List of minerals W–X (complete)
This list includes those recognised minerals beginning with the letters W and X. The International Mineralogical Association 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 • I • J • K • L • M • N • O • P–Q • R • S • T • U–V • W–X • Y–Z
The data was exported from mindat.org on 29 April 2005; updated up to 'IMA 2013'.
The minerals are sorted by name with the year of publication (if it's before of an IMA approval procedure), followed by the IMA approval 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).
- "s.p." – special procedure.
- Q or "?" – questionable/ doubtful (IMA/CNMNC, mindat.org or mineralienatlas.de status).
- N – published without approval of the IMA/CNMNC, or just not an IMA approved mineral but with some acceptance in the scientific community nowadays.
- I – intermediate member of a solid-solution series.
- H – hypothetical mineral (synthetic, anthropogenic, etc.)
- ch – incomplete description, hypothetical solid solution end member.
- group – a name used to designate a group of species, sometimes only a mineral group name.
- no – no link available.
- IUPAC – chemical name.
- Rd or red. – redefinition of ...
- Y: 1NNN – year of publication.
- Y: old – known before publications were available.
W
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- Wadalite (1987-045) 09.AD.25
- Wadeite (Y: 1939) 09.CA.10 [no]
- Wadsleyite (1982-012) 09.BE.02
- Wagnerite (Y: 1821, 2003 s.p. Rd) 08.BB.15
(IUPAC: Dimagnesium phosphate fluoride) - Waimirite-(Y) (2013-108) 03.?? [no] [no]
(IUPAC: Yttrium trifluoride) - Wairakite (Y: 1955, 1997 s.p.) 09.GB.05
- Wairauite (1964-015) 01.AE.15
(IUPAC: Cobalt iron alloy) - Wakabayashilite (1969-024) 02.FA.40
- Wakefieldite 08.AD.35
- Walentaite (1983-047) 08.CH.05
- Walfordite (1996-003) 04.JK.05
- Walkerite (2001-051) 06.GB.20 [no]
- Wallisite (Y: 1965, 1971 s.p.) 02.GC.05
(IUPAC: Copper lead thallium diarsenide pentasulfide) - Wallkilldellite 08.DL.20
- Walpurgite (Y: 1871) 08.EA.05
- Walstromite (1964-009) 09.CA.25
- Walthierite (1991-008) 07.BC.10
- Wardite (Y: 1896) 08.DL.10
- Wardsmithite (1967-030) 06.HA.25
- Warikahnite (1978-038) 08.CA.35
(IUPAC: Trizinc diarsenate dihydrate) - Warkite (2013-129) 04.?? [no] [no]
(IUPAC: Dicalcium hexascandium hexaaluminium icosaoxide) - Warwickite (Y: 1838) 06.AB.20
- Wassonite (2010-074) 02.CB.??
(IUPAC: Titanium(II) sulfide) - Watanabeite (1991-025) 02.GC.15
(IUPAC: Tetracopper diarsenide pentasulfide) - Watatsumiite (2001-043) 09.EH.05 [no]
- Waterhouseite (2004-035) 08.BE.85 [no]
(IUPAC: Heptamanganese diphosphate octahydroxyl) - Watkinsonite (1985-024) 02.HB.20e
(IUPAC: Lead dicopper tetrabismuth octaselenide) - Wattersite (1987-030) 07.FB.15
- WattevilleiteQ (Y: 1879) 07.CC.85
Note: it might be hexahydrite. - Wavellite (Y: 1805, 1971 s.p.) 08.DC.50
(IUPAC: Trialuminium diphosphate trihydroxyl pentahydrate) - Wawayandaite (1988-043) 09.HA.20
- Waylandite (1962-003) 08.BL.13
(IUPAC: Bismuth aluminium diphosphate hexahydroxyl) - Weberite (Y: 1938) 03.CB.25
(IUPAC: Disodium magnesium aluminium heptafluorid) - Weddellite (Y: 1936) 10.AB.40
(IUPAC: Calcium oxalate dihydrate) - Weeksite (Y: 1960, 1962 s.p.) 09.AK.30
- Wegscheiderite (Y: 1961, 1967 s.p.) 05.AA.30
- Weibullite (Y: 1910, 1980 s.p. Rd) 02.JB.25h
- Weilerite (Y: 1962, 1987 s.p. Rd) 08.BL.05 [no] [no]
(IUPAC: Barium trialuminium sulfate arsenate hexahydroxyl)
Note: it is definively not a synonym of arsenogorceixite as its sulfate content is now known. - Weilite (1963-006) 08.AD.10
- Weinebeneite (1990-049) 08.DA.20
(IUPAC: Calcium triberillium diphosphate dihydroxyl tetrahydrate) - Weishanite (1982-076) 01.AD.20a
Chemical formula: (Au,Ag)1.2Hg0.8 - Weissbergite (1975-040) 02.HD.05
(IUPAC: Thallium antimonide disulfide) - Weissite (Y: 1927) 02.BA.30
(IUPAC: Pentacopper tritelluride) - Welinite (1966-002 Rd) 09.AF.75
- Weloganite (1967-042) 05.CC.05
(IUPAC: Disodium strontium zirconium hexacarbonate trihydrate) - Welshite (1973-019) 09.DH.40
- Wendwilsonite (1985-047) 08.CG.10
(IUPAC: Dicalcium magnesium diarsenate dihydrate) - Wenkite (Y: 1962, 1967 s.p.) 09.GD.25
- Werdingite (1988-023) 09.BD.35
- Wermlandite (1970-007) 07.DD.35
- Wernerbaurite (2012-064) 04.?? [no] [no]
- Wernerkrauseite (2014-008) 04.?? [no] [no] [no]
- Wesselsite (1994-055) 09.EA.05 [no]
- Westerveldite (1971-017) 02.CC.15
(IUPAC: Iron arsenide) - Wheatleyite (1984-040) 10.AB.30
(IUPAC: Disodium copper oxalate dihydrate) - Whelanite (1977-006) 09.?? [no] [no]
- Wherryite (Y: 1950) 07.BC.55 [no]
- Whewellite (Y: 1852, 1967 s.p.) 10.AB.45
(IUPAC: Calcium oxalate monohydrate) - Whitecapsite (2012-030) 07.?? [no] [no]
- Whiteite 08.DH.15
- Whitlockite (Y: 1941) 08.AC.45
- Whitmoreite (1974-009) 08.DC.15
(IUPAC: Iron(II) diiron(III) diphosphate dihydroxyl tetrahydrate) - Wickenburgite (1968-006) 09.EG.55
- Wickmanite (1965-024) 04.FC.10
(IUPAC: Manganese(II) tin(IV) hexahydroxide) - Wicksite (1979-019) 08.CF.05
- Widenmannite (1974-008) 05.ED.40
(IUPAC: Dilead uranate tricarbonate) - Widgiemoolthalite (1992-006) 05.DA.05
- Wightmanite (Y: 1962, 1967 s.p.) 06.AB.55
- Wilcoxite (1979-070) 07.DE.45
(IUPAC: Magnesium aluminium disulfate fluorid octadecahydrate) - Wilhelmkleinite (1997-034) 08.BB.40
(IUPAC: Zinc diiron(III) diarsenate dihydroxyl) - Wilhelmramsayite (2004-033) 02.FD.40 [no]
(IUPAC: Tricopper iron trisulfide dihydrate) - Wilhelmvierlingite (1982-025) 08.DH.20
- Wilkinsonite (1988-053) 09.DH.40
- Wilkmanite (Y: 1964, 1967 s.p.) 02.D0.15
(IUPAC: Trinickel tetraselenide) - Willemite (Y: 1830) 09.AA.05
- Willemseite (Y: 1969, 1971 s.p.) 09.EC.05
- Willhendersonite (1981-030) 09.GD.10
- Willyamite (1969-001a, 1970 s.p. Rd) 02.EB.25
(IUPAC: Cobalt antimonide sulfide) - Wiluite (1997-026) 09.BG.35 [no]
- Winchite (Y: 1906, 2012 s.p. Rd) 09.DE.20
- Windhoekite (2010-083) 09.EE.20 [no] [no]
- Winstanleyite (1979-001) 04.JK.05
- Wiserite (Y: 1845) 06.BA.20
- Witherite (Y: 1784) 05.AB.15
(IUPAC: Barium carbonate) - Wittichenite (Y: 1853) 02.GA.20
(IUPAC: Tricopper bismuth sulfide) - WittiteQ (Y: 1924) 02.JB.20
Note: possibly Se-rich cannizzarite. - Witzkeite (2011-084) 07.?? [no] [no]
- Wodginite (Y: 1963, 1967 s.p.) 04.DB.40
- Wöhlerite (Y: 1843) 09.BE.17
- Wolfeite (Y: 1949) 08.BB.15
(IUPAC: Diiron(II) phosphate hydroxyl) - Wollastonite (Y: 1818, 1962 s.p.) 09.DG.05
- Wölsendorfite (Y: 1957) 04.GB.30
- Wonesite (1979-007a) 09.EC.20
- Woodallite (2000-042) 04.FL.05
- Woodhouseite (Y: 1937, 1987 s.p. Rd) 08.BL.05
- Woodruffite (Y: 1953) 04.FL.25
- Woodwardite (Y: 1866) 07.DD.35
- Wooldridgeite (1997-037) 08.FC.25
- Wopmayite (2011-093) 08.?? [no] [no]
Chemical formula: Ca6Na3☐Mn(PO4)3(PO3OH)4 - Wroewolfeite (1973-064) 07.DD.10
(IUPAC: Tetracopper sulfate hexahydroxyl dihydrate) - Wulfenite (Y: 1845) 07.GA.05
(IUPAC: Lead molydenum tetraoxide) - Wulffite (2013-035) 07.?? [no]
(IUPAC: Tripotassium sodium tetracopper dioxy tetrasulfate) - Wülfingite (1983-070) 04.FA.10
(IUPAC: Zinc dihydroxide) - Wupatkiite (1994-019) 07.CB.85
(IUPAC: Cobalt dialuminium tetrasulfate docosahydrate) - Wurtzite (Y: 1861) 02.CB.45
(IUPAC: Zinc sulfide) - Wüstite (Y: 1927) 04.AB.25
(IUPAC: Iron(II) oxide) - Wyartite (Y: 1959, 1962 s.p.) 05.EA.15
- Wycheproofite (1993-024) 08.DJ.30
(IUPAC: Sodium aluminium zirconium diphosphate dihydroxyl monohydrate) - Wyllieite (1972-015) 08.AC.15
X
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- Xanthiosite (Y: 1858, 1965 s.p. Rd) 08.AB.25
(IUPAC: Trinickel diarsenate) - Xanthoconite (Y: 1840) 02.GA.10
(IUPAC: Trisilver arsenite trisulfide) - Xanthoxenite (Y: 1920, 1975-004a Rd) 08.DH.40
(IUPAC: Dicalcium diiron(III) tetraphosphate dihydroxyl trihydrate) - Xenophyllite (2006-006) 08.AC.50 [no]
(IUPAC: Tetrasodium heptairon hexaphosphate) - Xenotime 08.AD.35
- Xiangjiangite (Y: 1978, 1982 s.p.) 08.EB.05
- Xieite (2007-056) 04.BB.25 [no]
(IUPAC: Iron(II) chromate) - Xifengite (1983-086) 01.BB.40
(IUPAC: Pentairon trisilicide) - Xilingolite (1982-024) 02.JB.40a
(IUPAC: Trilead dibismuth hexasulfide) - Ximengite (1985-004) 08.AD.45
(IUPAC: Bismuth phosphate) - XingzhongiteQ (Y: 1976) 02.DA.05
(IUPAC: Iron(III) sulfate chloride hexahydrate)
Note: possibly cuproiridsite. - Xitieshanite (1982-044) 07.DC.20
- Xocolatlite (2007-020) 07.DF.85 [no]
- Xocomecatlite (1974-048) 07.BB.50
(IUPAC: Tricopper tellurate tetrahydroxyl) - Xonotlite, mineral and group (Y: 1866) 09.DG.35
External links
- IMA Database of Mineral Properties/ RRUFF Project
- Mindat.org - The Mineral Database
- Webmineral.com
- Mineralatlas.eu minerals W and X
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