List of minerals named after people
This is a list of minerals named after famous or notable people. The chemical composition follows name.
- For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see Lists of etymologies.
- For a list of eponyms sorted by name see List of eponyms.
Sorted by name:
A
- Abelsonite: C31H32N4Ni – American physicist Philip Hauge Abelson (1913–2004)
- Abswurmbachite: Cu2+Mn3+6O8SiO4 – German mineralogist Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach
- Adamite: Zn2AsO4OH – French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795–1881)
- Agrellite: NaCa2Si4O10F – 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]2·4H2O – American geologist Allen V. Heyl (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 John T. Alfors (1930–2005)
- Allabogdanite: (Fe,Ni)2P – Alla Bogdanova, 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)
- Almeidaite: 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 – 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)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
- Armbrusterite: K5Na3Mn3+Mn2+14[Si9O22]4(OH)10·4H2O – Swiss crystallographer Thomas Armbruster (born 1950), University of Bern
- Arthurite: CuFe23+[(OH,O)|(AsO4,PO4,SO4)]2·4H2O – British mineralogists Arthur Edward Ian Montagu Russell and Arthur W. G. Kingsbury
- Atencioite: Ca
2Fe2+
3Mg
2Be
4(PO
4)
6(OH)
4·6H
2O – Daniel Atencio, professor of mineralogy, Geoscience Institute, University of São Paulo - Avicennite: Tl2O3 – Persian scholar and physician Avicenna (980–1037)
B
- Backite (IMA2013-113)
- Bandylite (6.AC.35)
- Baumhauerite: Pb3As4S9 – German mineralogist Heinrich Adolph Baumhauer (1848–1926)
- Bazzite: Be3(Sc,Fe)2Si6O18 – Italian engineer Alessandro E. Bazzi
- Benstonite: Ba6Ca6Mg(CO3)13 – Orlando J. Benston (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)
- Berzeliite: NaCa2Mg2(AsO4)3 and manganberzeliite – 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
- Bideauxite (3.DB.25)
- Bilibinskite: Au2Cu2PbTe2+ – Soviet geologist Yuri A. Bilibin (1901–1952)
- Biringuccite: 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 Carl August Blöde (1773–1820)
- Blossite: αCu2V2O7 – mineralogist Donald F. Bloss, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
- Bobdownsite (discredited)
- Bobfergusonite: Na2Mn2+5Fe3+Al(PO4)6 – Robert Bury Ferguson, 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 Jacques Louis de Bournon (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)
- Brandtite: Ca2Mn2+(AsO4)2 · 2 H2O – Swedish chemist Georg Brandt (1694–1768)
- And parabrandtite
- 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)
- Burnsite: KCdCu2+7(SeO3)2O2Cl9 – 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 Buseck, Arizona State University
C
- Cabriite: Pd2SnCu – Canadian mineralogist Louis J. Cabri (born 1934)
- Cámaraite: sorosilicate – Fernando Cámara (born 1967), mineralogist of Melilla, Spain
- Canfieldite: Ag8SnS6 – American mining engineer Frederick Alexander Canfield (1849–1926)
- Cannonite: Bi2(OH)2SO4 – American mineralogist and electron microprobe analyst Benjamin Bartlett (Bart) Cannon
- Carlfriesite: CaTe4+2Te6+O8 – American researcher at the Institute of Geology of the National university of Mexico Carl Fries, Jr.
- Carlhintzeite: 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)
- Cassidyite: Ca2Ni0.75Mg0.25(PO4)2 · 2 H2O – American geologist William A. Cassidy[3]
- 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•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
- Cernyite: Cu2CdSnS4 – Canadian mineralogist Petr Cerny
- Cesbronite: Cu6(TeO3)2(OH)6 · 2 H2O – French mineralogist Fabian Cesbron
- Chrisstanleyite: Ag2Pd3Se4 – British mineralogist Christopher John Stanley
- 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 Loring Coes, Jr. (1915–1978)
- Coffinite: U(SiO4)1−x(OH)4x – American geologist Reuben Clare Coffin
- Cohenite: (Fe,Ni,Co)
3C – 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
- Cooperite: (Pt,Pd,Ni)S – South African metallurgist Richard A. Cooper (1890–1972)
- Cordierite: (Mg,Fe)2Al4Si5O18 to (Fe,Mg)2Al4Si5O18 – French geologist Pierre Louis A. Cordier (1777–1861)
- Covellite: CuS – Italian mineralogist Niccolo Covelli (1790–1829)
- Criddleite (2.LA.25)
- Cronstedtite: (Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)4 – Swedish mineralogist Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722–1765)
- Crookesite: Cu7(Tl,Ag)Se4 – English chemist and physicist Sir William Crookes (1832–1919)
D
- Dalyite: K2ZrSi6O15 – Reginald Aldworth Daly (1871–1957), Harvard University
- Danalite: Be3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S – American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist James Dwight Dana (1813–1895)
- Davyne (9.FB.05)
- Dawsonite: NaAlCO3(OH)2 – Canadian geologist Sir John William Dawson (1820–1899)
- Dellaite: Ca6(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2 – geochemist, Della M. Roy (born 1926), spouse of Rustum Roy
- Delrioite: SrCaV5+
2O
6(OH)
2 · 3 H2O – Spanish–Mexican scientist and naturalist Andrés Manuel del Río (1764–1849)- And calciodelrioite
- Descloizite: PbZnVO4(OH) – Alfred Lewis Oliver Legrand Des Cloizeaux (1817–1897), professor of mineralogy, University of Paris, Paris
- And arsendescloizite
- Deanesmithite: Hg+2Hg2+3Cr6+O5S2 – Deane K. Smith (1930–2001), professor of geosciences, Penn State University
- Deerite: Fe2+6Fe3+3(Si6O17)O3(OH)5 – William Alexander Deer (1910–2009), mineralogist-petrologist, Cambridge University, Cambridge
- Delafossite: CuFeO2 – French mineralogist Gabriel Delafosse (1796–1878)
- Dickite: Al2Si2O5(OH)4 – Scottish metallurgical chemist Allan Brugh Dick (1833–1926)
- Dollaseite-(Ce): CaCeMg2AlSi3O11F(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: Cu3As – Polish geologist, mineralogist and educator Ignacy Domeyko (1802–1889)
- Donnayite: NaCaSr3Y(CO3)6 · 3 H2O – Canadian professors J. D. H. Donnay and G. Donnay
- Dumortierite: Al6.5-7BO3(SiO4)3(O,OH)3 – French paleontologist Eugene Dumortier (1803–1873)
E
- Erikapohlite (IMA2010-090) – German collector of minerals Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919–2016)
- Ernienickelite: NiMn3O7·3H2O – Canadian-Australian mineralogist Ernest (Ernie) H. Nickel (1925–2009)
- Ernstburkeite: Mg(CH3SO3)2·12H2O – mineralogist Ernst A. J. Burke, former Head of the CNMNC (IMA)
- Eskolaite: Cr2O3 – Finnish geologist Pentti Eelis Eskola (1883–1964)
F
- Farringtonite: Mg3(PO4)2 – American geologist Oliver C. Farrington (1864-1933)
- Ferberite: FeWO4 – German amateur mineralogist Moritz Rudolph Ferber (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 Roberta Oberti (born 1951)
- Fergusonite: (Ce,La,Nd)NbO4 – British politician and mineral collector Robert Ferguson of Raith (1767–1840)
- Ferraioloite (IMA2015-066)
- Fleischerite: Pb3Ge(SO4)2(OH)6 · 3 H2O – American mineralogist and geochemist Michael Fleischer (1908–1998)
- Fingerite: Cu11(VO4)6O2 – American mineralogist and crystallographer Larry W. Finger (born 1940)
- Foordite: Sn2+
Nb
2O
6 – American mineralogist Eugene Edward Foord (1946–1998) - Forsterite: Mg2SiO4 – German naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798)
- Franckeite: Pb5Sn3Sb2S14 – mining engineers Carl Francke and Ernest Francke
- 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 Johann Karl Freiesleben (1774–1846)
- Friedrichite: Cu5Pb5Bi7S18 – Austrian geologist Othmar Michael Friedrich (1902–1991)
- Fuchsite (variety of muscovite): K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2 – German mineralogist and chemist Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs (1774–1856)[4]
G
- Gadolinite: (Ce,La,Nd,Y)2FeBe2Si2O10 – Finnish mineralogist and chemist Johan Gadolin (1760–1852)
- Gagarinite 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 Bryan M. K. C. Gatehouse (born 1932), Monash University, Melbourne
- Genkinite: (Pt,Pd)4Sb3 – Soviet mineralogist A. D. Genkin
- Georgerobinsonite: Pb4(CrO4)2(OH)2FCl – 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][Mg
4Fe3+
]Si
8O
22(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+3Al4(PO4)4(OH)6 · 2 H2O – mineralogist Donald Herbert Gorman, University of Toronto
- Grossite: CaAl4O7 – Israeli mineralogist and geologist Shulamit Gross (1923-2012)
- Grothite (titanite var., 9.AG.15)
- Grunerite: Fe7Si8O22(OH)2 – Swiss-French chemist Louis Gruner
- Gunterite: Na4(H2O)16(H2V10O28) · 6 H2O – American mineralogist Mickey Gunter
- Gunningite: (Zn,Mn2+)SO4•H2O – Canadian geologist and academic Henry C. Gunning (1901–1991)
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 – Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann (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 - Hauyne: Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4) – French mineralogist René Just Haüy (1743–1822)
- Heinrichite: Ba(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 10-12 H2O – mineralogist Eberhardt William Heinrich (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 calderonite, 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 William Earl Hidden (1853–1918)
- Högbomite (renamed to magnesiohögbomite-2N2S): (Al,Mg,Fe,Ti)22(O,OH)32 – Swedish geologist Arvid Högbom (1857–1940)
- And ferrohögbomite-2N2S, magnesiohögbomite series and zincohögbomite series
- Howieite: 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 Adolf Huebner
- Hurlbutite (8.AA.15)
- Hutchinsonite: (Tl,Pb)2As5S9 – Cambridge mineralogist Arthur Hutchinson (1866–1937)
- Huttonite: ThSiO4 – New Zealand-American mineralogist Colin Osborne Hutton (1910–1971)
J
- Jarosewichite: Mn2+
3Mn3+
(AsO
4)(OH)
6 – American chemist Eugene Jarosewich - Jeanbandyite (4.FC.15)
- Jimthompsonite: (Mg,Fe)5Si6O16(OH)2 – American mineralogist James Burleigh Thompson, Jr.
- Johnbaumite: (Ca)5(AsO4)3(OH) [1] [2] – American geologist and mineralogist John L. Baum [3]
- Junitoite: CaZn2Si2O7·H2O – Jun Ito (1926–1978), mineralogist and crystallographer, University of Chicago
K
- Karenwebberite: Na(Fe2+,Mn2+)PO4 – American geologist Karen L. Webber
- Kassite: CaTi2O4(OH)2 – Russian geologist Nikolai Grigorievich Kassin (1885–1949)
- Kampfite: Ba12(Si11Al5)O31(CO3)8Cl5 – Anthony Robert Kampf (born 1948)
- Khomyakovite: Na12Ca6Sr3Fe3WZr3(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2 – Russian mineralogist Alexander Khomyakov (1933–2012)
- Kieserite: MgSO4 · H2O – Dietrich Georg von Kieser (1779–1862), former President, Jena Academy
- And cobaltkieserite
- Kleberite: FeTi6O13 · 4 H2O – German professor Will Kleber (1906–1970)
- Kobellite: Pb22Cu4(Bi,Sb)30S69 – German mineralogist Wolfgang Franz von Kobell (1803–1882)
- Kochsandorite: CaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4H2O – Hungarian mineralogist Sándor Koch (1896–1983)
- Kogarkoite: Na3(SO4)F – Russian scientist Lia Nikolaevna Kogarko
- Kolbeckite: ScPO4 · 2 H2O – 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: CaAl2O4 – Russian-American cosmochemist Alexander N. Krot
- Krut'aite: CuSe2 Czech mineralogist Tomas Krut'a (1906-1998)
- Kukharenkoite-(Ce): Ba3CeF(CO3)3 – Russian mineralogist Alexander A. Kukharenko (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
- Lacroixite: NaAl(PO4)F – French mineralogist Antoine François Alfred Lacroix (1863–1948)
- Laueite (8.DC.30)
- Lavinskyite: K(Li,Cu,Mg,Na)2Cu6(Si4O11)2(OH)4 – photograph of minerals Robert Lavinsky (Commons:Robert Lavinsky)
- Lavoisierite: Mn2+8[Al10(Mn3+Mg)][Si11P]O44(OH)12 – French chemist Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (1743–1794)
- Leakeite root name, sodium amphibole subgroup – Scottish geologist Bernard E. Leake (born 1936), University of Glasgow
- Lemanskiite: NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O – after Chester S. Lemanski, Jr. (b. 1947), American mineral collector
- Liebauite: Ca3Cu5Si9O26 – German Friedrich Liebau (1926–2011), professor of mineralogy, University of Kiel.
- Lipscombite: (Fe2+,Mn2+)(Fe3+)2(PO4)2(OH) – American chemist William Lipscomb (1919–2011)
- And zinclipscombite
- 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)
- Lotharmeyerite: CaZn
2(AsO
4)
2·2H
2O – German chemist Julius Lothar Meyer (1830–1895) - 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)
- Lukechangite-(Ce): Na3Ce2(CO3)4F – American mineralogist Luke L. Y. Chang (1934–2009)[5]
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
- Mandarinoite: Fe2(SeO3)3·4H2O – American-Canadian mineralogist Joseph (Joe) A. Mandarino (1929–2007)
- Maricite: NaFePO4 – Croatian mineralogist Luka Marić (1899–1979), University of Zagreb
- Machatschkiite (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
- Mendeleevite-(Ce): Cs6(Ce22Ca6)(Si70O175)(OH,F)14(H2O)21 – Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834–1907)
- Menzerite-(Y) (IMA2009-050)
- Millerite: NiS – British mineralogist William Hallowes Miller (1801–1880)
- Moëloite (2.HC.25)
- Mohsite (crichtonite var., 4.CC.40)
- Moissanite: SiC (naturally occurring) – discoverer Henri Moissan (1852–1907)
- Morganite (variety of Beryl): – American financier J. P. Morgan (1837–1913)
- Mozartite: CaMn3+SiO4(OH) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
- Murdochite: PbCu6O8−x(Cl,Br)2x – American mineralogist Joseph Murdoch (1890–1973)
N
- Nasonite: Pb6Ca4(Si2O7)3Cl2 – American mining engineer and author Frank Lewis Nason (1856–1928)
- Nikischerite: Fe2+6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6][SO4]2·6H2O – American mineralogist Anthony J. Nikischer (born 1949)
O
- Obertiite amphibole root name (9.DE.25)
- Okenite: CaSi2O5·2H2O – German naturalist Lorenz Oken (1779–1851)
P
- Pääkkönenite: Sb2AsS2 – Finnish geologist Viekko Pääkkönen (1907–1980)
- Pabstite: BaSnSi3O9 – Adolf Pabst (1899–1990), professor of mineralogy, University of California, Berkeley
- Partheite: Ca2Al4Si4O15(OH)2·4H2O – Swiss crystallographer Erwin Parthé (1928–2006)
- Paulingite series, zeolites – Linus Carl Pauling (1901–1994), professor of chemistry, California Institute of Technology
- Paulscherrerite: UO2(OH)2 – Swiss physicist Paul Scherrer (1890–1969)
- Penikisite: BaMg2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3 – Canadian explorer Gunar Penikis (1936–1979)
- Perhamite: Ca3Al7(SiO4)3(PO4)4(OH)3·16.5(H2O) – American geologist and pegmatite miner Frank C. Perham (born 1934)
- Perovskite: CaTiO3 – Russian mineralogist L. A. Perovski (1792–1856)
- Perroudite (2.FC.20c)
- Petzite (1845): Ag3AuTe2 – chemist W. Petz
- Pezzottaite: Cs(Be2Li)Al2Si6O18 – Italian geologist and mineralogist Federico Pezzotta
- Phillipsite: (Ca,Na2,K2)3Al6Si10O32·12H2O – English mineralogist and geologist William Phillips (1775–1828)
- Prehnite: Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 – Dutch governor Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn
- Proustite: Ag3AsS3 – French chemist Joseph Louis Proust (1754–1826)
- Putnisite: SrCa4Cr83+(CO3)8(SO4)(OH)16·25H2O – mineralogists Andrew and Christine Putnis
R
- Ramanite homologous series (6.EA.10)
- Rambergite: MnS – mineralogist Hans Ramberg (1917–1998)
- Rammelsbergite: NiAs2 – Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg (1813–1899)
- Ramdohrite (2.JB.40a)
- Riebeckite: Na2(Fe,Mg)5Si8O22(OH)2 – German explorer Emil Riebeck (1853–1885)
- Rittmannite: jahnsite-whiteite group – Swiss volcanologist Alfred Rittmann (1893–1980)
- Roeblingite (9.CB.05)
- Roselite: Ca2(Co2+, Mg)[AsO4]2·H2O – German mineralogist Gustav Rose (1798–1873)
- Rosenbuschite (9.BE.22)
- Rossmanite: (LiAl2)Al6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)4 – Caltech mineralogist George R. Rossman
- Rruffite (8.CG.10)
- Russellite: (BiO2)WO4 – British mineralogist Arthur Russell
- Rustumite: Ca10(Si2O7)2(SiO4)(OH)2Cl2 – American material scientist, Rustum Roy (1924–2010)
S
- Saleeite: Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O – Belgian mineralogist Achille Salée (1883–1932)
- Samarskite: Y0.2REE0.3Fe3+0.3U0.2Nb0.8Ta0.2O4 – Russian official Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets (1803–1870)
- Sanbornite: BaSi2O5 – 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)8O(OH)12·12H2O – Alfred Schoep (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 Josef Sekanina (born 1901)
- 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)[6]
- Shulamitite: 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)
- Sorbyite (2.LB.30)
- Sperrylite: PtAs2 – American chemist Francis Louis Sperry
- Steacyite: K0.3(Ca,Na)2ThSi8O20 – Canadian mineralogist Harold Robert Steacy (born 1923)
- Stenonite: 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 Joseph Alexi Stolz (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)
- Stumpflite: Pt(Sb,Bi) – Austrian professor of mineralogy Eugen Friedrich Stumpfl (1931–2004)
- Sugilite: KNa2(Fe,Mn,Al)2Li3Si12O30 – Japanese petrologist Ken-ichi Sugi (1901–1948)
- 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
- 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 Olaus Thortveit
- Tiemannite: HgSe – Johann Carl Wilhelm Tiemann (1848–1899)
- Torbernite: CuAl(UO2)2(PO4)2·8-12H2O – Swedish chemist Torbern Bergman (1735–1784)
- Trevorite: NiFe2O4 – Major Tudor Gruffydd Trevor, mining inspector for the Pretoria District, Transvaal, South Africa
- Tschernichite: CaAl
2Si
6O
16·8H
2O – Rudy W. Tschernich (born 1945), expert on zeolites - Tschermakite: Ca
2(Mg
3AlFe3+
)Si
6Al
2O
22(OH)
2 – Austrian mineralogist Gustav Tschermak von Seysenegg (1836–1927)
U
- Ulexite: NaCaB5O9·8H2O – German chemist George Ludwig Ulex (1811–1883)
- Ullmannite: NiSbS – German chemist and mineralogist Johann Christoph Ullmann (1771–1821, redirect)
- Uytenbogaardtite: Ag3AuS2 – Dutch mineralogist Willem Uytenbogaardt (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)
- Vanthoffite: Na6Mg(SO4)4 – Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff (1852–1911), professor of chemistry
- Vaterite: CaCO3 – German mineralogist Heinrich Vater (1859–1930)
- Vernadite (4.FE.40)
- Vincentite: (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
- Vladermaritre: 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 Walter Richard Kahn (born 1911)
- Weeksite: K2(UO2)2Si6O15·4H2O – USGS mineralogist Alice Mary Weeks (1909–1988)
- Weloganite: Na2(Sr,Ca)3Zr(CO3)6·3H2O – Canadian geologist William Edmond Logan (1798–1875)
- Wendwilsonite: 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 – John Sampson White, Jr. (born 1933), Mineralogical Record, editor and publisher.
- Whitlockite: Ca3(PO4)2 – American mineralogist Herbert Percy Whitlock (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)
- 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 – Jean Wyart (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 Domenico Zaccagna (1851–1940)
- Zaherite: Al12(OH)26(SO4)5·20H2O – Bangladeshi geologist M. A. Zaher
- Zajacite-(Ce): Na(REExCa1−x)(REEyCa1−y)F6 – Explorer Ihor Stephan Zajac (born 1935)
- Zakharovite: Na4Mn5Si10O20(OH)6·6H2O – Russian Director of the Moscow Institute of Geological Exploration Evgeii Evgen'evich Zakharov (1902–1980)
- Zanazziite: Ca2(MgFe)(MgFeMnAl)4Be(OH)4(PO4)6·6H2O – Italian Professor Pier Francesco Zanazzi (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 Jack Zektzer (born 1936)[7]
- 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, Johann Karl Ludwig Zinken (1790–1862)[8][9]
- Zippeite: (UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10·4H2O – Austrian mineralogist Franz Xaver Maximilian Zippe[10]
- 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 Vacklav Zyka
See also
- Mineralogy
- Mineraloid
- List of minerals approved by IMA
- List of minerals, emphasizing those with Wikipedia articles.
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.
- ^ Fuchsite mineral information and data
- ^ 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).
- ^ Van der Straeten, Edgar (1973). "Biographie Belge d'Outre-Mer: Edgar Sengier". Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer. VII–A: 429–437.
- ^ http://webmineral.com/data/Zektzerite.shtml Webmineral
- ^ http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/zinkenite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
- ^ http://www.mindat.org/min-4417.html Mindat
- ^ Zippeite Mineral Data