C  Listing of Minerals

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C Index of Mineral Species

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


Ca-hureaulite - Ca-bearing hureaulite  (see Hureaulite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ca-Rectorite *  (see Rectorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cabalzarite !   Mineral Image for Cabalzarite Mindat locations   Ca(Mg,Al,Fe++)2(AsO4)2(H2O,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: For Walter Cabalzar (1919-), an amateur mineralogist of Chur, Switzerland, who contributed to the mineralogy of the Graubunden canton.
Cabriite  Say CABRIITE Mineral Image for Cabriite Mindat locations   Pd2SnCu NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Louis J. Cabri, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, describer of a number of platinum group minerals.
Cacoxenite  Say CACOXENITE Mineral Image for Cacoxenite Mindat locations   (Fe+++,Al)25(PO4)17O6(OH)12•75(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek kakos, meaning "wrong" and xenos, meaning "guest.;"
Cadmium  Say CADMIUM Mindat locations   Cd NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "calamine," as the element occurs in slags resulting from smelting smithsonite (formerly calamine) ore.
Cadmium oxide *  (see Monteponite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cadmoindite !   Mineral Image for Cadmoindite Mindat locations   CdIn2S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named is for its chemistry as the Cd analogue of indite.
Cadmoselite  Say CADMOSELITE Mineral Image for Cadmoselite Mindat locations   CdSe NAME ORIGIN: For the presence of cadmium and selenium.
Cadwaladerite  Say CADWALADERITE Mineral Image for Cadwaladerite Mindat locations   Al(OH)2Cl•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Charles Meigs Biddle Cadwalader, formerly President of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Cafarsite  Say CAFARSITE Mineral Image for Cafarsite Mindat locations   Ca8(Ti,Fe++,Fe+++,Mn)6-7(As+++O3)12•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the elements in the composition, CAlcium, iron (Ferrum), and ARSenic.
Cafetite  Say CAFETITE Mineral Image for Cafetite Mindat locations   Ca(Fe,Al)2Ti4O12•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Ca, Fe, Ti).
Cahnite  Say CAHNITE Mineral Image for Cahnite Java Crystal form for Cahnite Mindat locations   Ca2B(AsO4)(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lazard Cahn (1865-1940), mineral collector and dealer, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, who first noted the species.
Caichengyunite *   Mindat locations   Fe++3Al2(SO4)6•30(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Cai Chen Yung (1907-1982), Chinese geologist and teacher.
Calamine *  (see Hemimorphite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calamine *  (see Smithsonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calaverite  Say CALAVERITE Mineral Image for Calaverite Java Crystal form for Calaverite Mindat locations   AuTe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Staislaus mine, Carson Hill, Calaveras Co. California.
Calciborite  Say CALCIBORITE Mineral Image for Calciborite Mindat locations   CaB2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the essential chemical components, CALCIum and BORon.
Calcio-ancylite-(Ce) - Renamed Calcioancylite-(Ce) by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p131  (see Calcioancylite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcio-ancylite-(Nd) - Renamed Calcioancylite-(Nd) by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p131  (see Calcioancylite-(Nd) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcio-andyrobertsite-1M - Renamed Calcioandyrobertsite-1M by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p131  (see Calcioandyrobertsite-1M ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcio-andyrobertsite-2O - Renamed Calcioandyrobertsite-2O by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p131  (see Calcioandyrobertsite-2O ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcio-olivine - calcium-dominant member of the olivine group  (see Olivine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcioancylite-(Ce)  Say CALCIOANCYLITE-(CE) Mineral Image for Calcioancylite-(Ce) Mindat locations   CaCe(CO3)2(OH)•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition and from the Greek "curved," in allusion to the rounded and distorted character of the crystals.
Calcioancylite-(Nd)  Say CALCIOANCYLITE-(ND) Mindat locations   CaNd(CO3)2(OH)•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition and from the Greek "curved," in allusion to the rounded and distorted character of the crystals.
Calcioandyrobertsite-1M !  Say CALCIOANDYROBERTSITE-1M Mineral Image for Calcioandyrobertsite-1M Mindat locations   KCaCu5(AsO4)4[As(OH)2O2]•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Andrew C. Roberts (1950-), mineralogist with the Geological Survey of Canada.
Calcioandyrobertsite-2O !  Say CALCIOANDYROBERTSITE-2O Mindat locations   KCaCu5(AsO4)4[As(OH)2O2]•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the -2O polytype of calcio-andyrobertsite-1M
Calcioaravaipaite !  Say CALCIOARAVAIPAITE Java Crystal form for Calcioaravaipaite Mindat locations   PbCa2Al(F,OH)9 NAME ORIGIN: For the relationship with aravaipaite
Calciobetafite  Say CALCIOBETAFITE Mindat locations   Ca2(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)7 NAME ORIGIN: For the mineral with the betafite structure and the CALCIum content.
Calcioburbankite  Say CALCIOBURBANKITE Mineral Image for Calcioburbankite Mindat locations   Na3(Ca,REE,Sr)3(CO3)5 NAME ORIGIN: For its relationship as the calcium-dominant analog of burbankite.
Calciocarnotite *  (see Tyuyamunite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calciocatapleiite   Mindat locations   (Ca,[ ])ZrSi3O9•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition and from the Greek for "wholly' and "full", because it is always accompanied by a number of rare minerals.
Calciocelsian *  (see Armenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calciochondrodite *  (see Reinhardbraunsite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calciocopiapite  Say CALCIOCOPIAPITE Mineral Image for Calciocopiapite Mindat locations   CaFe+++4(SO4)6(OH)2•19(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the calcium member of the copiapite group.
Calcioferrite  Say CALCIOFERRITE Mineral Image for Calcioferrite Mindat locations   Ca4Fe++(Fe+++,Al)4(PO4)6(OH)4•12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition.
Calciogadolinite ?   Mindat locations   CaREE(Fe+++)Be2Si2O10 NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's composition and relationship to gadolinite.
Calciogadolinite *  (see Gadolinite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calciohilairite  Say CALCIOHILAIRITE Mindat locations   CaZrSi3O9•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the "calcium" content and relation to "hilairite."
Calciopetersite !   Mindat locations   CaCu6[(PO4)2(PO3OH)(OH)6]•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Name is derived from its composition and relationship to petersite-(Y).
Calciotalc *  (see Clintonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calciotantite  Say CALCIOTANTITE Mindat locations   Ca(Ta,Nb)4O11 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition (Calcium, Tantalum).
Calciouranoite  Say CALCIOURANOITE Mindat locations   (Ca,Ba,Pb)U2O7•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for CALCIum and URANium in the composition.
Calciovolborthite *  (see Tangeite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calciovolborthite *  (see Vesignieite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcite  Say CALCITE Mineral Image for Calcite Java Crystal form for Calcite Mindat locations   CaCO3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin, calx, meaning lime.
Calcium Citrate *  (see Earlandite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcium Formate *  (see Formicaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcium larsenite *  (see Esperite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcium Oxalate *  (see Weddellite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcium Oxalate *  (see Whewellite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcium Oxide *  (see Lime ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcium rinkite *  (see Gotzenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcium Sulfate *  (see Anhydrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcium Tungstate *  (see Scheelite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcium-catapleiite - Renamed to Calciocatapeliite by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p 131  (see Calciocatapleiite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcjarlite  Say CALCJARLITE Mindat locations   Na(Ca,Sr)3Al3(F,OH)16 NAME ORIGIN: As a CALCium analog of "jarlite."
Calclacite  Say CALCLACITE Mindat locations   Ca[Cl2/CH3COO]•10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition Ca, Cl, and acetete.
Calcurmolite  Say CALCURMOLITE Mineral Image for Calcurmolite Mindat locations   Ca(UO2)3(MoO4)3(OH)2•11(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition.
Calcybeborosilite *  (see Calcybeborosilite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calcybeborosilite-(Y) *   Mindat locations   (REE,Ca)2[ ](B,Be)2(SiO4)2(OH,O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's composition of calcium, beryllium, boron and silicon.
Calderite   Mineral Image for Calderite Java Crystal form for Calderite Mindat locations   (Mn++,Ca)3(Fe+++,Al)2(SiO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: For James Calder, an early writer on the geology of India; name first applied to a rock, later transferred to its predominant mineral.
Calderonite !   Mineral Image for Calderonite Mindat locations   Pb2Fe+++(VO4)2(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Salvador Caleron (1852-1911) in recognition of his important contribution to the mineralogy of Spain.
Caledonite  Say CALEDONITE Mineral Image for Caledonite Java Crystal form for Caledonite Mindat locations   Pb5Cu2(CO3)(SO4)3(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Caledonia, the historical name of Scotland.
Calkinsite-(Ce)   Mindat locations   (Ce,La)2(CO3)3•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank Cathcart Calkins (1878-1974), geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey.
Callaghanite   Mineral Image for Callaghanite Mindat locations   Cu2Mg2(CO3)(OH)6•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eugene Callaghan (1904-1990), Director of the New Mexico Bureau of Mines, Socorro, New Mexico, USA.
Callaite *  (see Turquoise ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Calomel  Say CALOMEL Mineral Image for Calomel Java Crystal form for Calomel Mindat locations   Hg2Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, kalos - "beautiful" and melas - "black."
Calumetite   Mineral Image for Calumetite Mindat locations   Cu(OH,Cl)2•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Centennial mine, Calumet, Houghton County. Michigan, USA.
Calvertite !   Mindat locations   Cu5Ge0.5S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lauriston (Larry) Derwent Calvert (1924-1993) of the National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada.
Calzirtite   Mineral Image for Calzirtite Mindat locations   CaZr3TiO9 NAME ORIGIN: For CALcium and ZIR conium in its composition.
Camerolaite   Mineral Image for Camerolaite Mindat locations   Cu4Al2[HSbO4,SO4](OH)10(CO3)•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Michel Camerola, French mineral collector.
Cameronite   Mindat locations   AgCu7Te10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eugene N. Cameron (1910-), U.S. Economic geologist.
Camgasite   Java Crystal form for Camgasite Mindat locations   CaMg(AsO4)(OH)•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the composition (Ca, Mg, As).
Caminite   Mineral Image for Caminite Mindat locations   Mg7(SO4)5(OH)4•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Latin caminus, for chimney, as the mineral occurs in undersea black-smoker chimneys.
Campigliaite   Mineral Image for Campigliaite Mindat locations   Cu4Mn(SO4)2(OH)6•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Temperino mine, Campiglia Marittima, Tuscany, Italy.
Campylite *  (see Mimetite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Campylite *  (see Pyromorphite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Camsellite *  (see Szaibelyite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Canaphite   Mindat locations   CaNa2P2O7•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Calcium, sodium, Natrium, and Phosphate in the composition.
Canasite   Mineral Image for Canasite Mindat locations   (Na,K)6Ca5Si12O30(OH,F)4 NAME ORIGIN: For calcium, sodium, natrium, and silicon in the chemical composition.
Canasite - triclinic  (see Frankamenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Canavesite  Say CANAVESITE Mineral Image for Canavesite Mindat locations   Mg2(CO3)(HBO3)•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Vola Gera tunnel, Brosso iron mine, Canavese district, Piedmont, Italy.
Canbyite *  (see Hisingerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cancrinite  Say CANCRINITE Mineral Image for Cancrinite Mindat locations   Na6Ca2Al6Si6O24(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Russian minister, E. F. Kankrin (1774-1845).
Cancrisilite   Mineral Image for Cancrisilite Mindat locations   Na7Al5Si7O24(C03)•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the relatively high ration of silicon to aluminum, and its relation to "cancrinite."
Canfieldite  Say CANFIELDITE Mineral Image for Canfieldite Java Crystal form for Canfieldite Mindat locations   Ag8SnS6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Frederick A. Canfield (1849-1926), American mining engineer and mineral collector.
Cannilloite !   Mindat locations   CaCa2Mg4Al(Si5Al3)O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Elio Cannillo of Pavia, Italy.
Cannizzarite   Mineral Image for Cannizzarite Mindat locations   Pb4Bi6S13 NAME ORIGIN: For Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826-1910), celebrated chemist, University of Rome, Italy.
Cannonite   Mineral Image for Cannonite Mindat locations   Bi2O(OH)2SO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for B.B. Cannon, who first recognized the mineral.
Caoxite !   Mineral Image for Caoxite Mindat locations   Ca(C2O4)•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the acronym of "Centennial Anniversary Of X-rays" and also for Calcium Oxalate.
Capgaronnite   Mineral Image for Capgaronnite Mindat locations   HgAg(Cl,Br,I)S NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1992 for the locality.
Caporcianite *  (see Laumontite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cappelenite-(Y)   Mindat locations   Ba(Y,Ce)6Si3B6O24F2 NAME ORIGIN: For D. Cappelen of Holden, Norway, a collector who discovered the mineral, and its "yttrium" content.
Caracolite   Mineral Image for Caracolite Mindat locations   Na3Pb2(SO4)3Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for Caracoles, a town near the Beatriz mine, Chile.
Caratiite *  (see Piypite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Carboborite   Mineral Image for Carboborite Mindat locations   Ca2Mg(CO3)2B2(OH)8•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the essential anionic chemical components, CARBOnate and BORate.
Carbocernaite   Mineral Image for Carbocernaite Mindat locations   (Ca,Na)(Sr,Ce,Ba)(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the essential chemical components, CARBOnate, CERium, and sodium, Natrium.
Carboirite-III   Mindat locations   Fe++Al2GeO5(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Carboire, Marimana Dome, Ariege< Ptrenees< France.
Carboirite-VIII   Mindat locations   Fe++(Al,Ge)2 O[(Ge,Si)O4](OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Carboire, Ariege, central Pyrenees, France.
Carbokentbrooksite !   Mindat locations   (Na,[ ])12(Na,Ce)3Ca6Mn3Zr3Nb(Si25O73)(OH)3(CO3)•H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for it's relationship to kentbrooksite.
Carbonado *  (see Diamond ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Carbonate vishnevite *  (see Cancrisilite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Carbonate-cyanotrichite - Renamed Carbonatecyanotrichite by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p131  (see Carbonatecyanotrichite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Carbonate-fluorapatite ?  Say CARBONATE-FLUORAPATITE Mineral Image for Carbonate-fluorapatite Java Crystal form for Carbonate-fluorapatite Mindat locations   Ca5(PO4,CO3)3F NAME ORIGIN: Named as the carbonate and fluorine end-member and from the Greek apatao - "I am misleading."
Carbonate-hydroxylapatite ?  Say CARBONATE-HYDROXYLAPATITE Mineral Image for Carbonate-hydroxylapatite Java Crystal form for Carbonate-hydroxylapatite Mindat locations   Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the carbonate and hydroxyl end-member and from the Greek apatao - "I am misleading."
Carbonatecyanotrichite  Say CARBONATECYANOTRICHITE Mineral Image for Carbonatecyanotrichite Mindat locations   Cu++4Al2(CO3,SO4)(OH)12•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the composition and structural similarity to cyanotrichite, Greek for "blue hair".
Carborundum *  (see Moissanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Caresite   Mineral Image for Caresite Java Crystal form for Caresite Mindat locations   Fe++4Al2(OH)12CO3•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Steve Cares (1909-) and Janet Cares (1921-) of Sudbury, MA, Canada, who found the mineral.
Carletonite  Say CARLETONITE Mineral Image for Carletonite Mindat locations   KNa4Ca4Si8O18(CO3)4(OH,F)•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada where it was first recognized.
Carlfriesite   Mineral Image for Carlfriesite Mindat locations   CaTe++++2Te++++++O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carl Fries, Jr. (1910-1965), U.S. Geological Survey and the Geological Institute of the National University, Mexico City, Mexico
Carlhintzeite   Mineral Image for Carlhintzeite Mindat locations   Ca2AlF7•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carl Hintze (1851-1916), German mineralogist, Professor of mineralogy at the University of Breslau and compiler of the "Handbuch der mineralogie."
Carlinite   Mindat locations   Tl2S NAME ORIGIN: For the Carlin gold deposit, Nevada, USA.
Carlosite *  (see Neptunite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Carlosruizite   Mindat locations   K6(Na,K)4Na6Mg10(Se++++++O4)12(IO3)12•12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Carlos Ruiz F. (1916- ), who planned and directed the first national geological institution of Chile.
Carlosturanite   Mineral Image for Carlosturanite Mindat locations   (Mg,Fe++,Ti,Mn)21(Si,Al)12O28(OH)34 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Prof. Carlo Sturani (1938-1976), University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
Carlsbergite   Mineral Image for Carlsbergite Mindat locations   CrN NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Carlsberg Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark, which supported recovery and cutting of the Agpalilik meteorite.
Carmichaelite !   Mineral Image for Carmichaelite Mindat locations   (Ti,Cr,Fe)[O2-x(OH)x],x~0.5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ian S. E. Charmchael, Professor of Geology at the University of California, Berkeley, in recognition
Carminite  Say CARMINITE Mineral Image for Carminite Mindat locations   PbFe+++2(AsO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the characteristic carmine color.
Carnallite   Mineral Image for Carnallite Java Crystal form for Carnallite Mindat locations   KMgCl3•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German mining engineer, R. von Carnall (1804-1874).
Carnelian - flesh red chalcedony  (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Carnotite  Say CARNOTITE Mineral Image for Carnotite Mindat locations   K2(UO2)2V2O8•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French chemist, M. A. Carnot (1839-1920).
Carobbiite   Mindat locations   KF NAME ORIGIN: Named for Guido Carobbi (1900-1983), Italian geologist, Institute of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, who collected the first specimens.
Carpathite *  (see Karpatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Carpholite   Mineral Image for Carpholite Mindat locations   MnAl2Si2O6(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek karfos - "straw" and lithos - "stone."
Carraraite !   Mineral Image for Carraraite Java Crystal form for Carraraite Mindat locations   Ca3Ge(OH)6(SO4)(CO3 )•12H2 O NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Gioia quarry, Colonnata valley, Carrara basin region, Apuan Alps, Italy.
Carrboydite   Mineral Image for Carrboydite Mindat locations   (Ni,Cu)14Al9(SO4,CO3)6(OH)43•7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Carr Boyd Rocks, WA, Australia.
Carrollite  Say CARROLLITE Mineral Image for Carrollite Mindat locations   Cu(Co,Ni)2S4 NAME ORIGIN: For its occurrence in Carroll Co., Maryland, USA.
Caryinite   Mineral Image for Caryinite Mindat locations   (Na,Pb)(Ca,Na)(Ca,Mn++)(Mn++,Mg)2(AsO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Greek for "nut-brown", its common color.
Caryochroite !   Mineral Image for Caryochroite Mindat locations   (Na,Sr)3(Fe+++,Mg)10[Ti2Si12O37](O,OH)9•8H2O NAME ORIGIN: The name is taken from the Greek for (nut) and (color) which recalls its hazel-brown color.
Caryopilite  Say CARYOPILITE Mineral Image for Caryopilite Mindat locations   (Mn++,Mg,Zn,Fe++)3(Si,As)2O510(OH,Cl)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "nut" and "felt," in allusion to its brown color and felted structure.
Cascandite   Mindat locations   Ca(Sc,Fe++)Si3O8(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for CAlcium and SCANDium in the composition.
Cassagnaite !   Mindat locations   (Ca,Mn++)4(Fe+++,Mn+++,Al)4(OH)4(V+++,Mg,Al)2(O,OH)4(Si3O10)(SiO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Cassagna mine, Val Graveglia, eastern Liguria, northern Apennines, Italy.
Cassedanneite   Mineral Image for Cassedanneite Mindat locations   Pb5(VO4)2(CrO4)2•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jacques P. Cassedanne (1928-), Brazilian mineralogist.
Cassidyite   Mindat locations   Ca2(Ni,Mg)(PO4)2•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for William A. Cassidy, who mapped the Wolf Creek, Australia, crater in 1953.
Cassiterite  Say CASSITERITE Mineral Image for Cassiterite Java Crystal form for Cassiterite Mindat locations   SnO2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek kassiteros - "tin."
Castaingite-(Cu) *  (see Molybdenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Castanite *  (see Hohmannite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Caswellsilverite   Mindat locations   NaCrS2 NAME ORIGIN: To honor Dr. Caswell Silver, geologist associated with the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Cat's Eye - chatoyant  (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Catalanoite !   Mindat locations   Na2H(PO4)• 8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Luciano R. Catalano (1890-1970), well-known Argentine economic geologist and pioneer in the study of Andean salars in the Puna.
Catamarcaite !   Mineral Image for Catamarcaite Mindat locations   Cu6GeWS8 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Old dumps near the La Rosario vein, Capillitas epithermal deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina.
Cataphorite *  (see Ferrikatophorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Catapleiite  Say CATAPLEIITE Mineral Image for Catapleiite Mindat locations   (Na,Ca,[ ])2ZrSi3O9•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "wholly' and "full", because it is always accompanied by a number of rare minerals.
Catophorite *  (see Katophorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Catophorite *  (see Magnesioferrikatophorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Catophorite *  (see Magnesiokatophorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Catoptrite *  (see Katoptrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cattierite   Mineral Image for Cattierite Mindat locations   CoS2 NAME ORIGIN: For Felicien Cattier, former Chairman of Union Miniere du Haut Katanga, Belgium.
Cattiite !   Mineral Image for Cattiite Mindat locations   Mg3(PO4)2•22(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Michele Catti, Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy.
Cavansite  Say CAVANSITE Mineral Image for Cavansite Java Crystal form for Cavansite Mindat locations   Ca(VO)Si4O10•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of calcium, vanadium, and silicon.
Cavoite !   Mindat locations   CaV3O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, Ca, V, O.
Cawk *  (see Barite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Caysichite-(Y)   Mindat locations   Y2(Ca,Gd)2Si4O10(CO3)3(H2O,O,OH)•3H20 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Ca, Y, Si, CO3).
Cebaite-(Ce)   Mindat locations   Ba3Ce2(CO3)5F2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the composition.
Cebaite-(Nd) *   Mindat locations   Ba3(Nd,Ce)2(CO3)5F2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the composition.
Cebollite   Mineral Image for Cebollite Mindat locations   Ca5Al2(SiO4)3(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Cebolla Creek, Gunnison Co., Colorado
Cechite   Mineral Image for Cechite Mindat locations   Pb(Fe++,Mn)(VO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frantisek Cech (1944-), mineralogist, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Cejkaite !   Mindat locations   Na4(UO2)(CO3)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jiri Cejak (1929-) for his numerous contributions to the crystal chemistry of U minerals.
Celadonite  Say CELADONITE Mineral Image for Celadonite Mindat locations   K(Mg,Fe++)(Fe+++,Al)[Si4O10](OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the French 'celadon,' sea-green, in allusion to its common color.
Celestine  Say CELESTINE Mineral Image for Celestine Java Crystal form for Celestine Mindat locations   SrSO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin coelestis, meaning "celestial."
Celestite *  (see Celestine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Celsian   Mineral Image for Celsian Mindat locations   BaAl2Si2O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Swedish astronomer and natural scientist, A. Celsius(1701-1744).
Cenosite *  (see Kainosite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Centrallasite *  (see Gyrolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cerargyrite *  (see Chlorargyrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cerchiaraite !   Mindat locations   Ba4(Mn,Fe,Al)4Si6(O,OH,Cl)26 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Cerchiara manganese (braunite) mine, Val di Vara, eastern Liguria, Italy.
Cerianite-(Ce)   Mineral Image for Cerianite-(Ce) Mindat locations   (Ce++++,Th)O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for CERium in its composition, and by analogy to thorianite and uraninite.
Cerine *  (see Ferriallanite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce)   Mindat locations   (Ce,Ca,Y)2(Nb,Ta)2O6(OH,F) NAME ORIGIN: From the similarity to pyrochlore and the cerium content.
Cerite-(Ce)   Mindat locations   Ce+++9Fe+++(SiO4)6[(SiO3)(OH)](OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the cerium content.
Cerite-(La) !   Mineral Image for Cerite-(La) Mindat locations   (La,Ce,Ca)9(Mg,Fe+++)(SiO4)6[SiO3(OH)](OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the La dominant analog of cerite-(Ce).
Cernyite   Mindat locations   Cu2CdSnS4 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Cerny, mineralogist at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Cerolite *  (see Stevensite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cerotungstite-(Ce)   Mineral Image for Cerotungstite-(Ce) Mindat locations   (Ce,REE)W2O6(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition.
Ceruleite  Say CERULEITE Mineral Image for Ceruleite Mindat locations   Cu2Al7(AsO4)4(OH)13•12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from cerulean, for the sky-blue color of the mineral.
Ceruleofibrite *  (see Connellite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cerussite  Say CERUSSITE Mineral Image for Cerussite Java Crystal form for Cerussite Mindat locations   PbCO3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin, cerussa, meaning "white lead."
Cervandonite-(Ce)   Mindat locations   (Ce,Nd,La)(Fe+++,Fe++,Ti++++,Al)3(SiO7)1-x+y(AsO3)1+x-y(OH)3x-3y NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Pizzo Cervandone, Alpe Devero, Italy.
Cervantite   Mineral Image for Cervantite Mindat locations   Sb+++Sb+++++O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Cervantes, Spain.
Cervelleite   Mindat locations   Ag4TeS NAME ORIGIN: Named for Bernard Cervelle (1940-), French mineralogist.
Cesanite   Mindat locations   Na7Ca3(SO4)6(OH)•0.8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Core samples from the Cesano-I geothermal well, Cesano area, Latium, Italy.
Cesarolite   Mineral Image for Cesarolite Mindat locations   PbH2Mn++++3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Giuseppe R. P. Cesaro (1849-1939), professor of mineralogy and crystallography, University of Liege, Belgium.
Cesbronite   Mineral Image for Cesbronite Mindat locations   Cu5(TeO3)2(OH)6•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Fabien Cesbron (1938-), French mineralogist, Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Miniere, Orleans. France.
Cesbronite-x   Mindat locations   Cu5(TeO3)2(OH)6•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Fabien Cesbron (1938-), French mineralogist, Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Miniere, Orleans. France.
Cesium pentaborate tetrahydrate *  (see Ramanite-(Cs) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cesium-kupletskite *  (see Kupletskite-(Cs) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cesplumtantite   Mindat locations   (Cs,Na,Ca)2(Pb,Sb+++,Sn)3Ta8O24 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (CESium, PLUMium (lead), and TANTalum).
Cesstibtantite   Mindat locations   (Cs,Na)SbTa4O12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for CESium, antimony (STIBium), and TANTalum in the composition.
Cetineite   Mineral Image for Cetineite Mindat locations   (K,Na)3+x(Sb2O3)3(Sb2S3)(OH)x•(2.8-x)(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: In the Cetine mine, 20 km southwest of Siena, Tuscany, Italy.
Ceylonite *  (see Magnesioferrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chabazite *  (see Chabazite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chabazite-Ca  Say CHABAZITE-CA Mineral Image for Chabazite-Ca Mindat locations   (Ca0.5,Na,K)4[Al4Si8O24]•12H2O NAME ORIGIN: From Gk. chabazios, tune or melody, one of twenty stones named in the poem Peri lithos, which extolled the virtues of minerals. The poem is ascribed to Orpheus, legendary founder of the O
Chabazite-K !  Say CHABAZITE-K Mindat locations   (K2,Ca,Na2,Mg)[Al2Si4O12]•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From Gk. chabazios, tune or melody, one of twenty stones named in the poem Peri lithos. The K-dominant member of the chabazite series.
Chabazite-Na !  Say CHABAZITE-NA Mineral Image for Chabazite-Na Mindat locations   (Na2,K2,Ca,Mg)[Al2Si4O12]•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The Na-dominant member of the chabazite series.
Chabazite-Sr !  Say CHABAZITE-SR Mindat locations   (Sr,Ca,K2,Na2)[Al2Si4O12]•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From Gk. chabazios, tune or melody, one of twenty stones named in the poem Peri lithos, which extolled the virtues of minerals. The poem is ascribed to Orpheus, legendary founder of the O
Chabourneite   Mindat locations   (Tl,Pb)21(Sb,As)91S147 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Chabourneou Glacier, near the locality. LOCALITY: Jas Roux deposit, Hautes-Alpes, France.
Chadwickite !   Mindat locations   (UO2)H(AsO3) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Sir James Chadwick (1891-1974), English physicist Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, U.K. 1935 Nobel Prize winner for his discovery of the neutron.
Chaidamuite   Mineral Image for Chaidamuite Mindat locations   (Zn,Fe++)Fe+++(SO4)2(OH)•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Xitieshan Pb-Zn mine, Chaidamu (Qaidam) basin, Qinghai, China.
Chalcanthite  Say CHALCANTHITE Mineral Image for Chalcanthite Java Crystal form for Chalcanthite Mindat locations   CuSO4•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek chalkos, "copper" and anthos, "flower." Generally pseudomorphous after Boothite.
Chalcedony - microcrystalline quartz  (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chalcoalumite  Say CHALCOALUMITE Mineral Image for Chalcoalumite Mindat locations   CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek chalkos, for copper and Latin alum, for aluminum sulfate.
Chalcocite  Say CHALCOCITE Mineral Image for Chalcocite Java Crystal form for Chalcocite Mindat locations   Cu2S NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, meaning chalkos, "copper".
Chalcocyanite   Mineral Image for Chalcocyanite Java Crystal form for Chalcocyanite Mindat locations   CuSO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for copper and azure-blue, in allusion to the composition and color change caused by hydration.
Chalcokyanite *  (see Chalcocyanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chalcomenite  Say CHALCOMENITE Mineral Image for Chalcomenite Java Crystal form for Chalcomenite Mindat locations   CuSeO3•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for copper and moon.
Chalconatronite   Mineral Image for Chalconatronite Mindat locations   Na2Cu(CO3)2•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the composition, copper and natron (soda).
Chalcophanite  Say CHALCOPHANITE Mineral Image for Chalcophanite Java Crystal form for Chalcophanite Mindat locations   (Zn,Fe++,Mn++)Mn++++3O7•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "copper" and "to appear," for the mineral's change in color on ignition.
Chalcophyllite  Say CHALCOPHYLLITE Mineral Image for Chalcophyllite Java Crystal form for Chalcophyllite Mindat locations   Cu++18Al2(AsO4)3(SO4)3(OH)27•33(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, "copper" and fyllon, "leaf."
Chalcopyrite  Say CHALCOPYRITE Mineral Image for Chalcopyrite Java Crystal form for Chalcopyrite Mindat locations   CuFeS2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, chalkos, "copper" hence "Copper Pyrite."
Chalcosiderite  Say CHALCOSIDERITE Mineral Image for Chalcosiderite Java Crystal form for Chalcosiderite Mindat locations   CuFe+++6(PO4)4(OH)8•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for copper and iron, for those elements in the mineral’s composition.
Chalcostibite  Say CHALCOSTIBITE Mineral Image for Chalcostibite Java Crystal form for Chalcostibite Mindat locations   CuSbS2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek chalkos - "copper" and stibi - "antimony."
Chalcothallite   Mindat locations   (Cu,Fe)6Tl2SbS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Cu, Tl).
Chalcotrichite *  (see Cuprite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Challacolloite !   Mineral Image for Challacolloite Mindat locations   KPb2Cl5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Challacollo Silver mine, south east of Iquique, Atacama desert, northern Chile.
Chalmersite *  (see Cubanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chalybite *  (see Siderite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chambersite  Say CHAMBERSITE Mineral Image for Chambersite Mindat locations   Mn3B7O13Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Barber's Hill salt dome, Chambers County, Texas, USA.
Chameanite   Mindat locations   (Cu,Fe)4As(Se,S)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: From Chameane, Puy-de-Dome, France.
Chamosite   Mineral Image for Chamosite Mindat locations   (Fe++,Mg,Fe+++)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH,O)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Chamoson, Rhone Valley, Switzerland.
Changbaiite   Mindat locations   PbNb2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Chanbai Mountains, Tonghua, Jilin, China.
Changchengite !   Mindat locations   IrBiS NAME ORIGIN: Named after chancheng, the name of the "Great Wall" of China.
Changoite !   Mindat locations   Na2Zn(SO4)2•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the changos, the early former inhabitants of northern Chile.
Chantalite   Mindat locations   CaAl2SiO4(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Chantal Sarp (1944-), Swiss wife of its discoverer, Halil Sarp.
Chaoite   Mineral Image for Chaoite Mindat locations   C NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edward C. T. Chao (1919-), Chinese-U.S. Petrologist.
Chapmanite   Mineral Image for Chapmanite Mindat locations   Sb+++Fe+++2(SiO4)2(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Canadian mineralogist, E. J. Chapman (1821-1904).
Charlesite   Mineral Image for Charlesite Mindat locations   Ca6(Al,Si)2(SO4)2B(OH)4(OH,O)12•26(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles Palache (1869-1954), professor of mineralogy, Harvard University.
Charmarite-2H   Mindat locations   Mn++4Al2(CO3)(OH)12•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles (1917-) and Marcelle (1918-) Weber, amateur mineralogist of Guilford, CT, who contributed extensively to the knowledge of Mt. St.-Hilaire and also found the mineral.
Charmarite-3T   Mindat locations   Mn++4Al2(CO3)(OH)12•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles (1917-) and Marcelle (1918-) Weber, amateur mineralogist of Guilford, CT, who contributed extensively to the knowledge of Mt. St.-Hilaire and also found the mineral.
Charoite   Mineral Image for Charoite Mindat locations   K5Ca8(Si6O15)2(Si2O7)Si4O9(OH)•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the impression that it gives: "chary" in Russian means "charms" or "magic" and not for the Chara River, which is 70 km away from the locality. LOCALITY: Murun massif, Chara River area, Aldan Shield, SW Yakutia (Sakha Republic).
Chatkalite   Mindat locations   Cu6Fe++Sn2S8 NAME ORIGIN: For the occurrence in the Chatkalo-Kuramin Mountains, USSR.
Chaux *  (see Lime ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chayesite   Mineral Image for Chayesite Mindat locations   K(Mg,Fe++)4Fe+++(Si12O30) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Felix Chayes (1916-1993) of the Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institute, Washington, D.C., USA.
Chazellite *  (see Berthierite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chegemite !   Mindat locations   Ca7(SiO4)3(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC)
Chekhovichite   Mindat locations   (Bi,Pb,Fe)2Te4O11 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sergei Konstatinovich Chekhovich (1917-1997), mineralogist and geologist, Polytechnical Institute of Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan.
Chelkarite   Mineral Image for Chelkarite Mindat locations   CaMgB2O4Cl2•7(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Chelkar salt dome, Ak-sat Valley, Uralsk district, Kazakhstan.
Chelyabinskite *   Mindat locations   (Ca,Mg)3Si(OH)6(SO4,CO3)2•9(H2O)
Chenevixite   Mineral Image for Chenevixite Mindat locations   Cu2Fe+++2(AsO4)2(OH)4•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard Chenevix (1774-1830), Irish chemist, who early analyzed a Cornish Cu-Fe arsenate.
Chengdeite   Mindat locations   Ir3Fe NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: At the branch of the Luan river (about 200 km NNE of Beijing) in Chengde County, Peoples Republic of China.
Chenguodaite !   Mineral Image for Chenguodaite Mindat locations   Ag9FeTe2S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Chen Guoda (1912-2004), geologist and the founder of the Geological Department of Central South University, China.
Chenite   Mineral Image for Chenite Mindat locations   Pb4Cu(SO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Tzong T. Chen (1942-), Canadian mineralogist.
Cheralite-(Ce) ?   Mineral Image for Cheralite-(Ce) Mindat locations   (Ce,Ca,Th)(P,Si)O4 NAME ORIGIN: For Chera (Kerala), an ancient Dravidian kingdom predating Travancor (now Kerala State), India.
Cheralite-(Ce) *  (see Monazite-(Ce) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cheremnykhite   Mindat locations   Zn3Pb3Te++++O6(VO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for I. M. Cheremnykh, Russian prospector, one of the discoverers of the Kuranakh deposit.
Cherepanovite   Mineral Image for Cherepanovite Mindat locations   RhAs NAME ORIGIN: For V.A. Cherepanov (1927-1983), geologist and mineralogist.
Chernikovite   Mindat locations   (H3O)2(UO2)2(PO4)2•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. P. Chernikov (1927-), Institute of Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Rare Elements, Moscow, Russia.
Chernovite-(Ce) *   Mindat locations   (Ce,Y)(AsO4) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Ce dominant analog of chernovite-(Y).
Chernovite-(Y)   Mineral Image for Chernovite-(Y) Mindat locations   YAsO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Professor Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Chernov (1877-1963), Russian geologist, Institute of Geology, Syktyvar, Russia, explorer of the Polar Urals
Chernykhite   Mineral Image for Chernykhite Mindat locations   (Ba,Na)V+++,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for V. V. Chernykh, Professor at the Mining Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Chert - cryptocrystalline quartz  (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chervetite  Say CHERVETITE Mineral Image for Chervetite Mindat locations   Pb2V2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jean Chervet, French mineralogist.
Chesnokovite !   Mindat locations   Na2[SiO2(OH)2]•8H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for B.V. Chesnokov (1928-2005), an outstanding mineralogist.
Chessexite   Mindat locations   (K,Na)4Ca2Mg3Al8(SiO4)2(SO4)10(OH)10•40(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ronald Chessex (1929-), Swiss petrologist and professor, University of Geneva.
Chessylite *  (see Azurite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chesterite   Mineral Image for Chesterite Mindat locations   (Mg,Fe++)17Si20O54(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: In the Carleton talc quarry, near Chester, Windsor Co., Vermont, USA.
Chestermanite   Mineral Image for Chestermanite Mindat locations   Mg2(Fe+++,Mg,Al,Sb+++++)BO3O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles W. Chesterman (1913-1991), U. S. Geologist who discovered the mineral.
Chevkinite-(Ce)  Say CHEVKINITE-(CE) Mineral Image for Chevkinite-(Ce) Mindat locations   (Ce,La,Ca,Th)4(Fe++,Mg)2(Ti,Fe+++)3Si4O22 NAME ORIGIN: Named for General Konstatin Vladimirovich Tschevkin [Chevkin] (1802-1875), Chief o f Staff of the Russian Mining Engineers Corps.
Chiastolite *  (see Andalusite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chiavennite   Mineral Image for Chiavennite Mindat locations   CaMnBe2Si5O13(OH)2•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: From Tanno, Chiavenna, Lombardy, Italy.
Childrenite  Say CHILDRENITE Mineral Image for Childrenite Java Crystal form for Childrenite Mindat locations   Fe++Al(PO4)(OH)2•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John George Children (1777-1852), English chemist and mineralogist.
Chiluite   Mindat locations   Bi6Te++++++2Mo++++++2O21 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Chilu, Fujian, China.
Chilunite *  (see Chiluite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chinglusuite *  (see Neotocite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chinkolobwite *  (see Sklodowskite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chinoite *  (see Libethenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chiolite   Mineral Image for Chiolite Mindat locations   Na5Al3F14 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for snow and stone, as compared to cryolite, ice-stone.
Chistyakovaite !   Mindat locations   Al(UO2)2(AsO4)2(F,OH)•6.5H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for N.I. Chistyakova, a senior assistant at the All-Russia Research Institute of Mineral Resources (VIMS).
Chivruaiite !   Mineral Image for Chivruaiite Mindat locations   Ca4(Ti,Nb)5[(Si6O17)2[(OH,O)5]•13-14H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Chivruai river valley, Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Chkalovite   Mineral Image for Chkalovite Mindat locations   Na2BeSi2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Valerii Pavlovich Chkalov (1904{1938), the first to fly nonstop from Moscow to the USA across the North Pole.
Chladniite   Mindat locations   Na2Ca(Mg,Fe++)7(PO4)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni (1756-1827), German physicist, University of Riga, Riga, Latvia who first espoused the extraterrestrial origin of meteorites.
Chloanthite *  (see Nickelskutterudite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chloraluminite   Mindat locations   AlCl3•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for CHLORine and ALUMINum in its composition.
Chlorapatite - Renamed to Apatite-(CaCl) by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p 131  (see Apatite-(CaCl) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chlorargyrite  Say CHLORARGYRITE Mineral Image for Chlorargyrite Mindat locations   AgCl NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition of chlorine (Greek, chloros = "pale green") and silver (Latin, argentum).
Chlorartinite !   Mineral Image for Chlorartinite Mindat locations   Mg2(CO3)Cl(OH)•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Chloride analog of artinite named after the Italian mineralogist, E. Artini (1866-1928).
Chlorbartonite !   Mineral Image for Chlorbartonite Mindat locations   K6Fe24S26(Cl,S) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Cl dominant analog of bartonite.
Chlorellestadite - Renamed Ellestadite-(Cl) by Mineralogical Record v39 (2008), 131  (see Ellestadite-(Cl) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chlorite *  (see Tosudite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chloritite alpha *  (see Donbassite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chloritoid   Mineral Image for Chloritoid Mindat locations   (Fe++,Mg,Mn)2Al4Si2O10(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its resemblance to chlorite minerals.
Chlormagaluminite   Mindat locations   (Mg,Fe++)4Al2(OH)12(Cl2,CO3)•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition (Chloride, Magnesium, Aluminum).
Chlormanasseite *  (see Chlormagaluminite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chlormanganokalite   Mindat locations   K4MnCl6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition of Cl, Mn, and K (Latin kalium).
Chloro-potassichastingsite !   Mindat locations   KCa2(Fe++3MgFe+++)(Si6Al2)S8O22Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as per current IMA amphibole nomenclature (Burke and Leake 2004; Can. Mineral., 42, 1881-1883). Dashkensanite (1936) was revalidated and renamed 2005.
Chlorocalcite   Mindat locations   KCaCl3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, which was originally thought to be chloride of calcium alone.
Chlorohastingsite-K *  (see Potassic-chlorohastingsite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chloromagnesite *   Mindat locations   MgCl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1873 for it's composition.
Chloromenite !   Mineral Image for Chloromenite Java Crystal form for Chloromenite Mindat locations   Cu9O2(SeO3)4Cl6 NAME ORIGIN: The name comes from chloros, green, and mene, moon, referring to the presence of essential selenium.
Chloropal *  (see Nontronite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chloroparagasite - K bearing  (see Potassic-chloropargasite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chlorophoenicite  Say CHLOROPHOENICITE Mineral Image for Chlorophoenicite Java Crystal form for Chlorophoenicite Mindat locations   (Mn,Mg)3Zn2(AsO4)(OH,O)6 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for green and purple-red, alluding to the mineral’s colors in natural and artificial light.
Chlorothionite   Mineral Image for Chlorothionite Mindat locations   K2Cu(SO4)Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for chlorine and sulfur in the composition.
Chlorotile *  (see Agardite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chloroxiphite   Mineral Image for Chloroxiphite Mindat locations   Pb3CuCl2(OH)2O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named fom the Greek for green and blade or straight sword, for the typical crystal habit.
Choloalite   Mineral Image for Choloalite Mindat locations   CuPb(Te++++O3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Nahua "choloa", evasive, in allusion to the fact that the mineral escaped detection in the mine for many years.
Chondrodite  Say CHONDRODITE Mineral Image for Chondrodite Mindat locations   (Mg,Fe++)5(SiO4)2(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek chondros - "grain."
Chopinite !   Mindat locations   (Mg,Fe)3(PO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Christian Chopin, research director at Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS).
Chrisstanleyite !   Mineral Image for Chrisstanleyite Mindat locations   Ag2Pd3Se4 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Chris J. Stanley (1954-) of The Natural History Museum in London, in recognition of his contributions to ore mineralogy.
Christelite !   Mineral Image for Christelite Mindat locations   Zn3Cu2(SO4)2(OH)6•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Mrs. Christel Gebhard-Giesen (1950- ) who discovered the mineral.
Christite   Mindat locations   TlHgAsS3 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Charles L. Christ, mineralogist with the U.S. Geological Survey.
Chromatite   Mindat locations   CaCrO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named as a chromate.
Chrombismite !   Mindat locations   Bi16CrO27 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the main elements present in the mineral.
Chromceladonite !   Mindat locations   KCrMg(Si4O10)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its Cr content and the relationship to celadonite.
Chromdravite !   Mindat locations   NaMg3(Cr,Fe+++)6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the compositional relationship to dravite.
Chromdravite - (61.3.1.11)  (see Chromdravite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chrome iron ore *  (see Chromite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chromferide   Mindat locations   Fe3Cr1-x (x=0,6) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the chemical composition, CHROMium and FERrum.
Chromic iron *  (see Chromite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chromite   Mineral Image for Chromite Java Crystal form for Chromite Mindat locations   Fe++Cr2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition.
Chromium   Mineral Image for Chromium Mindat locations   Cr NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, chroma = "color", in allusion to the colorful salts of this element.
Chromium Garnet *  (see Uvarovite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chromphyllite !   Java Crystal form for Chromphyllite Mindat locations   (K,Ba)(Cr,Al)2[AlSi3O10](OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: The name alludes to the composition and micaceous cleavage.
Chrompicotite *  (see Magnesiochromite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chrysoberyl  Say CHRYSOBERYL Mineral Image for Chrysoberyl Java Crystal form for Chrysoberyl Mindat locations   BeAl2O4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek chrysos - "golden" and the mineral beryl.
Chrysocolla  Say CHRYSOCOLLA Mineral Image for Chrysocolla Mindat locations   (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4•n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek chrysos - "gold" and kolla - "glue" in allusion to the name of the material used to solder gold.
Chrysolite *  (see Forsterite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chrysolite - light yellowish green  (see Olivine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chrysoprase - apple green chalcedony  (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chrysotile   Mineral Image for Chrysotile Mindat locations   Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1834 from the Greek chrysos - "gold" and tilos - "fiber."
Chrysotile *  (see Clinochrysotile ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chrysotile *  (see Orthochrysotile ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chrysotile *  (see Parachrysotile ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chrysotile - (Ni bearing)  (see Pecoraite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Chubutite *   Mindat locations   Pb7O6Cl2
Chudobaite   Mindat locations   (Mg,Zn)5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2•10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Name for Karl Franz Chudoba (1898-1915), Professor of Mineralogy, University of Bonn, Germany.
Chukanovite !   Mindat locations   Fe2(CO3)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nikita V. Chukanov (b. 1953), Russian physicist and mineralogist.
Chukhrovite-(Ce)   Mindat locations   Ca3(Ce,Y)Al2(SO4)F13•10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its relation to chukhrovite-(Y) and content of cerium as the dominant rare-earth element.
Chukhrovite-(Nd) !   Mineral Image for Chukhrovite-(Nd) Mindat locations   Ca3(Nd,Y)Al2(SO4)F13•12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Nd-dominant analogue of chukhrovite-(Y) and chukhrovite-(Ce).
Chukhrovite-(Y)   Mindat locations   Ca3(Y,Ce)Al2(SO4)F13•10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Fedor Vasilevich Chukhrov (1908–1988), Russian mineralogist, Director, Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrology, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry, Moscow, Russia.
Churchite-(Dy) *  Say CHURCHITE-(DY) Mindat locations   (Dy,Sm,Gd,Nd)(PO4)•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Hubert Church (1834-19150, English chemist who described and analyzed the mineral and the element dysprosium.
Churchite-(Nd) !  Say CHURCHITE-(ND) Mindat locations   Nd(PO4)•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Hubert Church (1834-1915, English chemist who described and analyzed the mineral.
Churchite-(Y)  Say CHURCHITE-(Y) Mineral Image for Churchite-(Y) Mindat locations   YPO4•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Hubert Church (1834-19150, English chemist who described and analyzed the mineral.
Chursinite   Mindat locations   Hg+Hg++(AsO4) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Russian actress, Ludmilla A. Cursina.
Chvaleticeite   Mineral Image for Chvaleticeite Mindat locations   (Mn++,Mg)SO4•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Chvaletice and Jachymov (Joachimsthal), Czech Republic.
Chvilevaite   Mindat locations   Na(Cu,Fe,Zn)2S2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek "chroma," "color," as all chromium compounds are colored.
Cianciulliite   Mindat locations   Mn++++(Mg,Mn++)2Zn2(OH)10•2-4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Cianciulli, of Sussex, New Jersey, USA.
Cinabre *  (see Cinnabar ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cinnabar  Say CINNABAR Mineral Image for Cinnabar Java Crystal form for Cinnabar Mindat locations   HgS NAME ORIGIN: Of uncertain original meaning, from the Latin, cinnabaris.
Ciprianiite !   Mineral Image for Ciprianiite Mindat locations   Ca4[(Th,U)(REE)]2(Al,[ ])2[Si4B4O22](OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Curzio Cipriani, Professor of Mineralogy and Head of the Museum of Natural History, Universita di Firenze, Italy.
cis terpin hydrate *  (see Flagstaffite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Citrine - yellow  (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Clairite   Mineral Image for Clairite Mindat locations   (NH4)2Fe+++3(SO4)4(OH)3•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Claire Martini (1936-), South African, wife of the describer of the species, Jacques Edouard Martini.
Claraite   Mineral Image for Claraite Mindat locations   (Cu,Zn)3(CO3)(OH)4•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Clara Mine, Black Forest, Wolfach, Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Claringbullite  Say CLARINGBULLITE Mineral Image for Claringbullite Mindat locations   Cu++4(OH)7Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gordon Frank Claringbull (1911-1990), formerly Keeper of Mineralogy and Director of the British Museum (Natural History), London, England.
Clarkeite   Mineral Image for Clarkeite Mindat locations   (Na,Ca,Pb)(UO2)O(OH)•0-1(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847-1931), prominent American geochemist of the US Geological Survey.
Claudetite   Mineral Image for Claudetite Java Crystal form for Claudetite Mindat locations   As2O3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frederick Claudet, the French chemist who first described naturally occurring material.
Clausthalite   Mineral Image for Clausthalite Mindat locations   PbSe NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Lorenz Mine near Clausthal, Harz, Germany.
Clearcreekite !   Mindat locations   Hg+3(CO3)(OH)•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Prospect pit near the former Clear Creek mercury mine, New Idria district, San Benito County, California, USA.
Clerite !   Mindat locations   MnSb2S4 NAME ORIGIN: For Onisim Yegorovitch Kler (1845-1920), Honorary Member of the Russian Mineralogical Society.
Cleusonite !   Mindat locations   Pb(U++++,U++++++)(Ti,Fe++,Fe+++)20(O,OH)38 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Barrage de Cleuson, Val de Nendaz, Switzerland.
Clevelandite *  (see Albite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cliachite - colloidal Al hydroxide  (see Boehmite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cliffordite   Mineral Image for Cliffordite Mindat locations   UTe3O9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Clifford Frondel (1907-2002), one of the founders of Mineralogical Society of America and one of the authors of Dana's Mineralogy, 7th edition.
Clinoatacamite !   Mineral Image for Clinoatacamite Mindat locations   Cu2(OH)3Cl NAME ORIGIN: For the relationship to atacamite and paratacamite. Atacamite is named after the Atacam desert province in northern Chile.
Clinobarylite !   Mindat locations   BaBe2Si2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Non-orthogonal dimorph of barylite.
Clinobehoite   Mindat locations   Be(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its monoclinic symmetry and relation to behoite.
Clinobirnessite *   Mindat locations   Na4Mn14O27•9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Name as the monoclinic polymorph of birnessite.
Clinobisvanite   Mineral Image for Clinobisvanite Mindat locations   BiVO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the mineral’s monoclinic crystal system, and BISmuth and VANadium in its composition.
Clinocervantite !   Mineral Image for Clinocervantite Mindat locations   Sb+++Sb+++++O4 NAME ORIGIN: The name reflects its symmetry and relationship to cervantite.
Clinochalcomenite   Mineral Image for Clinochalcomenite Mindat locations   CuSeO3•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the monoclinic dimorph of chalcomenite.
Clinochlore  Say CLINOCHLORE Mineral Image for Clinochlore Mindat locations   (Mg,Fe++)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Clinochlore from the Greek klino - "oblique" and chloros - " green." Ripidolite from the Greek rhipis - "fan" and lithos - "stone." Pennine from the Pennine Alps, Italy
Clinochrysotile ?   Mineral Image for Clinochrysotile Mindat locations   Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek chrysos - "gold" and tilos - "fiber."
Clinochrysotile *  (see Chrysotile ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Clinoclase  Say CLINOCLASE Mineral Image for Clinoclase Java Crystal form for Clinoclase Mindat locations   Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, klineis - "to incline" and klas - "to break."
Clinoenstatite   Mineral Image for Clinoenstatite Mindat locations   Mg2Si2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the monoclinic polymorph of enstatite.
Clinoferroholmquistite   Mindat locations   [ ](Li2Fe++3Al2)Si8O22 (OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition, monoclinic crystal structure, and relationship with holmsquisite.
Clinoferrosilite   Mineral Image for Clinoferrosilite Mindat locations   (Fe++,Mg)2Si2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its monoclinic crystal system and chemical identity with ferrosilite.
Clinohedrite  Say CLINOHEDRITE Mineral Image for Clinohedrite Mindat locations   CaZnSiO4•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek "klino", for incline, and "hedra", for face, for the inclined facial character of the crystal morphology.
Clinoholmquistite ?   Mineral Image for Clinoholmquistite Mindat locations   [ ](Li2Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its monoclinic crystal structure and relationship with holmsquisite. Approved IMA 1985, Discredited IMA 2005 as being fluoro-sodic-pedrizite.
Clinoholmquistite *  (see Fluoro-sodic-pedrizite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Clinohumite   Mineral Image for Clinohumite Mindat locations   (Mg,Fe++)9(SiO4)4(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the mineral humite and the monoclinic crystal form.
Clinohydroxylapatite - Renamed to Apatite-(CaOH)-M by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p 131  (see Apatite-(CaOH)-M ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Clinohypersthene *  (see Clinoenstatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Clinohypersthene *  (see Clinoferrosilite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Clinojimthompsonite   Mineral Image for Clinojimthompsonite Mindat locations   (Mg,Fe++)5Si6O16(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its monoclinic crystallography and relation to jimthompsonite
Clinokurchatovite   Mindat locations   Ca(Mg,Fe++,Mn)B2O5 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the monoclinic dimorph of kurchatovite.
Clinomimetite   Mineral Image for Clinomimetite Mindat locations   Pb5(AsO4)3Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for its monoclinic structure and relation to mimetite.
Clinophosinaite   Mindat locations   Na3CaPSiO7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the crystalline system and the relationship with the phosinaite.
Clinoptilolite *  (see Clinoptilolite-K ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Clinoptilolite-Ca !  Say CLINOPTILOLITE-CA Mindat locations   (Ca,Na,K)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36•12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek klino - "oblique" ptylon - "feather" and lithos - "stone.." The Ca-dominant member of the clinoptilolite series.
Clinoptilolite-K  Say CLINOPTILOLITE-K Mineral Image for Clinoptilolite-K Mindat locations   (Na,K,Ca)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36•12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The name reflects its inclined extinction and supposed similarity in composition to "ptilolite" (mordenite). K modifier added by zeolite nomenclatrue committee.
Clinoptilolite-Na !  Say CLINOPTILOLITE-NA Mindat locations   (Na,K,Ca)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36•12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek klino - "oblique" ptylon - "feather" and lithos - "stone.." The Na-dominant member of the clinoptilolite series.
Clinosafflorite   Mineral Image for Clinosafflorite Mindat locations   (Co,Fe,Ni)As2 NAME ORIGIN: In reference to the monoclinic symmetry of this safflorite-like species.
Clinotobermorite   Mineral Image for Clinotobermorite Mindat locations   Ca5Si6(O,OH)18•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the monoclinic polymorph of tobermorite.
Clinotyrolite  Say CLINOTYROLITE Mineral Image for Clinotyrolite Mindat locations   Ca2Cu9[(As,S)O4]4(OH)10•10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the monoclinic symmetry and relationship to tyrolite.
Clinoungemachite   Mindat locations   K3Na9Fe+++(SO4)6(OH)3•9(H2O) ? NAME ORIGIN: Named its crystal form and for Henri-Leon Ungemach (1880-1936), Belgian crystallographer.
Clinozoisite  Say CLINOZOISITE Mineral Image for Clinozoisite Java Crystal form for Clinozoisite Mindat locations   Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH) = Ca2AlAl2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its resemblance to zoisite and the monoclinic crystal form.
Clinozoisite-(Sr) !  Say CLINOZOISITE-(SR) Mineral Image for Clinozoisite-(Sr) Mindat locations   CaSrAl3(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Itoigawa-Ohmi district, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan.
Clintonite   Mineral Image for Clintonite Mindat locations   Ca(Mg,Al)3(Al3Si)O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for De Witt Clinton (1769-1828), American statesman.
Cloncurryite !   Mindat locations   [Cu0.56(VO)0.44]Al2(PO4)2(F,OH)•2.5H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Great Australia deposit, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Coalingite   Mineral Image for Coalingite Mindat locations   Mg10Fe+++2(CO3)(OH)24•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the town of Coalinga, California. The town was named after the railroad's Coaling Station "A."
Cobalt Bloom *  (see Erythrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cobalt pentlandite - Renamed to Cobaltpentlandite by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p131  (see Cobaltpentlandite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cobalt-zippeite - Renamed Cobaltzippeite by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p131  (see Cobaltzippeite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cobaltarthurite !   Mineral Image for Cobaltarthurite Mindat locations   CoFe+++2(AsO4)2(OH)2•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Co-dominant member of the arthurite group.
Cobaltaustinite   Mineral Image for Cobaltaustinite Mindat locations   CaCo(AsO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its content of cobalt and similarity to austinite.
Cobaltian Arsenopyrite *  (see Arsenopyrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cobaltian Malanite *  (see Dayingite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cobaltian Pyrite *  (see Pyrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cobaltite  Say COBALTITE Mineral Image for Cobaltite Java Crystal form for Cobaltite Mindat locations   CoAsS NAME ORIGIN: From the German, Kobold, "underground spirit" or "goblin," in allusion to the refusal of cobaltiferous ores to smelt properly, hence "bewitched."
Cobaltkieserite !   Mindat locations   CoSO4•H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Co analog of kieserite.
Cobaltkoritnigite   Mineral Image for Cobaltkoritnigite Mindat locations   (Co,Zn)(AsO3OH)•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its relation to koritnigite and high cobalt content.
Cobaltlotharmeyerite !   Mineral Image for Cobaltlotharmeyerite Mindat locations   Ca(Co,Fe,Ni)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the cobalt dominant analogue of lotharmeyerite,
Cobaltmalanite - Co-bearing malanite  (see Malanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cobaltneustadtelite !   Java Crystal form for Cobaltneustadtelite Mindat locations   Bi2Fe+++(Co,Fe+++)(O,OH)2(OH)2(AsO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality and chemical composition. LOCALITY: Mine dumps in the Schneeberg-Neustädtel area, Saxony, Germany.
Cobaltocalcite *  (see Sphaerocobaltite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cobaltokoritnigite *  (see Cobaltkoritnigite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cobaltomenite   Mineral Image for Cobaltomenite Mindat locations   CoSeO3•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the content of cobalt and the Greek for moon.
Cobaltpentlandite   Mindat locations   Co9S8 NAME ORIGIN: For the cobalt content and the relationship with pentlandite.
Cobalttsumcorite !   Mineral Image for Cobalttsumcorite Mindat locations   Pb(Co,Fe)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the chemical and structural relationship to tsumcorite
Cobaltzippeite   Mindat locations   Co++2(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10•16(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and for Franz Xaver Maxmillian Zippe (1791-1863), Austrian mineralogist.
Coccinite   Mineral Image for Coccinite Mindat locations   Hg++I2 (?) NAME ORIGIN: Unknown.
Cochromite   Java Crystal form for Cochromite Mindat locations   (Co,Ni,Fe++)(Cr,Al)2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for a chromite with essential cobalt.
Cocinerite - Mixture with chalcocite  (see Silver ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cocinerite - mixture with silver  (see Chalcocite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Coconinoite   Mineral Image for Coconinoite Mindat locations   Fe+++2Al2(UO2)2(PO4)4(SO4)(OH)2•18(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its locality. LOCALITY: Sun Valley mine, Coconino County, Arizona, USA.
Coeruleolactite   Mineral Image for Coeruleolactite Mindat locations   (Ca,Cu)Al6(PO4)4(OH)8•4-5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "blue" and "milk", for its typical color.
Coeruleolactite - mixture of planerite + variscite + wavellite  (see Planerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Coeruleolactite - mixture of planerite + variscite + wavellite  (see Variscite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Coeruleolactite - mixture of planerite + variscite + wavellite  (see Wavellite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Coesite   Mineral Image for Coesite Mindat locations   SiO2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Loring Coes, Jr. (1915-1973), American chemist, Norton Company, who first synthesized the phase.
Coffinite   Mineral Image for Coffinite Mindat locations   U(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x NAME ORIGIN: Named for Reuben Clare Coffin (1886-1972), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, pioneer geologist in the study of uranium deposits of the Colorado Plateau.
Cohenite   Mineral Image for Cohenite Mindat locations   (Fe,Ni,Co)3C NAME ORIGIN: Named for Emil Wilhelm Cohen (1842-1905), Professor of Mineralogy, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Coiraite !   Mineral Image for Coiraite Mindat locations   (Pb,Sn)12.5As3Sn5FeS28 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC)
Colbalt Vitrol *  (see Bieberite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Colbaltian wad *  (see Asbolane ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Colemanite  Say COLEMANITE Mineral Image for Colemanite Java Crystal form for Colemanite Mindat locations   Ca2B6O11•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: After William T. Coleman, owner of the Death Valley, California mine where this species was first found.
Colerainite *  (see Clinochlore ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Colimaite   Mindat locations   K3VS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality LOCALITY: Colima volcano, Colima State, México
Collinsite  Say COLLINSITE Mineral Image for Collinsite Mindat locations   Ca2(Mg,Fe++)(PO4)2•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Henry Collins (1878-1937), formerly Director of the Geological Survey of Canada.
Collinsite-Zn *  (see Hillite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Collophane *  (see Carbonate-fluorapatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Collophane *  (see Carbonate-hydroxylapatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Coloradoite  Say COLORADOITE Mineral Image for Coloradoite Mindat locations   HgTe NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Smuggler mine, Ballerat district, Boulder County, Colorado, USA.
Colquiriite   Mineral Image for Colquiriite Mindat locations   CaLiAlF6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Colquiri mine, Colquiri, Bolivia
Coltan *  (see Columbite-(Fe) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Coltan *  (see Tantalite-(Fe) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Coltan *  (see Tantalite-(Mn) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Columbite-(Fe)  Say COLUMBITE-(FE) Mineral Image for Columbite-(Fe) Mindat locations   Fe++Nb2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its content of the element niobium, formerly called columbium and the Latin ferrium - "iron."
Columbite-(Mg)  Say COLUMBITE-(MG) Mindat locations   (Mg,Fe++,Mn)(Nb,Ta)2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the dominent MAGNESIum and its relationship to ferrocolumbite (formerly columbite).
Columbite-(Mn)  Say COLUMBITE-(MN) Mineral Image for Columbite-(Mn) Mindat locations   (Mn,Fe++)(Nb,Ta)2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the MANGANese content and the relationship to columbite (ferrocolumbite).
Columbite-Tantalite *  (see Columbite-(Fe) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Columbite-Tantalite *  (see Tantalite-(Fe) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Colusite   Mineral Image for Colusite Java Crystal form for Colusite Mindat locations   Cu12-13V(As,Sb,Sn,Ge)3S16 NAME ORIGIN: For the Colusa claim, Butte, Montana, USA.
Comancheite   Mineral Image for Comancheite Mindat locations   Hg13(Cl,Br)8O9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Comanche Indians, who were the first miners in the Terligua district, using cinnabar for war paint.
Combeite   Mineral Image for Combeite Mindat locations   Na2Ca2Si3O9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Delmar Combe, Geological Survey of Uganda.
Comblainite   Mindat locations   Ni++6Co+++2(CO3)(OH)16•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gordon Comblain (1929-) of the Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium who discovered the mineral.
Common asbestos *  (see Parachrysotile ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Compreignacite   Mineral Image for Compreignacite Mindat locations   K2(UO2)6O4(OH)6•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Margnac mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, France.
Comuccite *  (see Jamesonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Congolite   Mineral Image for Congolite Mindat locations   (Fe++,Mg,Mn)3B7O13Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Brazzaville, Congo.
Conichalcite  Say CONICHALCITE Mineral Image for Conichalcite Java Crystal form for Conichalcite Mindat locations   CaCu(AsO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for lime and copper, as both elements are essential to the composition.
Conifeite - cobalt pentlandite  (see Pentlandite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Connellite  Say CONNELLITE Mineral Image for Connellite Mindat locations   Cu19Cl4(SO4)(OH)32•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Scottish chemist, A. Conell (1794-1863).
Cookeite   Mineral Image for Cookeite Mindat locations   LiAl4(Si3Al)O10(OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Josiah B. Cooke, Jr. (1827-1894), American mineralogist and chemist, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Coombsite !   Mineral Image for Coombsite Mindat locations   K(Mn++,Fe++,Mg)13(Si,Al)18O42(OH)14 NAME ORIGIN: Named for D.S Coombs of the University of Otago, New Zealand.
Cooperite   Mineral Image for Cooperite Mindat locations   (Pt,Pd,Ni)S NAME ORIGIN: For R.A. Cooper, of Johannesburg, South Africa, who first described the mineral.
Coparsite !   Java Crystal form for Coparsite Mindat locations   Cu4O2[(As,V)O4]Cl NAME ORIGIN: The name recalls the mineral’s constituents: copper and arsenic.
Copiapite  Say COPIAPITE Mineral Image for Copiapite Java Crystal form for Copiapite Mindat locations   Fe++Fe+++4(SO4)6(OH)2•20(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Copiapo, Chile.
Copper  Say COPPER Mineral Image for Copper Java Crystal form for Copper Mindat locations   Cu NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, Kyprios, the name of the island of Cyprus, once producing this metal.
Copper Uranite *  (see Torbernite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Copper Vitrol *  (see Chalcanthite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Copperas *  (see Melanterite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Coquandite   Mineral Image for Coquandite Mindat locations   Sb6O8(SO4)•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henri-Jean-Baptiste Coquand (1813-1881), Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Marseilles, Marseilles, France
Coquimbite  Say COQUIMBITE Mineral Image for Coquimbite Java Crystal form for Coquimbite Mindat locations   Fe+++2(SO4)3•9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Coquimbo province, Chile.
Corderoite   Mineral Image for Corderoite Mindat locations   Hg3S2Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its locality. LOCALITY: McDermitt Mercury mine (formerly Cordero mine), Opalite district, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA.
Cordierite  Say CORDIERITE Mineral Image for Cordierite Mindat locations   Mg2Al4Si5O18 NAME ORIGIN: From the French mining engineer and geologist P. L. A. Cordier (1777-1861).
Cordylite-(Ce)   Mineral Image for Cordylite-(Ce) Java Crystal form for Cordylite-(Ce) Mindat locations   Ba(Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek "cordule" = club, in allusion to the shape of the crystals.
Corkite   Mineral Image for Corkite Mindat locations   PbFe+++3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Glandore iron mines, Co. Cork, Ireland.
Corkite *  (see Beudantite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cornetite  Say CORNETITE Mineral Image for Cornetite Java Crystal form for Cornetite Mindat locations   Cu3(PO4)(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jules Cornet (1865-1929), Belgian geologist.
Cornubite   Mineral Image for Cornubite Mindat locations   Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named from Cornubia, the Latin name for Cornwall, source of the first specimens.
Cornwallite  Say CORNWALLITE Mineral Image for Cornwallite Mindat locations   Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English leader Cornwall.
Coronadite   Mineral Image for Coronadite Mindat locations   Pb(Mn++++,Mn++)8O16 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (ca 1500-1554), first Spanish explorer of the American southwest.
Coronene *  (see Karpatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Corrensite   Mineral Image for Corrensite Mindat locations   (Ca,Na,K)(Mg,Fe,Al)9(Si,Al)8O20(OH)10•n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carl Whilom Correns (1893-1980), German mineralogist and director of the Sedimentary Petrology Institute, University of Gottingen.
Corundum  Say CORUNDUM Mineral Image for Corundum Java Crystal form for Corundum Mindat locations   Al2O3 NAME ORIGIN: Probably derived from the Sanskrit, kuruvinda, meaning "ruby."
Corvusite   Mineral Image for Corvusite Mindat locations   (Na,Ca,K)V8O20•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Latin "corvus", raven, in allusion to the bird's color.
Cosalite  Say COSALITE Mineral Image for Cosalite Java Crystal form for Cosalite Mindat locations   Pb2Bi2S5 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. Bjelkite is named after the Bjelke mine at Nordmark, Vermland, Sweden. LOCALITY: Silver Mine at Cosala, Sinaloa, Mexico.
Coskrenite-(Ce) !   Mindat locations   (Ce,Nd,La)2(SO4)2(C2O4)•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for T. Dennis Coskren (1942-), geologist from Columbia, Maryland, whose work was instrumental in the discovery to the mineral.
Cosmochlore *  (see Kosmochlor ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cossyrite *  (see Aenigmatite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Costibite   Mindat locations   CoSbS NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, Cobalt and STIBium (Latin name for Antimony).
Cotton stone *  (see Mesolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cotunnite   Mineral Image for Cotunnite Java Crystal form for Cotunnite Mindat locations   PbCl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Domenico Cotugno (Cotunnius) (1736-1822), Italian physician and Professor of Anatomy, University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Coulsonite   Mindat locations   Fe++V+++2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Lennox Coulson (1898-?), geologist of the Indian Geological Survey.
Cousinite   Mineral Image for Cousinite Mindat locations   MgU2Mo2O13•6(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jules Cousin (1884-1965), Belgian, president of Union Miniere du Haut Katanga.
Coutinhite *  (see Lanthanite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Coutinhite *  (see Lanthanite-(Nd) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Coutinhoite !   Mineral Image for Coutinhoite Mindat locations   ThxBa1-2x(H2O)y(UO2)2Si5O13•H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jose Moacyr Vianna Coutinho (1924-), Professor of Mineralogy and Petrography the the Instituto de Geociencieas of Universidad de Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Coutinite *  (see Lanthanite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Coutinite *  (see Lanthanite-(Nd) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Covelline *  (see Covellite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Covellite  Say COVELLITE Mineral Image for Covellite Java Crystal form for Covellite Mindat locations   CuS NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Italian mineralogist, N. Covelli (1790-1829).
Cowlesite  Say COWLESITE Mineral Image for Cowlesite Mindat locations   CaAl2Si3O10•5-6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John George Cowles (1907-1985), American amateur mineralogist and zeolite collector.
Coyoteite   Mineral Image for Coyoteite Mindat locations   NaFe3S5•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality. LOCALITY: Coyote Peak diatreme, 16 miles SW of Orick, Humboldt Co. California.
Crandallite  Say CRANDALLITE Mineral Image for Crandallite Mindat locations   CaAl3(PO4)2(OH)5•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Milan L. Crandall, Jr., engineer, Knight Syndicate, Provo, Utah, USA.
Crawfordite   Mindat locations   Na3Sr(PO4)(CO3) NAME ORIGIN: For the Scottish doctor and chemist, Dr. A. Crawford (1748-1795).
Creaseyite   Mineral Image for Creaseyite Mindat locations   Pb2Cu2(Fe+++,Al)2Si5O17•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for S. C. Creasey (1917-), in recognition of his studies of the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine.
Crednerite   Mineral Image for Crednerite Mindat locations   CuMnO2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Karl F. H. Credner (1809-1876), German mining geologist and mineralogist.
Creedite  Say CREEDITE Mineral Image for Creedite Java Crystal form for Creedite Mindat locations   Ca3Al2(SO4)(F,OH)10•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Wagon Wheel Gap, Creed Quadrangle, Colorado, USA.
Crerarite   Mindat locations   (Pt,Pb)Bi3(S,Se)4-x (x~0.7) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Prof. David Crerar (1945-1994) of Princeton University.
Crestmoreite - mixture with wilkeite  (see Tobermorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Crichtonite   Mineral Image for Crichtonite Mindat locations   (Sr,La,Ce,Y)(Ti,Fe+++,Mn)21O38 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sir Alexander A. Crichton (1763-1856), Scottish physician and mineral collector.
Criddleite   Mindat locations   TlAg2Au3Sb10S10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alan J. Criddle (1944-2002), English mineralogist.
Cristobalite  Say CRISTOBALITE Mineral Image for Cristobalite Mindat locations   SiO2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Cerro San Cristobal, Mexico.
Crocidolite - asbestos form  (see Riebeckite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Crocoite  Say CROCOITE Mineral Image for Crocoite Java Crystal form for Crocoite Mindat locations   PbCrO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek krokos, meaning "crocus" or "saffron."
Cromfordite *  (see Phosgenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cronstedtite  Say CRONSTEDTITE Mineral Image for Cronstedtite Mindat locations   Fe++2Fe+++(SiFe+++)O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722-1765), Swedish mineralogist and chemist.
Cronusite !   Mineral Image for Cronusite Mindat locations   Ca0.2(H2O)2CrS2 NAME ORIGIN: Name derived from the Greek Titan "Cronos" and alludes to the combined meteor-terrestrial origin where cronusite is derived from terretrial weathering of meteoric minerals.
Crookesite   Mineral Image for Crookesite Mindat locations   Cu7(Tl,Ag)Se4 NAME ORIGIN: After Sir William Crookes (1832-1919), who discovered thallium.
Cross stone *  (see Phillipsite-Ca ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cross stone *  (see Phillipsite-K ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cross stone *  (see Phillipsite-Na ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Crossite ?   Mineral Image for Crossite Mindat locations   Na2(Mg,Fe++)3(Al,Fe+++)2Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1894 for Charles Whitman Cross, (1854-1949), geologist, United States Geological Survey.
Cryolite  Say CRYOLITE Mineral Image for Cryolite Java Crystal form for Cryolite Mindat locations   Na3AlF6 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek, kryos "frost" and lithos "stone."
Cryolithionite   Mineral Image for Cryolithionite Java Crystal form for Cryolithionite Mindat locations   Na3Li3Al2F12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its similarity to CRYOlite and high LITHIum content.
Cryptohalite   Mineral Image for Cryptohalite Mindat locations   (NH4)2SiF6 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for concealed and salt, for being admixed with sal ammoniac.
Cryptomelane  Say CRYPTOMELANE Mineral Image for Cryptomelane Mindat locations   K(Mn++++,Mn++)8O16 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for hidden and black, as the identity of this common, black mineral is lost in the group of other black Mn-bearing oxides.
Cryptophyllite   Mindat locations   K2Ca[Si4O10]•5H2O NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC)
Csiklovaite *  (see Bismuthinite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Csiklovaite *  (see Galenobismutite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Csiklovaite *  (see Tetradymite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cualstibite   Mindat locations   Cu++6Al3Sb3(OH)36 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Cu, Al, Stibium - Latin for antimony).
Cubanite  Say CUBANITE Mineral Image for Cubanite Java Crystal form for Cubanite Mindat locations   CuFe2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Barracanao, Cuba.
Cuboargyrite !   Mindat locations   AgSbS NAME ORIGIN: The name alludes to the polymorphic relationship with miargyrite.
Cuivre *  (see Copper ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cumengeite *  (see Cumengite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cumengite   Mineral Image for Cumengite Mindat locations   Cu20Pb21Cl42(OH)40•6H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edouard Cumenge (1828-1902), French mining engineer for the Boleo mines.
Cummingtonite   Mineral Image for Cummingtonite Mindat locations   [ ]Mg7Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Cummington, Massachusetts, USA.
Cupalite   Mindat locations   (Cu,Zn)Al NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition (Cu, Al).
Cuprite  Say CUPRITE Mineral Image for Cuprite Mindat locations   Cu2O NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin, cuprum, meaning copper. Chalcotrichite from the Greek, meaning "hairy copper."
Cuproadamite - Cu-bearing adamite  (see Adamite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cuproartinite-Cu *  (see Artinite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cuprobismutite   Mineral Image for Cuprobismutite Mindat locations   Cu10Bi12S23 NAME ORIGIN: For the composition.
Cuprocopiapite   Mineral Image for Cuprocopiapite Mindat locations   CuFe+++4(SO4)6(OH)2•20(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the cuprian member of the copiapite group.
Cuprodescloizite *  (see Mottramite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cuprofaustite - Cu-bearing faustite  (see Faustite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cuproiridsite   Mineral Image for Cuproiridsite Mindat locations   CuIr2S4 NAME ORIGIN: For the chemical composition.
Cupromakovickyite !   Mineral Image for Cupromakovickyite Mindat locations   Cu4AgPb2Bi9S18 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Cu-dominant analogue of makovickyite.
Cupropavonite   Mindat locations   AgPbCu2Bi5S10 NAME ORIGIN: To stress a similarity with pavonite.
Cupropearceite   Mineral Image for Cupropearceite Mindat locations   [Cu6As2S7][Ag9CuS4] NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC)
Cupropolybasite !   Mindat locations   [Cu6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4] NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Cu-rich analog of polybasite
Cuprorhodsite   Mindat locations   CuRh2S4 NAME ORIGIN: For the chemical composition.
Cuprorivaite   Mineral Image for Cuprorivaite Mindat locations   CaCuSi4O10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for a high copper content and presumed similarity to rivaite.
Cuproscheelite - mixture of scheelite + copper tungstate  (see Scheelite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cuprosklodowskite  Say CUPROSKLODOWSKITE Mineral Image for Cuprosklodowskite Mindat locations   Cu[(UO2)(SiO2OH)]2•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: A name supplied by Buttgenbach while introducing Vaes' paper, in the mistaken belief that it was the copper analog of sklodowskite.
Cuprospinel   Mineral Image for Cuprospinel Java Crystal form for Cuprospinel Mindat locations   (Cu,Mg)Fe+++2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the copper content and the spinel structure.
Cuprostibite   Mineral Image for Cuprostibite Mindat locations   Cu2(Sb,Tl) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition.
Cuprotungstite   Mineral Image for Cuprotungstite Mindat locations   Cu++3(WO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition.
Curetonite   Mineral Image for Curetonite Mindat locations   Ba4Al3Ti(PO4)4(O,OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Forrest Cureton, mineralogist, and Michael Cureton, of Tucson, AZ, who found the mineral.
Curienite  Say CURIENITE Mineral Image for Curienite Mindat locations   Pb(UO2)2V2O8•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hubert Curien (1924- ), French mineralogist and crystallographer, Laboratory of Mineralogy and Crystallography, University of Pierre and Marie Curie (Sorbonne), Paris, France.
Curite  Say CURITE Mineral Image for Curite Java Crystal form for Curite Mindat locations   Pb3+x(H2O)2[(UO2)4+x(OH)3-x]2, x~0.5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Curie (1859-1906) and Marie Curie-Sklodowska (1867 - 1934), French research team of radioactive minerals. Discoverd the element radium.
Curtisite *  (see Idrialite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cuspidine   Mineral Image for Cuspidine Mindat locations   Ca4Si2O7(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek cuspis, for a spear, the characteristic shape of the twinned crystals.
Custerite *  (see Cuspidine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Cuzticite   Mineral Image for Cuzticite Mindat locations   Fe+++2Te++++++O6•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Nahuatl for "something yellow", in allusion to its color.
Cyanochroite   Mineral Image for Cyanochroite Mindat locations   K2Cu(SO4)2•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for blue and color, in reference to its appearance in white light.
Cyanophyllite   Mindat locations   Cu++5Al2(SbO4)3(OH)7•9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for blue and a leaf, in allusion to the color and habit.
Cyanotrichite  Say CYANOTRICHITE Mineral Image for Cyanotrichite Mindat locations   Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, kyaneos, "blue" and triches, "hair," hence, blue hair.
Cylindrite   Mineral Image for Cylindrite Mindat locations   Pb3Sn4FeSb2S14 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, kylindros, "cylinder."
Cymrite   Mineral Image for Cymrite Mindat locations   BaAl2Si2O8•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Cymru, the old Welsh name for Wales.
Cyrilovite   Mineral Image for Cyrilovite Mindat locations   NaFe+++3(PO4)2(OH)4•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality Cyrilov, Czechoslovakia.
Cyrtolite - High U and metamict  (see Zircon ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
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