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Pretulite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Pretulite belongs to Xenotime family. It was first discovered in 1996 from Hollkogel, Austria. It was named for the mountain Pretulalpe, Austria, on which the mineral was first discovered.

26 Sep 2013

Fluorite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Fluorite is a halide mineral composed of calcium fluoride. It has an isometric system with a cubic habit. The mineral derived its name from the Latin word fluere, which means ‘to flow’.

26 Sep 2013

Evansite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Evansite is a secondary amorphous mineral occurring with allophane and limonite. It was named after Brooke Evans, a British metallurgist from Birmingham, England who brought the first specimens from Hungary in 1855.

26 Sep 2013

Barioorthojoaquinite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

The name Barioorthojoaquinite has been named based on its Barium content, its orthorhombic symmetry and its relation with the joaquinite mineral group.

26 Sep 2013

Apachite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Apachite is a copper silicate mineral first discovered from Christmas Mine, Gila, Arizona, USA in 1979. The mineral was named for the Apache Indians, whose reservation is near the locality.

26 Sep 2013

Brodtkorbite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Brodtkorbite was named after Dr. Milka Kronegold de Brodtkorb, Professor at the Universities of Buenos Aires and La Plata, Argentina, in recognition to her contributions to mineralogy and economic geology.

26 Sep 2013

Brannockite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Brannockite is a member of the osumilite group of minerals. The mineral was first discovered in 1973 from the Foote Mineral Co. mine in Kings Mountain, Cleveland County., North Carolina, USA. It was named after Dr. Kent C. Brannock, Chemist, Kingsport, TN.

26 Sep 2013