X Listing of Minerals

This alphabetical listing of X minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of that name, name origins, and locality information.

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Xanthiosite Ni3(AsO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1869 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for yellow and sulfur, in allusion to its distinctive sulfur-yellow color. Xanthoconite Ag3AsS3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1840 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek xanthos, "yellow" and konis "powder." Xanthophyllite - See Clintonite Xanthoxenite Ca4Fe+++2(PO4)4(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1920 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for yellow and supposed chemical resemblance to cacoxenite. Xenophyllite Na4Fe7(PO4)6 Proposed IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Xenotime-(Y) YPO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1832 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek xenos - "foreign" and time - "honor." Xenotime-(Yb) YbPO4 Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition and relationship with xenotime-(Y). Xiangjiangite (Fe+++,Al)(UO2)4(PO4)2(SO4)2(OH) Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Xiangjiang River, Hunan, China. Xieite FeCr2O4 Approved IMA 2007 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Xie Xiande, a GIG mineralogist who has made major contribution to the field of mineral shock effects. Xifengite Fe5Si3 Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the eastern passageway, Xifengkou, of the Great Wall of China. Xilingolite Pb3Bi2S6 Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Chaobuleng district, Xilingola League, Inner Mongolia, China. Ximengite BiPO4 Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Undefined locality in Ximeng Co., about 420 km southwest of Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. Xingzhongite (Pb,Cu,Fe)(Ir,Pt,Rh)2S4 Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the unspecified locality. LOCALITY: China. Xitieshanite Fe+++(SO4)(Cl) Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Xitieshan lead-zinc mine, Qaidam basin, Qinghai, China. Xocolatlite Ca2Mn++++2Te++++++2O12 Approved IMA 2007 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: The name is in allusion to its chocolate-brown color and its Mexican type locality which is used to indicate the color of a sacred beverage made by mixing cocoa (Xocolatl), water, vanilla, pepper, and chili. LOCALITY: Bambolla mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico Xocomecatlite Cu3Te++++++O4(OH)4 Approved IMA 1975 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Nahuatl for "bunches of grapes", in allusion to the appearance of the green spherules of the mineral. Xonotlite Ca6Si6O17(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1866 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tetela de Xonotla, Puebla, Mexico. Xyloretinite - See Amber REMARKS: C10H17O Notice: Undefined variable: paging_header in /home/webminer/public_html/AtoZ/index.php on line 274

X Listing of Minerals

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X Mineral Index (18 Count)