C Listing of Minerals

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C Mineral Index (528 Count)

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

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Chabazite-Ca     (Ca0.5,Na,K)4[Al4Si8O24] Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1792 NAME ORIGIN: From Gk. chabazios, tune or melody, one of twenty stones named in the poem Peri lithos, which extolled the virtues of minerals. The poem is ascribed to Orpheus, legendary founder of the Orphic cult, which flourished in Greece in the early centuries Chabazite-K     (K2,Ca,Na2,Mg)[Al2Si4O12] Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: From Gk. chabazios, tune or melody, one of twenty stones named in the poem Peri lithos. The K-dominant member of the chabazite series. Chabazite-Na     (Na2,K2,Ca,Mg)[Al2Si4O12] Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: The Na-dominant member of the chabazite series. Chabazite-Sr   (Sr,Ca,K2,Na2)[Al2Si4O12] Approved IMA 1999, Dana # Added NAME ORIGIN: From Gk. chabazios, tune or melody, one of twenty stones named in the poem Peri lithos, which extolled the virtues of minerals. The poem is ascribed to Orpheus, legendary founder of the Orphic cult, which flourished in Greece in the early centuries and strontium in the composition. Chabourneite   (Tl,Pb)21(Sb,As)91S147 Approved IMA 1976 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Chabourneou Glacier, near the locality. LOCALITY: Jas Roux deposit, Hautes-Alpes, France. Chadwickite  (UO2)H(AsO3) Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Sir James Chadwick (1891-1974), English physicist Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, U.K. 1935 Nobel Prize winner for his discovery of the neutron. Chaidamuite  (Zn,Fe++)Fe+++(SO4)2(OH) Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Xitieshan Pb-Zn mine, Chaidamu (Qaidam) basin, Qinghai, China. Chalcanthite     CuSO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) Prehistoric NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek chalkos, "copper" and anthos, "flower." Generally pseudomorphous after Boothite. Chalcoalumite   CuAl4(SO4)(OH)12 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1925 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek chalkos, for copper and Latin alum, for aluminum sulfate. Chalcocite     Cu2S Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1832 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, meaning chalkos, "copper". Chalcocyanite    CuSO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1873 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for copper and azure-blue, in allusion to the composition and color change caused by hydration. Chalcokyanite - See Chalcocyanite Chalcomenite     CuSeO3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1881 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for copper and moon. Chalconatronite   Na2Cu(CO3)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1955 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the composition, copper and natron (soda). Chalcophanite     (Zn,Fe++,Mn++)Mn++++3O7 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1875 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "copper" and "to appear," for the mineral's change in color on ignition. Chalcophyllite     Cu++18Al2(AsO4)3(SO4)3(OH)27 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1847 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, "copper" and fyllon, "leaf." Chalcopyrite     CuFeS2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1747 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, chalkos, "copper" hence "Copper Pyrite." Chalcosiderite     CuFe+++6(PO4)4(OH)8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1814 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for copper and iron, for those elements in the mineral Chalcostibite     CuSbS2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1847 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek chalkos - "copper" and stibi - "antimony." Chalcothallite   (Cu,Fe)6Tl2SbS4 Approved IMA 1967 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Cu, Tl). Chalcotrichite - See Cuprite Challacolloite   KPb2Cl5 Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Challacollo Silver mine, south east of Iquique, Atacama desert, northern Chile. Chalmersite - See Cubanite Chalybite - See Siderite Chambersite    Mn3B7O13Cl Approved IMA 1962 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Barber's Hill salt dome, Chambers County, Texas, USA. Chameanite (Cu,Fe)4As(Se,S)4 Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: From Chameane, Puy-de-Dome, France. Chamosite   (Fe++,Mg,Fe+++)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH,O)8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1820 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Chamoson, Rhone Valley, Switzerland. Changbaiite  PbNb2O6 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Chanbai Mountains, Tonghua, Jilin, China. Changchengite IrBiS Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after chancheng, the name of the "Great Wall" of China. Changoite  Na2Zn(SO4)2 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the changos, the early former inhabitants of northern Chile. Chantalite  CaAl2SiO4(OH)4 Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Chantal Sarp (1944-), Swiss wife of its discoverer, Halil Sarp. Chaoite  C Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edward C. T. Chao (1919-), Chinese-U.S. Petrologist. Chapmanite   Sb+++Fe+++2(SiO4)2(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1924 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Canadian mineralogist, E. J. Chapman (1821-1904). Charlesite  Ca6(Al,Si)2(SO4)2B(OH)4(OH,O)12 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles Palache (1869-1954), professor of mineralogy, Harvard University. Charmarite-2H Mn++4Al2(CO3)(OH)12 Approved IMA 1995 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles (1917-) and Marcelle (1918-) Weber, amateur mineralogist of Guilford, CT, who contributed extensively to the knowledge of Mt. St.-Hilaire and also found the mineral. Charmarite-3T Mn++4Al2(CO3)(OH)12 Approved IMA 1995 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles (1917-) and Marcelle (1918-) Weber, amateur mineralogist of Guilford, CT, who contributed extensively to the knowledge of Mt. St.-Hilaire and also found the mineral. Charoite   K5Ca8(Si6O15)2(Si2O7)Si4O9(OH) Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the impression that it gives: "chary" in Russian means "charms" or "magic" and not for the Chara River, which is 70 km away from the locality. LOCALITY: Murun massif, Chara River area, Aldan Shield, SW Yakutia (Sakha Republic). Chatkalite Cu6Fe++Sn2S8 Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: For the occurrence in the Chatkalo-Kuramin Mountains, USSR. Chaux - See Lime Chayesite    K(Mg,Fe++)4Fe+++(Si12O30) Approved IMA 1989 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Felix Chayes (1916-1993) of the Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institute, Washington, D.C., USA. Chazellite - See Berthierite Chegemite Ca7(SiO4)3(OH)2 Proposed IMA 2008 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Chekhovichite   (Bi,Pb,Fe)2Te4O11 Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sergei Konstatinovich Chekhovich (1917-1997), mineralogist and geologist, Polytechnical Institute of Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan. Chelkarite  CaMgB2O4Cl2 Approved IMA 1968 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Chelkar salt dome, Ak-sat Valley, Uralsk district, Kazakhstan. Chelyabinskite (Ca,Mg)3Si(OH)6(SO4,CO3)2 Not Approved IMA Chenevixite  Cu2Fe+++2(AsO4)2(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1866 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard Chenevix (1774-1830), Irish chemist, who early analyzed a Cornish Cu-Fe arsenate. Chengdeite Ir3Fe Approved IMA 1995 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: At the branch of the Luan river (about 200 km NNE of Beijing) in Chengde County, Peoples Republic of China. Chenguodaite  Ag9FeTe2S4 Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Chen Guoda (1912-2004), geologist and the founder of the Geological Department of Central South University, China. Chenite   Pb4Cu(SO4)2(OH)6 Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Tzong T. Chen (1942-), Canadian mineralogist. Cheralite-(Ce)   (Ce,Ca,Th)(P,Si)O4 Discredited IMA 2006 - Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1953 NAME ORIGIN: For Chera (Kerala), an ancient Dravidian kingdom predating Travancor (now Kerala State), India. Cheralite-(Ce) - See Monazite-(Ce) Cheremnykhite Zn3Pb3Te++++O6(VO4)2 Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for I. M. Cheremnykh, Russian prospector, one of the discoverers of the Kuranakh deposit. Cherepanovite  RhAs Approved IMA 1985 NAME ORIGIN: For V.A. Cherepanov (1927-1983), geologist and mineralogist. Chernikovite   (H3O)2(UO2)2(PO4)2 Approved IMA 1988 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. P. Chernikov (1927-), Institute of Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Rare Elements, Moscow, Russia. Chernovite-(Ce)  (Ce,Y)(AsO4) Not Approved IMA NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Ce dominant analog of chernovite-(Y). Chernovite-(Y)    YAsO4 Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Professor Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Chernov (1877-1963), Russian geologist, Institute of Geology, Syktyvar, Russia, explorer of the Polar Urals Chernykhite  (Ba,Na)V+++,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2 Approved IMA 1972 NAME ORIGIN: Named for V. V. Chernykh, Professor at the Mining Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia. Chervetite    Pb2V2O7 Approved IMA 1963 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jean Chervet, French mineralogist. Chesnokovite   Na2[SiO2(OH)2] Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for B.V. Chesnokov (1928-2005), an outstanding mineralogist. Chessexite  (K,Na)4Ca2Mg3Al8(SiO4)2(SO4)10(OH)10 Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ronald Chessex (1929-), Swiss petrologist and professor, University of Geneva. Chessylite - See Azurite Chesterite   (Mg,Fe++)17Si20O54(OH)6 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: In the Carleton talc quarry, near Chester, Windsor Co., Vermont, USA. Chestermanite   Mg2(Fe+++,Mg,Al,Sb+++++)BO3O2 Approved IMA 1988 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles W. Chesterman (1913-1991), U. S. Geologist who discovered the mineral. Chevkinite-(Ce)     (Ce,La,Ca,Th)4(Fe++,Mg)2(Ti,Fe+++)3Si4O22 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1839 NAME ORIGIN: Named for General Konstatin Vladimirovich Tschevkin [Chevkin] (1802-1875), Chief o f Staff of the Russian Mining Engineers Corps. Chiastolite - See Andalusite Chiavennite   CaMnBe2Si5O13(OH)2 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: From Tanno, Chiavenna, Lombardy, Italy. Childrenite     Fe++Al(PO4)(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1823 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John George Children (1777-1852), English chemist and mineralogist. Chiluite Bi6Te++++++2Mo++++++2O21 Approved IMA 1989 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Chilu, Fujian, China. Chilunite - See Chiluite Chinglusuite - See Neotocite Chinkolobwite - See Sklodowskite Chinoite - See Libethenite Chiolite   Na5Al3F14 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1846 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for snow and stone, as compared to cryolite, ice-stone. Chistyakovaite  Al(UO2)2(AsO4)2(F,OH) Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for N.I. Chistyakova, a senior assistant at the All-Russia Research Institute of Mineral Resources (VIMS). Chivruaiite    Ca4(Ti,Nb)5[(Si6O17)2[(OH,O)5] Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Chivruai river valley, Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia Chkalovite   Na2BeSi2O6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1939 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Valerii Pavlovich Chkalov (1904{1938), the first to fly nonstop from Moscow to the USA across the North Pole. Chladniite  Na2Ca(Mg,Fe++)7(PO4)6 Approved IMA 1994 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni (1756-1827), German physicist, University of Riga, Riga, Latvia who first espoused the extraterrestrial origin of meteorites. Chloanthite - See Nickelskutterudite Chloraluminite  AlCl3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1874 NAME ORIGIN: Named for CHLORine and ALUMINum in its composition. Chlorapatite - See Apatite-(CaCl) REMARKS: Renamed to Apatite-(CaCl) by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p 131 Chlorargyrite    AgCl Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1875 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition of chlorine (Greek, chloros = "pale green") and silver (Latin, argentum). Chlorartinite  Mg2(CO3)Cl(OH) Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Chloride analog of artinite named after the Italian mineralogist, E. Artini (1866-1928). Chlorbartonite    K6Fe24S26(Cl,S) Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Cl dominant analog of bartonite. Chlorellestadite - See Ellestadite-(Cl) REMARKS: Renamed Ellestadite-(Cl) by Mineralogical Record v39 (2008), 131 Chlorite - See Tosudite Chloritite alpha - See Donbassite Chloritoid   (Fe++,Mg,Mn)2Al4Si2O10(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1837 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its resemblance to chlorite minerals. Chlormagaluminite (Mg,Fe++)4Al2(OH)12(Cl2,CO3) Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition (Chloride, Magnesium, Aluminum). Chlormanasseite - See Chlormagaluminite Chlormanganokalite  K4MnCl6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1906 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition of Cl, Mn, and K (Latin kalium). Chloro-potassichastingsite   KCa2(Fe++3MgFe+++)(Si6Al2)S8O22Cl2 Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as per current IMA amphibole nomenclature (Burke and Leake 2004; Can. Mineral., 42, 1881-1883). Dashkensanite (1936) was revalidated and renamed 2005. Chlorocalcite  KCaCl3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1872 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, which was originally thought to be chloride of calcium alone. Chlorohastingsite-K - See Potassic-chlorohastingsite Chloromagnesite  MgCl2 Not Approved IMA NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1873 for it's composition. Chloromenite    Cu9O2(SeO3)4Cl6 Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: The name comes from chloros, green, and mene, moon, referring to the presence of essential selenium. Pages:[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]