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Carrollite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Carrollite was named after its occurrence in Carroll Co., Maryland, USA. It belongs to the linnaeite group.

13 May 2014

Celsian - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Celsian is an uncommon feldspar mineral that was first discovered in 1895 from Imfeld Binnental, Switzerland. It belongs to the feldspar group of minerals.

13 May 2014

Calderite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Calderite was named after James Calder, an early writer on the geology of India. It belongs to the garnet group.

12 May 2014

Brucite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Brucite is the mineral form of magnesium hydroxide first discovered in 1824 from the New Jersey, USA serpentine. The mineral was named after the American mineralogist, A. Bruce.

12 May 2014

Brockite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Brockite was named after Maurice R. Brock from the U.S. Geological Survey, who supplied the first specimen. It belongs to the rhabdophane group.

12 May 2014

Bogdanovite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Bogdanovite was named after Aleksei Alekseevich Bogdanov (1907–1971), a Soviet geologist at the Moscow University, Moscow, Russia.

12 May 2014

Bartonite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Bartonite was named after Paul Booth Barton, Jr. (1930– ), an ore petrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey.

12 May 2014

Baricite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Baricite has been named by Bozidar Darko Sturman and Joseph A. Mandarino in the year 1976. They named it in the honor of Professor Ljudevit Baric who was a Croatian mineralogist working at the University of Zagreb.

12 May 2014

Anduoite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Anduoite was named after the place of original mineral location in Anduo, China.

12 May 2014

Andorite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Andorite was named after Andor von Semsey (1833–1923), a Hungarian nobleman, who was also an amateur mineralogist. It is a sulfosalt mineral that belongs to ramdohrite-lillianite group.

12 May 2014