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Non-Valid Uranium & Thorium Mineral Names | |
The following uranium/thorium mineral names are no longer valid. See the referenced mineral to link to the proper mineral data. |
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| Old Mineral Name | Proper Mineral Name | Notes |
| b-Uranophane | Uranophane-beta | |
| b-Uranotile | Uranophane-beta | |
| Absite | Brannerite | This is a high Thorium content form of Brannerite |
| Aeschinite-(Y) | Aeschynite-(Y) | |
| Aeschynite-(Yt) | Aeschynite-(Y) | |
| Albrechtschraufit | Albrechtschraufite | |
| Albrechtschraufita | Albrechtschraufite | |
| Aldanite | Thorianite | Thorianite with 12% Lead Oxide |
| alpha-Hyblite | Thorogummite | |
| alpha-Thorianite | Thorianite | |
| Aluminina Melanocerite | Alumomelanocerite | |
| Aluminium-Autunite | Sabugalite | |
| Aluminum-Autunite | Sabugalite | |
| Aluminobetafite | Aluminian Betafite | |
| Ammonium Boltwoodite | Artificial Mineral | |
| Ammonium Gastunite | Ammonium Weeksite | Artificial Mineral |
| Ammonium Weeksite | Artificial Mineral | |
| Ankoleite | Meta-Ankoleite | Meta-Ankoleite is one of very few minenerals without a valid non-meta form |
| Arsenouranocircite | Heinrichite | |
| Arsenuranocircite | Heinrichite | |
| Autunite (of Leymerie) | Chromite | Not a Uranium or Thorium mineral |
| Azor-Pyrochlore | Bismutopyrochlore Calciobetafite Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce) Plumbopyrochlore Thorian Pyrochlore Uranopyrochlore Yttropyrochlore-(Y) |
The term 'Pyrochlore' was once used for what is now a class of minerals |
| Barium Autunite | Uranocircite | |
| Barium-Francevillite | Francevillite | |
| Bariumuranite | Uranocircite | used for material from Streuberg, Germany |
| Basisch-schwefelsaures Uranoxidoxiul | Discredited | aka: Voglianite - perported uranium sulfate |
| Basisches-schwefelsaures Uranoxyd | Zippeite | |
| Basisches Uransulphat | Uranopilite | |
| Bauranoit | Bauranoite | |
| Bauranoita | Bauranoite | |
| Beckerelite | Bequerelite | |
| beta-Hyblite | Thorogummite | |
| beta-Thorianite | Thorianite | |
| Beta-Uranophane | Uranophane-beta | |
| beta-Uranopilite | meta-Uranopilite | |
| Beta-Uranotile | Uranophane-beta | |
| Barium-Phosphuranylite | Bergenite | |
| Beck-Blände | Uraninite | aka: Pseudogalena picea pt. |
| Billietit | Billietite | |
| Billietita | Billietite | |
| Bjørlykke [Unnamed mineral] | Betafite | |
| Blomstrandine | Aeschynite-(Y) | |
| Blomstrandite | Betafite | |
| Bröggerite | Uraninite | High thorium content Uraninite |
| Calciocarnotite | Tyuyamunite | |
| Calciothorit | Calciothorite | (Probably not a valid mineral) |
| Calciothorita | Calciothorite | (Probably not a valid mineral) |
| Calcioursilit | Calcioursilite | |
| Calcioursilita | Calcioursilite | |
| Calcium Autunite | Autinite | |
| Calcium Uranospinite | Uranospinite | |
| Calcium-Ursilite | Calcioursilite | |
| Calcouranit | Autunite | |
| Ca-ursilit | Calcioursilite | |
| Ca-Ursilite | Calcioursilite | |
| Ceriopyrochlore | Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce) | |
| Chalcoamprite | Bismutopyrochlore Calciobetafite Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce) Plumbopyrochlore Thorian Pyrochlore Uranopyrochlore Yttropyrochlore-(Y) |
The term 'Pyrochlore' was once used for what is now a class of minerals |
| Chalcolite | Autunite | |
| Chalkolith | Torbernite | Used by Marie Curie in her notes during the quest for Radium |
| Cheralite-(Ce) | Cheralite | Originally a discredited mineral. 'Cheralite' is now used for Cheralite-(Ce). |
| Chevkinite | Chevkinite-(Ce) | |
| Chinkolobwite | Sklodowskite | Missidentified Sklodowskite by A Schoep in 1923, corrected by himself in 1925 |
| Chlorothorite | Thorogummite or Uraninite |
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| Cleveite | Uraninite | Rich in the yttrium group elements |
| Clinochevkinite | Perrierite | |
| Copper Uranite | Torbernite | |
| Coracite | Gummite | A Gummite variaty from Lake Superior |
| Coracite pt. | Uraninite | |
| Cordobaite | Brannerite | |
| Cryptolith | Monazite-(Ce) | |
| Cuprosklodovskite | Cuprosklodowskite | |
| Cuprosklovskite | Cuprosklodowskite | |
| Cuprosklowskite | Cuprosklodowskite | |
| Cuprouranit | Torbernite | |
| Dakeite | Schröckingerite | |
| Dauberit | Zippeite | |
| Dauberite | Zippeite | |
| Davidite | Davidite-(Ce) or Davidite-(La) |
Formerly considered to be a single species |
| Delorenzite | Discredited | |
| Desourdyite | Iraqite-(La) | |
| Diderichit | Rutherfordine | |
| Diderichita | Rutherfordine | |
| Diderichite | Rutherfordine | |
| Djalmaite | Bismutopyrochlore Calciobetafite Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce) Plumbopyrochlore Thorian Pyrochlore Uranopyrochlore Yttropyrochlore-(Y) |
The term 'Pyrochlore' was once used for what is now a class of minerals |
| Droogmansite | Kasolite | |
| Edwardsite | Monazite-(Ce) | |
| Eisenpecherz | Uraninite | (trans: 'put under iron ores') |
| Ekanite-(La) | Iraqite-(La) | The name Ekanite is now used for another Uranium & Thorium Mineral |
| Eliasite | Gummite | From Pribram and Jachymov, Chek Republic, containing Antimony |
| Ellsworthite | Uranpyrochlore | |
| Endeiolite | Bismutopyrochlore Calciobetafite Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce) Plumbopyrochlore Thorian Pyrochlore Uranopyrochlore Yttropyrochlore-(Y) |
The term 'Pyrochlore' was once used for what is now a class of minerals |
| Epiianthinite | Schopeite | |
| Epi-Ianthinite | Schopeite | |
| Epijanthinite | Schopeite | |
| Eremite | Monazite-(Ce) | |
| Eukrasit | Eucrasite | |
| Euxenite | Euxenite-(Y) | |
| Ferchevkinite | Chevkinite-(Ce) | |
| Ferghanite | Ferganite | Suspected to be a form of Tyuyamunite or Uvanite |
| Ferutite | Davidite-(Ce) or Davidite-(La) |
Formerly considered to be a single species |
| Fluochlore | Bismutopyrochlore Calciobetafite Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce) Plumbopyrochlore Thorian Pyrochlore Uranopyrochlore Yttropyrochlore-(Y) |
The term 'Pyrochlore' was once used for what is now a class of minerals |
| Flutherite | Liebigite | |
| Freyalith | Freyalite | |
| gamma-Thorianite | Thorianite | |
| Gastunite | Weeksite | |
| Grüner Glimmer | Torbernite | |
| Gummierz | Gummite | obsolete German name |
| Haddamite | Bismutopyrochlore Calciobetafite Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce) Plumbopyrochlore Thorian Pyrochlore Uranopyrochlore Yttropyrochlore-(Y) |
The term 'Pyrochlore' was once used for what is now a class of minerals |
| Haiweeit | Haiweeite | |
| Haiweeita | Haiweeite | |
| Hatchettolite | Uranpyrochlore | |
| Hörnbergite | Discredited as a Uranium mineral | |
| Hyblite | Thorogummite | |
| Hydrochlore | Bismutopyrochlore Calciobetafite Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce) Plumbopyrochlore Thorian Pyrochlore Uranopyrochlore Yttropyrochlore-(Y) |
The term 'Pyrochlore' was once used for what is now a class of minerals |
| Hydrogen Autunite | Chernikovite | |
| Hydrothorite | Thorogummite | |
| Hydroxyl-thorite | Thorogummite | |
| Hydoxyl-Petscheckite | Hydoxypetscheckite | |
| Ianthinite (of Bignand) | Wyartite | |
| Ianthite | Ianthinite | |
| Iron Uralite | Bassetite | |
| Jáchymovite (of Novácek) | Cuprosklodowskite | Jáchymovite is a valid mineral, different from that described by Novácek |
| Janthiniet | Ianthinite | |
| Janthinit | Ianthinite | |
| Johannit | Johannite | |
| Kalk-uran-carbonate | Liebigite | |
| Kalkuranglimmer | Autunite | Improper spelling of Kalk Uranglimmer |
| Kalk Uranglimmer | Autunite | |
| Kalk-Uranit | Autunite | |
| Kararfveit | Monazite-(Ce) | |
| Kieselkupfer-Uranoxyd | Cuprosklodowskite | |
| Kithilite | Bassetite | |
| Koppite | Uranpyrochlore | Uranpyrochlore containing Cerium |
| Korarfveite | Monazite-(Ce) | |
| Kristallisirtes Uranpecherz | Uraninite | aka: Uranoniobite |
| Kryptolith | Monazite-(Ce) | |
| Kupferuranglimmer | Torbernite | Differentiate from Kupfer-Uranglimmer (old German name) |
| Kupfer-Uranglimmer | Metazeunerite | Differentiate from Kupferuranglimmer (old German name) |
| Kupferuranit | Metazeunerite | Differentiate from Kupfer-Uranit (old German name) |
| Kupfer-Uranit | Torbernite | (old German name - trans: Copper-Uranit) Differentiate from Kupferuranit |
| Lambertite | Uranophane | |
| Lanthinite | Ianthinite | |
| Lanthinite (of Schoep) | Ianthinite | |
| Lanthite | Ianthinite | |
| Lianthinit | Ianthinite | |
| Lime Uranite | Autinite | |
| Lingaitukuang | Brabantite | |
| Mackintoshite | Thorogummite | |
| Maitlandite | Thorogummite | |
| Marignacite | Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce) | |
| Marthosite | Marthozite | This is a common misspelling |
| Mavudzite | Davidite-(Ce) or Davidite-(La) |
Formerly considered to be a single species |
| Mckelveyite | Mckelveyite-(Y) | |
| Medjidite | a possible variety of Zippeite | perported uranium sulfate |
| Melanocerite | Melanocerite-(Ce) | |
| Mendelejevite | Betafite | |
| Mendeleyevite | Betafite | |
| Mengite | Monazite-(Ce) | |
| Metabassetite | Bassetite | |
| Metakirchheimerit | Metakirchheimerite | |
| Metakirchheimerita | Metakirchheimerite | |
| Metamict-Polymignite | Zirconolite-3O | |
| Metasimpsonite | Bismutopyrochlore Calciobetafite Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce) Plumbopyrochlore Thorian Pyrochlore Uranopyrochlore Yttropyrochlore-(Y) |
The term 'Pyrochlore' was once used for what is now a class of minerals. Simpsonite is a non-uranium/thorium mineral. |
| Mica viridis cryst. | Torbernite | |
| Microlite | Uranomicrolite or Plumbomicrolite |
True Microlite is not a Uranium mineral |
| Monacite | Monazite-(Ce) | |
| Monazit | Monazite-(Ce) | |
| Monazite | Monazite-(Ce) | |
| Monazitoid | Monazite-(Ce) | |
| Na-Autunite | Sodium Autunite | |
| Na Boltwoodite | Sodium Boltwoodite | |
| Na-Boltwoodite | Sodium Boltwoodite | |
| Na-Uranospinite | Sodium Uranospinite | |
| Nasturan | Uraninite | |
| Na Zippeite | Sodium-Zippeite | |
| Nenadkevite | Boltwoodite | |
| Neogasonite | Schröckingerite | |
| Neotantalite | Bismutopyrochlore Calciobetafite Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce) Plumbopyrochlore Thorian Pyrochlore Uranopyrochlore Yttropyrochlore-(Y) |
The term 'Pyrochlore' was once used for what is now a class of minerals |
| Nickelzippeite | Nickel-Zippeite | |
| Nicolayite | Thorogummite | |
| Niobo-Aeschynite | Niobaeschynite | |
| Niobtantal pyrochlore | Bismutopyrochlore Calciobetafite Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce) Plumbopyrochlore Thorian Pyrochlore Uranopyrochlore Yttropyrochlore-(Y) |
The term 'Pyrochlore' was once used for what is now a class of minerals |
| Nivenite | Uraninite | Uraninite rich in the yttrium group |
| Novacikit | Novácekite | |
| Obruchevite | Yttropyrochlore-(Y) | |
| Orangite | Thorite | |
| Orthowalpurgit | Orthowalpurgite | |
| Orthowalpurgita | Orthowalpurgite | |
| Oxypetscheckite | Petscheckite | |
| Parathorite | Discredited | Named for its resemblance to Thorite. Blowpipe tests on sample from Danbury, Connecticut, indicated presence of iron and titanium. |
| Parium-Phosphuranylite | Bergenite | |
| Pechblende pt. | Uraninite | aka: Schwarz Blende |
| Pecherz | Uraninite | |
| Pechuran | Uraninite | |
| Perrierite | Perrierite-(Ce) | |
| Phosphate of Uranium and Copper | Torbernite | |
| Phosphate of Uranium containing Phosphate of Copper | Torbernite | |
| Phosphocerite | Monazite-(Ce) | |
| Pitchblende | Uraninite | Non crystalline variaty of Uraninite |
| Pittinite | Gummite | A variaty from Jachymov |
| Polymignite | Zirconolite-3O | |
| Polymignite-metamict | Zirkelite-3O | |
| Potassium autunite | Meta-Ankoleite | Meta-Ankoleite is one of very few minenerals without a valid non-meta form |
| Priorite | Aeschynite-(Y) | |
| Pseudogalena nigra compacta | Uraninite | aka: Pechblende |
| Pseudogalena picea pt. | Uraninite | aka: Beck-Blände |
| Pyrochlore | Bismutopyrochlore Calciobetafite Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce) Plumbopyrochlore Thorian Pyrochlore Uranopyrochlore Yttropyrochlore-(Y) |
The term 'Pyrochlore' was once used for what is now a class of minerals |
| Pyrrhit | Bismutopyrochlore Calciobetafite Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce) Plumbopyrochlore Thorian Pyrochlore Uranopyrochlore Yttropyrochlore-(Y) |
The term 'Pyrochlore' was once used for what is now a class of minerals |
| Radiobarite | Radian Barite | A Radium containing variety of Barite |
| Radiofluorite | Fluorite | A miner's name for Fluorite that contains Radium, and probably Uranium as well |
| Randite | a mixture of Calcite, Uranophane-Beta and Tyuyamunite | Discovered in the Philadelphia pegmatite |
| Ranquilit | Haiweeite | |
| Ranquilita | Haiweeite | |
| Ranquilite | Haiweeite | |
| Romanit | Romanite | May be a form of Dessauite |
| Romanita | Romanite | May be a form of Dessauite |
| Romanite | Dessauite | |
| Rutherfordin | Rutherfordine | |
| Samarskite | Samarskite-(Y) | |
| Samiresite | Betafite | |
| Schepite-I | Schopeite | |
| Schrockingerite | Schröckingerite | |
| Schroeckingerite | Schröckingerite | |
| Schwarz Beck-Erz | Uraninite | |
| Schwarz Blende | Uraninite | aka: Pechblende pt. |
| Schweruranerz | Uraninite | |
| Sel à base de chaux, où l'oxide d'urane joue le rôle d'acide | Autunite | |
| Shinkolobwite | Sklodowskite | |
| Sklodovskite | Sklodowskite | Alternate spelling of 'Chinkolobwite' |
| Sodium Zippeite | Sodium-Zippeite | |
| Stasite | Dewindtite | Missidentified by Shoep as rhombic dimorph of Dewindtite, which is rhombic |
| Steenstrupine | Steenstrupite-(Ce) | |
| Stilbobetafite | Stilbiobetafite | |
| Sulfate vert d'urane | Johannite | |
| Tantalbetafite | Betafite | |
| Tantal Pyrochlore | Bismutopyrochlore Calciobetafite Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce) Plumbopyrochlore Thorian Pyrochlore Uranopyrochlore Yttropyrochlore-(Y) |
The term 'Pyrochlore' was once used for what is now a class of minerals |
| Thor-uranin | Uraninite | High thorium content Uraninite (aka: Bröggerite) |
| Titanbetafite | Betafite | |
| Torberit | Torbernite | |
| Torberite | Torbernite | |
| Troegerite | Trögerite | Spelling without the umlaut |
| Trögerit | Trögerite | |
| Trögerita | Trögerite | |
| Tscheffkinite | Chevkinite-(Ce) | |
| Turnerite | Monazite-(Ce) | |
| Ulrichite | Ulrichite (new - proper) or Uraninite (old) |
Ulrichite is a valid mineral, but used prior for Uraninite |
| Urangrün | mostly Sklodowskite | 'Uranium Green'. A collective name for green uranium minerals |
| Unnamed mineral Bjørlykke | Betafite | |
| Unnamed mineral of Chernik | Sengierite | Believed to be this mineral, otherwise unconfirmed. |
| Unnamed mineral of Chervinsky | Metatyuyamunite | Possibly this mineral, otherwise unconfirmed. |
| Uraconise | Discredited | aka: Uraconite - uranium sulfate |
| Uraconite | Discredited | Used generically for uranium sulfates A mixture of Zippeite and Uranopilite |
| Uranatemnite | Uraninite | |
| Uranblüthe | Zippeite | Old German miner's term meaning 'Uranium blossom' |
| Urane oxydé | Torbernite | |
| Urane oxydulé | Uraninite | |
| Uranerz | Uraninite | (trans: 'uranium ore') |
| Uranglimmer | Autunite or Torbernite |
Used for both minerals |
| Urangrün | Discredited | aka: Uranochalcite - perported uranium sulfate |
| Uranin | Uraninite | |
| Uranit | Autunite or Torbernite |
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| Urankalk | Autunite | |
| Urankalkcarbonat | Liebigite | Old German name |
| Urankalk durch Kupfer gefärbt, Uranites spathosus pt. | Torbernite | |
| Uran-Mica | Torbernite | |
| Uranochalcite | Sklodowskite | perported uranium sulfate |
| Uranochalzit | Discredited | aka: Uranochalcite - perported uranium sulfate |
| Uranoker pt. | A mixture of Uranopilite and Zippeite | aka: Uraconite - Discredited term for a uranium sulfate, now taken to mean a mixture of Uranopilite and Zippeite |
| Uranolepidite | Vandenbrandeite | Missidentified by Schoep |
| Uranoniobite | Uraninite | aka: Kristallisirtes Uranpecherz |
| Uranophane-b | Uranophane-beta | |
| Uranopilit | Uranopilite | |
| Uranopissite | Uraninite | |
| Uranosandbergite | Heinrichite | |
| Uranothallite | Liebigite | |
| Uranothorite | Thorite | |
| Uranotile | Uranophane | |
| Uranotile-b | Uranophane-beta | |
| Uranpecherz | Uraninite | |
| Uranphyllit | Torbernite | |
| Uranvitriol | Johannite | Officially renamed to Johannite by Haidinger in 1830 |
| Urdit | Monazite-(Ce) | |
| Vandenbrandéite | Vandenbrandeite | |
| Voglianite | Described as either Uranopilite or Zippeite | perported uranium sulfate |
| Walpurgit | Walpurgite | |
| Walpurgita | Walpurgite | |
| Yttrobetafite | Yttrobetafite-(Y) | |
| Yttropyrochlore | Yttropyrochlore-(Y) |