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This alphabetical listing of N minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of that name, name origins, and locality information. Visit our expanded selection of mineral pictures.
  Ba(Na,Ba){Na3Ti[Ti2O2Si4O14](OH,F)2} NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Na & Ba dominant analogue of lamprophyllite.   NaBaPO4•9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the sodium, Natrium, Barium, and Phosphorus in the composition.  Na2BeSi4O10•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the elements in its composition, Natrium (Na), Beryllium (Be), and Silicon (Si). BaMn9[(V,As)O4]6(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Pla de Labasse deposit near the hamlet of Nabias, Central Pyrenees, France. Cu++7Te++++O4(SO4)5•KCl NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sof'ya I. Naboko (1901-), Russian volcanologist. Na(Na,Ca)2(PO4)F NAME ORIGIN: Named after the composition (NaCa, Phosphate).  NbNa3Ca3(Ce,La)(Si2O7)2OF3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Natrium (sodium), Calcium, Rare Earths, NIOBium, and Silicon in the chemical formula. Al2Si2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: From the French, nacre, "mother-of-pearl." PbSbO2Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Djebel Nador, Constantine, Algeria. Na3(Fe++,Fe+++)6(Ti2Si12O34)(O,OH)7•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the elements, NAtrium, FERrus and FERric, and TIanium. Ba4(V+++,Ti)4Si8B2O27Cl(O,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Otokichi Nagashima (1890{1969), pioneer Japanese amateur mineralogist, Ca7(SiO4)3(PO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for G. Nagelschmidt, who first described the synthetic compound in 1937. AuPb(Sb,Bi)Te2-3S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Nagyag mine (now Sacaramb), Romania. NaHCO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the nmonic of the chemical formula (NaHCO). Na2HPO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition (NaHPO-). (Mn,Ni,Cu)8(SO4)4(CO3)(OH)6•48(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Nakauri, Achi Prefecture, Japan. Pd2Sb NAME ORIGIN: Named for Professor Anthony J. Naldrett (b. 1933), University of Toronto and past President of both the Mineralogical Association of Canada and the International Mineralogical Association NaLi2PO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the principal chemical components in the composition, sodium Natrium, Lithium, Phosphorus, and Oxygen. Li2NaFe++7Ti2Si8O24(OH)4F NAME ORIGIN: Name origin not given in paper. NaMn+++(Si2O6) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the sodium, NAtrium; MANganese; and SILicon in the formula. (Li,Na)Mn++4[Si5O14(OH)] NAME ORIGIN: Named for Matsuo Nambu (1917-), mineralogist, Tohoko University, Japan. Cu++Bi2(VO4)O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the country in which it is found. (Zn,Cu)4(SO4)(OH)6•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the country of origin, and the National Museum of Wales. CaMg4(AsO3)2F4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Nanling area, southern China. Cs(Al,Mg,Fe++,Li)2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Nanping area, Fukien Province, China. CuCl NAME ORIGIN: Named after its location. Na2(Ti,Fe+++)Si4(O,F)11 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Narsarsuk, southern Greenland. Na2B5O8(OH)•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rafaello Nasini (1854-1931), Italian chemist. PbMn3Al4(CO3)4(SO4)O5•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after B. N. Nasledov (1891-1942) of Russia. Pb6Ca4Si6O21Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank Lewis Nason (1856-1928), American geologist, Geological Survey of New Jersey. Na(Sr,Ba)(PO4)•9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the sodium, NAtrium, STROntium, and PHosphorus in the composition Na(V+++,Cr+++)Si2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nataliya Vasil'evna Frolova (1907-1960), geologist, Irkutsk University, Irkutsk, Russia. Fe++Sn++++(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Natan Il'ich Ginzburg (1917-1985), Russian mineralogist and geochemist. Na2(TiO)SiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the sodium, NAtrium, TItanium, and SIlicon in the composition. Na2CO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition. NaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the sodium, natrium, analog of alunite. (Na,Ca)3Fe+++2(As2Mo6O28)•15(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the chemistry and similarity to betpakdalite. (Na,Cs)Bi(Ta,Nb,Sb)4O12 NAME ORIGIN: For sodium (NATRium), BISmuth, and TANTalum in the chemical formula which deviates from the IMA pyrochlore nomenclature.  (H3O)(Na,K)(UO2)SiO4•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition and relationship to boltwoodite. NaCu2(SO4)2(OH)•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the compositon, NATRium (Na), and CHALCos, (Cu). Na(Fe+++,Fe++)(Fe+++,Al)5(PO4)4(OH)6•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the essential sodium, (NATRium) and its relationship to dufrenite. Na2Ca(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Na analog of fairchildite. (Na,Zn,Cu)10Al6(SO4)3(OH)32•18(H2O)? NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) NaFe+++3(SO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition and similarity to Jarosite.  Na6CaNb6[Si4O12F2•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1979 for Vladimir M. Komarov (1927-1967), Russian cosmonaut who was killed during his return flight on April 23, 1967 and the sodium content. Na4Zr2Si10O26•9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The name alludes to the Na dominance and polymorphic relationship to lemoynite. Na2[Al2Si3O10]•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek natron, "soda," in allusion to sodium content and lithos - "stone." (Na,Li)Al(PO4)(OH,F) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition and resemblance to montebrasite. Na2CO3•10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin for "soda." (Na,Li)Mn++4[Si5O14(OH)] NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and for Matsuo Nambu (1917-), mineralogist, Tohoko University, Japan. NaNbO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition. (Na,K)2Fe+++4(AsO4)3(OH)5•7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the sodium in the composition and its relationship to pharmacosiderite. NaMnPO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its content of sodium, natrium, and from the Greek for a friend. Na7(PO4)2F•19(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition. Na2Si2O5 NAME ORIGIN: For sodium, NATRium, and SILicon in the composition. Na2Ta4O11 NAME ORIGIN: Named for sodium, "NATRium", and TANTalum in the composition. (Na2,Ca)(UO2)2(AsO4)2•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the relationship to uranospinite Na2C2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition of sodium (Na) and oxalate (C2O4). Na4(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and for Franz Xaver Maxmillian Zippe (1791-1863), Austrian mineralogist. Na6(Fe++,Mn)Al4Si8O26 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Naujakasik, Tunugdliarfik Fjord, Greenland. Ag2Se NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carl Friedrich Naumann (1797-1873), German mineralogist and crystallographer. V2O5•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Navajo Indians, on whose reservation the mineral was first found. Mn++2SiO3(OH)2•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its locality. LOCALITY: The N,chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Pb4Fe++(As+++++O4)2Cl4 NAME ORIGIN: Named of Leo Neal Yedlin (1908-1997), micromount mineral collector of New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Pb4Fe++(As+++O3)2Cl4•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Neal Yedlin (1908-1977), U. S. Mineralogist, who discovered the mineral. (Ba,Na)2{(Na,Ti,Mn)4[(Ti,Nb)2O2Si4O14](OH,O,F)2}•4.5H2O NAME ORIGIN: N.A. Na5Ca4(PO4)4F NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yevgeny I. Nefedov (1910-1976), Russian mineralogist, St. Petersburg, Russia, involved in the discovery of a number of Kola minerals. NaMgF3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank Neighbor (1906-?), American petroleum geologist, Sun Oil Co. who logged the first specimen. Ca3Si6O15•7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named by reversing the order for okenite (Lorenz Oken (1779-1851), German natural historian, Munich Germany) because the minerals were so similer. Cu+26V2(Sn,As,Sb)6S32 NAME ORIGIN: Named for I. Y. Nekrasov, Russian mineralogist. (Mn,Fe++)16Si12As+++3O36(OH)17 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Joseph A. Nelen, chemist at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA. CaMn+++6SiO12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Louis Neltner, pioneer student of mineral deposits of the High Atlas Mountains, Morocco. (Na,Ca,K)(Nb,Ti)Si2O6(O,OH)•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Konstantin A. Nenadkevich, Russian mineralogist and geochemist. (Mn,Fe++)SiO3•(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek "Neotokos" = of recent origin, being a product of deterioration of other species. (Na,K)AlSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek nephele, "cloud," because it becomes clouded when put in strong acid. Ni3Si2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Reis II mine, Nepoui, New Caledonia. Mg4Cl(OH)7•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's location. KNa2Li(Fe++,Mn)2Ti2Si8O24 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Neptune, the Roman god of the sea, because it was found with aegirine, named for the Scandinavian god of the sea. NaK3Fe(Ti,Nb)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality and composition. LOCALITY: Drillcore from the Neskevaara Hill, central part of the Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif, northern Karelia, Russia. Mg(HCO3)(OH)•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Coal mine at Nesquehoning, Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, USA. Bi2Fe+++(Fe+++,Co)(O,OH)2(OH)2(AsO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Mine dumps in the Schneeberg-Neustädtel area, Saxony, Germany. (Cu++,[ ],Al,V+++)6[Al8(PO4)8F8] (H2O)23 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: 5425-5375 (elevation) benches, Gold Quarry open-pit mine near Carlin, Eureka County, Nevada. Bi(Se,S) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Nevskii tin deposit, northeastern Russia. Mg(PO3OH)•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for James Cosmo Newbery (1843-1895), geologist, Melbourne, Australia, who initially found the mineral. AgCu3Pb12.5Bi13S34 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles Stewart Ney (1918-1975 ), Geologist. PbZn2(Mn++++,Ti++++)2Fe+++8O19 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Nezilovo, Republic of Macedonia. (NH4)(Mn++,Mg,Ca)PO4•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Niah Great Cave, Sarawak, Malaysia. (Ni,Co,Fe++)(Cr,Fe+++,Al)2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for chromite with dominant nickel, Ni. Ni NAME ORIGIN: From the German Nickel - "demom", from a contraction of kupfernickel, or "Devil's Copper", as the mineral was believed to contain copper but yielded none when smelted. (Ni,Cu)Al4[(SO4),(NO3)2](OH)12•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in allusion to its composition. Ca(Ni,Zn)(AsO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the predominance of nickel in the composition and relation to austinite. NiCl2•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Nickel analog of bischofite. Na2(Ni,Mg)(SO4)2•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its relation to blodite, with Ni > Mg. (NH4)2(Ni,Mg)(SO4)2•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the nickel-bearing analog of boussingaultite. (Ni,Mg,Fe++)(SO4)•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for nickel in the compostion and relationship to hexahydrite. NiAs NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition. Ca(Ni,Fe,Co)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named to indicate the chemical and structural similarities with lotharmeyerite. (Ni,Fe)3P NAME ORIGIN: The name reflects its composition. Bi(Ni,Co)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Ni-dominant analog of schneebergite (Locality). (Ni,Co)As3-x NAME ORIGIN: Named as the nickel-rich version of skutterudite. Ca2Ni(AsO4)2•2H2O NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Ni++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. Na0,8Ca0,4(Mg,Fe+++,Al)3Cu0,4(AsO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Nickenich village, near the Nickenicher Sattel Volcano, Eifel district, Germany. Cu4Cd(SO4)2(OH)6•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Gerhard Niedermayr (b. 1941), mineralogist and geologist, Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria, compiler of the regional mineralogy of the eastern Alps. K(UO2)3(AsO4)(OH)4•H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Niels Henrik David Bohr (1885-1962), Danish physicist and Nobel Prize winner in Physics (1922) who made fundamental contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum m PdCu3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Troels F.D. Nielsen (b. 1950), a geologist with the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. Si3N4 NAME ORIGIN: For A. O. Nier (1912-1994), who was responsible for the now accepted measurement of the atmospheric N-isotope composition. Ca3B6O6(OH)12•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Roman V. Nifontov (1901-1960), Russian geologist. PtSn NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paul Niggli (1888-1953), Professor at Zurich, Switzerland. NaFe++6Al3(SO4)2(OH)18(H2O)12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Anthony (Tony) J. Nikischer (1949-), geologist (Excalibur Minerals) who discovered the mineral. [Ba,Ca)2(Al,Si)7O10(CO3)(OH)6•nH2O NAME ORIGIN: Named in honor of Prof. Nikolai Grigorievich Sergiev (1901-1960), a Soviet geologist, for his contributions to the geology of Kazakhstan. (Ni,Mg,Fe++)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: An acronym for the National Institute of Metallurgy of South Africa. (U,Ca,Ce)2(PO4)2•1-2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ningyo Pass, Japan, where the mine in which the mineral was first found is located. (Mg,Fe++,Mn)S NAME ORIGIN: Named for Harvey Harlow Nininger (1887-1986), of Sedona Arizona, USA for his contributions to meteorite studies. (Ce,Ca)(Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the composition and the Greek for "shame," in allusion to the inability of chemists, at the time of its discovery, to separate some of its constituents. (Nd,Ce)(Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and from the Greek for "shame," in allusion to the inability of chemists, at the time of its discovery, to separate some of its constituents.  [(Y,REE),Ca,Th,Fe](Nb,Ti,Ta)2(O,OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the dominant B-site cation, niobium and for the aeschynite group. (Nb,Ta)C NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of Nb and C. K2Na(Mn,Zn,Fe)7(Nb,Zr,Ti)2Si8O26(OH)4(O,F) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Nb analog of kupletskite. K2Na(Fe++,Mn)7(Nb,Ti)2Si8O26(OH)4(F,O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the niobium content and foliated character common to the astrophyllite group. Ca14Nb2(Si2O7)4O6F2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition (Niobium, Calcium). NiSb2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, NIckel and SB, the chemical symbol for antimony. Cu2Mg2(PO4)2(OH)2•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for William H. Nisson (1912-1965), amateur mineralogist, mineral collector and dealer, of Petaluma, California, USA. KNO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named derived from Herbraic neter, used in ancient times for alkaline salts extracted by water from vegetable ashes. NaNO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of containing nitrates. Ba(NO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for NITRate and BARium in the composition. Ca(NO3)2•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for NITROgen and CALCium in the composition. Mg(NO3)2•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for NITROgen and MAGNESium in the composition. NaBe(CO3)(OH)•2H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named from Latin niveus, snow-white, and lana, wool, alluding to the visual similarity of its aggregates to snow-white, fluffy flocks of wool. CaB6O9(OH)2•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Levi F. Noble ( ), Geologist, USGS for his contributions to the geology of the Death Valley region. BaMn+++2(Si2O7)(OH)2•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For William Noel Benson (1855-1957), of the University of Otago, in recognition of his pioneering research in the Great Serpentine Belt and New England Fold Belt of New South Wales, Austr (V+++,Fe++,Fe+++,Ti)10O14(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Thomas Brennan Nolan (1901-1992), formerly Director of the U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., USA. Na0.3Fe+++2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2•n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Nontrone, Dordogne, France. Mg3(SiO4)(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Ostanmosoa iron mine, Norberg, Vastmanland, Sweden. CaSnB2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nils A. E. Nordenskiöld (1832-1901), Swedish mineralogist and Arctic explorer. (Ce,La,Ca)(Sr,Ca)Na2(Na,Mn)(Zn,Mg)Si6O17 NAME ORIGIN: Analog to the La-dominant nordite-(La) which was named after the word for north because of its northern origin in the Lovozero Massif. (Na,Mn)3(Sr,Ca)(La,Ce)(Zn,Mg)Si6O17 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the word for north because of its northern origin in the Lovozero Massif. Al(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for R. A. van Nordstrand (1817-), Sinclair Research Laboratories, who first synthesized the compound. Pb3CuBi7(S10Se4) NAME ORIGIN: Named for T. Nordstrom. NaCa(Mn++,Fe++)(Ti,Nb,Zr)Si2O7(O,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: For Mr. Charles Normand (1963-), of Montreal, who discovered the mineral. K(Mn+++2Li)Si4O10(O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Keith Norrish of the Division of Soils, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia. BaMg(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Keith Norseth (1927-1991), American engineering geologist, Westvaco trona mine, Wyoming, USA, Na3Mg(CO3)2Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named after C. H. Northup (b.1861), grocer, of San Jose, California, who found the first specimen. Na8Al6Si6O24(SO4) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German mineralogist, K. W. Nose (1753-1835). Mg(UO2)2(AsO4)2•12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Radim Novacek (1905-1942), Czech mineralogist, for his contributions to the mineralogy of uranium. (Cu,Ag)21As10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jiri Novak (1902-1971), Czech mineralogist. Ca2(C2O4)Cl2•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Margarita Ivanovna Novgorodova (1938-), director of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow, Russia. AuPb3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Novodneprovskoe deposit, Kazakhstan Cu6Zn3As4S12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Werner Nowaki (1909-), University of Berne, Switzerland. (Mn++++1-x)(Mn++x)(O2-2x)(OH2x) where x = 0.06-0.07 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Nsuta, Ghana. Pb2Cu(Pb,Bi)Bi2S7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edward W. Nuffield (1914-), Canadian mineralogist. (Cu,Fe)4S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Undu mine, Nukundamu, Fiji. Ni2(CO3)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Otway Belt, Nullagine district, WA, Australia. Ca4CuB4O6(OH)6(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Tadayuki Numano (1931-2001), Emeritus Professor of Okayama University. NaNa2(Mg3Al2)Si7AlO22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Nybo pod, Nordfjord, Norway. Na2Ca(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the president of Tanzania, Julius K. Nyerere (1922-). |
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