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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Hoshiite - See Magnesite REMARKS: Ni-bearing magnesite Hotsonite-VI  Al5(SO4)(PO4)(OH)10 Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Hotson 42, about 65 km W of Pofadder, Bushmanland, Cape Province, South Africa. Hotsonite-VII  Al11(SO4)3(PO4)2(OH)21 Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Hotson farm, Pofadder, South Africa. Howardevansite   NaCu++Fe+++2(VO4)3 Approved IMA 1988 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Howard Tasker Evans, Jr. (1919-2000), American mineralogist and crystallographer, U.S.G.S., Reston, Virginia, USA. Howieite    Na(Fe++,Mn++)10(Fe,Al)2Si12O31(OH)13 Approved IMA 1964 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert Andrew Howie (1923-), British mineralogist and petrologist, King's College, London University, UK. Howlite    Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1868 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Henry How of Nova Scotia when he first described it in 1868. Hsianghualite    Ca3Li2Be3(SiO4)3F2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1958 NAME ORIGIN: The name is from a Chinese word for fragrant flower. Huanghoite-(Ce)     BaCe(CO3)2F Approved IMA 1961 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Huang Ho (Yellow River), China, 150 km south of the Bayan Obo deposit, China, where the first specimens were collected. Huangite   Ca0.5Al3(SO4)2(OH)6 Approved IMA 1992 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yunhui Huang (1926- ), Chinese mineralogist, Institute of Mineral Deposit Geology and Mineral Resources, Beijing, China Hubeite   Ca2Mn++Fe+++Si4O12(OH)(H2O)2 Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Dayan mine near Huangshi, Hubei Province, China. Hubnerite     MnWO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1865 NAME ORIGIN: After the German mineralogist, Adolph Huebner. Huebnerite - See Hubnerite Huegelite - See Hugelite Huemulite   Na4Mg(V10O28) Approved IMA 1966 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Huemul mine, Mendoza Province, Argentina. Hugelite    Pb2(UO2)3(AsO4)2(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1913 NAME ORIGIN: Named for F. Hugel. Huhnerkobelite - See Alluaudite Hulsite    (Fe++,Mg)2(Fe+++,Sn)O2(BO3) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1908 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alfred Hulse Brooks (1871-1924), U. S. Geologist. Humberstonite     K3Na7Mg2(SO4)6(NO3)2 Approved IMA 1970 NAME ORIGIN: Named for James Thomas Humberstone (1850-1939), industrial chemist whose contributions permit economical extraction of nitrate from the Chilean deposits. Humboldtine   Fe++(C2O4) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1821 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), German explorer and naturalist. Humite    (Mg,Fe++)7(SiO4)3(F,OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1813 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Abraham Hume (1749-1838), English connoisseur and collector of works of art, precious stones and minerals. Hummerite     KMgV+++++5O14 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1951 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Hummer mine, Montrose County, Colorado, USA. Hunchunite   (Au,Ag)2Pb Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Hunchun River, Jilin province, China Hundholmenite-(Y)  (Y,REE,Ca,Na)15(Al,Fe+++)CaxAs+++1-x(Si,As+++++)Si6B3(O,F)48 Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Hundholmen, Tysfjord, Nordland, north Norway. Hungchaoite   MgB4O5(OH)4 Approved IMA 1964 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Chang Hung-chao (1877-1951), Chinese geologist and mineralogist. Huntite    CaMg3(CO3)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1955 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Walter Frederick Hunt (1882-1975), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Hureaulite     Mn5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1826 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Hureaux in St. Silvestre and Vilate near Chanteloube, N of Limoges, Haute Vienne, France. Hurlbutite    CaBe2(PO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1952 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Cornelius S. Hurlbut, Jr. (1906-), professor of mineralogy, Harvard University, Cambridge. Hutchinsonite     (Pb,Tl)2As5S9 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1904 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Hitchinson (1866-1937), Professor of Mineralogy, Cambridge University, England. Huttonite    ThSiO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1950 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Colin Osborne Hutton (1910-1971), New Zealand-American mineralogist of Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA. Hyacinth - See Zircon REMARKS: Orange red zircon Hyalite - See Opal REMARKS: Glassy opal Hyalophane     (K,Ba)Al(Si,Al)3O8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1855 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek hyalos - "glass" and phanos - "to appear." Hyalotekite    (Ba,Pb,Ca,K)6(B,Si,Al)2(Si,Be)10O28(F,Cl) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1877 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek "hyalos" and "tektos" owing to its property of forming a clear, colorless glass upon heating. Hydrargyllite - See Gibbsite Hydroastrophyllite   (H3O,K)2Ca(Fe+++,Mn)5-6Ti2Si8O26(OH)4F Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its high water content and relationship to astrophyllite. Hydrobasaluminite  Al4(SO4)(OH)10 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1948 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition and relation to basaluminite. Hydrobiotite    [K(Mg,Fe)3(Al,Fe)Si3O10(OH,F)2] Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1882 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the water content and its relationship to biotite. Hydrobiotite - See Vermiculite Hydroboracite     CaMgB6O8(OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1834 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (water, borate). Hydrocalcite - See Monohydrocalcite Hydrocalumite    Ca2Al(OH)6[Cl1-x(OH)x] Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1934 NAME ORIGIN: Named for a HYDROus mineral containing CAlcium and ALUMinum. Hydrocerussite     Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1877 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition. Hydrochlorborite    Ca2B4O4(OH)7Cl Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the essential chemical components, water, chlorine and borate. Hydrocyanite - See Chalcocyanite Hydrodelhayelite    KCa2AlSi7O17(OH)2 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its relation to delhayelite, and the water in its composition. Hydrodresserite    BaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4 Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Named for essential water and characteristic dehydration to dresserite under low humidity conditions. Hydrofranklinite - See Chalcophanite Hydrogen Autunite - See Chernikovite Hydroglauberite   Na4Ca(SO4)3 Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition, rather similar to glauberite, but hydrated. Hydrogrossular - See Hibschite Hydrogrossular - See Katoite Hydrohalite    NaCl Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1847 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its water content and similarity to halite in composition. Hydrohalloysite - See Endellite Hydrohematite - See Lepidocrocite Hydrohetaerolite   Zn2Mn+++4O8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1929 NAME ORIGIN: Named for a HYDROus mineral, and its relation to hetaerolite. Hydrohonessite   Ni6Fe+++2(SO4)(OH)16 Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: Named to indicate its relationship to honessite. Hydromagnesite    Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1835 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition. Hydrombobomkulite  (Ni,Cu)Al4(NO3,SO4)2(OH)12 Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the hydrated version of mbobomkulite. Hydromica - See Hydrobiotite Hydromica - See Illite Hydromica - See Vermiculite Hydromolysite  FeCl3 Discredited IMA 1968 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1965 for the composition. Hydromuscovite - See Illite Hydronium jarosite - See Hydroniumjarosite REMARKS: Renamed to Hydroniumjarosite by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p131 Hydroniumjarosite    (H3O)Fe+++3(SO4)2(OH)6 Approved IMA 1960 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (hydronium = H + H2O) and jarosite. Hydroparagonite - See Brammallite Hydrophane - See Opal REMARKS: Porous opal Hydrophilite  CaCl2 Discredited IMA 2006 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek hydros = "water" and philos = 'friend' in allusion to the highly deliquescent nature of the mineral. Hydrophilite - See Antarcticite REMARKS: Antarcticite or sinjarite Hydrophilite - See Sinjarite REMARKS: Antarcticite or sinjarite Hydroromarchite   Sn3O2(OH)2 Approved IMA 1971 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the hydrous version of romarchite. Hydroscarbroite   Al14(CO3)3(OH)36 Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named as a higher hydrate of scarbroite. Hydrotalcite    Mg6Al2(CO3)(OH)16 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1842 NAME ORIGIN: Named as a HYDROus mineral with a resemblance to talc. Hydrotungstite   H2WO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1944 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its content of H2O and relation to tungstite. Hydrougrandite (Ca,Mg,Fe++)3(Fe+++,Al)2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x Discredited IMA 1966 - Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1954 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the hydrous analog of ugrandite. Hydrowoodwardite  Cu1-xAlx(OH)2(SO4)x/2 Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the higher hydrated analogue of woodwardite. Hydroxyapatite - See Apatite-(CaOH) REMARKS: Renamed to Apatite-(CaOH) by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p 131 Hydroxyapophyllite - See Apophyllite-(KOH) REMARKS: Renamed to Apophyllite-(KOH) by Mineralogical Record, v39, (2008), p 131 Hydroxycancrinite   Na4(AlSiO4)3(OH) Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition and relationship to cancrinite. Hydroxyl-bastnasite-(Ce) - See Hydroxylbastnasite-(Ce) REMARKS: Renamed Hydroxylbastnasite-(Ce) by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p131 Hydroxyl-bastnasite-(La) - See Hydroxylbastnasite-(La) REMARKS: Renamed Hydroxylbastnasite-(La) by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p131 Hydroxyl-bastnasite-(Nd) - See Hydroxylbastnasite-(Nd) REMARKS: Renamed Hydroxylbastnasite-(Nd) by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p131 Hydroxyl-herderite - See Hydroxylherderite REMARKS: Renamed Hydroxylherderite by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p131 Hydroxyl-pyromorphite - See Hydroxylpyromorphite REMARKS: Renamed Hydroxylpyromorphite by Mineralogical Record v39 (2008), p131 Hydroxylbastnasite-(Ce)     Ce(CO3)(OH) Approved IMA 1964 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the hydroxyl analog of bastnasite-(Ce). Hydroxylbastnasite-(La)   La(CO3)(OH) Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named to conform to the bastnasite goup designations. Hydroxylbastnasite-(Nd)    Nd(CO3)(OH) Approved IMA 1985 NAME ORIGIN: Named as Nd end member in the hydroxylbastnasite series. Hydroxylborite  Mg3(BO3)(OH,F)3 Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the OH analogue of fluoborite. Hydroxylcarbonate-(La) - See Hydroxylbastnasite-(La) Hydroxylcarbonate-(Nd) - See Hydroxylbastnasite-(Nd) Hydroxylclinohumite    Mg9(SiO4)4(OH,F)2 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and the mineral clinohumite. Hydroxylellestadite - See Ellestadite-(OH) REMARKS: Renamed Ellestadite-(OH) by Mineralogical Record v39 (2008), 131 Hydroxylherderite     CaBe(PO4)(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1894 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition and relationship to herderite. Hydroxylian Pseudorutile - See Kleberite Hydroxylpyromorphite   Pb5(PO4)3OH Not Submitted IMA (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek pyr - "fire" and morfe - "form" in allusion the recrystallization reaction of the molten mineral. Pages:[1] [2] [3]