Glossary of Obsolete Mineral Names --M

minéral rouge = nabiasite, EJM 11, 883 (1999).
mineral resin = amber, Egleston 91 (1892).
mineral rubber = bitumen, Thrush 711 (1968).
mineral soap = montmorillonite, Robertson 32 (1954).
mineral tallow = hydrocarbon C38H78 ?, Dana 6th, 1123 (1892).
mineral talow = hydrocarbon C38H78 ?, Clark 461 (1993).
mineral tar = bitumen, Dana 6th, 1015 (1892).
Mineraltürkis = turquoise, Doelter III.1, 507 (1914).
mineral turquoise = turquoise, Thrush 712 (1968).
Mineral vom Weissern Meer = aragonite pseudomorph after celestine, Linck
I.3, 3015 (1926); [I.3,3924].
Mineral von Strontian = strontianite, Linck I.3, 3027 (1926).
Mineral von Tolfa = alunite, Chudoba RI, 43 (1939); [I.3,4184].
mineral wax = hydrocarbon, Dana 6th, 998 (1892).
Mineralwachs = hydrocarbon, Novitzky 55 (1951).
mineral white = baryte or gypsum, Thrush 712 (1968).
Mineralwolle = jamesonite + zinkenite, Doelter IV.1, 441 (1925).
mineral wool = jamesonite + zinkenite, Dana 6th, 120 (1892).
mineral yellow = goethite ± halloysite-10Å, Thrush 712 (1968).
minera Nagyayensis = nagyágite, Papp 72 (2004).
minera plombi rubra = crocoite, Egleston 96 (1892).
minera plumbi alba spathosa = cerussite, Linck I.3, 3059 (1926).
minera plumbi calciformis = mendipite, Dana 7th II, 56 (1951).
minera plumbi nova = crocoite, Chudoba RI, 43 (1939); [I.3,4024].
minera plumbi rubra = crocoite, Dana 6th, 913 (1892).
minera plumbi spathacea = cerussite, Dana 6th, 286 (1892).
minera plumbi viridis = pyromorphite or mimetite, Dana 6th; 770, 771
(1892).
minera spathiforma alba, vel grisea = cerussite, Linck I.3, 3059 (1926).
minera spathiforma rubra = crocoite, Chudoba RI, 43 (1939); [I.3,4025].
minera tessulis minoribus vel majoribus = galena, Hintze I.1, 466 (1899).
minera wismuthi cinerea versicolor martialis = bismuthinite, de
Fourestier 230 (1999).
mine rouge de cuivre = cuprite, Dana 6th, 206 (1892).
minervite = taranakite, MM 28, 31 (1947).
mineta = goethite, Novitzky 208 (1951).
minette = goethite ± ferrihydrite, MM 14, 404 (1907).
minguetite or minguétite = stilpnomelane, AM 54, 1223 (1969); MR 39, 134
(2008).
minguettite = stilpnomelane, Strunz & Nickel 815 (2001).
miniaria = minium, GT 18(5), 195 (2002).
minio = minium, Dana 6th, 231 (1892).
minimum = minium, R. Dixon, pers. comm. (1992).
minium (Pliny) = cinnabar, Dana 6th, 66 (1892).
miniumite = minium, AM 8, 51 (1923).
minium nativum = cinnabar, Dana 6th, 66 (1892).
minjoeliet = minyulite, Council for Geoscience 770 (1996).
minolite = epidote ?, de Fourestier 231 (1999).
Miocene pitch coal = lignite (low-grade coal), Egleston 217 (1892).
miomirite = senaite, MM 38, 995 (1972); 43, 1055 (1980).
mionite = meionite, Dana 6th, 467 (1892).
Mirabeau Diamant = transparent quartz, Kipfer 81 (1974).
Mirabeau diamond = transparent quartz, de Fourestier 231 (1999).
Miridis = synthetic gem rutile, MM 39, 928 (1974).