This alphabetical listing of Y 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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Minerals identified with this icon are radioactive.
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| ! | New Dana Classification Number Has Been Changed or Added. |
| ? | IMA Discredited Mineral Species Name. |
Ca3Te2Zn3O12 (Na,K)3Mg4(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)24O60 (Ca,K)0.5(Cu,Fe+++,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Liiia KKonstantinovna Yakhontova I1926-), Russian mineralogist, University of Moscow, a specialist in cobalt deposits. (Mn++,Ca)3(V+++,Al)2(SiO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yamato mine, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. In(AsO4)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The name is after "Yanomami", a northern-Brazil indian tribe Ca3Al2F10(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yaroslav, Siberia, Russia. Cu9S8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yarrow Creek, southwestern Alberta, Canada. KFe+++(SO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Yavapai Indian tribe that inhabited the area of Arizona where the mineral was found. NaFe+++2(Mg,Mn)(AsO4)3·H2O NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN) Mn++9Zn6Sb+++++2Si4O28 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pope Yeatman (1861-1953), U. S. Mining engineer. Bi5Fe+++3(Te++++O3)(Te++++++O4)2O9·9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yecora, Sonora, Mexico. Pb6CrCl6(O,OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named of Leo Neal Yedlin (1908-1997), micromount mineral collector of New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Ca4Al6O12(SO4) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Hatrurim basin, W of the Dead Sea, Israel, near Har Ye'elim and Nahal Ye'elim (a hill and a wadi). (Y,Dy,Er)4(Ti,Sn)O(SiO4)2(F,OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1965 for the elemental makeup, (Y, F, Ti, Si). K(Cr,Ti,Fe,Mg)12O19 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yimeng Mountain area, Shandong Province, China. (K2,Ca)(UO2)7(PO4)4(OH)6·6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tongbiguan village, Yingiang County, Yunnan Province, China. Pt3In NAME ORIGIN: Named after it locality. LOCALITY: Near the village of Damiao and the Yixun River, about 370 km N of Beijing, People's Republic of China. Mg2(Al,Fe+++)6Si4O18(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hatten Schyuler Yoder, Jr. (1921-), petrologist with the Geophysical Laboratory, Washinton, D. C. USA. (Mn,Mg)5Si8O20(OH)2·8-9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yves Oscar Fortier (1914-), formater Director of the Geological Survey of Canada (1964-1972). (Ba,Sr)2(Mn,Fe)2(Ti,Fe)(Si2O7)2(PO4,SO4)(OH) (Ca8-(x/2)[ ](x/2)Al16-xSixO32) (Y,Th)2Si2O7 (Y,U,Ce)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the YTTRium-dominent betafite member of the pyrochlore group. CaF2 + (Y,Ce)F3 NAME ORIGIN: Named from its chemical composition containing ytterbium (Named after Ytterby, Sweden) and cerium (Named after the asteroid, Ceres).. (Y,U,Fe++)(Nb,Ta)O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Ytterbium, Columbium (former name for niobium)). (Y,Th,Ca,U)(Ti,Fe+++)2(O,OH)6 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "mixture", because it is a mixture fo yttrium with many other elements. (Y,Na,Ca,U)1-2(Nb,Ta,Ti)2(O,OH)7 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the YTTRium-dominent member ot the pyrochlore group. (Y,U,Fe++)(Ta,Nb)O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its YTTRium content and relation to tantalite. (Ce,Nd,Y)W2O6(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition (Yttrium, Tungsen). YW2O6(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Yttrium, Tungsten). (Mg,Fe++)(Fe+++,Al,Mg,Ti,Fe++)(BO3)O NAME ORIGIN: Named after Prof. Yuan Fuli (1893-1987). AuSn NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: In sandy gravel in the middle course of the Yuanjiang River, near the town of Yuanlin, Hunan Province, Peoples Republic of China. CaAl2Si6O16·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yugawara Hot Springs, Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. Ca7Fe+++11(AsO4)9O10·24.3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tagish Lake, Yukon Territory, Canada. (Sr,Ba)2K4(Ca,Na)14([ ],Mn,Fe){(Ti,Nb)4(O,OH)4[Si6O17]2[Si2O7]3}(H2O,OH)n, NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yukspor, Mt. Khibiny massif, Kola peninsula, Russia. V1-xS·n(Mg,Al)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for N. P. Yushkin, Russian mineralogist. Cu(AsO3OH)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in honor of Klaus Yvon, professor of crystallography at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. (* - Mineral Name is Not IMA Approved)
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