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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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Biotite      K(Mg,Fe++)3[AlSi3O10(OH,F)2 Not Approved IMA 1998 - Bitote is now the group name NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1847 after the French physicist, Jean Baptiste Biot (1774 - 1862), who studied the optical properties of the micas. Biotitic vermiculite - See Hydrobiotite Biphosphammite     (NH4,K)H2PO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1870 NAME ORIGIN: As a BIPHOSPHate of AMMonium. Biraite-(Ce)    Ce2Fe++(CO3)(Si2O7) Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Biraia, Vitim, Irkutsk Oblast, Zabaikalye, (Siberia), Russia. Birchite   Cd2Cu2(PO4)2(SO4)·5H2O Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for William D. Birch, Senior Curator of Geosciences at Museum Victoria, Australia, in recognition of his contribution to Australian geological sciences. Biringuccite   Na2B5O8(OH)·(H2O) Approved IMA 1961 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vannoccio Biringuccio (1480-1538/9), alchemist and metallurgist, author of the Pirotechnia. Birnessite     (Na,Ca,K)x(Mn++++,Mn+++)2O4·1.5(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1956 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Birness, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Bisbeeite - See Plancheite Bisbeeite - See Chrysocolla Bischofite     MgCl2·6(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1877 NAME ORIGIN: For Karl Gustav Bischo (1792-1870), German geologist and mineral chemist, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. Bismite    Bi2O3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1868 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of Bi. Bismoclite    BiOCl Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1935 NAME ORIGIN: In allusion to its composition, a "bismuth oxychloride." Bismuth    Bi Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1500 NAME ORIGIN: Probably from the Arabic bi ismid, meaning having the properties of antimony. Bismuth Glance - See Bismuthinite Bismuthian Arsenopyrite - See Arsenopyrite Bismuthinite     Bi2S3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1832 NAME ORIGIN: From the composition. Bismutite    Bi2(CO3)O2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1841 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the bismuth in the composition. Bismutocolumbite    Bi(Nb,Ta)O4 Approved IMA 1992 NAME ORIGIN: For BISMuth in its composition and relation to minerals of the "columbite-tantalite" series. Bismutoferrite    BiFe+++2(SiO4)2(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1871 NAME ORIGIN: Named in allusion to the composition. Bismutohauchecornite  Ni9Bi2S8 Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Bi analog of hauchecornite. Bismutomicrolite   (Bi,Ca)(Ta,Nb)2O6(OH) Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Assigned by the IMA pyrochlore nomenclature group for the predominant bismuth content and to microlite. Bismutoplagionite 5PbS.4Bi2S3 Not Approved IMA NAME ORIGIN: Named after bismuth replacing arsenic in the mineral plagionite. Bismutopyrochlore   (Bi,U,Ca,Pb)1+x(Nb,Ta)2O6(OH)·n(H2O) Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and relationship to pyrochlore. Bismutosparite - See Bismutite Bismutostibiconite  Bi(Sb+++++,Fe+++)2O7 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its bismuth content and relationship to stibiconite. Bismutotantalite     Bi(Ta,Nb)O4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1929 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition (Bi, Ta). Bitter Salt - See Hexahydrite Bitter Salt - See Epsomite Bitter spar - See Magnesite Bityite   CaLiAl2(AlBeSi2)O10(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1908 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Maharitra on Mt. Bity, Madagascar. Bixbyite     (Mn+++,Fe+++)2O3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1897 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the American mineralogist, M. Bixby. Bjarebyite    (Ba,Sr)(Mn++,Fe++,Mg)2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3 Approved IMA 1973 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alfred Gunnar Bjareby (1899-1967), Swedish-American student of New England pegmatite minerals. Bjelkite - See Cosalite Black Copper Oxide - See Tenorite Black Jack - See Sphalerite Black Lead - See Graphite Blakeite   Fe2(TeO3)3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1944 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William P. Blake (1826-1910), a pioneer geologist and mineralogist of the American southwest. Blanchardite - See Brochantite Blatonite    UO2CO3·(H2O) Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Norbert Blaton (1945-), crystallographer at the University of Leuven, Belgium, a specialist on the crystal structure of uranium minerals. Blatterite    (Mn++,Mg)35Sb3(Mn+++,Fe+++)9(BO3)16O32 Approved IMA 1988 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Fritz Blatter (1943-), German mineral collector, who discovered the mineral. Bleasdaleite  (Ca,Fe+++)2Cu5(Bi,Cu)(PO4 )4(H2O,OH,Cl)13 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For the Reverend John Ignatius Bleasdale (1822-1884), an enthusiastic proponent of minerals from Victoria. Blixite    Pb8O5(OH)2Cl4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1958 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ragner Blix (1898-), Chemist, Swedish Museum of Natural History. Blockite - See Penroseite Blodite    Na2Mg(SO4)2·4(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1821 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carl August Bloede (1773-1820), German chemist. Bloedite - See Blodite Blomstrandite - See Betafite Blossite   Cu2V+++++2O7 Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Named for F. Donald Bloss, American mineralogist, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia. Blue Iron Earth - See Vivianite Blue Lead - See Galena Blue spar - See Lazulite Blue Vitrol - See Chalcanthite Boart - See Diamond Bobdownsite  Ca9Mg(PO3F)(PO4)6 Approved IMA 2008 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert (Bob) Terrance Downs, Professor of Geophysics, University of Arizona, and chief advisor for the RRUFF project to collect Raman spectra of all minerals. Bobfergusonite    Na2Mn++5Fe+++Al(PO4)6 Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: To honor Emeritus Professor Robert Bury Ferguson (1920- ), Canadian mineralogist, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, especially for his contributions to pegmatite mineralogy. Bobierrite    Mg3(PO4)2·8(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1868 NAME ORIGIN: In honor of Pierre Adolphe Bobierre (1823-1881), French agricultural chemist, who first described the mineral. Bobjonesite   VO(SO4)(H2O)3 Approved IMA 2001 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Bob Jones (1926-), of Cave Creek, Arizona, USA. Bobkingite  Cu5Cl2(OH)8(H2O)2 Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert King, formerly of the Department of Geology, Leicester University, prominent mineral collector and founding member of the Russell Society. Bobrovskite - See Awaruite Bobtraillite   (Na,Ca)13Sr11(Zr,Y,Nb)14Si42B6O132(OH)12·12H2O Approved IMA 2001 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert (Bob) James Traill (1921-), mineralogist, former head of the mineralogy section of the Geological Survey of Canada (1953-1986), and for his contributions to mineralogy. Boeggildite - See Boggildite Boehmite   AlO(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1927 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German geologist and paleontologist, J. Bohm (1857-1938). Bogdanovite    (Au,Te,Pb)3(Cu,Fe) Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Aleksei A. Bogdanov (1907-1971), Russian geologist. Boggildite   Sr2Na2Al2(PO4)F9 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1954 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ove Balthasar Bøggild (1872-1956), Danish mineralogist, Professor of Geology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Boggsite    NaCa2(Al5Si19O48)·17(H2O) Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: After Robert Maxwell Boggs (1918- ), of Seattle, Washington, USA, and his son, Dr. Russell Calvin Boggs (1952- ), of Cheney, Washington, USA, mineral collectors. Bogvadite  Na2SrBa2Al4F20 Approved IMA 1988 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard Bogvad (1952-), Danish, former chief geologist of the cryolite mining company. Bohdanowiczite    AgBiSe2 Approved IMA 1967 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Karol Bohdanovicz (1864-1947), Polish economic geologist. Bokite   (Al,Fe+++)1.3(V++++,Fe)8O20·4.7(H2O) Approved IMA 1963 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ivan I. Bok, (1898-), Kazakh mineralogist. Boldyrevite NaCaMgAl3F14·4(H2O) Discredited IMA 2006 - Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1946 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. K. Boldyrev, Russian mineralogist. Boldyrevite - See Ralstonite REMARKS: impure ralstonite or gearksutite Boldyrevite - See Gearksutite REMARKS: Impure ralstonite or gearksutite Boleite      KPb26Ag9Cu24Cl62(OH)48 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1891 NAME ORIGIN: Named after is locality. LOCALITY: Boleo, Baja California, Mexico. Bolivarite   Al2(PO4)(OH)3·4-5(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1921 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ignacio Boivar Y Urrutia (1850-?), Spanish entomologist. Bolivarite - See Variscite Boltwoodite     HK(UO2)(SiO4)·1.5(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1956 NAME ORIGIN: For Bertram Borden Boltwood (1870-1927), radiochemist of Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, who devised the U-Pb method of measuring geologic time. Bonaccordite   Ni2Fe+++BO5 Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Three km west of the Scotia talc mine, Bon Accord area, Barberton, Transvaal, South Africa. Bonattite    CuSO4·3(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1957 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Stefano Bonatti (1902-1968), Italian petrologist, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. Bonchevite - See Pekovite REMARKS: Mixture of pekoite and galenobismutiteBonchevite - mixture of pekoite and galenobismutite Bonchevite - See Galenobismutite REMARKS: Mixture of pekoite and galenobismutite Bonshtedtite   Na3Fe++(PO4)(CO3) Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: To honor Elsa Maksimilianovna Bonshtedt-Kupletskaya (1897-1974), Russian specialist in mineralogy of alkalic massifs. Booart - See Diamond Boothite   CuSO4·7(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1903 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edward Booth (1857-1917), American chemist, University of California. Boracite     Mg3B7O13Cl Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1789 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition containing boron. Boralsilite    Al16B6Si2O27 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of (bor}on, (al)uminum, and (sil)icon. Borax     Na2B4O5(OH)4·8(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1753 NAME ORIGIN: From the Arabic buraq, for "white." Borcarite    Ca4MgB4O6(OH)6(CO3)2 Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the BORate and CARbonate in the composition. Boric Acid - See Sassolite Borickite - See Delvauxite REMARKS: 42.6.6.2 Borishanskiite  Pd1+x(As,Pb)2, x = 0-0.2 Approved IMA 1975 NAME ORIGIN: For S.S. Borishanski, Soviet mineralogist. Bornemanite     BaNa3{(Na,Ti)4[(Ti,Nb)2O2Si4O14](F,OH)2}·PO4 Approved IMA 1975 NAME ORIGIN: Named or Irina Dimitrievna Borneman-Starynkevich (1890-), Russian mineralogist, Institute of Ore Deposits, Moscow. She was a student of the mineralogy of the Khibiny and Lovozero massifs. Bornhardtite  Co++Co+++2Se4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1955 NAME ORIGIN: After Dr. Wilhelm Bornhardt (1864-?), German student of ore deposits. Bornite    Cu5FeS4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1725 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Austrian mineralogist, I. von Born (1742-1791). Borocookeite  Li(1+3x)Al(4-x)(BSi3)O10(OH,F)8 [x = 0-0.33] Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the boron-rich analog of cookeite. Borodaevite  Ag5(Bi,Sb)9S16 Approved IMA 1992 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1992 for its similarity to pavonite. Boromullite   Al4.5SiB0.5O9.5 Approved IMA 2007 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the boron analog to mullite. Boromuscovite     KAl2(Si3B)O10(OH,F)2 Approved IMA 1991 NAME ORIGIN: Presumably for the BOROn content and relation to "muscovite." B Mineral Pages:[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]