Cummingtonite, analcime, dickite. These are all 100% real mineral names, and they are not the only "interesting" names of mineral compounds. Today's video discusses multiple examples of such, and explains how each of these were given their name. Thumbnail Photo Credit: This work "CummingtoniteJSJ3", is a derivative of a photo (resized, cropped, overlaid with text, overlaid with GeologyHub made graphics (the image border & the GeologyHub logo)) from "Cummingtonite amphibole (Paleozoic; West Chesterfield, Massachusetts, USA)", by: James St. John, jsjgeology, 2017, Posted on Flickr, Flickr account link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology, Photo link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/31701719934/, CC BY 2.0. "CummingtoniteJSJ3" is used & licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Youtube.com/GeologyHub If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: http://patreon.com/geologyhub) (YouTube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYeGh5VML5XPr5jYnzh3J6g/join) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: http://geologyhub.etsy.com) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at geologyhubyt@gmail.com and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video's thumbnail image (and this list does not include every license used in this video and/or thumbnail image): CC BY 2.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode CC BY-SA 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode Sources/Citations: [1] Mindat, https://www.mindat.org/. This source was used to note the chemical formulas and mohs hardness of listed minerals. [2] Mindat, "Advanced Mineral Search" page at https://www.mindat.org/advanced_search.php (this was used to find the distribution of mohs hardness scale values of all minerals) [3] Mindat, "Fukalite", https://www.mindat.org/min-1619.html [4] Mindat, "Dickite", https://www.mindat.org/min-1287.html [5] Mindat, "Analcime", https://www.mindat.org/min-210.html [6] Mindat, "Bicchulite", https://www.mindat.org/min-661.html [7] Mindat, "Bussyite-Ce", https://www.mindat.org/min-32615.html [8] Mindat, "Dickthomssenite", https://www.mindat.org/min-11216.html [9] Mindat, "Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)", https://www.mindat.org/min-1286.html [10] Mindat, "Fornacite", https://www.mindat.org/min-1583.html [11] Mindat, "Tarbuttite", https://www.mindat.org/min-3892.html [12] Mindat, "Cummingtonite", https://www.mindat.org/min-1170.html [13] Mindat, "Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan", https://www.mindat.org/loc-2202.html. This source was used to show where the mine is. Do not collect here, trespassing and collecting is forbidden. [14] Wikipedia, "Analcime", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analcime, (text in this article was quoted), CC BY-SA 4.0 license 0:00 Interesting Mineral Names 0:24 Cummingtonite 1:08 Analcime 2:00 Dickite 2:26 Bussyite 2:38 Bicchulite & Fukalite 2:57 Tarbuttite & Fornacite 3:20 Final Thoughts