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As an amateur rockhound, I've always been suspicious of mineral names because there are dozens of things called "-ite" which sound like random words or names su
by sbf501 4y ago
As an amateur rockhound, I've always been suspicious of mineral names because there are dozens of things called "-ite" which sound like random words or names suffixed with -ite. After reading this article, with 10,500 minerals, I guess I'm not surprised the names are so silly.
FTA I learned about the real list:
http://mineralogy-ima.org/Minlist.htm http://mineralogy-ima.org/Minlist.htm
- marcosdumay 4y agoAFAIK, the "-ite" suffix literally means "rock", so it's not surprising that you get all kinds of things prefixed to it.
- yesenadam 4y agoActual list, from your link, a 229pp PDF: http://cnmnc.main.jp/IMA_Master_List_%282022-07%29.pdf http://cnmnc.main.jp/IMA_Master_List_%282022-07%29.pdf