Y  Listing of Minerals

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Y Index of Mineral Species

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


Yafsoanite  Say YAFSOANITE Mindat locations   Ca3Te2Zn3O12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yakutskii Filial Sibirskogo Otdeleniya Akademii Nauk (Yakut Filial, Siberian Branch, Academy of Sciences, YAFSOAN in Russian).
Yagiite  Say YAGIITE Mindat locations   (Na,K)3Mg4(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)24O60 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kenzo Yagi, Professor of Geology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Yakhontovite  Say YAKHONTOVITE Mindat locations   (Ca,K)0.5(Cu,Fe+++,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Liiia KKonstantinovna Yakhontova I1926-), Russian mineralogist, University of Moscow, a specialist in cobalt deposits.
Yakovenchukite-(Y) !   Mineral Image for Yakovenchukite-(Y) Mindat locations   K3NaCaY2(Si12O30)•4H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Victor N. Yakovenchuk, a mineralogist at the Geological Institute of the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Yamatoite ?   Mindat locations   (Mn++,Ca)3(V+++,Al)2(SiO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yamato mine, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan.
Yanomamite  Say YANOMAMITE Mineral Image for Yanomamite Mindat locations   In(AsO4)•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The name is after "Yanomami", a northern-Brazil indian tribe
Yarlongite !   Mindat locations   (Cr4Fe4Ni)C4 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC)
Yaroslavite  Say YAROSLAVITE Mindat locations   Ca3Al2F10(OH)2•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yaroslav, Siberia, Russia.
Yarrowite  Say YARROWITE Mineral Image for Yarrowite Mindat locations   Cu9S8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yarrow Creek, southwestern Alberta, Canada.
Yavapaiite  Say YAVAPAIITE Mindat locations   KFe+++(SO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Yavapai Indian tribe that inhabited the area of Arizona where the mineral was found.
Yazganite !   Mindat locations   NaFe+++2(Mg,Mn)(AsO4)3•H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dr. Evren Yazgan (b. 1943), a geologist in Turkey who worked in this region.
Yberisilite *  (see Hingganite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Ye'elimite *  (see Yeelimite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Yeatmanite  Say YEATMANITE Mindat locations   Mn++9Zn6Sb+++++2Si4O28 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pope Yeatman (1861-1953), U. S. Mining engineer.
Yecoraite  Say YECORAITE Mineral Image for Yecoraite Mindat locations   Bi5Fe+++3(Te++++O3)(Te++++++O4)2O9•9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yecora, Sonora, Mexico.
Yedlinite  Say YEDLINITE Mineral Image for Yedlinite Mindat locations   Pb6CrCl6(O,OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named of Leo Neal Yedlin (1908-1997), micromount mineral collector of New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Yeelimite   Mineral Image for Yeelimite Mindat locations   Ca4Al6O12(SO4) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Hatrurim basin, W of the Dead Sea, Israel, near Har Ye'elim and Nahal Ye'elim (a hill and a wadi).
Yegorovite !   Mindat locations   Na4[Si2O4(OH)2]2•7H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yuriy Klavdievich Yegorov-Tismeno (1938-2007), Russian crystal chemist.
Yellow Lead Ore *  (see Wulfenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Yenite *  (see Ilvaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Yftisite-(Y) ?  Say YFTISITE-(Y) Mindat locations   (Y,Dy,Er)4(Ti,Sn)O(SiO4)2(F,OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1965 for the elemental makeup, (Y, F, Ti, Si).
Yimengite  Say YIMENGITE Mindat locations   K(Cr,Ti,Fe,Mg)12O19 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yimeng Mountain area, Shandong Province, China.
Yingjiangite  Say YINGJIANGITE Mineral Image for Yingjiangite Mindat locations   (K2,Ca)(UO2)7(PO4)4(OH)6•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tongbiguan village, Yingiang County, Yunnan Province, China.
Yixunite !  Say YIXUNITE Mindat locations   Pt3In NAME ORIGIN: Named after it locality. LOCALITY: Near the village of Damiao and the Yixun River, about 370 km N of Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Yoderite  Say YODERITE Mineral Image for Yoderite Mindat locations   Mg2(Al,Fe+++)6Si4O18(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hatten Schyuler Yoder, Jr. (1921-), petrologist with the Geophysical Laboratory, Washinton, D. C. USA.
Yofortierite   Mineral Image for Yofortierite Mindat locations   (Mn,Mg)5Si8O20(OH)2•8-9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yves Oscar Fortier (1914-), formater Director of the Geological Survey of Canada (1964-1972).
Yoshimuraite  Say YOSHIMURAITE Mineral Image for Yoshimuraite Mindat locations   (Ba,Sr)2(Mn,Fe)2(Ti,Fe)(Si2O7)2(PO4,SO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Toyofumi Yoshimura, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Japan.
Yoshiokaite  Say YOSHIOKAITE Mindat locations   (Ca8-(x/2)[ ](x/2)Al16-xSixO32) NAME ORIGIN: Named for T. Yoshioka (1935-1983), who studied the synthetic phase.
Yttrialite-(Y)  Say YTTRIALITE-(Y) Mindat locations   (Y,Th)2Si2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the yttrium in its composition.
Yttrian Datolite *  (see Calcybeborosilite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Yttrobetafite-(Y)  Say YTTROBETAFITE-(Y) Mindat locations   (Y,U,Ce)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the YTTRium-dominent betafite member of the pyrochlore group.
Yttroceberite *  (see Hingganite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Yttroceberysite-(Y) *  (see Hingganite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Yttrocerite *   Mindat locations   CaF2 + (Y,Ce)F3 NAME ORIGIN: Named from its chemical composition containing ytterbium (Named after Ytterby, Sweden) and cerium (Named after the asteroid, Ceres)..
Yttrocerite-{Y) *  (see Fluorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Yttrocolumbite-(Y)  Say YTTROCOLUMBITE-(Y) Mindat locations   (Y,U,Fe++)(Nb,Ta)O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Ytterbium, Columbium (former name for niobium)).
Yttrocrasite-(Y)  Say YTTROCRASITE-(Y) Mindat locations   (Y,Th,Ca,U)(Ti,Fe+++)2(O,OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "mixture", because it is a mixture fo yttrium with many other elements.
Yttrofluorite - Y-enriched variety of fluorite  (see Fluorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax
Yttropyrochlore-(Y)  Say YTTROPYROCHLORE-(Y) Mindat locations   (Y,Na,Ca,U)1-2(Nb,Ta,Ti)2(O,OH)7 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the YTTRium-dominent member ot the pyrochlore group.
Yttrotantalite-(Y)  Say YTTROTANTALITE-(Y) Mineral Image for Yttrotantalite-(Y) Java Crystal form for Yttrotantalite-(Y) Mindat locations   (Y,U,Fe++)(Ta,Nb)O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its YTTRium content and relation to tantalite.
Yttrotungstite-(Ce) !  Say YTTROTUNGSTITE-(CE) Mindat locations   (Ce,Nd,Y)W2O6(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition (Yttrium, Tungsen).
Yttrotungstite-(Y)  Say YTTROTUNGSTITE-(Y) Mineral Image for Yttrotungstite-(Y) Mindat locations   YW2O6(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Yttrium, Tungsten).
Yuanfuliite  Say YUANFULIITE Mindat locations   (Mg,Fe++)(Fe+++,Al,Mg,Ti,Fe++)(BO3)O NAME ORIGIN: Named after Prof. Yuan Fuli (1893-1987).
Yuanjiangite  Say YUANJIANGITE Mindat locations   AuSn NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: In sandy gravel in the middle course of the Yuanjiang River, near the town of Yuanlin, Hunan Province, Peoples Republic of China.
Yugawaralite  Say YUGAWARALITE Mineral Image for Yugawaralite Mindat locations   CaAl2Si6O16•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yugawara Hot Springs, Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan.
Yukonite  Say YUKONITE Mineral Image for Yukonite Mindat locations   Ca7Fe+++11(AsO4)9O10•24.3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tagish Lake, Yukon Territory, Canada.
Yuksporite  Say YUKSPORITE Mineral Image for Yuksporite Mindat locations   (Sr,Ba)2K4(Ca,Na)14([ ],Mn,Fe){(Ti,Nb)4(O,OH)4[Si6O17]2[Si2O7]3}(H2O,OH)n, NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yukspor, Mt. Khibiny massif, Kola peninsula, Russia.
Yushkinite  Say YUSHKINITE Mindat locations   V1-xS•n(Mg,Al)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for N. P. Yushkin, Russian mineralogist.
Yvonite !  Say YVONITE Mineral Image for Yvonite Mindat locations   Cu(AsO3OH)•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in honor of Klaus Yvon, professor of crystallography at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
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LEGEND

Sound files Minerals identified with this icon have a sound file, courtesy of The Photo-Atlas of Minerals, which gives the pronunciation of the mineral name.
Image files Minerals identified with this icon have an image or picture in the database which may be viewed.
Java Crystal Forms Minerals identified with this icon have a Java crystal form, created with the program JCrystal, which can be manipulated and rotated.
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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.
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? IMA Discredited Mineral Species Name.



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