K Listing of Minerals

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K Mineral Index (263 Count)

This alphabetical listing of K minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of that name, name origins, and locality information.

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Korobitsynite   Na3(Ti,Nb)2[Si4O12](OH,O)2 Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Mikhail Fedorovich Korobitsyn (1928-1996), amateur mineralogist and collector who made significant contributions to mineralogical investigations of the Lovozero alkaline complex. Korshunovskite    Mg2Cl(OH)3 Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named after it's locality. LOCALITY: Korshunov iron ore deposti, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia. Korzhinskite   CaB2O4 Approved IMA 1963 NAME ORIGIN: Named for D.S. Korzhinski Kosmochlor    NaCr+++Si2O6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1894 NAME ORIGIN: From the German kosmisch, for cosmic, in allusion to its meteoritic occurrence, and the Greek chlor, for green. Kosnarite     KZr++++2(PO4)3 Approved IMA 1993 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Richard A. Kosnar (1946-), mineral dealer. Kostovite   CuAuTe4 Approved IMA 1966 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ivan Kostov (1912-), Bulgarian mineralogist. Kostylevite    K2ZrSi3O9 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yekaterina Eutikhievna Kostyleva-Labuntsova (1894-1974), Russian Mineralogist. Kotoite    Mg3B2O6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1939 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Bundjiro Koto (1856-1935), Japanese geologist. Kottigite     Zn3(AsO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1850 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Otto K Kotulskite    Pd(Te,Bi) Approved IMA 1963 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vladimir Klement'evich Kotul'skii, economic geologist and an authority on Cu-Ni sulfide deposits. Koutekite    Cu5As2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1958 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jaromir Koutek (1902-1983), Czech mineralogist. Kovdorskite    Mg5(PO4)2(CO3)(OH)2 Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kovdor massif, Kola Pneinsula, Russia. Kozoite-(La)   La(CO3)(OH) Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the La-dominant analog of kozoite-(Nd). Kozoite-(Nd)     (Nd,La,Sm,Pr)(CO3)(OH) Approved IMA 1999 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kozo Hanashima (1925-1985), a chemist, and pioneer in the study of chemistry of rare earth minerals in Japan. Kozulite   NaNa2Mn++4(Fe+++,Al)Si8O22(OH)2 Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Shukusuke Kozu (1880-1955), Japanese mineralogist, Tohoku University. Kraisslite   (Mn++,Mg)24Zn3Fe+++(As+++O3)2(As+++++O4)3(SiO4)6(OH)18 Approved IMA 1978 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Frederick Kraissl, Jr. (1899-1986) and Alice L. Kraissl (1905-1986), of Hackensack, New Jersey. Krasnogorite WO3 Not Submitted IMA NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Krasnoselskaya mine in Krasnogorsk, Chelyabinsk basin, Ural Mountains, Russia. Krasnoselskite CoWO4 Not Submitted IMA NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Krasnoselskaya mine in Krasnogorsk, Chelyabinsk basin, Ural Mountains, Russia. Krasnovite   Ba(Al,Mg)(PO4,CO3)(OH)2 Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for N. I. Krasnova (1941-), mineralogist at St. Petersburg University. Kratochvilite    (C6H4)2CH2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1937 NAME ORIGIN: Named for J. Kratochvil. Krausite      KFe+++(SO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1931 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edward Henry Krous (1875-1973), American mineralogist, University of Michigan. Krauskopfite    BaSi2O4(OH)2 Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Konrad Bates Krauskopf (1910- ), Professor of Geochemistry, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA. Krautite    MnAs+++++O3(OH)2 Approved IMA 1975 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Francois Kraut, mineralogist, Natural History Museum, Paris, France. Kremersite     (NH4,K)2Fe+++Cl5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1853 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Peter Kremers (1827-?), German chemist. Krennerite     AuTe2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1877 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Joseph A. Krenner (1839-1920), Hungarian mineralogist. Krettnichite    PbMn+++2(VO4)2(OH)2 Approved IMA 2001 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Krettnich, Saarland, Germany. Kribergite  Al5(PO4)3(SO4)(OH)4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1945 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Kristineberg mine, Vasterbotten, Sweden. Krieselite  (Al,Ga)2(Ge,C)O4 (OH)2 Proposed IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Krinovite   NaMg2CrSi3O10 Approved IMA 1968 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Evgeny Leonidovich Krinov (1906-1984), Russian student of meteorites. Kristiansenite   Ca2ScSn(Si2O7)(Si2O6OH) Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Roy Kristiansen (1943-), amateur mineralogist who first observed the mineral. Krivovichevite Pb3[Al(OH)6](SO4)(OH) Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Sergey Vladimirovich Krivovichev, Professor of mineralogy and crystallography at St. Petersburg State University. Kroehnkite - See Krohnkite Krohnkite    Na2Cu(SO4)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1876 NAME ORIGIN: Named after B. Kroehnke, who was the first person to analyze it. Krupkaite    PbCuBi3S6 Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Krupka, Srredocesky kraj, Czech Republic. Krutaite    CuSe2 Approved IMA 1972 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Tomas Kruta, Director of the Mineralogy Laboratory, Moravian Museum, Bron, Czechoslovakia. Krutovite    NiAs2 Approved IMA 1976 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Georgi Alekseevich Krutov, Professor of Mineralogy, Moscow Gosdarst Univeristy, Moscow, Russia. Kryzhanovskite    MnFe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1950 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vladimir Ilyitch Kryzhanovsky (1881-1947), curator of the Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Ktenasite    (Cu,Zn)5(SO4)2(OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1950 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Constantine A. Ktenas (1884-1935), Greek mineralogist. Kuannersuite-(Ce)   Ba6Na2REE2(PO4)6FCl Approved IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kuannersuit Plateau (formerly Kvanefjeld) in the Ilimaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland. Kudriavite   (Cd,Pb)Bi2S4 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kudriavy volcano, Iturup Island, Kurile arc, Russia. Kukharenkoite-(Ce)     Ba2Ce(CO3)3F Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Prof. Alexander A. Kukharenko (1914-1993), Department of Mineralogy, St. Petersburg University, St. Petersburg, Russia. Kukharenkoite-(La)     Ba2(La,Ce)(CO3)3F Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named as the La dominant analogue of kukharenkoite-Ce). Kukisvumite   Na6ZnTi4Si8O28 Approved IMA 1991 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: At the Korovskii apatite mine, Mt. Kukisvumchorr, Khibiny massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Kuksite  Pb3Zn3Te++++++O6(PO4)2 Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for A. I. Kuks, Russian prospector, one of the discoverers of the Kuranakh deposit. Kulanite    Ba(Fe++,Mn,Mg)2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3 Approved IMA 1976 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Alan Kulan (1921-1977), prospector who found the first specimen. Kuliokite-(Y)     (Y,REE)4Al(SiO4)2(OH)2F5 Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kuliok River, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Kulkeite  Na0.35Mg8AlSi7O20(OH)10 Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Holger Kulke, geologist, Essen, Germany. Kullerudite  NiSe2 Approved IMA 1964 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Gunner Kullerud, Geophisical Laboratory, Washington, D.C., USA. Kumdykolite NaAlSi3O8 Proposed IMA 2007 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kumdy Kol, Kokchetav, Northern Kazakhstan Kumtyubeite  Ca5(SiO4)2F2 Approved IMA 2008 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: The name derives from Kum-Tyube, the name of a mountain plateau situated at the locality where this mineral was found. LOCALITY: Upper Chegem caldera structure, Kabardino-Balkaria, Northern Caucasus, Russia Kunatite CuFe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2 Proposed IMA 2007 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Kunzite - See Spodumene REMARKS: Pink, violet, purple spodumene Kupcikite   Cu3.4Fe0.6Bi5S10 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Vladimir Kupcik (1934-1990), professor at the University of Bratislava and Gottingen in recognition of his contributions to the crystal chemistry of sulfosalts. Kupfer - See Copper Kupletskite     K2Na(Mn,Fe++)7(Ti,Nb)2Si8O26(OH)4F Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1956 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Boris Mikhailovich Kupletski (1984-1964) and Elsa Maximilianove Bohnshtedt Kupletskaya (1897-1974), Russian geologists. Kupletskite-(Cs)    (Cs,K)2Na(Mn,Fe++,Li)7(Ti,Nb)2Si8O26(OH)4F Approved IMA 1971 NAME ORIGIN: For the cesium in the composition and similarity to kupletskite. Renamed kupletskite-(Cs) from cesium kupletskite (IMA order 04-A). Kuramite   Cu3SnS4 Approved IMA 1979 NAME ORIGIN: Name for the locality. LOCALITY: Kochbulak Au-Ag-Te deposit, Chatkal-Kuraminskii (Kuramin) Mountains, Angren Region, Tashkent District, Uzbekistan. Kuranakhite   PbMn++++Te++++++O6 Approved IMA 1975 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kuranakh gold deposit, southern Yakutia, Russia. Kurchatovite    Ca(Mg,Mn,Fe++)B2O5 Approved IMA 1966 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Igor V. Kurchatov (1903-1960), Russian physicist. Kurgantaite  CaSr[B5O9]Cl Approved IMA 2000 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. Revalidated 2002 from a mineral described in 1952 and discredited in 1984. LOCALITY: Western Kargan-tau, Inder uplift (Salt Dome), northern Caspian area, western Kazakhstan. Kurilite  (Ag,Au)2(Te,Se,S) Discredited IMA 2006 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kurile-Kamtchatka volcanic belt, Siberia, Russia Kurilite - See Hessite REMARKS: Hessite or petzite (?) Kurilite - See Petzite REMARKS: Hessite or petzite (?) Kurilite - See Rheniite Kurnakovite    MgB3O3(OH)5 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1940 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Nikolai S. Kurnakov (1860-1941), Russian mineralogist. Kurtzite - See Harmotome Kurumsakite  (Zn,Ni,Cu)8Al8V2Si5O35 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1954 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kurumsak, near Dzhambul, Karatau Mountanins, Kazakhstan. Kusachiite    CuBi2O4 Approved IMA 1995 NAME ORIGIN: For Dr. Isao Kusachi (1942- ), of Okayama University in recognition of his work on the skarn minerals of the locality. LOCALITY: Fika, Bitchu-Cho, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Kushiroite CaAl2SiO6 Proposed IMA 2009 NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Kusuite - See Wakefieldite-(Ce) Kutinaite   Cu14Ag6As7 Approved IMA 1970 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Jan Kutina (1924-), Czech mineralogist. Kutnahorite - See Kutnohorite Kutnohorite     Ca(Mn,Mg,Fe++)(CO3)2 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1901 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality in Czechoslovakia. LOCALITY: Kuzelite  Ca4Al2.4(OH)12.8(SO4) Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: For Prof. Hans Jurgen Kuzel of Erlangen, Germany. who first synthesized th compound. Kuzmenkoite - See Kuzmenkoite-Mn Kuzmenkoite-Mn     (K,Na)2(Mn,Fe)(Ti,Nb)4[Si4O12]2(OH)4 Approved IMA 2000 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Russian geochemist and mineralogist Maria V. Kuz'menko (1918-1995). Kuzmenkoite-Zn  K2Zn(Ti,Nb)4(Si4O12)2(OH,O)4 Approved IMA 2002 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Russian geochemist and mineralogist Maria V. Kuz'menko (1918-1995) and the Zn content. Kuzminite   Hg2(Br,Cl)2 Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Aleksei Mikhailovich Kuzmin (1891-1980), Russian mineralogist of the Tomsk Polytechnic Institute, Tomsk, Russia. Kuznetsovite   Hg3Cl(AsO4) Approved IMA 1980 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for V. A. Kuznetsov. Kvanefjeldite   Na4(Ca,Mn)Si6O14(OH)2 Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality, which is Danish for the mountain where the angelica grows. LOCALITY: On the Kvanefjeld Plateau, in the Ilimaussaq intrusion, southern Greenland. Kyanite     Al2SiO5 = Al[6]Al[6]OSiO4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1789 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek kyanos = "blue." Kyanoxalite  Na7(Al5-6Si6-7O24)(C2O4)0.5-1.0 Proposed IMA 2008 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the blue color and containing the oxalate anion. Kyrgyzstanite  ZnAl4(SO4)(OH)12 Proposed IMA 2004 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Kyzylkumite   V+++2Ti3O9 Approved IMA 1981 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Kyzul-Kum, Uzbekistan. Pages:[1] [2] [3]