List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (D)
This list includes those recognised minerals beginning with the letter D. 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 'IMA2021'.
The minerals are sorted by name, followed by the structural group (rruff.info/ima and ima-cnmnc by mineralienatlas.de, mainly) or chemical class (mindat.org and basics), the year of publication (if it's before of an IMA approval procedure), the IMA approval and the Strunz-mindat 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:
- D – discredited (IMA/CNMNC status).
- Q – 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, suspended approval procedure, etc.)
- ch – incomplete description, hypothetical solid solution end member.
- Rd – redefinition of ...
- "s.p." – special procedure.
- group – a name used to designate a group of species, sometimes only a mineral group name.
- no – no link available.
- IUPAC – chemical name.
- Y: NNNN – year of publication.
- Y: old – known before publications were available.
D
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- Dachiardite 09.GD.40
- Dadsonite (IMA1968-011) 02.HC.30 [7] [8] [9]
- Dagenaisite (tellurium oxysalt: IMA2017-017) 07.A [10] [no] [no]
(IUPAC: trizinc tellurium(VI) hexaoxide) - Dalinarite (IMA2007-010) 02.?? [11] [no] [12]
(IUPAC: lead mercury diarsenic hexasulfide) - Dalnegorskite (IMA2018-007) 09.D? [13] [no] [no]
- Dalnegroite (IMA2009-058) 02.HC.05e [14] [no] [15]
- Dalyite (Y: 1952) 09.EA.25 [16] [17] [18]
- Damaraite (IMA1989-013) 03.DC.75 [19] [20] [21]
- Damiaoite (alloy: IMA1995-041) 01.AG.55 [22] [23] [24]
(IUPAC: platinum dindium alloy) - Danalite (Y: 1866) 09.FB.10 [25] [26] [27]
(IUPAC: triberyllium tetrairon(II) tritectosilicate (SiO4) sulfide) - Danbaite (alloy: IMA1981-041) 01.AB.10b [28] [29] [30]
(IUPAC: copper dizinc alloy) - Danburite (Y: 1839) 09.FA.65 [31] [32] [33]
- Danielsite (IMA1984-044) 02.BD.15 [34] [35] [36]
- D'ansite 07.BC.05
- D'ansite (IMA2007 s.p., 1958) 07.BC.05 [37] [38] [39]
(IUPAC: henicosasodium magnesium decasulfate trichlorid) - D'ansite-(Fe) (IMA2011-065) 07.BC.?? [40] [no] [41]
(IUPAC: henicosasodium iron(II) decasulfate trichlorid) - D'ansite-(Mn) (IMA2011-064) 07.BC.?? [42] [no] [43]
(IUPAC: henicosasodium manganese(II) decasulfate trichlorid)
- D'ansite (IMA2007 s.p., 1958) 07.BC.05 [37] [38] [39]
- Dantopaite (IMA2008-058) 02.JA.05 [44] [no] [45]
- Daomanite (Y: 1974) 02.LA.15 [46] [47] [48]
(IUPAC: copper platinum sulfarsenite) - Daqingshanite-(Ce) (IMA1981-063) 05.BF.15 [49] [50] [51]
(IUPAC: tristrontium cerium phosphate tricarbonate) - Darapiosite (milarite: IMA1974-056) 09.CM.05 [52] [53] [54]
- Darapskite (IMA1967 s.p., 1891) 07.DG.05 [55] [56] [57]
(IUPAC: trisodium sulfate nitrate monohydrate) - Dargaite (IMA2015-068) 09.?? [58]
- Darrellhenryite (IMA2012-026) 09.CK.?? [59] [no] [no]
- Dashkovaite (IMA2000-006) 10.AA.10 [60] [61] [62]
(IUPAC: magnesium formiate dihydrate) - Datolite (Y: 1806) 09.AJ.20 [63] [64] [65]
- Daubréeite (Y: 1876) 03.DC.25 [66] [67] [68]
- Daubréelite (spinel, linnaeite: 1876) 02.DA.05 [69] [70] [71]
(IUPAC: iron(II) dichromium tetrasulfide) - Davanite (IMA1982-100) 09.EA.25 [72] [73] [74]
- Davidite 04.CC.40
- Davidlloydite (IMA2011-053) 08.?? [82] [no] [no]
(IUPAC: trizinc diarsenate tetrahydrate) - Davinciite (eudialyte: IMA2011-019) 09.CO. [83] [no] [84]
- Davisite (pyroxene: IMA2008-030) 09.DA.15 [85] [86] [no]
- Davidsmithite (IMA2016-070) 09.F?. [87]
- Davreuxite (Y: 1878) 09.BF.15 [88] [89] [90]
- Davyne (Y: 1825) 09.FB.05 [91] [92] [93]
- Dawsonite (Y: 1874) 05.BB.10 [94] [95] [96]
(IUPAC: sodium aluminium carbonate dihydroxyl) - Deanesmithite (IMA1991-001) 07.FB.20 [97] [98] [99]
- Debattistiite (IMA2011-098) 02.?? [100] [no] [no]
- Decagonite (alloy: IMA2015-017) 01. [101] [no] [no]
(Al
71Ni
24Fe
5) - Decrespignyite-(Y) (IMA2001-027) 05.CC.35 [102] [103] [104]
- Deerite (IMA1964-016) 09.DH.60 [105] [106] [107]
- Defernite (IMA1978-057) 05.BA.25 [108] [109] [110]
- Dekatriasartorite (IMA2017-071) [111] [no] [no]
- Delafossite (Y: 1873) 04.AB.15 [112] [113] [114]
(IUPAC: copper(I) iron(III) dioxide) - Delhayelite (IMA1962 s.p., 1959) 09.EB.10 [115] [116] [117]
- Delhuyarite-(Ce) (chevkinite: IMA2016-091) 09.B? [118] [no] [no]
- Deliensite (IMA1996-013) 07.EB.10 [119] [120] [121]
- Delindeite (IMA1987-004) 09.BE.60 [122] [123] [124]
- Dellagiustaite (spinel: IMA2017-101)
- Dellaite (IMA1964-005) 09.BG.45 [125] [126] [127]
- Deloneite (apatite: IMA1995-036 Rd) 08.BN.05 [128] [129] [130]
- Deloryite (IMA1990-037) 04.FL.85 [131] [132] [133]
- Delrioite (IMA1962 s.p., 1959 Rd) 04.HG.35 [134] [135] [136]
- Deltalumite (IMA2016-027) 04.?? [137]
- DelvauxiteQ (Y: 1836) 08.DM.35 [138] [139] [140]
Note: an ill-defined hydrous ferric phosphate, related minerals: amorphous diadochite and triclinic destinezite. - Demartinite (fluorosilicate: IMA2006-034) 03.CH.20 [141] [142] [no]
(IUPAC: dipotassium hexafluorosilicate) - Demesmaekerite (IMA1965-019) 04.JJ.20 [143] [144] [145]
- Demicheleite 02.FC.25
- Denisovite (IMA1982-031) 09.HA.85 [152] [153] [154]
- Denningite (IMA1967 s.p., 1963) 04.JK.30 [155] [156] [157]
- Depmeierite (IMA2009-075) 09.FB.05 [158] [no] [no]
- Derbylite (Y: 1897) 04.JB.55 [159] [160] [161]
- Derriksite (IMA1971-033) 04.JG.30 [162] [163] [164]
- Dervillite (IMA1983 s.p., 1941 Rd) 02.LA.10 [165] [166] [167]
(IUPAC: disilver sulfarsenite) - Desautelsite (hydrotalcite: IMA1978-016) 05.DA.50 [168] [169] [170]
- Descloizite (Y: 1854) 08.BH.40 [171] [172] [173]
(IUPAC: lead zinc vanadate hydroxyl) - Despujolsite (IMA1967-039) 07.DF.25 [174] [175] [176]
- Dessauite-(Y) (IMA1994-057) 04.CC.40 [177] [178] [179]
- Destinezite (sanjuanite-destinezite: IMA2000-E, 1885 Rd) 08.DB.05 [180] [no] [no]
Note: the triclinic counterpart of the amorphous diadochite. - Deveroite-(Ce) (IMA2013-003) 10.?? [181] [no] [182]
(IUPAC: dicerium oxalate decahydrate) - Devilline (IMA1971 s.p., 1864) 07.DD.30 [183] [184] [185]
- Devitoite (IMA2009-010) 09.E? [186] [no] [187]
- Dewindtite (Y: 1922) 08.EC.10 [188] [189] [190]
- Diaboleite (IMA2007 s.p., 1923) 03.DB.05 [191] [192] [193]
(IUPAC: copper dilead dichloride tetrahydroxyl) - Diadochite (Y: 1837) 08.DB.05 [194] [195] [196]
Note: the amorphous form of triclinic destinezite. - Diamond (Y: old) 01.CB.10a [197] [198] [199]
- Diaoyudaoite (IMA1985-005) 04.CC.45 [200] [201] [202]
- Diaphorite (Y: 1871) 02.JB.05 [203] [204] [205]
(IUPAC: trisilver dilead triantimony octasulfide) - Diaspore (Y: 1801) 04.FD.10 [206] [207] [208]
(IUPAC: aluminium oxide hydroxyl) - Dickinsonite-(KMnNa) (IMA2005-048, 1878) 08.BF.05 [209] [210] [211]
- Dickite (Y: 1930) 09.ED.05 [212] [213] [214]
- Dickthomssenite (IMA2000-047) 04.HD.25 [215] [216] [217]
- Diegogattaite (IMA2012-096) 09.?? [218] [no] [219]
- Dietrichite (Y: 1878) 07.CB.85 [220] [221] [222]
(IUPAC: zinc dialuminium tetrasulfte docosahydrate - Dietzeite (Y: 1894) 04.KD.05 [223] [224] [225]
- Digenite (IMA1962 s.p., 1844) 02.BA.10 [226] [227] [228]
(IUPAC: nonacopper pentasulfide) - Dimorphite (Y: 1849) 02.FA.10 [229] [230] [231]
(IUPAC: tetrarsenic trisulfide) - Dingdaohengite-(Ce) (chevkinite: IMA2005-014) 09.BE.70 [232] [233] [no]
- Dinite (Y: 1852) 10.BA.15 [234] [235] [236]
- Diopside (pyroxene: IMA1988 s.p., 1800) 09.DA.15 [237] [238] [239]
- Dioptase (Y: 1797) 09.CJ.30 [240] [241] [242]
(IUPAC: copper (cyclosilicate, [Si6O18]- 6-membered single ring) monohydrate) - Dioskouriite (IMA2015-106) 03.?? [243]
- Direnzoite (zeolitic tectosilicate: IMA2006-044) 09.GF.55 [244] [245] [no]
- Dissakisite 09.BG.05b
- Disulfodadsonite (IMA2011-076) 02.?? [251] [no] [252]
- Dittmarite (Y: 1887) 08.CH.20 [253] [254] [255]
(IUPAC: Ammonium magnesium phosphate monohydrate) - Diversilite-(Ce) (IMA2002-043) 09.CB.10 [256] [257]
- Dixenite (Y: 1920) 08.BE.45 [258] [259] [260]
- Djerfisherite (IMA1965-028) 02.FC.05 [261] [262] [263]
- Djurleite (IMA1967 s.p., 1962) 02.BA.05 [264] [265] [266]
(IUPAC: hentricontacopper hexadecasulfide) - Dmisokolovite (IMA2013-079) 08.?? [267] [no] [no]
(IUPAC: tripotassium pentacopper aluminium dioxy tetrarsenate) - Dmisteinbergite (IMA1989-010) 09.EG.15 [268] [269] [270]
- Dmitryivanovite (IMA2006-035) 04.BC.10 [271] [272] [no]
- Dokuchaevite (IMA2018-012) 08.?? [273] [no] [no]
- Dolerophanite (Y: 1873) 07.BB.20 [274] [275] [276]
- Dollaseite-(Ce) (epidote: IMA1987-K Rd) 09.BG.05 [277] [278] [279]
- Dolomite (Y: 1792) 05.AB.10 [280] [281] [282]
(IUPAC: calcium magnesium dicarbonate) - Doloresite (Y: 1957) 04.HE.30 [283] [284] [285]
- Domerockite (IMA2009-016) 08.?? [286] [no] [no]
- Domeykite (metalloid alloy: 1845) 02.AA.10b [287] [288] [289]
(IUPAC: tricopper arsenide)- Domeykite-β (metalloid alloy: IMA2008-B, 1951 Rd) 2.AA.?? [290] [no] [no]
- Donbassite (Y: 1940) 09.EC.55 [291] [292] [293]
- Donharrisite (IMA1987-007) 02.BD.20 [294] [295] [296]
(IUPAC: octanickel trimercury nonasulfide) - Donnayite-(Y) (IMA1978-007) 05.CC.05 [297] [298] [299]
- Donpeacorite (pyroxene: IMA1982-045) 09.DA.05 [300] [301] [302]
(IUPAC: manganese(II) magnesium diinosilicate with 2-periodic single chain, Si2O6) - Dorallcharite (alunite: IMA1992-041) 07.BC.10 [303] [304] [305]
(IUPAC: thallium triron(III) hexahydro disulfate) - Dorfmanite (IMA1979-053) 08.CJ.60 [306] [307] [308]
(IUPAC: disodium hydrogen phosphate dihydrate) - Dorrite (IMA1987-054) 09.DH.40 [309] [310] [311]
- Douglasite (Y: 1880) 03.CJ.20 [312] [313] [314]
(IUPAC: dipotassium iron(II) tetrachloride dihydrate) - Dovyrenite (IMA2007-002) 09.BE.23 [315] [316] [no]
- Downeyite (IMA1974-063) 04.DE.05 [317] [318] [319]
(IUPAC: selenium(IV) oxide) - Doyleite (IMA1980-041) 04.FE.10 [320] [321] [322]
(IUPAC: aluminium trihydroxide) - Dozyite (IMA1993-042) 09.EC.60 [323] [324] [no]
A 1:1 regular interstratification of trioctahedral serpentine and trioctahedral chlorite units. - Dravertite (IMA2014-104) 07.?? [325] [no] [no]
- Dravite (Y: 1884) 09.CK.05 [326] [327] [328]
- Dresserite (IMA1968-027) 05.DB.10 [329] [330] [331]
- Dreyerite (zircon: IMA1978-077) 08.AD.35 [332] [333] [334]
(IUPAC: bismuth vanadate) - Drobecite (IMA2002-034) 07.CB.15 [335] [no] [no]
(IUPAC: cadmium sulfate tetrahydrate) - Droninoite (hydrotalcite: IMA2008-003) 03.DA.60 [336] [337] [no]
- Drugmanite (IMA1978-081) 08.BH.15 [338] [339] [340]
(IUPAC: dilead iron(III) phosphate hydrogen phosphate dihydroxyl) - Drysdallite (IMA1973-027) 02.EA.30 [341] [342] [343]
(IUPAC: molybdenum diselenide) - Dualite (eudialyte: IMA2005-019) 09.CO.10 [344] [345] [no]
- Dufrénite (Y: 1803) 08.DK.15 [346] [347] [348]
- Dufrénoysite (Y: 1845) 02.HC.05d [349] [350] [351]
(IUPAC: dilead diarsenide pentasulfide) - Duftite (Y: 1920) 08.BH.35 [352] [353] [354]
(IUPAC: lead copper arsenate hydroxyl) - Dugganite (dugganite: IMA1978-034) 08.DL.20 [355] [356] [357]
- Dukeite (IMA1999-021) 07.DF.80 [358] [359] [no]
- Dumontite (Y: 1924) 08.EC.15 [360] [361] [362]
- Dumortierite (IMA2013 s.p., 1881 Rd) 09.AJ.10 [363] [364] [365]
- Dundasite (Y: 1894) 05.DB.10 [366] [367] [368]
- Durangite (Y: 1869) 08.BH.10 [369] [370] [371]
- Duranusite (IMA1973-003) 02.FA.05 [372] [373] [374]
(IUPAC: tetrarsenide sulfide) - Dusmatovite (milarite: IMA1994-010) 09.CM.05 [375] [376] [no]
- Dussertite (alunite: IMA1999 s.p., 1925 Rd) 08.BL.10 [377] [378] [379]
(IUPAC: barium triron(III) hexahydro arsenate hydroxoarsenate) - Duttonite (Y: 1956) 04.HE.35 [380] [381] [382]
- Dwornikite (IMA1981-031) 07.CB.05 [383] [384] [385]
(IUPAC: nickel sulfate monohydrate) - Dymkovite (IMA2010-087) 04.J? [386] [no] [387]
- Dypingite (IMA1970-011) 05.DA.05 [388] [389] [390]
- Dyrnaesite-(La) (IMA2014-070) 08.??. [391] [no] [no]
- Dyscrasite (metalloid alloy: 1832) 02.AA.35 [392] [393] [394]
- Dzhalindite (söhngeite: IMA1967 s.p., 1963) 04.FC.05 [395] [396] [397]
(IUPAC: indium trihydroxide) - Dzharkenite (pyrite: IMA1993-054) 02.EB.05a [398] [399] [400]
(IUPAC: iron diselenide) - Dzhuluite (garnet: IMA2010-064) 04. [401] [no] [402]
(IUPAC: tricalcium tin antimony(V) tri(iron(III) tetraoxide)) - Dzierżanowskite (IMA2014-032) 02.?? [403] [no] [no]
(IUPAC: calcium dicopper disulfide)