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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Corvusite   (Na,Ca,K)V8O20 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1933 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Latin "corvus", raven, in allusion to the bird's color. Cosalite     Pb2Bi2S5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1868 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. Bjelkite is named after the Bjelke mine at Nordmark, Vermland, Sweden. LOCALITY: Silver Mine at Cosala, Sinaloa, Mexico. Coskrenite-(Ce)    (Ce,Nd,La)2(SO4)2(C2O4) Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for T. Dennis Coskren (1942-), geologist from Columbia, Maryland, whose work was instrumental in the discovery to the mineral. Cosmochlore - See Kosmochlor Cossyrite - See Aenigmatite Costibite   CoSbS Approved IMA 1970 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, Cobalt and STIBium (Latin name for Antimony). Cotton stone - See Mesolite Cotunnite    PbCl2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1825 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Domenico Cotugno (Cotunnius) (1736-1822), Italian physician and Professor of Anatomy, University of Naples, Naples, Italy. Coulsonite   Fe++V+++2O4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1937 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Lennox Coulson (1898-?), geologist of the Indian Geological Survey. Cousinite   MgU2Mo2O13 Approved IMA 1958 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jules Cousin (1884-1965), Belgian, president of Union Miniere du Haut Katanga. Coutinhite - See Lanthanite-(La) Coutinhite - See Lanthanite-(Nd) Coutinhoite   ThxBa1-2x(H2O)y(UO2)2Si5O13 Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jose Moacyr Vianna Coutinho (1924-), Professor of Mineralogy and Petrography the the Instituto de Geociencieas of Universidad de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Coutinite - See Lanthanite-(La) Coutinite - See Lanthanite-(Nd) Covelline - See Covellite Covellite     CuS Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1832 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Italian mineralogist, N. Covelli (1790-1829). Cowlesite   CaAl2Si3O10 Approved IMA 1975 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John George Cowles (1907-1985), American amateur mineralogist and zeolite collector. Coyoteite  NaFe3S5 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality. LOCALITY: Coyote Peak diatreme, 16 miles SW of Orick, Humboldt Co. California. Crandallite    CaAl3(PO4)2(OH)5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1917 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Milan L. Crandall, Jr., engineer, Knight Syndicate, Provo, Utah, USA. Crawfordite  Na3Sr(PO4)(CO3) Approved IMA 1994 NAME ORIGIN: For the Scottish doctor and chemist, Dr. A. Crawford (1748-1795). Creaseyite  Pb2Cu2(Fe+++,Al)2Si5O17 Approved IMA 1975 NAME ORIGIN: Named for S. C. Creasey (1917-), in recognition of his studies of the Mammoth-St. Anthony mine. Crednerite   CuMnO2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1849 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Karl F. H. Credner (1809-1876), German mining geologist and mineralogist. Creedite    Ca3Al2(SO4)(F,OH)10 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1916 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Wagon Wheel Gap, Creed Quadrangle, Colorado, USA. Crerarite (Pt,Pb)Bi3(S,Se)4-x (x~0.7) Approved IMA 1994 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Prof. David Crerar (1945-1994) of Princeton University. Crestmoreite - See Tobermorite REMARKS: Mixture with wilkeite Crichtonite    (Sr,La,Ce,Y)(Ti,Fe+++,Mn)21O38 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1813 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sir Alexander A. Crichton (1763-1856), Scottish physician and mineral collector. Criddleite  TlAg2Au3Sb10S10 Approved IMA 1988 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alan J. Criddle (1944-2002), English mineralogist. Cristobalite    SiO2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1887 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Cerro San Cristobal, Mexico. Crocidolite - See Riebeckite REMARKS: Asbestos form Crocoite     PbCrO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1832 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek krokos, meaning "crocus" or "saffron." Cromfordite - See Phosgenite Cronstedtite    Fe++2Fe+++(SiFe+++)O5(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1821 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722-1765), Swedish mineralogist and chemist. Cronusite  Ca0.2(H2O)2CrS2 Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Name derived from the Greek Titan "Cronos" and alludes to the combined meteor-terrestrial origin where cronusite is derived from terretrial weathering of meteoric minerals. Crookesite   Cu7(Tl,Ag)Se4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1866 NAME ORIGIN: After Sir William Crookes (1832-1919), who discovered thallium. Cross stone - See Phillipsite-Ca Cross stone - See Phillipsite-K Cross stone - See Phillipsite-Na Crossite  Na2(Mg,Fe++)3(Al,Fe+++)2Si8O22(OH)2 Discredited IMA 1997 - Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1894 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1894 for Charles Whitman Cross, (1854-1949), geologist, United States Geological Survey. Cryolite     Na3AlF6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1799 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek, kryos "frost" and lithos "stone." Cryolithionite    Na3Li3Al2F12 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1904 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its similarity to CRYOlite and high LITHIum content. Cryptohalite   (NH4)2SiF6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1873 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for concealed and salt, for being admixed with sal ammoniac. Cryptomelane     K(Mn++++,Mn++)8O16 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1942 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for hidden and black, as the identity of this common, black mineral is lost in the group of other black Mn-bearing oxides. Cryptophyllite  K2Ca[Si4O10] Proposed IMA 2009 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Csiklovaite - See Bismuthinite Csiklovaite - See Galenobismutite Csiklovaite - See Tetradymite Cualstibite  Cu++6Al3Sb3(OH)36 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Cu, Al, Stibium - Latin for antimony). Cubanite     CuFe2S3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1843 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Barracanao, Cuba. Cuboargyrite AgSbS Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: The name alludes to the polymorphic relationship with miargyrite. Cuivre - See Copper Cumengeite - See Cumengite Cumengite  Cu20Pb21Cl42(OH)40 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1893 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edouard Cumenge (1828-1902), French mining engineer for the Boleo mines. Cummingtonite   [ ]Mg7Si8O22(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1824 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Cummington, Massachusetts, USA. Cupalite (Cu,Zn)Al Approved IMA 1985 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition (Cu, Al). Cuprite    Cu2O Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1845 NAME ORIGIN: From the Latin, cuprum, meaning copper. Chalcotrichite from the Greek, meaning "hairy copper." Cuproadamite - See Adamite REMARKS: Cu-bearing adamite Cuproartinite-Cu bearing - See Artinite Cuprobismutite   Cu10Bi12S23 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1884 NAME ORIGIN: For the composition. Cuprocopiapite  CuFe+++4(SO4)6(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1938 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the cuprian member of the copiapite group. Cuprodescloizite - See Mottramite Cuprofaustite - See Faustite REMARKS: Cu-bearing faustite Cuproiridsite   CuIr2S4 Approved IMA 1985 NAME ORIGIN: For the chemical composition. Cupromakovickyite   Cu4AgPb2Bi9S18 Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Cu-dominant analogue of makovickyite. Cupropavonite  AgPbCu2Bi5S10 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: To stress a similarity with pavonite. Cupropearceite  [Cu6As2S7][Ag9CuS4] Proposed IMA 2007 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Cupropolybasite  [Cu6Sb2S7][Ag9CuS4] Proposed IMA 2008 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Cu-rich analog of polybasite Cuprorhodsite   CuRh2S4 Approved IMA 1985 NAME ORIGIN: For the chemical composition. Cuprorivaite   CaCuSi4O10 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1938 NAME ORIGIN: Named for a high copper content and presumed similarity to rivaite. Cuproscheelite - See Scheelite REMARKS: Mixture of scheelite + copper tungstate Cuprosklodowskite     Cu[(UO2)(SiO2OH)]2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1933 NAME ORIGIN: A name supplied by Buttgenbach while introducing Vaes' paper, in the mistaken belief that it was the copper analog of sklodowskite. Cuprospinel    (Cu,Mg)Fe+++2O4 Approved IMA 1973 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the copper content and the spinel structure. Cuprostibite   Cu2(Sb,Tl) Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition. Cuprotungstite  Cu++3(WO4)2(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1869 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition. Curetonite   Ba4Al3Ti(PO4)4(O,OH)6 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Forrest Cureton, mineralogist, and Michael Cureton, of Tucson, AZ, who found the mineral. Curienite     Pb(UO2)2V2O8 Approved IMA 1968 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hubert Curien (1924- ), French mineralogist and crystallographer, Laboratory of Mineralogy and Crystallography, University of Pierre and Marie Curie (Sorbonne), Paris, France. Curite      Pb3+x(H2O)2[(UO2)4+x(OH)3-x]2, x~0.5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1921 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pierre Curie (1859-1906) and Marie Curie-Sklodowska (1867 - 1934), French research team of radioactive minerals. Discoverd the element radium. Curtisite - See Idrialite Cuspidine   Ca4Si2O7(F,OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1876 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek cuspis, for a spear, the characteristic shape of the twinned crystals. Custerite - See Cuspidine Cuzticite  Fe+++2Te++++++O6 Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Nahuatl for "something yellow", in allusion to its color. Cyanochroite    K2Cu(SO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1855 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for blue and color, in reference to its appearance in white light. Cyanophyllite  Cu++5Al2(SbO4)3(OH)7 Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for blue and a leaf, in allusion to the color and habit. Cyanotrichite   Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1839 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, kyaneos, "blue" and triches, "hair," hence, blue hair. Cylindrite  Pb3Sn4FeSb2S14 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1893 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, kylindros, "cylinder." Cymrite   BaAl2Si2O8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1949 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Cymru, the old Welsh name for Wales. Cyrilovite   NaFe+++3(PO4)2(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1953 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality Cyrilov, Czechoslovakia. LOCALITY: Cyrtolite - See Zircon REMARKS: High U and metamict zircon Pages:[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]