bradaczek (1940-), crystallographer of the Free University of Berlin. Na3Mg(PO4)(CO3) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wilmot Hyde Bradley (1899-1979), geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, who studied the Green River formation. (Pt,Pd,Ni)S NAME ORIGIN: To honor Sir William Henry Bragg (1862-1942) and Professor William Lawrence Bragg (1890-1971), pioneers in the X-ray investigations of crystals, as this is the first new mineral to be dis NaCu5(Ti,Sb)2O2(AsO4)4[AsO3(OH)]2•8H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard Braithwaite, University of Reading, United Kingdom. (Ca,Na2)7(Ce,La)2B22O43•7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Otto Braitsch (1921-1966), German mineralogist. (Na,H3O)(Al,Mg,Fe)2(Si,Al)4O10[(OH)2,(H2O)] NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1943 for Alfred Brammall (1879-?), British gologist and mineralogist. Mg[Sb(OH)6]2•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Schmidten-Schacht and Jakobi-Schacht (pits) of the master lode in the former Brandholz-Groldkronach mining district in the western part of the Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, Germany. Ca2(Mn,Mg)(AsO4)2•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Georg Brandt (1694-1768), Swedish chemist. (U,Ca,Ce)(Ti,Fe)2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the American geologist, G. Branner (1850-1922). KSn2Li3Si12O30 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dr. Kent C. Brannock, Chemist, Kingsport, TN. Cu3Zn2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as an alloy of copper and zinc. Mg(AsO3OH)•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Honoring Rejane Brasse, who first synthesized the compound. Mn++Mn+++6SiO12 NAME ORIGIN: Named after K. Braun (1790-1872) from Gotha, Germany. Mn++Mn+++6SiO12 NAME ORIGIN: Named after K. Braun (1790-1872) from Gotha, Germany. (Fe,Ni,Co)S2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. J. Bravo (1874-1928), Peruvian scientist. NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its first discovery in Brazil. Ca7Mg(SiO4)4 NAME ORIGIN: For Max Albrecht Bredig (1902- ), physical chemist, who studied the polymorphism of Ca2SiO4. NiSb NAME ORIGIN: After the Saxon mineralogist Johann Friedrich August Breithaupt (1791-1873). (Bi,Pb)2Fe(PO4)(O,OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Christain Friedrick Brendel (1776-1861), in recognition of his development and application of mechanized mining technology. Ca2(CO3)F2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Schellkopf, 0.5 km west of Brenk, Eifel district, Germany. (Ba,Sr)Al2Si6O16•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the barium analogue of brewterite-Sr (formerly bariumbrewsterite). (Sr,Ba)Al4Si12O32•10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after David Brewster (1781-1868), Scottish physicist, who studied the optical properties of minerals and the element Strontium. Cr3S4 NAME ORIGIN: For Aristides Brezina (1848-1909), past Director of the Mineralogy-Petrology Section of the Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria. Na2CaMg(PO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: In honor of Dr. Brian Harold Mason (1917- ), U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., USA, for his contributions to the study of meteorites. Ca3[B5O6(OH)6](OH)Cl2•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Brian V. Roulston (1948-), in recognition of his work on the geology of evaporite deposits. Zn3(CO3,SO4)(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Brian Young (1947- ), field geologist and mineralogist of the British Geological Survey, who provided the first specimens. Cu2(Zn,Fe)GeS4 NAME ORIGIN: For Gaston Briart, who studied the Kipushi deposit. (Ni,Mg,Fe++)2Al(SiAl)O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Name for Dr. George William Brindley (1905-1983), Professor of Mineral Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA. (Na,K,Ca)x(Al,Fe,Mg)4(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4•3.54(H2O) [x = 0.35, n = 3.54] NAME ORIGIN: Named for Brin Roberts, specialist for British clay minerals in the University of London. (Ce,Ca,Th,La,Nd)5(SiO4,PO4)3(OH,F) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for weight, in allusion to its density and the content of Ce. (Y,Ca)5(SiO4,PO4)3(OH,F) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for weight, in allusion to its density and the content of Y Pb7+xMg4.5[(Si,Al)5O14](BO3)(BO3,AsO4)(CO3)(OH,O)7 ( x < 0.5) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sergei Nikolaevich Britvin (b. 1965), a Russian mineralogist. NaSb+++++O3 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Giancarlo Brizzi (1936-1992) who discovered the mineral. NaSb+++++O3 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Giancarlo Brizzi (1936-1992) who discovered the mineral. Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French geologist and mineralogist, A. J. M. Brochant de Villiers (1772-1840). (Ca,Th,Ce)(PO4)•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: To honor Maurice R. Brock, U.S. Geological Survey, who supplied the first specimen. Cu2HgSe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Milka Kronegold de Brodtkorb (1932-), Professor at the University of Buenos Aries and La Plata, Argentina (Mn,Fe)32[Si24O60]OH29Cl11 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. AgBr NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of bromine (Greek, bromos - "stench") and silver (Latin, argentum). BeO NAME ORIGIN: For Magnus von Bromell (1670-1731), Swedish physician and mineralogist. TiO2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English mineralogist, Henry James Brucke (1771-1857), a London mineralogist and wool trader. MnSi NAME ORIGIN: Named after Donald E. Brownlee, professor of astronomy at the University of Washington, Seattle Ca2(Al,Fe+++)2O5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lorrin Thomas Brownmiller (1902-), Chef chemist of the Alpha Portland Cement Company, Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. Mg(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the American mineralogist, A. Bruce (1777-1818). Ca(IO3)2•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Juan Bruggen (1887-1953), University of Chile, who wrote the first textbook on the geology of Chile. Mg6Fe+++(CO3)(OH)13•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Luigi Brugnatelli (1859-1928), mineralogist, University of Pavia, Italy. Cu3(TeO4)(OH)4•5H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Pedra Preta mine, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil (Ge++,Fe++)Fe+++2O4 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Bruno H. Geier (1902- ), formerly Chief Mineralogist, Tsumeb Corporation, Tsumeb, Namibia. CaHPO4•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: To honor Professor George Jarvis Brush (1831-1912), American mineralogist, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. NaCaPO4 NAME ORIGIN: To honor Dr. Vagn Fabius Buchwald (1929- ), Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark, for his contributions to the study of iron meteorites. AuPb2BiTe2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Buckhorn mine, near Jamestown, Boulder, Colorado, USA. (NH4)AlSi3O8•0.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Francis Buddington (1890-1980), American petrologist, Princeton University. NaFe+++3Al6(BO3)3Si6O21F NAME ORIGIN: To honor Professor Martin Buerger (1903-1986), eminent crystallographer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Tl2Cu3FeSe4 NAME ORIGIN: For its occurrence at Bukov, Czechoslovakia. Fe+++2(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)•7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Czech chemist, Antonin Bukovsky (1865-1950). Al2(AsO4)(OH)3•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Neubulach, northern Black Forest, Germany. Ca2SiO2(OH,F)4 NAME ORIGIN: For the Bultfontein mine, Kimberley, South Africa, where it was first discovered. NiO NAME ORIGIN: For Professor Robert William Eberhard Bunsen (1811-1899), German chemist of the University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, who had observed artificial NiO. (Na,Ca)2(Fe++,Mg)2Al10(PO4)8(OH,O)12•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Buranga pegmatite, near Gatumba, Rwanda. (Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wilbur Sweet Burbank (1898-1975), geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey. Pb2(Fe+++,Mn+++)Te++++(AlSi3O10)O2(OH)2•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carlos Burckhardt (1869-19350, Swiss geologist working in Mexico. Co2(H2O)4[(AsO3OH)]2•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for David S. Burgess (born April 18, 1951) of Newington, Connecticut, U.S.A. Na6(CO3)(SO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Edmund Burke (1880-1966), chemical engineer, American Potash and Chemical Co., who discovered the artificial salt. KCdCu7O2(SeO3)2Cl9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Peter C. Burns (1966-), Canadian-born mineralogist and crystallographer. (K,Na)4Ca2(Ti,Nb)8[Si4O12]4(OH,O)8•12H2O NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Na2CaZrSi2O7F2 NAME ORIGIN: For its occurrence in the Burpala massif, Russia. Pb5Bi4S11 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality in Bursa Province, Turkey. LOCALITY: From Uludag, Bursa Province, Turkey. CaSn(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Donald McLain Burt (1943- ), Professor of Mineralogy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA, authority on mineral equilibria and greisen deposits, who had predicted the na Ca3(Si,Fe+++,Al)[SO4][B(OH)4](OH,O)6•12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Solongo boron deposit, Buryatiya, Ural Mts, Russia. Pb2Al(PO4)(VO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Anatolly F. Bushmakin (1947-1999), in recognition of his work on the Berezovskoye deposit. Na2(Ba,Sr)2(Fe,Mn)TiSi2O7(CO3)(OH)3F NAME ORIGIN: Named for Irina V. Bussen (1915-), Russian petrologist. (Ce,REE)3(Na,H2O)6MnSi9Be5(O,OH)30F4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Antoine Alexandre Brutus Bussy (1794-1882), French chemist who is co-credited in isolating the element beryllium in August 1828. (Mn,Ca)3Si3O9 NAME ORIGIN: For General Anastasio Bustamente (1780-1853), of Mexico. Fe+++(SO4)(OH)•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gurdon Montague Butler (1881-1961), American mining geologist, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA. K2Ca(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Johann Adam Otto Butschli (1848-1920), professor of zoology, Heidelberg, Germany, who studied the double carbonates of K and Ca. Cu19Cl4(NO3)2(OH)32•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henri J. Buttgenback (1874-1964), Belgian mineralogist. NaBa2(Ce,La)2Mn++Ti2Si8O26(F,OH)•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the occurrence in Belarus (formerly Byelorussia, USSR), and the "cerium" content. BaNa{(Na,Ti)4[(Ti,Nb)2(OH,O)3Si4O14](OH,F)2}•3H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named to honor analytical chemist Alexandra Vasilyevna Bykova (1917-2001), who first discovered that bornemanite could be transformed to a synthetic form of bykovaite upon treatment with (Na,K)7Ca(Si6Al6)O24S4.5•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: In the Malaya Bystraya lazurite deposit, south of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. MgSb2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Anders Bystrom (1916-1956), Swedish crystal chemist, who made a structural analysis of the synthetic compound. (Ca,Na)(Si,Al)4O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: "Bytown," now Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. |
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