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F Mineral Index (284 Count)

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

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Facellite - See Kaliophilite Faheyite   (Mn,Mg)Fe+++2Be2(PO4)4·6(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1953 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Joseph John Fahey (1901-1980), American analytical chemist, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., USA. Fahleite   Zn5CaFe+++2(AsO4)6·14(H2O) Approved IMA 1988 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rolfe Fahle of Munich, Germany, a mineral dealer specializing in Tsumeb specimens. Fairbankite   PbTe++++O3 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for N. K. Fairbank. Fairchildite     K2Ca(CO3)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1949 NAME ORIGIN: Named after John Gifford Fairchild (1882-1965), analytical chemist at the U. S. Geological Survey. Fairfieldite     Ca2(Mn,Fe++)(PO4)2·2(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1879 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Faizievite    K2Na(Ca6Na)Ti4Li6Si24O66F2 Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Faiziev Abdulkhak Radzhabovitrh (b 1938), professor of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tadjikistan, Dushanbe, Tadjikistan. Falcondoite   (Ni,Mg)4Si6O15(OH)2·6(H2O) Approved IMA 1976 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the contraction of FALCONbridge DOminica C. Por A., the mining company at the type locality. LOCALITY: Loma Peruera laterite deposit at Bonao, Dominican Republic. Falkmanite   Pb5Sb4S11 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) NAME ORIGIN: Named for O.C.A. Falkman. False Galena - See Sphalerite Famatinite    Cu3SbS4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1873 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Sierra de Famatina, La Rioja, Argentina. Fangite    Tl3AsS4 Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: Fangite was named for Jen-Ho Fang in honor of his numerous contributions to crystallography, crystal chemistry, and geostatistics. Farneseite    (Na37K9Ca10)S56(Si42Al42)S84O168(SO4)12·6(H2O) Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Farnese, Viterbo province, Latium, Italy. Farringtonite    Mg3(PO4)2 Approved IMA 1961 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Oliver Cummings Farrington (1864-1933), Curator of Geology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Fassaite - See Augite Faujasite - See Faujasite-Na Faujasite-Ca    (Ca,Na2,Mg)3.5[Al7Si17O48]·32(H2O) Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Barthelemy Faujas de Saint Fond (1741-1819), French geologist and writer on the origin of volcanoes. The Ca-dominant member of the faujasite series. Faujasite-Mg   (Mg,Na2,Ca)3.5[Al7Si17O48]·32(H2O) Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Barthelemy Faujas de Saint Fond (1741-1819), French geologist and writer on the origin of volcanoes. The Mg-dominant member of the faujasite series. Faujasite-Na    (Na2,Ca,Mg)3.5[Al7Si17O48]·32(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1842 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Barthelemy Faujas de Saint Fond (1741-1819), French geologist and writer on the origin of volcanoes. Faustite    (Zn,Cu)Al6(PO4)4(OH)8·4(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1953 NAME ORIGIN: Named for George Tobias Faust (1908-1985), mineralogist and geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. Fava pebbles - See Gorceixite Fayalite    Fe++2SiO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1840 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Fayal Island, Azores Feather Alum - See Halotrichite Fedorite     KNa4Ca4(Al,Si)16O36(OH,F)4·6(H2O) Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Evgraf Stepanovich Fedorov (1853-1919), eminent Russian crystallographer. Fedorovskite   Ca2(Mg,Mn)2B4O7(OH)6 Approved IMA 1976 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nikolai Mikhailovich Fedorovskii (1886-1956), eminent crystallographer and founder of the Russian Research Institute of Mineral Resources, Moscow, Russia. Fedotovite     K2Cu++3(SO4)3O Approved IMA 1988 NAME ORIGIN: Named for S. A. Fedotov (1931-), Russian geologist. Feinglosite   Pb2(Zn,Fe)[(As,S)O4]2·(H2O) Approved IMA 1995 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Mark N. Feinglos (b. 1948), Professor at the Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A., who discovered the mineral. Feitknechtite   beta-Mn+++O(OH) Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Walter Feitknecht (1899-1975), Swiss, professor of chemistry, University of Bern. Feklichevite   Na11Ca9(Fe+++,Fe++)2Zr3Nb[Si25O73](OH,H2O,Cl,O)5 Approved IMA 2001 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for V. G. Feklichev (1933-1999), Russian mineralogist. Felbertalite  Cu2Pb6Bi8S19 Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Felbertal valley, Salzburg Province, Austria. Felsobanyaite    Al4(SO4)(OH)10·5(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1853 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania (formerly known as Felsobanya, in Hungary). Fenaksite     (K,Na,Ca)4(Fe++,Fe+++,Mn)2Si8O20(OH,F) Approved IMA 1959 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Fe, Na, K, and Si in the formula. Fencooperite   Ba6Fe+++3Si8O23(CO3)2Cl3·H2O Approved IMA 2000 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Joseph Fenimore Cooper, Jr. (1937-), mineral collector of Santa Cruz, California, USA. Fer - See Iron Ferberite     Fe++WO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1863 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Moritz Rudolph Ferber (1805-1875) of Gera, Germany. Ferchromide   Cr3Fe1-x(x=0,6) Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: For the chemical composition, FERrum, iron, and CHROMium. Ferdisilicite   FeSi2 Not Approved IMA - Published without Approval 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Name for the chemical composition (Ferrous and two (di) Silicide). Fergusonite-beta-(Ce)     (Ce,La,Nd)NbO4 Approved IMA 1973 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the dimorphous relationship to fergusonite-(Ce). Fergusonite-beta-(Nd)   (Nd,Ce)NbO4 Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the dimorphous relationship to fergusonite-(Nd). Fergusonite-beta-(Y)    YNbO4 Approved IMA 1961 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the crystal symmetry and composition as the Y-dominant member of the fergusonite group. Fergusonite-(Ce)    (Ce,La,Y)NbO4 Not Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: For the relationship to fergusonite-(Y) and the cerium content. Fergusonite-(Nd)    (Nd,Ce)(Nb,Ti)O4 Not Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition and a member of the fergusonite group. Fergusonite-(Y)     YNbO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1827 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert Ferguson (1767-1840), Scottish advocate, politician, and mineralogist. Fermorite    (Ca,Sr)5(AsO4,PO4)3(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1911 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lewis Leigh Fermor (1880-1954), former Director of the Geological Survey of India. Fernandinite    CaV8O20·4(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1915 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eulagio E. Fernanadini, former owner of the Minasragra deposit. Feroxyhyte   Fe+++O(OH) Approved IMA 1976 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Ferric, Oxygen, Hydroxide). Ferrarisite    Ca5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9(H2O) Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Giovanni Ferraris (1937- ), Institute of Mineralogy, Crystallography and Geochemistry, University of Turin, Turin, Italy. Ferrazite - See Gorceixite Ferrazite  (Pb,Ba)3(PO4)2·8(H2O) (?) Discredited IMA 1996 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1919 for Jorge Palmiro de Araujo Ferraz (1883-1926) of the Geological Survey of Brazil. Ferriallanite-(Ce)    CaCe(Fe+++,Fe++,Al)3[SiO4][Si2O7]O(OH) Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Fe3+ analogue of allanite-(Ce) Ferriannite - See Tetraferriannite Ferri-annite - See Tetraferriannite Ferri-arrojadite-(BaNa) BaFe++Na2Ca(Fe++,Mn,Mg)13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(F,OH)2 Not Submitted IMA (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the fluorine analog of arrojadite and site occupancy of the fluorarrojadite structure. Ferribarroisite   CaNa(Fe++,Mg)3Fe+++2[AlSi7O22](OH)2 Approved IMA 1997 NAME ORIGIN: Named as per current IMA amphibole nomenclature (Burke and Leake 2004; Can. Mineral., 42, 1881-1883). Ferribiotite - See Tetraferriannite Ferribrackebushite - See Calderonite Ferric-ferronyboite  NaNa2(Fe++)3(Fe+++)2(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 Proposed IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as per current IMA amphibole nomenclature (Burke and Leake 2004; Can. Mineral., 42, 1881-1883). Dashkensanite (1936) was revalidated and renamed 2005. Ferrichromite - See Chromite REMARKS: Magnetic, altered Ferri-clinoferroholmquistite  [ ]Li2(Fe+++2Fe++3)Si8O22(OH)2 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Johan Holmquist (1866-1946) and the Fe++ and Fe+++ clinoamphiboles. Ferri-clinoholmquistite   [ ]Li2Mg3(Fe3+)2(Si8O22)(OH)2 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: The name reflects its composition, monoclinic crystal structure, and relationship to holmquistite in accord with the nomenclature of Leake (1978a, 1978b) Ferric-nyboite - See Obertiite Ferricopiapite    Fe+++2/3Fe+++4(SO4)6(OH)2·20(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1938 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the ferric iron member of the copiapite group. Ferridravite - See Povondraite Ferrierite - See Ferrierite-Na Ferrierite-K    (K,Na)2Mg(Si,Al)18O36·9(H2O) Approved IMA 1976 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Walter Frederick Ferrier (1865-1950), Canadian geologist and mining engineer. The K-dominant member of the ferrierite series. Ferrierite-Mg     (Mg,Na,K)2Mg(Si,Al)18O36·9(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1918 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Walter Frederick Ferrier (1865-1950), Canadian geologist and mining engineer. Mg modifier added by zeolite nomenclature committee. Ferrierite-Na     (Na,K)2Mg(Si,Al)18O36·9(H2O) Approved IMA 1985 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Walter Frederick Ferrier (1865-1950), Canadian geologist and mining engineer. Na-dominant member of the ferrierite series. Ferri-ferrobarroisite [ ]CaNa(Fe++)3(Fe+++)2(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 Proposed IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as per current IMA amphibole nomenclature (Burke and Leake 2004; Can. Mineral., 42, 1881-1883). Ferri-ferrotschermakite [ ]Ca2(Fe2+)3(Fe3+)2(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and for Gustav Tschermak von Sessenegg (1836-1927), Austrian mineralogist. Ferrihydrite    Fe+++2O3·0.5(H2O) Approved IMA 1973 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition as a hydrated ferric iron compound. Ferrikatophorite Na2Ca(Fe++,Mg)4Fe+++(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 Approved IMA 1997 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and from the Greek for "carrying down", in allusion to its volcanic origin. Ferrilotharmeyerite   Ca(Zn,Cu++)(Fe+++,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 Approved IMA 1992 NAME ORIGIN: As the ferric iron analog of lotharmeyerite Ferri-magnesiotaramite  NaCaNaMg3Fe+++2[Si6Al2O22](OH)2 Proposed IMA 1987 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as per current IMA amphibole nomenclature (Burke and Leake 2004; Can. Mineral., 42, 1881-1883). Ferrimolybdite   Fe+++2(MoO4)3·8(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1914 NAME ORIGIN: Named from its chemical composition. Ferrinatrite     Na3Fe+++(SO4)3·3(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1889 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition of FERRIc iron and NATRIum (Sodium). Ferri-ottoliniite   [ ](Na,Li)(Mg3Fe+++2)Si8O22(OH)2 Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Luisa Ottolini (b. 1954), of CNR - Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Pavia, Italy, for her fundamental contributions to the advancement of ion-probe analysis of rock-forming minerals. Ferripedrizite    NaLi2(Fe+++2Mg2Li)Si8O22(OH)2 Approved IMA 2001 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality and as the ferric end member from the IMA-CNMMN and its Amphibole Subcommittee. LOCALITY: Eastern Pedriza Massif, Arroyo de la Yedra Valley, Sierra de Guadarrama, Spain. Ferri-phlogopite - See Tetraferriphlogopite Ferripyrophyllite   Fe+++2Si4O10(OH)2 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Fe+++ analog of pyrophyllite. Ferrisadanagaite-K - See Potassicferrisadanagaite Ferrisicklerite    Li(Fe+++,Mn++)PO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1937 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its dominant ferric iron content and relation to sicklerite. Ferristilpnomelane - See Stilpnomelane REMARKS: High Fe+++ Ferristrunzite   Fe+++Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)3·5(H2O) Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and for Hugo Strunz (1910-), mineralogist, Berlin, who authored the Strunz system of mineral classification. Ferrisurite   (Pb,Cu)2-3(CO3)1.5-2(OH,F)0.5-1[(Fe,Al)2Si4O10(OH)2]·n(H2O) Approved IMA 1992 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and relationship to surite. Ferrisymplesite  Fe+++3(AsO4)2(OH)3·5(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1924 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its ferric iron content and supposed relation to symplesite. Ferritaramite    Na(CaNa)(Fe++,Mg)3Fe+++2[Si6Al2O22](OH)2 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named as per current IMA amphibole nomenclature (Burke and Leake 2004; Can. Mineral., 42, 1881-1883). Ferritschermakite   Ca2(Fe++,Mg)3Al2(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and for Gustav Tschermak von Sessenegg (1836-1927), Austrian mineralogist. Ferritungstite     (K,Ca,Na)(W++++++,Fe+++)2(O,OH)6·(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1911 NAME ORIGIN: Named for FERRIc iron and TUNGsten in its composition. Ferriwhittakerite   Na(NaLi)(Mg2Fe+++2Li)Si8O22(OH)2 Proposed IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eric J.W. Whittaker (1921-), of Oxford University, who did pioneering work in amphibole crystal-chemistry. Ferriwinchite   ([ ],Na)(Na,Ca)2(Mg, Fe++)4Fe+++[Si8O22](OH)2 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Fe+++ analoge of winchite. Ferro-actinolite   [ ]Ca2Fe++5Si8O22(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1946 NAME ORIGIN: Named as per current IMA amphibole nomenclature (Burke and Leake 2004; Can. Mineral., 42, 1881-1883). Ferroalluaudite   NaCaFe++(Fe++,Mn,Fe+++,Mg)2(PO4)3 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: For dominant ferrous iron content and relationship to alluaudite. Ferro-alluaudite - See Ferroalluaudite REMARKS: Renamed Ferroalluaudite by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p131 Ferroaluminoceladonite  K2Fe++2Al2Si8O20(OH)4 Approved IMA 1995 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named from its composition (Fe++,Al) and the French 'celadon,' sea-green, in allusion to its common color. Ferro-aluminoceladonite - See Ferroaluminoceladonite REMARKS: Renamed Ferroaluminoceladonite by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p131 F Mineral Pages: [1] [2] [3]