Glossary of Obsolete Mineral Names --F

figure-stone = massive pyrophyllite or talc, Dana 6th, 1115 (1892).
filadelfita = hydrobiotite, Novitzky 237 (1951).
filetto = compact calcite + dolomite (crinoid marble), O'Donoghue 370
(2006).
filipsita = phillipsite, Zirlin 87 (1981).
filipsyt = phillipsite, Aballain et al. 125 (1968).
filipsyty = phillipsite, MA 10, 35 (1947).
filita = clay or slaty-schist (rock) or Al-rich glauconite or rectorite
or ottrélite ?, Zirlin 87 (1981).
fillipsite = phillipsite, Zirlin 88 (1981).
fillit = clay or slaty-schist (rock) or Al-rich glauconite or rectorite
or ottrélite ?, László 79 (1995).
filloklorit = amesite or Fe-rich clinochlore, László 79 (1995).
filloretin = phylloretine, László 79 (1995).
fillotungsztit = phyllotungstite, László 79 (1995).
fillovitrit = vitrain (bituminous coal), László 79 (1995).
filosa = turquoise, de Fourestier 120 (1999).
Filtrol = acid-treated montmorillonite, Robertson 16 (1954).
fimazyte = Mn-rich edenite or magnesiohornblende, Egleston 14 (1892).
Fimmenit = organic, Clark 236 (1993).
Finboltantalit = ixiolite or tapiolite, Clark 236 (1993).
Finbotantalit = ixiolite or tapiolite, Chudoba EII, 706 (1959).
finchenite = Th-rich britholite-(Ce), MM 36, 1151 (1968).
finnemanite = mimetite, A.C. Roberts, pers. comm. (2000).
finnemannite = finnemanite, Simpson 28 (1932).
fior di Persica = compact calcite (marble), de Fourestier 120 (1999).
fiorite = colorless opal-CT, Dana 6th, 195 (1892).
fioritte = colorless opal-CT, Caillère & Hénin 309 (1963).
fire agate = red quartz-mogánite mixed-layer + goethite, Read 40 (1988).
fireball garnet = gem spessartine, O'Donoghue 230 (2006).
fireblende = pyrostilpnite, Dana 6th, 135 (1892).
fireclay = kaolinite-1Md ± quartz, Chudoba EII, 122 (1954).
fired turmalin (tourmaline) = heated elbaite, László 279 (1995).
fire garnet = pyrope, Egleston 133 (1892).
fireite = triboluminescent calcite, Horváth 271 (2003).
fire jade = opal + grunerite, Webster & Anderson 954 (1983).
fire marble = brown compact chatoyant calcite (shell), Dana 6th, 267
(1892).
Fire of Troja = 3,200 ct. gem opal-A, Bukanov 151 (2006).
fire opal = orange-red gem opal-A, Dana 6th, 195 (1892).
Fire Pearl = glass (tektite), Read 88 (1988).
Fire Queen = 252 ct. opal-A, Bukanov 152 (2006).
fire spinel = orange-red spinel, Bukanov 75 (2006).
firestone (?) = orange-red opal-CT, Egleston 238 (1892).
Fire Stone (?) = synthetic red cracked transparent quartz, Nassau 284
(1980).
firestone (Fay) = kaolinite-1Md, Thrush 431 (1968).
firestone (Webster) = pyrite, Thrush 431 (1968).
Firmamentstein = opal-A, Hintze I.2, 1505 (1906).
firmament stone = opal-A, Thrush 432 (1968).
Firn = ice, Hintze I.2, 1221 (1904).
Firneis = ice, Hintze I.2, 1221 (1904).
Firniss-stein = amber, Kipfer 89 (1974).
Firn-Körner = ice, Hintze I.2, 1222 (1904).