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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.

Yafsoanite     Ca3Te2Zn3O12 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yakutskii Filial Sibirskogo Otdeleniya Akademii Nauk (Yakut Filial, Siberian Branch, Academy of Sciences, YAFSOAN in Russian). Yagiite     (Na,K)3Mg4(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)24O60 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kenzo Yagi, Professor of Geology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. Yakhontovite     (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. Yakovenchukite-(Y) !     K3NaCaY2(Si12O30)•4H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Victor N. Yakovenchuk, a mineralogist at the Geological Institute of the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Yamatoite ?     (Mn++,Ca)3(V+++,Al)2(SiO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yamato mine, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. Yanomamite     In(AsO4)•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The name is after "Yanomami", a northern-Brazil indian tribe Yarlongite !     (Cr4Fe4Ni)C4 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Yaroslavite     Ca3Al2F10(OH)2•(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yaroslav, Siberia, Russia. Yarrowite     Cu9S8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yarrow Creek, southwestern Alberta, Canada. Yavapaiite     KFe+++(SO4)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Yavapai Indian tribe that inhabited the area of Arizona where the mineral was found. Yazganite !     NaFe+++2(Mg,Mn)(AsO4)3•H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dr. Evren Yazgan (b. 1943), a geologist in Turkey who worked in this region. Yberisilite *  (see Hingganite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Ye'elimite *  (see Yeelimite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Yeatmanite     Mn++9Zn6Sb+++++2Si4O28 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pope Yeatman (1861-1953), U. S. Mining engineer. Yecoraite     Bi5Fe+++3(Te++++O3)(Te++++++O4)2O9•9(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yecora, Sonora, Mexico. Yedlinite     Pb6CrCl6(O,OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named of Leo Neal Yedlin (1908-1997), micromount mineral collector of New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Yeelimite     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). Yegorovite !     Na4[Si2O4(OH)2]2•7H2O NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yuriy Klavdievich Yegorov-Tismeno (1938-2007), Russian crystal chemist. Yellow Lead Ore *  (see Wulfenite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Yenite *  (see Ilvaite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Yftisite-(Y) ?     (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). Yimengite     K(Cr,Ti,Fe,Mg)12O19 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yimeng Mountain area, Shandong Province, China. Yingjiangite     (K2,Ca)(UO2)7(PO4)4(OH)6•6(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tongbiguan village, Yingiang County, Yunnan Province, China. Yixunite !     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. Yoderite     Mg2(Al,Fe+++)6Si4O18(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hatten Schyuler Yoder, Jr. (1921-), petrologist with the Geophysical Laboratory, Washinton, D. C. USA. Yofortierite     (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). Yoshimuraite     (Ba,Sr)2(Mn,Fe)2(Ti,Fe)(Si2O7)2(PO4,SO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Toyofumi Yoshimura, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Japan. Yoshiokaite     (Ca8-(x/2)[ ](x/2)Al16-xSixO32) NAME ORIGIN: Named for T. Yoshioka (1935-1983), who studied the synthetic phase. Yttrialite-(Y)     (Y,Th)2Si2O7 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the yttrium in its composition. Yttrian Datolite *  (see Calcybeborosilite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Yttrobetafite-(Y)     (Y,U,Ce)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the YTTRium-dominent betafite member of the pyrochlore group. Yttroceberite *  (see Hingganite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Yttroceberysite-(Y) *  (see Hingganite-(Y) ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Yttrocerite *     CaF2 + (Y,Ce)F3 NAME ORIGIN: Named from its chemical composition containing ytterbium (Named after Ytterby, Sweden) and cerium (Named after the asteroid, Ceres).. Yttrocerite-{Y) *  (see Fluorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Yttrocolumbite-(Y)     (Y,U,Fe++)(Nb,Ta)O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Ytterbium, Columbium (former name for niobium)). Yttrocrasite-(Y)     (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. Yttrofluorite - Y-enriched variety of fluorite  (see Fluorite ) See Also: GOOGLE, Athena, MinDAT, MinMax Yttropyrochlore-(Y)     (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. Yttrotantalite-(Y)     (Y,U,Fe++)(Ta,Nb)O4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its YTTRium content and relation to tantalite. Yttrotungstite-(Ce) !     (Ce,Nd,Y)W2O6(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition (Yttrium, Tungsen). Yttrotungstite-(Y)     YW2O6(OH)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Yttrium, Tungsten). Yuanfuliite     (Mg,Fe++)(Fe+++,Al,Mg,Ti,Fe++)(BO3)O NAME ORIGIN: Named after Prof. Yuan Fuli (1893-1987). Yuanjiangite     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. Yugawaralite     CaAl2Si6O16•4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yugawara Hot Springs, Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. Yukonite     Ca7Fe+++11(AsO4)9O10•24.3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tagish Lake, Yukon Territory, Canada. Yuksporite     (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. Yushkinite     V1-xS•n(Mg,Al)(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for N. P. Yushkin, Russian mineralogist. Yvonite !     Cu(AsO3OH)•2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in honor of Klaus Yvon, professor of crystallography at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

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