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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Rhodochrosite     MnCO3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1800 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek rhodon -"rose" and chroma - "color." Rhodolite - See Pyrope Rhodonite     (Mn++,Fe++,Mg,Ca)SiO3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1819 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek rhodos - "rose colored." Rhodostannite    Cu2FeSn3S8 Approved IMA 1968 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its reddish color compared to stannite. Rhodplumsite  Pb2Rh3S2 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition. Rhoenite - See Rhonite Rhomboclase     (H5O2)+Fe+++(SO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1891 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for rhomb, for the typical rhombic crystal outline, and for to break, for its perfect cleavage. Rhonite     Ca2(Mg,Fe++,Fe+++,Ti)6(Si,Al)6O20 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1907 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Rhon Mountains, at Scharnhausen, near Stuttgart, Germany. Ribbeite    (Mn++,Mg)5(SiO4)2(OH)2 Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paul Ribbe of Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University. Richellite   Ca3Fe+++10(PO4)8(OH)12 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1884 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Richelle, near Vise in Liege, Balgium. Richelsdorfite    Ca2Cu5Sb(AsO4)4Cl(OH)6 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Richelsdorf Mountains, Hesse, Germany. Richetite     PbU++++++4O13 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1947 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Emile Richet (1884-1938), chief geologist, Union Miniere du Haut Katanga. Richterite    Na(CaNa)(Mg,Fe++)5[Si8O22](OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1865 NAME ORIGIN: Named as per current IMA amphibole nomenclature (Burke and Leake 2004; Can. Mineral., 42, 1881-1883). Richterite-K - See Potassicrichterite Rickardite    Cu7Te5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1903 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Thomas Arthur Rickard (1864-1953), mining engineer and Editor of the Engineering and Mining Journal, New York and London. Riebeckite    [ ]Na2(Fe++3Fe+++2)Si8O22(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1888 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the German traveler, Emil Riebeck (1853-1885). Rijkeboerite - See Bariomicrolite Rilandite  (Cr,Al)6SiO11 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1933 NAME ORIGIN: Named for James L. Riland (1857-1938?), newspaper publisher of Meeker, Colorado, on whose claim the mineral was found. Rimkorolgite     Mg5Ba(PO4)4 Approved IMA 1995 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For Olga M. Rimskaya-Konsakova (1914-1987), Russian mineralogist from St. Petersbug University. Ringwoodite    Mg2SiO4 Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alfred Edward Ringwood (1930-1993), geochemist and petrologist, Research School of Earth Sciences at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. Rinkite     Na(Na,Ca)2(Ca,Ce)4(Ti,Nb)(Si2O7)2(O,F)2 Approved IMA 1995 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after H. RINK, director of a Danesh-Greenlandic trade group. Rinkite - See Mosandrite Rinkolite - See Mosandrite Rinkolite - See Rinkite Rinmanite   (Zn,Mn)2Sb2Mg2Fe4O14(OH)2 Approved IMA 2000 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Sven Rinman (1720-1792), father of the Swedish mineral industry, member of the Bergskollegium. Rinneite     K3NaFe++Cl6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1909 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Friedrich Wilhelm Berthold Rinne (1863-1933), German crystallographer and petrographer, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany. Riomarinaite  Bi(OH)SO4 Approved IMA 2000 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Falcacci mine, Rio Marina iron mine, Elba Island, Toscana (Tuscany), Italy Ripidolite - See Clinochlore Rittingerite - See Xanthoconite Rittmannite   Mn++Mn++Fe++Al2(OH)2(PO4)4 Approved IMA 1989 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alfred Rittmann (1893-1980), German petrologist and volcanologist, University of Catania, Catania, Italy. Rivadavite   Na6MgB24O40 Approved IMA 1967 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Bernardino Rivadavia (1780-1845), first President of the Argentine Republic. Riversideite   Ca5Si6O16(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1917 NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality. LOCALITY: Crestmore quarry, 5 miles NW of Riverside, Riverside Co., California. Roaldite   (Fe,Ni)4N Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1981 for Roald Nielsen (b.1928), Danish metallurgist. Robertsite   Ca6Mn+++9(PO4)9O6(H2O)6 Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Willard Lincoln Roberts (1923-1987), mineralogist, South Dakota School of Mines. Robinsonite    Pb4Sb6S13 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1952 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Stephen Clive Robinson (1911-), Geological Survey of Canada, who first synthesized the mineral. Rock Crystal - See Quartz Rock Salt - See Halite Rockbridgeite    (Fe++,Mn)Fe+++4(PO4)3(OH)5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1949 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: South Mountain, near Midvale, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA. Rodalquilarite    H3Fe+++2(Te++++O3)4Cl Approved IMA 1968 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Rodalquilar gold deposit, Almeria, Spain. Rodolicoite    Fe+++PO4 Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Francesco Rodolico (1905 Roeblingite    Pb2Ca6(Si6O18)(SO4)2(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1897 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Washington A. Roebling (1837-1926), well known mineral collector and builder of the Brooklyn Bridge. Roedderite     (Na,K)2(Mg,Fe++)5Si12O30 Approved IMA 1966 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edwin Woods Roedder (1919- ), mineralogist, U.S. Geological Survey, who noted the synthetic compound. Roemerite - See Romerite Roesslerite - See Rosslerite Roggianite    Ca2[Be(OH)2Al2Si4O13] Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Aldo G. Roggiani, a teacher of natural sciences, who first found the mineral. Rohaite  TlCu5SbS2 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Rose-Hansen, (1937-), Danish mineralogist. Rokuehnite - See Rokuhnite Rokuhnite    Fe++Cl2 Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert K Rollandite   Cu3(AsO4)2 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Rolland (1940-), an eminent mineral collector of the Roua mines. Romanechite    (Ba,H2O)2(Mn++++,Mn+++)5O10 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1910 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Romaneche, Saone-et-Loire, France. Romanite   (Fe++,U,Pb)2(Ti,Fe+++)O4 Not Submitted IMA NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Romania. Romanite - See Dessauite Romarchite    SnO Approved IMA 1971 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the initials of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), where the mineral was identified and for ARCHaeology because it was found on tin artifacts. Romeite    (Ca,Fe++,Mn,Na)2(Sb,Ti)2O6(O,OH,F) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1841 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French crystallographer, Rome de I'lsle (1736-1770). Romerite    Fe++Fe+++2(SO4)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1858 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Friedrich Adolph R Rondorfite   Ca8Mg(SiO4)4Cl2 Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alice and Eugen Rondorf, two distinguished mineral collectors, who found the mineral with Bernd Ternes in 1979. Ronneburgite    K2MnV4O12 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Locality. LOCALITY: Ronneburg U deposit dump, near Gera, Thuringia, Germany. Rontgenite-(Ce)     Ca2(Ce,La)3(CO3)5F3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1953 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Conrad von Rontgen (1845-1923), German physicist and discoverer of X-rays. Rooseveltite    BiAsO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1946 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd President of the USA. Roquesite    CuInS2 Approved IMA 1963 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Maurice Roques, University of Clairmont-Gerrand, France. Rorisite    (Ca,Mg)FCl Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Latin for dew, in allusion to the transparent drops that cover the mineral in moist air. Rosasite   (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1908 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Rosas mine, Narcao, Cagliari, Sardegna (Sardinia), Italy. Roscherite     Ca(Mn++,Fe++)5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1914 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Walter Roscher, mineral collector of Ehrenfriedsdorf, Germany. Roscherite (C-1) - See Footemineite Roscherite-1A - See Footemineite Roscoelite    K(V,Al,Mg)2AlSi3O10(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1876 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henry Enfield Roscoe (1833-1915) of Manchester, England who first prepared pure vanadium. Roselite     Ca2(Co,Mg)(AsO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1825 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Gustave Rose (1798-1873), professor on mineralogy at the University of Berlin, Germany. Roselite-beta   Ca2(Co,Mg)(AsO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1955 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its dimorphic relationship with roselite. Rosemaryite   (Na,Ca,Mn++)(Mn++,Fe++)(Fe+++,Fe++,Mg)Al(PO4)3 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for F. Rosemay Wyllie wife of Professor Peter J. Wyllie, namesake of wyllieite. Rosenbergite    AlF3 Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Philip E. Rosenberg (1931-), U.S. Geochemist, Washington State University. Rosenbuschite    (Ca,Na)3(Zr,Ti)Si2O8F Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1887 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carl Harry F. Rosenbusch (1836-1914), German geologist and mineralogist, Heidelberg, Germany. Rosenhahnite    Ca3Si3O8[(OH)2-4x,(CO3)x] Approved IMA 1967 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Leo Rosenhahn (1904-1991), American amateur mineralogist, who found the mineral. Roshchinite  Ag19Pb10Sb51S96 or Pb(Ag,Cu)2(Sb,As)5S10 Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yuri V. Roshchin (1934-1979), Russian Geologist. Rosiaite    PbSb+++++2O6 Approved IMA 1995 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Cetine di Cotorniano Mine (Cetine Mine), Rosia, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy Rosickyite    S Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1931 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vojtech Rosicky, former Director of the Mineralogical and Petrological Institute of Masaryk University, Brno, Czechoslovakia. Rosieresite (Pb,Cu,Al)(PO4)x Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1910 NAME ORIGIN: From an abandoned copper mine at Rosiere, Carmaux, Tarn, France. Rossite     CaV2O6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1927 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Clarence Samuel Ross (1880-1975), American geologist and mineralogist, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., USA. Rosslerite    Mg(AsO3OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1861 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Karl R Rossmanite    [ ]LiAl2Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)4 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after George R. Rossman (1945-), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, in recognition for his work on the spectroscopy of the tourmaline minerals. Rostite   AlSO4(OH,F) Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rudolph Rost (1912-), Czech mineralogist. Rottisite - See Pimelite Rouaite  Cu2(NO3)(OH)3 Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Old copper mines at Roua, Alpes-Maritimes, southeastern France. Roubaultite     Cu2(UO2)3(CO3)2O2(OH)2 Approved IMA 1970 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Marcel Roubault (1905-), geologist, University of Nancy, France. Rouseite  Pb2Mn++(As+++O3)2 Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rolnd Rouse (1943-), U. S. Mineralogist. Routhierite  TlCu(Hg,Zn)2(As,Sb)2S3 Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Routhier (1916-), French economic geologist. Rouvilleite   Na3Ca2(CO3)3F Approved IMA 1991 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Poudrette quarry, Rouville County, Mt. St-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Rouxelite  Cu2HgPb22Sb28S64(O,S)2 Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Jean Rouxel (1935-1998), specialist in solid-state chemistry and member of the French Academy of Science, for his studies of chalcogenides. Roweite    Ca2Mn++2B4O7(OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1937 NAME ORIGIN: Named for George Rowe (1868-1947), Mine Captain at Franklin, New Jersey, USA, and long-time collector of Franklin minerals. Rowlandite-(Y)  Y4Fe++Si4O14F2 (?) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1891 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henry Augustus Rowland (1848-1901), American physicist and spectroscopist, of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Roxbyite   Cu1.78S Approved IMA 1988 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the locality. LOCALITY: Roxby Downs, AS, Australia. Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Rozenite    Fe++SO4 Approved IMA 1960 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Zygmunt Rozen (1874-1936), mineralogist and petrographer, Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, Kracow, Poland. Rozhkovite - See Auricupride REMARKS: Pd-bearing auricupride Ruarsite   RuAsS Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, RUthenium, ARsenic, and Sulfur. Rubellite - See Elbaite REMARKS: Red or pink tourmaline Rubicelle - See Spinel Pages:[1] [2] [3]