W Listing of Minerals

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W Mineral Index (138 Count)

This alphabetical listing of W 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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Wad - See Lithiophorite Wad - See Nsutite Wad - See Pyrolusite Wad - See Takanelite Wad - See Vernadite Wadalite    Ca6Al5Si2O16Cl3 Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Tsunashiro Wada (1856-1920), first Director General of the Geological Survey of Japan. Wadeite     K2ZrSi3O9 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1939 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Wade (1878-1951), Australian geologist who collected the mineral. Wadsleyite    (Mg,Fe++)2SiO4 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A.D. Wadsley (1918-1969). Wagnerite     (Mg,Fe++)2(PO4)F Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1821 NAME ORIGIN: Named for F. M. von Wagner (1768-1851), mining official in Munich, Germany. Wairakite    CaAl2Si4O12 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1955 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the loclity. Wairauite    CoFe Approved IMA 1964 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Red Hill, Warau Valley, South Island, New Zealand. Wakabayashilite    [(As,Sb)6S9][As4S5] Approved IMA 1970 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yaichiro Wakabayashi (1874-1943), mineralogist for Mitsubishi Mining. Wakefieldite-(Ce)     (Ce+++,Pb++,Pb++++)VO4 Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Renamed from kusuite in 1977 for the locality, changed to wakefieldite-Ce as the Ce analog of wakefieldite-Y. LOCALITY: Kusu deposit, 85 km SW of Kinshasa, Zaire. Wakefieldite-(La)    LaVO4 Approved IMA 2007 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the La analog of wakefieldite-(Ce) and -(Y). Wakefieldite-(Nd)    NdVO4 Proposed IMA 2008 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Wakefieldite-(Y)    YVO4 Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Evans Lou mine, St. Pierre near Wakefield, Portland Twp., Papineau, QUE, Canada. Walentaite   (Ca,Mn++,Fe++)Fe+++3(AsO4)(PO4)3(PO3OH) Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kurt Walenta (1927-), mineralogist, University of Stuttgart, Germany, who has studied many phosphate minerals. Walfordite    (Fe+++,Te++++++)Te++++3O8 Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Phillip Walford (b. 1945), of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Vice-President and Chief Geologist of LAC Minerals, Ltd., at the time that mining company held the mining rights to the discovery locality. LOCALITY: Wendy open pit of the Tambo mine, El Indio Walkerite    Ca16(Mg,Li,[ ])2[B13O17(OH)12]4Cl6 Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Thomas Leonard Walker (1867-1942), Founding Member and past president Geological Society of America. Wallisite    PbTl(Cu,Ag)As2S5 Approved IMA 1968 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wallis, the German name for the Swiss Canton in which the Lengenbach quarry is located. LOCALITY: Lengenbach, Binntal, Valais (Wallis), Switzerland. Wallkilldellite   Ca4Mn++6As+++++4O16(OH)8 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the dell of the Wallkill River, in which both the Sterling Hill and the Franklin deposits were discovered. Wallkilldellite-(Fe)   (Ca,Cu)4Fe6[(As,Si)O4]4(OH)8 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Fe++ dominant analog of wallkilldellite. Walpurgite     Bi4(UO2)(AsO4)2O4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1871 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Walpurgis vein, Weisse Hirsch mine, Neustadtel, Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany. Walstromite    BaCa2Si3O9 Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert E. Walstrom (1920-), American mineral collector, who discovered the mineral. Walthierite   Ba0.5Al3(SO4)2(OH)6 Approved IMA 1992 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Thomas Nash Walthier (1923-1990), American economic geologist, St. Joseph Minerals Co., who worked in the Tambo district, Chile. Wapplerite - See Rosslerite Wardite    NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1896 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henry Augustus Ward (1834-1906), mineral dealer and collector, Rochester, New York, USA. Wardsmithite  Ca5MgB24O42 Approved IMA 1970 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ward C. Smith (1906-), U. S. Geologist. Warikahnite    Zn3(AsO4)2 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Walter Richard Kahn, collector of Tsumeb minerals, Bayersoien, Germany. Warp Factor 9 - See Dilithium Warwickite    Mg(Ti,Fe+++,Al)(BO3)O Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1838 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Southwest of Edenville, in the town of Warwick, Orange Co., New York. Watanabeite   Cu4(As,Sb)2S5 Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Takeo Watanabe, (1907-1986), Japanese mineralogist. Watatsumiite    Na2KMn2LiV2Si8O24 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after watatsumi, Japanese god of the sea as is the analogue (neptunite) neptune, Roman god of the sea. Waterhouseite  Mn7(PO4)2(OH)8 Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Frederick George Waterhouse (1815-1898), first Director of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) and celebrates the continuing work of the Waterhouse Club, Watkinsonite   PbCu2Bi4(Se,S)8 Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named for David H. Watkinson (1937-), Canadian mineralogist. Wattersite    Hg+4Hg++Cr++++++O6 Approved IMA 1991 NAME ORIGIN: The mineral is named for Mr. Lu Watters(1911-1989), a well known California mineral collector, jazz trumpeter, chef and environmentalist. Wattevilleite   Na2Ca(SO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1879 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Oscar de Watteville of Paris, France. Wavellite     Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1805 NAME ORIGIN: Named after William Wavell (?-1829) of England who discovered the mineral. Wawayandaite  Ca12Mn4B2Be18Si12O46(OH,Cl)30 [Ortho] Approved IMA 1989 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Lenni Lenape Native American word "wawayanda," many or several winding, in allusion to the grossly curved and winding habit of its crystals. Waylandite   BiAl3(PO4)2(OH)6 Approved IMA 1962 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edgar James Wayland, first Director of the Uganda Geological Survey. Weberite    Na2MgAlF7 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1938 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Theobald C. F. Weber (1823-1886), one of the founders of the cryolite industry in Denmark. Websterite - See Aluminite Weddellite    Ca(C2O4) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1942 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Weddel sea, Antactica. Weeksite     K2(UO2)2Si6O15 Approved IMA 1960 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mary Alice Dowse Weeks (1909-1988), mineralogist with the U.S. Geological Survey, noted specialist in the mineralogy of uranium and vanadium. Wegscheiderite    Na5(CO3)(HCO3)3 Approved IMA 1962 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rudolf Franz Johann Wegscheider (1859-1935), Austrian chemist, who first synthesized the compound. Weibullite    Pb6Bi8(S,Se)18 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1910 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mats Weibull (1856-1923), Swedish mineralogist. Weilerite BaAl3H[(As,P)O4]2(OH)6 Approved IMA 1961 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Weiler and Neubulach, Black Forest, Germany. Weilerite - See Arsenogoyazite Weilite    CaHAsO4 Approved IMA 1963 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rene Weil (1901-), mineralogist of Strasbourg, France, known for his study of Alsatian minerals. Weinebeneite    CaBe3(PO4)2(OH)2 Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Weinebebe, Koralpe, Carinthia, Austria. Weinschenkite - See Churchite-(Y) Weishanite  (Au,Ag)3Hg2 Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Weishan, Poshan mining district,Tongbai County, Henan Province, China. Weissbergite    TlSbS2 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Byron G. Weissberg, Chemistry division, D.S.I.R., New Zeland. Weissite    Cu1.9Te Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1927 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Louis Weiss, owner of the Good Hope mine and discoverer of rickardite. Welinite-III  Mn++6(W++++++,Mg)2Si2(O,OH)14 Approved IMA 1967 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eric Welin, mineralogist and geochronologist, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden. Welinite-VIII  (Mn++,Mg)3(W++++++,Mn+++)1-x(SiO4)(O,OH)3 (x=1/3) Approved IMA 1967 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eric Welin, mineralogist and geochronologist, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden. Wellsite - See Harmotome REMARKS: Ca bearing harmotome Wellsite-barian Phillipsite-Ca - See Phillipsite-Ca Weloganite    Sr3Na2Zr(CO3)6 Approved IMA 1968 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William E. Logan (1798-1875), first director of the Canadian Geologic Survey. Welshite    Ca4Mg9Sb3O4[Si6Be3AlFe2O36] Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wilfred R. Welsh (1915-?), amateur mineralogist and teacher of natural sciences. Wendwilsonite    Ca2(Mg,Co)(AsO4)2 Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wendell E. Wilson (1946-), mineralogist, editor, and publisher of the Mineralogical Record. Wenkite    Ba4Ca6(Si,Al)20O39(OH)2(SO4)3 Approved IMA 1962 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eduard Wenk (1907-), mineralogist and petrologist, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Werdingite    (Mg,Fe)2Al14B4Si4O37 Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gunter Werding, of the Mineralogical Institute, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany. Wermlandite    (Ca,Mg)Mg7(Al,Fe+++)2(SO4)2(OH)18 Approved IMA 1971 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: L Wernerite - See Marialite Wernerite - See Meionite Wernerite - See Scapolite Wesselsite    SrCu++Si4O10 Approved IMA 1994 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese field, Kuruman Hill, Cape Province, South Africa. Westerveldite    (Fe,Ni,Co)As Approved IMA 1972 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jan Westerveld (1905-1962), Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Westgrenite - See Bismutomicrolite Wheatleyite   Na2Cu(C2O4)2 Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the localiity. LOCALITY: Wheatley mine, near Phoenixville, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA. Wheel Ore - See Bournonite Wherryite    Pb7Cu2(SO4)4(SiO4)2(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1950 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edgar T. Wherry (1885-1982), American mineralogist and plant ecologist. Whewellite     Ca(C2O4) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1852 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the British mineralogist, crystallographer and natural philosopher William Whewell (1794-1866), professor of mineralogy at Cambridge. White Lead Ore - See Cerussite Whiteite-(CaFeMg)   Ca(Fe++,Mn++)Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John S. White, Jr. (1933-), former editor of the Mineralogical Record and professional curator of minerals and gems. Whiteite-(CaMnMg)   CaMn++Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John S. White, Jr. (1933-), former editor of the Mineralogical Record and professional curator of minerals and gems. Whiteite-(MnFeMg)   (Mn++,Ca)(Fe++,Mn++)Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John S. White, Jr. (1933-), former editor of the Mineralogical Record and professional curator of minerals and gems. Whitlockite     Ca9(Mg,Fe++)(PO4)6(PO3OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1941 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Herbert Percy Whitlock (1868-1948), American mineralogist, Curator, American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY, USA. Whitmoreite    Fe++Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2 Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Robert W. Whitmore (1936-), Micromount mineral collector and owner of the Palermo mine, New Hampshire, USA. Whitneyite - See Algodonite Wickenburgite    Pb3CaAl2Si10O27 Approved IMA 1968 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Near Wichenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona. Wickmanite    Mn++Sn++++(OH)6 Approved IMA 1967 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Franz-Erik Wickman (1915-), Swedish mineralogist, who studied the mineralogy of the Langban area. Wicksite    NaCa2(Fe++,Mn++)4MgFe+++(PO4)6 Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frederick John Wicks (1937- ), Curator of Mineralogy, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Widenmannite    Pb2(UO2)(CO3)3 Approved IMA 1961 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Bergrat J. F. Widenmann (1764-1798), who first discovered uranium containing micas in the Schwarzwald. Widgiemoolthalite   (Ni,Mg)5(CO3)4(OH)2 Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: 132 North Nickel mine, 4 km SW of Widgiemooltha, 80 km S of Kalgoorlie, Australia. Wightmanite    Mg5(BO3)O(OH)5 Approved IMA 1962 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Randall H. Wightman (1915-1969), Director of Exploration and Mining of the Riverside Cement Co., Riverside, California, USA. Wilcoxite   MgAl(SO4)2F Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named after William Wilcox, who discovered this mining district in 1879. He was killed by Apache Indians in 1880. Wilhelmkleinite     ZnFe+++3(AsO4)2(OH)2 Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Wilhelm Klein, former mine manager in Anamibia, who made the first systematic collection of minerals from the Tsumeb mine. Wilhelmramsayite  Cu3FeS3 Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Name for Wilhelm Ramsay, Finnish geologist who did the first detailed study of the Khibiny-Lovozero alkaline complexes. Wilhelmvierlingite   CaMn++Fe+++(PO4)2(OH) Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Vierling (1901-1995), Weiden, Bavaria, Germany. Wilkeite - See Apatite-(CaF) Wilkeite - See Ellestadite Wilkinsonite    Na2Fe++4Fe+++2Si6O20 Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Frederick George Wilkinson, Emeritus Professor of Geology, University of New England, Armidale, Australia. Wilkmanite   Ni3Se4 Approved IMA 1964 NAME ORIGIN: Named for W. W. Wilkman, geologist. Pages: [1] [2]