H Listing of Minerals

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H Mineral Index (280 Count)

This alphabetical listing of H 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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Haapalaite  2(Fe,Ni)S Approved IMA 1973 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paavo Haapala (1906-), Finnish geologist. Haarsalz - See Halotrichite Hackmanite - See Sodalite REMARKS: Red variety Haeggite - See Haggite Hafnon    HfSiO4 Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition containing hafnium. Hagendorfite    NaCaMn(Fe++,Fe+++,Mg)2(PO4)3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1954 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Hagendorf, Bavaria, Germany. Haggertyite    Ba[Fe++6Ti5Mg]O19 Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Stephen E. Haggerty (b. 1938), of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A., in recognition of his important studies of titanate minerals in the Earth Haggite    V2O2(OH)3 Approved IMA 1958 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gunnar Hagg (1903-), chemist and crystallographer, of the University of Uppsala, Sweden. Haidingerite     Ca(AsO3OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1827 NAME ORIGIN: Name for William Karl von Haidinger (1795-1871), Austrain mineralogist and geologist. Haigerachite   KFe+++3(H2PO4)6(HPO4)2 Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the village and valley near the locality. LOCALITY: Silberbrunnle mine dump near Gengenbach in the central Black Forest, Aufschluss, Germany. Haineaultite    (Na,Ca)5Ca(Ti,Nb)5(Si,S)12O34(OH,F)8 Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gilles Haineault (1946-), collector and dealer in Mont Saint-Hilaire minerals. (prounounced Hainite    Na4Ca8(Ti,Zr,Mn,Fe)3Si8O28F8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1893 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality. LOCALITY: Hradiste Mountain, (formerly named Hoher Hain) near Mildenau, Czech Republic. Hair Pyrites - See Millerite Haiweeite     Ca[(UO2)2Si5O12(OH)2] Approved IMA 1959 NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality. LOCALITY: Haiwee Reservoir, Inyo County, California, USA. Hakite   (Cu,Hg)3(Sb,As)(Se,S)3 Approved IMA 1971 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jaroslav Hak, mineralogist, Institute of Ore Research, Kutna Hora, Czechoslovakia. Haleniusite-(La)    (La,Ce)OF Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ulf H Halite     NaCl Valid Species (Pre-IMA) Prehistoric NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek halos, meaning "salt" and lithos meaning "rock." Hallimondite     Pb2(UO2)(AsO4)2 Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Francis Hallimond (1890-1968), British mineralogist, London, England, for his work with secondary uranium minerals. Halloysite   Al2Si2O5(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1826 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Baron Omalius d'Halloy (1707-1789). halloysite-10 Ang. - See Halloysite Halotrichite     Fe++Al2(SO4)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1839 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin, halotrichum ="hairy salt." Halurgite   Mg2[B4O5(OH)4]2 Approved IMA 1962 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Institute of Halurgy, St. Petersburg, Russia, for its studies of saline deposits. Hamartite - See Bastnasite-(Ce) Hamartite - See Bastnasite-(La) Hamartite - See Bastnasite-(Y) Hambergite     Be2BO3(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1890 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Axel Hamberg (1863-1933), Swedish mineralogist and geographer. Hamlinite - See Goyazite Hammarite    Pb2Cu2Bi4S9 (?) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1924 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Gladhammer, Province of Kalmar, Sweden. Hanawaltite   Hg+6Hg++[Cl,(OH)]2O3 Approved IMA 1996 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. J. Donald Hanawalt (1903-1987), a pioneer in the field of X-ray powder diffraction. Handcockite - See Epidote-(Pb) REMARKS: Renamed to Epidote-(Pb) - Recommended nomenclature of epidote-group minerals, Eur. J. Mineral. 2006, 18, 551-567. Hanksite      KNa22(SO4)9(CO3)2Cl Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1885 NAME ORIGIN: Named for H. G. Hanks, American geologist. Hannayite     (NH4)2Mg3H4(PO4)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1878 NAME ORIGIN: Named for James Ballantine Hannay (1855-1931), Scottish chemist, University of Manchester, Manchester, England. Hannebachite    2CaSO3 Approved IMA 1985 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Hannebacher Ley volcano, one km east-northeast of Hannebach, and at Kalem, near Birresborn, Eifel district, Germany. Hapkeite  Fe2Si Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Bruce Hapke (emeritus, University of Pittsburgh). who first predicted the presence of vapor-deposited elemental Fe as coatings on lunar soil grains. Haradaite    Sr4V++++4Si8O28 Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Zyunpei Harada (1898{1992), Emeritus Professor, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. Hardystonite    Ca2ZnSi2O7 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1899 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Hardyston Township in which Franklin is situated. Harkerite    Ca24Mg8Al2(SiO4)8(BO3)6(CO3)10 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1948 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alfred Harker (1859-1939), British petrologist, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. Harmotome     (Ba,Na,K)1-2(Si,Al)8O16 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1801 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek harmos - "I combine" and temseis - "I cut" alluding to the fact that the pyramid divides parallel to the plane that passes through the terminal edges. Harrisonite    Ca(Fe++,Mg)6(PO4)2(SiO4)2 Approved IMA 1993 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for James Merritt Harrison (1915-1990), tth former director of the Canadian Geological Service. Harstigite   Ca6MnBe4(SiO4)2(Si2O7)2(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1886 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Harstig mine, Pajsberg, near Persber, Vermland, Switzerland. Hartite   C20H34 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1841 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Hart, Gloggnitz, Austria. Hashemite    Ba(Cr,S)O4 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, within which the species occurs. Hastingsite    NaCa2(Fe++4Fe+++)Si6Al2O22(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1896 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Dungannon, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada. Hastite  CoSe2 Discredited IMA 2008 - Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1955 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. P.F. Hast, mining engineer. Hastite - See Ferroselite Hatchettolite - See Uranpyrochlore Hatchite    (Pb,Tl)2AgAs2S5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1912 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Frederick Henry Hatch (1864-1932), American geologist and mining engineer. Hatrurite   Ca3SiO5 Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Hatrurim Formation in Israel. Hauchecornite    Ni9Bi(Sb,Bi)S8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1893 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Hauchecorn (1828-1900), Director of the Geological Survey and the Mining Academy, Berlin, Germany. Hauckite   (Mg,Mn++)24Zn18Fe+++3(SO4)4(CO3)2(OH)81 (?) Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1980 for Richard Hauck, (1935-), New Jersey mineral collector. Hauerite    MnS2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1846 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Austrian geologists, J. R. Hauer (1778-1863) and F. R. Hauer (1822-1899). Hausmannite     Mn++Mn+++2O4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1827 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German mineralogist, J. F. L. Hausmann (1782-1859). Hauyne    (Na,Ca)4-8Al6Si6(O,S)24(SO4,Cl)1-2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1807 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French crystallographer, R. J. Hauy (1743-1822). Hauynite - See Hauyne Hawleyite    CdS Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1955 NAME ORIGIN: For Professor James Edwin Hawley (1897-1965), Canadian mineralogist, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Hawthorneite    Ba[Ti3Cr4Fe4Mg]O19 Approved IMA 1989 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Barry Hawthorne, formerly chief geologist (Diamonds), DeBeers Consolidated Mines, South Africa. Haxonite   (Fe,Ni)23C6 Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Howard J. Axon (1924-1992), English metallurgist. Haycockite    Cu4Fe5S8 Approved IMA 1972 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Maurice H. Haycock (1900-), Canadian mineralogist. Haydeeite   Cu3Mg(OH)6Cl2 Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Haydee mine, 144 km South of Iquique, Tarapac Haynesite    (UO2)3(SeO3)2(OH)2 Approved IMA 1991 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Patrick Haynes, U.S. Geologist who first collected the mineral. Hazenite   KNaMg2(PO4)2 Proposed IMA 2007 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert M. Hazen, Senior Research Scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington Heavy Spar - See Barite Heazlewoodite    Ni3S2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1896 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality at Heazlewood, Tasmania, Australia. LOCALITY: In the USA, from Josephine Co., Oregon. From Heazlewood and Trial Harbour, Tasmania, Australia. Hechtsbergite     Bi2O(OH)(VO4) Approved IMA 1995 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Hechtsberg quarry at Hausach, Black Forest, Germany. Hectorfloresite   Na9(IO3)(SO4)4 Approved IMA 1989 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hector Flores W. (1906-1984), Chilean geologist, University of Chile. Hectorite   Na0,3(Mg,Li)3Si4O10(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1936 NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality. LOCALITY: Company No. 1 mine, 3 miles south of Hector, San Bernardino Co., California. Hedenbergite    CaFe++Si2O6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1819 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Swedish mineralogist, M. A. L. Hedenberg. Hedleyite  Bi7Te3 (?) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1945 NAME ORIGIN: For the locality. LOCALITY: In Canada, from the Good Hope mineral claim, about 6 km southeast of Hedley, Osoyoos mining division; also the Oregon mine, near Hedley, British Columbia. Hedyphane     Ca2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1830 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek hedy - "beautifully bright," in allusion to the high luster. Heftetjernite ScTaO4 Proposed IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Heideite   (Fe,Cr)1+x(Ti,Fe)2S4 Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Fritz Heide (1891-1973), meteoriticist of Jana, Germany. Heidornite    Na2Ca3B5O8(SO4)2Cl(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1956 NAME ORIGIN: Named for F. Heidorn, German geologist who studied the Zechstein deposits. Heinrichite     Ba(UO2)2(AsO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1958 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eberhardt William Heinrich (1918-1991), mineralogist, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Hejtmanite   Ba(Mn,Fe++)2TiO(Si2O7)(OH,F)2 Approved IMA 1992 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Bohuslav Hejtman, Emeritus Professor of Petrology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Heklaite    KNaSiF6 Proposed IMA 2008 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Hekla volcano, Tonci Balic- Heliodor - See Beryl REMARKS: Yellow colored beryl Heliophyllite  Pb6As2O7Cl4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1888 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "sun" and "leaf', in reference to its color and structure. Hellandite - See Hellandite-(Y) Hellandite-(Ce)     (Ca3REE)4Ce2Al[ ]2[Si4 B4O22](OH)2 Approved IMA 2001 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Amund Theodor Helland (1846-1918), geologist of Oslo, Norway. Hellandite-(Y)     (Ca,REE)4(Y,Ce)2(Al,[ ])2[Si4B4O22](OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1903 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Amund Theodor Helland (1846-1918), geologist of Oslo, Norway. Hellyerite   NiCO3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1958 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henry Hellyer (1826-), first surveyor general of Van Dieman's Land, TAS, Australia. Helmutwinklerite   PbZn2(AsO4)2 Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Helmut G.F. Winkler (1915-1980), University of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany Helvite    Mn4Be3(SiO4)3S Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1817 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek helios - "sun." Hematite     Fe2O3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) Prehistoric NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, haimatites, "bloodlike'" in allusion to vivid red color of the powder. Hematolite     (Mn,Mg,Al)15(AsO3)(AsO4)2(OH)23 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1884 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "blood" in allusion to its color. Hematophanite    Pb4Fe+++3O8(OH,Cl) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1928 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for blood and visible, presumably for the blood-red color exhibited in transmitted light. Hemihedrite    Pb10Zn(CrO4)6(SiO4)2F2 Approved IMA 1967 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its hemihedral crystal morphology. Hemihydrate - See Bassanite Hemimorphite     Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1853 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the hemimorphic nature of the crystals. Hemloite    (As,Sb)2(Ti,V,Fe,Al)12O23OH Approved IMA 1988 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Hemlo gold deposit, Page-Williams mine, 3 km east of Hemlo, Thunder Bay district, Ontario, Canada. Hemusite   Cu6SnMoS8 Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Named after an ancient name for the Balkan Mountains. Hendersonite  Ca1.3V6O16 Approved IMA 1962 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Edward P. Henderson of the U.S. National Museum, in recognition of his mineralogical studies of the vanadium-uranium deposits of the Colorado Plateau. Hendricksite     K(Zn,Mg,Mn)3Si3AlO10(OH)2 Approved IMA 1966 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dr. Sterling B. Hendricks (1902-?), American crystallographer and chemist, a student of micas. Heneuite   CaMg5(PO4)3(CO3)(OH) Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henrich Neumann (1914-1983), Mineralogical-Geological Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. Henmilite    Ca2Cu[B(OH)4]2(OH)4 Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kitinosuke Henmi (1919-1997) and his daughter Chiyoko Henmi (1949-) for their work on the Skarn deposit at Fuka, Japan. Pages: [1] [2] [3]