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This alphabetical listing of R minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of that name, name origins, and locality information. Visit our expanded selection of mineral pictures.
  Mg7(PO4)2(OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gunnar Raade (1944-), minerals curator at the Natural History Museum, Oslo, Norway.   Ca3Mg3(UO2)2(CO3)6(OH)4•18(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Charles Rabbitt (1907-1957), geologist with the U. S. Geological Survey. Ca(UO2)4(SO4)2(OH)6•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Rabejac and Mas d'Alary village a few kilometers from Lodeve, France. PbTe3(Cl,S)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after B. P. Radhakrishna (1918-), Indian mineralogist.  (Ba,Ra)SO4 NAME ORIGIN: From radium replacing barium and from the Greek, baryos, "heavy." Cu2Fe+++(AsO4)[As+++O2(OH)2]•H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Radovan Cerny (1957-), crystallographer at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Hg3S2ClI NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur S. Radtke (1936-2004), geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. TlFeS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eugene Raguin (1900-), French geologist. Na4Mn++4Si8(O,OH)24•9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in honor of the international group of scientists, captained by Thor Heyerdahl, crewing the papyrus ship Ra (1969-1970). CuTe++++2O5 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Robert Allen Jenkins (RAJ-ite), a mineralogist who first recognized the species. NaxMgxAl2-x(F,OH)6•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. Grier Ralston (1851-1880) of Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA, who first observed the mineral. Cs[B5O6(OH)4]•2H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888-1970), Nobel Prize winner in Physics in 1930 for discovering the effect that bears his name.  Rb[B5O6(OH)4]•2H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888-1970), Nobel Prize winner in Physics in 1930 for discovering the effect that bears his name. MnS NAME ORIGIN: Named after Hans Ramberg (1917-1998), Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology at the University of Chicago, then at the University of Uppsala, Sweden. Ag3Pb6Sb11S24 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paul Ramdohr (1890-1985), German mineralogist. K2CaU++++++6O20•9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jacques Rameau (1926-1960), French prospector who discovered the deposit where the mineral occurs. NiAs2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German chemist and mineralogist, K. F. Rammelsberg (1812-1899). (Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Bastenberg mine, near Ramsbeck, Germany. MnO2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the American mineralogist, Lewis S. Ramsdell (1895-1975), of the University of Michigan, who first described the mineral. (Ca,Mn++)Mn++++4O9•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Rancie, near Vicdessos, Ariege, France. CaFe++V+++++4W++++++8O36•12(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Clara Mine, Wofach, Rankach Valley, Schwarzwald, Balden-Wurttenberg, Germany.  (Na,K,Pb,Li)3(Ta,Nb,Al)11(O,OH)30 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kalervo Rankama (1913-), Finnish geochemist, University of Helsinki. Ca3Si2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for George Atwater Rankin (1884-?), physical chemist of the Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, D.C., USA, CuFe+++2(SO4)4•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Federick Leslie Ransome (1868-1935), U.S. Mining geologist. HAl(UO2)(PO4)(OH)3•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the color "ranunculus", buttercup. Ca2(SO4)(CO3)•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Rapid Creek, Big Fish river area, Yukon Territories, Canada. Pb(Co,Ni,Zn,)2(AsO4)2•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Dump material from the Rappold mine near Schneeberg, Saxony, Germay. Na15Ca3Fe3(Na,Zr)3Zr3(Si,Nb)(Si25O73)(OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Raslak cirques near Mount Kedykverpakhk.  PbWO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles Rasp (1846-1907), German-Australian prospector, discovered of the Broken Hill ore deposit. Na27K8Ca12Fe3Zr6Si52O144(O,OH,H2O)6Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) KFe2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Rasvumchorr and Kidusvumchorr apatite deposits, Khibina massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Pb8Pb4-x(Tl2As2)x(Ag2As2)As16S40 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gerhard von Rath (1830-1888), Professor of Mineralogy, Bonn, Germany. Ca3(AsO4)2•10(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Rauenthal vein system, on which Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France, is located. Ca(UO2)2V+++++10O28•16(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, RAdium, Uranium, and Vanadium. C14H10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Ravat, Fan-Jagnob coal basin, Dushambe, Tajikistan (Ag,Tl)2Pb8Sb8S21 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Santosh K. Ray of President College, Calcutta, India. AsS NAME ORIGIN: From the Arabic, rahj al ghar, "powder of the mine;" Tl5Sb5As8S22 NAME ORIGIN: Unknown name derivation. (Na,Ca)Al4(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for E. W. Rector (1849-1917), legislator and lawyer of Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA. Mn++3(PO4)2•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Branchville, in the town of Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. Cu6(OH)10(SO4)•H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Red Gill mine. (Fe++,Mg,Ni)(Cr,Al)2(SO4)4•22(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality. LOCALITY: Redington mine, Knoxville, Napa Co., California. BaTi6Cr+++2O16•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality. LOCALITY: Red Ledge mine, south of Washington, Nevada Co., California. Na15Y2(CO3)9(SO3F)Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dr. Richard J. Reeder, currently co-editor of the American Mineralogist. NaBSi3O8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank S. Reed (1894-?) and John L. Mergner (1894-?), Laboratory technicians, U. S. Geological Survey. Ni6Fe+++2(CO3)(OH)16•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank Reeves (1886-?), American geologist who discovered the Wolf Creek meteorite crater. C19H31COOH NAME ORIGIN: Named for Refik Bey (-1865), Turkish journalist, for his interest in the sciences. Cu++5(PO4)2(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Reichenbach, Odenwald, Germany. ZrSiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alan F. Reid who first produced this high pressure phase in the laboratory. Zn3(As+++O3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Willy Reiner (1895-1965), Senior Chemist, Tsumeb Corporation, Tsumeb, Namibia, who analyzed this material. Ca5(SiO4)2(OH,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Reinhard Brauns (1861-1937), Professor of Mineralogy at the University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. Na3(Ce,La,Ca,Na,Sr)3(CO3)5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Guy Remond (1935-), physicist, Bureau de Recherches G´eologiques et Mini`eres, Orl´eans, France and the predominance of cerium over other rare-earth elements in the composition. Na3(La,Ce,Ca)3(CO3)5 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the La analog of remondite-(Ce). Pb(UO2)4(PO4)2(OH)4•7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alphonse Francois Renard (1842-1903), mineralogist, University of Ghent, Belgium.  Sr4ZrTi4Si4O22 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mt Renge, near the discovery location and the jadeitite-bearing Renge metamorphic belt. (Cu,Zn)11(Ge,As)2Fe4S16 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Armand Renier, Belgian geologist adn Director of the Belgian Geological Survey. Mn++5[(V,As)O4]2(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Gambatesa mine, near Reppia, Val Graveglia, Italy. NiSO4•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jan Willem Retgers (1856-1896), Dutch physical chemist and chemical crystallographer. Mn2Ce(AsO4)(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Anders Jahan Retzius (1742-1821), Swedish naturalist. (Mn,Mg)2(La,Ce,Nd)(AsO4)(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Anders Jahan Retzius (1742-1821), Swedish naturalist. Mn2(Nd,Ce,La)(AsO4)(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Anders Jahan Retzius (1742-1821), Swedish naturalist. Na2Si2O5•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Revda, a town near Mt. Karnasurt, on which the mineral occurs. (Na,K)4Ca14Si22Al2O58(OH)8•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eduard Reyer (1849-1907), Austrian geologist. (Ce,La)PO4•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek, "rod" and "to appear", in allusion to the characteristic bands shown in its spectrum. (La,Ce)PO4•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named to distinguish the La rich form of rhabdophane-Ce. (Nd,Ce,La)PO4•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named to distinguish the Nd rich form of rhabdophane-Ce. ReS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the element "rhenium". Re NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Rhine River in Germany in 1925. (Rh,Pd)2As NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition of rhodium and arsenic. KHCa2Si8O19•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902), British founder of the DeBeers Mining Company and for Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa where the mineral was studied. (Rh,Pt) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek, rhodon = "rose" in allusion to the colored salts. (K,Cs)Al4Be4(B,Be)12O28 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek "rose-colored" because it tinges the blowpipe flame red. MnCO3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek rhodon -"rose" and chroma - "color." (Mn++,Fe++,Mg,Ca)SiO3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek rhodos - "rose colored." Cu2FeSn3S8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its reddish color compared to stannite. Pb2Rh3S2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition. (H5O2)+Fe+++(SO4)2•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for rhomb, for the typical rhombic crystal outline, and for to break, for its perfect cleavage. Ca2(Mg,Fe++,Fe+++,Ti)6(Si,Al)6O20 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Rhon Mountains, at Scharnhausen, near Stuttgart, Germany. (Mn++,Mg)5(SiO4)2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paul Ribbe of Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University. Ca3Fe+++10(PO4)8(OH)12•n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Richelle, near Vise in Liege, Balgium. Ca2Cu5Sb(AsO4)4Cl(OH)6•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Richelsdorf Mountains, Hesse, Germany. PbU++++++4O13•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Emile Richet (1884-1938), chief geologist, Union Miniere du Haut Katanga. Na(CaNa)(Mg,Fe++)5[Si8O22](OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named as per current IMA amphibole nomenclature (Burke and Leake 2004; Can. Mineral., 42, 1881-1883). Cu7Te5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Thomas Arthur Rickard (1864-1953), mining engineer and Editor of the Engineering and Mining Journal, New York and London. [ ]Na2(Fe++3Fe+++2)Si8O22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German traveler, Emil Riebeck (1853-1885). (Cr,Al)6SiO11•5(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for James L. Riland (1857-1938?), newspaper publisher of Meeker, Colorado, on whose claim the mineral was found. Mg5Ba(PO4)4•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Olga M. Rimskaya-Konsakova (1914-1987), Russian mineralogist from St. Petersbug University. Mg2SiO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alfred Edward Ringwood (1930-1993), geochemist and petrologist, Research School of
Earth Sciences at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. Na(Na,Ca)2(Ca,Ce)4(Ti,Nb)(Si2O7)2(O,F)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after H. RINK, director of a Danesh-Greenlandic trade group. (Zn,Mn)2Sb2Mg2Fe4O14(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Sven Rinman (1720-1792), father of the Swedish mineral industry, member of the Bergskollegium. K3NaFe++Cl6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Friedrich Wilhelm Berthold Rinne (1863-1933), German crystallographer and petrographer, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany. Bi(OH)SO4•H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Falcacci mine, Rio Marina iron mine, Elba Island, Toscana (Tuscany), Italy Mn++Mn++Fe++Al2(OH)2(PO4)4•8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alfred Rittmann (1893-1980), German petrologist and volcanologist, University of Catania, Catania, Italy. Na6MgB24O40•22(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Bernardino Rivadavia (1780-1845), first President of the Argentine Republic. Ca5Si6O16(OH)2•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality. LOCALITY: Crestmore quarry, 5 miles NW of Riverside, Riverside Co., California. (Fe,Ni)4N NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1981 for Roald Nielsen (b.1928), Danish metallurgist. Ca6Mn+++9(PO4)9O6(H2O)6•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Willard Lincoln Roberts (1923-1987), mineralogist, South Dakota School of Mines. Pb4Sb6S13 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Stephen Clive Robinson (1911-), Geological Survey of Canada, who first synthesized the mineral. (Fe++,Mn)Fe+++4(PO4)3(OH)5 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: South Mountain, near Midvale, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA. H3Fe+++2(Te++++O3)4Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Rodalquilar gold deposit, Almeria, Spain. Fe+++PO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Francesco Rodolico (1905–1988), professor of mineralogy, University of Florence, Italy, specialist of the history of geology and of building and ornamental materials, author o Pb2Ca6(Si6O18)(SO4)2(OH)2•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Washington A. Roebling (1837-1926), well known mineral collector and builder of the Brooklyn Bridge. (Na,K)2(Mg,Fe++)5Si12O30 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edwin Woods Roedder (1919- ), mineralogist, U.S. Geological Survey, who noted the synthetic compound. Ca2[Be(OH)2Al2Si4O13]•<2•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Aldo G. Roggiani, a teacher of natural sciences, who first found the mineral. TlCu5SbS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Rose-Hansen, (1937-), Danish mineralogist. Fe++Cl2•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert K¨uhn (1911- ), German mineralogist, Kaliforschungs-Institut der Kali und Salz AG, Hannover, Germany. Cu3(AsO4)2•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Rolland (1940-), an eminent mineral collector of the Roua mines. (Ba,H2O)2(Mn++++,Mn+++)5O10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Romaneche, Saone-et-Loire, France. (Fe++,U,Pb)2(Ti,Fe+++)O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Romania. SnO NAME ORIGIN: Named for the initials of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), where the mineral was identified and for ARCHaeology because it was found on tin artifacts. (Ca,Fe++,Mn,Na)2(Sb,Ti)2O6(O,OH,F) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French crystallographer, Rome de I'lsle (1736-1770). Fe++Fe+++2(SO4)4•14(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Friedrich Adolph Römer (1809-1869), German geologist. Ca8Mg(SiO4)4Cl2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alice and Eugen Rondorf, two distinguished mineral collectors, who found the mineral with Bernd Ternes in 1979. K2MnV4O12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Locality. Ca2(Ce,La)3(CO3)5F3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Conrad von Rontgen (1845-1923), German physicist and discoverer of X-rays. BiAsO4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd President of the USA. CuInS2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Maurice Roques, University of Clairmont-Gerrand, France. (Ca,Mg)FCl NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Latin for dew, in allusion to the transparent drops that cover the mineral in moist air. (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Rosas mine, Narcao, Cagliari, Sardegna (Sardinia), Italy. Ca(Mn++,Fe++)5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Walter Roscher, mineral collector of Ehrenfriedsdorf, Germany. K(V,Al,Mg)2AlSi3O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henry Enfield Roscoe (1833-1915) of Manchester, England who first prepared pure vanadium. Ca2(Co,Mg)(AsO4)2•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Gustave Rose (1798-1873), professor on mineralogy at the University of Berlin, Germany. Ca2(Co,Mg)(AsO4)2•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its dimorphic relationship with roselite. (Na,Ca,Mn++)(Mn++,Fe++)(Fe+++,Fe++,Mg)Al(PO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for F. Rosemay Wyllie wife of Professor Peter J. Wyllie, namesake of wyllieite. AlF3•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Philip E. Rosenberg (1931-), U.S. Geochemist, Washington State University. (Ca,Na)3(Zr,Ti)Si2O8F NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carl Harry F. Rosenbusch (1836-1914), German geologist and mineralogist, Heidelberg, Germany. Ca3Si3O8[(OH)2-4x,(CO3)x] NAME ORIGIN: Named for Leo Rosenhahn (1904-1991), American amateur mineralogist, who found the mineral. Ag19Pb10Sb51S96 or Pb(Ag,Cu)2(Sb,As)5S10 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yuri V. Roshchin (1934-1979), Russian Geologist. PbSb+++++2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Cetine di Cotorniano Mine (Cetine Mine), Rosia, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy S NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vojtech Rosicky, former Director of the Mineralogical and Petrological Institute of Masaryk University, Brno, Czechoslovakia. (Pb,Cu,Al)(PO4)x•n(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From an abandoned copper mine at Rosiere, Carmaux, Tarn, France. CaV2O6•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Clarence Samuel Ross (1880-1975), American geologist and mineralogist, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., USA. Mg(AsO3OH)•7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Karl Rössler of Hanau, Germany. [ ]LiAl2Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after George R. Rossman (1945-), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, in recognition for his work on the spectroscopy of the tourmaline minerals. AlSO4(OH,F)•5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rudolph Rost (1912-), Czech mineralogist. Cu2(NO3)(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Old copper mines at Roua, Alpes-Maritimes, southeastern France. Cu2(UO2)3(CO3)2O2(OH)2•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Marcel Roubault (1905-), geologist, University of Nancy, France. Pb2Mn++(As+++O3)2•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rolnd Rouse (1943-), U. S. Mineralogist. TlCu(Hg,Zn)2(As,Sb)2S3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Routhier (1916-), French economic geologist. Na3Ca2(CO3)3F NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Poudrette quarry, Rouville County, Mt. St-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Cu2HgPb22Sb28S64(O,S)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Jean Rouxel (1935-1998), specialist in solid-state chemistry and member of the French Academy of Science, for his studies of chalcogenides. Ca2Mn++2B4O7(OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for George Rowe (1868-1947), Mine Captain at Franklin, New Jersey, USA, and long-time collector of Franklin minerals. Y4Fe++Si4O14F2 (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henry Augustus Rowland (1848-1901), American physicist and spectroscopist, of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Cu1.78S NAME ORIGIN: Named from the locality. LOCALITY: Roxby Downs, AS, Australia. Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Fe++SO4•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Zygmunt Rozen (1874-1936), mineralogist and petrographer, Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, Kracow, Poland. RuAsS NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, RUthenium, ARsenic, and Sulfur. (Rb,K)AlSi3O8 NAME ORIGIN: The name reflects its compositional and structural attributes as the rubidium analog of microcline. (Bi,Pb)3Te4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. C. Rucklidge, University of Toronto, Canada who first noticed the mineral. (Fe,Zn)S NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nickolay S. Rudashevsky (1944-), St. Petersburg, Russia, for his contributions to study of ore minerals. Sr3Al3[(Si,Al)4O10](OH,O)8Cl2•H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sergey Alexandrovich Rudenko (1917-1992). Professor at the St. Petersburg (Leningrad) Mining Institute. Ca2([ ],Mn)2(Fe+++,Mn,Mg)4Be4(PO4)6(OH)4•6H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rui Ribeiro Franco (b. 1916), in recognition of his outstanding contributions to Brazilian mineralogy and geology. Ca9B26O34(OH)24Cl4•13(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arie A. Ruitenberg (1929- ), geologist, Geological Surveys Branch, New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, Sussex, Canada CaMn+++Si2O6(OH)•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Joe Ana Ruiz, of Mammoth, Arizona, USA, collector of microscopic minerals, who discovered the mineral. (Fe+++,Al)5(VO4,PO4)2(OH)9•3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mikhail Petrovich Rusakov (1892-1963), geologist, Kazakhstan, Russia. Bi2WO6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Edward Ian Montagu Russell (1878-1964), British mineralogist. (Pt,Pd)3Sn NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Atok and Rustenburg mines, Merensky Reef, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Ca10(Si2O7)2(SiO4)Cl2(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rustum Roy (1924- ), experimental petrologist and materials scientist, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA. (Ru,Ni)As NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition. (Ir,Os,Ru) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Ru, Os, Ir). (Ru,Ir,Os) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the element (Latin, Ruthenia = "Russia."). UO2(CO3) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) British atomic physicist and Nobel laureate. TiO2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin, rutilus - "reddish." Ca(Ta,Nb)2O6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frederick James Rynerson (1882-1960), and his two sons, Buel Frederick Rynerson (1905- ) and Eugene Bonfoey Rynerson (1910- ), long-time pegmatite miners in San Diego Co., Calif |
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