A Listing of Minerals

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A Mineral Index (383 Count)

This alphabetical listing of A 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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Augelite     Al2(PO4)(OH)3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1868 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "luster," for its pearly luster on the cleavage. Augite     (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al,Ti)(Si,Al)2O6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1792 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek auge - "luster." Aurichalcite    (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1839 NAME ORIGIN: Probably from the Greek oreichalchos, "mountain copper." Auricupride    Cu3Au Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1950 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of Au and Cu. Aurivilliusite  Hg+Hg++OI Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Karin Aurivillius (1920-1982), chemist-crystallographer at the University of Lund, Sweden, who determined the crystal structure of numerous synthetic Hg compounds. Auroantimonate AuSbO3 Not Approved IMA NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (AUROium ANTIMONATE). Aurorite   (Mn,Ag,Ca)Mn++++3O7·3(H2O) Approved IMA 1967 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Aurora mine, Treasure Hill, Hamilton, Nevada, USA. Aurostibite    AuSb2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1952 NAME ORIGIN: In reference to its composition. Austinite     CaZn(AsO4)(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1935 NAME ORIGIN: To honor Professor Austin Flint Rogers (1877-1957), American mineralogist, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA. Autunite      Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1852 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: L'Ouche de Jau, St. Symphorien, and other places near Autun, Saone-et-Loire, France. Avdoninite   K2Cu5Cl8(OH)4·H2O Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vladimir Nikolaevich Avdonin (b 1925), a senior researcher of the Ural Geological Museum of the Ural State Mining University. Averievite    Cu5(VO4)2O2·CuCl2 Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Name for V. V. Averiev (1929-1968), Russian volcanologist. Avicennite    Tl2O3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1958 NAME ORIGIN: For the medieval (Persian) scholar and physician, Abu 'Ali al-Husayn ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Sina (Avicenna) (930-1037), who lived in Bukhara, Tadzhikistan. Avogadrite      (K,Cs)BF4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1926 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856), Professor of Physics at the University of Turin, Turin, Italy. Awaruite    Ni2Fe to Ni3Fe Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1885 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality near Awarua Bay, New Zealand. LOCALITY: From the Red Hills and the Gorge River draining them, near Awarua Bay, south Westland, New Zealand. At Coolac, New South Wales, and in the Lord Brassey mine, Tasmania, Australia. Axinite - See Tinzenite Axinite-(Fe)    Ca2Fe++Al2BO3Si4O12(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1909 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek acine - "ax" in allusion to the acute shape of typical crystals and the Latin - ferrum - "iron" in reference to the Fe in the chemical formula. Axinite-(Mg)    Ca2MgAl2BO3Si4O12(OH) Approved IMA 1975 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek acine - "axe" in allusion to the acute shape of typical crystals and the Greek, "Magnesia" a district in Thessaly in reference to the Mg in the chemical formula. Axinite-(Mn)    Ca2Mn++Al2BO3Si4O12(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1909 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek acine - "axe" in allusion to the acute shape of typical crystals and the from the Latin magnes = "magnet" in reference to Mn in the chemical formula. Azoproite   (Mg,Fe++)2(Fe+++,Ti,Mg)BO5 Approved IMA 1970 NAME ORIGIN: Named from a Russian acronym honoring the Study of Deep Zones of the Earth’s Crust (AZOPRO in Russian) sponsored in 1969 by the International Geological Association. Azovskite - See Santabarbaraite REMARKS: Massive non-crystalline hydrous Fe-phosphate mixed with goethite Azurite     Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) Prehistoric NAME ORIGIN: From the Persian lazhward, meaning "blue.". A Mineral Pages:[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]