TABLE 3.3 Synonyms and Mineral Names

Acanthite,

see

Silver sulfide

Alabandite,

see

Manganese

sulfide

Alamosite,

see

Lead(II) silicate(2

)

Altaite,

see

Lead

telluride

Alumina,

see

Aluminum oxide

Alundum,

see

Aluminum oxide

Alunogenite,

see

Aluminum sulfate 18-water

Amphibole,

see

Magnesium silicate(2

)

Andalusite,

see

Aluminum silicon oxide (l/1)

Anglesite,

see

Lead sulfate

Anhydrite,

see

Calcium sulfate

Anhydrone,

see

Magnesium

perchlorate

Aragonite,

see

Calcium

carbonate

Arcanite,

see

Potassium

sulfate

Argentite,

see

Silver sulfide

Argol,

see

Potassium hydrogen

tartrate

Arkansite,

see

Titanium(IV) oxide

Arsenolite,

see

Arsenic(III) oxide dimer

Arsine,

see

Arsenic hydride

Auric and

aurous,

see

under Gold

Azoimide,

see

Hydrogen azide

Azurite,

see

Copper(II) carbonate— dihydroxide

(2/1)

Baddeleyite,

see

Zirconium(IV) oxide

Baking soda,

see

Sodium hydrogen carbonate

Barite (barytes),

see

Barium sulfate

Bieberite,

see

Cobalt sulfate 7-water

Bismuthine,

see

Bismuth hydride

Bismuthinite,

see

Bismuth sulfide

Bleaching powder,

see

Calcium hydrochlorite

Bleaching

solution,

see

Sodium hydrochlorite

Blue copperas,

see

Copper(II) sulfate 7-water

Boracic acid,

see

Hydrogen

borate

Borax,

see

Sodium tetraborate 10-water

Braunite,

see

Manganese(III) oxide

Brimstone,

see

Sulfur

Bromellite,

see

Beryllium oxide

Bromosulfonic acid,

see

Hydrogen bromosulfate

Bromyrite,

see

Silver

bromide

Brookite,

see

Titanium(IV) oxide

Brucite,

see

Magnesium hydroxide

Bunsenite,

see

Nickel oxide

Cacodylate,

see

Sodium dimethylarsonate 3-water

Caesium,

see

under Cesium

Calamine,

see

Zinc carbonate

Calcia,

see

Calcium oxide

Calcite,

see

Calcium carbonate

Calomel,

see

Mercury(I) chloride

Caro’s acid,

see

Hydrogen peroxosulfate

Cassiopeium,

see

Lutetium

Cassiterite,

see

Tin(IV) oxide

Caustic potash,

see

Potassium hydroxide

Caustic soda,

see

Sodium hydroxide

Celestite,

see

Strontium

sulfate

Cementite,

see

tri-Iron carbide

Cerargyrite,

see

Silver chloride

Cerussite,

see

Lead

carbonate

Chalcanthite,

see

Copper(II) sulfate 5-water

Chalcocite,

see

Copper(I) sulfide

Chalk,

see

Calcium carbonate

Chile

nitre,

see

Sodium nitrate

Chile

saltpeter,

see

Sodium nitrate

Chloromagnesite,

see

Magnesium chloride

Chlorosulfonic acid,

see

Hydrogen

chlorosulfate

Cinnabar,

see

Mercury(II) sulfide

Claudetite,

see

Arsenic(III) oxide dimer

Clausthalite,

see

Lead

selenide

Clinoenstatite,

see

Magnesium silicate(2

)

Columbium,

see

under

Niobium

Corrosive sublimate,

see Mercury(II) chloride

Corundum,

see

Aluminum oxide

Cotunite,

see

Lead

chloride

Covellite,

see

Copper(II) sulfide

Cream of tartar,

see

Potassium

hydrogen tartrate

Crocoite,

see

Lead chromate(VI)(2

)

Cryolite,

see

Sodium hexafluoroaluminate

Cryptohalite,

see

Ammonium hexafluorosilicate

Cupric and cuprous,

see

under Copper

Cuprite,

see

Copper(I) oxide

Dakin’s solution,

see

Sodium

hypochlorite

Dehydrite,

see

Magnesium perchlorate

Dental gas,

see

Nitrogen(I) oxide

Diamond,

see

Carbon

Dichlorodisulfane,

see

di-Sulfur dichloride

Diuretic salt,

see

Potassium

acetate

Dolomite,

see

Calcium magnesium carbonate (1/1)

Dry ice,

see

Carbon dioxide (solid)

Enstatite,

see

Magnesium silicate(2

)

Epsom salts,

see

Magnesium sulfate 7-water

Epsomite,

see

Magnesium sulfate 7-water

Eriochalcite,

see

Copper(II) chloride

Fayalite,

see

Iron(II) silicate(4

)

Ferric and

ferrous,

see

under Iron

Fluorine oxide,

see Oxygen difluoride

Fluoristan,

see

Tin(II) fluoride

Fluorite,

see

Calcium fluoride

Fluorosulfonic acid,

see

Hydrogen

fluorosulfate

Fluorspar,

see

Calcium fluoride

Forsterite,

see

Magnesium silicate(4

)

Freezing salt,

see

Sodium chloride

Fulminating mercury,

see

Mercury fulminate

Galena,

see

Lead

sulfite

Glauber’s salt,

see

Sodium sulfate 10-water

Goethite,

see

Iron(II) hydroxide oxide

Goslarite,

see

Zinc sulfate 7-water

Graham’s salt,

see

Sodium phosphate(1

)

Graphite,

see

Carbon

Greenockite,

see

Cadmium

sulfide

Gruenerite,

see

Iron(II) silicate(2

)

Guanajuatite,

see

Bismuth selenide

Gypsum,

see

Calcium sulfate 2-water

Halite,

see

Sodium

chloride

Hausmannite,

see

Manganese(II,IV) oxide

Heavy hydrogen,

see

Hydrogen[

2

H ] or name fol-

lowed by -

d

Heavy water,

see

Hydrogen[

2

] oxide

H

Heazlewoodite,

see tri

-Nickel disulfide

Hematite,

see

Iron(III) oxide

Hermannite,

see

Manganese silicate

Hessite,

see

Silver

telluride

Hieratite,

see

Potassium hexafluorosilicate

Hydroazoic acid,

see

Hydrogen azide

Hydrophilite,

see

Calcium chloride

Hydrosulfite,

see

Sodium dithionate(III)

Hypo

(photographic),

see

Sodium thiosulfate

5-water

Hypophosphite,

see

under Phosphinate

Ice,

see

Hydrogen oxide (solid)

Iceland

spar,

see

Calcium carbonate

Iodyrite,

see

Silver

iodide

Jeweler’s borax,

see

Sodium tetraborate 10-water

Jeweler’s rouge,

see

Iron(III) oxide

Kalinite,

see

Aluminum potassium bis(sulfate)

Kernite,

see

Sodium tetraborate

Kyanite,

see

Aluminum silicon oxide (1/1)

Laughing gas,

see

Nitrogen(I) oxide

Lautarite,

see

Calcium iodate

Lawrencite,

see

Iron(II) chloride

Lechatelierite,

see

Silicon dioxide

Lime,

see

Calcium oxide

Litharge,

see

Lead(II) oxide

Lithium aluminum hydride,

see

Lithium tetrahydri-

doaluminate

Lodestone,

see

Iron(II,III) oxide

Lunar caustic,

see

Silver nitrate

Lye,

see

Sodium hydroxide

Magnesia,

see

Magnesium oxide

Magnesite,

see

Magnesium

carbonate

Magnetite,

see

Iron(II,III) oxide

Malachite,

see

Copper

carbonate

dihydroxide

Manganosite,

see

Manganese(II) oxide

Marcasite,

see

Iron disulfide

Marshite,

see

Copper(I) iodide

Mascagnite,

see

Ammonium sulfate

Massicotite,

see

Lead oxide

Mercuric

and

mercurous,

see under Mercury

Metacinnabar,

see

Mercury(II) sulfide

Millerite,

see

Nickel sulfide

Mirabilite,

see

Sodium

sulfate

Mohr’s salt,

see

Ammonium iron(II) sulfate 6-water

Moissanite,

see

Silicon

carbide

Molybdenite,

see

Molybdenum

disulfide

Molybdite,

see

Molybdenum(VI) oxide

Molysite,

see

Iron(III) chloride

Montroydite,

see

Mercury(II) oxide

Morenosite,

see

Nickel sulfate 7-water

Mosaic gold,

see

Tin disulfide

Muriatic acid,

see

Hydrogen

chloride, aqueous

solu-

tions

Nantokite,

see

Copper(I) chloride

Natron,

see

Sodium

carbonate

Naumannite,

see

Silver

selenide

Neutral verdigris,

see

Copper(II) acetate

Nitre (niter),

see

Potassium nitrate

Nitric oxide,

see

Nitrogen(II) oxide

Nitrobarite,

see

Barium

nitrate

Nitromagnesite,

see

Magnesium nitrate 6-water

Nitroprusside,

see

Sodium pentacyanonitrosylfer-

rate(II) 2-water

Oldhamite,

see

Calcium

sulfide

Opal,

see

Silicon dioxide

Orpiment,

see

Arsenic trisulfide

Oxygen powder,

see

Sodium peroxide

Paris green,

see

Copper acetate arsenate(III) (1/3)

Pawellite,

see

Calcium molybdate(VI)(2

)

Pearl ash,

see

Potassium

carbonate

Perborax,

see

Sodium peroxoborate

Periclase,

see

Magnesium oxide

Persulfate,

see

Peroxodisulfate

Phosgene,

see

Carbonyl

chloride

Phosphine,

see

Hydrogen

phosphide

Pickling acid,

see

Hydrogen

sulfate

Pitchblende,

see

Uranium(IV) oxide

Plaster of Paris,

see

Calcium sulfate

hemihydrate

Plattnerite,

see

Lead(IV) oxide

Polianite,

see

Manganese(IV) oxide

Polishing powder,

see

Silicon dioxide

Potash,

see

Potassium

carbonate

Potassium

acid phthalate,

see

Potassium

hydrogen

phthalate

Prussic acid,

see

Hydrogen cyanide

Pyrite,

see

Iron

disulfide

Pyrochroite,

see

Manganese(II) hydroxide

Pyrohytpophosphite,

see

diphosphate(IV)

Pyrolusite,

see

Manganese(IV) oxide

Pyrophanite,

see

Manganese titanate(IV)(2

)

Pyrophosphate,

see

Diphosphate(V)

Pyrosulfuric acid,

see

Hydrogen disulfate

Quartz,

see

Silicon dioxide

Quicksilver,

see

Mercury

Realgar,

see di-Arsenic disulfide

Red lead,

see

Lead(II,IV) oxide

Rhodochrosite,

see

Manganese carbonate

Rhodonite,

see

Manganese

silicate(1

)

Rochelle salt,

see

Potassium sodium tartrate 4-water

Rock crystal,

see

Silicon dioxide

Rutile,

see

Titanium(IV) oxide

Sal soda,

see

Sodium carbonate 10-water

Saltpeter,

see

Potassium nitrate

Scacchite,

see

Manganese chloride

Scheelite,

see

Calcium tungstate(VI)(2

)

Sellaite,

see

Magnesium

fluoride

Senarmontite,

see

Antimony(III) oxide

Siderite,

see

Iron(II) carbonate

Siderotil,

see

Iron(II) sulfate 5-water

Silica,

see

Silicon dioxide

Silicotungstic acid,

see

Silicon oxide— tungsten

oxide— water (l/12/26)

Sillimanite,

see

Aluminum silicon oxide (l/1)

Smithsonite,

see

Zinc carbonate

Soda ash,

see

Sodium carbonate

Spelter,

see

Zinc metal

Sphalerite,

see

Zinc

sulfide

Spherocobaltite,

see

Cobalt(II) carbonate

Spinel,

see

Magnesium aluminate(2

)

Stannic and

stannous,

see

under Tin

Stibine,

see

Antimony

hydride

Stibnite,

see

Antimony(III) sulfide

Stolzite,

see

Lead tungstate(VI)(2

)

Strengite,

see

Iron(III) phosphate

Strontianite,

see

Strontium carbonate

Sugar of lead,

see

Lead

acetate

Sulfamate,

see

Amidosulfate

Sulphate,

see

Sulfate

Sulfurated

lime,

see

Calcium

sulfide

Sulfuretted hydrogen,

see

Hydrogen sulfide

Sulphur,

see

Sulfur

Sulfuryl,

see

Sulfonyl

Sycoporite,

see

Cobalt sulfide

Sylvite,

see

Potassium

chloride

Szmikite,

see

Manganese(II) sulfate hydrate

Tarapacaite,

see

Potassium chromate(VI)

Tellurite,

see

Tellurium dioxide

Tenorite,

see

Copper(II) oxide

Tephroite,

see

Manganese silicate(1

)

Thenardite,

see

Sodium sulfate

Thionyl,

see

Sulfinyl

Thorianite,

see

Thorium dioxide

Topaz,

see

Aluminum hexafluorosilicate

Tridymite,

see

Silicon dioxide

Troilite,

see

Iron(II) sulfide

Trona,

see

Sodium

carbonate— hydrogen

carbonate

dihydrate

Tschermigite,

see

Aluminum ammonium bis(sulfate)

Tungstenite,

see

Tungsten disulfide

Tungstite,

see

Hydrogen tungstate

Uraninite,

see

Uranium(IV) oxide

Valentinite,

see

Antimony(III) oxide

Verdigris,

see

Copper

acetate

hydrate

Vermillion,

see

Mercury(II) sulfide

Villiaumite,

see

Sodium fluoride

Vitamin B

3, see

Calcium (

)pantothenate

Washing soda,

see

Sodium carbonate 10-water

Whitlockite,

see

Calcium phosphate

Willemite,

see

Zinc silicate(4

)

Wolfram,

see

Tungsten

Wuestite,

see

Iron(II) oxide

Wulfenite,

see

Lead molybdate(VI)(2

)

Wurtzite,

see

Zinc sulfide

Zincite,

see

Zinc oxide

Zincosite,

see

Zinc sulfate

Zincspar,

see

Zinc carbonate

Zirconia,

see

Zirconium oxide