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K Index of Mineral Species
This alphabetical listing of K minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of that name, name origins, and locality information. Visit our expanded selection of mineral pictures.
   Fe+++[H2As+++++O4]3•5-5.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kaatiala granite pegmatite, Kuortane, western Finland. Hg4(Br,Cl)2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kadyrel deposit, Tuva, Siberia, Russia. NaCa2(Mg4Ti)Si6Al2O23(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Qaersut, Umanq district, northern Greenland.  K4Fe++(CN)6•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for it's composition.  Fe++(UO2)2(AsO4)2•10-12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Franz Kahler, geologist, Carinthian Landesmuseum, Klagenfurt, Austria.   MgSO4•KCl•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek kainos, meaning "contemporary."  Ca2(Y,Ce)2Si4O12(CO3)•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "unusual", for its rarity and exotic composition. K6Al4Si6BO20(OH)4Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (KAllium, ALuminum,BORate, and SIlicon). KHMg2B12O16(OH)10•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the potassium, KALIum, and BORate in the composition. KHCO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for potassium, kalium, in the composition. (K,Na)5Fe+++7Si20O50(OH)6•12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For the chemical composition: KALIum (Potassium), FERrum (Iron), and SIlicium (Silicon). ZnCr2S4 NAME ORIGIN: For P.I. Kalinin, Russian mineralogist and petrologist, investigator of the southern Baikal region. KAl(SO4)2•11(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Kalium = potassium). KAlSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for potassium, "kalium", and for "friend", recognizing potassium's presence. (H2O,Sr)(Nb,Ti)(O,OH)6•(H2O,K) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the pyrochlore mineral group and potassium (KALIum) although later work shows very little potassium in the formula. K2Sr(SO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the potassium, KALIum, and STRONTium in the composition. KAlSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the compostion, Kallium (Potassium), Aluminum, and Silicon. K,AL,SI. (Mn++,Ca)MgFe+++(PO4)2(OH)•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Aleksandr V. Kalugin (1857-1933), mineralogist, Ural Mountains, Russia. PdAsSe NAME ORIGIN: The name is for the Kalunga people, a community of descendants of African slaves living in Cavalcante and nearby towns. alpha-(Fe,Ni) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "shaft" or "lath". Ca2Al2SiO6(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kamaishi mine, Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. Fe+++3(AsO4)2(OH)3•3H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Kamariza mine, Lavrion mining district, Attikí Prefecture, Greece. NaNi4(CO3)3(OH)3•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Otter shoot, Kambalda, WA, Australia. KCu++3OCl(SO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tolbachik fissure volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. Fe2Mo3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kamioka Ag-Pb-Zn mine, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. PbAl(UO2)5(PO4)2(OH)9•9.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the mining district at the locality. LOCALITY: Kobokobo, Kivu, Zaire. (Y,Nd,Gd)2U++++++4(CO3)3O12•14.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Kamoto, southern Shaba, Zaire. Ba12(Si11Al5)O31(CO3)8Cl5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Anthony Robert Kampf (1948-), Curator and Section Head of Minerals, Los Angeles County Museum, in recognition of his many contributions in the study of new minerals. (Ca1.84REEx)(Y1.46REE0.54-x)(CO3)4(OH)1.65•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Erling Kamphaug (1931-), Norwegian mineral collector. NaHSi2O5•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Kanem, a region on the northeastern edge of Lake Chad, Chad, where the mineral was discovered. Fe+++AsO4•3.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kank, Kutno Hora district, Stredocesky Kraj, Bohemia, Czech Republic. (Mn++,Mg)2Si2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hiroshi Kano, Professor of Petrology, Akita University, Akita, Japan. (Mn+++,Al)AlSiO5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: From 13 km north of Kanona, Serenje, Zambia. MnNa3P3O10•12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Aleksandr Anatol'evich Kanonerov (1955-), mining historian at the Nizhnii Tagil Museum of Mining Industry of the Middle Urals. Al2Si2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Kao-Ling, China. Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Christo Kapellas (1938-2004), collector and mineral dealer from Kamariza, Lavrion, Greece. (Ba,K,Pb,Na)4(Y,Ca,REE)2[Si8B2(B,Si)2O28F] NAME ORIGIN: Named for P. L. Kapitsa (1894-1984), Russian physicist. Na5.5Mn0.25ZrSi6O16(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yu. L. Kapustin (1933-2002), Russian mineralogist who extensively studied alkaline massifs. SrCaAl(F,OH)7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the localtiy. LOCALITY: Karasug F-REE-barite-fluorite deposit, 15 km north of Karasug, western Tannu-Ola Mountains, Tuva, Siberia, Russia. [Mg18Al9(OH)54][Sr2(CO3,PO4)9(H2O,H3O)11] NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pavel Karchevsky (1976-2002), Russian mineralogist who made a significant contribution to the study of carbonatites. V2O3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Karelian shist belt were the mineral occurs. Fe+++2As+++4(O,OH)9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Karibib lithium pegmatite, Namibia. (Mg,Al)6(BO3)3(OH,Cl)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for F. Karl, German professor at the University of Kiel, Austria.  (Ce,La,Th)(Ti,Nb)(Al,Fe+++)(Si,P)2O7(OH)4•3(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Vein No. 2, Mt. Karnasurt, Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. C24H12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Transcarpatinian Alps, Russia. (Mg,Ni)2Si2O5(OH)2 (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alexander Petrovich Karpinsky (1846-1936), Russian geologist and president of the Russian Academy of Sciences. (Na,Ca,K)2Ca(Nb,Ti)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4•7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Svend Karup-Moller (1936-), Danish mineralogist. (Ir,Rh)2S3 NAME ORIGIN: To honor S.A. Kashin, a Russian investigator of ore deposits in the Ural Mountains. Pb(UO2)SiO4•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Kasolo, Zaire. CaTi2O4(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kicolai Grigorevich Kassin (1885-1949), Russian Geologist and academician, discoverer of the Afrikanda massif on the Kola Peninsula. (Mn++,Fe++,Mg)Al2(PO4 )2(OH)2•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Jürgen Kastning (b. 1932), from Reinbeck bei Hamburg, Germany, amateur mineralogist specializing in phosphate minerals, who discovered the mineral. (K,Na)Ca7Li3Ti2[Si6O18]2(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nobuo Katayama (1910-), prominent Japanese mineralogist. Ca3Al2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x x=1.5-3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Akira Kato, mineralogist of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, Japan. Na(CaNa)Fe++4(Al,Fe+++)Si7AlO22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "carrying down", in allusion to its volcanic origin. (Mn,Mg)13(Al,Fe+++)4Sb+++++2Si2O28 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "mirror", for the perfectly reflecting cleavage surfaces. Bi2(Te,Se,S)3 NAME ORIGIN: For the Kawazu mine, Japan. Fe+++5V++++3V+++++12O39(OH)9•9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Northwestern Karatau, Kazakhstan. Na6Mn++TiSi6O18 NAME ORIGIN: For Maria Efimovna Kazakova, analytical chemist who provided the mineral's analysis. Ca(Mn,Zn)2Fe+++3(PO4)4(OH)3•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Erich Keck, Etzenricht, Germany, collector of Hagendorf minerals. Pb8Al4Si8O20(SO4)2(CO3)4(OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Friedrich Wilhelm Kegel, director of the Tsumbe mine from 1922 to 1938. (Fe,Mn,Mg,Ca,Cr)S NAME ORIGIN: Named after Klaus Keil (1934-), professor at the University of Hawaii. Pd3-xTe(x=0.14 to 0.43) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Keith Conn (1923), U.S. Geologist who investigated the Stillwater Complex, Nye, Montana, USA. (Y,Yb)2Si2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the relation to keiviite-(Yb) and the yttrium content. (Yb,Y)2Si2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality and the ytterbium content. LOCALITY: Keivy, Kola Peninsula, Russia Na2-xHxZrSi2O7•n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh (1911-1978), Russian mathematician and President of the Academy of Sciences, Russia. (Mn++,Mg,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Crowley Kelley (1929-), American geologist, University of Michigan. (Hg+2)6(SbO6)BrCl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kelyan deposit, Buryatia, Ural Mountains, Russia. (Sr,Ce)Al3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kemmlitz kaolin depoosit, near Oschatz, Saxony, Germany. Mn2Cl(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for James Furman Kemp (1859-1926), Professor of Geology, Columbia University, New York City, New York, USA. Hg3S2Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Kenneth Junghwa Hsu (1929-), Professor Emeritus, Swiss Federal Institute of Technonogy, Zurich, Switzerland. (Na,REE)15(Ca,REE)6Mn++Zr3NbSi25O74F2•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. C. Kent Brooks (1943-), leader of fourteen geological expeditions to the Kangerdlugssuaq area of east Greenland. Pb2Mn+++2Si2O9 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for spike or thorn, for its prismatic habit. Na2Si22O41(OH)8•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the country of origin. Sb2S2O NAME ORIGIN: Name from kermes, a name given from the Persian qurmizq, "crimson" in the older chemistry to red amorphous antimony trisulphide, often mixed with antimony trioxide. Na2B4O6(OH)2•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality. LOCALITY: Boron, Kern County, California, the county that contains the fabulous borate deposits at Kramer. PbSeO4 (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for K. M. Kersten (1803-1850), Professor of Chemistry, Freiberg School of Mines. Cu2(Zn,Fe)SnS4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kester deposit, Yano-Adychansk region, Yakutia, Russia. CaBi(CO3)OF NAME ORIGIN: Named for Radim Kettner (1891-1968), professor of geology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Cu++3(Zn,Cu)4Cd2(AsO4)6•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles Locke Key (1935-), Canton, Connecticut, USA, American mineral dealer who furnished the first specimens. Mg0.5[Ni++Fe++(TeO3)3]•4.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Keystone mine, Magnolia distict, Boulder County, Colorado, USA. Al(SO4)F•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for N. Khadem, (b1910), director, Geological Survey of Iran. Na0.34Cu4Al3(OH)14F3•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the discovery locality. LOCALITY: Khaidarkan antimony-mercury deposit, northern slope of the Alai Range, Fergana Valley, Kyrgyzstan. (Ti,V,Fe)C NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ibragim Khamrabaevich Khamrabaeva (1920-), Director, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. (NaCa)3(Ba,Sr,Ce,Ca)3(CO3)5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Khanneshin carbonatite complex, Afghanistan, (Pt,Cu,Pb,Fe,Ni)9S8 NAME ORIGIN: For the Kharaelakh Plateau, Noril'sk region, USSR. (Cu,Zn)Al2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Khatirskii ultramafic zone of the Koryak-Kamchata fold area, Koryak Mountains, Russia. K2ZrSi2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Gakman Valley, Khibiny massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. PbCu++3Te++++++O6(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ba Saw Khin (1931-), Burmese-American geologist and petrographier. (Mg,Al,Fe)16(Al,Si,Be)12O40 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality, which was named in honor of Ivan Fedorovich Khmara (1936-1956), a tractor driver who perished in Antarctica. LOCALITY: From "Zircon Point,", Khmara Bay, Enderby Land, Antarctica. Na12Sr3Ca6Fe3Zr3W(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3 (OH,Cl)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Alexander Petrovich Khomyakov (b. 1933), of the Institute of Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Crystal Chemistry of Rare Elements, Moscow, Russia, for his extensive contributions t (Ca,REE)(Ce,REE)(Mg,Fe,Cr,Ti,V,Al)Mn++Al(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)(F,O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Evgenia Valdimirovicha Khristova (1933-), Russian geologist and specialist in Tien-shan geology. Cu6SnWS8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kidd Creek mine, near Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Na(Fe+++,Cu)9+x(PO4)6(OH)11•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Albert Laws Kidwell (1919-), Houston, Texas. CoSb3 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1994 for Cornelis Kieft (b.1924), Dutch mineralogist. MgSO4•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after D. G. Kieserr. President of the Academy in Jena, Germany (1770-1826). Ca3Si2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan, Scotland. 2Ca3Si2O7•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: From near Inishcrone, along the east shore of Killala Bay, Co. Sligo, and at Carneal, Co. Antrim, Ireland. Ta(OH)3(O,CO3) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kim Robertson, (1951-), Autralian geologist of Perth, Western Autralia, who found the first specimen. CaY2(CO3)4•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kenjiro Kimura (1896-), Geochemist, University of Japan. Ca3(Zr,Ti)2(Si,Al,Fe+++)3O12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Kimzey family, long associated with the mineralogy at Magnet Cove, Arkansas. Al3(PO4)2(F,OH)2•8(H2O,OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for D. King, 1926-1990), geologist, Department of Mines, SA, Australia. (Ca,Mn++)4(Fe++,Mn++)Al4(PO4)6(OH)4•12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Foote Quarry, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA. (Rh,Ir,Pt)3S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named in honor of Gordon Andrew Kingston (b. 1939), senior lecturer in the Department of Geology, University of Wales, College of Cardiff, Wales, U.K. Mg0.5[Mn++Fe+++(TeO3)3]•4.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kin-Ichi Sakurai (1912-1993), Japanese amateur mineralogist and collector, coauthor of "Minerals of Japan" 1938. Ca2Cu2Si3O8(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Eusebio Francisco Kino (1645-1711), Jesuit explorer of the southwestern United States. (Ba,K)(Mg,Mn,Al)3Si2Al2O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dr. Kameki Kinshita (1896-1974), investigator of ore deposits in Japan. PbFe+++3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)6 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality. LOCALITY: Kintore opencut and Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. (Cu,Zn)5Zn(PO4)2(OH)6•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kipushi, 28 km southwest of Lubumbashi, Katanga Province, Congo (Shaba Province, Zaire). ZnAl4(SO4)(OH)12•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Pb10Bi3As3S19 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: In the Aghios Philippos Pb-Zn deposit, near Kirki, Thrace, Greece. CaFe++SiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Egon Kirschstein, German geologist, a pioneer in the geological exploration of Kivu Province, Congo (Zaire). Ag10PbBi30S51 NAME ORIGIN: Unknown. NiTeSe NAME ORIGIN: Named for the river Kitka, in findland, in the valley of which the mineral was found. Ca2Mn+++2Mn++Si2O8(OH)4•9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Algonquin for "endless hills," in allusion to the topography of the Franklin, New Jersey, area. (Th,Ca,Pb)H2(UO2)4(PO4)2(OH)8•7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1958 for the locality. LOCALITY: Kobokobo pegmatite, Kivu, Zaire. C6H4(CO)2NH NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: From the Scholler coal mine, Libus´in, Kladno coal basin, about 30 km west-northwest of Prague, and at Radvanice, Czech Republic. Sb+++4O4(OH)2(SO4) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kuno Klebelsberg (1875-1932), Hungarian educator. FeTi6O13•4(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Will Kleber (1906-1970), Humboldt University, Berlin. ZnAl2(PO4)2(OH)2•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alfred William Kleeman, petrologist, University of Adelaide, SA, Aurtalia. Hg2N(Cl,SO4)•n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carl Klein (1832-1907), German mineralogist, University of Berlin. ([ ]1Na1)KFe2Zn3[Si12O30] NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) CuSe NAME ORIGIN: Named for Friedrich Klockmann (1857-1937), German mineralogist of Aachen. K3Cu3(Fe+++,Al)O2(SO4)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Great Tolbachik fissure eruption, Kamchatka, Russia. K3Cu3Fe+++O2(SO4)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Great Tolbachik fissure eruption, Kamchatka, Russia. K3Na4[SiF6]3[BF4] NAME ORIGIN: Named from the chemical compostion (K-Na-Si-B-F). Mg3Cr2(SiO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Oleg von Knorring (1915-1994), Department of Earth Sciences, Leeds University, Leeds, England. Na6(Ca,Mn)(Ti,Fe)Si6O18•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mt. Koashva, Khibiny massif, Kola, Peninsula, Russia. (Y,U)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6 (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kobe-Mura [presently Oyama-cho], Japan. Pb22Cu4(Bi,Sb)30S69 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wolfgang Franz von Kobell (1803-1882), German mineralogist. Na2(Na,Ca)4Ca4(Mn,Ca)2Zr2Ti2(Si2O7)4(O,F)4F4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lauge Koch (1892-1964), Danish geologist who mapped Werner Bjerge. PbBi4Te7 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Kochkar deposit, Ural Mountains, Russia CaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4•H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named after Sándor Koch, (1896-1983), professor in the Department of Mineralogy, Petrography and Geochemistry Josef Atilla University. Bi2MoO6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rudolf Koechlin (1862-1939), Austrian mineralogist. Na4Mg4Cl12•Mg5Al4(OH)22 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Adolf von Koenen (1837-1915), German geologist of Gottingen, who first found the mineral. Na3(SO4)F NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lia Nikolaevna Kofarko (1936-), Russian geochemist, who first noticed the mineral in Russia. KAlSi3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kumdy-Kul, Kokchetav, Kazakhstan. (NH4)2Ca(SO4)2•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jaroslav Kokta (1904-1970), Czech chemist, who analyzed the artificial compound. PbTeCl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Champion Reef mine, Kolar Geold Fields, Karnataka, India. ScPO4•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Friedrich L. W. Kolbeck (1860-1943), mineralogist, Mining Academy, Freiberg, Germany. Ca2Fe+++3O2(AsO4)3•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the abbreviation for the Russian KOL’skii Filial Akademii Nauk SSSR [Kola Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR]. Mn7Zn4(AsO4)2(SiO4)2(OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Kolic, of Rockaway, New Jersey, USA, who first discovered the mineral. Hydrous vanadate of Ni and Zn NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lev S. Kolovrat-Chervinsky (1884-1921), a Russian physicist. (Cu,Co)2(CO3)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the mine locality. LOCALITY: Kolwezi-Kamoto-Musonoi, southern Shava, Zaire. Cu7Hg6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Krokhalin antimony deposit, Kolyma River, Russia. (Ca,Mn)2(Nb,Ti)2Si2O7(O,F)2•3.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vladimir M. Komarov (1927-1967), Russian cosmonaut, who was killed during his return flight on April, 23, 1967. Pb14(VO4)2O9Cl4 NAME ORIGIN: The name is for the Kombat mine, which is the Anglicized version of the Herero names, "Okombahe Tijinene" and "Okombahe Katiti" which mean "the large drinking place of the giraffe," and t BaZrSi3O9•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Aleksandr Ivanovich Komkov (1926-1987), Russian mineralogist and crystallographer, Karpinskii All-Union Research Institute of Geology, St. Petersburg, Russia. PbCu3(Rh,Pt,Ir)8S16 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Konder massif, Yakutia, Russia. Fe+++PO4•3(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Laurent Guillaumen de Koninck (1809-1887), Belgian geologist. Na2Mg(SO4)2•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Cakmak, between Eregli and Nigde, Great Konya Basin, Konya Province, Turkey. (Mn++,Fe+++)3(Nb,Ta,Ti)2(Nb,Mn)2(W,Ta)2O20 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Aleksei Aleksandrovich Korago (1942–1993), geologist who investigated the formation of river pearls in the Arkhangel'sk district of Russia, and the origin of amber. ZnHAsO4•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sigmund Koritnig (1912-1984), petrologist, University of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany. Fe+++2(SO4)3•7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Kornel Hlavacsek (1835-1914), hungarian mining engineer at the Szomolnok copper mine. (Mg,Fe++)4Al6(SiO4,BO4)5(O,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Danish geologist, Andreas Nikolaus Kornerup (1857-1881). Na(CaNa)Fe++4(Al,Fe+++)Si7AlO22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hermann Korn (b1946), German geologist who lived in South Africa. Na3(Ti,Nb)2[Si4O12](OH,O)2•3-4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Mikhail Fedorovich Korobitsyn (1928-1996), amateur mineralogist and collector who made significant contributions to mineralogical investigations of the Lovozero alkaline compl Mg2Cl(OH)3•3.5-4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality. LOCALITY: Korshunov iron ore deposti, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia. CaB2O4•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for D.S. Korzhinski NaCr+++Si2O6 NAME ORIGIN: From the German kosmisch, for cosmic, in allusion to its meteoritic occurrence, and the Greek chlor, for green. KZr++++2(PO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard A. Kosnar (1946-), mineral dealer. CuAuTe4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ivan Kostov (1912-), Bulgarian mineralogist. K2ZrSi3O9•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yekaterina Eutikhievna Kostyleva-Labuntsova (1894-1974), Russian Mineralogist. Mg3B2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Bundjiro Koto (1856-1935), Japanese geologist. Zn3(AsO4)2•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Otto Köttig (1824-?), chemist of Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Pd(Te,Bi) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vladimir Klement'evich Kotul'skii, economic geologist and an authority on Cu-Ni sulfide deposits. Cu5As2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jaromir Koutek (1902-1983), Czech mineralogist. Mg5(PO4)2(CO3)(OH)2•4.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kovdor massif, Kola Pneinsula, Russia. La(CO3)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the La-dominant analog of kozoite-(Nd). (Nd,La,Sm,Pr)(CO3)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kozo Hanashima (1925-1985), a chemist, and pioneer in the study of chemistry of rare earth minerals in Japan. NaNa2Mn++4(Fe+++,Al)Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Shukusuke Kozu (1880-1955), Japanese mineralogist, Tohoku University. (Mn++,Mg)24Zn3Fe+++(As+++O3)2(As+++++O4)3(SiO4)6(OH)18 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frederick Kraissl, Jr. (1899-1986) and Alice L. Kraissl (1905-1986), of Hackensack, New Jersey. WO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Krasnoselskaya mine in Krasnogorsk, Chelyabinsk basin, Ural Mountains, Russia. CoWO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Krasnoselskaya mine in Krasnogorsk, Chelyabinsk basin, Ural Mountains, Russia. Ba(Al,Mg)(PO4,CO3)(OH)2•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for N. I. Krasnova (1941-), mineralogist at St. Petersburg University. (C6H4)2CH2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. Kratochvil. KFe+++(SO4)2•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edward Henry Krous (1875-1973), American mineralogist, University of Michigan. BaSi2O4(OH)2•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Konrad Bates Krauskopf (1910- ), Professor of Geochemistry, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA. MnAs+++++O3(OH)2•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Francois Kraut, mineralogist, Natural History Museum, Paris, France. (NH4,K)2Fe+++Cl5•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Peter Kremers (1827-?), German chemist. AuTe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Joseph A. Krenner (1839-1920), Hungarian mineralogist. PbMn+++2(VO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Krettnich, Saarland, Germany. Al5(PO4)3(SO4)(OH)4•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Kristineberg mine, Vasterbotten, Sweden. (Al,Ga)2(Ge,C)O4 (OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) NaMg2CrSi3O10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Evgeny Leonidovich Krinov (1906-1984), Russian student of meteorites. Ca2ScSn(Si2O7)(Si2O6OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Roy Kristiansen (1943-), amateur mineralogist who first observed the mineral. Pb3[Al(OH)6](SO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sergey Vladimirovich Krivovichev, Professor of mineralogy and crystallography at St. Petersburg State University. Na2Cu(SO4)2•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after B. Kroehnke, who was the first person to analyze it. PbCuBi3S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Krupka, Srredocesky kraj, Czech Republic. CuSe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Tomas Kruta, Director of the Mineralogy Laboratory, Moravian Museum, Bron, Czechoslovakia. NiAs2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Georgi Alekseevich Krutov, Professor of Mineralogy, Moscow Gosdarst Univeristy, Moscow, Russia. MnFe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vladimir Ilyitch Kryzhanovsky (1881-1947), curator of the Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. (Cu,Zn)5(SO4)2(OH)6•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Constantine A. Ktenas (1884-1935), Greek mineralogist. Ba6Na2REE2(PO4)6FCl NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kuannersuit Plateau (formerly Kvanefjeld) in the Ilimaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland. (Cd,Pb)Bi2S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kudriavy volcano, Iturup Island, Kurile arc, Russia. Ba2Ce(CO3)3F NAME ORIGIN: Named for Prof. Alexander A. Kukharenko (1914-1993), Department of Mineralogy, St. Petersburg University, St. Petersburg, Russia. Ba2(La,Ce)(CO3)3F NAME ORIGIN: Named as the La dominant analogue of kukharenkoite-Ce). Na6ZnTi4Si8O28•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: At the Korovskii apatite mine, Mt. Kukisvumchorr, Khibiny massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Pb3Zn3Te++++++O6(PO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. I. Kuks, Russian prospector, one of the discoverers of the Kuranakh deposit. Ba(Fe++,Mn,Mg)2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alan Kulan (1921-1977), prospector who found the first specimen. (Y,REE)4Al(SiO4)2(OH)2F5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kuliok River, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Na0.35Mg8AlSi7O20(OH)10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Holger Kulke, geologist, Essen, Germany. NiSe2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gunner Kullerud, Geophisical Laboratory, Washington, D.C., USA. NaAlSi3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kumdy Kol, Kokchetav, Northern Kazakhstan Ca5(SiO4)2F2 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) CuFe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2•4H2O NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Cu3.4Fe0.6Bi5S10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vladimir Kupcik (1934-1990), professor at the University of Bratislava and Gottingen in recognition of his contributions to the crystal chemistry of sulfosalts. K2Na(Mn,Fe++)7(Ti,Nb)2Si8O26(OH)4F NAME ORIGIN: Named for Boris Mikhailovich Kupletski (1984-1964) and Elsa Maximilianove Bohnshtedt Kupletskaya (1897-1974), Russian geologists. (Cs,K)2Na(Mn,Fe++,Li)7(Ti,Nb)2Si8O26(OH)4F NAME ORIGIN: For the cesium in the composition and similarity to kupletskite. Renamed kupletskite-(Cs) from cesium kupletskite (IMA order 04-A). Cu3SnS4 NAME ORIGIN: Name for the locality. LOCALITY: Kochbulak Au-Ag-Te deposit, Chatkal-Kuraminskii (Kuramin) Mountains, Angren Region, Tashkent District, Uzbekistan. PbMn++++Te++++++O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kuranakh gold deposit, southern Yakutia, Russia. Ca(Mg,Mn,Fe++)B2O5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Igor V. Kurchatov (1903-1960), Russian physicist. CaSr[B5O9]Cl•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. Revalidated 2002 from a mineral described in 1952 and discredited in 1984. LOCALITY: Western Kargan-tau, Inder uplift (Salt Dome), northern Caspian area, western Kazakhstan. (Ag,Au)2(Te,Se,S) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kurile-Kamtchatka volcanic belt, Siberia, Russia MgB3O3(OH)5•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nikolai S. Kurnakov (1860-1941), Russian mineralogist. (Zn,Ni,Cu)8Al8V2Si5O35•27(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kurumsak, near Dzhambul, Karatau Mountanins, Kazakhstan. CuBi2O4 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Isao Kusachi (1942- ), of Okayama University in recognition of his work on the skarn minerals of the locality. LOCALITY: Fika, Bitchu-Cho, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. CaAl2SiO6 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Cu14Ag6As7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jan Kutina (1924-), Czech mineralogist. Ca(Mn,Mg,Fe++)(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality in Czechoslovakia. Ca4Al2.4(OH)12.8(SO4)•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Prof. Hans Jurgen Kuzel of Erlangen, Germany. who first synthesized th compound. (K,Na)2(Mn,Fe)(Ti,Nb)4[Si4O12]2(OH)4•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Russian geochemist and mineralogist Maria V. Kuz'menko (1918-1995). K2Zn(Ti,Nb)4(Si4O12)2(OH,O)4•6-8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Russian geochemist and mineralogist Maria V. Kuz'menko (1918-1995) and the Zn content. Hg2(Br,Cl)2 NAME ORIGIN: Aleksei Mikhailovich Kuzmin (1891-1980), Russian mineralogist of the Tomsk Polytechnic Institute, Tomsk, Russia. Hg3Cl(AsO4) NAME ORIGIN: Named for V. A. Kuznetsov. Na4(Ca,Mn)Si6O14(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality, which is Danish for the mountain where the angelica grows. LOCALITY: On the Kvanefjeld Plateau, in the Ilimaussaq intrusion, southern Greenland. Al2SiO5 = Al[6]Al[6]OSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek kyanos = "blue." Na7(Al5-6Si6-7O24)(C2O4)0.5-1.0•5H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for the blue color and containing the oxalate anion. V+++2Ti3O9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kyzul-Kum, Uzbekistan. |
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