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Montebrasite
Chemical Formula	LiAl(PO4)(OH)
Species	Phosphates
Crystal System	Triclinic
Mohs Scale	5-6
Specific Gravity	2.98
Color	White, colorless, gray white, very pale brown, pale pink, pale yellow
Streak	White
Luster	Sub-Vitreous, Resinous, Greasy, Pearly
Refractive Index	n = 1.594 - 1.615 n = 1.608 - 1.624 n = 1.616 - 1.645
Diaphaneity	Transparent, Translucent
Cleavage	PerfectPerfect on , good on , distinct on , and on , imperfect.
Fracture	Irregular/Uneven, Sub-Conchoidal
Crystal Habit：Crude crystals, typically equant to short prismatic , with complex form development, to 1.5 meters; also occurs as large cleavable masses; columnar; compact.
Geological Setting：A late primary mineral in zoned, complex granitic pegmatites.

It is currently not possible to have a "complete list of minerals". The International Mineralogical Association (IMA) is the international group that recognises new minerals and new mineral names, however minerals discovered before 1959 did not go through the official naming procedure, although some minerals published previously have been either confirmed or discredited since that date. This list contains a mixture of mineral names that have been approved since 1959 and those mineral names believed to still refer to valid mineral species (these are called "grandfathered" species).

The list is divided into groups:

• Introduction ? (Main synonyms)
• A ? B ? C ? D–E ? F–G ? H–J ? K–L ? M ? N–O ? P–R ? S ? T ? U–Z

The data was exported from mindat.org on April 29, 2005.

The minerals are sorted by name with the IMA approval, followed by the year of publication (if it's before an IMA approval procedure) and the Nickel–Strunz code. The first link is to mindat.org, the second link is to webmineral.com, and the third is to the Handbook of Mineralogy (Mineralogical Society of America).

• Abbreviations:
  • "*" – discredited (IMA/CNMNC status).
  • "?" – questionable/doubtful (IMA/CNMNC or Mindat.org status).
  • ^N – published without approval of the IMA/CNMNC.
  • ^G – a name used to designate a group of species.
  • ^I – intermediate member of a solid-solution series.
  • ^H – hypothetical mineral (synthetic, anthropogenic, etc.)
  • ^ch – chemical analysis incomplete. Published without approval and discredited or not approved, yet.
  • no – no link available.
  • red. – redefinition of ...
  • Y: 1NNN – year of publication.
  • Y: old – known before publications were available.

List of main synonyms

Mainly renamed minerals and synonyms used by the Handbook of Mineralogy.

A

• A
  • Andorite IV: Quatrandorite;

B

• B
  • Boldyrevite: UM1941-01-F:AlCaHMgNa; Britholite-(Ce): Lessingite-(Ce)

C

• C
  • Chrysotile: Bostonite, Cypho?te, Karystiolite, Krysolith, Kuphoite, Kupholite, Lefkasbestos, Picrosmine, Pikrosmin, Schweizerite, Ishkildite (var.); Clinozoisite-(Sr): Niigataite;

D–E

• D

• E
  • Epidote-(Pb): Hancockite;

F–G

• F
  • Fraipontite: Zinalsite; Ferro-Ferritschermakite: Ferri-Ferrotschermakite;

• G
  • Gagarinite-(Ce): Zajacite-(Ce)

H–J

• H
  • Helvite: Helvine; Hinsdalite: Orpheite; Hydrokenoelsmoreite: Alumotungstite, Ferritungstite;

• I
• J
  • Johnbaumite-M: Fermorite;

K–L

• K
• L
  • Litidionite: lithidionite

M

• M

N-O

• N
• O
  • Osmium: Iridosmine (var.);

P–R

• P
  • Pyrosmalite-Fe: Ferropyrosmalite
• Q
  • Qingheiite: Qinghelite; Qitianlingite: Qitianglinite; Quartz: Azetulite, Azeztulite, Dragonite, Konilite, Lodolite, Quartz-alpha, Quertz; Quarz varieties: Agate, Amberine, Amethyst, Ametrine, Apricotine, Aventurine, Azurchalcedony, Basanite, Bayate, Beekite, Binghamite, Bloodstone, Buhrstone, Carnelian, Chalcedony, Chert, Chrysojasper, Citrine, Cotterite, Creolite, Cubosilicite, Dallasite, Damsonite, Darlingite, Diackethyst, Eisenkiesel, El Doradoite, Flint, Haytorite, Herbeckite, Irnimite, Jasper, Kinradite, Myrickite, Onyx, Pastelite, Prase, Prasiolite, Quartzine, Quetzalitztli, Ribbonstone, Sard, Sardonyx, Schwimmstein, Seftonite

• R
  • Rutile: Cajuelite, Crispite, Dicksbergite, Edisonite, Gallitzinite, Paraedrite, Rutilite, Titankalk, Titanschorl; Rutile varieties: Ilmenorutile, Lusterite, Nigrine, Struverite; R?merite: Bückingite, Louderbackite, Roemerite;

S

• S
  • Stibiconite: Hydroroméite

T

• T
  • Tadzhikite-(Ce): Tadzhikite-(Y); tantalite-(Fe): ferrotantalite

U–Z

• U
  • Uzonite: Usonite;

• V
  • Veatchite-p: P-Veatchite;

• W
• X
  • Xanthoconite: Rittingerite, Xanthocone; Xonotlite: Calcium-Pectolite, Eakleite, Xenotlite, Xonaltite, Xonolite

• Y
• Z

Mineral varieties

(in the Handbook of Mineralogy mainly)

1. Iridosmine*, an osmium variety, 01.AF.05
2. Plagioclase solid solution series:
   1. An0: albite; An20: oligoclase; An40: andesine; An60: labradorite; An80: bytownite; An100: anorthite
   2. Oligoclase, albite variety, 09.FA.35
   3. Andesine, albite variety, 09.FA.35
   4. Labradorite, anorthite variety, 09.FA.35 [11] [12]
   5. Bytownite, anorthite variety, 09.FA.35 [13] [14] [15]
3. Incaite*, a franckeite variety, 02.HF.25b [16] [17] [18]
4. Kamacite, a native iron variety, 01.AE.05 [19] [20] [21]
5. Kerolite* (discredited 1979), a Ni-bearing variety of talc (?), 09.EC.05, [22] [23] [no]
6. Potosiite*, a franckeite variety, 02.HF.25b [24] [25] [26]
7. Ilmenorutile, a rutile variety, 04.DB.05 [27] [28] [29]
8. Struverite*, a rutile variety, 04.DB.05 [30] [31] [32]

Discredited minerals

• Arsenosulvanite* [33] [34] [35]
  • Probably colusite.
• Ashanite* [36] [none] [37]
  • Probably a mixture of several minerals including ixiolite, samarskite-(Y) and uranmicrolite.
• Basaluminite* [38] [39] [40]
  • Synonym of fels?bányaite
• Barbertonite* (discredited 2011) [41] [42] [43]
  • Barbertonite is a polytype of stichtite
• Brabantite* (Y: 1981, discredited 2007) [44] [45] [46]
  • Synonym of cheralite
• Bursaite* [47] [none] [48]
  • A mixture of two sulphosalts.
• Cheralite-(Ce)* [49] [none] [50]
  • Ca-rich monazite-(Ce).
• Endellite* [51] [52] [none]
  • Halloysite-10?
• Foshallasite* [53] [54] [55]
• Horsfordite* (discredited IMA 2006) [56] [no] [57]
  • Smelter product, it has three phases.
• Hydrophilite* (discredited IMA 2006) [58] [59] [60]
  • Probably identical with antarcticite or sinjarite.
• Imgreite* [61] [62] [none]
• Jeromite* [63] [64] [65]
  • An amorphous As-S-Se phase of variable composition.
• Jixianite* (1984-062) 04.DH.15 [66] [67] [68]
  • Samples are now known as plumboelsmoreite
• Johnbaumite-M* [69] [70] [71]
  • An arsenate analogue and monoclinic polymorph of hydroxylapatite.
• Magniotriplite* (2003-C) [72] [none] [73]
  • A variety of wagnerite.
• Matraite* (2006-C) [74] [75] [76]
  • A densely twinned columnar variety of sphalerite.
• Montebrasite* (2005 05-E) [77] [78] [79]
  • Mixture of OH-rich amblygonite with lacroixite and subordinate wardite.
• Natrofairchildite* [80] [81] [82]
  • Probably nyerereite.
• Natromontebrasite* (IMA No. 05-E) [83] [84] [85]
  • A mixture of amblygonite, lacroixite and wardite.
• Parajamesonite* [86] [87] [88]
• Paraspurrite* (IMA 09-B) [89] [90] [91]
  • Polysynthetically microtwinned spurrite.
• Percylite* [92] [93]
  • Mixture of boleite und pseudoboleite.
• Pseudo-autunite* (Y: 1965) [94] [95] [no]
• Viséite* [96] [97] [98]
  • Si-bearing crandallite.
• Zinnwaldite* (Y: 1845) 09.EC.20 [99] [100] [101]
  • A series between siderophyllite and polylithionite
• Wellsite* [102] [103] [none]
  • Either barian phillipsite-Ca or calcian harmotome.

Polytypes

Based on Nickel (1993).

• Berborite 06.AB.10
  • Berborite-2H [104], Berborite-1T [105], Berborite-2T [106]
• Chamosite 09.EC.55 [107] [108] [109]
  • Orthochamosite [110] [111] [112]
• Chrysotile 09.ED.15 [113] [114] [none]
  • Clinochrysotile [115] [116] [117]
  • Orthochrysotile [118] [119] [120]
  • Parachrysotile [121] [123]
• Gersdorffite 02.EB.25
  • Gersdorffite-P2₁3 (Y: 1982, NiAsS)
  • Gersdorffite-Pa3 (Y: 1845, Ni(As,S)₂)
  • Gersdorffite-Pca2₁ (Y: 1982, NiAsS)
• Graphite 01.CB.05a
  • Graphite-2H, Graphite-3R
• Greenalite 09.ED.15
  • Greenalite-1A, Greenalite-1M, Greenalite-2M1, Greenalite-2?, Greenalite-3R, Greenalite-3?
• Kaolinite 09.ED.05 [124] [125] [126]
  • Dickite [127] [128] [129]
  • Nacrite [130] [131] [132]
• Natroalunite (Y: 1902) 07.BC.10 [133] [134] [135]
  (IUPAC: Sodium trialuminium disulfate hexahydroxyl)
  • Natroalunite-2c (1980-095) 07.BC.10 [136] [137] [138]
• Hilgardite 06.ED.05 [139] [140] [141]
  • Hilgardite-1Tc [142] [143]
  • Hilgardite-3Tc [144] [145]
  • Hilgardite-4M [146] [147]
• Illite^G [148] [149] [none]
  • Illite-1M [150], Illite-1Md [151], Illite-2M [152]
• Ivanukite-Na
  • Ivanyukite-Na-C (2007-041) (titanosilicate) [153] [154] [no]
  • Ivanyukite-Na-T (2007-041) (titanosilicate) [no] [155] [no]
• Lamprophyllite 09.BE.25
  • Lamprophyllite-2M [156] [no] [no]
  • Lamprophyllite-2O [157] [158] [no]
• Pearceite-Tac - Polybasite Series
  • Pearceite-Tac 02.GB.15 [159] [160] [161]
  • Polybasite 02.GB.15 [162] [163] [164]
    • Polybasite-Tac [165] [166] [167]
    • Pearceite-T2ac [168] [169] [170]
    • Pearceite-M2a2b2c [171]
    • Polybasite-T2ac [172]
    • Polybasite-M2a2b2c [173]
    • Nomenclature change: antimonpearceite was replaced by polybasite-Tac, arsenpolybasite-221 by pearceite-T2ac, arsenpolybasite-222 by pearceite-M2a2b2c, polybasite-221 by polybasite-T2ac, and polybasite-222 by polybasite-M2a2b2c.
• Quintinite (1992-028, 1992-029) 05.DA.40 [174] [175] [none]
  • Quintinite-2H [176], Quintinite-3T [177]
• Wollastonite 09.DG.05 [178]
  • Wollastonite-1A [179], Wollastonite-2M [180], Wollastonite-3A [181] Wollastonite-4A [182], Wollastonite-5A [183], Wollastonite-7A [184]
• Zirconolite 04.DH.30 [185]
  • Zirconolite-2M [186], Zirconolite-3O [187], Zirconolite-3T [188]

Arrojadite group 08.BF.05

• Arrojadite-(BaFe) (1994-033) [189] [190], Arrojadite-(BaNa)^ch [191] [192], Arrojadite-(KFe) (pre-IMA) [193] [194] [195], Arrojadite-(KFeNa)^ch [196], Arrojadite-(KNa) (2005-047) [197] [198] [199], Arrojadite-(NaFe)^ch [200] [201], Arrojadite-(PbFe) (2005-056) [202] [203], Arrojadite-(SrFe) (2005-032) [204] [205], Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) (2005-048) [206] [207], Ferri-arrojadite-(BaNa)^ch [208] [209], Fluorarrojadite-(BaFe) (2005-058a) [210] [211], Fluorarrojadite-(KNa)^ch [212] [213], Fluorarrojadite-(NaFe)^ch [214]
• IMA/CNMMN 05-D, October 2005.

Pyrochlore supergroup

• Pyrochlore group (D atom is Nb): oxycalciopyrochlore (red. stibiobetafite), hydropyrochlore (red. kalipyrochlore), hydroxycalciopyrochlore^ch, fluornatropyrochlore^ch, fluorcalciopyrochlore^ch, fluorstrontiopyrochlore^ch, fluorkenopyrochlore^ch, oxynatropyrochlore^ch, oxyplumbopyrochlore^ch, oxyyttropyrochlore-(Y)^ch, kenoplumbopyrochlore^ch
• Microlite group (D atom is Ta): hydroxykenomicrolite (red. cesstibtantite), oxystannomicrolite (red. stannomicrolite), oxystibiomicrolite (red. stibiomicrolite), fluornatromicrolite (1998-018), fluorcalciomicrolite^ch, oxycalciomicrolite^ch, kenoplumbomicrolite^ch, hydromicrolite^ch, hydrokenomicrolite^ch
• Romeite group (D atom is Sb): hydroxycalcioromeite (red. lewisite (mineral)), fluornatroromeite^ch, fluorcalcioromeite^ch, oxycalcioromeite^ch, oxyplumboromeite^ch. Mindat.org lists partzite (cuproroméite) as well.
• Betafite group (D atom is Ti): oxycalciobetafite^ch, oxyuranobetafite^ch
• Elsmoreite group (D atom is W): hydrokenoelsmoreite (red. elsmoreite; alumotungstite/ferritungstite)
• The following mineral names are now discarded: alumotungstite, bariomicrolite, bariopyrochlore, bindheimite, bismutomicrolite, bismutopyrochlore, bismutostibiconite, calciobetafite, ceriopyrochlore-(Ce), cesstibtantite, ferritungstite, jixianite, kalipyrochlore, monimolite, natrobistantite, partzite, plumbobetafite, plumbomicrolite, plumbopyrochlore, stannomicrolite, stetefeldtite, stibiconite, stibiobetafite, stibiomicrolite, strontiopyrochlore, uranmicrolite, uranpyrochlore, yttrobetafite-(Y), and yttropyrochlore-(Y).