| Mineral/rock | Derived from or for | | Embolite | Greek embole = insert and lithos = stone since it contains both the chloride and bromide of silver | | Emerald | Latin smaragdus and Greek smaragdos = emerald, probably of Semitic origin; ancient name applied to a variety of green minerals | | Emery | French emeri, Italian smeriglio, and Greek smiris or smeris; akin to the Greek myron = urgent | | Epsomite | locality at Epsom, a town near London, England
| | Erionite (zeolite) | Greek erion = wool alluding to its white wool-like appearance | | Euclase | Greek eu = good, well and klasis = a breaking due to its easy cleavage | | Eucryplite | Greek eu = good, and concealed due to its mode of occurrence embedded in albite | | Eudialyte | Greek eu = good, well and dialytos = capable of dissolution | | Eudidymite | Greek eu = good, well and twin, due to the twinned crystal | | Eugsterite (Fritzshe's salt) | N.A. | | Europium | Continent of Europe named for Europa, daughter of a king of Phoenicia | | Euxenite | Greek for friendly to strangers or hospitable referring to the rare-earth elements it contains | Sources: Fleischer, M, 1975, Glossary of Mineral Species; Lyman, K., ed., 1984, Simon & Schuster's Guide to Gems and Precious Stones; Mitchell, R.S., 1979, Mineral Names What Do They Mean?; Spencer, L.J., M.H. Hay, et al, various dates, "Annual lists of new mineral names", Mineralogical Magazine; Chambers Etymological English Dictionary; Encyclopaedia Britannica; Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary (unabridged).
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