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(UO2)8(SO4)(OH)14·13(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Jachymov (St. Joachimsthal), Krusne Hory, Zapadocesky kraj, Cechy (Bohemia), Czech Republic. (Mn++,Fe++,Mg)(Fe+++,Mn+++)2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Jakobsberg, Sweden. Cu2[BO(OH)2](OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jacques Emile Dietrich (1926-), French geologist who collected the specimens. Na(Al,Fe+++)Si2O6 NAME ORIGIN: From the Spanish, piedra de ijada, "stone of the side," because its supposed to cure kidney ailments if applied to the side of the body. Ca4(Si3O7)(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Howard Jaffe of the University of Massachusetts. (Pb,Na,Ca)3(Fe+++,Mg)Si3O10(Cl,OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John B. Jago Trelawney (1909-), mineral collector of Palo Alto, California, USA. BaAl2(PO4)2(OH)2 Cu2Pd3Se4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the small village of Jagué, which is located in the homonymous "Bolson de Jagué" (depression of Jagué). (Ca,Mn)(Fe++,Mn++)Fe++2Fe+++2(PO4)4(OH)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard H. Jahns (1915-1983), mineralogist and pegmatite expert, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA. CaMn++Fe++2Fe+++2(PO4)4(OH)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard H. Jahns (1915-1983), mineralogist and pegmatite expert, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA. CaMnMg2Fe+++2(PO4)4(OH)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard H. Jahns (1915-1983), mineralogist and pegmatite expert, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA. CaMn++Mn++2Fe+++2(PO4)4(OH)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard H. Jahns (1915-1983), mineralogist and pegmatite expert, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA. MnMnMn2Fe+++2(PO4)4(OH)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard H. Jahns (1915-1983), mineralogist and pegmatite expert, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA. CoS NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Khetri mines, Jaipur, India Ag3CuS2 NAME ORIGIN: For the Mexican locality at Jalpa. LOCALITY: In the USA, in Colorado, at the Payrock mine in Silver Plume, Clear Creek Co. (Ni++,Ni+++,Fe)(OH)2(OH,S,(H2O)) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John L. Jambor, (1936-), mineralogist, Geological Survey of Canada. Pb2Zn2Fe+++5(AsO4)5O4 Pb4FeSb6S14 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Scottish Mineralogist, R. Jameson (1774-1854). Mn++++5-x(Mn++,Fe+++)1+xO8(OH)6, x = 0,2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Janggun mine, Bonghwa, Korea. (Na,Ca)3(Mn++,Fe++)3(Ti++++,Zr,Nb)2Si4O15(OH,F,O)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jan Haug, and amateur mineralogist who first observed the mineral. Tl5Sb9(As,Sb)4S22 NAME ORIGIN: For Prof. S. Jankovic (1925- ) in recognition of his work on the mineralogy and geology of Allchar. Na(Sr,Na,[ ])7(Mg,[ ])Al6F32(OH,H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carl Frederik Jarl (1872-19510, Formerly President of the Danish Cryolite Company, who first noted the mineral. Mn++3Mn+++(AsO4)(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eugene Jaroswich (1926-), chief chemist, Department of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. KFe+++3(SO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Barranco Jaroso in southern Spain. Pb2+xCux(Sb,Bi)2-xS5, x=0.2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Stanislaw Jaskolski (1896-1981), of the Akademia Gorniczo-Hutnicza, Krakow, Poland. Ca11(SiO4)4O2S (Fe+++,Mn++)Sn++++(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jean A. Bandy, Wickenburg, Arizona, USA, who, with her husband Mark Bandy, translated Agricola's "De Natura Fossilium" from original Latin. Fe7(Ta,Nb)3 NAME ORIGIN: For Jacques Jedwab, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgique, in recognition of his meticulous investigations of the mineralogy of placers and of carbides in natural environments. (Ca,Na)2(Be,Al)Si2(O,OH)7 Ca9Si6O18(OH)6·8H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Clarence Marvin Jenni (1896-1973), American mineral collector and director of the Geological Museum, University of Missouri. Cu++3Te++++++O6·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Mr. Matin C. Jensen (1959-), who first collected and recognized this mineral as a potentially new species. TlPbAs2SbS6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Franz Jentsch (1868-1908), head of the Binn syndicate that worked the sulfosalt deposit at the Lengenbach quarry. (K,Ba)2(Ti,Fe+++)6O13 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Frederick Biccard Jeppe (1920-), geologist of Nedlands, Western Australia, discoverer of the mineral. Al6B5O15(F,OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Russian mineralogist, P. V. Jeremejev (1820-1899). As(S,Se)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: United Verde Mine, Jerome, Arizona, USA. (Mn,Zn)9(SiO4)4(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gerald V. Gibbs (1929-), Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. (Na,Ca,Fe++)(Sc,Mg,Fe++)Si2O6 (Mg,Mn++)Mn++++3O7·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Lu Village, Juanshui County, Yunnan Province, China. Mn3B2O6 (Mg,Fe++)5Si6O16(OH)2 Na2K5BaCa(Fe,Mn)8(Ti,Fe,Nb,Zr)4Si8O32(O,F,H2O)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Jinshajiang River, Sichuan Province, China. Pb(W,Fe+++)2(O,OH)7 NaFe++Ba2Ce2(Ti,Nb)2[Si4O12]2O2(OH,F)·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Benitoite Gem mine, head waters of the San Benito River, Joaquin Ridge, Diablo Range, 1 mile south of Santa Rita Peak, San Benito Co. California. PbCa2(Mg,Fe++,Fe+++)5Si6Be2O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Prof. Joseph Victor Smith (1928-), English-American mineralogist and petrologist of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. CaAlB3O7 Cu(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Archduke Johann (1782-1859) of Austria, fornder of the Styrian Landsmuseum ing Graz. CaMnSi2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Prof. Albert Johannsen of the University of Chicago. Na(Mg,Zn)3Cu(AsO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Johannes Eric Hiller (1911-1972), professor of mineralogy, Stuttart, Germany. Ca5(AsO4)3(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John L. Baum (1916-), resident geologist of the New Jersey Zinc Co. and curator of the Franklin Mineral Museum, Franklin, New Jersey, USA. Na2Mg4Mn++12(AsO4)2(Si12O35)(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Innes, mineralogist of the Tsumeb Corporation, for his contributions to the mineralogy of the Tsumeb and Kombat mines. Na2Ca(Mg,Fe++,Mn)7(PO4)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John M. Somerville (1908-1978), who collected the first specimen. Ba(Fe++,Ca,Mn++)2Fe+++2(PO4)3(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Mr. John Toma, amateur mineralogist and finder of the mineral. K(Mn++,Fe+++,Fe++)2(Nb,Ta)(PO4)2O2((H2O),OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard JOHNson (1936-1998) and Frank WALKup (1943-1993), mineral preparators, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D. C., USA. MnSO4·5(H2O) (UO2)(CO3)·n(H2O), (n=2?) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1976 for J. Frederic Joliot (1900-1958), French physicist, and I. Joliot-Curie. (Ni,Co)AsSe NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1991 for Alfred W. Jolliffe (1907-1988), Canadian geologist. Ba2(K,Na)[Ti2(Si5Al)O18·n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Francis Tucker Jones (1905-1993), Research Chemical Microscopist of Berkeley, California, USA, who discovered the mineral Pb14(As,Sb)6S23 NAME ORIGIN: Named after H. Jordan from Saarbrucken. MoS2 NAME ORIGIN: For Eduard Friedrich Alexander Jordis (1868-1917), colloidal chemist. Na2(Sr,Ba)14Na2Al12F64(OH,F) Bi4(S,Te)3 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality at San Jose in Brazil. LOCALITY: From San Jose, near Marianna, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Bi4(S,Te)3 NAME ORIGIN: For the relationship to joseite; "B" to distinguish it from joseite, formerly joseite-A. Ca3Mn++++(SO4,CO3)2(OH)6·12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Georges Jouravsky (1896-1964), chief geologist, Division de la Geologie du Maroc. (Ca,Fe++)Cu10(Te++++O3)4(As+++++O4)4(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its discovery locality. LOCALITY: Found in the Centennial Eureka mine, Juab County, Utah, U.S.A. Na2Cu(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) (Cu,Ca,Fe)10Bi(AsO4)4(OH)11·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The name is for Juanita Curtis who found the mineral. Ca10Mg4Al2Si11O39·4(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the San Juan Mountains, Colorado, USA. Ca2Fe++(Fe+++,Al)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1971 by Moore for Julian Royce Goldsmith (1918-), American geochemist, University of Chicago. Ca2Fe+++(Fe+++,Al)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(O,OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1971 by Moore for Julian Royce Goldsmith (1918-), American geochemist, University of Chicago. Na2Co++(SCN)4·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henri Julien (-1920), Belgian scientist. Ca2Zn4Fe+++8(PO4)9(OH)9·16(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gerhard Jung, German mineral collector who found the mineral. CaZn2Si2O7·(H2O) Pb3Cu2Bi8(S,Se)16 NAME ORIGIN: For the Juno mine, Australia, in which it was first found. CaMgSc(PO4)2(OH)·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The name alludes to the locality. Pronounced YO'NAITE. LOCALITY: Kovdor ultramafic alkaline complex, Yona or Juonni River (from the Russian or Finnish), Kola Peninsula, Russia). Al(SO4)(OH)·5(H2O) (* - Mineral Name is Not IMA Approved)
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