Here is a list of all the zeolites and their sources:
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Amicite - Named in 1979 for Giovan Battista Amici (1786-1863) physicist, optician and inventor of the amici lens.
• Ammonioleucite (anhydrous) - I don't agree that is zeolite!
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Analcime - Named from the Greek word for "forceless" or "matter without vigor" alluding to weak electrostatic charge developed when heated or rubbed.
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Barrerite - Named for Richard Maling Barrer (b. 1910), New Zealand-born British teacher and student of the chemistry of zeolites.
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Bellbergite - Named after the type locality: Ettringer Bellerberg Mt., Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Bikitaite - Named for the type locality at Bikita, Masvingo (Fort Victoria), Masvingo, Zimbabwe.
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Boggsite - For Robert M. Boggs, Rediscoverer of the Goble Tschernichite locality, and for Russel C. Boggs who charichterized and named Tschernichite.
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Brewsterite - Named after David Brewster (1781-1868), Scottish physicist, who studied the optical properties of minerals and the element Strontium.
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Chabazite - From the Greek "chabazois", an ancient name of a stone and its chemical composition.
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Chiavennite - Named after typical locality : Tanno, Val San Giacomo, Chiavenna, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
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Clinoptilolite - From the Greek klino - "oblique" ptylon - "feather" and lithos - "stone".
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Cowlesite - Named for John George Cowles (1907-1985), American amateur mineralogist and zeolite collector.
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Dachiardite - Named after Antonio D'Achiardi (1839–1902), Professor of Mineralogy, Universitá di Pisa, Italy, who first described the mineral discovered by his son in a granitic pegmatite.
• Direnzoite - Named after Dr. Francesco Di Renzo (1954- ), ENS Montpellier, specialist in zeolites.
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Edingtonite - For Scottish mineral collector James Edington (1787-1844).
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Epistilbite - Name means over stilbite perhaps in allusion to crystals of epistilbite that form over crystals of stilbite, a closely related zeolite.
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Erionite - From the Greek for wool, in allusion to its white, fibrous, wool-like appearance.
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Faujasite - Named after Barthelemy Faujas de Saint Fond (1741-1819), French geologist and writer on the origin of volcanoes.
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Ferrierite - Named for Walter Frederick Ferrier (1865-1950), Canadian geologist and mining engineer.
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Garronite - After typical locality: Garron Plateau, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK.
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Gaultite - The name is for R.A. Gault (born 1943) of the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada, which is the repository
for type mineral.
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Gismondine - Named for Carlo Giuseppe Gismondi (1762-1824), Italian mineralogist, who previously discovered "zeagonite" - a mixture of gismondine and phillipsite.
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Gmelinite - Named after the German mineralogist and chemist, Christian Gottlob Gmelin (1792-1860) of Tübingen, Germany.
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Gobbinsite - After typical locality: Two Mouthed cave, Hills Port, Gobbins, Magee Island, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK.
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Gonnardite - For French mineralogist Ferdinand Gonnard (1833-1923).
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Goosecreekite - After the type locality, the New Goose Creek Quarry (Luck Company Quarry), Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA.
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Gottardiite - Named after Professor Glauco Gottardi (1928-1988), University of Modena, in recognition of his pioneering work on the structure and crystal chemistry of natural zeolites.
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Harmotome - From the Greek for "joint" and "cutting," as the twin crystals
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Heulandite - Named after the English mineral collector, John Henry Heuland (1778-1856), a British mineral collector and dealer.
• Hsianghualite (anhydrous Be silicate) - I don't agree that is zeolite!
• Kalborsite (anhydrous) - I don't agree that is zeolite!
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Laumontite - Named Laumonite by Huäy in 1808 honoring Gillet de Laumont (1747-1834). Changed to Laumontite in 1821.
• Leucite (anhydrous) - I don't agree that is zeolite!
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Levyne - Named for Armand Levy (1794-1841), French mineralogist and crystallographer, Paris University, France.
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Lovdarite - The name signifies 'gift of Lovozero' - after place was first time found: Yubileinaya (Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja) pegmatite, Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia.
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Maricopaite - Named after typical locality : Moon Anchor Mine (Aggravation Mine; East Vulture Mining Co. Mine), Hummingbird Spring, Osborn District, Big Horn Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA
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Mazzite - Named in 1974 in Honor of Fiorenzo Mazzi, Professer of Mineralogy at the University of Pavia, Italy for his contributions to the undrstanding of zeolite structure.
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Merlinoite - Named for Stefano Merlino (1938-), Professor of Crystallography, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
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Mesolite - From the Greek for middle, for it's composition between natrolite and scolecite.
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Montesommaite - After the type locality: Pollena quarries, Pollena - Trocchia area, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy.
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Mordenite - After typical locality: Morden, Bay of Fundy, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Mutinaite - Named after Mutina, the ancient Latin name of Modena, Italy, a center of zeolite research.
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Natrolite - Named in 1803 from the Greek natron, "soda," in allusion to its sodium content and lithos, "stone."
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Offretite - Named for Albert Jules Joseph Offret (1857-?), professor in the Faculty of Sciences, Lyon, France.
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Pahasapaite - Named from the Dakota Sioux Indian word 'Pahasapa' for the Black Hills.
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Paranatrolite - Same like natrolite, para - concern structure, natrolite analog with a high water content.
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Partheite - In honor of Professor Erwin Parthe (1928-2006), crystallographer at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
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Paulingite - Named after Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994), professor of chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
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Perlialite - Named after Lily Alekseevna Perekrest, teacher of mineralogy at the Kirovsk Mining Technical School (*only one zeolite named after woman!).
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Phillipsite - Named after William Phillips (1775-1829), English mineralogist and founder of the Geologial Society of London.
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Pollucite - Named after Pollux, a figure from Greek mythology, brother of Castor, for its common association with "castorite" (petalite). The name was later changed to the current Pollucite.
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Roggianite - Named after Aldo G. Roggiani, Italian science teacher who found the first specimen.
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Scolecite - From the Greek, skolec = 'worm' in reference to the mineral's reaction to the blowpipe flame.
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Stellerite - Named after Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709-1746), German explorer and zoologist, discover of the Komandorskiye islands, Bering Sea (Russia).
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Stilbite - From the Greek stilbe - "luster" in allusion to its pearly to vitreous luster.
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Terranovaite - For the Italian Antarctic Station at Terranova Bay, Antarctica.
• Tetranatrolite - Same like natrolite, tetra - concern structure, natrolite analog with a low water content.
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Thomsonite - Named after the Scottish chemist, T. Thomson (1773-1852).
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Tschernichite - Named after Rudy W. Tschernich (b. 1945), Snohomish, Washington (USA), an expert on zeolitic minerals.
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Tschortnerite - Named after Jochen Tschörtner (b. 1941) of Cologne (Germany), pharmaceutist, mineral collector and discoverer of the mineral.
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Tvedalite - Named after its discovery locality, Vevja quarry, Tvedalen area, Vestfold, Norway.
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Wairakite - Named after its discovery locality, Wairakei, North Island, New Zealand.
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Weinebeneite - Named after its discovery locality, about 2 km west of the Weinebene Pass, Koralpe, Carinthia, Austria.
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Willhendersonite - Named after William A. Henderson Jr., physician of Stamford, Connecticut (USA).
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Yugawaralite - Named after its discovery locality, Yugawara Hot Springs, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
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Sources: www. mindat.org,
http://www.webmineral.com, http://www.minsocam.org/msa/AmMin/toc/Articles_Free/1995/Jambor_p1073-1077_95.pdf, http://mineral.galleries.com, http://users.skynet.be/zeocorner, http://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/MineralData?mineral=Direnzoit - thanks to Juergen Wachsmuth.
Author: D. Lesiow (02.08.2008)
I really enjoyed reading all your MInDat Articles, so please continue posting.
I noticed that in your article on the Sources of Zeolite Names you list "Edingtonite - For Scottish mineral collector James Edington (1787-1844)."
My research suggests published sources of this information may be wrong. I believe -
"Edingtonite is named after Thomas Edington (1783–1859), geologist, mineralogist and owner of the Phoenix foundry in Glasgow and, later, the Eagle foundry, Greenock. Edington
was first to discover the mineral."
You may also wish to add the christian name of T. Thomson - it is Thomas.
I describe him as:
Thomas Thomson (1773–1852), professor of chemistry at the University of Glasgow and author of Outlines of mineralogy and chemistry (1836), who was editor of the journal in which the first description was published; born in Crieff, Perthshire (part of Tayside Region), Scotland.
Cheers
Andy
andy tindle
23rd Aug 2008 12:36pm