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

Uchucchacuaite     AgPb3MnSb5S12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Uchuc-Chacua deposit, Cajatambo Province, Peru. Uhligite     Ca3(Ti,Al,Zr)9O20 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alfred Louis Johannes Uhlig (1883-1919), German geologist, leader of the African expedition in which the material was first collected. Uklonskovite     NaMg(SO4)F • 2(H2O) Ulexite     NaCaB5O6(OH)6 • 5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German chemist, George Ludwig Ulex (1811-1883). Ullmannite     NiSbS NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German chemist and mineralogist, J. Ch. Ullmann (1771-1821). Ulrichite     CaCu(UO2)(PO4)2 • 4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for G.H.F. Ulrich. Ultamarine pigment *  (see Lazurite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Ulvite *  (see Ulvospinel ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Ulvospinel     TiFe++2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality and the spinel group of minerals. LOCALITY: Sodra Ulvön island, Angermanland, Sweden Umangite     Cu3Se2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Sierra de Umango, La Rioja province in Argentina. Umbite     K2ZrSi3O9 • (H2O) Umbozerite     Na3Sr4ThSi8(O,OH)24 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Umbozero (Lake Umba), Kola Peninsula, Russia. Umohoite     [(UO2)MoO4] • H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition of U, Mo, H. Ungarettiite     NaNa2(Mn++2Mn+++3)Si8O22O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Prof. Luciano Ungaretti (1942-), Universita de Pavia, Pavia, Italy. Ungemachite     K3Na8Fe+++(SO4)6(NO3)2 • 6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henri-Leon Ungemach (1880-1936), Belgian crystallographer. Ungursaite ?     NaCa5(Ta,Nb)24O65(OH) Upalite     Al(UO2)3(PO4)2O(OH) • 7(H2O) Uralborite     CaB2O2(OH)4 Uralolite     Ca2Be4(PO4)3(OH)3 • 5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Boyevka, central Ural Mountains, Russia. Uramphite     (NH4)(UO2)(PO4) • 3(H2O) Urancalcarite     Ca(UO2)3(CO3)(OH)6 • 3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition. Uraninite     UO2 NAME ORIGIN: From its elemental composition containing uranium. Uranmicrolite     (U,Ca)2(Ta,Nb)2O6(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for uranium and as a member of the microlite group. Uranocircite     Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2 • 12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition and from the Greek for "falcon" because it was discovered in Falkenstein, Germany. Uranophane     Ca(UO2)2SiO3(OH)2 • 5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From uran and phanos - "to appear." Uranophane-beta     Ca[(UO2)SiO3(OH)]2 • (H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the polymorph of uranophane. Uranopilite     [(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6(H2O)6] • 8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for uranium and the Greek for "felt", alluding to the composition and habit. Uranopolycrase     (U,Y)(Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its content or URANium and relation to polycrase. Uranosilite     (U++++++O2)Si7O15 NAME ORIGIN: Named in allusion to the composition. Uranospathite     HAl(UO2)4(PO4)4 • 40(H2O) Uranosphaerite     Bi(UO2)O2(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the compostition uranium and the Greek for sphere, in allusion to its globular forms. Uranospinite     Ca(UO2)2(AsO4)2 • 10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for uranium and the Greek for "siskin," in allusion to its composition and color. Uranotile *  (see Uranophane ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Uranotile-beta *  (see Uranophane-beta ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Uranotungstite     (Fe++,Ba,Pb)(UO2)2WO4(OH)4 • 12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition. Uranpyrochlore     (U,Ca,Ce)2(Nb,Ta)2O6(OH,F) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its URANium content and membership in the pyrochlore group. Urao *  (see Trona ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Urea     CO(NH2)2 Ureyite *  (see Kosmochlor ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Uricite     C5H4N4O3 Ursilite *     (Mg,Ca)4[(UO2)4(OH)5/(Si2O5)5.5] • 13(H2O) Urusite *  (see Sideronatrite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Urusovite !     Cu[AlAsO5] NAME ORIGIN: The name honors Vadim Sergeevich Urusov of Moscow State University, Russia. Urvantsevite     Pd(Bi,Pb)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nikolai N. Urvantsev (1893-1985), Russian geologist who discovered the Norilsk deposits. Ushkovite     MgFe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2 • 8(H2O) Usonite *  (see Uzonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Usovite     Ba2CaMgAl2F14 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mikhail Antonovich Usov (1883-1939), Russian geologist. Ussingite     Na2AlSi3O8(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Niels Viggo Ussing (1864-1911), Copenhagen, Denmark. Ustarasite     Pb(Bi,Sb)6S10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Ustarasaisk deposit, western Tian-Shan, Kazakhstan. Utahite !     Cu5Zn3(Te++++++O4)4(OH)8 • 7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: The Centennial Eureka mine, 1 mile southeast of Eureka, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah, USA. Utahite *  (see Jarosite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Utahlite *  (see Variscite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Uvanite     U++++++2V+++++6O21 • 15(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (U, Vanadium).. Uvarovite     Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Count S. S. Uvarov (1765-1855), Russian statesman and ardent amateur mineral collector. Uvite     (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe++)3Al5Mg(BO3)3Si6O18(OH,F)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Province Uva, Sri Lanka. Uvite - (61.3.1.3) *  (see Uvite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Uytenbogaardtite     Ag3AuS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Willem Uytenbogaardt (1818-), Dutch mineralogist. Uzonite     As4S5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Uzon caldera, Kamchatka, Russia.

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