This alphabetical listing of E minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of that name, name origins, and locality information. Visit our expanded selection of mineral pictures.
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Ca2SnAl2Si6O18(OH)2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in honor of Mr. Jack Eaker who was a mining engineer at the Foote lithium Company spodumene mine at King's Mountain, NC. Ca3(C6H5O7)·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Arthur Earland, English oceanographer. (Mn,Fe++)Fe+++2(PO4)2(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Earl V. Shannon (1895-1981), American mineralogist and chemist, U. S. National Museum, Washington, D.C., USA. KMg2Al[Al2Si2O10](OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Easton, Pennsylvania, USA (Zn,Fe++,Mn++)TiO3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ernest Clayton Andrews (1870-1948), New South Wales government geologist, who mapped the Broken Hill Region. Pb6As+++2O7Cl4 NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "unusual", in reference to the composition. NaNa2(Mg4Al)Si8O22(OH)2 Pb9(Cu,Fe)Bi12S28 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Professor E. Clar of Vienna, Austria. TlPbAs3S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1992 for Andreas Edenharter (b.1933), Swiss crystal chemist. NaCa2Mg5Si7AlO22(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Edenville, Orange County, New York, USA. Hg+6Si2O7 FeNb3S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Alan D. Edgar (1935-1998), Professor of Petrology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, in recognition of his contributions to the study of alkaline rocks a BaAl2Si3O10·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the discoverer of the mineral, Edington from Glasgow, Scotland. Hg++3Cr++++++O4S2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Edward H. Oyler (1915-), American mineral collector specializing in mercury minerals. BaCuSi4O10 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Dr. Herta S. Effenberger, mineralogist and crystallographer of the University of Vienna. (NH4)2Mg2(SO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ivan Antonovich Yefremov (1907-1972), Russian geologist. Na2Mn8[Si11AlO29](OH)7·11(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for R. A. Eggleton, Australian National University. Hg6Cl3O(OH) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for T. E. Egleston. Ca2ZnBe(PO4)2(PO3,OH)·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Howard Ehrle of Miles City, Montana, who found the mineral. KNa3Mg4Si12O30 Na2Mg(CO3)2 ThCa2Si8O20 Ca2B4O7(Cl,OH)2·2(H2O) (Fe+++,Fe++,Zn)12(OH)6[AsO3]6[AsO3,HOSiO3]2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dieter Ekat (1935-1996), Namibian mining engineer. (Fe++,Mg,Mn,Fe+++)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·2(H2O) Na(Li,Al)3Al6(BO3)3Si6O18(OH)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: Island of Elba, Italy. Mg6TiAl6Si8O28(OH)10 Ca5(SiO4,PO4,SO4)3(F,OH,Cl) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Reuben B. Ellestad (1900-1993), American analytical chemist of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Tl3AsS3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Albert J. Ellis (1929-), New Zealand geochemist. K2NaAlF6 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: St Peters Dome, El Paso County, Colorado, USA Na2ZrSi6O15·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek "ELPIS" = hope, in allusion to the hope of finding another mineral in the layer WO3·0.5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Zinc mine of Elsmore, New England district, New South Wales, Australia. Pb4Cu(SO4)O2(OH)4·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John Ely, an important figure in the early mining history of eastern Nevada. Ag(Br,Cl) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "intermediate" alluding to the 50:50 mixture of chloride and bromide in the formula. Pb5(CrO4)2(PO4)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for P. G. Embry Na4Li2Fe+++2Si12O30 Cu10.7Pb10.7Bi21.3S48 NAME ORIGIN: Presumabley named for Emil Makovicky of the University of Copenhagen. Fe+++2Te++++3O9·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for S. F. Emmons CuBiS2 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek emplektos, "interwoven." AgTe NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Empress Josephine mine, Saguache County and Red Cloud mine, Bolder County, Colorado, USA. Cu3AsS4 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek enarges - "obvious." Al2Si2O5(OH)4·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1943 for Kurt Endell (1887{?), German geologist, one of the discoverers of the mineral. K3Na2Ca10Al15(PO4)21(OH)7·26(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for George L. English (1864-1944), American mineral dealer and collector. Mg2Si2O6 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek enstates - "opponent." MnAl(PO4)(OH)2·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek for "dawn-bearing," in allusion to the pink color. NaLiAl2(Al2Si2)O10(OH)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named after the locality. LOCALITY: Gumuchdahg, Ephesus, near Izmir, Turkey. NaBeSi3O7(OH) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek epi, "near" and didymos, "twin", for its dimorphous relationship with eudidymite Ca2(Fe+++,Al)3(SiO4)3(OH) = Ca2(Fe,Al)Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek epidosis - "addition." CaAl2Si6O16·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek epi - "near" and the mineral Stilbite. Na4Nb2Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2·4(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Greek for "letter" in allusion to the flat, rectangular form and white color. MgSO4·7(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: The mineral has long been known from the deposits associated with the mineral waters at Epsom, Surrey, England. Na(Mn+++,Fe+++)(PO4)(OH)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for mineralogist T. Scott Ercit (1957-) of the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada. NaFeS2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: For Richard C. Erd (1924- ), mineralogist with the U.S. Geological Survey. (Fe++,Mg,Mn)3B7O13Cl NAME ORIGIN: Named for the purple color of flowers from the genus Erica (Heather). BaMn++2Fe+++O[Si2O7](OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for John E. Ericsson (1803-1883), Swedish-born American engineer and inventor, designer of the iron-clad ship Monitor. CuCl2·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek erion = "wool" and kalcos= "copper", in allusion to its form and to the chemical composition. (Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al4Si14O36]·15(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for wool, in allusion to its white, fibrous, wool-like appearance. The Ca-dominant member of the erionite series. (K2,Ca,Na2)2[Al4Si14O36]·15(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for wool, in allusion to its white, fibrous, wool-like appearance. The K-dominant member of the erionite series. (Na2,K2,Ca)2[Al4Si14O36]·15(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for wool, in allusion to its white, fibrous, wool-like appearance. Na modifier added by zeolite nomenclatrue committee. (Fe++,Mg)4(Fe+++,V+++)2[Si6O15](O,OH)8 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Harhada iron deposit, near the Jining-Erlian railway, Inner Mongolia, China. OsS2 NAME ORIGIN: For Joseph Erlichman, electron probe analyst, who analyzed a number of new minerals. NiMn++++3O7·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Ernest (Ernie) Henry Nickel (1925-), Canadian-Australian mineralogist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CISRO) and International Mineralogical Assoc Tl2SnAs2S6 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1992 for Ernst Niggli (b.1917), Swiss mineralogist. (Mn++1-xFe+++x)Al(PO4)(OH)2-xOx NAME ORIGIN: Named for Theodor K. A. Ernst (1904-), mineralogist, University of Erlangen, Germany. Na4K3(Fe++,Mn++,Ti)2Si8O20(OH)4·5(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after Prof. Vadim Viktorovich Ershov (1939-1989) of the Moscow Mining Institute. Na2Si4O9 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Altai No. 3 pegmatite, Ertixi River, Fuyun, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. Co3(AsO4)2·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek, erythros for "red." K2Fe+++Cl5·(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Greek, erythros = "red" and sideros = "iron." CuFeSe2 NAME ORIGIN: For the Eskeborn adit, Tilkerode, Germany, where first discovered. Ag7Pb10Bi15S36 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Eskimos, the natives of Greenland. Cr2O3 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pentti Eelis Eskola (1883-1964), of the University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. NaCa2Al2(As+++++O4)2F4(OH)·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the discovery locality. LOCALITY: La Esperanza mine, Zaragosa mining district, near Madero, State of Durango, Mexico. PbCa3Zn4(SiO4)4 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Esper Signius Larsen, Jr. (1879-1961), petrologist and Professor of Geology, Harvard University. CaFe+++AlSiO6 Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·26(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Ettringer Bellerberg, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany CuAgSe NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "opportunity," because it was discovered shortly after discovery of the element selenium. KNaCu++3(SO4)3O Cu2(AsO4)(OH)·3(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek eu - "good" and chros - "color." BeAlSiO4(OH) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek eu - "well" and klasis - "breaking." LiAlSiO4 Na4(Ca,Ce)2(Fe++,Mn,Y)ZrSi8O22(OH,Cl)2 (?) NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek eu - "well" and dialytos - "decomposable." NaBeSi3O7(OH) Ag9Hg2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Eugen Friedrich Stumpfl (1931-), Mineralogist, Mining University Leoben, Austria. Na4Ca(SO4)3·2(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hans P. Eugster (1925-1987), Swiss-American mineralogist, John Hopkins University, awarded the Roebling Medal, 1983. Bi4(SiO4)3 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek eulitos = "easily liquefiable", in allusion to its low melting point. (Y,Ca,Ce)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "friendly to strangers, hospitable," in allusion to the rare elements that it contains. Al3(PO4)(OH)6·6(H2O) (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named after the English metallurgist, Brooke Evans (1797-1862), Mn2(AsO4)(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its structural and chemical simularities to adamite. (CH3)2(CH2)22 NAME ORIGIN: Names after its locality LOCALITY: Evenki Region, Lower Tunguska River, Siberia, Russia. (Ca,K,Na,Sr,Ba)48[(Ti,Nb,Fe,Mn)12(OH)12Si48O144](F,OH,Cl)14 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality LOCALITY: Mt. Eveslogchorr, Khibiny alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. (Ba,Sr)(Ca,Na,Y,Ce)(CO3)2 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Paul P. Ewald (1888-1985), German crystallographer, founder of Acta Crystallographica, and professor at Brooklyn Polytechnical Institute, New, York. (Th,Pb)1-xAl3(PO4,SiO4)2(OH)6 (?) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Mme. Van Wambeke, wife of the discoverer. Fe+++Ge++++3O7(OH) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Walter Hans Eysel (1935-1999), Professor of Crystallography at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, Germany, for his contributions to the study of germanates. Na4B10O17·7(H2O) Pb2Fe+++6(Te++++O3)3(Te++++++O6)(OH)10·8(H2O) NAME ORIGIN: Named from the Nahua "eztli," blood, in allusion to the color of the mineral. 
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