D Listing of Minerals

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D Mineral Index (178 Count)

This alphabetical listing of D 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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Dickinsonite - See Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) Dickinsonite - See Dickinsonite-(KNa) Dickinsonite - See Dickinsonite-(NaNa) Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)    KNaMnNa3Ca(Mn,Fe,Mg)13Al(PO4)11(PO4)(OH,F)2 Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after dickinsonite and site occupancy of the arrojadite-dickensonite structure. Dickinsonite-(KNa)   KNa4Ca(Mn,Fe,Mg)13Al(PO4)11(PO4)(OH,F)2 Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after dickinsonite and site occupancy of the arrojadite-dickensonite structure. Dickinsonite-(KNaNa)   KNaNa4Ca(Mn,Fe,Mg)13Al(PO4)11(PO4)(OH,F)2 Not Submitted IMA (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after dickinsonite and site occupancy of the arrojadite-dickensonite structure. Dickinsonite-(NaNa)  Na2Na4Ca(Mn,Fe,Mg)13Al(PO4)11(PO4)(OH,F)2 Not Submitted IMA (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after dickinsonite and site occupancy of the arrojadite-dickensonite structure. Dickite    Al2Si2O5(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1930 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Scottish chemist, A. B. Dick. Dickthomssenite   Mg(V+++++2O6) Approved IMA 2000 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Richard W. Thomssen (1933-), consulting geologist from Dayton, Nevada, USA. Dienerite   Ni3As Discredited IMA 2006 - Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1921 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Karl Diener (1862-1928), Austrian paleontologist from Vienna who discovered the mineral. Dienerite - See Nickelskutterudite Dietrichite    (Zn,Fe++,Mn)Al2(SO4)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1878 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gustav Heinrich Dietrich, from Pribram, Czech Republic, who analyzed the first specimens. Dietzeite     Ca2(IO3)2(CrO4) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1894 NAME ORIGIN: Named for August Dietze (?-1893?), German chemist who first described this mineral. Digenite    Cu9S5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1844 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "two kinds" or "sexes," in reference to the presumed presence of both cuprous and cupric ions. Dihydrite - See Pseudomalachite Dilithium    Li2Te Not Approved IMA NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's composition. Dillage - See Diopside Dimorphite    As4S3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1850 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "two" and "form," in reference to the two forms in which the species was thought to occur. Dingdaohengite-(Ce)   (Ce,La)4Fe++(Ti,Fe++,Mg,Fe+++)2Ti2Si4O22 Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ding Daoheng (1899-1955), who made the first discovery of the world-famous Bayan Obo REE-Nb-Fe ore deposit in 1927. Dinite  C20H36 Not Approved (Pre-IMA) 1852 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Olinto Dini (1802-1866), Italian teacher and professor of physics, University of Pisa. Diomignite   Li2B4O7 Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek meaning divine mix, in allusion to its likely pronounced fluxing effects. Diopside     CaMgSi2O6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1800 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek dis - "two kinds" and opsis - "opinion." Dioptase     CuSiO2(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1797 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, dia - "through" and optomai - "vision." Direnzoite    NaK6MgCa2(Al13Si47O120) Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Francesco Di Renzo (b1954), Research Director at the Laboratoire de Mat Discredited - See Arsenobismite Discredited - See Ashanite Discredited - See Clinoholmquistite REMARKS: IMA2004-002 Discredited - See Crossite Discredited - See Donathite Discredited - See Foshallasite REMARKS: Foshallasite (1936) is now considered zeophyllite (1902). Discredited - See Hydromolysite Discredited - See Imgreite Discredited - See Laubmannite Discredited - See Magnesioanthophyllite Discredited - See Magnesiogedrite Discredited - See Magniotriplite Discredited - See Monsmedite Discredited - See Platynite Discredited - See Pseudo-autunite Discredited - See Spodiosite Discredited - See Tetranatrolite Discredited - See Vanuranylite Discredited IMA 1987 - See Sobotkite Discredited IMA 1995 - See Lusungite Discredited IMA 1997 - See Herschelite Discredited IMA 1997 - See Magnesioclinoholmquistite Discredited IMA 1997 - See Yftisite-(Y) Discredited IMA 2001 - See Duhamelite Discredited IMA 2002 - See Squawcreekite Dissakisite-(Ce)    Ca(Ce,REE)(Mg,Fe++)(Al,Fe+++)2Si3O12(OH) Approved IMA 1991- Dana Number Modified from 58.2.1a.5 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "twice over," for a magnesium analog of allanite being described twice. Dissakisite-(La)   (Ca,Fe++,Th, La)(La,REE,Ca)(Al,Cr,Ti)2(Mg,Fe,Al)Si3O12(OH,F) with La > Ce Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its A2 site cation content and relationship to Dissakisite-(Ce). Disthene - See Kyanite Dittmarite   (NH4)Mg(PO4) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1887 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Dittmar (1833-1892), Professor of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland. Diversilite-(Ce)   Na2(Ba,K)6Ce2Fe++Ti3Si12O36(OH)3(OH,H2O)9 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Name for the Latin diversus (hetrogeneous) and silicate, reflecting the main structural features. Dixenite    Cu+Mn++14Fe+++(As+++O3)5(SiO4)2(As+++++O4)(OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1920 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek di, for two, and xenos, for stranger, in reference to the then unique association of silica and arsenious oxide in the mineral. Djalmaite - See Uranmicrolite Djerfisherite     K6Na(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl Approved IMA 1966 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Daniel Jerome Fisher (1896-1988), American mineralogist. Djurleite    Cu31S16 Approved IMA 1962 NAME ORIGIN: For S. Djurle, who first synthesized the compound later found in nature. Dmisteinbergite    CaAl2Si2O8 Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dmitri Sergeievich Steinberg (1910-1992), Russian petrographer, Institute of Geology, Ekaterinburg, Russa. Dmitryivanovite  CaAl2O4 Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dmitriy A. Ivanov (1962-1986), a geologist, mineralogist, and petrologist who died tragically on a field expedition to study igneous rocks in the Caucasus Mountains. Dolerophanite     Cu2(SO4)O Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1873 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek "DOLEROS" = misleading and "PHANESTAI" = appearance, in allusion to its low content of copper Dollaseite-(Ce)     CaCeMg2AlSi3O11(OH,F)2 Approved IMA 1988 - Dana Number Modified from 58.2.1a.6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wayne A. Dollase (1938-?), American mineralogist, University of California at Los Angeles. Dolomite     CaMg(CO3)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1791 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French mineralogist and geologist, Deodat Guy Tancrede Gratet de Dolomieu (1750-1801). Doloresite    H8V++++6O16 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1957 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: La Sal No. 2 mine, Lumsden Canyon, Gateway District, Dolores River, southwestern Colorado, USA. Domeykite    Cu3As Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1845 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Chilean mineralogist, I. Domeyk (1802-1889). Donathite  (Fe++,Mg)(Cr,Fe+++)2O4 Discredited IMA 1998 - Published 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Named for M. Donath, who described the material in I930. Donbassite   Al2[Al2.33][Si3AlO10](OH)8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1940 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1940 for the location. LOCALITY: Utrennyaia shaft and Uralskaya vein, Nagolyn area, Donbass region, Ukraine. Donharrisite   Ni8Hg3S9 Approved IMA 1988 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Donald C. Harris (1936-), Canadian mineralogist. Donnayite-(Y)   Sr3NaCaY(CO3)6 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Joseph Desire Hubert Donnay (1902-1994), Belgian-American-Canadian crystallographer and minereralogist and Gabrielle (Hamburger) Donnay (1920-1987), American Canadian mineralogist, McGill Univeristy. Donpeacorite    (Mn,Mg)MgSi2O6 Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Donald R. Peacor (1937- ), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Dorallcharite    (Tl,K)Fe+++3(SO4)2(OH)6 Approved IMA 1994 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the French dore, golden yellow, and the famous mining locality, Alsar (Allchar), Macedonia. LOCALITY: Alsar (Allchar), near Rosden, Macedonia. Dorfmanite    Na2(PO3OH) Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Moisei Davidovich Dorfman (1908-), Russian mineralogist who first reported a sodium phosphate in 1963. Dorrite   Ca2Mg2Fe+++4(Al,Fe+++)4Si2O20 Approved IMA 1988 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John A. Dorr (1922-1986), University of Michigan. Doughtyite - See Alunogen Douglasite    K2Fe++Cl4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1879 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its discovery locality. LOCALITY: Found at Douglasschall, northwest of Stassfurt, Germany. Doverite - See Synchysite-(Y) Dovyrenite   Ca6Zr[Si2O7]2(OH)4 Approved IMA 2007 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Dovyren Bald Mountain (Ioko-Dovyren layered massif), Siberia, Russia. Downeyite   SeO2 Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wayne F. Downey, Jr., of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA, who first collected the mineral. Doyleite    Al(OH)3 Approved IMA 1985 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Canadian physician E.J. Doyle, of Ottawa, Canada, who found the mineral at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada. Dozyite   (Mg7Al2)(Si4Al2)O15(OH)12 Approved IMA 1995 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Dutch geologist Jean-Jacques Dozy (1908 - 2004), who discovered the Ertzberg mineral deposits. Dravite    NaMg3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1883 (Dana # Changed) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Drava River, Austria. Dravite - See Dravite REMARKS: (61.3.1.9) Dresserite   BaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4 Approved IMA 1970 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Alexander Dresser (1866-1954), Canadian geologist who contributed to knowledge of the Monteregian Hills. Dreyerite   BiVO4 Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gerhard Dreyer, Assistant Professor, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, who found the mineral. Droninoite Ni3Fe+++Cl(OH)8 Approved IMA 2008 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Dronino village, Kasimov District, Ryazan Drugmanite    Pb2(Fe+++,Al)H(PO4)2(OH)2 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Julien Drugman (1875-1950), Belgian mineralogist. Drysdallite   Mo(Se,S)2 Approved IMA 1973 NAME ORIGIN: For A.R. Drysdall, Director, Geological Survey of Zambia. Dualite  Na30(Ca,Na,Ce,Sr)12(Na,Mn,Fe,Ti)6Zr3Ti3MnSi51O144(OH,H2O,Cl)9 Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: The name is derived from Latin dualis (dual) alluding to the dual taxonomic membership of this mineral, which is at the same time zirconosilicate and titanosilicate. Dufrenite    Fe++Fe+++4(PO4)3(OH)5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1833 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Armand Small Dufrenoy (1792-1857), French mineralogist and geologist. Dufrenoysite     Pb2As2S5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1845 NAME ORIGIN: For Ours Pierre Armand Petit Dufrenoy (1792-1857), French mineralogist, National School of Mines, Paris, France. Duftite-alpha   PbCu(AsO4)(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1956 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1920 for G. Duft, general manager of the mine at Tsumeb, Namibia. Duftite-beta   PbCu(AsO4)(OH) Discredited IMA 2006 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1920 for G. Duft, general manager of the mine at Tsumeb, Namibia. Duftite-beta - See Duftite-alpha REMARKS: Compositional intermediate in the duftite-conichalcite series Dugganite    Pb3Zn3Te(As,V,Si)2(O,OH)14 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Marjorie Duggan, analytical chemist, in reference to her discovery of Te6+ [hexavalent tellurium] in nature. Duhamelite  Pb2Cu4Bi(VO4)4(OH)3 Discredited IMA 2001 - Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1981 for J. E. DuHamel, geologist, Phelps Dodge Corp., who found the mineral. Pages:[1] [2]