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n-tetracosane *  (see Evenkite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Na-komarovite ?     Na6CaNb6[Si4O12F2 • 4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1979 for Vladimir M. Komarov (1927-1967), Russian cosmonaut who was killed during his return flight on April 23, 1967 and the sodium content. Na-Rectorite *  (see Rectorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nabalamprophyllite !     Ba(Na,Ba){Na3Ti[Ti2O2Si4O14](OH,F)2} NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Na & Ba dominant analogue of lamprophyllite. Nabaphite     NaBaPO4 • 9(H2O) Nabesite !     Na2BeSi4O10 • 4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the elements in its composition, Natrium (Na), Beryllium (Be), and Silicon (Si). Nabiasite !     BaMn9[(V,As)O4]6(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Pla de Labasse deposit near the hamlet of Nabias, Central Pyrenees, France. Nabokoite     Cu++7Te++++O4(SO4)5 • KCl NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sof'ya I. Naboko (1901-), Russian volcanologist. Nacaphite     Na(Na,Ca)2(PO4)F NAME ORIGIN: Named after the composition (NaCa, Phosphate). Nacareniobsite-(Ce)     NbNa3Ca3(Ce,La)(Si2O7)2OF3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Natrium (sodium), Calcium, Rare Earths, NIOBium, and Silicon in the chemical formula. Nacrite     Al2Si2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: From the French, nacre, "mother-of-pearl." Nadorite     PbSbO2Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Djebel Nador, Constantine, Algeria. Nafertisite !     Na3(Fe++,Fe+++)6(Ti2Si12O34)(O,OH)7 • 2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the elements, NAtrium, FERrus and FERric, and TIanium. Nagashimalite     Ba4(V+++,Ti)4Si8B2O27Cl(O,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Otokichi Nagashima (1890{1969), pioneer Japanese amateur mineralogist, Nagelschmidtite     Ca7(SiO4)3(PO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for G. Nagelschmidt, who first described the synthetic compound in 1937. Nagyagite     AuPb(Sb,Bi)Te2-3S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Nagyag mine (now Sacaramb), Romania. Nahcolite     NaHCO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the nmonic of the chemical formula (NaHCO). Nahpoite     Na2HPO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition (NaHPO-). Nakalifite *  (see Gagarinite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nakauriite     (Mn,Ni,Cu)8(SO4)4(CO3)(OH)6 • 48(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Nakauri, Achi Prefecture, Japan. Naldretteite !     Pd2Sb NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) Nalipoite     NaLi2PO4 Namansilite     NaMn+++(Si2O6) Nambulite     (Li,Na)Mn++4[Si5O14(OH)] NAME ORIGIN: Named for Matsuo Nambu (1917-), mineralogist, Tohoko University, Japan. Namibite     Cu++Bi2(VO4)O2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the country in which it is found. Namuwite     (Zn,Cu)4(SO4)(OH)6 • 4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the country of origin, and the National Museum of Wales. Nanlingite     CaMg4(AsO3)2F4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Nanling area, southern China. Nanpingite     Cs(Al,Mg,Fe++,Li)2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Nanping area, Fukien Province, China. Nantokite     CuCl NAME ORIGIN: Named after its location. Narsarsukite     Na2(Ti,Fe+++)Si4(O,F)11 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Narsarsuk, southern Greenland. Nasinite     Na2B5O8(OH) • 2(H2O) Nasledovite     PbMn3Al4(CO3)4(SO4)O5 • 5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after B. N. Nasledov (1891-1942) of Russia. Nasonite     Pb6Ca4Si6O21Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank Lewis Nason (1856-1928), American geologist, Geological Survey of New Jersey. Nastrophite     Na(Sr,Ba)(PO4) • 9(H2O) Natalyite     Na(V+++,Cr+++)Si2O6 Natanite     Fe++Sn++++(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Natan Il'ich Ginzburg (1917-1985), Russian mineralogist and geochemist. Natisite     Na2(TiO)SiO4 Native Alum *  (see Potassium-alum ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Natrite     Na2CO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition. Natriumphlogopite *  (see Aspidolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Natriumphlogopite *  (see Wonesite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Natroalunite     NaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 Natroapophyllite     NaCa4Si8O20F • 8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek apophylliso - "it flakes off" and the composition. Natrobistantite     (Na,Cs)Bi(Ta,Nb,Sb)4O12 NAME ORIGIN: For sodium (NATRium), BISmuth, and TANTalum in the chemical formula which deviates from the IMA pyrochlore nomenclature. Natrocalcite *  (see Gaylussite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Natrochalcite     NaCu2(SO4)2(OH) • (H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the compositon, NATRium (Na), and CHALCos, (Cu). Natrodufrenite     Na(Fe+++,Fe++)(Fe+++,Al)5(PO4)4(OH)6 • 2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the essential sodium, (NATRium) and its relationship to dufrenite. Natrofairchildite     Na2Ca(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Na analog of fairchildite. Natroglaucocerinite !     (Na,Zn,Cu)10Al6(SO4)3(OH)32 • 18(H2O)? Natrojarosite     NaFe+++3(SO4)2(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition and similarity to Jarosite. Natrolemoynite !     Na4Zr2Si10O26 • 9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The name alludes to the Na dominance and polymorphic relationship to lemoynite. Natrolite     Na2[Al2Si3O10] • 2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek natron, "soda," in allusion to sodium content and lithos - "stone." Natromontebrasite     (Na,Li)Al(PO4)(OH,F) Natron     Na2CO3 • 10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin for "soda." Natronambulite     (Na,Li)Mn++4[Si5O14(OH)] NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and for Matsuo Nambu (1917-), mineralogist, Tohoko University, Japan. Natroniobite     NaNbO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition. Natrophilite     NaMnPO4 Natrophosphate     Na7(PO4)2F • 19(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition. Natrosilite     Na2Si2O5 Natrotantite     Na2Ta4O11 NAME ORIGIN: Named for sodium, "NATRium", and TANTalum in the composition. Natroxalate !     Na2C2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition of sodium (Na) and oxalate (C2O4). Naujakasite     Na6(Fe++,Mn)Al4Si8O26 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Naujakasik, Tunugdliarfik Fjord, Greenland. Naumannite     Ag2Se NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carl Friedrich Naumann (1797-1873), German mineralogist and crystallographer. Navajoite     V2O5 • 3(H2O) Nchwaningite     Mn++2SiO3(OH)2 • (H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its locality. LOCALITY: The N,chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Nealite     Pb4Fe++(As+++++O4)2Cl4 NAME ORIGIN: Named of Leo Neal Yedlin (1908-1997), micromount mineral collector of New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Nealite-(H2O) *     Pb4Fe++(As+++O3)2Cl4 • 2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Neal Yedlin (1908-1977), U. S. Mineralogist, who discovered the mineral. Needle ironstone *  (see Goethite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nefedovite     Na5Ca4(PO4)4F Neighborite     NaMgF3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank Neighbor (1906-), American petroleum geologist, Sun Oil Co. who logged the first specimen. Nekoite     Ca3Si6O15 • 7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named by reversing the order for okenite (Lorenz Oken (1779-1851), German natural historian, Munich Germany) because the minerals were so similer. Nekrasovite     Cu+26V2(Sn,As,Sb)6S32 NAME ORIGIN: Named for I. Y. Nekrasov, Russian mineralogist. Nelenite     (Mn,Fe++)16Si12As+++3O36(OH)17 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Joseph A. Nelen, chemist at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA. Neltnerite     CaMn+++6SiO12 Nemalite *  (see Brucite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nenadkevichite     (Na,Ca,K)(Nb,Ti)Si2O6(O,OH) • 2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Konstantin A. Nenadkevich, Russian mineralogist and geochemist. Nenadkevichite - (60.1.3.1) *  (see Nenadkevichite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nenadkevite *  (see Boltwoodite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Neocolmanite *  (see Colemanite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Neodymite *  (see Lanthanite-(La) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Neodymite *  (see Lanthanite-(Nd) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Neotocite     (Mn,Fe++)SiO3 • (H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek "Neotokos" = of recent origin, being a product of deterioration of other species. Nepheline     (Na,K)AlSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek nephele, "cloud," because it becomes clouded when put in strong acid. Nephelite *  (see Nepheline ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nephrite Jade *  (see Actinolite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nepouite     Ni3Si2O5(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Reis II mine, Nepoui, New Caledonia. Nepskoeite !     Mg4Cl(OH)7 • 6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's location. Neptunite     KNa2Li(Fe++,Mn)2Ti2Si8O24 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Neptune, the Roman god of the sea, because it was found with aegirine, named for the Scandinavian god of the sea. Neskevaaraite-Fe !     NaK3Fe(Ti,Nb)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4 • 6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality and composition. LOCALITY: Drillcore from the Neskevaara Hill, central part of the Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif, northern Karelia, Russia. Nesquehonite     Mg(HCO3)(OH) • 2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Coal mine at Nesquehoning, Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, USA. Neustadtelite !     Bi2Fe+++(Fe+++,Co)(O,OH)2(OH)2(AsO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Mine dumps in the Schneeberg-Neustädtel area, Saxony, Germany. Nevadaite !     (Cu++,[ ],Al,V+++)6[Al8(PO4)8F8] (H2O)23 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: 5425-5375 (elevation) benches, Gold Quarry open-pit mine near Carlin, Eureka County, Nevada. Nevskite     Bi(Se,S) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Nevskii tin deposit, northeastern Russia. Nevyanakite *  (see Osmium ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Newberyite     Mg(PO3OH) • 3(H2O) Neyite     AgCu3Pb12.5Bi13S34 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles Stewart Ney (1918-1975 ), Geologist. Nezilovite !     PbZn2(Mn++++,Ti++++)2Fe+++8O19 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Nezilovo, Republic of Macedonia. Niahite     (NH4)(Mn++,Mg,Ca)PO4 • (H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Niah Great Cave, Sarawak, Malaysia. Niccolite *  (see Nickeline ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nichromite     (Ni,Co,Fe++)(Cr,Fe+++,Al)2O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for chromite with dominant nickel, Ni. Nickel     Ni NAME ORIGIN: From the German Nickel - "demom", from a contraction of kupfernickel, or "Devil's Copper", as the mineral was believed to contain copper but yielded none when smelted. Nickel Bloom *  (see Annabergite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nickel glance *  (see Gersdorffite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nickel Porphyrin *  (see Abelsonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nickel Selenide *  (see Sederholmite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nickel Vitriol *  (see Morenosite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nickel-boussingaultite     (NH4)2(Ni,Mg)(SO4)2 • 6(H2O) Nickel-skutterudite     (Ni,Co)As3-x NAME ORIGIN: Named as the nickel-rich version of skutterudite. Nickel-zippeite     Ni++2(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10 • 16(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and for Franz Xaver Maxmillian Zippe (1791-1863), Austrian mineralogist. Nickelalumite     (Ni,Cu)Al4[(SO4),(NO3)2](OH)12 • 3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in allusion to its composition. Nickelaustinite     Ca(Ni,Zn)(AsO4)(OH) Nickelbischofite     NiCl2 • 6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Nickel analog of bischofite. Nickelblodite     Na2(Ni,Mg)(SO4)2 • 4(H2O) Nickelbloedite *  (see Nickelblodite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nickelhexahydrite     (Ni,Mg,Fe++)(SO4) • 6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for nickel in the compostion and relationship to hexahydrite. Nickelian Pyrite *  (see Bravoite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nickeline     NiAs NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition. Nickellotharmeyerite !     Ca(Ni,Fe,Co)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named to indicate the chemical and structural similarities with lotharmeyerite. Nickelphosphide !     (Ni,Fe)3P NAME ORIGIN: The name reflects its composition. Nickelschneebergite !     Bi(Ni,Co)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Ni-dominant analog of schneebergite (Locality). Nickenichite     Na0,8Ca0,4(Mg,Fe+++,Al)3Cu0,4(AsO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Nickenich village, near the Nickenicher Sattel Volcano, Eifel district, Germany. Nicols *  (see Calcite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nicolsonite (Zn) *  (see Aragonite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Niedermayrite !     Cu4Cd(SO4)2(OH)6 • 4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Gerhard Niedermayr (b. 1941), mineralogist and geologist, Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria, compiler of the regional mineralogy of the eastern Alps. Nierite     Si3N4 NAME ORIGIN: For A. O. Nier (1912-1994), who was responsible for the now accepted measurement of the atmospheric N-isotope composition. Nifontovite     Ca3B6O6(OH)12 • 2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Roman V. Nifontov (1901-1960), Russian geologist. Nigerite *  (see Ferronigerite-2N1S ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nigerite-24R *  (see Ferronigerite-6N6S ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nigerite-6H *  (see Ferronigerite-2N1S ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nigerite-6T *  (see Ferronigerite-2N1S ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Niggliite     PtSn NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paul Niggli (1888-1953), Professor at Zurich, Switzerland. Niigataite !     CaSrAl3(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Itoigawa-Ohmi district, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. Nikischerite !     NaFe++6Al3(SO4)2(OH)18(H2O)12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Anthony (Tony) J. Nikischer (1949-), geologist (Excalibur Minerals) who discovered the mineral. Nimesite *  (see Brindleyite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nimite     (Ni,Mg,Fe++)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: An acronym for the National Institute of Metallurgy of South Africa. Ningyoite     (U,Ca,Ce)2(PO4)2 • 1-2(H2O) Niningerite     (Mg,Fe++,Mn)S NAME ORIGIN: Named for Harvey Harlow Nininger (1887-1986), of Sedona Arizona, USA for his contributions to meteorite studies. Niobite *  (see Ferrocolumbite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Niobo-aeschynite-(Ce)     (Ce,Ca)(Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and from the Greek for "shame," in allusion to the inability of chemists, at the time of its discovery, to separate some of its constituents. Niobo-aeschynite-(Nd) !     (Nd,Ce)(Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and from the Greek for "shame," in allusion to the inability of chemists, at the time of its discovery, to separate some of its constituents. Niobocarbide !     (Nb,Ta)C NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of Nb and C. Niobokupletskite !     K2Na(Mn,Zn,Fe)7(Nb,Zr,Ti)2Si8O26(OH)4(O,F) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Nb analog of kupletskite. Niobophyllite     K2Na(Fe++,Mn)7(Nb,Ti)2Si8O26(OH)4(F,O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the niobium content and foliated character common to the astrophyllite group. Niocalite     Ca14Nb2(Si2O7)4O6F2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition (Niobium, Calcium). Nisbite     NiSb2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, NIckel and SB, the chemical symbol for antimony. Nissonite     Cu2Mg2(PO4)2(OH)2 • 5(H2O) Niter     KNO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named derived from Herbraic neter, used in ancient times for alkaline salts extracted by water from vegetable ashes. Nitratine     NaNO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of containing nitrates. Nitratite *  (see Nitratine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nitre *  (see Niter ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nitrobarite     Ba(NO3)2 Nitrocalcite     Ca(NO3)2 • 4(H2O) Nitromagnesite     Mg(NO3)2 • 6(H2O) Nitronatrite *  (see Nitratine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nobleite     CaB6O9(OH)2 • 3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Levi F. Noble ( ), Geologist, USGS for his contributions to the geology of the Death Valley region. Noelbensonite !     BaMn+++2(Si2O7)(OH)2 • (H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For William Noel Benson (1855-1957), of the University of Otago, in recognition of his pioneering research in the Great Serpentine Belt and New England Fold Belt of New South Wales, Austr Nolanite     (V+++,Fe++,Fe+++,Ti)10O14(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Thomas Brennan Nolan (1901-1992), formerly Director of the U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., USA. Nontronite     Na0.3Fe+++2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2 • n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Nontrone, Dordogne, France. Norbergite     Mg3(SiO4)(F,OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Ostanmosoa iron mine, Norberg, Vastmanland, Sweden. Nordenskioeldine *  (see Nordenskioldine ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nordenskioldine     CaSnB2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nils A. E. Nordenskiöld (1832-1901), Swedish mineralogist and Arctic explorer. Nordite-(Ce)     (Ce,La,Ca)(Sr,Ca)Na2(Na,Mn)(Zn,Mg)Si6O17 NAME ORIGIN: Analog to the La-dominant nordite-(La) which was named after the word for north because of its northern origin in the Lovozero Massif. Nordite-(La)     (Na,Mn)3(Sr,Ca)(La,Ce)(Zn,Mg)Si6O17 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the word for north because of its northern origin in the Lovozero Massif. Nordstrandite     Al(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for R. A. van Nordstrand (1817-), Sinclair Research Laboratories, who first synthesized the compound. Nordstroemite *  (see Nordstromite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Nordstromite     Pb3CuBi7(S10Se4) NAME ORIGIN: Named for T. Nordstrom. Normandite !     NaCa(Mn++,Fe++)(Ti,Nb,Zr)Si2O7(O,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: For Mr. Charles Normand (1963-), of Montreal, who discovered the mineral. Norrishite     K(Mn+++2Li)Si4O10(O)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Keith Norrish of the Division of Soils, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia. Norsethite     BaMg(CO3)2 Northupite     Na3Mg(CO3)2Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named after C. H. Northup (b.1861), grocer, of San Jose, California, who found the first specimen. Nosean     Na8Al6Si6O24(SO4) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German mineralogist, K. W. Nose (1753-1835). Noselite *  (see Nosean ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Novacekite     Mg(UO2)2(AsO4)2 • 12(H2O) Novakite     (Cu,Ag)21As10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jiri Novak (1902-1971), Czech mineralogist. Novgorodovaite !     Ca2(C2O4)Cl2 • 2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Margarita Ivanovna Novgorodova (1938-), director of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow, Russia. Nowackiite     Cu6Zn3As4S12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Werner Nowaki (1909-), University of Berne, Switzerland. Nsutite     (Mn++++1-x)(Mn++x)(O2-2x)(OH2x) where x = 0.06-0.07 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Nsuta, Ghana. Nuffieldite     Pb2Cu(Pb,Bi)Bi2S7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edward W. Nuffield (1914-), Canadian mineralogist. Nukundamite     (Cu,Fe)4S4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Undu mine, Nukundamu, Fiji. Nullaginite     Ni2(CO3)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Otway Belt, Nullagine district, WA, Australia. Nyboite     NaNa2(Mg3Al2)Si7AlO22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Nybo pod, Nordfjord, Norway. Nyerereite     Na2Ca(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the president of Tanzania, Julius K. Nyerere (1922-).

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