T Listing of Minerals

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T Mineral Index (291 Count)

This alphabetical listing of T 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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Taaffeite - See Magnesiotaaffeite-2N2S Tacharanite   Ca12Al2Si18O33(OH)36 Approved IMA 1961 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Gaelic "tacharan," a changeling, because on standing in air the mineral breaks down to form other compounds (not noticed by later investigators). Tachyhydrite    CaMg2Cl6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1856 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "quick water", in allusion to its ready deliquescence. Tadzhikite - See Tadzhikite-(Ce) Tadzhikite-(Ce)     Ca4(Ce,Y)2(Ti,Al,Fe+++,[ ])2[Si4B4O22](OH)2 Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality and its cerium content. LOCALITY: In the Dara-i-Pioz massif, Alai Range, Tien Shan, Tajikistan (Tadzhikistan). Tadzhikite-(Y)     Ca4(Y,Ce)2(Ti,Al,Fe+++,[ ])2[Si4B4O22](OH)2 Approved IMA 1987 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality and its yttrium content. LOCALITY: In the Dara-i-Pioz massif, Alai Range, Tien Shan, Tajikistan (Tadzhikistan). Taeniolite - See Tainiolite Taenite   gamma-(Fe,Ni) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1861 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "band" in allusion to the flattened form. Tagilite - See Pseudomalachite Taikanite   (Ba,Sr)2Mn+++2Si4O12 Approved IMA 1985 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Irnimi manganese deposit, Taikan Mountains, Khabarovsk Territory, Russia. Taimyrite   (Pd,Cu,Pt)3Sn Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Talnakh, Tiamyr Peninsula, Norilsk, Russia. Tainiolite     KLiMg2Si4O10F2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1900 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "band" or "strip", inallusion to hte tabular habit of the crystals. Takanelite  (Mn++,Ca)Mn++++4O8 Approved IMA 1971 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Katsutoshi Takane (1899-1945), professor of mineralogy, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. Takedaite    Ca3(BO3)2 Approved IMA 1995 NAME ORIGIN: For Prof. Hiroshi Takeda (1934- ) , of the Mineralogial Institute, University of Tokyo. Takeuchiite    Mg2Mn+++O2(BO3) Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yoshio Takeuchi (1924-), Japanese mineralogist Takovite   Ni6Al2(OH)16(CO3,OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1957 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Takovo, Serbia. Talc    Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1546 NAME ORIGIN: From the Arabic. Talmessite    Ca2Mg(AsO4)2 Approved IMA 1960 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Talmessi mine, 35 km west of Anarak, Iran. In the Arhbar (Aghbar) and A Talnakhite    Cu9(Fe,Ni)8S16 Approved IMA 1968 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Talnakh area, Taimyr Peninsula, Noril'sk region, Yakutiya, western Siberia, Russia Tamaite   (Ca,K,Ba,Na)3-4Mn24(Si,Al)40(O,OH)112 Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Shiromaru mine, Okutama, Tama district, about 60 km from Tokyo, Japan. Tamarugite     NaAl(SO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1889 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tamarugal Pampa, Cerro Pintado, Tarapaca, Chile Tancoite    HNa2LiAl(PO4)2(OH) Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tanco spodumene-bearing pegmatite mine at Bernic Lake, MB, Canada. Taneyamalite   (Na,Ca)(Mn++,Mg)12[(Si,Al)6O17]2(O,OH)10 Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Taneyama mine, Kumamoto Prefecture and Iwaizama mine, Saitama Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. Tangeite    CaCu(VO4)(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1848 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tange Gorge, Fergana Valley, Kyrgystan. Tanohataite LiMn2Si3O8(OH) Proposed IMA 2007 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the type locality. LOCALITY: Matsumaezawa pit, Tanohata mine, Tanohata Village, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Tantal-aeschynite-(Y) - See Tantalaeschynite-(Y) REMARKS: Renamed Tantalaeschynite-(Y) by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p131 Tantalaeschynite-(Y)    (Y,Ce,Ca)(Ta,Ti,Nb)2O6 Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and from the Greek for "shame," in allusion to the inability of chemists, at the time of its discovery, to separate some of its constituents. Tantalcarbide   TaC Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: The name reflects its composition: tantalum and carbon. Tantalite-(Fe)  Fe++Ta2O6 Approved IMA 1989 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the FERROus iron and from the Greek, Tantalos = father of Niobe. Tantalite-(Mg) (Mg,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the magnesium-dominant member of the tantalite series. Tantalite-(Mn)   MnTa2O6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1887 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition containing manganese and tantalum. Tantalowodginite (Mn2,[ ])4Ta4Ta8O32 Not Approved IMA, Abandoned 1992 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition. Tantalum  Ta Not Approved IMA NAME ORIGIN: Greek, Tantalos = father of Niobe. Tanteuxenite-(Y)     (Y,Ce,Ca)(Ta,Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1928 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Tantalum) and the Greek for "friendly to strangers, hospitable," in allusion to the rare elements that it contains. Tantite   Ta2O5 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition (Tantalum). Tanzanite - See Zoisite REMARKS: Blue colored gem variety of zoisite Tapiolite   (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6 Not Approved IMA NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1863 after the god Tapio of Finnish mythology. Now a group name. Tapiolite-(Fe)    (Fe++,Mn++)(Ta,Nb)2O6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1863 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the god Tapio of Finnish mythology and the Latin ferrium - "iron." Tapiolite-(Mn)   (Mn++,Fe++)(Ta,Nb)2O6 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the MANGANese content and relationship to ferroTAPIOLITE. Taramellite    Ba4(Fe+++,Ti,Fe++,Mg)4(B2Si8O27)O2Clx (x=0 to 1) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1908 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Torquato Taramelli (1845-1922), Italian geologist. Taramite    Na(CaNa)Fe++3AlFe+++[Si6Al2O22](OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1923 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Wali-tarama, Mariupol, Ukraine. Taranakite     K3Al5(HPO4)6(PO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1882 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Sugarloaves, near New Plymouth, Taranaki Peninsula, New Zealand. Tarapacaite     K2CrO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1878 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its first noted occurrence in the Tocopilla Pampa, 170 km north of Antofagasta, Tarapaca, Chile. Tarasovite - See Rectorite Tarbuttite     Zn2(PO4)(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1907 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Percy Coventry Tarbutt, director of the Broken Hill Explaration Co., Zambia. Tarkianite   (Cu,Fe)(Re,Mo)4S8 Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Professor Mahmud Tarkian (1941-), of the University of Hamburg, Germany, for his contributions to ore mineralogy. Tarnowitzite (Pb) - See Aragonite Taseqite    Na12Sr3Ca6Fe3Zr3NbSi25O73(O,OH,H2O)3Cl2 Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the northern part of the complex, at theTaseq slope. Tassieite    (Na,[ ])Ca2(Mg,Fe++,Fe+++)2(Fe+++,Mg)2(Fe++,Mg)2(PO4)6(H2O)2 Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Tassie Tarn, a nearby lake at the locality. LOCALITY: Johnston Fjord, Stornes Peninsula, Larsemann Hills, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica Tatarskite  Ca6Mg2(SO4)2(CO3)2Cl4(OH)4 Approved IMA 1963 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vitalii Borisovich Tatarskii (1907-), Russian mineralogist, Leningrad University. Tatyanaite  (Pt,Pd,Cu)9Cu3Sn4 Approved IMA 1995 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Russian mineralogist Tatyana L. Evstigneeva (or Yestigneeva) (1945-). Tausonite    SrTiO3 Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for L. V. Tauson (1917-1989), Russian geochemist. Tavorite    LiFe+++(PO4)(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1955 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Elysairio Tavora (1911-), mineralogist, University of Brazil, Rio de Janerio, Brazil. Taylorite - See Arcanite Tazheranite    CaTiZr2O8 Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tazheran alkalic massif., W of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. Tazieffite  Pb20Cd2(As,Bi)22S50Cl10 Proposed IMA 2008 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Haroun Tazieff (1914-1998), volcanologist who was a pioneer in field observation of active volcanoes. Teallite     PbSnS2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1904 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jethro Justinian Harris Teall (1849-1924), Director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland. Tedhadleyite  Hg++Hg+10O4I2(Cl1.16Br0.84)2 Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ted A. Hadley (1961-) of Sunnyvale, California, who participated in the collection of the holotype specimen. Teepleite     Na2B(OH)4Cl Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1939 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Edgar Teeple (1874-1931), for his work on the chemistry of Searles Lake brines, Trona, California, USA. Tegengrenite   (Mg,Mn++)2Sb+++++0.5(Mn+++,Si,Ti)0.5O4 Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Felix Tegengren (1884-1980), a renowned Finlandic-Swedish economic geologist who wrote about the ore deposits of Sweden and China. Teineite     CuTeO3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1939 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Teine mine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, and in the Kawazu mine, three km north of Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Telargpalite   (Pd,Ag)3Te Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Tel, Ag, Pd). Tellurantimony    Sb2Te3 Approved IMA 1973 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition. Telluric Silver - See Hessite Tellurite     TeO2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1849 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its containing tellurium (Latin, tellus = "earth"). Tellurium     Te Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1783 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the element, Latin, tellus = "earth." Tellurobismuthite    Bi2Te3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1863 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition of tellurium and bismuth. Tellurohauchecornite  Ni9BiTeS8 Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its chemical relationship to hauchecornite. Telluronevskite   Bi3TeSe2 Approved IMA 2001 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Te analog of nevskite. Telluropalladinite    Pd9Te4 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition. Telyushenkoite   CsNa6[Be2(Si,Al)18O39F2] Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Tamara Matveyevna Telyushenko (1930 Temagamite   Pd3HgTe3 Approved IMA 1973 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Temagami Cu deposit, Temagami, Island, Ontario, Canada. Temiskamite - See Maucherite Tengchongite   CaU++++++6Mo++++++2O25 Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tongbiguan village, Tengchong Co., Yunnan Province, China. Tengerite-(Y)    Y2(CO3)3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1838 NAME ORIGIN: Named for C. Tenger, Swedish geologist. Tennantite     (Cu,Fe)12As4S13 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1819 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English chemist, Smithson Tennant (1761-1815). Tenorite    CuO Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1841 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Italian botanist, M. Tenor (1781-1861). Tephroite    Mn2SiO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1823 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek tephros - "ash gray" for its color. Terlinguacreekite   Hg++3O2Cl2 Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Perry Pit, Mariposa mine, Terlingua mining district, Brewster County, Texas, USA Terlinguaite     Hg+Hg++ClO Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1900 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Terlingua, Brewster Co., Texas, USA. Ternesite    Ca5(SiO4)2SO4 Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For Mr. B. Ternes of Mayen, Germany, who found the mineral and provided specimens for the study. Ternovite  (Mg,Ca)Nb4O11-n(H2O) where n ~ 10 Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Vladimir Ivanovich Ternovoi (1928 Terranovaite      (Na,Ca)8(Si68Al12)O160 Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For the Italian Antarctic Station at Terranova Bay, Antarctica. Terskite    Na4ZrSi6O15(OH)2 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Tersk shore of the White Sea, southeastern Kola Peninsula, Russia. Tertschite   Ca4B10O19 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1953 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Herman Tertsch (1880-1962), Austrian mineralogist. Teruggite    Ca4MgAs2B12O22(OH)12 Approved IMA 1968 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mario E. Teruggi, Professor of Sedimentology and Petrology, National University, Plata, Argentina. Teschemacherite   (NH4)HCO3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1868 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frederick Edward Teschemacher (1791-1863), English chemist, who first described the species. Testibiopalladite   PdTe(Sb,Te) Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, TEllurium, STIBnium (Latin for Antimony), BIsmuth, and PALLADIum. Tetra-auricupride    AuCu Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its crystal symmetry and Au, Cu content. Tetra-ferri-annite - See Tetraferriannite REMARKS: Renamed Tetraferriannite by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p131 Tetra-ferriphlogopite - See Tetraferriphlogopite REMARKS: Renamed Tetraferriphlogopite by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p131 Tetradymite     Bi2Te2S Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1831 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, tetradymos, "fourfold." Tetraferriannite     K(Fe++,Mg)3(Fe+++,Al)Si3O10(OH)2 Renamed IMA 1998 Formerly ferri-annite NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1963 for the composition and relationship to annite. Renamed to Tetra-ferri-annite. Tetraferriphlogopite    KMg3Fe+++Si3O10(OH)2 Proposed IMA (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Fe3+ analog of phlogopite. Tetraferroplatinum    PtFe Approved IMA 1975 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Fe, Pt) and crystal system. Pages: [1] [2] [3] [4]