F Listing of Minerals

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F Mineral Index (284 Count)

This alphabetical listing of F minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of that name, name origins, and locality information.

LEGEND: Valid Species (Bold);  Pronunciation;  Mineral Image;  Mineral Image Gallery;  jCrystal Form;  jPOWD Form;          Calculated Radioactive Intensity

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Fluocerite - See Fluocerite-(La) Fluocerite-(Ce)     (Ce,La)F3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1845 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition containing fluorine (Latin, fluere = "to flow") and cerium (Named after the asteroid Ceres). Fluocerite-(La)     (La,Ce)F3 Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition containing fluorine (Latin, fluere = "to flow") and cerium (Named after the asteroid Ceres) with the modifier La-lanthanum (Greek, lanthanein = "to lie hidden"). Fluor edenite - See Fluoro-edenite Fluor Spar - See Fluorite REMARKS: Industrial name for fluorite Fluorannite   KFe++3AlSi3O10F2 Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as fluorine-rich annite. Fluorapatite - See Apatite-(CaF) REMARKS: Renamed to Apatite-(CaF) by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p 131 Fluorapophyllite - See Apophyllite-(KF) REMARKS: Renamed to Apophyllite-(F) by Mineralogical Record, v39, (2008), p 131 Fluorarrojadite-(BaFe)  (Ba,K,Pb)Na3(Ca,Sr)(Fe++,Mg,Mn)14Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(F,OH)2 Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the fluorine analog of arrojadite and site occupancy of the fluorarrojadite structure. Fluorarrojadite-(BaNa) BaFe++Na2Ca(Fe++,Mn,Mg)13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(F,OH)2 Not Submitted IMA (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the fluorine analog of arrojadite and site occupancy of the fluorarrojadite structure. Fluorarrojadite-(KNa)  KNa4Ca(Fe,Mn,Mg)13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(F,OH)2 Not Submitted IMA (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the fluorine analog of arrojadite and site occupancy of the fluorarrojadite structure. Fluorbritholite-(Ce)     (Ca,Ce,La,Na)5(SiO4,PO4)3(OH,F) Approved IMA 1994 NAME ORIGIN: For the relationship to Britholite-Ce with the fluorine content. Fluorcalciobritholite    (Ca,REE)5[(Si,P)O4]3F Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition and membership in the britholite group. Fluorcanasite   K3Na3Ca5Si12O30F4 Proposed IMA 2007 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Fluorcaphite     (Ca,Sr,Ce,Na)5(PO4)3F Approved IMA 1995 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of fluorine, calcium, and phosphorous. Fluorellestadite - See Ellestadite-(F) REMARKS: Renamed Ellestadite-(F) by Mineralogical Record v39 (2008), 131 Fluorite     CaF2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) Prehistoric NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition containing fluorine (Latin, fluere = "to flow"). Fluornatromicrolite  (Na,Ca,Bi)2Ta2O6F Proposed IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite  Na(CaNa)(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22F2 Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as per current IMA amphibole nomenclature (Burke and Leake 2004; Can. Mineral., 42, 1881-1883). Fluoro-edenite    NaCa2Mg5Si7AlO22(F,OH)2 Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the fluorine dominant member of the edenite series. Fluoro-ferroleakeite   NaNa2(Fe++2Fe+++2Li)Si8O22F2 Approved IMA 1996 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition containing fluorine and iron and with the mineral leakeite. Fluoro-magnesio-arfvedsonite   NaNa2(Mg,Fe++)4Fe+++[Si8O22](F,OH)2 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the fluorine-dominant member of magnesio-arfvedsonite. Fluoro-magnesiohastingsite    (Na,K)Ca2(Mg,Fe+++,Ti)5(Si,Al)8O22F2 Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as per current IMA amphibole nomenclature (Burke and Leake 2004; Can. Mineral., 42, 1881-1883). Fluoro-potassichastingsite  KCa2(Fe++2,Mg2,Fe+++)S5(Si6Al2)8O22F2 Proposed IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Fluoro-sodic-pedrizite    NaLi2(Mg2Al2Li)S5Si8O22F2 Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as per current IMA amphibole nomenclature (Burke and Leake 2004; Can. Mineral., 42, 1881-1883). Clinoholmquistite discredited. Fluorocannilloite    CaCa2(Mg4Al)Si5Al3O22F2 Approved IMA 1993 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the fluorine-rich end member of cannilloite. Fluoronyboite   NaNa2(Al2Mg3)(Si7Al)O22(F,OH)2 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the fluorine-dominant member of the nyboitic amphiboles. Fluoropargasite    NaCa2(Mg3Fe++Al)5(Si6Al2O22)F2 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as per current IMA amphibole nomenclature (Burke and Leake 2004; Can. Mineral., 42, 1881-1883). Fluorophlogopite    KMg3(AlSi3)O10F2 Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the fluorine analog of phlogopite. Fluororichterite    Na(CaNa)Mg5[Si8O22]F2 Approved IMA 1993 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as per current IMA amphibole nomenclature (Burke and Leake 2004; Can. Mineral., 42, 1881-1883). Fluorthalenite-(Y)   Y3Si3O10F Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the F analog of thalenite-(Y). Fluorvesuvianite   Ca19(Al,Mg)13[SiO4]10[Si2O7]4(F,OH)10 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the fluorine-dominant analog of vesuvainite. Fluosiderite - See Chondrodite REMARKS: F-rich chondrodite Foggite    CaAl(PO4)(OH)2 Approved IMA 1975 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Forrest. F. Fogg (1920-), mineral collector, New Hampshire, USA. Foitite    [ ]Na<0.5(Fe++,Al)3Al6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)4 Approved IMA 1993 (Dana # Changed) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Franklin F. Foit, Jr. (1942-), mineralogist, Washington State University, Washington, USA. Foitite - See Foitite REMARKS: (61.3.1.1) Fontanite    Ca[(UO2)3(CO3)2O2] Approved IMA 1992 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Francois Fontan, mineralogist, University of Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse, France. Fool's Gold - See Pyrite Foordite    Sn++(Nb,Ta)2O6 Approved IMA 1988 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eugene Edward Foord (1946-1998), American mineralogist with the U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado, USA, student of granite pegmatites. Footeite - See Connellite Footemineite   Ca2Mn++Mn++2Mn++2Be4(PO4)6(OH)4 Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Foote Mine, Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co.unty, North Carolina, USA. Formanite-(Y)   YTaO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1944 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Francis Gloster Forman (1904-1980), government geologist. Formicaite Ca(HCOO)2 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition. Fornacite    Pb2Cu(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1915 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lucien Lewis Forneau (1867-1930), Colonial Governor of the French Congo. Forsterite     Mg2SiO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1824 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Johann Forster, German naturalist. Foshagite    Ca4Si3O9(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1925 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Fredrick Foshag (1894-1956), mineralogist and former curator at U. S. National Museum. Foshallasite   Ca3Si2O7 Discredited IMA 2006 - Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1936 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Willian Frederick Foshag (1984-1956), American mineralogist, and for the mineral centrallasite (now named gyrolite). Foshallasite - See Zeophyllite Fougerite  (Fe++,Mg)6Fe+++2(OH)18 Proposed IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Discovered coloring (green) the soil of the Foug Fourmarierite      Pb(UO2)4O3(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1924 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paul Fourmarier(1877-1970, Belgian geologist and Professor of Geology at the University of Liege, Belgium. Fowlerite - See Rhodonite REMARKS: Zn rich Fraipontite   (Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1927 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Julien Jean Joseph Fraipont (1857-1910), and Charles Fraipont, of Liege, Belgium, both geologists and paleontologists. Francevillite      (Ba,Pb)(UO2)2V2O8 Approved IMA 1975 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Mounana mine, Franceville, Haut-Ogoou Franciscanite-III   Mn++6V+++++2Si2(O,OH)14 Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Miocene age Franciscan Formation. Franciscanite-VIII  Mn++3(V+++++,[ ])1-x(SiO4)(O,OH)3(x=0.5) Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Miocene-aged Franciscan Formation in California, USA.. Francisite    Cu3Bi(SeO3)2O2Cl Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Glyn Francis (1939-), Quality Control Officer at the Iron Monarch quarry, Australia who collected the mineral. Franckeite    (Pb,Sn)6Fe++Sn2Sb2S14 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1893 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the mining engineers, Carl and Ernest Francke. Francoanellite     H6(K,Na)3(Al,Fe+++)5(PO4)8 Approved IMA 1976 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Franco Anelli, professor of geography, University of Bari, Italy, who discovered the cave in which the mineral was found. Francoisite-(Ce)   (Ce,Nd,Ca)[(UO2)3O(OH)(PO4)2] Proposed IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Francoisite-(Nd)    (Nd,Y,Sm,Ce)(UO2)3(PO4)2O(OH) Approved IMA 1988 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Armand Francois (1922-), former Director of Geology for Gecamine and the dominant neodymium content. Francolite - See Carbonate-fluorapatite Franconite   Na2Nb4O11 Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Francon Quarry, Montreal Island, Quebec, Canada. Frankamenite     K3Na3Ca5(Si12O30)[F,(OH)]4 Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after V.A. Frank-Kamenetsky (1915-1994), Russian mineralogist-crystallographer. Frankdicksonite    BaF2 Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank Wilson Dickson (1922- ), Professor of Geochemistry, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA. Frankhawthorneite     Cu2Te++++++O4(OH)2 Approved IMA 1995 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Prof. Frank Christopher Hawthorne (1946-), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. Franklinfurnaceite    Ca2(Fe+++,Al)Mn+++Mn++3Zn2Si2O10(OH)8 Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Franklin Furnace, the former name for Franklin, New Jersey, USA. Franklinite     (Zn,Mn++,Fe++)(Fe+++,Mn+++)2O4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1819 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality which was named after Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American scientist and inventor. LOCALITY: Dominant ore mineral at Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA. Franklinphilite    (K,Na)4(Mn++,Mg,Zn)48(Si,Al)72(O,OH)216 Approved IMA 1992 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality and from the Greek philos = 'friend.' The 'friends of Franklin' are those scientific investigators who helped study the unique mineralogy and geology of this deposit. LOCALITY: Franklin mine, Sussex County, New Jersey. Fransoletite    H2Ca3Be2(PO4)4 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A.M. Fransolet Franzinite     [(Na,K)30Ca10][Si30Al30O120](SO4)10 Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: For Marco Franzini, Professor of Mineralogy, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. Freboldite    CoSe Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1957 NAME ORIGIN: For Professor Georg Frebold of Hannover, Germany. Fredrikssonite    Mg2(Mn+++,Fe+++)O2(BO3) Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kurt A. Fredriksson (1926-), Swedish-U.S. Geochemist. Freedite   Pb8Cu+(As+++O3)2O3Cl5 Approved IMA 1985 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert L. Freed (1950-), U.S. Mineralogist. Freibergite    (Ag,Cu,Fe)12(Sb,As)4S13 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1853 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Freiberg district, Saxony. Freieslebenite     AgPbSbS3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1845 NAME ORIGIN: For Johann Karl Freiesleben (1774-1846), Mining Commissioner of Saxony, Germany. Fremontite - See Natromontebrasite Fresnoite    Ba2TiSi2O8 Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality. LOCALITY: Big Creek - Rush Creek sanbornite deposit, 5 miles NE of Trimmer, Fresno Co. California. Freudenbergite    Na2Fe+++2Ti6O16 Approved IMA 1961 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wilhelm Freudenberg (1881-), German geologist, who studied the rocks of Odenwald, Germany, where the mineral was found. Friedelite    Mn8Si6O15(OH,Cl)10 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1876 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles Friedel (1832-1899), French chemist and mineralogist. Friedrichbeckeite    K([ ],Na)Mg2(Be2Mg)Si12O30 Approved IMA 2008 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Friedrich Johann Karl Becke (1855-1931), Austrian mineralogist and petrographer. Friedrichite   Pb5Cu5Bi7S18 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: For Professor Dr.-Ing O.M. Friedrich, of the Mining University, Leoben, Styria, Austria. Fritzsche's salt - See Meridianiite Fritzscheite   Mn(UO2)2[(V,P)O4]2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1865 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Karl Julius Fritzsche (1808-1871), German chemist. Frohbergite    FeTe2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1947 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Max Hans Frohberg, mining geologist, Toronto, Canada. Frolovite    CaB2(OH)8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1957 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Novo-Frolvsk, Turinsk region, Ural Mountains, Russia. Frondelite   Mn++Fe+++4(PO4)3(OH)5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1949 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Clifford Frondel (1907-2002), one of the founders of Mineralogical Society of America and one of the authors of Dana's Mineralogy, 7th edition. Froodite    PdBi2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1958 NAME ORIGIN: For the Frood mine in Canada, in which it occurs. Fuchsite (Cr) - See Muscovite Fuenzalidaite     K6(Na,K)4Na6Mg10(SO4)12(IO3)12 Approved IMA 1994 NAME ORIGIN: For Humberto Fuenzalida P. (1904-1966), who planned and directed the first school of geology at the University of Chile. Fukalite   Ca4Si2O6(CO3)(OH,F)2 Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Bicchu, Fuka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Fukuchilite    Cu3FeS8 Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: For Nobuyo Fukuchi (1877-1934). Fulgurites - See Lechatelierite Fullerene - See Fullerite Fullerite C60 Not Submitted IMA (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983), American architect and visionary. Invented the geodesic dome which illustrates the molecular morphology of fullerenes. Fuloppite     Pb3Sb8S15 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1929 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Bela Fulopp. Pages:[1] [2] [3]