This alphabetical listing of G 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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NAME ORIGIN: Named for Shulamit Gross (1923- ), Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel, who noted the species in the Hatrurim Formation, Israel.
NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC)
Grossular Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1811
NAME ORIGIN: Grossular is from the Latin grossularia meaning "gooseberry." Hessonite is from the Greek hesson, meaning "slight" in reference to the smaller specific gravity.
NAME ORIGIN: Named from the old Russian name for the Spitzbergen Archipelago, Arctic Ocean.
Grumiplucite HgBi2S4 Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added)
NAME ORIGIN: Named after the amateur mineralogical organization Gruppo Mineralogico e Paleontologico Lucchese, members of which provided the specimens for study.
Grunerite [ ]Fe++7Si8O22(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1853
NAME ORIGIN: Named for Louis Emmanuel Gruner (1809-1883), Swiss-French chemist who analyzed the mineral.
NAME ORIGIN: Named for Henry Cecil Gunning (1901-1991), Geological Survey of Canada and Professor of Geology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek, gyps meaning "burned" mineral. Selenite from the Greek in allusion to its pearly luster (moon light) on cleavage fragments.
Gyrolite NaCa16Si23AlO60(OH)8 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1851
NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek guros = "circle", in allusion to the round form of the crystalline groupings.