D Listing of Minerals

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D Mineral Index (178 Count)

This alphabetical listing of D minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of that name, name origins, and locality information.

LEGEND: Valid Species (Bold);  Pronunciation;  Mineral Image;  Mineral Image Gallery;  jCrystal Form;  jPOWD Form;          Calculated Radioactive Intensity

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D'Ansite - See Dansite Dachiardite - See Dachiardite-Ca Dachiardite-Ca     (Ca,Na2,K2)5Al10Si38O96 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1906 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Antonio D'Achiardi (1839-1902), Professor of Mineralogy, Universit Dachiardite-Na    (Na2,Ca,K2)4Al4Si20O48 Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its relationship to dachiardite and the sodium content. Dadsonite    Pb21Sb23S55Cl Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alexander S. Dadson (1906-1958), Canadian mineralogist. Dahllite - See Carbonate-hydroxylapatite Dalyite     K2ZrSi6O15 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1952 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Reginald Aldworth Daly (1871-1957), Professor of Geology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Damaraite   Pb3O2(OH)Cl Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Damara sequence, the dolostones that host the deposit at the type locality. LOCALITY: Kombat mine, 49 km S of Tsumeb, Namibia. Damiaoite   PtIn2 Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For its locality. LOCALITY: Near the village of Damiao and the Yixun River, about 370 km N of Beijing, People's Republic of China. Dana 28.4.3.3 - See Mereiterite Danalite    Fe++4Be3(SiO4)3S Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1866 NAME ORIGIN: Named after James Dwight Dana (1813-1895), American mineralogist and author of the Dana mineral classification. Danbaite  CuZn2 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Danba, Sichuan Province, China. Danburite    CaB2(SiO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1839 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its location. LOCALITY: Danbury, Connecticut. Danielsite   (Cu,Ag)14HgS8 Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John L. Daniels (1931-), who collected the mineral. Dannemorite - See Manganogrunerite REMARKS: Renamed by IMA Dansite   Na21Mg(SO4)10Cl3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1958 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jean D'Ans (1881-1969), German chemist, Technical University, Berlin. Daomanite   CuPtAsS2 Not Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Dao and Ma districts, Yanshan, China. Daphnite - See Chamosite Daqingshanite-(Ce)     (Sr,Ca,Ba)3(Ce,La)(PO4)(CO3)3-x(OH,F)x Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for a mountain, Daqingshan, near the Bayan Obo iron ore deposit. Darapiosite    KNa2Zr[Li(Mn,Zr)2Si12O30] Approved IMA 1975 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Dara-i-Pioz, Alai Range, Tien Shan, northern Tadzhikistan. Darapskite     Na3(SO4)(NO3) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1891 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ludwig Darapsky (1857-1916), German-Chilean chemist and mineralogist, Santiago, Chile. Dark Red Silver Ore - See Pyrargyrite Dashkesanite - See Chloro-potassichastingsite REMARKS: Discredited IMA 1978 Dashkesanite - See Potassic-chlorohastingsite Dashkovaite   Mg(HCOO)2 Approved IMA 2000 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for E. R. Dashkova (1744-1796), former director of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Datolite     CaBSiO4(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1806 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, dateisthai, meaning "to divide," because granular aggregates crumble readily. Daubreeite   BiO(OH,Cl) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1876 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gabriel Auguste Daubree (1814-1896), French mineralogist and geologist. Daubreelite    Fe++Cr2S4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1876 NAME ORIGIN: For Professor Gabriel Auguste Daubree (1814-1896), of Paris, France. Davanite     K2TiSi6O15 Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Davan Stream near the locality. LOCALITY: Murun massif, Russia. Davidite-(Ce)    (Ce,La)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe+++)20O38 Approved IMA 1960 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and for Tenatt William Edgeworth David (1858-1934), Australian geologist. Davidite-(La)     (La,Ce,Ca)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe+++)20O38 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1906 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Tenatt William Edgeworth David (1858-1934), Australian geologist. Davidite-(Y) - See Gramaccioliite-(Y) Davisite   Ca(Sc,Ti+++,Mg,Ti++++)AlSiO6 Approved IMA 2008 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Andrew M. Davis (b 1950), Professor of Cosmochemistry at the University of Chicago, in honor of his outstanding contributions to meteorite research. Davisonite - See Apatite REMARKS: Mixture of apatite with crandallite Davisonite - See Crandallite REMARKS: Mixture of crandallite with apatite Davreuxite    MnAl6Si4O17(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1878 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles Joseph Davreux (1800-1863), Belgian pharmacist and natural scientist, Professor of Mineralogy at the University of Li Davyne     Na4K2Ca2Si6Al6O24(SO4)Cl2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1825 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sir Humphrey Davy (1778-1829), famous English chemist who discovered the following elements: B, Ba, Ca, K, Mg, Na, and Sr. Dawsonite     NaAl(CO3)(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1874 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Canadian geologist, J. W. Dawson (1820-1899). Dayingite CuCoPtS4 Not Approved IMA 1976 - Published 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality (dayingite = "Ta - ying"). LOCALITY: Unspecified locality in China. Deanesmithite    Hg+2Hg++3Cr++++++O5S2 Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Deane K. Smith (1930-2001), Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA. Decrespignyite-(Y)   (Y,REE)4Cu(CO3)4Cl(OH)5 Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert James Champion de Crespigny (1950-), Chancellor of the University of Adelaide, Australia. Deerite    (Fe++,Mn)6(Fe+++,Al)3Si6O20(OH)5 Approved IMA 1964 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Alexander Deer (1910- ), mineralogist-petrologist, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. Defernite    Ca6(CO3)2-x(SiO4)x(OH)7(Cl,OH)1-2x (x=0,5) Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jacques Deferne, Curator of Mineralogy, Museum of Natural History, Geneva, Switzerland. Dehrnite - See Carbonate-fluorapatite Delafossite    Cu+Fe+++O2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1873 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gabrial Delafosse (1796-1878), French mineralogist and crystallographer. Delessite - See Chamosite Delhayelite     (Na,K)10Ca5Al6Si32O80(Cl2,F2,SO4)3 Approved IMA 1959 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Fernard Delhaye (1880-1946), Belgian geologist, a pioneer in the geological exploration of the northern Kivu region of Zaire. Deliensite     Fe++(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2 Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dr. Michel Deliens (1939-), Royal Belgian Institute of Natural History, Brussels, Belgium, in recognition of his research on uranium bearing minerals. Delindeite     Ba2(Na,K,[ ])3(Ti,Fe)[Ti2(O,OH)4Si4O14](H2O,OH)2 Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henry deLinde, long time mineral collector and owner of the Diamond Jo quarry. Dellaite    Ca6Si3O11(OH)2 Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Della Martin Roy (1926-), Pennsylvania State University geochemist who first synthesized this phase. Dellaventuraite    NaNa2(Mg2,Mn+++,Li,Ti)Si8O22O2 Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Giancarlo Della Ventura, Universit Deloneite-(Ce)    NaCa2SrCe(PO4)3F Approved IMA 1995 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For B. N. Delone (Delaunay) (1890-1980), Russian mathematical crystallographer. Delorenzite - See Tanteuxenite-(Y) Deloryite    Cu++4(UO2)(MoO4)2(OH)6 Approved IMA 1992 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jean Claude Delory (1953- ), French mineral collector and land surveyor, Toulon, France, who collected the first specimens. Delrioite   CaSrV2O6(OH)2 Approved IMA 1959 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Andres M. del Rio (1764-1849), Mexican mineralogist, who discovered vanadium. delta13 dihydor d pimaric acid - See Refikite Deltaite - See Apatite-(CaOH) REMARKS: Mixture with crandellite Deltaite - See Crandallite REMARKS: Mixture of crandallite with hydroxylapatite Delvauxite   CaFe+++4(PO4,SO4)2(OH)8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1838 NAME ORIGIN: Named after J.S.P.J. Delvaux de Feuffe (1782-1863), Belgian chemist who first described and analyzed the mineral. Demantoid - See Andradite REMARKS: Green colored andradite garnet Demartinite    K2[SiF6] Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Francesco Demartin (b. 1953), who has made significant contributions to the chemistry of metallic clusters and to the crystal structure of Alpine rare-earth minerals and uranium minerals. Demesmaekerite     Pb2Cu5(UO2)2(SeO3)6(OH)6 Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gaston Demesmaeker (1911-), Belgian mining geologist, who studied the Shikolobwe uranium deposits. Demicheleite-(Br)  BiSBr Approved IMA 2007 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vincenzo de Michele (b. 1936), former curator of the Section of Mineralogy of the Museo di Storia Naturale, Milan, Italy. Demicheleite-(Cl) BiSCl Proposed IMA 2008 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Denisovite    (K,Na)Ca2Si3O8(F,OH) Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Aleksander Petrovich Denisov (1918-1972), Russian specialist in X-ray investigations of minerals, of the Kola Scientific Center, Russia. Denningite    (Mn,Zn)Te2O5 Approved IMA 1962 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Reynolds McConnell Denning (1916-1967), Professor of Mineralogy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Dennisonite - See Apatite REMARKS: Mixture with crandallite Dennisonite - See Crandallite REMARKS: Mixture with apatite Deoderant Stone - See Tschermigite Derbylite    (Fe+++,Fe++,Ti)7Sb+++O13(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1897 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the American Geologist Orville A. Derby 1851 - 1915 founder of the Brazilian Geological Survey. Derriksite     Cu4(UO2)(SeO3)2(OH)6 Approved IMA 1971 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jean Marie Francois Joseph Derriks (1912-1993), Belgian geologist who studied the Shinkolobwe uranium deposit. Dervillite  Ag2AsS2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1941 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Henri Derville of Strasbourg University, Strasbourg, France. Desaulsite - See Pimelite Desautelsite   Mg6Mn+++2(CO3)(OH)16 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Paul E. Desautels (1920-1991), curator of minerals at the U. S. National Museum of Natural History (Smithstonian Institution). Descloizite     PbZn(VO4)(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1854 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French mineralogist, Alfred Des Closzeaux (1817-1897). Desmine - See Stilbite-Ca Desmine - See Stilbite-Na Desourdyite - See Iraqite-(La) Desourdyite - See Steacyite Despujolsite   Ca3Mn++++(SO4)2(OH)6 Approved IMA 1968 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Despujols (1888-?), founder of the Moroccan Geologic Survey. Dessauite     (Sr,Pb)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe+++)20O38 Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For Gabor Dessau (1907-1983), professor of ore mineralogy at the University of Pisa, Italy. Destinezite - See Diadochite REMARKS: Crystalline diadochite Devilline    CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1864 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French chemist, H. E. S. C. Deville (1818-1881). Named from its occurrence at Herrengrund, north of Neusohl, in Slovakia of Czechoslovakia. Dewalquite - See Ardennite-(As) Deweylite - See Clinochrysotile Dewindtite     Pb3[H(UO2)3O2(PO4)2]2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1922 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jean Dewindt, Belgian geologist. Diaboleite     Pb2CuCl2(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1923 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek dia, "difference" and the mineral Boleite. Diadochite    Fe+++2(PO4)(SO4)(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1837 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, diadochos, meaning "successor," presumably in allusion to its secondary origin. Dialogite - See Rhodochrosite Diamond     C Valid Species (Pre-IMA) Prehistoric NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, adamas, meaning "invincible" or "hardest." Diaoyudaoite    NaAl11O17 Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Okinawa Trough, near Diaoyudao Island, a few km northeast of Taiwan. Diaphorite     Pb2Ag3Sb3S8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1871 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek diaphora, "difference" as being distinct from freieslebenite. Diaspore     AlO(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1801 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek word "to scatter," referring to the mineral's easy disintegration in the blowpipe flame. Dichroite - See Cordierite Dickinsonite      KNa4Ca(Mn++,Fe++)14Al(PO4)12(OH)2 Discredited IMA 2005 - Dana # Changed from 41.7.2.2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Reverend John William Dickinson (1835-1899), Redding, Connecticut, USA, an early collector of Branchville minerals. Dickinsonite is now the group name. Pages: [1] [2]