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This is a list of minerals named after people . The chemical composition of the
mineral follows the name.
A
Abelsonite : C31 H32 N4 Ni – American physicist
Philip Hauge Abelson (1913–2004)
Abswurmbachite : Cu2+ Mn3+ 6 O8 SiO4 – German mineralogist
Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach (1938–2020)
Adamite : Zn2 AsO4 OH – French mineralogist
Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795–1881)
Agrellite : NaCa2 Si4 O10 F – English optical mineralogist
Stuart Olof Agrell (1913–1996)
Agricolaite : K4 (UO2 )(CO3 )3 – German scholar
Georgius Agricola (1494–1555)
Aheylite : Fe2+ Al6 [(OH)4 |(PO4 )2 2 ·4H2 O – American geologist
Allen V. Heyl (1918–2008)
Albrechtschraufite : Ca4 Mg(UO2 )2 (CO3 )6 F2 ·17H2 O –
Albrecht Schrauf (1837–1897), professor of mineralogy,
University of Vienna
Alexandrite (variety of
chrysoberyl ): – Tsar
Alexander II of Russia (1818–1881)
Alforsite : Ba5 Cl(PO4 )3 – American geologist
John T. Alfors (1930–2005)
Allabogdanite : (Fe,Ni)2 P –
Alla Bogdanova , Geological Institute, Kola Science Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences
Allanite series: sorosilicate – Scottish mineralogist,
Thomas Allan (1777–1833)
Alloriite : Na5 K1.5 (Al6 Si6 O24 )(SO4 )(OH)0.5 * H2 O – Italian mineralogist Roberto Allori (born 1933)
Almeidaite : crichtonite group (metal titanates); Brazilian geologist
Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida (1916–2013)
Andersonite : Na2 Ca(UO2 )(CO3 )3 ·6H2 O –
Charles Alfred Anderson (1902–1990),
United States Geological Survey
Andradite : Ca3 Fe2 Si3 O12 – 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 ·3H2 O –
John Williams Anthony (1920–1992), professor of mineralogy,
University of Arizona
Argandite : Mn7 (VO4 )2 (OH)8 – Swiss geologist
Émile Argand (1879–1940)
Arfvedsonite : Na3 (Fe,Mg)4 FeSi8 O22 (OH)2 – Swedish chemist
Johan August Arfwedson (1792–1841)
Armalcolite : (Mg,Fe2+ )Ti2 O5 – American astronauts ARM
Neil Armstrong , AL
Buzz Aldrin and COL
Michael Collins
Armbrusterite : K5 Na3 Mn3+ Mn2+ 14 [Si9 O22 4 (OH)10 ·4H2 O – Swiss crystallographer
Thomas Armbruster (born 1950), University of Bern
Armstrongite : CaZr[Si6 O15 ]·3H2 O – American astronaut
Neil Armstrong (1930–2012)
Arthurite : CuFe2 3+ [(OH,O)|(AsO4 ,PO4 ,SO4 )]2 ·4H2 O – British mineralogists
Arthur Edward Ian Montagu Russell and
Arthur W. G. Kingsbury
Atencioite : Ca2 Fe2+ 3 Mg2 Be4 (PO4 )6 (OH)4 ·6H2 O –
Daniel Atencio , professor of mineralogy, Geoscience Institute, University of São Paulo
Avicennite : Tl2 O3 – Persian scholar and physician
Avicenna (980–1037)
B
Backite (IMA2013-113)
Bandylite (6.AC.35)
Baumhauerite : Pb3 As4 S9 – German mineralogist
Heinrich Adolph Baumhauer (1848–1926)
Bazzite : Be3 (Sc,Fe)2 Si6 O18 – Italian engineer
Alessandro E. Bazzi
Benstonite : Ba6 Ca6 Mg(CO3 )13 –
Orlando J. Benston (1901–1966), an ore dressing metallurgist with the
University of Illinois
Bentorite : Ca6 (Cr,Al)2 (SO4 )3 (OH)12 ·26H2 – Israeli geologist
Yaakov Ben-Tor (1910–2002)
Berthierite : (Fe,Sb)2 S4 – French geologist and mining engineer
Pierre Berthier (1782–1861)
Bertrandite : Be4 Si2 O7 (OH)2 – French mineralogist
Emile Bertrand (1844–1909)
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Berzelianite : Cu2 Se – Swedish chemist
Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779–1848)
Berzeliite : NaCa2 Mg2 (AsO4 )3 and
manganberzeliite – Swedish chemist
Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779–1848)
Bettertonite : [Al6 (AsO4 )3 (OH)9 (H2 O)5 ]・11H2 O – 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
Bezsmertnovite : Au4 Cu(Te,Pb) – Russian mineralogists
Vladimir (1912–2002) and
Marianna Bezsmertnaya (1915–1991).
Bideauxite (3.DB.25)
Bilibinskite : Au2 Cu2 PbTe2+ – Soviet geologist
Yuri A. Bilibin (1901–1952)
Biringuccite : Na2 B5 O8 (OH) · 2
H2 O –
Vannoccio Biringuccio (1480–1538/9), Italian alchemist, metallurgist
Bixbite : Be3 (AlMn)2 Si6 O18 – American mineralogist
Maynard Bixby ; deprecated to
red beryl to avoid confusion with bixbyite
Bixbyite : (Fe,Mn)2 O3 – American mineralogist
Maynard Bixby
Blödite : Na2 Mg(SO4 )2 · 4 H2 O – German chemist
Carl August Blöde (1773–1820)
Blossite : αCu2 V2 O7 – mineralogist
Donald F. Bloss , Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Bobdownsite (discredited)
Bobfergusonite : Na2 Mn2+ 5 Fe3+ Al(PO4 )6 –
Robert Bury Ferguson , University of Manitoba
Boehmite : γ-AlO(OH) – Bohemian-German chemist
Johann Böhm (1895–1952)
Bornite : Cu5 FeS4 – Austrian mineralogist
Ignaz von Born (1742–1791)
Bournonite : PbCuSbS3 – French
crystallographer and
mineralogist
Jacques Louis de Bournon (1751–1825)
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Braggite : PtS – the first mineral characterized by X-ray analysis.
William Henry Bragg (1862–1942) and his son,
William Lawrence Bragg (1890–1971)
Brandtite : Ca2 Mn2+ (AsO4 )2 · 2 H2 O – Swedish chemist
Georg Brandt (1694–1768)
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 : NH4 AlSi3 O8 – American Petrologist
Arthur Francis Buddington (1890–1980)
Burnsite : KCdCu2+ 7 (SeO3 )2 O2 Cl9 –
Peter Carman Burns (born 1966),
University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame, Indiana Thompson ISI top ten most highly cited geoscientists (1996–2007)
Burtite : CaSn(OH)6 – American mining geologist
Donald McLain Burt (born 1943)
Buseckite : (Fe,Zn,Mn)S – American geologist
Peter R. Buseck , Arizona State University
C
Cabriite : Pd2 SnCu – Canadian mineralogist
Louis J. Cabri (born 1934)
Cámaraite : sorosilicate – Fernando Cámara (born 1967), mineralogist of Melilla, Spain
Cancrinite : Na6 Ca2 [(CO3 )2 –
Georg von Cancrin (1774–1845)
Canfieldite : Ag8 SnS6 – American mining engineer
Frederick Alexander Canfield (1849–1926)
Cannonite : Bi2 (OH)2 SO4 – American mineralogist and electron microprobe analyst
Benjamin Bartlett (Bart) Cannon
Carlfriesite : CaTe4+ 2 Te6+ O8 – American researcher at the Institute of Geology of the National university of Mexico
Carl Fries, Jr .
Carlhintzeite : Ca2 AlF7 ·
H2 O – German mineralogist
Carl Hintze (1851–1916), University of Breslau
Carlosruizite : K6 (Na,K)4 Na6 Mg10 (SeO4 )12 (IO3 )12 · 12 H2 O – Chilean geologist
Carlos Ruiz Fuller (1916–1997), founder of the Chilean Geological Survey
Carnallite : KMgCl3 · 6 H2 O – Prussian mining engineer,
Rudolf von Carnall (1804–1874)
Carnotite : K2 (UO2 )2 (VO4 )2 – French mining engineer and chemist
Marie Adolphe Carnot (1839–1920)
Cassidyite : Ca2 Ni0.75 Mg0.25 (PO4 )2 · 2 H2 O – American geologist
William A. Cassidy
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Castaingite (discredited 1967: a mixture of cuprian
molybdenite and
gerhardtite )
Caswellsilverite : NaCrS2 – American geologist, entrepreneur, and oilman
Caswell Silver (1916–1988)
Cattiite : Mg3 (PO4 )2 · 22H2 O – Michele Catti (b. 1945), Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Celsian : BaAl2 Si2 O8 – Swedish astronomer and naturalist
Anders Celsius (1701–1744)
Cernyite : Cu2 CdSnS4 – Canadian mineralogist
Petr Cerny
Cesbronite : Cu6 (TeO3 )2 (OH)6 · 2 H2 O – French mineralogist
Fabian Cesbron
Chrisstanleyite : Ag2 Pd3 Se4 – British mineralogist
Christopher John Stanley
Clarkeite : Na[(UO2 )O(OH)](H2 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 (Al3 Si)O10 (OH)2 – American statesman
De Witt Clinton (1769–1828)
Coesite (form of SiO2 ): – American chemist
Loring Coes, Jr. (1915–1978)
Coffinite : U(SiO4 )1−x (OH)4x – American geologist
Reuben Clare Coffin
Cohenite : (Fe,Ni,Co)3 C – German mineralogist and petrographer
Emil Cohen (1842–1905)
Colemanite : Ca2 B6 O11 · 5 H2 O – mine owner
William T. Coleman (1824–1893)
Collinsite : Ca2 Mg(PO4 )2 · 2 H2 O –
William Henry Collins (1878–1937), director of the
Geological Survey of Canada
Columbite : Fe2+ Nb2 O6 – Genoese explorer
Christopher Columbus (c. 1451–1506)
And manganocolumbite, ferrocolumbite, and Yttrocolumbite
Cooperite : (Pt,Pd,Ni)S – South African metallurgist
Richard A. Cooper (1890–1972)
Cordierite : (Mg,Fe)2 Al4 Si5 O18 to (Fe,Mg)2 Al4 Si5 O18 – French geologist
Louis Cordier (1777–1861)
Covellite : CuS – Italian mineralogist
Niccolo Covelli (1790–1829)
Criddleite (2.LA.25)
Cronstedtite : (Fe2+ ,Fe3+ )3 (Si,Fe3+ )2 O5 (OH)4 – Swedish mineralogist
Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722–1765)
Crookesite : Cu7 (Tl,Ag)Se4 – English chemist and physicist Sir
William Crookes (1832–1919)
D
Daliranite : PbHgAs2 S6 – Farahnaz Daliran, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Dalyite : K2 ZrSi6 O15 –
Reginald Aldworth Daly (1871–1957), Harvard University
Danalite : Be3 Fe2+ 4 (SiO4 )3 S – American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist
James Dwight Dana (1813–1895)
Davinciite : Na12 K3 Ca6 Fe2+ 3 Zr3 – Italian polymath
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519 )
Davyne (9.FB.05)
Dawsonite : NaAlCO3 (OH)2 – Canadian geologist Sir
John William Dawson (1820–1899)
Deanesmithite : Hg+ 2 Hg2+ 3 Cr6+ O5 S2 –
Deane K. Smith (1930–2001), professor of geosciences, Penn State University
Deerite : Fe2+ 6 Fe3+ 3 (Si6 O17 )O3 (OH)5 –
William Alexander Deer (1910–2009), mineralogist-petrologist, Cambridge University, Cambridge
Delafossite : CuFeO2 – French mineralogist
Gabriel Delafosse (1796–1878)
Dellaite : Ca6 (Si2 O7 )(SiO4 )(OH)2 – geochemist,
Della M. Roy (1926–2021)
Delrioite : SrCaV5+ 2 O6 (OH)2 · 3 H2 O – Spanish–Mexican scientist and naturalist
Andrés Manuel del Río (1764–1849)
Demesmaekerite : Pb2 Cu5 (UO2 )2 (SeO3 )6 (OH)6 ·2H2 O – Belgian geologist Gaston Demesmaeker (1911–1997)
Descloizite : PbZnVO4 (OH) –
Alfred Lewis Oliver Legrand Des Cloizeaux (1817–1897), professor of mineralogy, University of Paris, Paris
Dessauite-(Y) (Sr,Pb)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe3+ )20 O38 – Italian mineralogist
Gabor Dessau (1907–1983)
Devilline : CaCu4 (SO4 )2 (OH)6 ·3H2 O – French chemist
Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire Deville (1818–1881)
Dickite : Al2 Si2 O5 (OH)4 – Scottish metallurgical chemist
Allan Brugh Dick (1833–1926)
Djerfisherite : K6 CuFe24 S26 Cl or K6 Na(Fe,Cu)24 S26 Cl – American mineralogist Daniel Jerome Fisher (1896–1988), professor at the University of Chicago
Dollaseite-(Ce) : CaCeMg2 AlSi3 O11 F(OH) –
American geologist
Wayne A. Dollase (born 1938), geology professor at
UCLA
Dolomite : CaMg(CO3 )2 – French naturalist and geologist
Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750–1801)
Domeykite : Cu3 As – Polish geologist, mineralogist and educator
Ignacy Domeyko (1802–1889)
Donnayite : NaCaSr3 Y(CO3 )6 · 3 H2 O – Canadian professors
J. D. H. Donnay and
G. Donnay
Dumortierite : Al6.5–7 BO3 (SiO4 )3 (O,OH)3 – French paleontologist
Eugene Dumortier (1803–1873)
Davemaoite : Cubic CaSiO3 – Mineral physicist
Ho-kwang Mao
E
F
G
Gadolinite : (Ce,La,Nd,Y)2 FeBe2 Si2 O10 – Finnish mineralogist and chemist
Johan Gadolin (1760–1852)
Gagarinite series: Na(REEx Ca(1-x) )(REEy Ca(1-y) )F6 – Russian cosmonaut
Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968)
Gahnite : ZnAl2 O4 – Swedish chemist
Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745–1818)
Gatehouseite : Mn2+ 5 (PO4 )2 (OH)4 – crystal chemist
Bryan M. K. C. Gatehouse (born 1932),
Monash University , Melbourne
Genkinite : (Pt,Pd)4 Sb3 – Soviet mineralogist
A. D. Genkin
Georgerobinsonite : Pb4 (CrO4 )2 (OH)2 FCl –
George Willard Robinson
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
Samuel H. Gilson
Ferri-ghoseite : ☐[Mn2+ Na][Mg4 Fe3+ ]Si8 O22 (OH)2 –
Subrata Ghose (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+ 3 Al4 (PO4 )4 (OH)6 ·2H2 O – mineralogist
Donald Herbert Gorman , University of Toronto
Gregoryite : (Na2 ,K2 ,Ca)CO3 – British geologist and author
John Walter Gregory (1864–1932).
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[6]
Greigite : Fe2+ Fe3+ 2 S4 – mineralogist and physical chemist
Joseph W. Greig (1895–1977).
[6]
[7]
Grossite : CaAl4 O7 – Israeli mineralogist and geologist
Shulamit Gross (1923–2012)
Grothite (
titanite var., 9.AG.15)
Grunerite : Fe7 Si8 O22 (OH)2 – Swiss-French chemist
Emmanuel-Louis Gruner (1809–1883)
Guettardite : Pb(Sb,As)2 S4 – French naturalist
Jean-Étienne Guettard (1715–1786)
[8]
Guilleminite : Ba(UO2 )3 (SeO3 )2 (OH)4 ·3H2 O – French chemist and mineralogist
Jean Claude Guillemin (1923–1994)
Gunterite : Na4 (H2 O)16(H2 V10 O28 ) · 6 H2 O – American mineralogist
Mickey Gunter (born 1953)
Gunningite : (Zn,Mn2+ )SO4 ·H2 O – Canadian geologist and academic
Henry C. Gunning (1901–1991)
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H
Haggertyite : Ba(Fe2+ 6 Ti5 Mg)O19 – American geophysicist
Stephen E. Haggerty (born 1938)
Haidingerite : Ca(AsO3 OH) ·
H2 O – Austrian mineralogist
Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger (1795–1871)
Halloysite : Al2 Si2 O5 (OH)4 – Belgian geologist
Omalius d'Halloy
Hambergite : Be2 BO3 OH – Swedish mineralogist
Axel Hamberg (1863–1933)
Hanksite : Na22 K(SO4 )9 (CO3 )2 Cl – Henry Garber Hanks (1826–1907), first state mineralogist of California
Hapkeite : Fe2 Si – American
planetary scientist
Bruce Hapke
Hausmannite : Mn2+ Mn3+ 2 O4 –
Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann (1782–1859), professor of mineralogy, University of Göttingen, Göttingen
Hawleyite : CdS – Canadian mineralogist
James Edwin Hawley (1897–1965)
Hazenite : KNaMg2 (PO4 )2 · 14 H2 O –
Robert M. Hazen of the Carnegie Institute
Håleniusite-(La) : (La,Ce)OF –
Ulf Hålenius , director of the mineralogy department at the
Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, Sweden.
Hauyne : Na3 Ca(Si3 Al3 )O12 (SO4 ) – French mineralogist
René Just Haüy (1743–1822)
Heinrichite : Ba(UO2 )2 (AsO4 )2 · 10–12 H2 O – mineralogist
Eberhardt William Heinrich (1918–1991)
Hendricksite : KZn3 (Si3 Al)O10 (OH)2 – American agriculturist
Sterling B. Hendricks (1902–1981)
Herbertsmithite : ZnCu3 (OH)6 Cl2 – British mineralogist
Herbert Smith (1872–1953)
Hessite : Ag2 Te – Swiss-born Russian chemist
Germain Henri Hess (1802–1850)
Heyite (identical with
calderonite , 8.BG.05)
Heulandite series: (Ca,Na)2–3 Al3 (Al,Si)2 Si13 O36 · 12 H2 O – English mineral collector
Henry Heuland (1778–1856)
Hiddenite (green variety of
spodumene ): – American geologist
William Earl Hidden (1853–1918)
Högbomite (renamed to magnesiohögbomite-2N2S): (Al,Mg,Fe,Ti)22 (O,OH)32 – Swedish geologist
Arvid Högbom (1857–1940)
Holmquistite : (Li2 )(Mg3 Al2 )(Si8 O22 )(OH)2 – Swedish petrologist
Per Johan Holmquist (1866–1946)
Holtite : (Ta0.6 ◻0.4 )Al6 BSi3 O18 (O,OH)2.25 –
Harold Holt (1908–1967), prime minister of Australia
Hopeite : Zn3 (PO4 )2 ·4H2 O – Scottish chemist
Thomas Charles Hope (1766–1844)
Howieite : inosilicate with 4-periodic single chain –
Robert Andrew Howie (1923–2012), British petrologist and mineralogist of King's College, London University, London
Howlite : Ca2 B5 SiO9 (OH)5 – Canadian chemist, mineralogist
Henry How (1828–1879)
Hübnerite : MnWO4 – German mineralogist
Adolf Huebner
Hurlbutite (8.AA.15)
Hutchinsonite : (Tl,Pb)2 As5 S9 – Cambridge mineralogist
Arthur Hutchinson (1866–1937)
Huttonite : ThSiO4 – New Zealand-American mineralogist
Colin Osborne Hutton (1910–1971)
J
K
Karenwebberite : Na(Fe2+ ,Mn2+ )PO4 – American geologist
Karen L. Webber
Kassite : CaTi2 O4 (OH)2 – Russian geologist
Nikolai Grigorievich Kassin (1885–1949)
Kampfite : Ba12 (Si11 Al5 )O31 (CO3 )8 Cl5 –
Anthony Robert Kampf (born 1948)
Keilite : (Fe,Mg)S – American mineralogist
Klaus Keil (1934–2022)
Khomyakovite : Na12 Ca6 Sr3 Fe3 WZr3 (Si25 O73 )(O,OH,H2O)3 (Cl,OH)2 – Russian mineralogist
Alexander Khomyakov (1933–2012)
Kieserite : MgSO4 ·
H2 O –
Dietrich Georg von Kieser (1779–1862), former president, Jena Academy
Kleberite : FeTi6 O13 · 4 H2 O – German professor
Will Kleber (1906–1970)
Kobellite : Pb22 Cu4 (Bi,Sb)30 S69 – German mineralogist
Wolfgang Franz von Kobell (1803–1882)
Kochsandorite : CaAl2 (CO3 )2 (OH)4 H2 O – Hungarian mineralogist
Sándor Koch (1896–1983)
Kogarkoite : Na3 (SO4 )F – Russian scientist
Lia Nikolaevna Kogarko
Kolbeckite : ScPO4 · 2 H2 O – German mineralogist
Friedrich L. W. Kolbeck
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 : CaAl2 O4 – Russian-American cosmochemist Alexander N. Krot
Kruťaite : CuSe2 Czech mineralogist Tomas Krut'a (1906–1998)
Kukharenkoite-(Ce) : Ba3 CeF(CO3 )3 – Russian mineralogist
Alexander A. Kukharenko (1914–1993)
Kurnakovite : MgB3 O3 (OH)5 · 5 H2 O – Russian mineralogist and chemist
Nikolai Semenovich Kurnakov (1860–1941)
Kunzite (variety of spodumene): – American mineralogist
George Frederick Kunz (1856–1932)
L
Lacroixite : NaAl(PO4 )F – French mineralogist
Antoine François Alfred Lacroix (1863–1948)
Langite : Cu4 (SO4 )(OH)6 ·2H2 O – Austrian chemist
Viktor von Lang (1838–1921)
Laueite (8.DC.30)
Lavinskyite : K(Li,Cu,Mg,Na)2 Cu6 (Si4 O11 )2 (OH)4 – photographer of minerals Robert Lavinsky (
Commons:Robert Lavinsky )
Lavoisierite : Mn2+ 8 [Al10 (Mn3+ Mg)][Si11 P]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
Legrandite : Zn2 (AsO4 )(OH)·(H2 O) – Belgian mining engineer Louis C.A. Legrand (1861–1920)
Lemanskiite : NaCaCu5 (AsO4 )4 Cl·5H2 O – Chester S. Lemanski, Jr. (b. 1947), American mineral collector
Liebauite : Ca3 Cu5 Si9 O26 – German
Friedrich Liebau (1926–2011), professor of mineralogy,
University of Kiel
Linnaeite : Co+2 Co+3 2 S4 –
Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778)
Lipscombite : (Fe2+ ,Mn2+ )(Fe3+ )2 (PO4 )2 (OH) – American chemist
William Lipscomb (1919–2011)
Livingstonite : HgSb4 S8 – Scottish explorer in Africa
David Livingstone (1813–1873)
Lonsdaleite : C – British crystallographer
Kathleen Lonsdale (1903–1971)
Lorandite : TlAsS2 – Hungarian physicist
Loránd Eötvös (1848–1919)
Lotharmeyerite : CaZn2 (AsO4 )2 ·2H2 O – German chemist
Julius Lothar Meyer (1830–1895)
Lucabindiite : (K,NH4 )As4 O6 (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)
Lukechangite-(Ce) : Na3 Ce2 (CO3 )4 F – American mineralogist
Luke L. Y. Chang (1934–2009)
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M
Macdonaldite : BaCa4 Si16 O36 (OH)2 · 10 H2 O – American volcanologist, Gordon Andrew Macdonald (1911–1978, redirect )
Malhmoodite : FeZr(PO4 )2 · 4H2 O – Bertha K. Malhmood, for many years Administrative Assistant of the Branch of Analytical Laboratories, U.S. Geological Survey
Mandarinoite : Fe2 (SeO3 )3 · 4H2 O – American-Canadian mineralogist
Joseph (Joe) A. Mandarino (1929–2007)
Maricite : NaFePO4 – Croatian mineralogist Luka Marić (1899–1979), University of Zagreb
Machatschkiite (8.CJ.35)
Mascagnite : (NH4 )2 SO4 – Italian anatomist
Paolo Mascagni (1752–1815)
Mathesiusite : K5 (UO2 )4 (SO4 )4 (VO5 ) · 4(H2 O) – German minister
Johannes Mathesius (1504–1565)
Mckelveyite-(Y) : Ba3 NaCa0.75 U0.25 Y(CO3 )6 · 3 H2 O – American geologist
Vincent E. McKelvey (1916–1985)
Meyerhofferite : CaB3 O3 (OH)5 · H2 O – German chemist,
Wilhelm Meyerhoffer (1864–1906)
Meyrowitzite : Ca(UO2 )(CO3 )2 · 5H2 O – after Robert Meyrowitz (1916–2013), an American analytical chemist
Mendeleevite-(Ce) : Cs6 (Ce22 Ca6 )(Si70 O175 )(OH,F)14 (H2 O)21 – Russian chemist
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834–1907)
Menzerite-(Y) (IMA2009-050)
Millerite : NiS – British mineralogist
William Hallowes Miller (1801–1880)
Millosevichite : Al2 (SO4 )3 – Italian mineralogist Federico Millosevich (1875–1942)
Moëloite (2.HC.25)
Mohsite (
crichtonite var., 4.CC.40)
Moissanite : SiC (naturally occurring) – discoverer
Henri Moissan (1852–1907)
Monticellite : Ca(Mg,Fe)SiO4 – Italian mineralogist
Teodoro Monticelli (1759–1845)
Morganite (variety of Beryl): – American financier
J. P. Morgan (1837–1913)
Mozartite : CaMn3+ SiO4 (OH) –
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Murdochite : PbCu6 O8−x (Cl,Br)2x – American mineralogist
Joseph Murdoch (1890–1973)
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O
Obertiite amphibole root name (9.DE.25)
Okenite : CaSi2 O5 ·2H2 O – German naturalist
Lorenz Oken (1779–1851)
P
R
S
Saleeite : Mg(UO2 )2 (PO4 )2 ·10H2 O – Belgian mineralogist
Achille Salée (1883–1932)
Samarskite : Y0.2 REE0.3 Fe3+ 0.3 U0.2 Nb0.8 Ta0.2 O4 – Russian official
Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets (1803–1870)
Sanbornite : BaSi2 O5 – American mineralogist
Frank B. Sanborn (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)
Shcherbinaite : VO5 – Soviet geologist
Vladimir Shcherbina (1907–1978)
Scheuchzerite (9.DM.35)
Schoenfliesite (4.FC.10)
Schoepite : (UO2 )8 O(OH)12 ·12H2 O –
Alfred Schoep (1881–1966), professor of mineralogy at the
University of Ghent
Schreibersite : (Fe,Ni)3 P – Austrian naturalist
Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers (1775–1852)
Schreyerite : V2 Ti3 O9 – German mineralogist
Werner Schreyer (1930–2006)
Schröckingerite : NaCa3 (UO2 ) – Julius Freiherr Schröckinger von Neudenberg (1814–1882)
Scottyite : BaCu2 Si2 O7 –
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 : PbFe3 H(AsO4 )2 (OH)6 – after Australian mineralogist, gemologist and petrologist Edgar Ralph Segnit (1923–1999)
Sekaninaite : (Fe+2 ,Mg)2 Al4 Si5 O18 – Czech mineralogist
Josef Sekanina (born 1901)
Sellaite : MgF2 – Italian politician and mineralogist
Quintino Sella (1827–1884)
Senarmontite : Sb2 O3 – French mineralogist and physician
Henri Hureau de Sénarmont (1808–1862)
Sengierite : Cu2 (OH)2 [UO2 |VO4 2 ·6H2 O – Belgian
UMHK director
Edgar Sengier (1879–1963)
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Serpierite : Ca(Cu,Zn)4 (SO4 )2 (OH)6 ·3H2 O – Giovanni Battista Serpieri (1832–1897)
Shulamitite : Ca3 TiFe3+ AlO8 – Israeli mineralogist and geologist
Shulamit Gross (1923–2012)
Sillimanite : Al2 SiO5 – American chemist
Benjamin Silliman (1779–1864)
Simpsonite : Al4(Ta,Nb)3O13(OH) – Australian mineralogist
Edward Sydney Simpson (1875–1939)
Smithsonite : ZnCO3 – British chemist and mineralogist,
James Smithson (1754–1829)
Sorbyite (2.LB.30)
Sperrylite : PtAs2 – American chemist
Francis Louis Sperry
Steacyite : K0.3 (Ca,Na)2 ThSi8 O20 – Canadian mineralogist
Harold Robert Steacy (born 1923)
Stenonite : Sr2 Al(CO3 )F5 – Danish physician
Nicolaus Steno (Niels Steensen) (1638–1686)
Stephanite : Ag5 SbS4 –
Archduke Stephan of Austria (1817–1867)
Stichtite : Mg6 Cr2 CO3 (OH)16 ·4H2 O – American born Australian mine manager
Robert Carl Sticht (1857–1922)
Stilleite : ZnSe – German geologist
Hans Stille (1876–1966)
Stolzite : PbWO4 – Czechoslovakian
Joseph Alexi Stolz (1803–1896)
Strashimirite : Cu8 (AsO4 )4 (OH)4 ·5H2 O – Bulgarian petrographer and mineralogist
Strashimir Dimitrov (1892–1960)
Stromeyerite : AgCuS – German chemist,
Friedrich Stromeyer (1776–1835)
Strunzite : Mn2+ Fe3+ 2 (PO4 )2 (OH)2 ·6H2 O – German mineralogist
Karl Hugo Strunz (1910–2006)
Stumpflite : Pt(Sb,Bi) – Austrian professor of mineralogy
Eugen Friedrich Stumpfl (1931–2004)
Sugilite : KNa2 (Fe,Mn,Al)2 Li3 Si12 O30 – Japanese petrologist
Ken-ichi Sugi (1901–1948)
Svanbergite : SrAl3 (PO4 )(SO4 )(OH)6 – Swedish chemist
Lars Fredrik Svanberg (1805–1878)
Swedenborgite : NaBe4 Sb5+ O7 – Swedish scientist and theologian
Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772)
Sweetite : Zn(OH)2 – Curator of mineral department of the British Museum,
Jessie Sweet (1901–1979)
Sylvite : KCl – Dutch chemist
Franciscus Sylvius (1614–1672)
T
U
V
W
Y
Yangite : PbMnSi3 O8 ·H2 O – Hexiong Yang, Mineralogy researcher at the Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona
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See also
Notes
^
http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/bertrandite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
^ W.R. Hamilton, 1974, The Hamlyn Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Fossils , London, Hamlyn
^
"Cassidyite Mineral Data" . Mineralogy Database . Retrieved 29 September 2013 .
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"Fuchsite" . mindat.org . Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020 .
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"Gregoryite" . mindat.org . Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020 .
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http://webmineral.com/data/Zektzerite.shtml Webmineral
^ 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.
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"Guettardite" . mindat.org . Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020 .
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"Gunningite" . mindat.org . Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020 .
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franklin-sterlinghill.com - franklin sterlinghill Resources and Information.
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Johnbaumite Mineral Data
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"Johnbaumite" . mindat.org . Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020 .
^ 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): 1255.
Bibcode :
1997AmMin..82.1255G .
doi :
10.2138/am-1997-11-1220 .
S2CID
99064114 .
^ Van der Straeten, Edgar (1973).
"Biographie Belge d'Outre-Mer: Edgar Sengier" .
Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer . VII–A: 429–437.
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"Wolfeite: Mineral information, data and localities" . Mindat .
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"Wroewolfeite: Mineral information, data and localities" . Mindat .
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http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/zinkenite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
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"Zinkenite" . mindat.org . Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020 .
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"Zippeite Mineral Data" . www.webmineral.com .
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