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

Xanthiosite

Ni3(AsO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for yellow and sulfur, in allusion to its distinctive sulfur-yellow color.

Xanthoconite

Ag3AsS3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek xanthos, "yellow" and konis "powder."

Xanthophyllite * (see Clintonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

Xanthoxenite

Ca4Fe+++2(PO4)4(OH)2•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for yellow and supposed chemical resemblance to cacoxenite.

Xenophyllite !

Na4Fe7(PO4)6 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC)

Xenotime-(Y)

YPO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek xenos - "foreign" and time - "honor."

Xenotime-(Yb) !

YbPO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition and relationship with xenotime-(Y).

Xiangjiangite

(Fe+++,Al)(UO2)4(PO4)2(SO4)2(OH)•22(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Xiangjiang River, Hunan, China.

Xieite !

FeCr2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Xie Xiande, a GIG mineralogist who has made major contribution to the field of mineral shock effects.

Xifengite

Fe5Si3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the eastern passageway, Xifengkou, of the Great Wall of China.

Xilingolite

Pb3Bi2S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Chaobuleng district, Xilingola League, Inner Mongolia, China.

Ximengite

BiPO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Undefined locality in Ximeng Co., about 420 km southwest of Kunming, Yunnan Province, China.

Xingzhongite

(Pb,Cu,Fe)(Ir,Pt,Rh)2S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the unspecified locality. LOCALITY: China.

Xitieshanite

Fe+++(SO4)(Cl)•7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Xitieshan lead-zinc mine, Qaidam basin, Qinghai, China.

Xocolatlite !

Ca2Mn++++2Te++++++2O12•H2O NAME ORIGIN: The name is in allusion to its chocolate-brown color and its Mexican type locality which is used to indicate the color of a sacred beverage made by mixing cocoa (Xocolatl), water, vanilla LOCALITY: Bambolla mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

Xocomecatlite

Cu3Te++++++O4(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Nahuatl for "bunches of grapes", in allusion to the appearance of the green spherules of the mineral.

Xonotlite

Ca6Si6O17(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tetela de Xonotla, Puebla, Mexico.

Xyloretinite - C10H17O (see Amber ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax

LEGEND
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	Minerals identified with this icon are radioactive. - Detectable with very sensitive instruments, - very mild, - weak, - strong, - very strong, - dangerous.
*	Mineral Name is Not IMA Approved.
!	New Dana Classification Number Has Been Changed or Added.
?	IMA Discredited Mineral Species Name.

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