R Listing of Minerals

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R Mineral Index (208 Count)

This alphabetical listing of R 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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Raadeite   Mg7(PO4)2(OH)8 Approved IMA 2001 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gunnar Raade (1944-), minerals curator at the Natural History Museum, Oslo, Norway. Rabbittite    Ca3Mg3(UO2)2(CO3)6(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1955 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Charles Rabbitt (1907-1957), geologist with the U. S. Geological Survey. Rabejacite    Ca(UO2)4(SO4)2(OH)6 Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Rabejac and Mas d'Alary village a few kilometers from Lodeve, France. Radhakrishnaite   PbTe3(Cl,S)2 Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named after B. P. Radhakrishna (1918-), Indian mineralogist. Radial Blende - See Wurtzite Radiobarite  (Ba,Ra)SO4 Not Submitted IMA NAME ORIGIN: From radium replacing barium and from the Greek, baryos, "heavy." Radovanite  Cu2Fe+++(AsO4)[As+++O2(OH)2] Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Radovan Cerny (1957-), crystallographer at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Radtkeite    Hg3S2ClI Approved IMA 1991 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur S. Radtke (1936-2004), geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. Rafaelite - See Paralaurionite Raguinite    TlFeS2 Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eugene Raguin (1900-), French geologist. Raite    Na4Mn++4Si8(O,OH)24 Approved IMA 1973 NAME ORIGIN: Named in honor of the international group of scientists, captained by Thor Heyerdahl, crewing the papyrus ship Ra (1969-1970). Rajite    CuTe++++2O5 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Robert Allen Jenkins (RAJ-ite), a mineralogist who first recognized the species. Ralstonite    NaxMgxAl2-x(F,OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1871 NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. Grier Ralston (1851-1880) of Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA, who first observed the mineral. Ramanite-(Cs)  Cs[B5O6(OH)4] Approved IMA 2007 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888-1970), Nobel Prize winner in Physics in 1930 for discovering the effect that bears his name. Ramanite-(Rb)   Rb[B5O6(OH)4] Approved IMA 2007 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888-1970), Nobel Prize winner in Physics in 1930 for discovering the effect that bears his name. Rambergite    MnS Approved IMA 1995 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Hans Ramberg (1917-1998), Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology at the University of Chicago, then at the University of Uppsala, Sweden. Ramdohrite   Ag3Pb6Sb11S24 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1930 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paul Ramdohr (1890-1985), German mineralogist. Rameauite    K2CaU++++++6O20 Approved IMA 1972 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jacques Rameau (1926-1960), French prospector who discovered the deposit where the mineral occurs. Rammelsbergite    NiAs2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1854 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German chemist and mineralogist, K. F. Rammelsberg (1812-1899). Ramsayite - See Lorenzenite Ramsbeckite    (Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22 Approved IMA 1985 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Bastenberg mine, near Ramsbeck, Germany. Ramsdellite    MnO2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1943 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the American mineralogist, Lewis S. Ramsdell (1895-1975), of the University of Michigan, who first described the mineral. Rancieite    (Ca,Mn++)Mn++++4O9 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1859 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Rancie, near Vicdessos, Ariege, France. Rankachite  CaFe++V+++++4W++++++8O36 Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Clara Mine, Wofach, Rankach Valley, Schwarzwald, Balden-Wurttenberg, Germany. Rankamaite    (Na,K,Pb,Li)3(Ta,Nb,Al)11(O,OH)30 Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kalervo Rankama (1913-), Finnish geochemist, University of Helsinki. Rankinite   Ca3Si2O7 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1942 NAME ORIGIN: Named for George Atwater Rankin (1884-?), physical chemist of the Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, D.C., USA, Ranquilite - See Haiweeite Ransomite    CuFe+++2(SO4)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1928 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Federick Leslie Ransome (1868-1935), U.S. Mining geologist. Ranunculite    HAl(UO2)(PO4)(OH)3 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the color "ranunculus", buttercup. Rapidcreekite    Ca2(SO4)(CO3) Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Rapid Creek, Big Fish river area, Yukon Territories, Canada. Rappoldite   Pb(Co,Ni,Zn,)2(AsO4)2 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Dump material from the Rappold mine near Schneeberg, Saxony, Germay. Raslakite   Na15Ca3Fe3(Na,Zr)3Zr3(Si,Nb)(Si25O73)(OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH) Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Raslak cirques near Mount Kedykverpakhk. Rasorite - See Kernite Raspite     PbWO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1897 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles Rasp (1846-1907), German-Australian prospector, discovered of the Broken Hill ore deposit. Rastsvetaevite   Na27K8Ca12Fe3Zr6Si52O144(O,OH,H2O)6Cl2 Proposed IMA 2000 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Rasvumite     KFe2S3 Approved IMA 1970 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Rasvumchorr and Kidusvumchorr apatite deposits, Khibina massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Rathite    Pb8Pb4-x(Tl2As2)x(Ag2As2)As16S40 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1896 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gerhard von Rath (1830-1888), Professor of Mineralogy, Bonn, Germany. Rathite-1a - See Dufrenoysite REMARKS: Variety of dufrénoysite Rathite-I - See Dufrenoysite REMARKS: Rathite or dufrénoysite Rathite-I - See Rathite REMARKS: Rathite or dufrénoysite Rathite-II - See Liveingite REMARKS: Liveingite Rathite-IV - See Sartorite REMARKS: (of Nowacki et al. 1964) = sartorite Rauenthalite    Ca3(AsO4)2 Approved IMA 1964 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Rauenthal vein system, on which Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France, is located. LOCALITY: Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France. Rauvite    Ca(UO2)2V+++++10O28 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1922 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, RAdium, Uranium, and Vanadium. Ravatite    C14H10 Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Ravat, Fan-Jagnob coal basin, Dushambe, Tajikistan Rayite  (Ag,Tl)2Pb8Sb8S21 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Santosh K. Ray of President College, Calcutta, India. Realgar     AsS Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1747 NAME ORIGIN: From the Arabic, rahj al ghar, "powder of the mine;" Rebulite     Tl5Sb5As8S22 Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Unknown name derivation. Rectorite    (Na,Ca)Al4(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1891 NAME ORIGIN: Named for E. W. Rector (1849-1917), legislator and lawyer of Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA. Red Antimony - See Kermesite Red Lead Ore - See Crocoite Red oxide of copper - See Cuprite Red oxide of lead - See Minium Red Oxide of Zinc - See Zincite Reddingite    Mn++3(PO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1878 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Branchville, in the town of Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. Redgillite  Cu6(OH)10(SO4) Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Red Gill mine. Redingtonite   (Fe++,Mg,Ni)(Cr,Al)2(SO4)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1888 NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality. LOCALITY: Redington mine, Knoxville, Napa Co., California. Redledgeite    BaTi6Cr+++2O16 Approved IMA 1961 NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality. LOCALITY: Red Ledge mine, south of Washington, Nevada Co., California. Reederite-(Y)   Na15Y2(CO3)9(SO3F)Cl Approved IMA 1994 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dr. Richard J. Reeder, currently co-editor of the American Mineralogist. Reedmergnerite    NaBSi3O8 Approved IMA 1960 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank S. Reed (1894-?) and John L. Mergner (1894-?), Laboratory technicians, U. S. Geological Survey. Reevesite   Ni6Fe+++2(CO3)(OH)16 Approved IMA 1967 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank Reeves (1886-?), American geologist who discovered the Wolf Creek meteorite crater. Refikite  C19H31COOH Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1852 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Refik Bey (-1865), Turkish journalist, for his interest in the sciences. Reichardite - See Epsomite REMARKS: Massive epsomite Reichenbachite    Cu++5(PO4)2(OH)4 Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Reichenbach, Odenwald, Germany. Reidite  ZrSiO4 Approved IMA 2001 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alan F. Reid who first produced this high pressure phase in the laboratory. Reinerite    Zn3(As+++O3)2 Approved IMA 1959 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Willy Reiner (1895-1965), Senior Chemist, Tsumeb Corporation, Tsumeb, Namibia, who analyzed this material. Reinhardbraunsite    Ca5(SiO4)2(OH,F)2 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Reinhard Brauns (1861-1937), Professor of Mineralogy at the University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. Remondite-(Ce)     Na3(Ce,La,Ca,Na,Sr)3(CO3)5 Approved IMA 1988 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Guy Remond (1935-), physicist, Bureau de Recherches G Remondite-(La)   Na3(La,Ce,Ca)3(CO3)5 Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the La analog of remondite-(Ce). Renardite    Pb(UO2)4(PO4)2(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1928 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alphonse Francois Renard (1842-1903), mineralogist, University of Ghent, Belgium. Rengeite   Sr4ZrTi4Si4O22 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mt Renge, near the discovery location and the jadeitite-bearing Renge metamorphic belt. LOCALITY: Itoigawa-Ohmi district, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. Renierite    (Cu,Zn)11(Ge,As)2Fe4S16 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1948 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Armand Renier, Belgian geologist adn Director of the Belgian Geological Survey. Reniforite - See Jordanite Reppiaite    Mn++5[(V,As)O4]2(OH)4 Approved IMA 1992 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Gambatesa mine, near Reppia, Val Graveglia, Italy. Resin - See Amber Retgersite     NiSO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1949 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jan Willem Retgers (1856-1896), Dutch physical chemist and chemical crystallographer. Retzian-(Ce)    Mn2Ce(AsO4)(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1894, Redifined 1982 to include Ce NAME ORIGIN: Named for Anders Jahan Retzius (1742-1821), Swedish naturalist. Retzian-(La)    (Mn,Mg)2(La,Ce,Nd)(AsO4)(OH)4 Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Anders Jahan Retzius (1742-1821), Swedish naturalist. Retzian-(Nd)     Mn2(Nd,Ce,La)(AsO4)(OH)4 Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Anders Jahan Retzius (1742-1821), Swedish naturalist. Retzian-(Y) - See Retzian-(Nd) Revdanskite - See Pimelite Revdite    Na2Si2O5 Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: For Revda, a town near Mt. Karnasurt, on which the mineral occurs. Revised - See Schapbachite Reyerite     (Na,K)4Ca14Si22Al2O58(OH)8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1907 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eduard Reyer (1849-1907), Austrian geologist. Rhabdite - See Schreibersite Rhabdophane-(Ce)     (Ce,La)PO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1878 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek, "rod" and "to appear", in allusion to the characteristic bands shown in its spectrum. Rhabdophane-(La)    (La,Ce)PO4 Approved IMA 1959 NAME ORIGIN: Named to distinguish the La rich form of rhabdophane-Ce. Rhabdophane-(Nd)   (Nd,Ce,La)PO4 Approved IMA 1959 NAME ORIGIN: Named to distinguish the Nd rich form of rhabdophane-Ce. Rheniite   ReS2 Proposed IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the element "rhenium". Rheniite - See Rheniite Rhenium     Re Not Approved IMA 1976 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Rhine River in Germany in 1925. Rhodarsenide   (Rh,Pd)2As Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition of rhodium and arsenic. Rhodesite     KHCa2Si8O19 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1957 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902), British founder of the DeBeers Mining Company and for Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa where the mineral was studied. Rhodium   (Rh,Pt) Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek, rhodon = "rose" in allusion to the colored salts. Rhodizite     (K,Cs)Al4Be4(B,Be)12O28 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1834 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek "rose-colored" because it tinges the blowpipe flame red. 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