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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Torbernite      Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1793 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Swedish chemist, Tornbern Bergmann (1735-1784). Tornebohmite-(Ce)     (Ce,La,Nd)2Al(SiO4)2(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1921 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alfred Ellis Tornebohm (1839-1911), former director of the Geological Survey of Sweden. Tornebohmite-(La)   (La,Ce)2Al(SiO4)2(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1921 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alfred Ellis Tornebohm (1839-1911), former director of the Geological Survey of Sweden. Torreyite   (Mg,Mn)9Zn4(SO4)2(OH)22 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1949 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Torrey (1796-1873), American naturalist who early studied Franklin, New Jersey, USA minerals. Tosudite   Na0,5(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)8O18(OH)12 Approved IMA 1963 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Toshio Sudo (1911-), Japanese mineralogist and crystallographer, University of Tokyo, Japan. Tounkite    (Na,Ca,K)8Al6Si6O24(SO4)2Cl Approved IMA 1992 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Tunka (Tounka) Valley near the deposits. Tourmaline - See Buergerite Tourmaline - See Chromdravite Tourmaline - See Dravite Tourmaline - See Feruvite Tourmaline - See Foitite Tourmaline - See Liddicoatite Tourmaline - See Olenite Tourmaline - See Povondraite Tourmaline - See Schorl Tourmaline - See Schorl-(F) Tourmaline - See Uvite Tourmaline - See Vanadiumdravite Toyohaite   Ag2FeSn3S8 Approved IMA 1991 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Toyoha mine, Sapporo, Japan. Trabzonite  Ca4Si3O10 Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality. LOCALITY: Yarda Yaylasi, near Trabzon, Turkey. Tranquillityite  Fe++8(Zr,Y)2Ti3Si3O24 Approved IMA 1971 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tranquility Base, Moon (Apollo 11). Traskite    (Ba,Ca)9(Fe++,Mn)2Ti2(SiO3)12(OH,Cl,F)6 Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Boardman Trask (1824-1879), first state geologist of California. Trattnerite    (Fe,Mg)2(Mg,Fe)3(Si12O30) Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Walter Trattner, a mineral collector with excellent knowledge of the mineralogy of the area in which the species was found. Travertine - See Calcite Treasurite  Ag7Pb6Bi15S32 Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Treasury mine, Geneva district, Colorado, USA. Trechmannite     AgAsS2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1905 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Charles O. Trechmenn (1851-1917), English mineralogist. Trembathite    (Mg,Fe++)3B7O13Cl Approved IMA 1992 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Lowell T. Trembath (1936-1994), Canadian mineralogist, Professor of Mineralogy, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada. Tremolite    [ ]Ca2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1790 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Tremola Valley, Alps. Trevorite     NiFe+++2O4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1921 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Major Tudor Gruffydd Trevor, mining inspector for the Pretoria District, Transvaal, South Africa. Triangulite    Al3(UO2)4(PO4)4(OH)5 Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the triangular habit of the crystals. Trichalcite - See Geminite Triclinic-roscherite - See Footemineite Tridymite    SiO2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1868 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek Tridymos - "triplex." Trigonite    Pb3Mn(As+++O3)2(As+++O2OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1920 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for triangle, alluding to the characteristic crystal outline Trikalsilite    (K,Na)AlSiO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1957 NAME ORIGIN: For the length of the [100] axis, three times that of kalsilite. Trilithionite     KLi1.5Al1.5AlSi3O10F2 Approved IMA 1960 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the high concentration of lithium. Trimerite    CaMn2Be3(SiO4)3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1890 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for three parts, in allusion to the trilling twinning and associated optical effects. Trimounsite-(Y)    (Y,REE)2Ti2SiO9 Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality and the yttrium content. LOCALITY: Trimouns talc deposit, 6 km northeast of Luzenac, Ariege, France. Triphane - See Spodumene REMARKS: Colorless, yellow spodumene Triphylite     LiFe++PO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1834 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek tri - "threefold" and fylon - "family" in allusion to the three cations in the formula. Triplite     (Mn,Fe++,Mg,Ca)2(PO4)(F,OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1813 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek triplos - "triplex." Triploidite    (Mn,Fe++)2(PO4)(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1878 NAME ORIGIN: Named for triplite and the Greek for form, as it closely resembles that species. Trippkeite     CuAs+++2O4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1880 NAME ORIGIN: Paul Trippke (1851-1880), Polish mineralogist, who discovered the mineral. Tripuhyite    Fe++Sb+++++O4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1897 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Tripuhy valley (today Tripu Tristramite    (Ca,U++++,Fe+++)(PO4,SO4) Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sir Tristram, a figure in the Arthurian legend. Tritomite - See Tritomite-(Ce) Tritomite-(Ce)    (Ce,La,Ca,Y,Th)5(Si,B)3(O,OH,F)13 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1849 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "three" and "to cut," in allusion to the trihedral cavities left in the host rock by the crystals. Tritomite-(Y)    (Y,Ca,La,Fe++)5(Si,B,Al)3(O,OH,F)13 (?) Approved IMA 1962 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "three" and "to cut," in allusion to the trihedral cavities left in the host rock by the crystals. Troegerite - See Trogerite Trogerite    H2(UO2)2(AsO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1871 NAME ORIGIN: Named for R. Troger, mining offical at Schneeberg, Germany. Trogtalite    CoSe2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1955 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Steinbruch Trogtal quarry, Lautenthal, Harz,, Germany Troilite    FeS Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1863 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dominico Troili, who described, in 1766, a meteorite which fell in Albareto, near Modena, Italy. Trolleite    Al4(PO4)3(OH)3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1868 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hans Gabriel Trolle-Wachtmeister (1782-1871), Swedish chemist. Trona     Na3(CO3)(HCO3) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1773 NAME ORIGIN: From Arabic origins meaning "natron." Troostite - See Willemite Truestedtite - See Trustedtite Truscottite   (Ca,Mn++)14Si24O58(OH)8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1914 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Samuel John Truscott (1970-1950), English mining geologist. Trustedtite  Ni3Se4 Approved IMA 1964 NAME ORIGIN: Named for O. Trustedt, whose work on prospecting methods lead to the discovery of the Outokumpu ore deposit, Finland. Tsaregorodtsevite    N(CH3)4AlSi5O12 Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sergei Vasilievich Tsargorodtsev (1953-1986), mineral collector. Tsavorite - See Grossular REMARKS: Emerald green grossular Tscheffkinite - See Chevkinite-(Ce) Tschermakite    [ ]Ca2(Mg3AlFe+++)Si6Al2O22(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1945 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gustav Tschermak von Sessenegg (1836-1927), Austrian mineralogist. Tschermigite     (NH4)Al(SO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1853 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Cermniky, (Tschermig), Czechoslovakia. Tschernichite    (Ca,Na)(Si6Al2)O16 Approved IMA 1991 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Rudy Warren Tschernich (1945-), amateur mineralogist specializing in zeolites. Tschortnerite      Ca4(Ca,Sr,K,Ba)3Cu3(OH)8[Si12Al12O48] Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Jochen Tschortner (1941-), mineral collector and finder of the mineral. Tsepinite-Ca    (Ca,K,Na,[ ])2(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)(OH,O)2 Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Ca-dominant analogue of tsepinite-Na. Tsepinite-K    (K,Ba,Na)2(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)(OH,O)2 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the K-dominant analog of tsepinite-Na. Tsepinite-Na    (Na,H3O,K,Sr,Ba)2(Ti,Nb)2[Si4O12](OH,O)2 Approved IMA 2000 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Anatoliy I. Tsepin (1946-), Russian microprobe analyst. Tsepinite-Sr   (Sr,Ba,K)(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)(OH,O)2 Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Sr analog of tsepinite--Na, -K, and -Ca. Tsilaisite - See Elbaite REMARKS: Mn-bearing elbaite Tsnigriite  Ag9SbTe3(S,Se)3 Approved IMA 1992 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the initials of the Russian name for the Central Scientice-Research Institute of Geological Prospecting in Moscow. Tsugaruite   Pb4As2S7 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the discovery locality. LOCALITY: Minami-Tsugara-gun provincial unit of the Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan. Tsumcorite    PbZnFe++(AsO4)2 Approved IMA 1971 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the TSUMeb CORporation. Tsumebite     Pb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1912 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tsumeb, Namibia. Tsumgallite  GaO(OH) Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Tsumeb mine and the composition (GALLium). Tsumoite    BiTe Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tsumo mine, Hiroshima, Shimane prefecture, Honshu, Japan. Tucekite   Ni9Sb2S8 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Karel Tucek, Curator of Minerals in the National Museum, Prague, Poland. Tugarinovite    MoO2 Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Aleksei Ivanovich Tugarinov (1947-), geochemist, Vernadskii Institute, Moscow, Russia. Tugtupite    Na4AlBeSi4O12Cl Approved IMA 1962 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality LOCALITY: Tugtup agatakorfia, Tunugdliarfik, Greenland. Tuhualite     [ ](Na,K)Fe++Fe+++[Si6O15] Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1932 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Mayor (Tuhua) Island, Bay of Plenty (Opo Bay), Norht Island, New Zealand. Tuite Ca3(PO4)2 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Guangzhi Tu (1920-), professor and founding director of the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People Tulameenite    Pt2FeCu Approved IMA 1973 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Tulameen and Similkameen River, British Columbia, Canada. Tuliokite    BaNa6Th(CO3)6 Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Tuliok River, Kola Peninsula, Russia, near where the mineral was first found. Tumchaite   Na2(Zr,Sn)Si4O11 Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: The mineral is named for the river Tumcha near Vuoriyarvi massif. Tundrite-(Ce)     Na2Ce2TiO2(SiO4)(CO3)2 Approved IMA 1963 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Russian locality. LOCALITY: Mt. Nepkha, Lovozero tundra, Kola Peninsula, Russa and Mont Saint-Hilaire quarry, Quebec, Canada. Tundrite-(Nd)   Na3(Nd,La)4(Ti,Nb)2(SiO4)2(CO3)3O4(OH) Approved IMA 1968 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its relation to tundrite-(Ce), and its neodymium content. Tunellite    SrB6O9(OH)2 Approved IMA 1961 NAME ORIGIN: Named for George Tunnel (1900-1996), U. S. Mineralogist. Tungsten Carbide - See Qusongite Tungstenite    WS2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1917 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition. Tungstibite   Sb2O3 Approved IMA 1995 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition of tungsten (W) and antimony (Sb). Swedish, tung sten = "heavy stone" and Latin, "stibium." Tungstite    WO3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1868 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its composition containig tungsen (Swedish, tung sten = "heavy stone"). Tungusite   [Ca14(OH)8](Si8020)(Si8020)2[Fe++9(OH)14] Approved IMA 1966 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Found along the Lower Tunguska River, near Tura, central Siberia, Russia. Tunisite    NaCa2Al4(CO3)4(OH)8Cl Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Sakiet Sidi Yousseff Pb-Zn mine, between Le Kef and Souk Ahras, Tunisia. Tuperssuatsiaite    Na(Fe+++,Mn)3[Si8O20](OH)2 Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tuperssuatsiait Bay, Greenland. Turanite    Cu5(VO4)2(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1909 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the locality. LOCALITY: Tyuya Nuyun, Ferghana, Turan Region, Uzbekistan. Pages:[1] [2] [3] [4]