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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Hennomartinite    SrMn+++2Si2O7(OH)2 Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henno Martin, German geologist who escaped to South Africa from Nazi Germany. Henritermierite     Ca3(Mn,Al)2(SiO4)2(OH)4 Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henri F.E. Termier (1897- ), Professor of Geology at the Sorbonne, Paris, France. Henryite  Cu4Ag3Te4 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Norman F. M. Henry, (1909-1983), English mineralogist. Henrymeyerite   BaFe++Ti7O16 Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Prof. Henry. O. A. Meyer (1937-1995). Hentschelite    Cu++Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2 Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gerhard Hentschel (1930- ), Geological Survey of Hesse, Wiesbaden, Germany. Hephaistosite   TlPb2Cl5 Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Greek god of fire, Hephaistos (Hephaestus), whose workshops were alleged located at the locality (Vulcano). LOCALITY: La Fossa crater, Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy. Herbertsmithite  Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for G.F. Herbert Smith (1872-1953), of the British Museum (Natural History), who discovered paratacamite. Hercynite     Fe++Al2O4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1847 NAME ORIGIN: From the old Latin, Hercynia Silva, "Forested Mountains." Herderite     CaBe(PO4)F Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1828 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Siegmund August Wolfgang von Herder (1776-1838), mining official in Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. Herrengrundite - See Devilline Herschelite    (Na,Ca,K)AlSi2O6 Discredited IMA 1997 - Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1825 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1825 for John Frederick William Herschel (1792-1871), British astronomer. Herschelite - See Chabazite-Na Herzenbergite    SnS Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1934 NAME ORIGIN: For Robert Herzenberg (1885-?), German chemist of Oruro, Bolivia. Hessite     Ag2Te Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1843 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Swiss chemist, G. H. Hesse (1802-1850). Hessonite - See Grossular REMARKS: Brownish orange grossular garnet Hetaerolite     ZnMn+++2O4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1877 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "companian", for its occasional association with chalcophanite. Heterogenite-2H    Co+++O(OH) Approved IMA 1973 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "of another kind", as differing in composition from similar minerals. 2H polytype. Heterogenite-3R    Co+++O(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1872 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "of another kind", as differing in composition from similar minerals. 3R polytype. Heteromorphite    Pb7Sb8S19 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1876 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek many - 'hetero' and form - 'morphos.' Heterosite    Fe+++PO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1826 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for another, probably because it was the second manganese-bearing species described from the type locality. LOCALITY: Palermo #1 mine, New Hampshire, USA. Heulandite - See Heulandite-Ca Heulandite-Ba     (Ba,Ca,K,Na,Sr)5Al9Si27O72 Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Ba-dominant analogue of heulandite (heulandite-Ca). Heulandite-Ca     (Ca,Na)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1822 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English mineral collector, John Henry Heuland (1778-1856), a British mineral collector and dealer. Ca modifier added by zeolite nomenclature committee. Heulandite-K     (K,Na,Ca)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English mineral collector, John Henry Heuland (1778-1856), a British mineral collector and dealer. The K-dominant member of the heulandite series. Heulandite-Na     (Na,Ca)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English mineral collector, John Henry Heuland (1778-1856), a British mineral collector and dealer. The Na-dominant member of the heulandite series. Heulandite-Sr     (Sr,Na,Ca)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36 Approved IMA 1982 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English mineral collector, John Henry Heuland (1778-1856), a British mineral collector and dealer. The Sr-dominant member of the heulandite series. Hewettite    CaV6O16 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1914 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Donnel Foster Hewett (1881-1971), geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, who described the mineralogy of Minasragra, Peru. Hexaferrum  (Fe,Os,Ru,Ir) Approved IMA 1995 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the symmetry and composition. Hexagonite (Mn) - See Actinolite Hexahydrite    MgSO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1911 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the number of water molecules hexa, "six" and hydor, "water." Hexahydroborite    Ca[B(OH)4]2 Approved IMA 1976 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition. Hexamolybdenum  (Mo,Ru,Fe,Ir,Os) Approved IMA 2007 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: The name refers to the symmetry (primitive hexagonal) and composition (Mo-rich). Hexatestibiopanickelite   (Ni,Pd)(Te,Sb) Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Presumably named for the crystal system and composition. Heyite   Pb5Fe++2(VO4)2O4 Approved IMA 1973 NAME ORIGIN: Max Hutchinson Hey (1904-1984), eminent British mineralogist and chemist, British Museum (Natural History), London, England. Heyrovskyite    Pb10AgBi5S18 Approved IMA 1971 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Czech chemist, J. Heyrovsky (1890-1967). Hiarneite   (Ca,Mn,Na)2(Zr,Mn+++)5(Sb,Ti,Fe)2O16 Approved IMA 1995 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Urban Hiarne (1641-1724), a pioneer in Swedish geology. Hibbingite   (Fe,Mg)2(OH)3Cl Approved IMA 1994 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Drill cores in the Duluth complex, near Hibbing, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, Hibonite     (Ca,Ce)(Al,Ti,Mg)12O19 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1956 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paul Hibon, who discovered the mineral. Hibschite    Ca3Al2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x(x=0.2-1.5) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1905 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Josef Emanuel Hibsch (1852-1940), German Agricultural Academy, Tetschen, Czech Republic. Hidalgoite   PbAl3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1953 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: San Pascual mine, nine km northwest of Zimapan, Hidalgo, Mexico. Hiddenite - See Spodumene REMARKS: Emerald green beryl Hieratite     K2SiF6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1882 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locaity in the crater of Vulcano (Greek name , Hiera). LOCALITY: Crater of Vulcano, Lipari Islands. Higginsite - See Conichalcite Hilairite     Na2ZrSi3O9 Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Hilgardite    Ca2B5O9Cl Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eugene W. Hilgard (1833-1916), German-American geologist, one of the first to describe the Loiuisiana salt dome deposits. Hillebrandite    Ca6Si3O9(OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1908 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Francis Hillebrand (1853-1925), American geochemist and analytical chemist. Hillite   Ca2(Zn, Mg)[PO4]2 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Roderik Hill (1949-), Chief of Mineral Research Division, CSIRO, Melbourne, Autralia. Hingganite-(Ce)     (Ce,Ca)2([ ],Fe)Be2Si2O8[(OH),O]2 Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named for it's relationship to hingganite-(Y). Hingganite-(Y)     Y2([ ])Be2Si2O8(OH)2 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for it's locality. LOCALITY: Heilonghiang, and greater Khingan (Hinggan) area, Manchuria, China. Hingganite-(Yb)   (Yb,Y)2([ ])Be2Si2O8(OH)2 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for it's relationship to hingganite. Hinsdalite    (Pb,Sr)Al3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1911 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Golden Fleece mine, Hinsdale County., Colorado, USA. Hiortdahlite   (Ca,Na,Y)3(Zr,Ti)Si2O7(F,O,OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1889 NAME ORIGIN: Named for prof. Thorstein Hallager Hiortdahl (1839-1925), Mineralogist of Christiania (now Olso), Norway. Hisingerite   Fe+++2Si2O5(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1828 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wilhelm Hisinger (1766-1852), eminent Swedish chemist. Hitchcockite - See Plumbogummite Hocartite   Ag2FeSnS4 Approved IMA 1968 NAME ORIGIN: For Raymind Hocart, Professor of Mineralogy, University of Paris, France. Hochelagaite   (Ca,Na,Sr)Nb4O11 Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Named for "Hochelaga," the Native American name for Montreal, Canada. Hodgkinsonite    MnZn2SiO4(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1913 NAME ORIGIN: Named for H. H. Hodgkinson, assistant underground supervisor of Franklin mine who discovered the mineral. Hodrushite    Cu8Bi12S22 Approved IMA 1970 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Hodursa, Czechoslovakia. Hoegbomite - See Magnesiohogbomite-2N2S Hoegtuvaite - See Hogtuvaite Hoelite    (C6H4)2(CO)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1922 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Adolf Hoel (1879-?), geologist, leader of a Norwegian expedition to Spitzbergen. Hoernesite - See Hornesite Hoganite  Cu(CH3COO)2 Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Graham P. Hogan (1957-) who collected the mineral. Hogbomite-10T - See Magnesiohogbomite-2N3S Hogbomite-15R-18R-24R - See Magnesiohogbomite-6N6S Hogbomite-24R - See Magnesiohogbomite-6N6S Hogbomite-8H - See Ferrohogbomite-2N2S Hogbomite-8H - See Magnesiohogbomite-2N2S Hogtuvaite    (Ca,Na)2(Fe++,Fe+++,Ti,Mg,Mn)6(Si,Be,Al)6O20 Approved IMA 1994 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hogtuva Mountain, near the type locality in Norway. LOCALITY: Found about 16 km northwest of Mo i Rana, Norway Hohmannite    Fe+++2(SO4)2(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1888 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Thomas Hohmann (1843-1897), mining engineer of Valparaiso, Chile who discovered the first specimens. Holdawayite    Mn++6(CO3)2(OH)7(Cl,OH) Approved IMA 1988 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Michael J. Holdaway of Southern Methodist University. Holdenite     (Mn,Mg)6Zn3(AsO4)2(SiO4)(OH)8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1927 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Albert Fairchild Holden (1866-1913), mining engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Holfertite    U++++++1.75TiCa0.25 O7.5(H2O)3 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John W. Holfert, claim holder at Starvation (formerly Searle) Canyon. Hollandite    Ba(Mn++++,Mn++)8O16 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1906 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Thomas Henry Holland (1868-1947), Director of the Indian Geologic Survey. Hollingworthite    (Rh,Pt,Pd)AsS Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: For Professor Sidney Ewart Hollingworth (1899-1966). Holmquistite    [ ](Li2Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1913 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Per Johan Holmquist (1866-1946), petrologist, Stockhom, Sweden. Holtedahlite    Mg12(PO3OH,CO3)(PO4)5(OH,O)6 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Olaf Holtedahl (1885-1975), Professor of Geology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. Holtite    Al6(Al,Ta)(BO3)[(SiO4,SbO4,AsO4)]3(O,OH)3 Approved IMA 1971 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Harold Edward Holt (1908-1967), Prime minister of Australia (1966-1967). Holtstamite  Ca3(Al,Mn+++)2(SiO4)2(OH)4 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Dr. Dan Holtstam (b. 1963) in honor of his contributions to Swedish mineralogy and specifically of Mn-deposits of the L Homilite    Ca2(Fe++,Mg)B2Si2O10 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1896 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "to occur together", in allusion to its association with meliphanite and "erdmannite" (allanite). Honessite   Ni6Fe+++2(SO4)(OH)16 Approved IMA 1959 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur P. Honess, (1886-1942), Pennsylvania State University. Hongquiite TiO Not Approved IMA 1976 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tao district, Hongqui, China. Hongshiite   PtCu Not Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Hong district, China. Hopeite     Zn3(PO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1908 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Scottish chemist, Thomas Charles Hope (1766-1844). Horn Lead - See Phosgenite Horn Quicksilver - See Calomel Horn Silver - See Chlorargyrite Hornblende - See Ferrohornblende Hornblende - See Magnesiohornblende Hornesite    Mg3(AsO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1860 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Moritz Hornes (1815-1868), Curator of the Imperial Cabinet, Vienna, Austria. Horobetsuite (Bi,Sb)2S3 Not Approved IMA NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Horobetsu mine, Hokkaido, Japan. Horomanite Fe6Ni3S8 Proposed IMA 2007 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Horsfordite  Cu5Sb Discredited IMA 2006 - Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1855 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eben N. Horsford, (1818-1893), U.S. chemist. Hortonolite - See Fayalite REMARKS: Mn,Mg bearing fayalite Horvathite-(Y)    NaY(CO3)F2 Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For Elsa (1947-) and Laszlo (1937-) Horvath, husband-and-wife team dedicated to the collection, study, and documentation of the minerals from Mont Saint-Hilaire. Pages:[1] [2] [3]