List of articles in "Chemical Substance" category - Page 262

Fettelite is a mercury-sulfosalt mineral with the chemical formula Ag16HgAs4S15. The mineral was first described by Wang and Paniagua (1996) who named it after M. Fettel a German field geologist […]

Madocite is a mineral with a general formula of Pb17(SbAs)16S41. Madocite was named for the locality of discovery Madoc Ontario Canada. It is found in the marbles of the Precambrian […]

Stellerite has a general formula of Ca[Al2Si7O18]·7H2O. It is named after Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709–1746) who was a German explorer and zoologist that discovered it. Like most rare minerals there […]

Loveringite is a rare metallic oxide mineral of the crichtonite group with the chemical formula (CaCe)(TiFeCrMg)21O38. It is a late-stage magmatic mineral formed in the residual melt of mafic layered […]

Kröhnkite ( Na2Cu(SO4)2•2H2O ) is a rare copper sulfate mineral named after B. Kröhnke who first researched it.

Geerite is a copper sulfide mineral with the chemical formula Cu8S5. The mineral is named after the original collector Adam Geer of Utica New York USA.

Karlite (kar’-lite) is a silky white to light green orthorhombic borate mineral not to be confused with tremolite-actinolite. It has a general formula of Mg7(BO3)3(OH)4Cl. Karlite is named in honor […]

Shandite is a sulfide mineral with chemical formula: Ni3Pb2S2. It was discovered in 1950 and named after Scottish petrologist Samuel James Shand (1882–1957). It is characterized by a metallic luster […]

Gormanite is a phosphate mineral with the formula (FeMg)3Al4(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O. It was named after the University of Toronto professor Donald Herbert Gorman (born 1922).

Xilingolite is a lead sulfide mineral with formula Pb3Bi2S6. It has a hardness of 3 a metallic luster and usually exhibits a lead-grey color. It is a dimorph of lillianite […]