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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Tetrahedrite     (Cu,Fe)12Sb4S13 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1845 NAME ORIGIN: Name is derived from its crystal form. Tetranatrolite    Na2[Al2Si3O10] Discredited IMA 1999 - Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: The name given in 1980 recognizes its association with and similarity in chemical composition to natrolite. Tetranatrolite - See Gonnardite Tetrarooseveltite    BiAsO4 Approved IMA 1994 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the tetragonal analog of rooseveltite. Tetrataenite    FeNi Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for taenite and the tetragonal crystal form of this polymorph. Tetrawickmanite   Mn++Sn++++(OH)6 Approved IMA 1973 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the tetragonal analog of wickmanite. Texasite - See Zaratite Thadeuite   (Ca,Mn++)(Mg,Fe++,Mn+++)3(PO4)2(OH,F)2 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Namd for Decio Thadeu, Technical University, Lisbon, Portugal, for his studies on Portuguese ore deposits. Thalcusite   TlCu3FeS4 Approved IMA 1976 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition, THALlium, CUprum (Copper), and Sulfur. Thalenite-(Y)    Y3Si3O10(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1898 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Tobins Robert Thalen (1827-1905), Swedish physicist. Thalfenisite   Tl6(Fe,Ni,Cu)25S26Cl Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Tl, Fe, Ni, S). Thaumasite    Ca3Si(CO3)(SO4)(OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1878 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek thaumasion - "surprising" in allusion to the chemical composition. Theisite   Cu5Zn5[(As+++++,Sb+++++)O4]2(OH)14 Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nicholas J. Theis, Geologist, Bendix Corp., who discovered the orignal sample. Thenardite     Na2SO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1826 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the French chemist, Louis Jacques Thenard (1777-1826). Theoparacelsite  Cu3(OH)2(As2O7) Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Swiss scientist Paracelse (1493-1541), who was Philippus Theophrastus van Hohenheim. Paracelse is a Greek-Roman translation of Hohenheim. Theophrastite    Ni(OH)2 Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Theophrastus, (ca. 371 BC-ca. 287 BC), the first Greek mineralogist. Theresemagnanite  (Co,Zn,Ni)6(SO4)(OH,Cl)10 Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Therese Magnan for her contributions to knowledge about the Cap Garrone mine. Thermessaite    K2[AlF3SO4] Approved IMA 2007 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for "Thermessa" an ancient Greek name for the island of Vulcano. Thermonatrite    Na2CO3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1845 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for heat and natron, as the dehydration product from heating natron. Thinolite (calcite pseudomorphs) - See Ikaite Thomasclarkite-(Y)     (Na,Ce)(Y,REE)(HCO3)(OH)3 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Thomas Henry Clark (1893-1996), McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, noted for his studies of the geology of the St. Lawrence Lowlands. Thometzekite    Pb(Cu,Zn)2(AsO4)2 Approved IMA 1985 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Wilhelm Thometzek, former General Manager of the Tsumeb mining company. Thomsenolite    NaCaAlF6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1868 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hans Peter Jorgen Julius Thomsen (1826-1909), Daniosh physical chemist and founder of the Greenland cryolite industry. Thomsonite - See Thomsonite-Ca Thomsonite-Ca    NaCa2Al5Si5O20 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1820 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Scottish chemist, T. Thomson (1773-1852). Thomsonite-Sr     (Sr,Ca)2Na[Al5Si5O20] Approved IMA 2000 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Sr dominant analog of thomsonite-Ca. Thorbastnaesite - See Thorbastnasite Thorbastnasite    Th(Ca,Ce)(CO3)2F2 Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named for a thorium-bearing mineral chemically similar to bastnasite. Thoreaulite    Sn++Ta2O6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1933 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jacques Thoreau (188-1971), University of Louvain, Belogium. Thorianite      ThO2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1904 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its chemical composition containing thorium. Thorikosite    Pb3(Sb+++,As+++)O3(OH)Cl2 Approved IMA 1985 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Thorikos, near the Laurium mines. Thorite     ThSiO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1829 NAME ORIGIN: From the presence of the element Thorium, a highly radioactive material. Thornasite     Na12Th3[Si8O19]4 Approved IMA 1987 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition (Thorium, Na, Si). Thorogummite    Th(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1889 NAME ORIGIN: Named after gummite and the element thorium. Thorosteenstrupine   (Ca,Th,Mn)3Si4O11F Approved IMA 1962 NAME ORIGIN: Named for steenstrupine and the thorium content. Thortveitite    (Sc,Y)2Si2O7 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1911 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Norwegian engineer, O. Thortveit. Thorutite     (Th,U,Ca)Ti2(O,OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1958 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Thorium, rutile). Threadgoldite     Al(UO2)2(PO4)2(OH) Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ian M. Threadgold (1929-), University of Sydney, NSW, Australia. Thulite - See Zoisite REMARKS: Red colored zoisite Thuringite (Fe) - See Chamosite Tiemannite    HgSe Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1855 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its discoverer, C. W. F. Tiemann (1848-1899). Tienshanite    BaNa2MnTiB2Si6O20 Approved IMA 1967 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Dara-i-pioz massif, Tien Shan, southern Tajikistan. Tiettaite   (Na,K)17Fe+++TiSi16O29(OH)30 Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Finnish "tietta", science or knowledge, for the first science station in Khibiny. Tikhonenkovite    SrAl(OH)F4 Approved IMA 1964 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Igor Tikhonenkov (1927-1961), Russian student of alkaline rocks and minerals. Tilasite     CaMg(AsO4)F Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1895 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Daniel Tilas (1712-1772), Swedish mining engineer. Tilkerodite - See Clausthalite Tilleyite    Ca5Si2O7(CO3)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1933 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Cecil Edgar Tilley (1894-1973), British petrologist, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England. Tillmannsite  (Ag3Hg)(V,As)O4 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ekkhart Tillmanns (1941-) of the Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography, Wien, Austria. Tin    Sn Valid Species (Pre-IMA) Prehistoric NAME ORIGIN: A word of Old English origin, related to the Dutch tin and the German zinn. Tin Ore - See Cassiterite Tin pyrites - See Stannite Tinaksite     K2Na(Ca,Mn++)2(Ti,Fe)O[Si7O18(OH)] Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named fro the symbols of some of its component elements (Ti, Na, K). Tincal - See Borax Tincalconite    Na6[B4O5(OH)4]3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1878 NAME ORIGIN: Named for tincal (borax) and konos "powder" in allusion to the minerals composition and appearance. Tinnunculite C10H12N6O8 (?) Not Approved IMA - Published 1988 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Latin "Falco Tinnunculus" a falcon species. Tinsleyite     KAl2(PO4)2(OH) Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frank C. Tinsley (1916-), mineral collector, Black Hills specialist of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA. Tinticite    Fe+++5(PO4,VO4)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1946 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tintic Standard mine, Tintic district, Utah Tintinaite   Pb22Cu+4(Sb,Bi)30S69 Approved IMA 1968 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Tintina silver mines, Yukon Territory, Canada. Tinzenite     (Ca,Mn,Fe)3Al2BO3Si4O12(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1923 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Tinzen, Val d'Err, Grisons, Switzerland Tiptopite     K2(Na,Ca)2Li3Be6(PO4)6(OH)2 Approved IMA 1985 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tip Top mine, Custer, Custer County, South Dakota, USA Tiragalloite    Mn++4As+++++Si3O12(OH) Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paolo Tiragallo (1905-). Tirodite - See Manganocummingtonite REMARKS: Renamed by IMA Tirolit - See Tyrolite Tischendorfite  Pd8Hg3Se9 Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Name for Gerhard Tischendorf (1927-) who first recognized the mineral in the deposit in 1958. Tisinalite    Na3H3(Mn++,Ca,Fe)TiSi6(O,OH)18 Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: For the chemical elements Ti, Si, and Na in the formula. Tistarite   Ti2O3 Approved IMA 2008 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the composition "Ti" and the word "star," implying that this new refractory mineral is among the first solids formed in the solar system. Titanclinohumite - See Clinohumite Titanic Iron Ore - See Ilmenite Titanite      CaTiSiO5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1795 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its chemical composition of titanium. Titanium  Ti Not Approved IMA NAME ORIGIN: Named after the element which is named after the Titans, sons of the Earth goddess. Titanoelpidite - See Labuntsovite-Mn Titanoferrite - See Ilmenite Titanowodginite   (Mn++,Fe++)(Ti,Sn)(Ta,Nb)2O8 Approved IMA 1992 NAME ORIGIN: Named for TITANium and its relationship to wodginite. Titantaramellite    Ba4(Ti,Fe+++,Fe++,Mg)4(B2Si8O27)O2Clx X=0 TO 1, with Ti > Fe Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for taramellite and dominance of Ti as the octahedral cation. Tivanite   V+++TiO3(OH) Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the TItanium and VANadium in the composition. Tlalocite   Cu10Zn6(Te++++O3)(Te++++++O4)2Cl(OH)25 Approved IMA 1975 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Tlaloc, the god of rain in the Toltec and Aztec civilizations, in allusion to its high water content. Tlapallite   H6(Ca,Pb)2Cu3(SO4)(Te++++O3)4(Te++++++O6) Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Nahua "tlapalli," paint, in allusion to its paintlike coating of rock surfaces. Tobelite    (NH4,K)Al2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Ohgidani pottery stone deposit, Tobe, Ehime Prefecture, adn in the Horo pryophyllite deposit, Toyosaka, hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Tobermorite    Ca5Si6O16(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1880 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: In Scotland, on the Isle of Mull, around Tobermory. Tobermorite-14Ang - See Plombierite Tochilinite    6Fe0.9S Approved IMA 1971 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mitrofan S.Tochilin (1910-1968), Russian scientist. Tocornalite   (Ag,Hg)I (?) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1867 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1867 for S. F. Tocornal, rector of the University of Santiago, Chile. Toddite - See Columbite-(Mg) Todorokite     (Na,Ca,K)2(Mn++++,Mn+++)6O12 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1934 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Todroki mine, Hikkaido, Japan. Tokkoite     K2Ca4[Si7O18(OH)](F,OH) Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Murun massif, between the Charo and Tokko rivers, Yakutia, Russia. Tokyoite  Ba2Mn(VO4)2(OH) Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Shiromaru Mine, Okutama, Tama district, Tokyo Prefecture, Kanto Region, Honshu Island, Japan. Tolbachite    CuCl2 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. Tolovkite    IrSbS Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Ust'-Bel'skii massif, Tolvka River, Northeastern Russia. Tombarthite-(Y)   Y4(Si,H4)4O12-x(OH)4+2x Approved IMA 1968 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Thomas Fredrik Barth (1899-1971), mineralogist and petroligist, Oslo University, Oslo, Norway. Tomichite    (V,Fe)4Ti3AsO13(OH) Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Stephan A. Tomich (1914-), consulting geologist who discovered the mineral. Tongbaite   Cr3C2 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Liu Zhuang, Tongbai County, Henan, China Tongxinite  Cu2Zn Not Submitted IMA NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (tong=copper, xin=zinc). Tooeleite    Fe+++6(AsO3)4(SO4)(OH)4 Approved IMA 1992 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Found on waste dumps of the former gold and arsenic mines in the Gold Hill district, western Tooele County, Utah, USA. Topaz     Al2SiO4(F,OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) Prehistoric NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Topasos Island in the Red Sea. Topazolite - See Andradite REMARKS: Yellow colored andradite Pages:[1] [2] [3] [4]