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G Mineral Index (227 Count)

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

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Grossmanite CaTi+++AlSiO6 Proposed IMA 2009 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Grossular     Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1811 NAME ORIGIN: Grossular is from the Latin grossularia meaning "gooseberry." Hessonite is from the Greek hesson, meaning "slight" in reference to the smaller specific gravity. Grossularite - See Grossular Grothite - See Titanite REMARKS: Al bearing Groutellite - See Ramsdellite REMARKS: Pseudomorph of ramsdellite after groutite Groutite    Mn+++O(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1945 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank Fitch Grout (1880-1958), petrologist, of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Grovesite - See Pennantite Grumantite   NaHSi2O5·(H2O) Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the old Russian name for the Spitzbergen Archipelago, Arctic Ocean. Grumiplucite    HgBi2S4 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the amateur mineralogical organization Gruppo Mineralogico e Paleontologico Lucchese, members of which provided the specimens for study. Grunerite    [ ]Fe++7Si8O22(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1853 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Louis Emmanuel Gruner (1809-1883), Swiss-French chemist who analyzed the mineral. Grunlingite - See Imogolite Gruzdevite   Cu6Hg3Sb4S12 Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: To honor the Russian mineralogist, V.S. Gruzdev (1938-1977). Guadalcazarite(Zn) - See Metacinnabar Guanacoite   (Cu,Mg)2Mg2(Mg,Cu)(OH)4(H2O)4(AsO4)2 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mine dump at the El Guanaco Mine, East Catalina, Chile, South America Guanajuatite    Bi2Se3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1873 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality. LOCALITY: In the Santa Catarina and La Industrial mines, Sierra de Santa Rosa, near Guanajuato, Mexico. Guanglinite - See Isomertieite Guanine   C5H3(NH2)N4O Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1844 NAME ORIGIN: Namd for its derivation from and association with guano. Guarinoite   (Zn,Co,Ni)6(SO4)(OH,Cl)10·5(H2O) Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Andre Guarino, French mineral collector. Gudmundite     FeSbS Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1928 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Gudmundstorp, Sala, Västmanland, Sweden. Guerinite    Ca5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9(H2O) Approved IMA 1961 NAME ORIGIN: Named for H. Guerin. Guettardite  Pb(Sb,As)2S4 Approved IMA 1967 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jean Etienne Guettard (17-15-1786), French geologist. Gugiaite   Ca2BeSi2O7 Approved IMA 1962 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Near the village of Gugia, otherwise unlocated in China. Guildite   CuFe+++(SO4)2(OH)·4(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1928 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank Nelson Guild (1870-1939), American mineralogist and economic geologist, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Guilleminite     Ba(UO2)3(SeO3)2O2·3(H2O) Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named for French Claude Guillemin (1923-1994), founder of the National Geological Service of the BRGM. Guimaraesite  Ca2(Zn,Mg,Fe)5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O Proposed IMA 2006 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Guitermanite - See Baumhauerite Gumbelite - See Illite Gummite - See Uraninite Gunningite    (Zn,Mn)SO4·(H2O) Approved IMA 1962 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henry Cecil Gunning (1901-1991), Geological Survey of Canada and Professor of Geology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Gupeiite   Fe3Si Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the eastern passageway, Gupeikou, of the Great Wall of China. Gustavite    PbAgBi3S6 (?) Approved IMA 1970 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gustav Hageman (1842-1916), Danish chemical engineer. Gutkovaite-Mn   CaK2Mn(Ti,Nb)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·5(H2O) Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for N. N. Gukova (1896-1960?), Russian mineralogist.. Gutsevichite  Al3(PO4)2(OH)3·8(H2O) Discredited IMA 1962 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1959 for V. P. Gutsevich, geologist in Kazakhstan. Guyanaite   CrO(OH) Approved IMA 1967 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the localtiy. LOCALITY: Merume River and its tributaries, Mazaruni district, Guyana. Gwihabaite     (NH4,K)(NO3) Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality. LOCALITY: Gewihaba Cave (also known as Drotsky's Cave), northwestern Botswana, 280 km west of Maun. Gypsum     CaSO4·2(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) Prehistoric NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, gyps meaning "burned" mineral. Selenite from the Greek in allusion to its pearly luster (moon light) on cleavage fragments. Gyrolite    NaCa16Si23AlO60(OH)8·64(H2O) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1851 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek guros = "circle", in allusion to the round form of the crystalline groupings. Gysinite-(Nd)    Pb(Nd,La)(CO3)2(OH)·(H2O) Approved IMA 1985 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Marcel Gysin (1891-1974), Professor of Mineralogy, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. G Mineral Pages:[1] [2] [3]