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This alphabetical listing of W minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of that name, name origins, and locality information. Visit our expanded selection of mineral pictures.
   Ca6Al5Si2O16Cl3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Tsunashiro Wada (1856-1920), first Director General of the Geological Survey of Japan.  K2ZrSi3O9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Wade (1878-1951), Australian geologist who collected the mineral. (Mg,Fe++)2SiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A.D. Wadsley (1918-1969).  (Mg,Fe++)2(PO4)F NAME ORIGIN: Named for F. M. von Wagner (1768-1851), mining official in Munich, Germany. CaAl2Si4O12•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the loclity. CoFe NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Red Hill, Warau Valley, South Island, New Zealand. [(As,Sb)6S9][As4S5] NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yaichiro Wakabayashi (1874-1943), mineralogist for Mitsubishi Mining.  (Ce+++,Pb++,Pb++++)VO4 NAME ORIGIN: Renamed from kusuite in 1977 for the locality, changed to wakefieldite-Ce as the Ce analog of wakefieldite-Y. LOCALITY: Kusu deposit, 85 km SW of Kinshasa, Zaire. LaVO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the La analog of wakefieldite-(Ce) and -(Y). NdVO4 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) YVO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Evans Lou mine, St. Pierre near Wakefield, Portland Twp., Papineau, QUE, Canada. (Ca,Mn++,Fe++)Fe+++3(AsO4)(PO4)3(PO3OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kurt Walenta (1927-), mineralogist, University of Stuttgart, Germany, who has studied many phosphate minerals. (Fe+++,Te++++++)Te++++3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Phillip Walford (b. 1945), of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Vice-President and Chief Geologist of LAC Minerals, Ltd., at the time that mining company held the mining rights to the Ca16(Mg,Li,[ ])2[B13O17(OH)12]4Cl6•28(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Thomas Leonard Walker (1867-1942), Founding Member and past president Geological Society of America. PbTl(Cu,Ag)As2S5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wallis, the German name for the Swiss Canton in which the Lengenbach quarry is located. Ca4Mn++6As+++++4O16(OH)8•18(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the dell of the Wallkill River, in which both the Sterling Hill and the Franklin deposits were discovered. (Ca,Cu)4Fe6[(As,Si)O4]4(OH)8•18(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Fe++ dominant analog of wallkilldellite.  Bi4(UO2)(AsO4)2O4•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Walpurgis vein, Weisse Hirsch mine, Neustadtel, Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. BaCa2Si3O9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert E. Walstrom (1920-), American mineral collector, who discovered the mineral. Ba0.5Al3(SO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Thomas Nash Walthier (1923-1990), American economic geologist, St. Joseph Minerals Co., who worked in the Tambo district, Chile. NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henry Augustus Ward (1834-1906), mineral dealer and collector, Rochester, New York, USA. Ca5MgB24O42•30(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ward C. Smith (1906-), U. S. Geologist. Zn3(AsO4)2•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Walter Richard Kahn, collector of Tsumeb minerals, Bayersoien, Germany. Mg(Ti,Fe+++,Al)(BO3)O NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Southwest of Edenville, in the town of Warwick, Orange Co., New York. Cu4(As,Sb)2S5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Takeo Watanabe, (1907-1986), Japanese mineralogist. Na2KMn2LiV2Si8O24 NAME ORIGIN: Named after watatsumi, Japanese god of the sea as is the analogue (neptunite) neptune, Roman god of the sea. Mn7(PO4)2(OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Frederick George Waterhouse (1815-1898), first Director of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) and celebrates the continuing work of the Waterhouse Club, PbCu2Bi4(Se,S)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for David H. Watkinson (1937-), Canadian mineralogist. Hg+4Hg++Cr++++++O6 NAME ORIGIN: The mineral is named for Mr. Lu Watters(1911-1989), a well known California mineral collector, jazz trumpeter, chef and environmentalist. Na2Ca(SO4)2•4(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Oscar de Watteville of Paris, France. Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after William Wavell (?-1829) of England who discovered the mineral. Ca12Mn4B2Be18Si12O46(OH,Cl)30 [Ortho] NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Lenni Lenape Native American word "wawayanda," many or several winding, in allusion to the grossly curved and winding habit of its crystals. BiAl3(PO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edgar James Wayland, first Director of the Uganda Geological Survey. Na2MgAlF7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Theobald C. F. Weber (1823-1886), one of the founders of the cryolite industry in Denmark. Ca(C2O4)•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Weddel sea, Antactica. K2(UO2)2Si6O15•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mary Alice Dowse Weeks (1909-1988), mineralogist with the U.S. Geological Survey, noted specialist in the mineralogy of uranium and vanadium. Na5(CO3)(HCO3)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rudolf Franz Johann Wegscheider (1859-1935), Austrian chemist, who first synthesized the compound. Pb6Bi8(S,Se)18 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mats Weibull (1856-1923), Swedish mineralogist. BaAl3H[(As,P)O4]2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Weiler and Neubulach, Black Forest, Germany. CaHAsO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rene Weil (1901-), mineralogist of Strasbourg, France, known for his study of Alsatian minerals. CaBe3(PO4)2(OH)2•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Weinebebe, Koralpe, Carinthia, Austria. (Au,Ag)3Hg2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Weishan, Poshan mining district,Tongbai County, Henan Province, China. TlSbS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Byron G. Weissberg, Chemistry division, D.S.I.R., New Zeland. Cu1.9Te NAME ORIGIN: Named for Louis Weiss, owner of the Good Hope mine and discoverer of rickardite. Mn++6(W++++++,Mg)2Si2(O,OH)14 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eric Welin, mineralogist and geochronologist, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden. (Mn++,Mg)3(W++++++,Mn+++)1-x(SiO4)(O,OH)3 (x=1/3) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eric Welin, mineralogist and geochronologist, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden. Sr3Na2Zr(CO3)6•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for William E. Logan (1798-1875), first director of the Canadian Geologic Survey. Ca4Mg9Sb3O4[Si6Be3AlFe2O36] NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wilfred R. Welsh (1915-?), amateur mineralogist and teacher of natural sciences. Ca2(Mg,Co)(AsO4)2•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wendell E. Wilson (1946-), mineralogist, editor, and publisher of the Mineralogical Record. Ba4Ca6(Si,Al)20O39(OH)2(SO4)3•n(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eduard Wenk (1907-), mineralogist and petrologist, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. (Mg,Fe)2Al14B4Si4O37 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gunter Werding, of the Mineralogical Institute, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany. (Ca,Mg)Mg7(Al,Fe+++)2(SO4)2(OH)18•12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Långban mine, Bergslagen ore district, Filipstad, Värmland (Wermland), Sweden. SrCu++Si4O10 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese field, Kuruman Hill, Cape Province, South Africa. (Fe,Ni,Co)As NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jan Westerveld (1905-1962), Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Na2Cu(C2O4)2•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the localiity. LOCALITY: Wheatley mine, near Phoenixville, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA. Pb7Cu2(SO4)4(SiO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edgar T. Wherry (1885-1982), American mineralogist and plant ecologist. Ca(C2O4)•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the British mineralogist, crystallographer and natural philosopher William Whewell (1794-1866), professor of mineralogy at Cambridge. Ca(Fe++,Mn++)Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John S. White, Jr. (1933-), former editor of the Mineralogical Record and professional curator of minerals and gems. CaMn++Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John S. White, Jr. (1933-), former editor of the Mineralogical Record and professional curator of minerals and gems. (Mn++,Ca)(Fe++,Mn++)Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John S. White, Jr. (1933-), former editor of the Mineralogical Record and professional curator of minerals and gems. Ca9(Mg,Fe++)(PO4)6(PO3OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Herbert Percy Whitlock (1868-1948), American mineralogist, Curator, American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY, USA. Fe++Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert W. Whitmore (1936-), Micromount mineral collector and owner of the Palermo mine, New Hampshire, USA. Pb3CaAl2Si10O27•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: near Wichenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona. Mn++Sn++++(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Franz-Erik Wickman (1915-), Swedish mineralogist, who studied the mineralogy of the Langban area. NaCa2(Fe++,Mn++)4MgFe+++(PO4)6•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frederick John Wicks (1937- ), Curator of Mineralogy, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Pb2(UO2)(CO3)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Bergrat J. F. Widenmann (1764-1798), who first discovered uranium containing micas in the Schwarzwald. (Ni,Mg)5(CO3)4(OH)2•4-5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: 132 North Nickel mine, 4 km SW of Widgiemooltha, 80 km S of Kalgoorlie, Australia. Mg5(BO3)O(OH)5•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Randall H. Wightman (1915-1969), Director of Exploration and Mining of the Riverside Cement Co., Riverside, California, USA. MgAl(SO4)2F•18(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after William Wilcox, who discovered this mining district in 1879. He was killed by Apache Indians in 1880. ZnFe+++3(AsO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Wilhelm Klein, former mine manager in Anamibia, who made the first systematic collection of minerals from the Tsumeb mine. Cu3FeS3•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Name for Wilhelm Ramsay, Finnish geologist who did the first detailed study of the Khibiny-Lovozero alkaline complexes. CaMn++Fe+++(PO4)2(OH)•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Vierling (1901-1995), Weiden, Bavaria, Germany. Na2Fe++4Fe+++2Si6O20 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Frederick George Wilkinson, Emeritus Professor of Geology, University of New England, Armidale, Australia. Ni3Se4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for W. W. Wilkman, geologist. Zn2SiO4 NAME ORIGIN: After Willem I, King of the Netherlands (1772-1843). (Ni,Mg)3Si4O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Johannes Willemse (1909-?), geologist University of Pretoria, South Africa. KCaAl3Si3O12•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after William A. Henderson, of Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A., who noted this as an unusual mineral and provided it for study. (Co,Ni)SbS NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: A.B.H. Consols mine, Broken Hill, Willyama Township, New South Wales, Australia. Ca19(Al,Mg,Fe,Ti)13(B,Al,[ ])5Si18O68(O,OH)10 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the discovery locality. LOCALITY: Wilui River, Yakutia, Russia. [ ](CaNa)Mg4(Al,Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and for Howard J. Winch, Geological survey of India. TiTe++++3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Betty Jo Winstanley (1934-), amateur mineralogist, who found the first specimen. Mn4B2O5(OH,Cl)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for David Friedrich Wiser (1802-1878), Swiss mineralogist who first analyzed the mineral. BaCO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after William Withering (1741-1799). English physician and mineralogist. Cu3BiS3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Wittichen, Baden, Germany. Pb3Bi4(S,Se)9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for T. Witt, Swedish mining engineer. Mn++(Sn,Ta)(Ta,Nb)2O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Wodgina, Marble Bar, and Greenbushes, Western Australia. NaCa2(Zr,Nb)Si2O7(O,OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Friedrich Wohler (1800-1882), German chemist, Gottingen, Germay. (Fe++,Mn++)2(PO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Caleb Wroe Wolfe (1908-1980), crystallographer, Boston University. (Fe,Mn)WO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the German, Wolfram, name for tungsten. (Fe,Mn,Nb)(Nb,W,Ta)O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and structure, which show similarities to both wolframite and ixiolite. CaSiO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English mineralogist and chemist, W. H. Wollaston (1766-1828). CaSiO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English mineralogist and chemist, W. H. Wollaston (1766-1828). CaSiO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English mineralogist and chemist, W. H. Wollaston (1766-1828). (Pb,Ba,Ca)U2O7•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Wolsendorf, Bavaria, Germany. (Na,K).5(Mg,Fe,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for petrologist David R. Wones (1932-1984), Professor of Geology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. Mg6Cr2(OH)16Cl2•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Roy Woodall (1930-), Australian geologist. CaAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles D. Woodhouse (1888-1975), U.S. mineral collector (Zn,Mn++)2Mn++++5O12•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Samuel Woodruff, late-nineteenth-century miner and mineral collector at Franklin, who collected and preserved many of the finest specimens found at that locality. LOCALITY: Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12•2-4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Samuel P. Woodward (1821-1865), English naturalist and geologist. Na2CaCu++2(P2O7)2•10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after James Wooldridge (1923-1995), keen amateur mineralogist, micromounter and gemologist from Fernhill Heath, Worcestershire, U.K., who discovered the mineral. Cu4(SO4)(OH)6•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Caleb Wroe Wolfe (1908-1980), crystallographer, Boston University. PbMoO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Austrian mineralogist, Frantz Xaver von Wulfen (1728-1805). Zn(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ernst Anton Wulfing (1860-1930), professor of mineralogy and petrography, Heidelberg University. (Co,Mg,Ni)Al2(SO4)4•22(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the prehistoric pueblo dwelling near the locality. LOCALITY: On the walls of a shallow open cut 8 miles ESE of Gray Mountain, Coconino County, Arizona USA. (Zn,Fe)S NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French chemist, Charles A. Wurtze (1817-1884). FeO NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ewald Wüst (1875-1934), German metallurgist and Director for Iron Research of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, Dusseldorf, Germany who first synthesized the compound. Ca3U++++(UO2)6(CO3)2(OH)18•3-5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jean Wyart (1902-1992), mineralogist at the Sorbonne, Paris. NaAlZr(PO4)2(OH)2•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the locality. LOCALITY: A granite quarry near Wycheproof, northwestern Victoria, Australia. (Na,Ca,Mn++)(Mn++,Fe++)(Fe++,Fe+++,Mg)Al(PO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Peter John Wyllie (1930-), Professor of Petrology and Geochemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. |
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