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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Bazirite    BaZrSi3O9 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: For Barium and ZIRconium in the composition. Bazzite    Be3(Sc,Al)2Si6O18 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1915 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Italian engineer, A. E. Bazzi. Bearsite   Be2(AsO4)(OH)·4(H2O) Approved IMA 1962 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Be, Arsenic). Bearthite   Ca2Al(PO4)2(OH) Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: Honors Professor Peter Bearth (1902-1989), for his pioneering petrologic studies of the high-pressure terranes of the western Alps. Beaumontite - See Heulandite-Na Beaumontite - See Heulandite-K Beaumontite - See Heulandite-Ca Beaumontite - See Heulandite-Sr Beaverite    PbCu++(Fe+++,Al)2(SO4)2(OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1911 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Horn Silver mine, Beaver County, Utah, USA. Bechererite    (Zn,Cu)6Zn2(OH)13[(S,Si)(O,OH)4]2 Approved IMA 1994 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Dr. Karl Becherer (1926-) of the University of Vienna, in recognition of his contributions to the mineralogy of Spangolite from Lavrion. Beckelite - See Britholite-(Ce) Beckelite-(Ce) - See Britholite-(Ce) Becquerelite      Ca(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1922 NAME ORIGIN: Named for French physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852-1908), who discovered radioactivity in 1896. Bederite   ([ ],Na)Ca2(Mn++,Mg,Fe++)2(Fe+++,Mg++,Al)2Mn++2(PO4)6·2(H2O) Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For Roberto Beder (1888-1930) in recognition of his major contributions to the development of mineralogy in Argentina. Beegerite - See Matildite REMARKS: mixture of schirmerite and matildite Beegerite - See Schirmerite REMARKS: Mixture of schirmerite and matildite Beegerite - See Aschamalmite Behierite    (Ta,Nb)BO4 Approved IMA 1962 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jean Behier (1903-1965), French mineralogist, Geological Survey of Madagascar, who discovered the mineral. Behoite    Be(OH)2 Approved IMA 1970 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Beryllium, Be, and hydroxyl, OH, in its composition. Beidellite   Na0.5Al2(Si3.5Al0.5)O10(OH)2·n(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1925 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Beidell, Colorado, USA.. Belendorffite    Cu7Hg6 Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Names in 1992 for Klaus Belendorff (b.1956), German mineral collector. Belkovite    Ba3(Nb,Ti)6(Si2O7)2O12 Approved IMA 1989 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For I.V. Bel'kov (1917-1989), Soviet mineralogist who explored the Kola Peninsula, Russia. Bellbergite     (K,Ba,Sr)2Sr2Ca2(Ca,Na)4Al18Si18O72·30(H2O) Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Bellberg volcano, Mayen, Laacher See area, Eifel, Germany. Bellidoite   Cu2Se Approved IMA 1975 NAME ORIGIN: For Eleodoro Bellido Bravo, Director of Servicio de Geologia y Mineria, Peru. Bellingerite     Cu++3(IO3)6·2(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1940 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Herman C. Bellinger (1867-1940), General Manager of the Chile Exploration Company, who submitted the first specimens. Bellite - See Crocoite REMARKS: Mixture of quartz, mimetite and crocoite, or simply Cr-bearing mimetite Bell metal ore - See Stannite Belloite  Cu(OH)Cl Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Andres Bello (1780-1865), founder and first rector of the Universidad de Chile. Belmontite = mixture with other minerals - See Bindheimite Belovite - See Belovite-(La) Belovite-(Ce)     (Sr,Ce,Na,Ca)5(PO4)3(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1955 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nikolai Vassilievich Belov (1891-1982), mineralogist and crystallographer, Institute of Crystallography, Moscow, Russia. Belovite-(La)      (Sr,La,Ce,Ca)5(PO4)3(F,OH) Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nikolai Vassilievich Belov (1891-1982), mineralogist and crystallographer, Institute of Crystallography, Moscow, Russia. Belyankinite   Ca1-2(Ti,Zr,Nb)5O12·9(H2O) (?) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1950 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dmitry Stepanovich Belyankin (1876-1953), prominent Russian mineralogist and petrographer. Bementite    Mn8Si6O15(OH)10 Approved IMA 1963 NAME ORIGIN: For Clarence Sweet Bement (1843-1923), mineral collector of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Benauite  HSrFe+++3(PO4)2(OH)6 Approved IMA 1995 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For the Benauer Berg, Germany, near which the Clara mine is situated. Benavidesite    Pb4(Mn,Fe)Sb6S14 Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. Benavides to honor his contributions in the development of mining in Peru. Bendadaite Fe++Fe+++2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O Proposed IMA 2007 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Bendada near Guarda, province Beira Alta, central Portugal Benitoite     BaTiSi3O9 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1907 NAME ORIGIN: Named from its locality. LOCALITY: Benitoite Gem mine, head waters of the San Benito river, 1 mile south of Santa Rita Peak, San Benito County, California, USA Benjaminite    (Ag,Cu)3(Bi,Pb)7S12 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1924 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Marcus Benjamin (1857-1932), of the U.S. National Museum. Benleonardite   Ag8(Sb,As)Te2S3 Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Benjamin F. Leonard (1921-), U.S. Geologist. Benstonite    (Ba,Sr)6(Ca,Mn)6Mg(CO3)13 Approved IMA 1961 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Orlando J. Benston (1901-1966), metallurgist for the Baroid Division, National Lead Co., Malvern, Arkansas, USA, who supplied the first specimens. Bentonite - See Beidellite Bentonite - See Montmorillonite Bentorite   Ca6(Cr,Al)2(SO4)3(OH)12·26(H2O) Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Y.K. Bentor, Professor at the University of California, San Diego, California, USA, for his contributions to geology and mineralogy in Israel. Benyacarite      (H2O,K)2Ti(Mn++,Fe++)2(Fe+++,Ti)2Ti(PO4)4(O,F)2·14(H2O) Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: For Maria Angelica R. de Benyacar (1928-), Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Buenos Ares, Argentina, for her contribution to mineralogical studies. Beraunite     Fe++Fe+++5(PO4)4(OH)5·4(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1841 NAME ORIGIN: For its occurrence near Beroun (formerly Beraun), Czech Republic. Berborite    Be2(BO3)(OH,F)·(H2O) Approved IMA 1967 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the BERyllium and BORate in the composition. Berdesinskiite  V+++2TiO5 Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Waldemar Berdesinski (1911-1990), German mineralogist, University of Heidelberg. Berezanskite    KLi3Ti2Si12O30 Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Anatolyi Vladimirovich Berezanskii (b. 1948), who mapped the geology of remote areas of the Turkestan-Alai range, in Tajikistan. Bergenite     Ca2Ba4[(UO3)2O2(PO4)2]3 (H2O)16 Approved IMA 1959 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mine dump at Streuberg, Bergen, Saxony, Germany. Bergmannite - See Natrolite Bergslagite    CaBe(AsO4)(OH) Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: For the occurrence at Langban, which is in the Bergslagen region of Sweden. Berlinite    AlPO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1868 NAME ORIGIN: Honoring Professor Nils Johan Berlin (1812-1891), pharmacologist, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden. Bermanite     Mn++Mn+++2(PO4)2(OH)2·4(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1936 NAME ORIGIN: In honor of Dr. Harry Berman (1902-1944), Professor of Mineralogy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Bernalite    Fe(OH)3 Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: To honor John Desmond Bernal (1901-1971), eminent British crystallographer and historian of science. Bernardite    Tl(As,Sb)5S8 Approved IMA 1989 NAME ORIGIN: Names in 1989 for Jan Bernard (b.1928), Czech mineralogist. Berndtite    SnS2 Approved IMA 1964 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Fritz Berndt, German mineralogist. Bernstein - See Amber Berryite    Cu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S16 Approved IMA 1966 NAME ORIGIN: For Professor Leonard Gascoigne Berry (1914-1982), mineralogist, Queen's University, Toronto, Canada, who obtained the first X-ray powder pattern of the mineral. Berthierine   (Fe++,Fe+++,Al,Mg)2-3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1832 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Berthier (1782-1861), French geologist. Berthierite    FeSb2S4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1827 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French chemist, P. Berthier (1782-1861). Bertossaite   Li2CaAl4(PO4)4(OH)4 Approved IMA 1966 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Antonio Bertossa, director of the Geological Survey of Rwanda. Bertrandite    Be4Si2O7(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1883 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French mineralogist, E. Bertrand. Beryl     Be3Al2Si6O18 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) Prehistoric NAME ORIGIN: From the ancient Greek, beryllos, signifying a "precious blue-green color of sea water" stone, but through later usage, applied only to beryl. Beryllite   Be3SiO4(OH)2·(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1954 NAME ORIGIN: Named in allusion to the beryllium content. Beryllonite    NaBePO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1888 NAME ORIGIN: For one of the major constituents in the composition, BERYLLium. Berzelianite    Cu2Se Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1850 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Jons Jacob Berzelius (1779-1848), Swedish chemist who discovered the element selenium. Berzeliite     (Ca,Na)3(Mg,Mn)2(AsO4)3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1840 NAME ORIGIN: In honor of the noted Swedish chemist and mineralogist, Jons Jacob Berzelius (1779-1848). Beta-duftite - See Duftite-beta Betafite      (Ca,U)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1912 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Betafo, Malagasy Republic. Beta-roselite - See Roselite-beta Beta-uranophane - See Uranophane-beta Beta-uranotile - See Uranophane-beta Betekhtinite    Cu10(Fe,Pb)S6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1955 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Anatolii Gergievich Betekhtin (1897-119620, Russian mineralogist and economic geologist. Betpakdalite    [Mg(H2O)6]Ca2(H2O)13[Mo++++++8As+++++2Fe+++3O36(OH)]·4(H2O) Approved IMA 1961 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Bet-Pak-Dal desert, Kazakhstan. Beudantite    PbFe+++3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1826 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French mineralogist, F. S. Beudant (1787-1850). Beusite    (Mn++,Fe++,Ca,Mg)3(PO4)2 Approved IMA 1968 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alexey Alexandrovich Beus, Professor of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Moscow Polytechnical Institute. Beyerite    (Ca,Pb)Bi2(CO3)2O2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1943 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. Beyer. Bezsmertnovite  Au4Cu(Te,Pb) Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Marianna S. Bezsmertnaya (1915-1991) and Valdimir V. Bezsmertny (1912-), Russian geologists. Biachellaite  (Na,Ca,K)8(Si6Al6O24)(SO4)2(OH)0.5·H2O Proposed IMA 2007 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Bianchite   (Zn,Fe++)(SO4)·6(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1930 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Angelo Bianchi (1892-1970), Italian mineralogist, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. Bicchulite    Ca2Al2SiO6(OH)2 Approved IMA 1973 NAME ORIGIN: For Bicchu, the town encompassing the Japanese type locality. LOCALITY: From Fuka, near Bicchu, Okayama Prefecture, and in the Akagane mine, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Bideauxite    Pb2AgCl3(F,OH)2 Approved IMA 1970 NAME ORIGIN: For Richard August Bideaux (1935-2004), of Oro Valley, Arizona, USA, American mineralogist, author, and mineral collector. Bieberite    CoSO4·7(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1845 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its original locality. LOCALITY: Bieber, Hessen, Germany. Biehlite   (Sb,As)2MoO6 Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Friedrich Karl Bielh (1887-?), who was the first to do scientific work on the mineralization of the Tsumeb deposit. Bigcreekite   BaSi2O5·4(H2O) Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Esquire no. 7 claim, along Big Creek, Fresno County, California, USA. Bijvoetite-(Y)    (Y,REE)8(H2O)25(UO2)16O8(OH)8(CO3)16·14(H2O) Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named to honor Dutch crystallographer, Johannes Martin Bijvoet (1892-1980). Bikitaite    Li2[Al2Si4O12]·2(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1957 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality. LOCALITY: From Bikita, Zimbabwe. In the Foote mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA. Bilibinskite  Au3Cu2PbTe2 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yuri A. Bilibin (1902-1952), Russian geologist. Bilinite   Fe++Fe+++2(SO4)4·22(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1913 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Schwaz, near Bilin, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Billietite     Ba(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1947 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Valere Louis Billiet (1903-1944), Belgian crystallographer, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium. Billingsleyite    Ag7AsS6 Approved IMA 1968 NAME ORIGIN: For Paul Billingsley (1887-1962), mining geologist, who discovered the North Lily mine, and collected the type material. Bindheimite    Pb2Sb2O6(O,OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1868 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German chemist, Johann J. Bindheim (1750-1825) who first analysed the mineral. Binnite - See Tennantite Binnite (Ba) - See Muscovite B Mineral Pages:[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]