This alphabetical listing of I minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of that name, name origins, and locality information. Visit our expanded selection of mineral pictures.
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(UO2)·5(UO3)·10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek ianthinos, "violet." H2O NAME ORIGIN: From the Middle English "is" or "iis", related to the Dutch "ijs" and German "eis". Cu5FeS6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Ida mine, Khan, and Tsumeb, Namibia. MgO.Fe2O3.3SiO2·4(H2O) C22H14 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Idria, Slovenia. Y2(SiO4)(CO3) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Satoyasa Iimorii (1885-1982), Japanese analytical chemist and REE specialist. CaCO3·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: After its locality. LOCALITY: Ika Fjord, Ivigtut, Greenland. (Na,H3O)15(Ca,Mn,REE)6Fe+++2Zr3([ ],Zr)([ ],Si)Si24O66(O,OH)6Cl·2-3H2O NAME ORIGIN: Recalls the Russian acronym IKRAN (Institut Kristallografii Rossiskoy Akadameii Nauky). Bi4(S,Se)3 NAME ORIGIN: For the Ikuno mine, Japan, in which it was first found. (Mn,Zn,Fe++)SO4·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Malvern W. Iles (1853-1890), American metallurgist, Denver, Colorado. (Ba,Na)10K3Na4.5Ce5(Nb,Ti)6[Si12O36][Si9O18(O,OH)24]O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Ilimaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland. NaCu5O2(SeO3)2Cl NAME ORIGIN: For G. A. Ilinskiy (1927-1996) of St. Petersburg University. (K,H3O)(Al,Mg,Fe)2(Si,Al)4O10[(OH)2,(H2O)] NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1937 for the state of Illinois where the mineral was first described. (Na,Ce,La,Ba)2TiSi3O5(OH)10·n(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Lovozero alkaline massif, near the Ilmajok river valley, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Fe++TiO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after It's locality. LOCALITY: Ilmen Mountains, southern Urals, of the Russia. (Ti,Nb,Fe+++)O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the occurrence in the Ilmen Mountains and the relation to rutile. Mo3O8·n(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. C. Ilsemann (1727-1822), mining commissioner at Clausthal, Harz, Germany. HgSAg(Cl,Br) NAME ORIGIN: For Antoine Iltis (1942-), who found the mineral. CaFe++2Fe+++Si2O7O(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named ilvaite from the Latin name of the island of Elba.