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Y Mineral Index (49 Count)

This alphabetical listing of Y minerals include synonyms of accepted mineral names, pronunciation of that name, name origins, and locality information.

LEGEND: Valid Species (Bold);  Pronunciation;  Mineral Image;  Mineral Image Gallery;  jCrystal Form;  jPOWD Form;          Calculated Radioactive Intensity

Yafsoanite   Ca3Te2Zn3O12 Approved IMA 1982 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yakutskii Filial Sibirskogo Otdeleniya Akademii Nauk (Yakut Filial, Siberian Branch, Academy of Sciences, YAFSOAN in Russian). Yagiite   (Na,K)3Mg4(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)24O60 Approved IMA 1969 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Kenzo Yagi, Professor of Geology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. Yakhontovite    (Ca,K)0.5(Cu,Fe+++,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2 Approved IMA 1986 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Liiia KKonstantinovna Yakhontova I1926-), Russian mineralogist, University of Moscow, a specialist in cobalt deposits. Yakovenchukite-(Y)    K3NaCaY2(Si12O30) Approved IMA 2006 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Victor N. Yakovenchuk, a mineralogist at the Geological Institute of the Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Yamatoite (Mn++,Ca)3(V+++,Al)2(SiO4)3 Discredited IMA 1967 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yamato mine, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. Yanomamite   In(AsO4) Approved IMA 1994 NAME ORIGIN: The name is after "Yanomami", a northern-Brazil indian tribe Yarlongite (Cr4Fe4Ni)C4 Approved IMA 2007 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Yaroslavite  Ca3Al2F10(OH)2 Approved IMA 1966 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yaroslav, Siberia, Russia. Yarrowite   Cu9S8 Approved IMA 1980 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yarrow Creek, southwestern Alberta, Canada. Yavapaiite     KFe+++(SO4)2 Approved IMA 1959 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the Yavapai Indian tribe that inhabited the area of Arizona where the mineral was found. Yazganite  NaFe+++2(Mg,Mn)(AsO4)3 Approved IMA 2003 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Dr. Evren Yazgan (b. 1943), a geologist in Turkey who worked in this region. Yberisilite - See Hingganite-(Y) Ye'elimite - See Yeelimite Yeatmanite    Mn++9Zn6Sb+++++2Si4O28 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1938 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Pope Yeatman (1861-1953), U. S. Mining engineer. Yecoraite   Bi5Fe+++3(Te++++O3)(Te++++++O4)2O9 Approved IMA 1985 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yecora, Sonora, Mexico. Yedlinite    Pb6CrCl6(O,OH)8 Approved IMA 1974 NAME ORIGIN: Named of Leo Neal Yedlin (1908-1977), micromount mineral collector of New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Yeelimite    Ca4Al6O12(SO4) Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Hatrurim basin, W of the Dead Sea, Israel, near Har Ye'elim and Nahal Ye'elim (a hill and a wadi). Yegorovite Na4[Si2O4(OH)2]2 Proposed IMA 2008 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yuriy Klavdievich Yegorov-Tismeno (1938-2007), Russian crystal chemist. Yellow Lead Ore - See Wulfenite Yenite - See Ilvaite Yftisite-(Y)    (Y,Dy,Er)4(Ti,Sn)O(SiO4)2(F,OH)6 Discredited IMA 1987 - Approved IMA 1965 NAME ORIGIN: Named in 1965 for the elemental makeup, (Y, F, Ti, Si). Yimengite    K(Cr,Ti,Fe,Mg)12O19 Approved IMA 1983 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yimeng Mountain area, Shandong Province, China. Yingjiangite    (K2,Ca)(UO2)7(PO4)4(OH)6 Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tongbiguan village, Yingiang County, Yunnan Province, China. Yixunite   Pt3In Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named after it locality. LOCALITY: Near the village of Damiao and the Yixun River, about 370 km N of Beijing, People's Republic of China. Yoderite    Mg2(Al,Fe+++)6Si4O18(OH)2 Approved IMA 1959 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Hatten Schyuler Yoder, Jr. (1921-), petrologist with the Geophysical Laboratory, Washinton, D. C. USA. Yofortierite   (Mn,Mg)5Si8O20(OH)2 Approved IMA 1975 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Yves Oscar Fortier (1914-), formater Director of the Geological Survey of Canada (1964-1972). Yoshimuraite    (Ba,Sr)2(Mn,Fe)2(Ti,Fe)(Si2O7)2(PO4,SO4)(OH) Approved IMA 1961 NAME ORIGIN: Named for Toyofumi Yoshimura, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Japan. Yoshiokaite    (Ca8-(x/2)[ ](x/2)Al16-xSixO32) Approved IMA 1990 NAME ORIGIN: Named for T. Yoshioka (1935-1983), who studied the synthetic phase. Yttrialite-(Y)    (Y,Th)2Si2O7 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1889 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the yttrium in its composition. Yttrian Datolite - See Calcybeborosilite-(Y) Yttrobetafite-(Y)    (Y,U,Ce)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6(OH) Approved IMA 1962 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the YTTRium-dominent betafite member of the pyrochlore group. Yttroceberite - See Hingganite-(Y) Yttroceberysite-(Y) - See Hingganite-(Y) Yttrocerite   CaF2 + (Y,Ce)F3 Not Approved IMA NAME ORIGIN: Named from its chemical composition containing ytterbium (Named after Ytterby, Sweden) and cerium (Named after the asteroid, Ceres).. Yttrocerite-{Y) - See Fluorite REMARKS: Y and Ce enriched variety of fluorite Yttrocolumbite-(Y)   (Y,U,Fe++)(Nb,Ta)O4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1837 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Ytterbium, Columbium (former name for niobium)). Yttrocrasite-(Y)    (Y,Th,Ca,U)(Ti,Fe+++)2(O,OH)6 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1906 NAME ORIGIN: From the Greek for "mixture", because it is a mixture fo yttrium with many other elements. Yttrofluorite - See Fluorite REMARKS: Y-enriched variety of fluorite Yttropyrochlore-(Y)    (Y,Na,Ca,U)1-2(Nb,Ta,Ti)2(O,OH)7 Approved IMA 1977 NAME ORIGIN: Named as the YTTRium-dominent member ot the pyrochlore group. Yttrotantalite-(Y)     (Y,U,Fe++)(Ta,Nb)O4 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1802 NAME ORIGIN: Named for its YTTRium content and relation to tantalite. Yttrotungstite-(Ce)   (Ce,Nd,Y)W2O6(OH)3 Approved IMA 1987 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named for its composition (Yttrium, Tungsen). Yttrotungstite-(Y)     YW2O6(OH)3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1950 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the composition (Yttrium, Tungsten). Yuanfuliite    (Mg,Fe++)(Fe+++,Al,Mg,Ti,Fe++)(BO3)O Approved IMA 1994 NAME ORIGIN: Named after Prof. Yuan Fuli (1893-1987). Yuanjiangite   AuSn Approved IMA 1994 NAME ORIGIN: Named after its locality. LOCALITY: In sandy gravel in the middle course of the Yuanjiang River, near the town of Yuanlin, Hunan Province, Peoples Republic of China. Yugawaralite    CaAl2Si6O16 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1952 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yugawara Hot Springs, Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. Yukonite   Ca7Fe+++11(AsO4)9O10 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1913 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Tagish Lake, Yukon Territory, Canada. Yuksporite     (Sr,Ba)2K4(Ca,Na)14([ ],Mn,Fe){(Ti,Nb)4(O,OH)4[Si6O17]2[Si2O7]3}(H2O,OH)n, n~3 Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1922 NAME ORIGIN: Named for the locality. LOCALITY: Yukspor, Mt. Khibiny massif, Kola peninsula, Russia. Yushkinite   V1-xS Approved IMA 1984 NAME ORIGIN: Named for N. P. Yushkin, Russian mineralogist. Yvonite    Cu(AsO3OH) Approved IMA 1998 (Dana # Added) NAME ORIGIN: Named in honor of Klaus Yvon, professor of crystallography at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.