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Taranakite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Article - 18 Apr 2013

Taranakite is a hydrated alkali iron-aluminium phosphate mineral. The mineral was named after the place it was first discovered- Taranaki Peninsula, New Zealand.

Tooeleite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Article - 18 Apr 2013

Tooeleite is a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, arsenic, oxygen, and sulfur. It is an uncommon secondary mineral in the oxidized zone of a replacement ore body in metamorphosed...

Voglite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Article - 18 Apr 2013

Voglite is a monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing copper, oxygen, calcium, hydrogen, carbon, and uranium. The mineral is named after Josef Florian Vogl (1818–1896), an Austrian mining officer and...

Vlodavetsite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Article - 17 Apr 2013

Vlodavetsite is a tetragonal-dipyramidal mineral that contains aluminum, chlorine, fluorine, calcium, oxygen, hydrogen, and sulfur. Vlodavetsite was named after Vladimir Ivanovich Vlodavets...

Gregoryite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Article - 6 Dec 2012

Gregoryite was named after Professor John Walter Gregory (associated with the University of Melbourne, Australia and the University of Glasgow, Scotland),and was was discovered in 1980.

Fairchildite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Article - 6 Dec 2012

Fairchildite was named after John Gifford Fairchild, an analytical chemist working with the U.S. Geological Survey. This mineral was discovered in 1946, and it is a dimorph of Bütschliite.

Babingtonite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution Of Babingtonite

Article - 5 Dec 2012

Babingtonite was named after the Irish mineralogist and physician, Dr. William Babington. It is a member of the Babingtonite group of minerals. The other members are scandiobabingtonite and...

Abhurite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Article - 4 Dec 2012

Abhurite was named after its type locality - namely, Sharm Abhur Cove, Saudi Arabia in 1983. It contains tin, oxygen, hydrogen, and chlorine. This mineral is formed when pure tin is exposed to sea...

Abramovite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Article - 4 Dec 2012

Abramovite is a very rare mineral and a member of the cylindrite group of minerals. It was named after Russian mineralogist Dmitry Vadimovich Abramov of the A.E. Fersman Museum, Russia.

Abernathyite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Article - 4 Dec 2012

Abernathyite is a rare hydrous uranium oxide mineral belonging to the meta-autunite group. It was named after a mine owner, Jess Abernathy who discovered it first from a Colorado Plateau-type uranium...