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Raadeite !     Mg7(PO4)2(OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gunnar Raade (1944-), minerals curator at the Natural History Museum, Oslo, Norway. Rabbittite     Ca3Mg3(UO2)2(CO3)6(OH)4 • 18(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Charles Rabbitt (1907-1957), geologist with the U. S. Geological Survey. Rabejacite     Ca(UO2)4(SO4)2(OH)6 • 6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Rabejac and Mas d'Alary village a few kilometers from Lodeve, France. Radhakrishnaite     PbTe3(Cl,S)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after B. P. Radhakrishna (1918-), Indian mineralogist. Radial Blende *  (see Wurtzite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Radiobarite *     (Ba,Ra)SO4 NAME ORIGIN: From radium replacing barium and from the Greek, baryos, "heavy." Radovanite !     Cu2Fe+++(AsO4)[As+++O2(OH)2] • H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Radovan Cerny (1957-), crystallographer at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Radtkeite     Hg3S2ClI NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur S. Radtke (1936-2004), geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. Rafaelite *  (see Paralaurionite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Raguinite     TlFeS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eugene Raguin (1900-), French geologist. Raite     Na3Mn3Ti0.25Si8O20(OH)2 • 10(H2O) Rajite     CuTe++++2O5 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Robert Allen Jenkins (RAJ-ite), a mineralogist who first recognized the species. Ralstonite     NaxMgxAl2-x(F,OH)6 • (H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. Grier Ralston (1851-1880) of Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA, who first observed the mineral. Rambergite !     MnS NAME ORIGIN: Named after Hans Ramberg (1917-1998), Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology at the University of Chicago, then at the University of Uppsala, Sweden. Ramdohrite     Ag3Pb6Sb11S24 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paul Ramdohr (1890-1985), German mineralogist. Rameauite     K2CaU++++++6O20 • 9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jacques Rameau (1926-1960), French prospector who discovered the deposit where the mineral occurs. Rammelsbergite     NiAs2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German chemist and mineralogist, K. F. Rammelsberg (1812-1899). Ramsayite *  (see Lorenzenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Ramsbeckite     (Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22 • 6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Bastenberg mine, near Ramsbeck, Germany. Ramsdellite     MnO2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the American mineralogist, Lewis S. Ramsdell (1895-1975), of the University of Michigan, who first described the mineral. Rancieite     (Ca,Mn++)Mn++++4O9 • 3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Rancie, near Vicdessos, Ariege, France. Rankachite     CaFe++V+++++4W++++++8O36 • 12(H2O) Rankamaite     (Na,K,Pb,Li)3(Ta,Nb,Al)11(O,OH)30 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kalervo Rankama (1913-), Finnish geochemist, University of Helsinki. Rankinite     Ca3Si2O7 Ranquilite *  (see Haiweeite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Ransomite     CuFe+++2(SO4)4 • 6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Federick Leslie Ransome (1868-1935), U.S. Mining geologist. Ranunculite     HAl(UO2)(PO4)(OH)3 • 4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the color "ranunculus", buttercup. Rapidcreekite     Ca2(SO4)(CO3) • 4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Rapid Creek, Big Fish river area, Yukon Territories, Canada. Rappoldite !     Pb(Co,Ni,Zn,)2(AsO4)2 • 2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Dump material from the Rappold mine near Schneeberg, Saxony, Germay. Raslakite !     Na15Ca3Fe3(Na,Zr)3Zr3(Si,Nb)(Si25O73)(OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Raslak cirques near Mount Kedykverpakhk. Rasorite *  (see Kernite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Raspite     PbWO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles Rasp (1846-1907), German-Australian prospector, discovered of the Broken Hill ore deposit. Rastsvetaevite !     Na27K8Ca12Fe3Zr6Si52O144(O,OH,H2O)6Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) Rasvumite     KFe2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Rasvumchorr and Kidusvumchorr apatite deposits, Khibina massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Rathite     Pb8Pb4-x(Tl2As2)x(Ag2As2)As16S40 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gerhard von Rath (1830-1888), Professor of Mineralogy, Bonn, Germany. Rauenthalite     Ca3(AsO4)2 • 10(H2O) Rauvite     Ca(UO2)2V+++++10O28 • 16(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, RAdium, Uranium, and Vanadium. Ravatite     C14H10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Ravat, Fan-Jagnob coal basin, Dushambe, Tajikistan Rayite     (Ag,Tl)2Pb8Sb8S21 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Santosh K. Ray of President College, Calcutta, India. Realgar     AsS NAME ORIGIN: From the Arabic, rahj al ghar, "powder of the mine;" Rebulite     Tl5Sb5As8S22 NAME ORIGIN: Unknown name derivation. Rectorite     (Na,Ca)Al4(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4 • 2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for E. W. Rector (1849-1917), legislator and lawyer of Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA. Red Antimony *  (see Kermesite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Red Lead Ore *  (see Crocoite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Red oxide of copper *  (see Cuprite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Red oxide of lead *  (see Minium ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Red Oxide of Zinc *  (see Zincite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Reddingite     Mn++3(PO4)2 • 3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Branchville, in the town of Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. Redingtonite     (Fe++,Mg,Ni)(Cr,Al)2(SO4)4 • 22(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality. LOCALITY: Redington mine, Knoxville, Napa Co., California. Redledgeite     BaTi6Cr+++2O16 • (H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality. LOCALITY: Red Ledge mine, south of Washington, Nevada Co., California. Reederite-(Y) !     Na15Y2(CO3)9(SO3F)Cl NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Richard J. Reeder, currently co-editor of the American Mineralogist. Reedmergnerite     NaBSi3O8 Reevesite     Ni6Fe+++2(CO3)(OH)16 • 4(H2O) Refikite     C19H31COOH Reichardite - massive *  (see Epsomite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Reichenbachite     Cu++5(PO4)2(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Reichenbach, Odenwald, Germany. Reidite !     ZrSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alan F. Reid who first produced this high pressure phase in the laboratory. Reinerite     Zn3(As+++O3)2 Reinhardbraunsite     Ca5(SiO4)2(OH,F)2 Remondite-(Ce)     Na3(Ce,La,Ca,Na,Sr)3(CO3)5 Remondite-(La) !     Na3(La,Ce,Ca)3(CO3)5 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the La analog of remondite-(Ce). Renardite     Pb(UO2)4(PO4)2(OH)4 • 7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alphonse Francois Renard (1842-1903), mineralogist, University of Ghent, Belgium. Rengeite !     Sr4ZrTi4Si4O22 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mt Renge, near the discovery location and the jadeitite-bearing Renge metamorphic belt. Renierite     (Cu,Zn)11(Ge,As)2Fe4S16 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Armand Renier, Belgian geologist adn Director of the Belgian Geological Survey. Reniforite *  (see Jordanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Reppiaite     Mn++5[(V,As)O4]2(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Gambatesa mine, near Reppia, Val Graveglia, Italy. Resin *  (see Amber ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Retgersite     NiSO4 • 6(H2O) Retzian-(Ce)     Mn2Ce(AsO4)(OH)4 Retzian-(La)     (Mn,Mg)2(La,Ce,Nd)(AsO4)(OH)4 Retzian-(Nd)     Mn2(Nd,Ce,La)(AsO4)(OH)4 Revdanskite *  (see Pimelite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Revdite     Na2Si2O5 • 5(H2O) Reyerite     (Na,K)4Ca14Si22Al2O58(OH)8 • 6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eduard Reyer (1849-1907), Austrian geologist. Rhabdite *  (see Schreibersite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Rhabdophane-(Ce)     (Ce,La)PO4 • (H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek, "rod" and "to appear", in allusion to the characteristic bands shown in its spectrum. Rhabdophane-(La)     (La,Ce)PO4 • (H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named to distinguish the La rich form of rhabdophane-Ce. Rhabdophane-(Nd)     (Nd,Ce,La)PO4 • (H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named to distinguish the Nd rich form of rhabdophane-Ce. Rheniite *  (see IMA1999-004a ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Rhenium *     Re NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Rhine River in Germany in 1925. Rhodarsenide !     (Rh,Pd)2As NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition of rhodium and arsenic. Rhodesite     KHCa2Si8O19 • 5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902), British founder of the DeBeers Mining Company and for Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa where the mineral was studied. Rhodium     (Rh,Pt) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek, rhodon = "rose" in allusion to the colored salts. Rhodizite     (K,Cs)Al4Be4(B,Be)12O28 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek "rose-colored" because it tinges the blowpipe flame red. Rhodochrosite     MnCO3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek rhodon -"rose" and chroma - "color." Rhodolite *  (see Pyrope ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Rhodonite     (Mn++,Fe++,Mg,Ca)SiO3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek rhodos - "rose colored." Rhodostannite     Cu2FeSn3S8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its reddish color compared to stannite. Rhodplumsite     Pb2Rh3S2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition. Rhoenite *  (see Rhonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Rhomboclase     (H5O2)+Fe+++(SO4)2 • 2(H2O) Rhonite     Ca2(Mg,Fe++,Fe+++,Ti)6(Si,Al)6O20 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Rhon Mountains, at Scharnhausen, near Stuttgart, Germany. Ribbeite     (Mn++,Mg)5(SiO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paul Ribbe of Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University. Richellite     Ca3Fe+++10(PO4)8(OH)12 • n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Richelle, near Vise in Liege, Balgium. Richelsdorfite     Ca2Cu5Sb(AsO4)4Cl(OH)6 • 6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Richelsdorf Mountains, Hesse, Germany. Richetite     PbU++++++4O13 • 4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Emile Richet (1884-1938), chief geologist, Union Miniere du Haut Katanga. Richterite     Na(CaNa)(Mg,Fe++)5[Si8O22](OH)2 Richterite-K *  (see Potassicrichterite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Rickardite     Cu7Te5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Thomas Arthur Rickard (1864-1953), mining engineer and Editor of the Engineering and Mining Journal, New York and London. Riebeckite     [ ]Na2(Fe++3Fe+++2)Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German traveler, Emil Riebeck (1853-1885). Rijkeboerite *  (see Bariomicrolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Rilandite     (Cr,Al)6SiO11 • 5(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for James L. Riland (1857-1938?), newspaper publisher of Meeker, Colorado, on whose claim the mineral was found. Rimkorolgite !     Mg5Ba(PO4)4 • 8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Olga M. Rimskaya-Konsakova (1914-1987), Russian mineralogist from St. Petersbug University. Ringwoodite     Mg2SiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alfred Edward Ringwood (1930-1993), petrologist, University of Canberra, Australia. Rinkite !     Na(Na,Ca)2(Ca,Ce)4(Ti,Nb)(Si2O7)2(O,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after H. RINK, director of a Danesh-Greenlandic trade group. Rinkite *  (see Mosandrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Rinkolite *  (see Mosandrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Rinkolite *  (see Rinkite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Rinmanite !     (Zn,Mn)2Sb2Mg2Fe4O14(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Sven Rinman (1720-1792), father of the Swedish mineral industry, member of the Bergskollegium. Rinneite     K3NaFe++Cl6 Riomarinaite !     Bi(OH)SO4 • H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Falcacci mine, Rio Marina iron mine, Elba Island, Toscana (Tuscany), Italy Ripidolite *  (see Clinochlore ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Rittingerite *  (see Xanthoconite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Rittmannite     Mn++Mn++Fe++Al2(OH)2(PO4)4 • 8(H2O) Rivadavite     Na6MgB24O40 • 22(H2O) Riversideite     Ca5Si6O16(OH)2 • 2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality. LOCALITY: Crestmore quarry, 5 miles NW of Riverside, Riverside Co., California. Roaldite     (Fe,Ni)4N NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1981 for Roald Nielsen (b.1928), Danish metallurgist. Robertsite     Ca6Mn+++9(PO4)9O6(H2O)6 • 3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Willard Lincoln Roberts (1923-1987), mineralogist, South Dakota School of Mines. Robinsonite     Pb4Sb6S13 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Stephen Clive Robinson (1911-), Geological Survey of Canada, who first synthesized the mineral. Rock Crystal *  (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Rock Salt *  (see Halite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Rockbridgeite     (Fe++,Mn)Fe+++4(PO4)3(OH)5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: South Mountain, near Midvale, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA. Rodalquilarite     H3Fe+++2(Te++++O3)4Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Rodalquilar gold deposit, Almeria, Spain. Rodolicoite !     Fe+++PO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Francesco Rodolico (1905–1988), professor of mineralogy, University of Florence, Italy, specialist of the history of geology and of building and ornamental materials, author o Roeblingite     Pb2Ca6(Si6O18)(SO4)2(OH)2 • 4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Washington A. Roebling (1837-1926), well known mineral collector and builder of the Brooklyn Bridge. Roedderite     (Na,K)2(Mg,Fe++)5Si12O30 Roemerite *  (see Romerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Roesslerite *  (see Rosslerite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Roggianite     Ca2[Be(OH)2Al2Si4O13] • <2 • 5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Aldo G. Roggiani, a teacher of natural sciences, who first found the mineral. Rohaite     TlCu5SbS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Rose-Hansen, (1937-), Danish mineralogist. Rokuehnite *  (see Rokuhnite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Rokuhnite     Fe++Cl2 • (H2O) Rollandite !     Cu3(AsO4)2 • 4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Rolland (1940-), an eminent mineral collector of the Roua mines. Romanechite     (Ba,H2O)2(Mn++++,Mn+++)5O10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Romaneche, Saone-et-Loire, France. Romanite *     (Fe++,U,Pb)2(Ti,Fe+++)O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Romania. Romanite *  (see Dessauite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Romarchite     SnO Romeite     (Ca,Fe++,Mn,Na)2(Sb,Ti)2O6(O,OH,F) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French crystallographer, J. B. Rome de I'lsle (1736-1770). Romerite     Fe3(SO4)4 • 14(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Friedrich Adolph Römer (1809-1869), German geologist. Rondorfite !     Ca8Mg(SiO4)4Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alice and Eugen Rondorf, two distinguished mineral collectors, who found the mineral with Bernd Ternes in 1979. Ronneburgite !     K2MnV4O12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Locality. Rontgenite-(Ce)     Ca2(Ce,La)3(CO3)5F3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Conrad von Rontgen (1845-1923), German physicist and discoverer of X-rays. Rooseveltite     BiAsO4 Roquesite     CuInS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Maurice Roques, University of Clairmont-Gerrand, France. Rorisite     (Ca,Mg)FCl Rosasite     (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Rosas mine, Narcao, Cagliari, Sardegna (Sardinia), Italy. Roscherite     Ca(Mn++,Fe++)5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4 • 6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Walter Roscher, mineral collector of Ehrenfriedsdorf, Germany. Roscoelite     K(V,Al,Mg)2AlSi3O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henry Enfield Roscoe (1833-1915) of Manchester, England who first prepared pure vanadium. Rose Quartz - rose colored *  (see Quartz ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Roselite     Ca2(Co,Mg)(AsO4)2 • 2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Gustave Rose (1798-1873), professor on mineralogy at the University of Berlin, Germany. Roselite-beta     Ca2(Co,Mg)(AsO4)2 • 2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its dimorphic relationship with roselite. Rosemaryite     (Na,Ca,Mn++)(Mn++,Fe++)(Fe+++,Fe++,Mg)Al(PO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for F. Rosemay Wyllie wife of Professor Peter J. Wyllie, namesake of wyllieite. Rosenbergite     AlF3 • 3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Philip E. Rosenberg (1931-), U.S. Geochemist, Washington State University. Rosenbuschite     (Ca,Na)3(Zr,Ti)Si2O8F Rosenhahnite     Ca3Si3O8[(OH)2-4x,(CO3)x] NAME ORIGIN: Named for Leo Rosenhahn (1904-1991), American amateur mineralogist, who found the mineral. Roshchinite     Ag19Pb10Sb51S96 or Pb(Ag,Cu)2(Sb,As)5S10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yuri V. Roshchin (1934-1979), Russian Geologist. Rosiaite !     PbSb+++++2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Cetine di Cotorniano Mine (Cetine Mine), Rosia, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy Rosickyite     S NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vojtech Rosicky, former Director of the Mineralogical and Petrological Institute of Masaryk University, Brno, Czechoslovakia. Rosieresite     (Pb,Cu,Al)(PO4)x • n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From an abandoned copper mine at Rosiere, Carmaux, Tarn, France. Rossite     CaV2O6 • 4(H2O) Rosslerite     Mg(AsO3OH) • 7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Karl Rössler of Hanau, Germany. Rossmanite !     [ ]LiAl2Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after George R. Rossman (1945-), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, in recognition for his work on the spectroscopy of the tourmaline minerals. Rostite     AlSO4(OH,F) • 5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rudolph Rost (1912-), Czech mineralogist. Rottisite *  (see Pimelite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Rouaite !     Cu2(NO3)(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Old copper mines at Roua, Alpes-Maritimes, southeastern France. Roubaultite     Cu2(UO2)3(CO3)2O2(OH)2 • 4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Marcel Roubault (1905-), geologist, University of Nancy, France. Rouseite     Pb2Mn++(As+++O3)2 • 2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rolnd Rouse (1943-), U. S. Mineralogist. Routhierite     TlCu(Hg,Zn)2(As,Sb)2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Routhier (1916-), French economic geologist. Rouvilleite     Na3Ca2(CO3)3F NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Poudrette quarry, Rouville County, Mt. St-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Rouxelite !     Cu2HgPb23Sb27S65.5 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) Roweite     Ca2Mn++2B4O7(OH)6 Rowlandite-(Y)     Y4Fe++Si4O14F2 (?) Roxbyite     Cu1.78S NAME ORIGIN: Named from the locality. LOCALITY: Roxby Downs, AS, Australia. Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Rozenite     Fe++SO4 • 4(H2O) Ruarsite     RuAsS NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, RUthenium, ARsenic, and Sulfur. Rubellite - red or pink *  (see Elbaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Rubicelle *  (see Spinel ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Rubicline !     (Rb,K)AlSi3O8 NAME ORIGIN: The name reflects its compositional and structural attributes as the rubidium analog of microcline. Ruby - red *  (see Corundum ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Ruby Silver Ore *  (see Proustite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Ruby Silver Ore *  (see Pyrargyrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Ruby spinal *  (see Spinel ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Rucklidgeite     (Bi,Pb)3Te4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. C. Rucklidge, University of Toronto, Canada who first noticed the mineral. Rudenkoite !     Sr3Al3[(Si,Al)4O10](OH,O)8Cl2 • H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sergey Alexandrovich Rudenko (1917-1992). Professor at the St. Petersburg (Leningrad) Mining Institute. Ruitenbergite     Ca9B26O34(OH)24Cl4 • 13(H2O) Ruizite     CaMn+++Si2O6(OH) • 2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Joe Ana Ruiz, of Mammoth, Arizona, USA, collector of microscopic minerals, who discovered the mineral. Rusakovite     (Fe+++,Al)5(VO4,PO4)2(OH)9 • 3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mikhail Petrovich Rusakov (1892-1963), geologist, Kazakhstan, Russia. Russellite     Bi2WO6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Edward Ian Montagu Russell (1878-1964), British mineralogist. Rustenburgite     (Pt,Pd)3Sn NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Atok and Rustenburg mines, Merensky Reef, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Rustumite     Ca10(Si2O7)2(SiO4)Cl2(OH)2 Ruthenarsenite     (Ru,Ni)As NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition. Rutheniridosmine     (Ir,Os,Ru) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Ru, Os, Ir). Rutheniridosmium *  (see Osmium ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Ruthenium     (Ru,Ir,Os) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the element (Latin, Ruthenia = "Russia."). Ruthenosmiridium *  (see Iridium ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Rutherfordine     UO2(CO3) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) British atomic physicist and Nobel laureate. Rutile     TiO2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin, rutilus - "reddish." Rynersonite     Ca(Ta,Nb)2O6

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