M Listing of Minerals

[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M Minerals] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z] 

M Mineral Index (491 Count)

This alphabetical listing of M 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

Pages:[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Minnesotaite   (Fe++,Mg)3Si4O10(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1944 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its occurrence in Minnesota, USA. Minrecordite    CaZn(CO3)2 Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the journal Mineralogical Record. Minyulite     KAl2(PO4)2(OH,F) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1933 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Minyulo Well in western Australia. Mirabilite     Na2SO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1845 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Latin, sal mirabile - "miracle salt" expressing Glauber's surprise on its synthesis. Misenite    K8H8(SO4)7 (?) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1849 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Cape Miseno, near Naples, Italy. Miserite     K1.5-x(Ca, Y,REE)5[Si6O15][Si2O7](OH,F)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1950 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hugh Dinsmore Miser (1884-1969), geologist, U. S. Geological Survey. Mispickel - See Arsenopyrite Misy - See Copiapite Mitaxite - See Orthochrysotile REMARKS: Splintery chrysotile Mitridatite    Ca2Fe+++3(PO4)3O2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1914 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mithridat Hill, Kerch, Crimea, Russia. Mitryaevaite    Al5[(PO4)2[(P,S)O3(OH,O)]2F2(OH)2(H2O)8 Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Nonna Mikhailovna Mitryaeva (1920-) in recognition of her contributions to the mineralogy of Kazakhstan. Mitscherlichite    K2CuCl4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1925 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eilhardt Mitscherlich (1794-1863), German crystallographer and chemist, who first synthesized the compound. Mixite    BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1880 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the mining engineer, A. Mixa from Jachymov, Czechoslovakia. Miyashiroite - See Nyboite Mn-palygorskite - See Yofortierite Mock Lead Ore - See Sphalerite Moctezumite     Pb(UO2)(TeO3)2 Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality which was named after Moctezuma (1466-1520), last king of the Aztecs. LOCALITY: Moctezuma mine (La Bambolla), Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. Modderite    (Co,Fe)As Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1924 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Modderfontein mine, Witwatersrand, Transvaal, South Africa. Moeloite   Pb6Sb6S14(S3) Approved IMA 2002, Dana # Added NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yves Moelo who synthesized and characterized the synthetic material prior to the discovery of the mineral. Moganite   SiO2 Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mogan, on southern Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. Moganite - See Lutecite Mogovidite  Na9(Ca,Na)6Ca6Fe2Zr3[ ]Si25O72(CO3)(OH)4 Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Mountain Mogo-Vid near the mineral locality. LOCALITY: Northern face of the iron-ore mine, Kovdor massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia Mohite  Cu2SnS3 Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gunter Moh, University of Heidelberg, Germany. Mohr's salt - See Mohrite Mohrite    (NH4)2Fe++(SO4)2 Approved IMA 1964 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Karl Friedrich Mohr (1806-1879), German analytical chemist, for whom the synthetic compound has long been named. Moissanite    SiC Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1905 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henri Moissan (1852-1907), French chemist. Moluranite    H4U++++(UO2)3(MoO4)7 Approved IMA 1959 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the MOLybdenum and URANium in the composition. Molybdenite     MoS2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1807 NAME ORIGIN: Greek, molybdos = "lead." Molybdic ochre - See Molybdenite Molybdite    MoO3 Approved IMA 1963 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition. Molybdite - See Ferrimolybdite Molybdoferrite - See Bamfordite Molybdofornacite   Pb2Cu[(As,P)O4][(Mo,Cr)O4](OH) Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its predominance of molybdenum and relation to fornacite. Molybdomenite   PbSeO3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1882 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition of lead (Greek - molybdos) and selenium (Greek - mene "moon"). Molybdophyllite  Pb9Mg9Si9O24(OH)24 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1901 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "lead" and "leaf", in allusion to its composition and foliated habit. Molysite    Fe+++Cl3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1868 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for a stain, as it stains the host rock. Monazite-(Ce)      (Ce,La,Nd,Th)PO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1829 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek monazeis - "to be alone" in allusion to its isolated crystals and their rarity when first found. Monazite-(La)      (La,Ce,Nd)PO4 Approved IMA 1966 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek monazeis - "to be alone" in allusion to its isolated crystals and their rarity when first found. Monazite-(Nd)     (Nd,Ce,La)(P,Si)O4 Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek monazeis - "to be alone" in allusion to its isolated crystals and their rarity when first found. Monazite-(Sm)     SmPO4 Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Sm-dominant member of the monazite series. Moncheite    (Pt,Pd)(Te,Bi)2 Approved IMA 1963 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Monchegorsk deposit, Monche Tundra, Murmansk,Kola peninsula, Russia. Monetite    CaHPO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1882 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Moneta (now Monito) Island, which contains a notable occurrence. Mongolite   Ca4Nb6Si5O24(OH)10 Approved IMA 1985 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Khan-Bogdinsky massif, Gobi desert, Mongolia, China. Mongshanite (Mg,Cr,Fe++)2(Ti,Zr)5O12 Not Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality ? LOCALITY: Yimenguan area (?), Shandong, China. Monimolite   (Pb,Ca)2Sb2O7 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1865 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "stable," because it decomposed chemically with great difficulty. Monipite  MoNiP Proposed IMA 2007 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Monohydrocalcite    CaCO3 Approved IMA 1964 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its calcite composition with one molecule of water. Monrepite - See Tetraferriannite Monsmedite   H8K2Tl2(SO4)8 Discredited IMA 2002 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1968 from the Latin 'Mons Medius', for Baia Sprie, Romania, the locality for the mineral. LOCALITY: Baia Sprie, Baia Mare region, Romania. Monsmedite - See Voltaite Montanite   Bi2Te++++++O6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1868 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Highland, Montana, USA. Montbrayite   (Au,Sb)2Te3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1946 NAME ORIGIN: Name for the locality. LOCALITY: Robb-Montbray mine, Montbray, Abitibi County, Qu Montdorite    (K,Na)(Fe++,Mn++,Mg)2.5[Si4O10](F,OH)2 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mt. Dore stratovolcano, near La Bourboule, France. Montebrasite     LiAl(PO4)(OH,F) Discredited IMA 2005 No. 05-E NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality in 1872. LOCALITY: Montebras, Creuse, France. Monteponite   CdO Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1946 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Monte Poni, near Iglesias, Cagliari, Sadinia. Monteregianite - See Hydrodelhayelite Monteregianite-(Y)     (Na,K)6(Y,Ca)2Si16O38 Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Monteregian Hills, a series of intrusions. Montesommaite     (K,Na)9Al9Si23O64 Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Monte Somma, Pollena, Camania, Italy. Montetrisaite  Cu6(SO4)(OH)10 Approved IMA 2007 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Monte Trisa, Torrebelvicino, Vicenza, Italy Montgomeryite    Ca4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1940 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Mongomery (1909-), mineralogist, teacher, collector, and founder of the Friends of Mineralogy. Monticellite    CaMgSiO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1831 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Teodoro Monticelli (1759-1846), Italian Mineralogist. Montmorillonite    (Na,Ca)0,3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1847 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Veinne, Montmorillone, France. Montmorillonite(Ca) - See Beidellite Montmorillonite(Na) - See Beidellite Montroseite    (V+++,Fe+++,V++++)O(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1953 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Bitter Creek, Jo Dandy, Whitney, and Virgin mines, Uravan district, Montrose County, Colorado, USA. Montroyalite   Sr4Al8(CO3)3(OH,F)26 Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Monteregian Hill, Mont Royal, prominent landmark in Montreal, Canada, from which the city Montroydite     HgO Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1903 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Montroyd Sharp, an owner of the mercury deposit at Terlingua, Texas, USA. Mooihoekite    Cu9Fe9S16 Approved IMA 1972 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mooihoek Farm, Lydenberg district, Transvaal, South Africa Moolooite   Cu++(C2O4) Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Bunbury Well, Mooloo Downs, WA, Australia. Mooreite     (Mg,Zn,Mn)15(SO4)2(OH)26 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1929 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gideon E. Moore (1842-1895), U.S. Chemist who investigated the Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey ores. Moorhouseite    (Co,Ni,Mn)SO4 Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Walter Wilson Moorhouse (1913-1969), Canadian Professor of Geology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Mopungite    NaSb(OH)6 Approved IMA 1985 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mopung Hills, Churchill County, Nevada, USA. Moraesite    Be2(PO4)(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1953 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Liciano Jacques de Moraes (1896-1968), Brazilian geologist and mineral collector. Mordenite     (Ca,Na2,K2)Al2Si10O24 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1864 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Shore of Bay of Fundy, 3-5 km east of Morden, King Moreauite   Al3(UO2)(PO4)3(OH)2 Approved IMA 1985 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jules Moreau (1931- ), Belgian mineralogist, Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain, Belgium. Morelandite   (Ba,Ca,Pb)5(AsO4,PO4)3Cl Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Groven C. Moreland (1912-1978), supervisor of sample preparation laboratory, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC., USA. Morenosite    NiSO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1851 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Antonio Moreno Ruiz (1796-1852), Spanish pharmacist and chemist. Morganite - See Beryl REMARKS: Pink colored beryl Morimotoite    Ca3TiFe++Si3O12 Approved IMA 1995 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Nobuo Morimoto (1926- ), Professor Emeritus of Osaka University. Morinite     NaCa2Al2(PO4)2(F,OH)5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1891 NAME ORIGIN: Named for E.A. Morineau, Director of the tin mine, Montebras, France, who supplied the first specimens. Morozeviczite  (Pb,Fe)3Ge1-xS4 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Josef Morozewicz (1865-1941), Professor of Mineralogy, Jagellonian University, Krakow, Poland. Mosandrite   Na(Na,Ca)2(Ca,Ce,Y)4(Ti,Nb,Zr)(Si2O7)2(O,F)2F3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1841 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carl Gustav Mosander (1797-1858), Swedish chemist and mineralogist, who discovered several REE elements. Moschelite  Hg+2I2 Approved IMA 1989 NAME ORIGIN: After the locality. LOCALITY: Backofen mine, Moschel landsberg district, Opermoschel, Rhineland Pjalz, Germany. Moschellandsbergite     Ag2Hg3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1938 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), near Obermoschel, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany. Mosesite   Hg2N(Cl,SO4,MoO4,CO3) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1910 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alfred J. Moses (1859-1920), professor of mineralogy, Columbia University who studies the Hg-bearing minerals at Terlingua, Texas, USA. Moskvinite-(Y)   Na2K(Y,REE) [Si6O15] Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for A.V. Moskvin (1897-1974), Russian geologist. Mottanaite-(Ce)   Ca4(Ce,Ca)2AlBe2[Si4B4O22]O2 Approved IMA 2001 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Annibale Mottana, Professor of Mineralogy at the University of Roma Tre (Italy). Mottramite   PbCu(VO4)(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1876 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mottram, St. Andrews, Cheshire, England. Motukoreaite    Na2Mg38Al24(CO3)13(SO4)8(OH)108 Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Maori name for the locality (Motukorea - "island of the cormorants."). LOCALITY: Brown's Island, (Motukorea) within Waitemata Harbor, New Zealand. Mounanaite    PbFe+++2(VO4)2(OH)2 Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mounana mine, Franceville, Haute Ogooue, Gabon. Mountain Leather - See Actinolite Mountain Leather - See Clinochrysotile Mountainite    (Ca,Na2,K2)2Si4O10 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1957 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edgar Donald Mountain, Professor of Geology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. Mountkeithite   (Mg,Ni)11(Fe+++,Cr)3(SO4,CO3)3.5(OH)24 Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mount Keith nickel deposit, 400 km nnw of Kalgooolie, WA, Australia. Mourite    U++++Mo++++++5O12(OH)10 Approved IMA 1962 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition (Mo, Uranium). Pages:[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]