C Listing of Minerals

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C Mineral Index (528 Count)

This alphabetical listing of C 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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Clinotyrolite   Ca2Cu9[(As,S)O4]4(OH)10 Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: For the monoclinic symmetry and relationship to tyrolite. Clinoungemachite  K3Na9Fe+++(SO4)6(OH)3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1938 NAME ORIGIN: Named its crystal form and for Henri-Leon Ungemach (1879-1936), French mineralogist and crystallographer. Secretary of the French Society of Mineralogy from 1919 to 1934. Clinozoisite     Ca2Al3(SiO4)3(OH) = Ca2AlAl2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1896 - Dana # changed from 58.2.1a.4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its resemblance to zoisite and the monoclinic crystal form. Clinozoisite-(Sr)   CaSrAl3(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Itoigawa-Ohmi district, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. Clintonite   Ca(Mg,Al)3(Al3Si)O10(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1843 NAME ORIGIN: Named for De Witt Clinton (1769-1828), American statesman. Cloncurryite  [Cu0.56(VO)0.44]Al2(PO4)2(F,OH) Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Great Australia deposit, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia Coalingite   Mg10Fe+++2(CO3)(OH)24 Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the town of Coalinga, California. The town was named after the railroad's Coaling Station "A." Cobalt Bloom - See Erythrite Cobalt pentlandite - See Cobaltpentlandite REMARKS: Renamed to Cobaltpentlandite by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p131 Cobalt-zippeite - See Cobaltzippeite REMARKS: Renamed Cobaltzippeite by Mineralogical Record, v39 (2008), p131 Cobaltarthurite   CoFe+++2(AsO4)2(OH)2 Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Co-dominant member of the arthurite group. Cobaltaustinite   CaCo(AsO4)(OH) Approved IMA 1988 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its content of cobalt and similarity to austinite. Cobaltian Arsenopyrite - See Arsenopyrite Cobaltian Malanite - See Dayingite Cobaltian Pyrite - See Pyrite Cobaltite     CoAsS Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1832 NAME ORIGIN: From the German, Kobold, "underground spirit" or "goblin," in allusion to the refusal of cobaltiferous ores to smelt properly, hence "bewitched." Cobaltkieserite  CoSO4 Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the Co analog of kieserite. Cobaltkoritnigite   (Co,Zn)(AsO3OH) Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its relation to koritnigite and high cobalt content. Cobaltlotharmeyerite   Ca(Co,Fe,Ni)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the cobalt dominant analogue of lotharmeyerite, Cobaltmalanite - See Malanite REMARKS: Co-bearing malanite Cobaltneustadtelite   Bi2Fe+++(Co,Fe+++)(O,OH)2(OH)2(AsO4)2 Approved IMA 2000 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality and chemical composition. LOCALITY: Mine dumps in the Schneeberg-Neust Cobaltocalcite - See Sphaerocobaltite Cobaltokoritnigite - See Cobaltkoritnigite Cobaltomenite   CoSeO3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1882 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the content of cobalt and the Greek for moon. Cobaltpentlandite   Co9S8 Approved IMA 1959 NAME ORIGIN: For the cobalt content and the relationship with pentlandite. Cobalttsumcorite   Pb(Co,Fe)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2 Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the chemical and structural relationship to tsumcorite Cobaltzippeite  Co++2(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10 Approved IMA 1976 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition and for Franz Xaver Maxmillian Zippe (1791-1863), Austrian mineralogist. Coccinite  Hg++I2 (?) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1845 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Unknown. Cochromite   (Co,Ni,Fe++)(Cr,Al)2O4 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for a chromite with essential cobalt. Cocinerite - See Chalcocite REMARKS: Mixture with silver plus chalcocite Cocinerite - See Silver REMARKS: Mixture with chalcocite Coconinoite   Fe+++2Al2(UO2)2(PO4)4(SO4)(OH)2 Approved IMA 1966 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its locality. LOCALITY: Sun Valley mine, Coconino County, Arizona, USA. Coeruleolactite  (Ca,Cu)Al6(PO4)4(OH)8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1871 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "blue" and "milk", for its typical color. Coeruleolactite - See Planerite REMARKS: Mixture of planerite + variscite + wavellite Coeruleolactite - See Variscite REMARKS: Mixture of planerite + variscite + wavellite Coeruleolactite - See Wavellite REMARKS: mixture of planerite + variscite + wavellite Coesite   SiO2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1954 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Loring Coes, Jr. (1915-1973), American chemist, Norton Company, who first synthesized the phase. Coffinite    U(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1956 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Reuben Clare Coffin (1886-1972), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, pioneer geologist in the study of uranium deposits of the Colorado Plateau. Cohenite   (Fe,Ni,Co)3C Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1889 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Emil Wilhelm Cohen (1842-1905), Professor of Mineralogy, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany. Coiraite  (Pb,Sn)12.5As3Sn5FeS28 Approved IMA 2005 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Colbalt Vitrol - See Bieberite Colbaltian wad - See Asbolane Colemanite     Ca2B6O11 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1884 NAME ORIGIN: After William T. Coleman, owner of the Death Valley, California mine where this species was first found. Colimaite  K3VS4 Proposed IMA 2007 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality LOCALITY: Colima volcano, Colima State, M Collinsite    Ca2(Mg,Fe++)(PO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1927 NAME ORIGIN: Named for William Henry Collins (1878-1937), formerly Director of the Geological Survey of Canada. Collinsite-Zn - See Hillite Collophane - See Carbonate-fluorapatite Collophane - See Carbonate-hydroxylapatite Coloradoite    HgTe Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1877 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Smuggler mine, Ballerat district, Boulder County, Colorado, USA. Colquiriite   CaLiAlF6 Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Colquiri mine, Colquiri, Bolivia Coltan - See Columbite-(Fe) REMARKS: Trade name for columbite-tantalite ores Coltan - See Tantalite-(Fe) REMARKS: Trade name for columbite-tantalite ores Coltan - See Tantalite-(Mn) Columbite - See Columbite-(Fe) Columbite - See Columbite-(Mg) Columbite - See Columbite-(Mn) Columbite-(Fe)    Fe++Nb2O6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1802 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its content of the element niobium, formerly called columbium and the Latin ferrium - "iron." Columbite-(Mg)   (Mg,Fe++,Mn)(Nb,Ta)2O6 Approved IMA 1963 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the dominent MAGNESIum and its relationship to ferrocolumbite (formerly columbite). Columbite-(Mn)    (Mn,Fe++)(Nb,Ta)2O6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1892 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the MANGANese content and the relationship to columbite (ferrocolumbite). Columbite-Tantalite - See Columbite-(Fe) Columbite-Tantalite - See Tantalite-(Fe) Colusite    Cu12-13V(As,Sb,Sn,Ge)3S16 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1933 NAME ORIGIN: For the Colusa claim, Butte, Montana, USA. Comancheite  Hg13(Cl,Br)8O9 Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Comanche Indians, who were the first miners in the Terligua district, using cinnabar for war paint. Combeite   Na2Ca2Si3O9 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1957 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Delmar Combe, Geological Survey of Uganda. Comblainite Ni++6Co+++2(CO3)(OH)16 Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gordon Comblain (1929-) of the Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium who discovered the mineral. Common asbestos - See Parachrysotile Compreignacite    K2(UO2)6O4(OH)6 Approved IMA 1964 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Margnac mine, Compreignac, Haute-Vienne, France. Comuccite - See Jamesonite Congolite   (Fe++,Mg,Mn)3B7O13Cl Approved IMA 1972 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Brazzaville, Congo. Conichalcite     CaCu(AsO4)(OH) Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1849 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for lime and copper, as both elements are essential to the composition. Conifeite - See Pentlandite REMARKS: Cobaltian pentlandite Connellite    Cu19Cl4(SO4)(OH)32 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1850 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the Scottish chemist, A. Conell (1794-1863). Cookeite   LiAl4(Si3Al)O10(OH)8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1866 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Josiah B. Cooke, Jr. (1827-1894), American mineralogist and chemist, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Coombsite   K(Mn++,Fe++,Mg)13(Si,Al)18O42(OH)14 Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for D.S Coombs of the University of Otago, New Zealand. Cooperite   (Pt,Pd,Ni)S Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1928 NAME ORIGIN: For R.A. Cooper, of Johannesburg, South Africa, who first described the mineral. Coparsite  Cu4O2[(As,V)O4]Cl Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: The name recalls the mineral Copiapite     Fe++Fe+++4(SO4)6(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1833 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Copiapo, Chile. Copper     Cu Valid Species (Pre-IMA) Prehistoric NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, Kyprios, the name of the island of Cyprus, once producing this metal. Copper Uranite - See Torbernite Copper Vitrol - See Chalcanthite Copperas - See Melanterite Coquandite  Sb6O8(SO4) Approved IMA 1992 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henri-Jean-Baptiste Coquand (1813-1881), Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Marseilles, Marseilles, France Coquimbite     Fe+++2(SO4)3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1841 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Coquimbo province, Chile. Corderoite   Hg3S2Cl2 Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its locality. LOCALITY: McDermitt Mercury mine (formerly Cordero mine), Opalite district, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA. Cordierite    Mg2Al4Si5O18 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1813 NAME ORIGIN: From the French mining engineer and geologist P. L. A. Cordier (1777-1861). Cordylite-(Ce)     Ba(Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1898 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek "cordule" = club, in allusion to the shape of the crystals. Corkite   PbFe+++3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1862 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Glandore iron mines, Co. Cork, Ireland. Corkite - See Beudantite Cornetite     Cu3(PO4)(OH)3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1917 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jules Cornet (1865-1929), Belgian geologist. Cornubite   Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 Approved IMA 1959 NAME ORIGIN: Named from Cornubia, the Latin name for Cornwall, source of the first specimens. Cornwallite    Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1847 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English leader Cornwall. Coronadite   Pb(Mn++++,Mn++)8O16 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1904 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (ca 1500-1554), first Spanish explorer of the American southwest. Coronene - See Karpatite Corrensite   (Ca,Na,K)(Mg,Fe,Al)9(Si,Al)8O20(OH)10 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1954 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Carl Whilom Correns (1893-1980), German mineralogist and director of the Sedimentary Petrology Institute, University of Gottingen. Corundum     Al2O3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) Prehistoric NAME ORIGIN: Probably derived from the Sanskrit, kuruvinda, meaning "ruby." Pages:[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]