B Listing of Minerals

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B Mineral Index (389 Count)

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

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Babingtonite    Ca2(Fe++,Mn)Fe+++Si5O14(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1824 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Irish physicist and mineralogist, W. Babington (1757-1833). Babkinite  Pb2Bi2(S,Se)3 Approved IMA 1994 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For P. V. Babkin (1929-1977), noted Russian Geologist and the first investigator of the Nevskoye deposit. Baddeleyite     ZrO2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1892 NAME ORIGIN: For Joseph Baddeley, who first called attention to the Sri Lankan material. Bafertisite    Ba(Fe++,Mn)2TiSi2O7(O,OH)2 Approved IMA 1959 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Ba, ferrous, Ti, Si). Baghdadite    Ca3(Zr,Ti)Si2O9 Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: For Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. Bagotite - See Thomsonite-Ca Bahianite    Al5Sb+++++3O14(OH)2 Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: About eight km southeast of the village of Paramirim das Crioulas, and elsewhere in the region around Rio do Picos das Almas, Serra das Almas, south-central Bahia, Brazil. Baileychlore  (Zn,Al,[ ])3[Fe++2Al][Si3AlO10](OH)8 Approved IMA 1988 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sturges W. Bailey (1919-), mineralogist University of Wisconsin. Baiyuneboite-(Ce) - See Cordylite-(Ce) REMARKS: Discredited Bakerite    Ca4B4(BO4)(SiO4)3(OH)3·(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1903 NAME ORIGIN: For Richard C. Baker, of Nutfield, Surrey, England, Mining Director of the Pacific Coast Borax Co., who discovered the mineral. Bakhchisaraitsevite   Na2Mg5(PO4)4·7(H2O) Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for crystallographer Alexander Yu. Bakhchisaraitsev (1947-1998). Baking soda - See Nahcolite Baksanite   Bi6Te2S3 Approved IMA 1963 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the discovery locality. LOCALITY: Tyrngauz deposit, Baksan River valley, northern Caucasus, Russia. Balangeroite   (Mg,Fe+++,Fe++,Mn++)42Si16O54(OH)40 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Balangero (San Vittore) mine, Piedmont, Italy. Balas ruby - See Spinel REMARKS: Red spinel Balavinskite Sr2B6O11·4(H2O) Discredited IMA 1971 - Published 1966 NAME ORIGIN: Unknown. Balavinskite ? - See Tunellite Balipholite   BaMg2LiAl3Si4O12(OH,F)8 Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Barium and Lithium in the composition, and the Chinese for fibrous. Balkanite   Cu9Ag5HgS8 Approved IMA 1973 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Sedmochislenitsi mine, Vratsa district, Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria. Balyakinite   CuTeO3 Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Tat’yana Stepanovna Balyakina (1906-1986), Geology Instructor, Moscow University, Moscow, Russia. Bambollaite   Cu(Se,Te)2 Approved IMA 1972 NAME ORIGIN: For the Spanish nickname "La Bambolla" of the mine in which it occurs, which roughly translates into "hot air" in allusion to exaggerated tales of rich gold ore. Bamfordite    Fe+++Mo2O6(OH)3·(H2O) Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Found at the Bamford Hill W-Mo-Bi deposits, 85 km WSW of Cairns, northern Queensland, Australia, Banalsite    BaNa2Al4Si4O16 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1944 NAME ORIGIN: Named from a contraction of the component cation symbols: Ba, Na,Al, and Si. Bandylite     CuB(OH)4Cl Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1938 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mark Chance Bandy (1900-1963), American mining engineer, mineralogist, and mineral collector, who first collected the mineral. Bannermanite    (Na,K)0.7V+++++6O15 Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Harold M. Bannerman (1897-1976), U. S. Economic Geologist. Bannisterite     KCa(Mn,Fe++,Zn,Mg)21(Si,Al)32O76(OH)16·4-12(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1936 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dr. Frederick Allen Bannister (1901-?), formerly Keeper of Minerals, British Museum (Natural History), London, England. Bannisterite - See Bariumbannisterite REMARKS: Barium rich Baotite    Ba4(Ti,Nb)8Si4O28Cl Approved IMA 1959 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality. LOCALITY: From the Baiyun-Obo mine near Pat-t'ou (Baotou in Russian), Inner Mongolia.. Barahonaite-(Al)  (Ca,Cu,Na,Fe+++,Al )12Al2(AsO4)8(OH,Cl)x·nH2O Approved IMA 2008 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its relationship with barahonaite-(Fe). Barahonaite-(Fe)  (Ca,Cu,Na,Fe+++,Al )12Fe+++2(AsO4)8(OH,Cl)x·nH2O Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Antonio Barahona of Madrid who recognized the potential of the Dolores site and provided the original specimens. Bararite    (NH4)2SiF6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1951 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Bararee colliery, Barari, Jharia coalfield, West Bengal, India. Baratovite     KCa7(Ti,Zr)2Li3Si12O36F2 Approved IMA 1975 NAME ORIGIN: For Rauf Baratovich Baratov, Soviet petrographer, of Tadzhikistan. Barberiite    (NH4)BF4 Approved IMA 1994 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Franco Barberi, Italian volcanologist, University of Pisa, Italy. Barbertonite   Mg6Cr2(CO3)(OH)16·4(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1940 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kaapsehoop asbestos mine, Kaapse Hoop, Barberton district, Transvaal, South Africa. Barbosalite    Fe++Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1955 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Aluxio Licinio de Miranda Barbosa (1916- ), Professor of Geology, School of Mines, Ouro Preto, Brazil. Barentsite    Na7AlH2(CO3)4F4 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named to honor Dutch sailor Willem Barents and the sea that washes the Kola Peninsula. Bariandite   Al0.6V8O20·9(H2O) Approved IMA 1971 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Bariand (1933-), French mineralogist. Baricite    (Mg,Fe++)3(PO4)2·8(H2O) Approved IMA 1976 NAME ORIGIN: Honors Dr. Ljudevit Baric, former Director if the Mineralogical Museum and Professor of Mineralogy, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia. Bariolgite - See Bario-olgite Bari-olgite - See Bario-olgite Bariomicrolite  Ba(Ta,Nb)2(O,OH)7 Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Assigned by the IMA pyrochlore nomenclature group for the predominant barium content and to microlite. Bario-olgite    Na(Ba,Sr,Na,REE)PO4 Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition and relationship to olgite. Bario-orthojoaquinite   Fe++2(Ba,Sr)4Ti2[Si4O12]O2·(H2O) Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition, orthorhombic crystal structure, and the relationship to joaquinite (named for Joaquin Ridge, Diablo Range, California, USA). Barioperovskite  BaTiO3 Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the barium analoge of perovskite. Bariopharmacosiderite  BaFe+++4(AsO4)3(OH)5·5(H2O) Approved IMA 1966 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the barium analog of pharmacosiderite. Bariopyrochlore   (Ba,Sr)(Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)7 Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Assigned by the IMA pyrochlore nomenclature group for the predominant barium content and to pyrochlore. Bariosincosite    Ba(V++++O)2(PO4)2·4(H2O) Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its relationship to sincosite. Barite     BaSO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1640 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, baryos, "heavy." Barium-alumopharmacosiderite BaAl4(AsO4)3(OH)5·5(H2O) Discredited IMA 1971 - Approved IMA 1966 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1966 as the aluminum end member with barium pharmcosiderite. Bariumbannisterite  (K,H3O)(Ba,Ca)(Mn++,Fe++,Mg)21(Si,Al)32O80(O,OH)16·4-12(H2O) Not Approved IMA NAME ORIGIN: Named as the barium analog of bannisterite. Bariumbrewsterite - See Brewsterite-Ba Barium-pharmacosiderite - See Bariopharmacosiderite REMARKS: Renamed Bariopharmacosiderite by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p131 Barium-zinc-alumopharmacosiderite  (Ba,K)0.5(Zn,Cu)0.5(Al,Fe)4(AsO4)3·5(H2O) Not Approved IMA NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Ba and Zn analog of pharmacosiderite. Barkevicite - See Ferrohornblende Barkevikite - See Ferro-edenite Barnesite   Na2V6O16·3(H2O) Approved IMA 1963 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William H. Barnes (1903- ), National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, authority on the crystallography of many vanadium minerals. Barquillite  Cu2CdGeS4 Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Barquilla, a village near the discovery locality. LOCALITY: Fuentes Villanas mine, Barquilla Sn-Ge-Cd-Cu-Fe vein-type deposit, southwestern Salamanca, Spain. Barrandite - See Variscite Barrandite - See Strengite Barrerite     (Na,K,Ca)2Al2Si7O18·6(H2O) Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: For Richard Maling Barrer (1910- ), New Zealand-born British teacher ad student of the chemistry of zeolites. Barringerite    (Fe,Ni)2P Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Names in 1969 for Daniel M. Barringer (1860-1929), U.S. Mining engineer, who established the meteoritic origin of Meteor Crater, Arizona. Barringtonite   MgCO3·2(H2O) Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Barrington Tops, NSW, Australia. Barroisite   [ ](CaNa)Mg3AlFe+++Si7AlO22(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1922 NAME ORIGIN: Not given in original paper. Barsanovite - See Georgbarsanovite REMARKS: Discredited 1969 Barstowite    Pb4(CO3)Cl6·(H2O) Approved IMA 1991 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard William Barstow (1947-1982), Cornish mineral dealer. Bartelkeite  PbFe++Ge3O8 Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wolfgang Bartelke, mineral collector and specialist in Tsumeb mineral. Bartonite     K3Fe10S14 Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: For Paul B. Barton, Jr., sulfide petrologist with the U.S. Geological Society. Barylite    BaBe2Si2O7 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1876 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "heavy", in allusion to its high specific gravity. Barysilite    Pb8Mn(Si2O7)3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1888 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for heavy and for SILicon in its composition. Barytes - See Barite Barytkreuzstein - See Harmotome Barytocalcite    BaCa(CO3)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1824 NAME ORIGIN: Named from its chemical composition. Barytolamprophyllite     Ba2Na3(Fe+++,Ti)3(Si2O7)2(O,OH,F)4 Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition and similarity to lamprophyllite. Basaluminite   Al4(SO4)(OH)10·5(H2O) Discredited IMA 2006 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the composition (basic sulfate of aluminum). Bassanite    2CaSO4·(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1910 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Francesco Basani (185301916). Italian paleontologist, University of Naples, Italy. Bassetite    Fe++(UO2)2(PO4)2·8(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1915 NAME ORIGIN: For the Basset mine group, Cornwall, England, from which it was first described. Bastnasite-(Ce)     Ce(CO3)F Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1841 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan district, Vastermanland, Sweden. Bastnasite-(La)     La(CO3)F Approved IMA 1966 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan, Vastmanland, Sweden. LOCALITY: Gallinas Mountains, New Mexico, USA. Bastnasite-(Y)  Y(CO3)F Approved IMA 1970 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Y end member and after the Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan, Vastmanland, Sweden. Batavite - See Vermiculite REMARKS: Fe-poor variety of vermiculite Batiferrite     Ba(Ti2Fe+++8Fe++2)O19 Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the chemical composition (Ba,Ti,Fe) and the structural relationships to hexaferrite-type compounds. Batisite     BaNaNaTi2O2[Si4O12] Approved IMA 1960 NAME ORIGIN: For Ba, Ti, Si in the composition. Batisivite (Ti,V,Cr)14Ba[Si2O7]O22 Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition Ba, Ti, Si, and V. Baumhauerite     Pb3As4S9 Approved IMA 1989 NAME ORIGIN: For Heinrich Adolph Baumhauer (1848-1926), German mineralogist and Professor, University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Baumhauerite-2a   Pb3As4S9 Approved IMA 1990 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the monoclinic polymorph of baumhauerite. Baumstarkite    Ag3(Sb,As)2SbS6 Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Manfred Baumstark(1954-), German mineralogist who first recognized the mineral. Bauranoite    BaU2O7·4-5(H2O) Approved IMA 1972 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition of (Ba)(Urano)ite. Bauxite - See Boehmite REMARKS: Al ore mixture Bavenite    Ca4Be2Al2Si9O26(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1901 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Baveno, Lago Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. Bayankhanite  Cu6HgS4 Discredited IMA 2006 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Idermeg-bayan-khan-ula, Mongolia. Bayerite   Al(OH)3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1928 NAME ORIGIN: The artificial compound is thought to have been named for the 19th-century German metallurgist Karl J. Bayer; the name was then applied to the natural mineral. Bayldonite    (Cu,Zn)3Pb(AsO3OH)2(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1865 NAME ORIGIN: Named after John Bayldon of England. Bayleyite     Mg2(UO2)(CO3)3·18(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1948 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Shirley Bayley (1861-1943), American mineralogist and geologist, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA Baylissite    K2Mg(CO3)2·4(H2O) Approved IMA 1976 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Noel Stanley Bayliss, Professor of Chemistry, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, who characterized the synthetic compound. Bazhenovite    CaS5·CaS2O3·6Ca(OH)2·20(H2O) Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. G. Bazhenov (petrographer) and L. F. Bazhenov (analytical chemist), Russian scientists. B Mineral Pages: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]