List of minerals named after people

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This is a list of minerals named after people. The chemical composition follows name.

A[]

  • Abelsonite: C31H32N4Ni – American physicist Philip Hauge Abelson (1913–2004)
  • Abswurmbachite: Cu2+Mn3+6O8SiO4 – German mineralogist Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach
  • Adamite: Zn2AsO4OH – French mineralogist (1795–1881)
  • Agrellite: NaCa2Si4O10F – English optical mineralogist Stuart Olof Agrell (1913–1996)
  • : K4(UO2)(CO3)3 – German scholar Georgius Agricola (1494–1555)
  • Aheylite: Fe2+Al6[(OH)4|(PO4)2]2·4H2O – American geologist (1918–2008)
  • Albrechtschraufite: Ca4Mg(UO2)2(CO3)6F2·17H2O – Albrecht Schrauf (1837–1897), professor of mineralogy, University of Vienna
  • Alexandrite (variety of chrysoberyl): – Tsar Alexander II of Russia (1818–1881)
  • Alforsite: Ba5Cl(PO4)3 – American geologist (1930–2005)
  • Allabogdanite: (Fe,Ni)2P – , Geological Institute, Kola Science Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Allanite series: sorosilicate – Scottish mineralogist, Thomas Allan (1777–1833)
  • Alloriite: Na5K1.5(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)(OH)0.5 * H2O – Italian mineralogist Roberto Allori (b. 1933)
  • : crichtonite group (metal titanates); Brazilian geologist Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida (1916–2013)
  • Andersonite: Na2Ca(UO2)(CO3)3·6H2O – Charles Alfred Anderson (1902–1990), United States Geological Survey
  • Andradite: Ca3Fe2Si3O12 – Brazilian statesman, naturalist, professor and poet José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva (1763–1838)
  • Ankerite: CaFe2+(CO3)2 – Austrian mineralogist Matthias Joseph Anker (1771–1843)
  • Anthonyite: Cu(OH)2·3H2O – (1920–1992), professor of mineralogy, University of Arizona
  • : Mn7(VO4)2(OH)8 – Swiss geologist Émile Argand (1879–1940)
  • Arfvedsonite: Na3(Fe,Mg)4FeSi8O22(OH)2 – Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson (1792–1841)
  • Armalcolite: (Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O5 – American astronauts ARM Neil Armstrong, AL Buzz Aldrin and COL Michael Collins
  • : K5Na3Mn3+Mn2+14[Si9O22]4(OH)10·4H2O – Swiss crystallographer (born 1950), University of Bern
  • Armstrongite: CaZr[Si6O15]·3H2O – American astronaut Neil Armstrong (1930-2012)
  • Arthurite: CuFe23+[(OH,O)|(AsO4,PO4,SO4)]2·4H2O – British mineralogists Arthur Edward Ian Montagu Russell and
  • Atencioite: Ca
    2    Fe2+
    3    Mg
    2    Be
    4    (PO
    4    )
    6    (OH)
    4    ·6H
    2    O     – , professor of mineralogy, Geoscience Institute, University of São Paulo
  • Avicennite: Tl2O3 – Persian scholar and physician Avicenna (980–1037)

B[]

  • (IMA2013-113)
  • (6.AC.35)
  • Baumhauerite: Pb3As4S9 – German mineralogist Heinrich Adolph Baumhauer (1848–1926)
  • Bazzite: Be3(Sc,Fe)2Si6O18 – Italian engineer
  • Benstonite: Ba6Ca6Mg(CO3)13 – (1901–1966), an ore dressing metallurgist with the University of Illinois
  • Berthierite: (Fe,Sb)2S4 – French geologist and mining engineer Pierre Berthier (1782–1861)
  • Bertrandite: Be4Si2O7(OH)2 – French mineralogist Emile Bertrand (1844–1909)[1]
  • Berzelianite: Cu2Se – Swedish chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848)
  • : NaCa2Mg2(AsO4)3 and – Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779–1848)
  • Bettertonite: [Al6(AsO4)3(OH)9(H2O)5]・11H2O – John Betterton (b. 1959, London), museum geologist and mineralogist at Haslemere Educational Museum in Surrey, England
  • Beudantite: PbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6 – François Sulpice Beudant (1787–1850) French mineralogist, University of Paris, Paris
  • (3.DB.25)
  • Bilibinskite: Au2Cu2PbTe2+ – Soviet geologist Yuri A. Bilibin (1901–1952)
  • : Na2B5O8(OH) · 2 H2O – Vannoccio Biringuccio (1480–1538/9), Italian alchemist, metallurgist
  • Bixbite: Be3(AlMn)2Si6O18 – American mineralogist Maynard Bixby; deprecated to red beryl to avoid confusion with bixbyite
  • Bixbyite: (Fe,Mn)2O3 – American mineralogist Maynard Bixby
  • Blödite: Na2Mg(SO4)2 · 4 H2O – German chemist (1773–1820)
  • Blossite: αCu2V2O7 – mineralogist , Virginia Polytechnic Institute
  • Bobdownsite (discredited)
  • Bobfergusonite: Na2Mn2+5Fe3+Al(PO4)6 – , University of Manitoba
  • Boehmite: γ-AlO(OH) – Bohemian-German chemist Johann Böhm (1895–1952)
  • Bornite: Cu5FeS4 – Austrian Mineralogist Ignaz von Born (1742–1791)
  • Bournonite: PbCuSbS3 – French crystallographer and mineralogist (1751–1825)[2]
  • Braggite: PtS – the first mineral characterized by X-ray analysis. William Henry Bragg (1862–1942) and his son, William Lawrence Bragg (1890–1971)
  • : Ca2Mn2+(AsO4)2 · 2 H2O – Swedish chemist Georg Brandt (1694–1768)
    • And
  • Breithauptite: NiSb – Saxon mineralogist Johann Friedrich August Breithaupt (1791–1873)
  • Brewsterite series (9.GE.20)
  • Briartite: Cu2(Zn,Fe)GeS4 – Belgian geologist Gaston Briart
  • Brookite: TiO2 – English mineralogist Henry James Brooke (1771–1857)
  • Brucite: Mg(OH)2 – American mineralogist Archibald Bruce (1777–1818)
  • Buddingtonite: NH4AlSi3O8 – American Petrologist Arthur Francis Buddington (1890–1980)
  • : KCdCu2+7(SeO3)2O2Cl9 – (born 1966), University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
    Thompson ISI top ten most highly cited geoscientists (1996–2007)
  • : CaSn(OH)6 – American mining geologist (born 1943)
  • : (Fe,Zn,Mn)S – American geologist Peter R. Buseck, Arizona State University

C[]

  • Cabriite: Pd2SnCu – Canadian mineralogist Louis J. Cabri (born 1934)
  • : sorosilicate – Fernando Cámara (born 1967), mineralogist of Melilla, Spain
  • Canfieldite: Ag8SnS6 – American mining engineer (1849–1926)
  • : Bi2(OH)2SO4 – American mineralogist and electron microprobe analyst
  • Carlfriesite: CaTe4+2Te6+O8 – American researcher at the Institute of Geology of the National university of Mexico .
  • : Ca2AlF7 · H2O – German mineralogist Carl Hintze (1851–1916), University of Breslau
  • Carlosruizite: K6(Na,K)4Na6Mg10(SeO4)12(IO3)12 · 12 H2O – Chilean geologist Carlos Ruiz Fuller (1916–1997), founder of the Chilean Geological Survey
  • Carnallite: KMgCl3 · 6 H2O – Prussian mining engineer, Rudolf von Carnall (1804–1874)
  • Carnotite: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 – French mining engineer and chemist Marie Adolphe Carnot (1839–1920)
  • : Ca2Ni0.75Mg0.25(PO4)2 · 2 H2O – American geologist William A. Cassidy[3]
  • Castaingite (discredited 1967: a mixture of cuprian molybdenite and gerhardtite)
  • : NaCrS2 – American geologist, entrepreneur, and oilman Caswell Silver (1916–1988)
  • Cattiite: Mg3(PO4)2•22H2O – Michele Catti (b. 1945), Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
  • Celsian: BaAl2Si2O8 – Swedish astronomer and naturalist Anders Celsius (1701–1744)
    • And paracelsian
  • : Cu2CdSnS4 – Canadian mineralogist Petr Cerny
  • Cesbronite: Cu6(TeO3)2(OH)6 · 2 H2O – French mineralogist
  • Chrisstanleyite: Ag2Pd3Se4 – British mineralogist
  • Clarkeite: Na[(UO
    2    )O(OH)](H
    2    O)
    0–1     – American mineral chemist and former chief chemist of the United States Geological Survey Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847–1931)
  • Cleveite (uraninite var.): UO2 • UO3 • PO • ThO2 – Swedish chemist Per Teodor Cleve (1840–1905)
  • Clintonite: Ca(Mg,Al)3(Al3Si)O10(OH)2 – American statesman De Witt Clinton (1769–1828)
  • Coesite (form of SiO2): – American chemist (1915–1978)
  • Coffinite: U(SiO4)1−x(OH)4x – American geologist
  • Cohenite: (Fe,Ni,Co)
    3    C     – German mineralogist and petrographer Emil Cohen (1842–1905)
  • Colemanite: Ca2B6O11 · 5 H2O – mine owner William T. Coleman (1824–1893)
  • Collinsite: Ca2Mg(PO4)2 · 2 H2O – William Henry Collins (1878–1937), director of the Geological Survey of Canada
  • Columbite: Fe2+
    Nb
    2    O
    6     – Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus (c. 1451–1506)
    • and manganocolumbite, ferrocolumbite, and Yttrocolumbite
  • Cooperite: (Pt,Pd,Ni)S – South African metallurgist (1890–1972)
  • Cordierite: (Mg,Fe)2Al4Si5O18 to (Fe,Mg)2Al4Si5O18 – French geologist (1777–1861)
  • Covellite: CuS – Italian mineralogist (1790–1829)
  • (2.LA.25)
  • Cronstedtite: (Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)4 – Swedish mineralogist Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722–1765)
  • Crookesite: Cu
    7    (Tl,Ag)Se
    4     – English chemist and physicist Sir William Crookes (1832–1919)

D[]

  • : K2ZrSi6O15 – Reginald Aldworth Daly (1871–1957), Harvard University
  • Danalite: Be3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S – American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist James Dwight Dana (1813–1895)
  • (9.FB.05)
  • Dawsonite: NaAlCO3(OH)2 – Canadian geologist Sir John William Dawson (1820–1899)
  • : Hg+2Hg2+3Cr6+O5S2 – (1930–2001), professor of geosciences, Penn State University
  • : Fe2+6Fe3+3(Si6O17)O3(OH)5 – William Alexander Deer (1910–2009), mineralogist-petrologist, Cambridge University, Cambridge
  • Delafossite: CuFeO2 – French mineralogist (1796–1878)
  • : Ca6(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2 – geochemist, Della M. Roy (born 1926), spouse of Rustum Roy
  • : SrCaV5+
    2    O
    6    (OH)
    2     · 3 H2O – Spanish–Mexican scientist and naturalist Andrés Manuel del Río (1764–1849)
    • And
  • Descloizite: PbZnVO4(OH) – Alfred Lewis Oliver Legrand Des Cloizeaux (1817–1897), professor of mineralogy, University of Paris, Paris
    • And
  • Dessauite-(Y) (Sr,Pb)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe3+
    )
    20    O
    38     – Italian mineralogist (1907–1983)
  • Dickite: Al2Si2O5(OH)4 – Scottish metallurgical chemist Allan Brugh Dick (1833–1926)
  • Djerfisherite: K
    6    CuFe
    24    S
    26    Cl     or K
    6    Na(Fe,Cu)
    24    S
    26    Cl     – American mineralogist Daniel Jerome Fisher (1896–1988), professor at the University of Chicago
  • Dollaseite-(Ce): CaCeMg2AlSi3O11F(OH) – American geologist (born 1938), geology professor at UCLA
  • Dolomite: CaMg(CO3)2 – French naturalist and geologist Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750–1801)
  • Domeykite: Cu3As – Polish geologist, mineralogist and educator Ignacy Domeyko (1802–1889)
  • : NaCaSr3Y(CO3)6 · 3 H2O – Canadian professors and
  • Dumortierite: Al6.5-7BO3(SiO4)3(O,OH)3 – French paleontologist Eugene Dumortier (1803–1873)
  • Davemaoite: Cubic CaSiO3– Mineral physicist Ho-kwang Mao

E[]

  • (IMA2010-090) – German collector of minerals Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919–2016)
  • : NiMn3O7·3H2O – Canadian-Australian mineralogist Ernest (Ernie) H. Nickel (1925–2009)
  • : Mg(CH3SO3)2·12H2O – mineralogist , former Head of the CNMNC (IMA)
  • Eskolaite: Cr2O3 – Finnish geologist Pentti Eelis Eskola (1883–1964)
  • Esperite PbCa3Zn4(SiO4)4 -- Harvard University petrologist Esper S. Larsen Jr. (1879–1961) (Originally called calcium larsenate)

F[]

  • : Mg3(PO4)2 – American geologist Oliver C. Farrington (1864-1933)
  • Ferberite: FeWO4 – German amateur mineralogist (1805–1875)
  • Ferrierite: (Na,K)2Mg(Si,Al)18O36(OH) · 9 H2O – Canadian geologist and mining engineer Walter Frederick Ferrier (1865–1950)
  • Ferri-obertiite: amphiboles – Italian mineralogist (born 1951)
    • And
  • Fergusonite: (Ce,La,Nd)NbO4 – British politician and mineral collector Robert Ferguson of Raith (1767–1840)
  • Ferraioloite (IMA2015-066)
  • : Pb3Ge(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3 H2O – American mineralogist and geochemist Michael Fleischer (1908–1998)
  • Fingerite: Cu11(VO4)6O2 – American mineralogist and crystallographer (born 1940)
  • : Sn2+
    Nb
    2    O
    6     – American mineralogist (1946–1998)
  • Forsterite: Mg2SiO4 – German naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798)
  • Franckeite: Pb5Sn3Sb2S14 – mining engineers and
  • Frankhawthorneite: Cu2Te6+O4(OH)2 – Frank C. Hawthorne (born 1946), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
    Thompson ISI top ten most highly cited geoscientists (1996–2007)
  • Freieslebenite: AgPbSbS3 – Mining Commissioner of Saxony (1774–1846)
  • : Cu5Pb5Bi7S18 – Austrian geologist (1902–1991)
  • Fuchsite (variety of muscovite): K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2 – German mineralogist and chemist Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs (1774–1856)[4]</ref>

G[]

  • Gadolinite: (Ce,La,Nd,Y)2FeBe2Si2O10 – Finnish mineralogist and chemist Johan Gadolin (1760–1852)
  • series: Na(REExCa(1-x))(REEyCa(1-y))F6 – Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968)
  • Gahnite: ZnAl2O4 – Swedish chemist Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745–1818)
  • Gatehouseite: Mn2+5(PO4)2(OH)4 – crystal chemist (born 1932), Monash University, Melbourne
  • : (Pt,Pd)4Sb3 – Soviet mineralogist
  • Georgerobinsonite: Pb4(CrO4)2(OH)2FCl –
  • Gerhardtite: Cu2(NO3)(OH)3 – Alsatian chemist Charles Frédéric Gerhardt
  • Gibbsite: Al(OH)3 – American mineralogist George Gibbs (1777–1834)
  • Uintaite (syn. gilsonite, asphalt) – American
  • : ☐[Mn2+
    Na][Mg
    4    Fe3+
    ]Si
    8    O
    22    (OH)
    2     – (born 1932), emeritus professor at the University of Washington, Seattle
  • Goethite: FeOOH – German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)
  • Julgoldite: sorosilicate – American mineralogist and geochemist Julian Royce Goldsmith (1918–1999)
  • Gormanite: Fe2+3Al4(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O – mineralogist , University of Toronto
  • Gregoryite: (Na2,K2,Ca)CO3 – British geologist and author John Walter Gregory (1864–1932).[5][6]
  • Greigite: Fe2+Fe3+2S4 – mineralogist and physical chemist Joseph W. Greig (1895–1977).[6][7]
  • Grossite: CaAl4O7 – Israeli mineralogist and geologist Shulamit Gross (1923-2012)
  • Grothite (titanite var., 9.AG.15)
  • Guettardite: Pb(Sb,As)2S4 – French naturalist Jean-Étienne Guettard (1715–1786).[8]
  • Grunerite: Fe7Si8O22(OH)2 – Swiss-French chemist
  • : Na4(H2O)16(H2V10O28) · 6 H2O – American mineralogist
  • Gunningite: (Zn,Mn2+)SO4•H2O – Canadian geologist and academic Henry C. Gunning (1901–1991)[9]

H[]

  • Haggertyite: Ba(Fe2+6Ti5Mg)O19 – American geophysicist Stephen E. Haggerty (born 1938)
  • Haidingerite: Ca(AsO3OH) · H2O – Austrian mineralogist Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger (1795–1871)
  • Hapkeite: Fe2Si – American planetary scientist Bruce Hapke
  • Hausmannite: Mn2+Mn3+2O4 – (1782–1859), professor of mineralogy, University of Göttingen, Göttingen
  • Hawleyite: CdS – Canadian mineralogist James Edwin Hawley (1897–1965)
  • Hazenite: KNaMg
    2    (PO
    4    )
    2     · 14 H2O – Robert M. Hazen of the Carnegie Institute
  • Håleniusite-(La): (La,Ce)OF &ndash , director of the mineralogy department at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Hauyne: Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4) – French mineralogist René Just Haüy (1743–1822)
  • Heinrichite: Ba(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 10-12 H2O – mineralogist (1918–1991)
  • Hendricksite: KZn3(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 – American agriculturist Sterling B. Hendricks (1902–1981)
  • Herbertsmithite: ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2 – British mineralogist Herbert Smith (1872–1953)
  • Hessite: Ag2Te – Swiss-born Russian chemist Germain Henri Hess (1802–1850)
  • Heyite (identical with , 8.BG.05)
  • Heulandite series: (Ca,Na)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36 · 12 H2O – English mineral collector Henry Heuland (1778–1856)
  • Hiddenite (green variety of spodumene): – American geologist (1853–1918)
  • Högbomite (renamed to magnesiohögbomite-2N2S): (Al,Mg,Fe,Ti)22(O,OH)32 – Swedish geologist Arvid Högbom (1857–1940)
    • And -2N2S, series and series
  • : inosilicate with 4-periodic single chain – Robert Andrew Howie (1923–2012), British petrologist and mineralogist of King's College, London University, London
  • Howlite: Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5 – Canadian chemist, mineralogist Henry How (1828–1879)
  • Hübnerite: MnWO4 – German mineralologist
  • (8.AA.15)
  • Hutchinsonite: (Tl,Pb)2As5S9 – Cambridge mineralogist Arthur Hutchinson (1866–1937)
  • Huttonite: ThSiO4 – New Zealand-American mineralogist (1910–1971)

J[]

  • Jarosewichite: Mn2+
    3    Mn3+
    (AsO
    4    )(OH)
    6     – American chemist Eugene Jarosewich
  • (4.FC.15)
  • Jimthompsonite: (Mg,Fe)5Si6O16(OH)2 – American mineralogist
  • : (Ca)5(AsO4)3(OH) – American geologist and mineralogist [1][2][10]
  • Junitoite: CaZn2Si2O7·H2O – (1926–1978), mineralogist and crystallographer, University of Chicago

K[]

  • : Na(Fe2+,Mn2+)PO4 – American geologist
  • Kassite: CaTi2O4(OH)2 – Russian geologist (1885–1949)
  • Kampfite: Ba12(Si11Al5)O31(CO3)8Cl5 – (born 1948)
  • Khomyakovite: Na12Ca6Sr3Fe3WZr3(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2 – Russian mineralogist (1933–2012)
  • Kieserite: MgSO4 · H2O – Dietrich Georg von Kieser (1779–1862), former President, Jena Academy
    • And
  • : FeTi6O13 · 4 H2O – German professor (1906–1970)
  • Kobellite: Pb22Cu4(Bi,Sb)30S69 – German mineralogist Wolfgang Franz von Kobell (1803–1882)
  • : CaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4H2O – Hungarian mineralogist Sándor Koch (1896–1983)
  • Kogarkoite: Na3(SO4)F – Russian scientist
  • Kolbeckite: ScPO4 · 2 H2O – German mineralogist
  • Kosnarite: Zr2(PO4)3 – after Richard Andrew "Rich" Kosnar (1946-2007), American mineral collector
  • Kostovite: AuCuTe4 – Bulgarian mineralogist Ivan Kostov (1913–2004)
  • Krennerite: AuTe2 varying to (Au0.8,Ag0.2)Te2 – Hungarian mineralogist Joseph Krenner (1839–1920)
  • Krotite: CaAl2O4 – Russian-American cosmochemist Alexander N. Krot
  • Krut'aite: CuSe2 Czech mineralogist Tomas Krut'a (1906-1998)
  • Kukharenkoite-(Ce): Ba3CeF(CO3)3 – Russian mineralogist (1914–1993)
  • Kurnakovite: MgB3O3(OH)5 · 5 H2O – Russian mineralogist and chemist Nikolai Semenovich Kurnakov (1860–1941)
  • Kunzite (variety of spodumene): – American mineralogist George Frederick Kunz (1856–1932)

L[]

  • : NaAl(PO4)F – French mineralogist Antoine François Alfred Lacroix (1863–1948)
  • (8.DC.30)
  • : K(Li,Cu,Mg,Na)2Cu6(Si4O11)2(OH)4 – photographer of minerals Robert Lavinsky (Commons:Robert Lavinsky)
  • : Mn2+8[Al10(Mn3+Mg)][Si11P]O44(OH)12 – French chemist Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (1743–1794)
  • Leakeite root name, sodium amphibole subgroup – British geologist Bernard E. Leake (born 1932), University of Glasgow
    • Minerals: , , , , ,
  • Lemanskiite: NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O – after Chester S. Lemanski, Jr. (b. 1947), American mineral collector
  • : Ca3Cu5Si9O26 – German (1926–2011), professor of mineralogy, University of Kiel.
  • Lipscombite: (Fe2+,Mn2+)(Fe3+)2(PO4)2(OH) – American chemist William Lipscomb (1919–2011)
  • Livingstonite: HgSb4S8 – Scottish explorer in Africa David Livingstone (1813–1873)
  • Lonsdaleite: C – British crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale (1903–1971)
  • Lorandite: TlAsS2 – Hungarian physicist Loránd Eötvös (1848–1919)
  • : CaZn
    2    (AsO
    4    )
    2    ·2H
    2    O     – German chemist Julius Lothar Meyer (1830–1895)
    • And , , ,
  • Lucabindiite: (K,NH4)As4O6(Cl,Br) – Luca Bindi, professor of mineralogy and former head of the Division of Mineralogy of the Natural History Museum of the University of Florence (b. 1971)
  • : Na3Ce2(CO3)4F – American mineralogist (1934–2009)[11]

M[]

  • Macdonaldite: BaCa4Si16O36(OH)2 · 10 H2O – American volcanologist, Gordon Andrew Macdonald (1911–1978, redirect)
  • Malhmoodite: FeZr(PO4)2 · 4H2O – Bertha K. Malhmood, for many years Administrative Assistant of the Branch of Analytical Laboratories, U.S. Geological Survey
  • : Fe2(SeO3)3·4H2O – American-Canadian mineralogist (1929–2007)
    • And
  • Maricite: NaFePO4 – Croatian mineralogist Luka Marić (1899–1979), University of Zagreb
  • (8.CJ.35)
  • Mckelveyite-(Y): Ba3NaCa0.75U0.25Y(CO3)6 · 3 H2O – American geologist Vincent E. McKelvey (1916–1985)
  • Meyerhofferite: CaB3O3(OH)5·H2O – German chemist, Wilhelm Meyerhoffer (1864–1906)
  • Meyrowitzite: Ca(UO2)(CO3)2·5H2O – after Robert Meyrowitz (1916-2013), an American analytical chemist
  • : Cs6(Ce22Ca6)(Si70O175)(OH,F)14(H2O)21 – Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834–1907)
  • (IMA2009-050)
  • Millerite: NiS – British mineralogist William Hallowes Miller (1801–1880)
  • (2.HC.25)
  • Mohsite ( var., 4.CC.40)
  • Moissanite: SiC (naturally occurring) – discoverer Henri Moissan (1852–1907)
  • Morganite (variety of Beryl): – American financier J. P. Morgan (1837–1913)
  • : CaMn3+SiO4(OH) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
  • Murdochite: PbCu6O8−x(Cl,Br)2x – American mineralogist (1890–1973)

N[]

  • : Ca4Ti2(Fe3+,Fe2+)(Si,Fe3+,Al)O11 – Russian mineralogist (1933 - )
  • : Pb6Ca4(Si2O7)3Cl2 – American mining engineer and author Frank Lewis Nason (1856–1928)
  • : KLiMn3+2(Si4O10)O2 – Australian geologist Keith Norrish (1924-2017), pioneer of wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence analysis
  • : Fe2+6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6][SO4]2·6H2O – American mineralogist (born 1949)

O[]

  • Obertiite amphibole root name (9.DE.25)
  • Okenite: CaSi2O5·2H2O – German naturalist Lorenz Oken (1779–1851)

P[]

  • Pääkkönenite: Sb2AsS2 – Finnish geologist (1907–1980)
  • Pabstite: BaSnSi3O9 – Adolf Pabst (1899–1990), professor of mineralogy, University of California, Berkeley
  • Partheite: Ca2Al4Si4O15(OH)2·4H2O – Swiss crystallographer (1928–2006)
  • Paulingite series, zeolites – Linus Carl Pauling (1901–1994), professor of chemistry, California Institute of Technology
    • Paulingite-Ca and paulingite-K
  • Paulscherrerite: UO2(OH)2 – Swiss physicist Paul Scherrer (1890–1969)
  • Penikisite: BaMg2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3 – Canadian explorer (1936–1979)
  • Perhamite: Ca3Al7(SiO4)3(PO4)4(OH)3·16.5(H2O) – American geologist and pegmatite miner (born 1934)
  • Perovskite: CaTiO3 – Russian mineralogist L. A. Perovski (1792–1856)
  • (2.FC.20c)
  • Petzite (1845): Ag3AuTe2 – chemist
  • Pezzottaite: Cs(Be2Li)Al2Si6O18 – Italian geologist and mineralogist
  • Phillipsite: (Ca,Na2,K2)3Al6Si10O32·12H2O – English mineralogist and geologist William Phillips (1775–1828)
  • Prehnite: Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 – Dutch governor Colonel
  • : (Ca2Y)Zr2Al3O12 – American geologist (1940 - )
  • Proustite: Ag3AsS3 – French chemist Joseph Louis Proust (1754–1826)
  • Putnisite: SrCa4Cr83+(CO3)8(SO4)(OH)16·25H2O – mineralogists Andrew and Christine Putnis

R[]

  • homologous series (6.EA.10)
  • Rambergite: MnS – mineralogist Hans Ramberg (1917–1998)
  • Rammelsbergite: NiAs2 – Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg (1813–1899)
  • (2.JB.40a)
  • Riebeckite: Na2(Fe,Mg)5Si8O22(OH)2 – German explorer Emil Riebeck (1853–1885)
  • : jahnsite-whiteite group – Swiss volcanologist Alfred Rittmann (1893–1980)
  • (9.CB.05)
  • Roselite: Ca2(Co2+, Mg)[AsO4]2·H2O – German mineralogist Gustav Rose (1798–1873)
  • (9.BE.22)
  • Rossmanite: (LiAl2)Al6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)4 – Caltech mineralogist George R. Rossman
  • (8.CG.10)
  • Russellite: (BiO2)WO4 – British mineralogist Arthur Russell
  • : Ca10(Si2O7)2(SiO4)(OH)2Cl2 – American material scientist, Rustum Roy (1924–2010)

S[]

  • Saleeite: Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O – Belgian mineralogist (1883–1932)
  • Samarskite: Y0.2REE0.3Fe3+0.3U0.2Nb0.8Ta0.2O4 – Russian official Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets (1803–1870)
  • Sanbornite: BaSi2O5 – American mineralogist (1862–1936)
  • Satterlyite: (Fe++,Mg)2(PO4)(OH) – Canadian geologist Jack Satterly (born 1906)
  • Scheelite: CaWO4 – German-Swedish pharmaceutical chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786)
  • : VO5 – Soviet geologist Vladimir Shcherbina (1907–1978)
  • (9.DM.35)
  • (4.FC.10)
  • Schoepite: (UO2)8O(OH)12·12H2O – (1881–1966), professor of mineralogy at the University of Ghent
  • Schreibersite: (Fe,Ni)3P – Austrian naturalist Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers (1775–1852)
  • Scottyite: BaCu2Si2O7 – Michael Scott (born 1945), first CEO of Apple and significant sponsor of the Rruff project
  • Seamanite: Mn3[B(OH)4](PO4)(OH)2 – Arthur Edmund Seaman (1858–1937)
  • Segnitite: PbFe3H(AsO4)2(OH)6 – after Australian mineralogist, gemologist and petrologist Edgar Ralph Segnit (1923–1999)
  • Sekaninaite: (Fe+2,Mg)2Al4Si5O18 – Czech mineralogist (born 1901)
  • Sellaite: MgF2 – Italian politician and mineralogist Quintino Sella (1827-1884)
  • Senarmontite: Sb2O3 – French mineralogist and physician Henri Hureau de Sénarmont (1808–1862)
  • Sengierite: Cu2(OH)2[UO2|VO4]2·6H2O – Belgian UMHK director Edgar Sengier (1879–1963)[12]
  • : Ca3TiFe3+AlO8 – Israeli mineralogist and geologist Shulamit Gross (1923-2012)
  • Sillimanite: Al2SiO5 – American chemist Benjamin Silliman (1779–1864)
  • Smithsonite: ZnCO3 – British chemist and mineralogist, James Smithson (1754–1829)
  • (2.LB.30)
  • Sperrylite: PtAs2 – American chemist
  • Steacyite: K0.3(Ca,Na)2ThSi8O20 – Canadian mineralogist Harold Robert Steacy (born 1923)
  • : Sr2Al(CO3)F5 – Danish physician Nicolaus Steno (Niels Steensen) (1638–1686)
  • Stephanite: Ag5SbS4 – Archduke Stephan of Austria (1817–1867)
  • Stichtite: Mg6Cr2CO3(OH)16·4H2O – American born Australian mine manager Robert Carl Sticht (1857–1922)
  • Stilleite: ZnSe – German geologist Hans Stille (1876–1966)
  • Stolzite: PbWO4 – Czechoslovakian (1803–1896)
  • Strashimirite: Cu8(AsO4)4(OH)4·5H2O – Bulgarian petrographer and mineralogist Strashimir Dimitrov (1892–1960)
  • Stromeyerite: AgCuS – German chemist, Friedrich Stromeyer (1776–1835)
  • Strunzite: Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O – German mineralogist Karl Hugo Strunz (1910–2006)
    • And ,
  • : Pt(Sb,Bi) – Austrian professor of mineralogy (1931–2004)
  • Sugilite: KNa2(Fe,Mn,Al)2Li3Si12O30 – Japanese petrologist (1901–1948)
  • Sweetite: Zn(OH)2 – Curator of mineral department of the British Museum, (1901–1979)
  • Sylvite: KCl – Dutch chemist Franciscus Sylvius (1614–1672)

T[]

  • Teallite: PbSnS2 – British geologist Jethro Justinian Harris Teall (1849–1924)
  • Tennantite: Cu12As4S13 – English chemist Smithson Tennant (1761–1815)
  • Tenorite: CuO – Italian botanist Michele Tenore (1780–1861)
  • Theophrastite: Ni(OH)2 – Greek philosopher and writer Theophrastus (c. 371 – c. 287 BC)
  • Thomasclarkite: Na0.8Ce0.2Y0.5REE0.7(HCO3)(OH)3·4H2O – Canadian geologist Thomas Clark (1893–1996)
  • Thortveitite: (Sc,Y)2Si2O7 – Norwegian engineer
  • Tiemannite: HgSe – (1848–1899)
  • Torbernite: CuAl(UO2)2(PO4)2·8-12H2O – Swedish chemist Torbern Bergman (1735–1784)
  • Trevorite: NiFe2O4 – Major , mining inspector for the Pretoria District, Transvaal, South Africa
  • : CaAl
    2    Si
    6    O
    16    ·8H
    2    O     – (born 1945), expert on zeolites
  • Tschermakite: Ca
    2    (Mg
    3    AlFe3+
    )Si
    6    Al
    2    O
    22    (OH)
    2     – Austrian mineralogist Gustav Tschermak von Seysenegg (1836–1927)

U[]

  • Ulexite: NaCaB5O9·8H2O – German chemist (1811–1883)
  • Ullmannite: NiSbS – German chemist and mineralogist Johann Christoph Ullmann (1771–1821, redirect)
  • Uytenbogaardtite: Ag3AuS2 – Dutch mineralogist (1918–2012)
  • Uvarovite: Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3 – Russian Count Sergei Semenovitch Uvarov (1765–1855)

V[]

  • Valentinite: Sb2O3 – German alchemist Basilius Valentinus (might be Johann Thölde? 1565–1614)
  • : Na6Mg(SO4)4 – Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff (1852–1911), professor of chemistry
  • Vaterite: CaCO3 – German mineralogist Heinrich Vater (1859–1930)
  • (4.FE.40)
  • : (Pd,Pt)3(As,Sb,Te) – Ewart Albert "David" Vincent (1919 - 2012), mineralogist at Durham College and Oxford University (UK) and chair of Geology at Manchester University (UK).
  • Vivianite: Fe3(PO4)2·8H2O – English mineralogist John Henry Vivian (1785–1855)
    • And metavivianite
  • : President of the Republic of Russia

W[]

  • Wardite: NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O – American naturalist Henry Augustus Ward (1834–1906)
  • Warikahnite: Zn3(AsO4)2·2H2O – German mineral collector (born 1911)
  • Weeksite: K2(UO2)2Si6O15·4H2O – USGS mineralogist Alice Mary Dowse Weeks (1909–1988)
  • Weloganite: Na2(Sr,Ca)3Zr(CO3)6·3H2O – Canadian geologist William Edmond Logan (1798–1875)
  • : Ca2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O – Wendell E. Wilson (born 1946), Mineralogical Record, editor and publisher.
  • Wernerite (intermediate member of the marialite-meionite series)
  • Whewellite: CaC2O4·H2O – English mineralogist William Whewell (1794–1866)
  • Whiteite series: XM(1)M(2)Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O – (born 1933), Mineralogical Record, editor and publisher.
  • Whitlockite: Ca3(PO4)2 – American mineralogist (1868–1948)
  • Willemite: Zn2SiO4 – William I of the Netherlands (1772–1843)
  • Witherite: BaCO3 – English physician and naturalist William Withering (1741–1799)
  • Wollastonite: CaSiO3 – English chemist and mineralogist William Hyde Wollaston (1766–1828)
  • Woodhouseite: CaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6 – Charles Douglas Woodhouse (1888–1975), an American mineralogist.
  • Wulfenite: PbMoO4 – Austrian mineralogist Franz Xaver von Wulfen (1728–1805)
  • Wulffite: K3NaCu4O2(SO4)4 – Russian crystallographer George (Yuri Viktorovich) Wulff (Russian: Георгий (Юрий) Викторович Вульф) (1863-1925)
  • Wyartite: CaU5+
    (UO
    2    )
    2    (CO
    3    )O
    4    (OH)    ·7H2O – (1902–1992), mineralogist at the Sorbonne

Y[]

  • Yangite: PbMnSi3O8·H2O – Hexiong Yang, Mineralogy researcher at the Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona

Z[]

  • Zaccagnaite: Zn4Al2CO3(OH)12·3H2O – Italian geologist and mineral collector (1851–1940)
  • Zaherite: Al12(OH)26(SO4)5·20H2O – Bangladeshi geologist M. A. Zaher
  • Zajacite-(Ce): Na(REExCa1−x)(REEyCa1−y)F6 – Explorer (born 1935)
  • Zakharovite: Na4Mn5Si10O20(OH)6·6H2O – Russian Director of the Moscow Institute of Geological Exploration (1902–1980)
  • Zanazziite: Ca2(MgFe)(MgFeMnAl)4Be(OH)4(PO4)6·6H2O – Italian Professor (born 30 April 1939)
  • Zaratite: Ni3CO3(OH)4·4(H2O) – Spanish diplomat and dramatist Antonio Gil y Zárate (1793–1861)
  • Zektzerite: LiNa(Zr,Ti,Hf)Si6O15 – American mathematician and mineral collector (born 1936)[6]
  • Zeunerite: Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2•(10-16)H2O – German physicist, engineer and epistemologist Gustav Anton Zeuner (1828–1907)
  • Zhanghengite: CuZn – ancient Chinese astronomer Zhang Heng (78–139)
  • Zhemchuzhnikovite: NaMgAl(C2O4)3·8H2O – Russian clay mineralogist Yury Zhemchuzhnikov (1885–1957)
  • Ziesite: βCu2V2O7 – mineralogist Emanuel George Zies
  • Zigrasite: MgZr(PO4)2(H2O)4 – American mineral collector James Zigras
  • Zinkenite: Pb9Sb22S42 – German mineralogist and mining geologist, (1790–1862)[13][14]
  • Zippeite: (UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10·4H2O – Austrian mineralogist Franz Xaver Maximilian Zippe[15]
  • Zirkelite: (Ca,Th,Ce)Zr(Ti,Nb)2O7 – German petrographer Ferdinand Zirkel (1838–1912)
  • Zoisite: Ca2(Al.OH)Al2(SiO4)3 – Carniolan scientist Sigmund Zois (1747–1819)
  • Zussmanite: K(Fe2+,Mg,Mn)13[AlSi17O42](OH)14 – British geologist Jack Zussman (born 1924)
  • Zykaite: Fe3+4(AsO4)3(SO4)(OH)·15H2O – Czech geochemist

See also[]

  • Mineralogy
  • Mineraloid
  • List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association
  • List of minerals
  • eponym
  • Lists of etymologies
  • List of eponyms

Notes[]

  1. ^ http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/bertrandite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
  2. ^ W.R. Hamilton, 1974, The Hamlyn Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Fossils, London, Hamlyn
  3. ^ "Cassidyite Mineral Data". Mineralogy Database. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Fuchsite". mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  5. ^ "Gregoryite". mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  6. ^ a b c http://webmineral.com/data/Zektzerite.shtml Webmineral
  7. ^ Skinner, Brian J.; Erd, Richard C.; Grimaldi, Frank S. (1964). "Greigite, the thio-spinel of iron; a new mineral" (PDF). American Mineralogist. 49: 543–55.
  8. ^ "Guettardite". mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  9. ^ "Gunningite". mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  10. ^ "Johnbaumite". mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  11. ^ Grice, Joel D.; George Y. Chao (1997). "Lukechangite-(Ce), a new rare-earth-fluorocarbonate mineral from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec". American Mineralogist. 11–12. 82 (1255–1260).
  12. ^ Van der Straeten, Edgar (1973). "Biographie Belge d'Outre-Mer: Edgar Sengier". Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer. VII–A: 429–437.
  13. ^ http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/zinkenite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
  14. ^ "Zinkenite". mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  15. ^ Zippeite Mineral Data

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