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Averievite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Averievite was named after Valerii Viktorovich Averev (1929–1968), a volcanologist, at the Institute of Volcanology, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii, Russia.

29 Aug 2013

Bazirite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Bazirite is a hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal colorless mineral containing zirconium, silicon, oxygen and barium. The mineral was first discovered on Apex Ridge, Rockall Island, in the North Atlantic Ocean, 294 km west of St. Kilda Island, Outer Hebrides, Scotland in 1978.

29 Aug 2013

Microsommite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Microsommite was named after the place, Monte Somma, Italy where it is widely distributed and also after a Greek word for 'small'. It is a member of Cancrinite group of minerals.

15 Aug 2013

Gallite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Gallite is a tetragonal-scalenohedral gray mineral containing sulfur, gallium and copper. It is a member of chalcopyrite group. The mineral was first discovered in 1958 at Tsumeb, Namibia. It was named based on the presence of gallium in its composition.

15 Aug 2013

Overite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Overite was discovered in 1938 from the Little Green Monster mine, Clay Canyon, Utah Co., Utah, USA. It was named after Edwin J. Over, mineral collector, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, who first found the mineral.

15 Aug 2013

Fingerite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Fingerite is a triclinic-pinacoidal black mineral containing vanadium, oxygen and copper. It was first discovered in 1985 from Izalco volcano, El Salvador. The mineral was named after Larry W. Finger, American mineralogist, Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C., USA.

15 Aug 2013