African Type-Minerals

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o complement the Minerals of Africa theme of the 2002 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, this article lists the minerals first described from that continent, including Madagascar, to the year 2001. The 3 19* species represent about 8.5 percent of the mineral kingdom. Country names have been updated according to The Times Atlas of the World (10th ed., 1999) and are listed alphabetically. There are three subdivisions within each country: Species named for people, for localities, and for other reasons. In bold type, beside the name of the country, is the total number of species, and also in bold type are the numbers for each subdivision. Of the 322 entries*, the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) comes out on top with 88; Namibia is next with 73; the Republic of South Africa is third with 65; together they represent about twothirds of all the species described from the entire continent. We have omitted the chemical formulas, detailed locality data, and references, as they are readily available elsewhere. Ironically, the two people whose names immediately leap to mind at the very mention of Africa, David Livingstone (18 13-73) and Henry Morton Stanley (1.841-1 904), have minerals named for them, but neither species was first found in Africa; Mexico and Peru are the type localities for livingstoneite and stanleyite, respectively. The next-most-famous person on the African stage, Cecil John Rhodes (1835-1902), is honored with rhodesite (q.v.), appropriately discovered in a famed Kimberley diamond pipe in South Africa (see Who’s Who in Mineral Names by Tarassoff, this issue). Prof. Bruce Cairncross’s article, also in this issue (Who’s Who in Mineral Names), pays particular attention to South African typespecies honoring South Africans and other people whose contributions to southern Africa are especially significant.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The works of Blackburn and Dennen (1997). Daltry (1991, 1992, 1997), and Mandarino (2001a.b) have made this compilation possible, and they all deserve extra thanks. Daltry (1992) is especially interesting, as it includes a complete listing of type species from the African tectonic plate and analyses of the topographical trends and mineral chemistry trends. Also consulted were Nickel and Nichols (1991) and Clark (1993). I am indebted to Dr.Joseph Mandarino of Toronto, Canada, and Dr. Werner Krause of Hiirth, Germany, who supplied dates for some of the people that were not available in the references. Prof. Bruce Cairncross of Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg, South Africa, kindly checked the South African entries and offered helpful suggestions, among them bringing the Daltry references to my attention. Thanks are also extended to Arthur Smith and Champa Ramjass of the Royal Ontario Museum Library who were able to locate these references for consultation. REFERENCES Blackburn, W. H.,and W. H.Dennen. 1997. Encyclopedia of mineral names. Mineralogical Association of Canada special publication 1. Clark, A. M. 1993. Hey’s mineral index. London: Chapman & Hall. Daltry, V. D. C. 1991. African type-mineralogy: A general review (1838-1988). Journal ofAfrican Earth Science 13:313-22. . 1992. Type mineralogy of Namibia. Windhoek, Namibia: Geological Survey of Namibia bulletin 1. . 1997. Mineralogy of South Africa: Type mineral species and type-mineral names. Pretoria: Council for Geoscience/Geological Survey handbook 15. Mandarino, J. A. 2001a. New minerals 1995-1999. Mineralogical Association of Canada special publication 4. . 2001b. New mineral names. Mineralogical Record 32:209. Nickel, E. H.,and M. C. Nichols. 1991. Mineral reference manual. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. *There are 3 19 species listed, but because briartite shares with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Namibia, and both djerfisherite and niningerite share with Malawi and South Africa, the total number of entries is 322.

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ALGEIUA (4) People (3) Dussertite: Desirt Dussert (b. 1872), French mining engineer who worked in Algeria. Kulkeite: H. Kulke, professor of mineralogy, University of Essen, Germany. Senarmontite: Henri Hureau de Senarmont (1808-62), professor of mineralogy, Ecole de Mines, Paris, France. Localities (1) Nadorite: Dejebel Nador in northeastern Algeria. BOTSWANA (1) Localities (1) Gcwihabaite:Gcwihaba Cave (also known as Drotsky’s Cave), 280 kilometers west of Maun. CAMEROON (2) People (2) Mantienneite: Joseph Mantienne (b. 1929), mineralogist, Bureau de Recherches gCologiques et minitres, Orltans, France. Remondite-(Ce): Guy Remond (b. 1935), mineral physicist, Bureau de Recherches gtologiques et minitres, Orltans, France. CHAD (1) Localities (1) Kanemite: Kanem region, Lake Chad. CONGO(3) People (2) Fornacite: Lucien Louis Fourneau (18671930), colonial governor, French Congo. Plunchkite: Mr. PlanchC, French explorer. Localities (1) Congolife:The locality, near Brazzaville. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (formerly ZAIRE) (88) People (54) Andremeyerite: Andrt Marie Meyer (b. 1890), Belgian mining engineer. Anthoinite: Raymond Anthoin (b. 1884), Belgian mining engineer and geologist. Becquerelite: Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852-1908), French physicist and professor who discovered radioactivity. Bijvoetite-(Y): Johannes Martin Bijvoet (1892-1980), Dutch crystallographer. 26

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Billietite: Valtre Billiet (19034l), Belgian crystallographer. Briarfife: Gaston Briart, who studied the Leopold mine, Kipushi district, Shaba, where the mineral was found. (Also described from Namibia in the same paper.) Buttgenbachite: Henri Jean Frangois Buttgenbach (1874-1964), mineralogist, UniversitC de Bruxelles, Belgium. Cattierite: FClicien Cattier (1 869-1 946), chairman of the board, Union Minitre du Haut Katanga (Shaba). Combeite: Arthur Delmar Combe, Geological Survey of Uganda. Comblainite: Gordon Comblain (b. 1920), Muste royale de 1’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. Cornetite: Jules Comet (1865-1929), Belgian geologist. Curite: Pierre Curie (1856-1906), French physicist and his wife, Marie (nte Sklodowska) (1867-1934), for their research on radioactivity; Nobel laureates (1903). Delhayelite: Fernard Delhaye (1888-1946), Belgian geologist. Demesmaekerite: M. G. Demesmaeker (b. 1911), geologist, Union Minitre du Haut Katanga (Shaba). Derriksite: Joseph Derriks (b. 1912), student of the Shinkolobwe uranium deposits, Shamba, Zaire. Dewindtite: Jean Dewindt, Belgian geologist. Dumontite: AndrC Hubert Dumont (180957), Belgian geologist. Eylettersite: After the wife of the discoverer, Leopold Van Wambeke. Fourmarierite: Paul Fourmarier (18771970), professor of geology, University of Litge, Belgium. Frangoisite-(Nd): Armand Frangois (b. 1922), geologist and former director of geology for GCcamine, a Zairian mining company. G6tzenite: Count Gustav Adolph von Gotzen, German traveler, first white man to climb Mount Shaheru, North Kivu. Guilleminite: Claude Guillemin (1923-94), mineralogist, Bureau de Recherches gCologiques et minitres, OrlCans, France. Gysinite-(Nd): Marcel Gysin (1891-1974), professor, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Kirschsteinite: Egon Kirschstein, German geologist who pioneered geological work in northern Kivu. Lepersonnite-(Gd): Jacques Lepersonne (b.

1909), honorary head, Department of Geology, Muste royal de 1’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.. Marthozite: Aim6 Marthoz (1864-1962), director general, Union Minitre du Haut Katanga (Shaba). Masuyite: Gustave Masuy (d. 1945), Belgian geologist. Moreauite: Jules Moreau (b. 1931), professor of mineralogy, Universitk catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve,Belgium. Mundite: Walter Mund (1892-1956), professor of radiochemistry, Universitt catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Oosterboschite: M. R. Oosterbosch (b. 1908), associated with the mines of Shaba. Parsonsite: Arthur Leonard Parsons (18731957), professor of mineralogy, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Piretite: Paul Piret (b. 1932), professor of crystallography, Universitt catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Profasite: Jean Protas (b. 1932), professor of mineralogy, University of Nancy, France. Rankamaite: Kalervo Rankama (1913-95), professor of geochemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland. Renierite: Armand Marie Vincent Joseph Renier (1876-1951), director, Geological Survey of Belgium. Rlchetite: Emile Richet (1884-1938), chief geologist, Union Minitre du Haut Katanga (Shaba). Roubaultite: Marcel Edouard Roubault (1905-74), professor of geology, University of Nancy, France. Salkeite: Achille SalCe (1883-1932), professor of geology, Universitt catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve,Belgium. Sayn’te: David Sayre (b. 1924), crystallographer, IBM Corporation, New York, U.S.A. Schoepite: Alfred Schoep (1881-1966), professor of mineralogy, University of Ghent, Belgium. Schuilingite-(Nd):H. J. Schuiling, chief geologist, Union MiniBre du Haut Katanga (Shaba). Sengierite: Edgard Sengier (1879-1963), director, Union Minitre du Haut Katanga (Shaba). Sharpite: Major R. R. Sharp (1881-1956), discoverer, Shinkolobwe uranium deposit, Shaba, Zaire (1915). Sklodowskite: Marie Sklodowska-Curie (1867-1934), who with her husband, Pierre, was a pioneer in the study of radioactivity; Nobel laureate (1903).


Soddyite: Frederick Soddy (1877-1956), British physicist and radiochemist. Stilleite: Hans Stille (1876-1966), German geologist. Studtite: Franz Edward Studt, Belgian geologist who produced the first geological map of Katanga (Shaba). Thoreaulite: Jacques Thoreau (1886-1973), professor of mineralogy, University of Libge, Belgium. Threadgoldite: Ian Malcolm Threadgold (b. 1929), mineralogist, University of Sydney, Australia. Vaesite: Johannes F. Vaes (1902-78), Belgian mineralogist, Union Minibre du Haut Katanga (Shaba). Vandenbrandeite: Pierre van den Brande (1896-1957), Belgian geologist, Geological Survey of Katanga, who discovered the uranium deposit at Kalongwe, Shaba, Zaire. Vandendriesscheite:Adrien Vandendriessche (1914-40), professor of geology and mineralogy, University of Ghent, Belgium. Vanmeersscheite: Maurice Van Meerssche (1923-90), professor of crystallography, Universitk catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve,Belgium. wartite: Jean Wyart (1902-92), professor of mineralogy, Sorbonne, Paris, France.

Localities (12) Kamitugaite: Kamituga, the mining center of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kamotoite-(Y): Kamoto copper deposit. Kasolite: Kasolo, Shaba. Kipushite: Kipushi, Shaba. Kolwezite: Kolwezi, Shaba. Likasite: Likasi copper mine. Luberoite: Lubero region, Kivu Province. Ludjibaite: Ludjiba deposit. Lueshite: Lueshe, north of Goma. Shabaite-(Nd): Shaba. Swamboite: Swambo deposit, Shaba. Zairite: Zaire, former name of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Others (22) Althupite: For its composition: aluminum, thorium, uranium, and phosphorus. Astrocyanite-(Ce): For astro (star) and cyan (blue) in deference to its morphology and color. Cesplumtantite: For its principal components: cesium, lead, and tantalum. Cuprosklodowskite: For its chemical relationship to sklodowskite. Florencite-(La): For its chemical relationship to florence-(Ce). Heterogenite-2H: The hexagonal polymorph of heterogenite-3R. Zanthinite: From the Greek word for violet, because of its color. Kalipyrochlore: For its chemical relationship to pyrochlore. Metaschoepite: A variably hydrated form of schoepite. Metastudtite: A less-hydrated form of studtite.

Metavandendriesscheite: A dehydration product of vandendriesscheite. Metavanmeersscheite: A less-hydrated form of vanmeersscheite. Oursinife: From the French oursin (urchin), because the radial aggregates of the mineral resemble a sea urchin. Paraschoepite: For its similarity to schoepite. Phuralumite: For its principal components: phosphorous, uranium, and aluminum. Plumbomicrolite: The lead-dominant analogue of microlite. Ranunculite: In allusion to its similar color to the flower ranunculus (buttercup). Triangulite: For the triangular habit of the crystals. Trikalsilite: From the Greek tria (three), because its a-axis is one-third that of its dimorph kalsilite. Upalite: For its principal components: uranyl, phosphorus, and aluminum. Urancalcarite: For its principal components: uranyl, calcium, and carbonate. Wakefieldite-(Ce):The cerium-dominantanalogue of wakefieldite-(Y).

EGWT (1) Others (1) Natron: Probably from ancient Egypt, and the name derived ultimately from the Arabic natnin. GABON(9) People (5) Bariandite: Pierre Bariand (b. 1933), French mineralogist and curator, Universitk Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France. Chervetite: Jean Chervet (1904-62), French mineralogist. Curienite: Hubert Curien (b. 1924), French mineralogist and crystallographer. Lenoblite: AndrB Lenoble, French geologist who worked in Madagascar. Schubnelite: Henri J. Schubnel (b. 1935), mineralogist, Bureau de Recherches gkologiques et minibres, Orlkans, France; curator, MusBum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Localities (2) Francevillite: Franceville. Mounanaite: Mounana mine, Franceville. Others (2) Metavanuralife:A less-hydrated form-of vanuralite. Vanuralite: For its principal components: vanadium, uranium, and aluminum. GHANA (1) Localities (1) Nsutite: Nsuta. GUINEA (3) People (3) Odinite-1T Polymorph of odinite-IM named

for Gilles Serge Odin, French mineralogist, Dkpartement de gkologie dynamique, Universitk Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France. Shandite: J. M. Skrand, mineral collector who helped collect the mineral. villiaumite: Maxime Villiaume, officer of the colonial artillery corps stationed in Madagascar, whose help in obtaining specimens from Madagascar and Guinea proved invaluable to Alfred Lacroix.

KENYA (6) People (3) Berdesinskiite: Waldemar Berdesinski (1911-90), German crystallographer. Schreyerite: Werner Schreyer (b. 1930), professor of mineralogy, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany. Uhligite: Alfred Louis Johannes Uhlig (1883-1919), German geologist and leader of the expedition on which the mineral was found. Localities (2) Kenyaite: Kenya. Magadiite: Lake Magadi.

Others (1) Makatite: From the Masai word emakat (soda) for its high sodium content. LESOTHO (1) People (1) Knorringite: Oleg von Knorring (1915-94), professor of mineralogy, University of Leeds, England. LIBYA (1) People (1) Endellite: Kurt Endell (b. 1887), geologist, Technische Hochschule, Berlin. MADAGASCAR (10) People (7) Behierife: Jean Behier (1903-63, Service GBologique Madagascar, who collected the original material. Grandidierite: Alfred Grandidier (18361912), French explorer of Madagascar, specialist in its geography and natural history. Hibonite: Paul Hibon, discoverer of the mineral. Liandratite: Georges Liandrat, from Samoens, France, who did significant prospecting in Madagascar. Liddicoatite: Richard Thomas Liddicoat (b. 1918), gemologist with the Gemological Institute of America, Carlsbad, California, U.S.A. Petscheckite: Eckehard Petsch, Madagascar prospector from Idar Oberstein, Germany. Schiavinatoite: Guiseppe Schiavinato (191596). Volume 77,JanuaryFebruary 2002

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Localities (3) Betajte: Betafo, central Madagascar. Bityite: Mont Bity. Manandonite: Manandona River, close to the Anadrokomby pegmatite where the mineral was found.


MALAWl(2) People (2) Dje6sherite: Daniel Jerome Fisher ( 1 8 9 6 1988), professor of mineralogy, University of Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. (Also described from Republic of South Africa in the same paper.) Niningerite: Harvey Harlow Nininger (18871986), meteoriticist. (Described from a Malawi meteorite and others in the same paper; see Republic of South Africa).

fessor of chemistry and mineralogy, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.

Others (2) Hafnon: The hafnon-dominant analogue of zircon. Yttrocolumbite-(Y):For its yttrium content.

NAMIBIA (73) People (46) Andyrobertsite: Andrew (Andy) C. Roberts (b. 1950), Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada; for his contributions to mineralogy and his interactions with the collecting community. Bartelkeite: Wolfgang Bartelke (b. 1949), student of the minerals of Tsumeb. Biehlite: Friedrich Karl Biehl (b. 1887), mineralogist from Munster, Germany, who first did research on Tsumeb species. MOROCCO (16) Briartite: Gaston Briart, who studied the People (10) Leopold mine, Kipushi district, Shaba, where the mineral was found. (Also Agardite-(Y): Jules Agard, metallogenist, described from the Democratic Republic Bureau de Recherches gtologiques et of Congo in the same paper.) minii?res, Orltans, France. Burtite: Donald M. Burt (b. 1943), professor Brunogeierite: Bruno H. Geier (1902-87), mineralogist, Tsumeb Corporation, of mineralogy, Arizona State University, Tsumeb. Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A. Despujolsite: Pierre Despujols (b. 1888), Ser- Calderite: James Calder, early writer on the geology of India. vice de la Carte Gi+ologique, Morocco. Gaudefroyite: Abbe Christophe Gaudefroy, Chudobaite: Karl Franz Chudoba (18981915), German mineralogist. French mineralogist who worked in Djurleite: Sewed Djurle, who synthesized the Morocco. compound before it was discovered in Henritermierite: Henri F. E. Termier (b. nature. 1897), professor of mineralogy, Sorbonne, Duftite: G. Duft, mine director, Tsumeb, Paris. Namibia. Jouravskite: Georges Jouravsky (1896-1964), chief geologist, Division de la gCologie du Emstite: Theodor K. H. Ernst (b. 1904), professor of mineralogy, Erlangen University, Maroc. Germany. Mdonjosephite: Joseph Mtlon (1898-1991), professor of mineralogy, University de Fahleite: Rolf Fahle (b. 1943), mineral dealer, Munich, Germany. Litge, Belgium. Nelmerite: Louis Neltner (1903-89, Service Feinglosite: Mark N. Feingloss (b. 1948), Duke Medical Center, Durham, North CargCologique du Maroc, a student of the olina, who first noticed the mineral. geology of the High Atlas in Morocco. Smolianinovite: Nikolai Alekseevich Smo- Fleischerite: Michael Fleischer (1908-98), mineralogist and geochemist, U.S. Geolianinov (b. 1885), Russian mineralogist. logical Survey, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Wendwilsonite:Wendell E. Wilson (b. 1946), Gaitite: Robert Irwin Gait (b. 1938), curator editor and publisher, the Mineralogical Record. of minerals (retired), 1967-96, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Localities (4) Gebhardite: Georg Gebhard (b. 1945), mineral collector and supplier of the original Arhbarite: Arhbar mine, Bou Azzer. specimen; author of Tsumeb-A Unique Zmiterite: Imiter mine, Jbel Sarhro. Mineral bcaZity (German edition 1991; Irhtemite: Irhtem deposit. English edition 1999). Murokite: From the French Maroc for Gerdtremmelite: Gerd Tremmel (b. 1940), Morocco. mineralogist, University of Heidelberg, Germany. Others (2) Ferrisicklerite: For its chemical relationship Giniite: Adelheid (Gini) Keller (b. 1940); Paul Keller described and named the minto sicklerite. eral in honor of his wife in recognition of Nickelaustinite: The nickel-dominant anaher support of his mineralogical endeavors. logue of austinite. Helmufwinklerite: Helmut G. F. Winkler (1915-80), professor of mineralogy and MOZAMBIQUE (3) petrology, University of Gottingen, GerPeople (1) -Y. Apjohnite: James Apjohn (1796-1886), pro- Holdawayite: Michael Jon Holdaway (b. 28

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1936), professor of petrology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. Ztoite: Tei-ichi Ito (b. 1898), professor of mineralogy, University of Tokyo, Japan. Jafleite: Howard Jaffe (b. 1919), professor of geology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Jamesite: Christopher James, mining engineer, Tsumeb mine, Namibia. Johillerite: Johannes Erich Hiller (1911-72), professor of mineralogy, University of Stuttgart, Germany. Johninnesite: John Innes, senior mineralogist, Tsumeb Corporation, Namibia. Kegelite: Friedrich Wilhelm Kegel, director (1922-38), Tsumeb mine. Keyite: Charles Locke Key (b. 1935), mineral dealer, Maine, U.S.A. Koritnigite: Sigmund Koritnig (1912-84), professor of petrology, University of Gottingen, Germany. Leiteite: Luis Teixeira-Leite (1943-99), Portuguese-South African mineral dealer of Pretoria, South Africa, and Lisbon, Portugal. Ludlockite: Frederick Ludlow Smith Ill and Charles Locke Key (b. 1935), mineral collectors and dealers from the U.S.A. who discovered the mineral at Tsumeb. Mathewrogersite: Mathew Rogers, first prospector in the discovery area of the Tsumeb mine, Namibia. O’danielite: Herbert O’Daniel (1903-77), professor of mineralogy, University of Munich, Germany. Prosperite: Prosper J. Williams (b. 1910), South African-born mineral dealer, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Queitite: Clive S. Queit, mineral dealer, Tsumeb. Reinerite: Willy Reiner (1895-1969, senior chemist, Tsumeb Corporation, Tsumeb, Namibia. Ribbeite: Paul Hubert Ribbe (b. 1935), professor of mineralogy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. Schaurteite: Werner T. Schaurte (18931978), German chemist. Schneiderhiihnite: Hans Schneiderhohn, professor of mineralogy, University of Freiberg, Germany. Schultenite: August Benjamin de Schulten (1856-1912), professor of chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland. Sidpietersite: Sidney (Sid) Pieters (b. 1920), Windhoek, Namibia, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to Namibian mineralogy. Sohngeite: G. Sohnge (b. 1913), chief geologist, Tsumeb Corporation, Tsumeb, Namibia. Stam?kite: Josef Stan& (b. 1928), professor, Masarykov University, Brno, Czech Republic. Stottite: Charles E. Stott (1896-1978), director, Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Stranskiite: N. M. Stranski (1897-1979),


Germad chemist and physicist, Berlin. Thometzekite: W. Thometzek, director of mining, 1912-22, Tsumeb, Namibia. Wurikahnite:Walter Richard Kahn (b. 191l), financial supporter of research on secondary minerals and their crystal structures. Wlhelmkleinite: Wilhelm Klein (1889-1939), manager, Otavi Minen-und Eisenbahngesellschaft (OMEG), Namibia, 1916-39, and discoverer of the mineral germanite (described by Pufahl in 1922). Localities (9) Asisite: Asis Farm, Otavi district. Brubuntite: Brabant pegmatite, Karibib district. Zduite: Ida mine, 100 kilometers northeast of Walvis Bay. Kuribibite: Karibib pegmatite. Kombutite: Kombat mine, Otavi district. Numibite: Namibia. Otuvite: Otavi district. Otjisumeite: From the Herero name for Tsumeb, Namibia. Tsumebite: Tsumeb mine, Otavi district. Others (18) Arsenbruckebushite: For its relationship to brackebushite. Arsendescloizite: For its relationship to descloizite. Arsentsumebite: For its relationship to tsumebite. Culcio-undyrobertsite: For its chemical relationship to andyrobertsite. Damuruite: Damara sequence of dolostones at the Kombat mine, Otavi district. Ferrilothurmeyerite: For its chemical relationship to lotharmeyerite (Note: The type locality for lothmeyerite is Mexico.) Gullite: For its gallium content. Gullobeuduntite: For its chemical relationship to beudantite. Germunite: For its germanium content. Minrecordite: The Mineralogical Record (magazine). Molybdofomcite: For its chemical relationship to fornacite. Plurnbotsumite: For its lead content and its discovery at Tsumeb, Namibia. Stercorite: From the Latin stercorus (dung), alluding to its discovery in guano deposits on islands off Namibia. Swuknoite: The Suid West Afrika Karst Navforsing Organisatsie (SWAKNO). Tsumcorite: The Tsumeb Corporation, Tsumeb, Namibia. Zincgurtrellite: For the zinc-dominant analogue of gartrellite. Zincrosusite: For the zinc-dominantanalogue of rosasite. Zincroselite: For the zinc-dominant analogue of roselite.

NIGERIA (1) Localities (1) Nigerite: Nigeria.

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA (65) People (34) Afwillite: Alpheus Fuller Williams (b. 1874), geologist, De Beers Consolidated Diamonds; author of the two-volume The Genesis of the Diamond (1932). Bruggite: Sir William Henry Bragg (18621942) and his son, William Lawrence Bragg (1890-1971), crystallographers, University of Cambridge; this mineral was the first to be isolated and determined by the X-ray diffraction methods that they pioneered; Nobel laureates (1915). Cluirite: Claire Martini, wife of Jacques Edouard Martini, chief geologist, Geological Survey of South Africa. Cooperite: R. A. Cooper (1890-1972), who provided the fvst description of specimens from the Bushveld Igneous Complex. Djefisherite: Daniel Jerome Fisher (18961988), professor of mineralogy, University of Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. (Also described in Malawi in the same paper.) Effenbergerite: Herta Effenberger (b. 1954), professor of mineralogy and crystallography, University of Vienna, Austria. Genkinite: A. D. Genkin (b. 1919), Russian mineralogist; specialist in the mineralogy of the platinum group elements. Geversite: Traugott Wilhelm Gevers (190091), South African geologist and professor, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. (Gevers was my teacher in firstyear geology, and he continues to be an inspiration.) Huwthorneite: John Barry Hawthorne (b. 1934), Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa, for his contribution to upper mantle studies; specialist in kimberlites and their mineralogy. Huycockite: Maurice Hall Haycock (b. 1900), head of the Mineralogy Section, Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa, Canada. Hennomurtinite: Henno Martin (b. 19lo), German-born geologist, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, who studied the Precambrian geology of Namibia. Hollingworthite: Sydney Ewart Hollingworth (1899-1966), professor, University .College, London, England. Komite: Hermann Korn (191046), German geologist; a student of the geology of Namibia. Liebenbergite: W. R. Liebenberg (1919-88), deputy director-general, National Institute for Metallurgy (NIM), South Africa. Lindsleyite: Donald Hale Lindsley (b. 1934), professor of geology, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, State University of New York (Stony Brook), New York, U.S.A. Muthiusite: Frances Celia Morna Mathias (b. 1913), professor of geology, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Merenskyite: Hans Merenksy (1871-1952), South African geologist noted for his work on the platinum deposits of the Bushveld

Igneous Complex, the coastal diamond deposits of the northwest Cape, and the Palabora carbonatite complex, all in South Africa. (See Who’s Who in Mineral Names by Cairncross, this issue.) Mountuinite: Edgar Donald Mountain (1901-85), professor of geology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. Niggliite: Paul Niggli (1888-1953), professor of geology, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Niningerite: Harvey Harlow Nininger (18871986), meteoriticist. (Described from a South African meteorite and other meteorites in the same paper; see Malawi.) Orlymunite: Orlando Lyman (d. 1986), founder of the House Memorial Museum, Hilo, Hawaii. (The original specimen was in this museum’s collection.) Purkerite: Robert Lueling Parker (18931973), professor of mineralogy, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland. Perryite: Stuart Hoffman Perry [Blackburn and Dennen (1997) give his dates as 1874-1957, but Daltry (1997) gives 1914-1957)], American meteoriticist. Poldervuurtite: Arie Poldervaart (1918-64), professor of petrology, Columbia University, New York, U.S.A., for his contributions to the understanding of the Karoo dolerites and the Archean rocks of Cape Province, South Africa. Prehnite: Col. Hendrik von Prehn (1733-85), who discovered the mineral at the Cape of Good Hope. Rhodesite: Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902), British colonial statesman and financier, founder of the De Beers Mining Corporation. (See Who’s Who in Mineral Names by Tarassoff, this issue.) Stumpflite: Eugen Friedrich Stumpfl (b. 1931), professor of mineralogy, Mining Institute, Leoben, Austria. Sturmunite: Bozidar Darko Sturman (b. 1937), associate curator of minerals (retired), Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. Teschemacherite: Frederick Edward Teschemacher (1761-1863), English chemist who first described the mineral from Saldanha Bay, Western Cape Province. Trevorite: Major Tudor Gruffydd Trevor (1865-1958), mining inspector, Pretoria district, South Africa. Tukkite: Karel Tukk (b. 1906), curator, National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic. Vonbezingite: Karl-Ludwig von Bezing (b. 1945), physician and mineral collector who made contributions to the mineralogy of the Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province. Werdingite: Giinter Werding (b. 1929), professor of mineralogy, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany. Wllemseite: Johannes Willemse (b. 1909), professor of geology, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Volume 77, JanuarylFebruary 2002

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Localities (15) Atokite: Atok mine, North West Province. Barbertonite: Barberton district, Mpumalanga Province. Bonaccordite: Bon Accord, Barberton district, Mpumalanga Province. Bultfonteinite: Bultfontein mine, Kimberley, Northern Cape Province. Gamagarite: For the locality at Gamagara Ridge, Postmasburg district, Northern Cape Province. Hotsonite: Hotson quarry, Pofadder, Northern Cape Province. Znsiwuite: Insizwa deposit, Waterfall Gorge, East Griqualand, Eastern Cape Province. Lonecreekite: Lone Creek Fall Cave, Sabie, Mpumalanga Province. Mbobomkulite: Mbobo Mkulu Cave, Nelspruit district, Mpumalanga Province. Modderite: Modderfontein mine, eastern Witwatersrand, Gauteng Province. Mooihoekite: Mooihoek Farm, Lydenburg district, Mpumalanga Province. Nchwaningite: N’Chwaning mine, Northern Cape Province. Rustenburgite: Rustenburg Platinum mine, North West Province. Sabieite: Sabie, Mpumalanga Province, location of the Lone Creek Fall Cave. Wesselsite: Wessels mine, Northern Cape Province. Others (16) Allanite-(La): The lanthanum analogue of allanite. Bismoclite: For its composition: bismuth, oxygen, and chlorine. Cochromite: For its composition: cobalt and chromium. Ferro-actinolite: The ferrous-iron-dominant analogue of actinolite. Ferrokinoshitalite: For its relationship to kinoshitalite. Hydrombobomkulite: The hydrous analogue of mbobomkulite. Zrursite: For its composition: iridium, arsenic, and sulfur. Zsoferroplatinum:For its crystal system (isometric), iron (from the Latin ferrum), and platinum. Mughemite: From magnetic and hematite. Nichromite: For its nickel and chromium content. Nickelalumite: For nickel and alum, a hydrous aluminum sulfate. (It is not related to aluminite.) Nintite: National Institute for Metallurgy (NIM), South Africa. Platarsite: For its principal components: platinum, arsenic, and sulfur. Sasaite: South African Speleological Association (SASA). Stibiopalladinite: For its components: antimony and palladium. Tetraferroplatinum: For its crystal system (tetragonal), iron (from the Latin ferrum), and platinum. 30

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RWANDA (4) People (2) Bertossuite: Antonio Bertossa, director, Geological Survey of Rwanda. Foordite: Eugene Edward Foord (1946-98), mineralogist, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado, U S A . Localities (2) Burunguite: The Buranga granitic pegmatite in which it occurs. Gatumbaite: The locality at Gatumba. SENEGAL (1) Localities (1) Senegulite: Senegal. TANZANIA (6) People (4) Gregoryite: J. W. Gregory (1864-1932), geologist who pioneered the study of volcanism and the structure of the East African Rift. Nyerereite: Julius Kambarage Nyerere (b. 1922), first president, Tanzania (1962-85). Ruthefordine: Sir Ernest Rutherford, first baron of Nelson (1871-1937), professor of physics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (1898-1907); University of Manchester, England (1907-19); University of Cambridge, England (1919-37); Nobel laureate (1908). Yoderite: Hatten Schuyler Yoder (b. 1921), petrologist, director of the Geophysical Laboratory, Camegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Others (2) Bariopyrochlore: Barium member of the pyrochlore group. Mugnesio-minite: For its chemical relationship to axinite. TUNISIA (2) People (1) Cesarolite: Guiseppe R. P. Cesaro (18491939), professor of mineralogy, University of Likge, Belgium. Localities (1) Tunisite: Tunisia. UGANDA(7) People (1) Waylandite: Edward James Wayland, first director, Uganda Geological Survey. Localities (1) Mpororoite: Mpororo tungsten deposit, Kizegi region. Others (5) Bismutomicrolite: Bismuth-dominant analogue of microlite.

Bismutotantalite: Bismuth-dominant analogue of tantalite. Cerotungstite-(Ce):For its composition: cerium and tungsten. Kulsilite: For its composition: potassium, aluminum, and silica. Meta-ankoleite: Hydrated form of the discredited species “ankoleite,” named for the Ankole district.

ZAMBIA (7) People (4) Claringbullite: Gordon Frank Claringbull (b. 1911), director, British Museum of Natural History (now the Natural History Museum), London, England. Drysdallite: A. R. Drysdall (b. 1933), director, Geological Survey, Zambia. Hejtmunite: B. Hejtman (b. 1911), professor, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Tarbuttite: Percy Coventry Tarbutt, director, Broken Hill Exploration Company, who collected some of the first specimens. Localities (2) Zsokite: The locality, Isoka. Kunonaite: The locality, Kanona, Serenje. Others (1) Parahopeite: For its similarity to hopeite.

ZIMBABWE (4) People (2) Grayite: Anton Gray, mining advisor, United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Maufite: Herbert Brantwood Mauf (18791946), director, Geological Survey of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Localities (2) Bikitaite: Bikita pegmatite, Fort Victoria. Zimbubweite: Zimbabwe. P

DI:Robert I. Gait, curator emeritus at the Royal Ontario Museum, was an executive editor of Rocks & Minerals for many years and also the columnist for Who’s Who in Mineral Names. His most recent Who’s Who column was titled “Nevada Mineral Names” and appeared in the MarchLApril2000 issue.