This page gathers the 1,627 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Mineralogy”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 10 of 16: from “metaheinrichite” to “niobokupletskite”.
- metaheinrichite noun A monoclinic-sphenoidal yellowish green mineral containing arsenic, barium, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.
- metakahlerite noun A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal sulfur yellow mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and uranium.
- metakirchheimerite noun A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal light pink mineral containing arsenic, cobalt, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.
- metamict adj Having a disrupted crystal structure due to radiation damage; metamictic
- metamorphic noun A rock that has been changed from its original form by subjection to heat and/or pressure.
- metaschoderite noun A monoclinic-prismatic yellow orange mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and vanadium.
- metavanmeersscheite noun An orthorhombic-pyramidal canary yellow mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium.
- metavoltine noun A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, potassium, sodium, sulfur, and zinc.
- miarolitic adj Being or pertaining to a crystal-lined irregular cavity or vug most commonly found in granitic pegmatites.
- mica noun Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin…
- micheelsenite noun A hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, dysprosium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and yttrium.
- michenerite noun An isometric-tetartoidal silver white mineral containing bismuth, palladium, platinum, and tellurium.
- microcline noun A common feldspar of igneous, plutonic, and metamorphic rocks, made of potassium aluminum silicate, with the chemical formula KAlSi₃O₈.
- microlite noun A basic fluoride of sodium, calcium, tantalum and niobium that is isomorphous with pyrochlore
- micromorphology noun The fine-level structures or morphology of an organism, mineral, or soil component visible through microscopy.
- micromount noun A mineral specimen that is too small to be appreciated without an optical aid, and is permanently mounted for such a purpose.
- microsommite noun A hexagonal-trapezohedral mineral containing aluminum, calcium, chlorine, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and sulfur.
- mijakite noun An andesite from the Japanese island of Mijakeshima, porphyritic with phenocrysts of bytownite, augite, hypersthene, and biotite.
- milarite noun A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, and silicon.
- millisite noun A tetragonal-trapezohedral mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, and sodium.
- millosevichite noun A rare mineral with the chemical formula Al₂(SO₄)₃, forming white to yellowish cryptocrystalline masses.
- mimetite noun An arsenate mineral which forms in lead deposits, usually by the oxidation of galena and arsenopyrite.
- mimic adj Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of…
- mimosite noun A melanocratic basaltic rock.
- minamiite noun A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral white mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, sodium, and sulfur.
- mineevite-(Y) noun A hexagonal sulfate chloride mineral with the chemical formula Na₂₅Ba(Y,Gd,Dy)₂(CO₃)₁₁(HCO₃)₄(SO₄)₂F₂Cl.
- minehillite noun A hexagonal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and zinc.
- minette noun A mineral deposit consisting of iron ore of sedimentary origin, found in the south of Luxembourg and in Lorraine.
- minyulite noun An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and potassium.
- miserite noun A lilac-pink or red triclinic-pinacoidal rare-earth mineral of interest also for cleaning up radioactive and other wastes and for ceramics.
- missourite noun A leucite-augite rock, resembling ijolite but with leucite in place of nepheline.
- mitryaevaite noun A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur.
- mitscherlichite noun A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and potassium.
- moissanite noun Crystalline silicon carbide with various crystalline polymorphs, either naturally-occurring or synthetic.
- molybdenite noun A mineral, molybdenum disulfide MoS₂, that is the principal ore of molybdenum; it is structurally similar to graphite and has a similar…
- molybdofornacite noun A monoclinic-prismatic light green mineral containing arsenic, chromium, copper, hydrogen, lead, molybdenum, oxygen, and phosphorus.
- monazite noun any of a range of reddish-brown minerals that are mixed phosphates of the lighter rare earth elements lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium…
- moncheite noun A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral steel gray mineral containing bismuth, palladium, platinum, and tellurium.
- monchiquite noun A black, basaltic igneous rock consisting of a ground mass of automorphic augite and magnetite with many embedded phenocrysts, usually of…
- montebrasite noun A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, lithium, oxygen, and phosphorus.
- montesommaite noun An orthorhombic-pyramidal colorless mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.
- montgomeryite noun A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.
- mooihoekite noun A tetragonal-scalenohedral mineral with the chemical formula Cu₉Fe₉S₁₆ containing copper, iron, and sulfur.
- moorhouseite noun A monoclinic-prismatic pink mineral containing cobalt, hydrogen, manganese, nickel, oxygen, and sulfur.
- mordenite noun An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.
- morion noun A brown or black variety of quartz.
- moschellandsbergite noun A very rare mineral made of a natural alloy of silver and mercury, having the chemical formula Ag₂Hg₃, found in low-temperature…
- mosesite noun A very rare mercury mineral found as an accessory in deposits of mercury, often in conjunction with limestone.
- moss agate noun A variety of agate with brown, black, or green moss-like or dendritic markings, due in part to manganese oxide.
- motukoreaite noun A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing aluminum, carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.
- mountainite noun A monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.
- mountkeithite noun A hexagonal mineral containing aluminum, carbon, chromium, copper, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, nickel, oxygen, and sulfur.
- muirite noun A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing barium, calcium, chlorine, fluorine, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and…
- mukhinite noun A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and vanadium.
- murataite noun An isometric-hextetrahedral black mineral that is a basic oxide and fluoride of yttrium, sodium, zinc, iron, titanium and niobium
- murunskite noun A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal grayish orange cream mineral containing copper, iron, potassium, and sulfur.
- muscovite noun A pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the chemical formula KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH,F)₂; used as an…
- muscovitic adj Of or relating to muscovite.
- mutinaite noun An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
- nabalamprophyllite noun A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, barium, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium…
- nabaphite noun An isometric-tetartoidal colorless mineral containing barium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.
- nabiasite noun An isometric-diploidal dark red mineral containing arsenic, barium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and vanadium.
- nabokoite noun A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing chlorine, copper, oxygen, potassium, sulfur, and tellurium.
- nagashimalite noun An orthorhombic-dipyramidal greenish black mineral containing barium, boron, chlorine, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, titanium, and vanadium.
- nambulite noun A triclinic-pinacoidal reddish orange brown mineral containing hydrogen, lithium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
- nanpingite noun A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, cesium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, lithium, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.
- nasledovite noun A triclinic snow white mineral containing aluminum, carbon, hydrogen, lead, manganese, oxygen, and sulfur.
- nastrophite noun An isometric-tetartoidal colorless mineral containing barium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, sodium, and strontium.
- native adj Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form.
- natrobistantite noun An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing antimony, bismuth, cesium, niobium, oxygen, sodium, and tantalum.
- natrochalcite noun A monoclinic-prismatic emerald green mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.
- natrodufrenite noun A monoclinic-prismatic light blue green mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.
- natrolemoynite noun A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, niobium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and zirconium.
- natrolite noun A fibrous zeolite mineral, being a sodium aluminosilicate, of the chemical formula Na₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀·2H₂O.
- natromontebrasite noun A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, hydrogen, lithium, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.
- natron noun A crystalline mixture of hydrous sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, with the chemical formula Na₂CO₃·10H₂O.
- natronambulite noun A triclinic-pinacoidal pink orange mineral containing hydrogen, lithium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
- naumannite noun A mineral form of silver selenide (Ag₂Se)
- nebulite noun A chorismite in which one of the textural elements occurs in lenticular masses that have indistinct boundaries.
- nekrasovite noun An isometric-hextetrahedral reddish brown mineral containing antimony, arsenic, copper, iron, sulfur, tin, vanadium, and zinc.
- nelenite noun A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral brown mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.
- neltnerite noun A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal black mineral containing calcium, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
- nemaline adj Having the form of threads; fibrous.
- nemalite noun A variety of brucite, occurring in slender fibers which are elastic and easily separated, having a color of white with a shade of yellow…
- nepheline noun A feldspathoid mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically, nepheline is a plagioclase feldspar with…
- nephrite noun A semi-precious stone, one of the two types of stone commonly referred to as jade (the other being jadeite).
- nevadaite noun An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, copper, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, vanadium, and zinc.
- niahite noun An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, nitrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
- nichromite noun An isometric-hexoctahedral black mineral containing aluminum, chromium, cobalt, iron, nickel, and oxygen.
- nickelalumite noun A monoclinic-sphenoidal sky blue mineral containing aluminum, copper, hydrogen, nickel, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.
- nickelaustinite noun An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing arsenic, calcium, hydrogen, nickel, oxygen, and zinc.
- nickelhexahydrite noun A monoclinic-prismatic bluish green mineral containing hydrogen, iron, magnesium, nickel, oxygen, and sulfur.
- nickeline noun A mineral, a form of nickel arsenide, NiAs, having a metallic lustre and copper-red colour, that is a minor ore of nickel.
- nickellotharmeyerite noun A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, bismuth, calcium, cobalt, hydrogen, iron, nickel, and oxygen.
- nickelschneebergite noun A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, bismuth, calcium, cobalt, hydrogen, iron, nickel, and oxygen.
- nickenichite noun A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, arsenic, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and sodium.
- nikischerite noun A trigonal-rhombohedral green mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.
- nimite noun A monoclinic-prismatic yellow green mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, nickel, oxygen, and silicon.
- ningyoite noun An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing calcium, cerium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium.
- niobokupletskite noun A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing fluorine, hydrogen, iron, manganese, niobium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, titanium, zinc…