Suomen Mineraloginen Seura
Mineralogiska Sällskapet i Finland - The Mineralogical Society of Finland
| Auralite |
Originally
reported from Aura river, Länsi-Suomen Lääni, Finland. Said to be an
altered Cordierite, possibly an aluminosilicate of Fe, Mg, Ca and K. |
|
| Chondrodite |
(Mg,Fe2+)5(SiO4)2(F,OH)2 |
Type
Locality: Skräbböle Quarry (Nordkalk Quarry), Pargas (Parainen),
Southwestern Finland Region, Finland. Named
in 1817 by Baron Abraham Constantin Mouradgea d'Ohsson from the Swedish
"grynig och körtelaktig" meaning gritty and gland-like in allusion to
its occurring in isolated grains |
| Cobaltpentlandite |
Co9S8 |
Type
Locality: Varislahti deposit, Outokumpu Cu-Co-Zn-Ni-Ag-Au ore field,
Eastern Finland Region, Finland. Named in 1959 by Olavi Kouvo, Maija
Huhma, and Yrjö Vuorelainen, for its cobalt content and relation to
pentlandite |
| Eskolaite |
Cr2O3 |
Named
by Olavi Kouvo and Yrjö Vuorelainen in 1958 in honor of Pentti Eelis
Eskola, professor at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He did
pioneering work on metamorphic rocks and won several international
awards including the 1958 Wollaston medal. |
| Ferronigerite-6N6S |
(Al,Fe,Zn)3(Al,Sn,Fe)8O15(OH) |
Named
as an Fe-dominant mineral of the nigerite group and the 6N6S polysome.
The root name is for Nigeria. Type Locality: Rosendal pegmatite, Kemiö
Island (Kimito Island), Southwestern Finland Region, Finland. Bulletin
of the Geological Society of Finland 49 (1977), 151 |
| Ferrotaaffeite-6N'3S |
(Be,Zn,Mg)FeAl4O8 |
Originally
named and described as Pehrmanite by Burke and Lustenhouwer (1981)
from Rosendal pegmatite, Kemiö Island, Finland |
| Ferrowodginite |
Fe2+Sn4+Ta2O8 |
Named
in 1992 as the ferrous-iron analogue of wodginite. Type Locality:
Sukula Pegmatites, Tammela, Southern Finland Region, Finland |
| Fluoro-cannilloite |
{Ca}{Ca2}{Mg4Al}(Al3Si5O22)(F,OH)2 |
In
allusion to its composition, with FLUORine dominant over hydroxyl and
its relationship to Cannilloite. Type Locality: Pargas (Parainen),
Southwestern Finland Region, Finland |
| Haapalaite | 2(Fe,Ni)S•1.6(Mg,Fe++)(OH)2 | Named in honor of Paavo Haapala in 1973 by M. Huhma, Y. Vuorelainen, T.A. Häkli, and H.Papunen in : Haapalaite, a new nickel-iron sulphide of the valleriite type from East Finland, Bull. Geol. Soc. Finland 45, 105—106. |
| Hackmanite | Na8[Al6Si6O24]Cl2-xSx/2 (0\x [ 0.25) | Named in honor of the Finnish geologist, Victor Axel Hackman (1866-1941). Although ‘hackmanite’ is no longer a recognized mineral species, it is the popular varietal name given to a rare form of sodalite that characteristically exhibits tenebrescence. |
| Ixiolite |
(Ta,Nb,Sn,
Mn2+,Fe2+)O2 |
After Ixion in Greek mythology, a character related to
Tantalus, in
allusion to the tantalum content of the material. The mineral name
ixiolite first appeared in 1857 in a paper by A. E.
Nordenskiold in which he described two tantalite-like minerals from Skogsbäle in Kimitoön, Finland. |
| Kaatialite | Fe3+[H2As5+O4]3•5-5.5(H2O) | Named
in 1984 from
the locality by G. Raade, M. Mladek, R. Kristiansen and V. Din:
Kaatialaite, a
new ferric arsenate mineral from Finland, American Mineralogist, Volume 69, 383-387 |
| Karelianite |
V2O3 |
Named
after
the Karelian schist belt, the region of Finland where the mineral
occurs. Type Locality: Outokumpu Cu-Zn deposit, Outokumpu
Cu-Co-Zn-Ni-Ag-Au ore field, Eastern Finland Region, Finland |
| Kitkaite | NiTeSe
|
Kitkaite is named in allusion to the river Kitka in the valley of which the mineral was found in 1956 by T. A. Häkli, Y. Vuorelainen and Th.G. Sahama: Kitkaite (NiTeSe), a new mineral from Kuusamo, Northeast Finland: American Mineralogist, Volume 50, pages 581-586, 1965 |
| Kojonenite |
Pd7-xSnTe2
(0.3 = x = 0.8) |
Named
in honor of Kari K. Kojonen, senior research scientist in the Bedrock
Geology and Resources Group of the Geological Survey of Finland and
former President of Mineralogical Society of Finland. Stanley, C.J. and
Vymazalová, A. (2015): Kojonenite, a new palladium tin telluride
mineral from the Stillwater Layered Igneous Intrusion, Montana, U.S.A.
American Mineralogist. 100: 447-450100, |
| Kullerudite | NiSe2
|
Named in honor of Gunnar Kullerud, Geophisical Laboratory, Washington, D.C., USA by Y. Vuorelainen, A. Huhma and A. Häkli: Bull. Geol. Soc. Finland 36, 113- 125 in 1964 |
| Laflammeite |
Pd3Pb2S2 |
Named
in honor of Joseph Hector Gilles Laflamme (b. 1947), Canadian
mineralogist, of
the Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology (CANMET), Ottawa,
in recognition of his important contributions to the characterization
of platinum-group minerals.Type Locality: Kirakkajuppura PGE deposit,
Sompujärvi Reef, Penikat complex, Lapland Region, Finland |
| Laitakariite |
Bi4(Se,S)3 |
Named
in honor of professor Aarne Laitakari, former director of Geological
Survey of Finland by A. Vorma, (1959) Laitakariitti Uusi
Bi-Se-mineraali Orijärveltä. Geologi: 11(2): 11-11. |
| Lokkaiite |
Ca(Y,Gd,Nd,Dy)4(CO3)7
· 9H2O |
Named
in honor of Lauri Lokka, Finnish mineralogist and Chief Chemist,
Geological Survey of Finland, Perttunen, V. 1971. Lokkaite, a new
hydrous RE-carbonate from Pyörönmaa pegmatite in Kangasala, SWFinland. |
| Miessiite |
Pd11Te2Se2 |
The
mineral is named after the locality, the Miessi river by Kojonen, K.
K., Tarkian, M., Roberts, A. C., Törnroos, R., and Heidrich, S.
(2007). Miessiite, Pd11Te2Se2, a new mineral species from Miessijoki,
Finnish Lapland, Finland. The Canadian Mineralogist, 45(5), 1221-1227 |
| Mäkinenite | NiSe | Named in honor of Eero Mäkinen, Finnish geologist and former President of the Outokumpu Company by Y. Vuorelainen, A. Huhma and A. Häkli: Bull. Geol. Soc. Finland 36, 113- 125 in 1964 |
| Oxystannomicrolite |
Sn2Ta2O6O |
Named
according to the recommended pyrochlore supergroup nomenclature
(Atencio et al. 2010), indicating dominant elements and its relation to
other microlite group minerals.Type Locality: Sukula Pegmatites,
Tammela, Southern Finland Region, Finland |
| Pampaloite |
AuSbTe |
Named
after its discovery locality, Pampalo gold deposit, Finland by
Vymazalová, A., Kojonen, K., Laufek, F., Johanson, B., Stanley, C.,
Plášil, J., & Halodová, P. (2018). Pampaloite, AuSbTe, a new
mineral from Pampalo gold mine, Finland. Mineralogical Magazine, 1-23. |
| Pargasite |
NaCa2(Mg,Fe)4Al(Si6Al2)O22(OH,F)2 |
Named
in 1815 by Count Fabian Gotthard von Steinheil for the locality in the
Pargas Valley, Finland. |
| Pehrmanite |
(Fe,Zn,Mg)2Al6BeO12 |
A
synonym of Ferrotaaffeite-6N'3S. Originally named and described as
Pehrmanite by Burke and Lustenhouwer (1981) from Rosendal pegmatite,
Kemiö Island, Finland for professor Gunnar Pehrman |
| Potassic-pargasite |
{K}{Ca2}{Mg4Al}(Al2Si6O22)(OH)2 |
Type
Locality: Pargas (Parainen), Southwestern Finland Region, Finland.
Named for its relationship to pargasite. |
| Pääkkönenite |
Sb2AsS2 |
To
honour Veikko Pääkkönen, Finnish geologist by Borodaev, Yu. S.,
Mozgova, N. N., Ozerova, N. A., Bortnikov, N. S., Oivanen, P. and
Iletuinen, V. (1981): Paakkonenite (Sb2AsS2) - a new mineral from the
Seinajoki ore region in Finland. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo
Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 110, 480-487. |
| Rankamaite |
(Na,K)3(Ta,Nb,Al)11(O,OH)31 |
Named
in honor of Professor Kalervo Rankama (1913–1995), Finnish geochemist,
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. Type Locality: Mumba
cassiterite gravels, Mumba, Masisi Mts, Nord-Kivu, Democratic Republic
of the Congo. |
| Sahamalite-(Ce) |
(Mg,Fe)(Ce,La,Nd)2(CO3)4 |
To
honour Thure Georg Sahama (14 October 1910, Viipuri, Finland - 8 March
1983), Professor of Geochemistry and Mineralogy, University of
Helsinki, Finland, for his significant contributions to the
understanding of the association and the abundance of the rare earths
in eruptive rocks and in minerals. He helped describe nearly twenty new
mineral species and was an honorary member of mineralogical societies
from a number of countries. Originally named sahamalite, the suffix was added in 1987 to denote the dominant rare earth. |
| Schwertmannite |
Fe3+16(OH,SO4)12-13O16
· 10-12H2O |
Originally
named glockerite in 1855 by Karl Friedrich Naumann in honour of Ernst
Friedrich Glocker (1 May 1783 Stuttgart, Germany - 18 July 1858),
professor of mineralogy at University of Breslau (University of
Vratislav; Wroclaw, Poland) and author of numerous systematic
mineralogical works. Renamed by J.M. Bigham, L. Carlson, E. Murad, in
1994 in honour of Udo Schwertmann (25 November 1927,Stade/Elbe, Germany
- 20 January 2016), soil scientist at the University of München
(Munich), Germany.Type Locality: Pyhäsalmi Mine, Pyhäjärvi, Northern
Finland Region, Finland |
| Sederholmitite | NiSe | Named in honor of J. J. Sederholm, former Director of the Geological Survey of Finland by Y.Vuorelainen, A. Huhma and A. Häkli: Bull. Geol. Soc. Finland 36, 113- 125 in 1964 |
| Seinäjokite |
(Fe,Ni)(Sb,As)2 |
Named
for the type locality at Seinäjoki, Vaasa, Finland.
Mozgova, N.N., Borodaev, Yu.S., Ozerova, N.A., Paakonen, O.L.,
Sveshnikova, O.L., Balitskii, V.S., and Dorogovin, B.A. (1976): Zapiski
Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 105, 617-630 |
| Tapiolite |
(Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6 |
Named
in 1863 by A. E. Nordenskiold after an ancient Finnish divinity. The
original iron-dominant tapiolite material came from "near Kulmala
Farm", Sukula, Tammela, Etelä-Suomen Lääni, Finland |
| Tapiolite-(Fe) |
(Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6 |
Nils
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld named tapiolite in 1863 after Tapio, Finnish
god of the forest as the original material was from a granite pegmatite
prospect located close to the Kumala farm in the town of Sukula in
Finland. Renamed ferrotapiolite in 1983 to distinguish it from
manganotapiolite. Later renamed tapiolite-(Fe). |
| Tapiolite-(Mn) |
(Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6 |
Named
manganotapiolite in 1983 for its compositional relationship to
ferrotapiolite. Type Locality: Tiainen pegmatite, Eräjärvi area,
Orivesi, Western and Inner Finland Region, Finland |
| Tarkianite |
(Cu,Fe)(Re,Mo)4S8 |
Named
in honor of Professor Mahmud Tarkian, specialist of ore microscopy of
the
University of Hamburg, Germany, who first described the synthetic
material and determined its structure. Kojonen, K. K., Roberts, A. C.,
Isomäki, O. P., Knauf, V. V., Johanson, B., and Pakkanen, L. (2004).
Tarkianite,(Cu, Fe)(Re, Mo)4S8, a new mineral species from the Hitura
mine, Nivala, Finland. The Canadian Mineralogist, 42(2), 539-544. |
| Trüstedtite | Ni3Se4 | Named in honor of O. Trüstedt, whose work on prospecting methods lead to the discovery of the Outokumpu ore deposit, Finland by Y. Vuorelainen, A. Huhma and A. Häkli: Bull. Geol. Soc. Finland 36, 113- 125 in 1964 |
| Törnroosite |
Pd11As2Te2 |
The
mineral is named in honor of Professor Ragnar Törnroos, University of
Helsinki, Finland by Kari K. Kojonen, Andrew M. McDonald, Chris J.
Stanley, and Bo Johanson (2011) Törnroosite, Pd11As2Te2, A New Mineral
Species Related to Isomertieite from Miessijoki, Finnish Lapland,
Finland. Can Mineral 49:1643-1651 |
| Viitaniemiite |
Na(Ca,Mn2+)Al(PO4)(F,OH)3 |
Named
after its discovery locality, Viitaniemi, Eräjärvi, Orivesi, Finland by
Seppo Lahti, 1978. Viitaniemiitti - uusi mineraali. Geologi 30 (1),
7. |
| Vittinkiiite | MnMn3MnSi5O15 | Named
for the type locality at Vittinki iron mines, Isokyrö, Ostrobothnia
region (Pohjanmaa),
Finland: Nadezhda V. Shchipalkina*, Igor V. Pekov, Nikita, V.
Chukanov, Natalia V. Zubkova, Dmitry I. Belakovskiy, Sergey N.
Britvin and Natalia N. Koshlyakova (2019)
Vittinkiite, IMA 2017-082a. CNMNC Newsletter No. 51;
Mineralogical Magazine, 83 |
| Wilhelmramsayite |
Cu3FeS3·2H2O |
Named
in honor of Wilhelm Ramsay, an outstanding Finnish geologist,
mineralogist and
petrographer who completed the first detailed study of the
Khibiny-Lovozero alkaline complex. Pekov, I.V., Chukanov, N.V.,
Boldyreva, M.M., and Dubinchuk, V.T. (2006): Wilhelmramsayite,
Cu3FeS3•2H2O, a new mineral from Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula.
Proceedings of the Russian Mineralogical Society, 135(1), 38-48. |
| Wilkmanite | Ni3Se4 | Named in honor of W. W. Wilkman, geologist by Y. Vuorelainen, A. Huhma and A. Häkli: Bull. Geol. Soc. Finland 36, 113- 125 in 1964 |
| Vuorelainenite |
Mn2+V3+2O4 |
Named
by M.A. Zakrzewski, Ernst A.J. Burke, and W.J. Lustenhouwer in 1982 in
honor of Yrjö Vuorelainen, a Finnish exploration geologist who worked
for the Outokumpu Company, Finland. |
| Väyrynenite |
MnBe(PO4)(OH) |
Named
in honor of Heikki Allen Väyrynen, professor of mineralogy, Technical
High
School, Helsinki (Finland) by Volborth, A. (1954): Väyryneniiti
[BeMn[PO4](OH,F)]. Geologi(Finland):6:7 |
The New IMA List of Minerals – A Work in Progress – Updated: March 2018. http://nrmima.nrm.se//IMA_Master_List_%282018-09%29.pdf
Hytönen, Kai 1999. Suomen Mineraalit. Geologian tutkimuskeskus. Erillisjulkaisu. http://tupa.gtk.fi/julkaisu/erikoisjulkaisu/ej_031.pdf
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