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.

LEGEND: Valid Species (Bold);  Pronunciation;  Mineral Image;  Mineral Image Gallery;  jCrystal Form;  jPOWD Form;          Calculated Radioactive Intensity

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Chloropal - See Nontronite Chloroparagasite - See Potassic-chloropargasite REMARKS: K bearing Chlorophoenicite     (Mn,Mg)3Zn2(AsO4)(OH,O)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1924 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for green and purple-red, alluding to the mineral Chlorothionite    K2Cu(SO4)Cl2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1872 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for chlorine and sulfur in the composition. Chlorotile - See Agardite-(Y) Chloroxiphite   Pb3CuCl2(OH)2O2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1923 NAME ORIGIN: Named fom the Greek for green and blade or straight sword, for the typical crystal habit. Choloalite   CuPb(Te++++O3)2 Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Nahua "choloa", evasive, in allusion to the fact that the mineral escaped detection in the mine for many years. Chondrodite    (Mg,Fe++)5(SiO4)2(F,OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1817 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek chondros - "grain." Chopinite  (Mg,Fe)3(PO4)2 Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Christian Chopin, research director at Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS). Chrisstanleyite   Ag2Pd3Se4 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Chris J. Stanley (1954-) of The Natural History Museum in London, in recognition of his contributions to ore mineralogy. Christelite   Zn3Cu2(SO4)2(OH)6 Approved IMA 1995 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Mrs. Christel Gebhard-Giesen (1950- ) who discovered the mineral. Christite  TlHgAsS3 Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Charles L. Christ, mineralogist with the U.S. Geological Survey. Chromatite  CaCrO4 Approved IMA 1963 NAME ORIGIN: Named as a chromate. Chrombismite  Bi16CrO27 Approved IMA 1995 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the main elements present in the mineral. Chromceladonite   KCrMg(Si4O10)(OH)2 Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its Cr content and the relationship to celadonite. Chromdravite   NaMg3(Cr,Fe+++)6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4 Approved IMA 1983 (Dana # Changed) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the compositional relationship to dravite. Chromdravite - See Chromdravite REMARKS: (61.3.1.11) Chrome iron ore - See Chromite Chromferide  Fe3Cr1-x (x=0,6) Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the chemical composition, CHROMium and FERrum. Chromic iron - See Chromite Chromite    Fe++Cr2O4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1845 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition. Chromium   Cr Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, chroma = "color", in allusion to the colorful salts of this element. Chromium Garnet - See Uvarovite Chromphyllite     (K,Ba)(Cr,Al)2[AlSi3O10](OH,F)2 Approved IMA 1995 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: The name alludes to the composition and micaceous cleavage. Chrompicotite - See Magnesiochromite Chrysoberyl     BeAl2O4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1790 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek chrysos - "golden" and the mineral beryl. Chrysocolla   (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 315 BC NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek chrysos - "gold" and kolla - "glue" in allusion to the name of the material used to solder gold. Chrysolite - See Forsterite Chrysolite - See Olivine REMARKS: Light yellowish green olivine Chrysotile  Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre IMA) 1956 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1834 from the Greek chrysos - "gold" and tilos - "fiber." Chrysotile - See Clinochrysotile Chrysotile - See Orthochrysotile Chrysotile - See Parachrysotile Chrysotile - See Pecoraite REMARKS: (Ni bearing) Chubutite Pb7O6Cl2 Not Approved IMA Chudobaite (Mg,Zn)5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2 Approved IMA 1960 NAME ORIGIN: Name for Karl Franz Chudoba (1898-1915), Professor of Mineralogy, University of Bonn, Germany. Chukanovite   Fe2(CO3)(OH)2 Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nikita V. Chukanov (b. 1953), Russian physicist and mineralogist. Chukhrovite-(Ce)  Ca3(Ce,Y)Al2(SO4)F13 Approved IMA 1960 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its relation to chukhrovite-(Y) and content of cerium as the dominant rare-earth element. Chukhrovite-(Nd)   Ca3(Nd,Y)Al2(SO4)F13 Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Nd-dominant analogue of chukhrovite-(Y) and chukhrovite-(Ce). Chukhrovite-(Y)    Ca3(Y,Ce)Al2(SO4)F13 Approved IMA 1960 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Fedor Vasilevich Chukhrov (1908-1988), Russian mineralogist, Director, Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrology, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry, Moscow, Russia. Churchite-(Dy)   (Dy,Sm,Gd,Nd)(PO4) Not Approved IMA NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Hubert Church (1834-19150, English chemist who described and analyzed the mineral and the element dysprosium. Churchite-(Nd)   Nd(PO4) Not Approved IMA (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Hubert Church (1834-1915, English chemist who described and analyzed the mineral. Churchite-(Y)    YPO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1865 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Hubert Church (1834-19150, English chemist who described and analyzed the mineral. Chursinite  Hg+Hg++(AsO4) Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Russian actress, Ludmilla A. Cursina. Chvaleticeite  (Mn++,Mg)SO4 Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Chvaletice and Jachymov (Joachimsthal), Czech Republic. Chvilevaite   Na(Cu,Fe,Zn)2S2 Approved IMA 1988 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek "chroma," "color," as all chromium compounds are colored. Cianciulliite   Mn++++(Mg,Mn++)2Zn2(OH)10 Approved IMA 1991 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Cianciulli, of Sussex, New Jersey, USA. Cinabre - See Cinnabar Cinnabar     HgS Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 800 NAME ORIGIN: Of uncertain original meaning, from the Latin, cinnabaris. Ciprianiite   Ca4[(Th,U)(REE)]2(Al,[ ])2[Si4B4O22](OH,F)2 Approved IMA 2001 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Curzio Cipriani, Professor of Mineralogy and Head of the Museum of Natural History, Universita di Firenze, Italy. cis terpin hydrate - See Flagstaffite Citrine - See Quartz REMARKS: Yellow colored quartz Clairite  (NH4)2Fe+++3(SO4)4(OH)3 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Claire Martini (1936-), South African, wife of the describer of the species, Jacques Edouard Martini. Claraite  (Cu,Zn)3(CO3)(OH)4 Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Clara Mine, Black Forest, Wolfach, Schwarzwald, Baden-W Claringbullite    Cu++4(OH)7Cl Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gordon Frank Claringbull (1911-1990), formerly Keeper of Mineralogy and Director of the British Museum (Natural History), London, England. Clarkeite    (Na,Ca,Pb)(UO2)O(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1931 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847-1931), prominent American geochemist of the US Geological Survey. Claudetite    As2O3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1868 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frederick Claudet, the French chemist who first described naturally occurring material. Clausthalite   PbSe Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1832 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Lorenz Mine near Clausthal, Harz, Germany. Clearcreekite Hg+3(CO3)(OH) Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Prospect pit near the former Clear Creek mercury mine, New Idria district, San Benito County, California, USA. Clerite  MnSb2S4 Approved IMA 1995 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For Onisim Yegorovitch Kler (1845-1920), Honorary Member of the Russian Mineralogical Society. Cleusonite   Pb(U++++,U++++++)(Ti,Fe++,Fe+++)20(O,OH)38 Approved IMA 2001 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Barrage de Cleuson, Val de Nendaz, Switzerland. Clevelandite - See Albite REMARKS: Flat, platy habit of albite Cliachite - See Boehmite REMARKS: Colloidal Al hydroxide Cliffordite    UTe3O9 Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Clifford Frondel (1907-2002), one of the founders of Mineralogical Society of America and one of the authors of Dana's Mineralogy, 7th edition. Clinoatacamite   Cu2(OH)3Cl Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For the relationship to atacamite and paratacamite. Atacamite is named after the Atacam desert province in northern Chile. Clinobarylite   BaBe2Si2O7 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Non-orthogonal dimorph of barylite. Clinobehoite  Be(OH)2 Approved IMA 1989 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its monoclinic symmetry and relation to behoite. Clinobirnessite Na4Mn14O27 Not Approved IMA NAME ORIGIN: Name as the monoclinic polymorph of birnessite. Clinobisvanite   BiVO4 Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the mineral Clinocervantite   Sb+++Sb+++++O4 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: The name reflects its symmetry and relationship to cervantite. Clinochalcomenite  CuSeO3 Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the monoclinic dimorph of chalcomenite. Clinochlore    (Mg,Fe++)5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1851 NAME ORIGIN: Clinochlore from the Greek klino - "oblique" and chloros - " green." Ripidolite from the Greek rhipis - "fan" and lithos - "stone." Pennine from the Pennine Alps, Italy Clinochrysotile  Mg3Si2O5(OH)4 Discredited IMA 2006 - Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1951 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek chrysos - "gold" and tilos - "fiber." Clinochrysotile - See Chrysotile Clinoclase     Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1868 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, klineis - "to incline" and klas - "to break." Clinoenstatite   Mg2Si2O6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1906 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the monoclinic polymorph of enstatite. Clinoferroholmquistite [ ](Li2Fe++3Al2)Si8O22 (OH)2 Renamed IMA 1997 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition, monoclinic crystal structure, and relationship with holmsquisite. Clinoferrosilite   (Fe++,Mg)2Si2O6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1935 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its monoclinic crystal system and chemical identity with ferrosilite. Clinohedrite    CaZnSiO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1898 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek "klino", for incline, and "hedra", for face, for the inclined facial character of the crystal morphology. Clinoholmquistite   [ ](Li2Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2 Discredited IMA 2005 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its monoclinic crystal structure and relationship with holmsquisite. Approved IMA 1985, Discredited IMA 2005 as being fluoro-sodic-pedrizite. Clinoholmquistite - See Fluoro-sodic-pedrizite Clinohumite   (Mg,Fe++)9(SiO4)4(F,OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1876 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the mineral humite and the monoclinic crystal form. Clinohydroxylapatite - See Apatite-(CaOH)-M REMARKS: Renamed to Apatite-(CaOH)-M by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p 131 Clinohypersthene - See Clinoenstatite Clinohypersthene - See Clinoferrosilite Clinojimthompsonite   (Mg,Fe++)5Si6O16(OH)2 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its monoclinic crystallography and relation to jimthompsonite Clinokurchatovite  Ca(Mg,Fe++,Mn)B2O5 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the monoclinic dimorph of kurchatovite. Clinomimetite   Pb5(AsO4)3Cl Approved IMA 1991 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its monoclinic structure and relation to mimetite. Clinophosinaite  Na3CaPSiO7 Approved IMA 1981 ( Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the crystalline system and the relationship with the phosinaite. Clinoptilolite - See Clinoptilolite-K Clinoptilolite-Ca     (Ca,Na,K)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36 Approved IMA 1977 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek klino - "oblique" ptylon - "feather" and lithos - "stone.." The Ca-dominant member of the clinoptilolite series. Clinoptilolite-K     (Na,K,Ca)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1923 NAME ORIGIN: The name reflects its inclined extinction and supposed similarity in composition to "ptilolite" (mordenite). K modifier added by zeolite nomenclatrue committee. Clinoptilolite-Na     (Na,K,Ca)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36 Approved IMA 1969 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek klino - "oblique" ptylon - "feather" and lithos - "stone.." The Na-dominant member of the clinoptilolite series. Clinosafflorite   (Co,Fe,Ni)As2 Approved IMA 1971 NAME ORIGIN: In reference to the monoclinic symmetry of this safflorite-like species. Clinotobermorite   Ca5Si6(O,OH)18 Approved IMA 1989 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the monoclinic polymorph of tobermorite. 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