This is a list of minerals named after people. The chemical composition of the mineral follows the name.
A Abelsonite: C31H32N4Ni – American physicist Philip Hauge Abelson (1913–2004) Abswurmbachite: Cu2+Mn3+6O8SiO4 – German mineralogist Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach (1938–2020) 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(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O – 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 (BeAl2O4): – Russian monarch, Tsar Alexander II of Russia (1818–1881) Alforsite: Ba5Cl(PO4)3 – American geologist John T. Alfors (1930–2005) Allabogdanite: (Fe,Ni)2P – Alla Bogdanova (1947–2004), 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 (born 1933) Almeidaite: crichtonite group (metal titanates); Brazilian geologist Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida (1916–2013) Anandite: (Ba,K)(Fe2+,Mg)3(Si,Al,Fe)4O10(S,OH)2 – Ceylonese metaphysician, historian and philosopher Ananda Coomaraswamy (1877–1947), first director of the Mineral Survey of Ceylon 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) Andychristyite: PbCuTeO5(H2O) – Welsh-Australian mineralogist Andrew G. Christy (1963–) 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) Artinite: Mg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O – Italian mineralogist, Ettore Artini (1866–1928) 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 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 Arthur W. G. Kingsbury Atencioite: Ca2Fe2+3Mg2Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O – 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 Bentorite: Ca6(Cr,Al)2(SO4)3(OH)12·26H2 – Israeli geologist Yaakov Ben-Tor (1910–2002) Berthierite: FeSb2S4 – French geologist and mining engineer Pierre Berthier (1782–1861) Bertrandite: Be4Si2O7(OH)2 – French mineralogist Emile Bertrand (1844–1909) 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 Bezsmertnovite: Au4Cu(Te,Pb) – Russian mineralogists Vladimir (1912–2002) and Marianna Bezsmertnaya (1915–1991). 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) Bonazziite: As4S4 – Paola Bonazzi, Italian professor of mineralogy and crystallography at the University of Florence (1960–2024) Bournonite: PbCuSbS3 – French crystallographer and mineralogist Jacques Louis de Bournon (1751–1825) 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) Brownleeite MnSi – American astrobiologist Donald E. Brownlee (1943–), professor of astronomy at University of Washington at Seattle, leading head of the Stardust mission 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 R. Buseck, Arizona State University
C Cabriite: Pd2SnCu – Canadian mineralogist Louis J. Cabri (born 1934) Cámaraite: sorosilicate – Fernando Cámara (born 1967), mineralogist of Melilla, Spain Cancrinite: Na6Ca2[(CO3)2 – Georg von Cancrin (1774–1845) 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 (1910–1965). 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 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 (1938–) Chrisstanleyite: Ag2Pd3Se4 – British mineralogist Christopher John Stanley Clarkeite: Na[(UO2)O(OH)](H2O)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 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 Columbite: Fe2+Nb2O6 – 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)2Al4Si5O18 to (Fe,Mg)2Al4Si5O18 – French geologist Louis 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) Cuprosklodowskite: Cu(UO2)2(HSiO4)2·6(H2O) – Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist Marie Curie (1867–1934)
D Daliranite: PbHgAs2S6 – Farahnaz Daliran, University of Karlsruhe, Germany Dalyite: K2ZrSi6O15 – Reginald Aldworth Daly (1871–1957), Harvard University Danalite: Be3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S – American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist James Dwight Dana (1813–1895) Danielsite: (Cu,Ag)14HgS8 – Geologist John L. Daniels (1931–), active in the geological survey of western Australia Davinciite: Na12K3Ca6Fe2+3Zr3 – 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+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) Dellaite: Ca6(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2 – geochemist, Della M. Roy (1926–2021) Delrioite: SrCaV5+2O6(OH)2 · 3 H2O – Spanish–Mexican scientist and naturalist Andrés Manuel del Río (1764–1849) And calciodelrioite Demesmaekerite: Pb2Cu5(UO2)2(SeO3)6(OH)6·2H2O – Belgian geologist Gaston Demesmaeker (1911–1997) Descloizite: PbZnVO4(OH) – Alfred Lewis Oliver Legrand Des Cloizeaux (1817–1897), professor of mineralogy, University of Paris, Paris And arsendescloizite Dessauite-(Y) (Sr,Pb)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe3+)20O38 – Italian mineralogist Gabor Dessau (1907–1983) Devilline: CaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O – French chemist Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire Deville (1818–1881) Dickite: Al2Si2O5(OH)4 – Scottish metallurgical chemist Allan Brugh Dick (1833–1926) Djerfisherite: K6CuFe24S26Cl or K6Na(Fe,Cu)24S26Cl – American mineralogist Daniel Jerome Fisher (1896–1988), professor at the University of Chicago 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) Davemaoite: Cubic CaSiO3– Mineral physicist Ho-kwang Mao
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) Esperite: PbCa3Zn4(SiO4)4 – American petrologist Esper S. Larsen Jr. (1879–1961), Harvard University (Originally called calcium larsenite) Evansite: Al3(PO4)(OH)6·6H2O – British nickel refiner, weapons manufacturer and geologist Brooke Evans (1797–1862)
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) And ferro-ferri-obertiite 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+Nb2O6 – 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)
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 Gaylussite: Na2Ca(CO3)2·5H2O – French chemist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778–1850) Geikielite: MgTiO3 – Scottish geologist Archibald Geikie (1835–1924) 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][Mg4Fe3+]Si8O22(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)6·2H2O – mineralogist Donald Herbert Gorman, University of Toronto Grandidierite: (Mg,Fe2+)Al3(BO3)(SiO4)O2 – French explorer Alfred Grandidier (1836–1912). Gregoryite: (Na2,K2,Ca)CO3 – British geologist and author John Walter Gregory (1864–1932) Greigite: Fe2+Fe3+2S4 – mineralogist and physical chemist Joseph W. Greig (1895–1977) Grossite: CaAl4O7 – Israeli mineralogist and geologist Shulamit Gross (1923–2012) Grothite (titanite var., 9.AG.15) Grunerite: Fe7Si8O22(OH)2 – Swiss-French chemist Emmanuel-Louis Gruner (1809–1883) Guettardite: Pb(Sb,As)2S4 – French naturalist Jean-Étienne Guettard (1715–1786) Guilleminite: Ba(UO2)3(SeO3)2(OH)4·3H2O – French chemist and mineralogist Jean Claude Guillemin (1923–1994) Gunterite: Na4(H2O)16(H2V10O28) · 6 H2O – American mineralogist Mickey Gunter (born 1953) 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) Halloysite: Al2Si2O5(OH)4 – Belgian geologist Omalius d'Halloy Hambergite: Be2BO3OH – Swedish mineralogist Axel Hamberg (1863–1933) Hanksite: Na22K(SO4)9(CO3)2Cl – Henry Garber Hanks (1826–1907), first state mineralogist of California 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: KNaMg2(PO4)2 · 14 H2O – 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: 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 Holmquistite: (Li2)(Mg3Al2)(Si8O22)(OH)2 – Swedish petrologist Per Johan Holmquist (1866–1946) Holtite: (Ta0.6◻0.4)Al6BSi3O18(O,OH)2.25 – Harold Holt (1908–1967), prime minister of Australia Hopeite: Zn3(PO4)2·4H2O – 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: Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5 – Canadian chemist, mineralogist Henry How (1828–1879) Hübnerite: MnWO4 – German mineralogist 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) Hyršlite: Pb8As10Sb6S32 – Czech mineralogist and gemmologist Jaroslav Hyršl (born 1962)
J Jarosewichite: Mn2+3Mn3+(AsO4)(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) – American geologist and mineralogist John L. Baum 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) Keilite: (Fe,Mg)S – American mineralogist Klaus Keil (1934–2022) Khinite: PbCu3TeO6(OH)2 – Burmese-American mineralogist Ba-Saw Khin (1931–) 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: KZr2(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 Kruťaite: 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) Langite: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O – Austrian chemist Viktor von Lang (1838–1921) Laueite (8.DC.30) Lavinskyite: K(Li,Cu,Mg,Na)2Cu6(Si4O11)2(OH)4 – photographer 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 – British geologist Bernard E. Leake (born 1932), University of Glasgow Minerals: ferri-fluoro-leakeite, ferri-leakeite, fluoro-leakeite, potassic-ferri-leakeite, potassic-leakeite, potassic-mangani-leakeite Legrandite: Zn2(AsO4)(OH)·(H2O) – Belgian mining engineer Louis C.A. Legrand (1861–1920) Lemanskiite: NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O – Chester S. Lemanski, Jr. (b. 1947), American mineral collector Liebauite: Ca3Cu5Si9O26 – German Friedrich Liebau (1926–2011), professor of mineralogy, University of Kiel Linnaeite: Co+2Co+32S4 – Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) 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: CaZn2(AsO4)2·2H2O – German chemist Julius Lothar Meyer (1830–1895) And cobaltlotharmeyerite, ferrilotharmeyerite, manganlotharmeyerite, nickellotharmeyerite 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)
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) And telluromandarinoite Maricite: NaFePO4 – Croatian mineralogist Luka Marić (1899–1979), University of Zagreb Marthozite: Cu(UO2)3(SeO3)3(OH)2·7H2O – Belgian mineralogist Aimé Marthoz (1894–1962) Machatschkiite (8.CJ.35) Mascagnite: (NH4)2SO4 – Italian anatomist Paolo Mascagni (1752–1815) Mathesiusite: K5(UO2)4(SO4)4(VO5) · 4(H2O) – German minister Johannes Mathesius (1504–1565) Mawbyite: Pb(Fe3+,Zn)2(AsO4)2(OH)2 – Australian metallurgist and mining executive Sir Maurice Alan Edgar Mawby (1904–1977) 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) 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: PbCu6O8−x(Cl,Br)2x – American mineralogist Joseph Murdoch (1890–1973)
N Nataliakulikite: Ca4Ti2(Fe3+,Fe2+)(Si,Fe3+,Al)O11 – Russian mineralogist Natalia Artyemovna Kulik (born 1933) Nasonite: Pb6Ca4(Si2O7)3Cl2 – American mining engineer and author Frank Lewis Nason (1856–1928) Niedermayrite: Cu4Cd(SO4)2(OH)6·4H2O – Austrian geologist Gerhard Niedermayr (1941–) Nikischerite: Fe2+6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6][SO4]2·6H2O – American mineralogist Anthony J. Nikischer (born 1949) Niningerite: MgS – American meteoriticist Harvey Harlow Nininger (1887–1986) Norrishite: KLiMn3+2(Si4O10)O2 – Australian geologist Keith Norrish (1924–2017), pioneer of wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence analysis
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 Paulingite-Ca and paulingite-K Paulscherrerite: UO2(OH)2 – Swiss physicist Paul Scherrer (1890–1969) Pearceite: Cu(Ag,Cu)6Ag9As2S11 – Cornish-American chemist and metallurgist Richard Pearce (1837–1927) 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) Perite: PbBiO2Cl – Swedish geologist Per Adolf Geijer (1886–1976) 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 Priscillagrewite-(Y): (Ca2Y)Zr2Al3O12 – American geologist Priscilla Croswell Perkins Grew (1940 – ) 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) Raspite: PbWO4 – prospector Charles Rasp (1846–1907) Raygrantite: Pb10Zn(SO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)2 – Raymond W. Grant, professor of geology at Mesa Community College, Mesa, Arizona. Reidite: ZrSiO4 – Alan F. Reid (1931–2013), New Zealand chemist Renierite: (Cu,Zn)11(Ge,As)2Fe4S16 – Armand Renier (1876–1951), director of the Belgian Geological Survey 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: V2O5 – 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) Schreyerite: V2Ti3O9 – German mineralogist Werner Schreyer (1930–2006) Schröckingerite: NaCa3(UO2) – Julius Freiherr Schröckinger von Neudenberg (1814–1882) 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) 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) Serpierite: Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O – Giovanni Battista Serpieri (1832–1897) Shulamitite: Ca3TiFe3+AlO8 – Israeli mineralogist and geologist Shulamit Gross (1923–2012) Sillimanite: Al2SiO5 – American chemist Benjamin Silliman (1779–1864) Simpsonite: Al4(Ta,Nb)3O13(OH) – Australian mineralogist Edward Sydney Simpson (1875–1939) Sklodowskite: Mg(UO2)2(HSiO4)2·5H2O – Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist Marie Curie (1867–1934) Smithite: AgAsS2 – British mineralogist Herbert Smith (1872–1953) 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 – French obstetrician 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) And ferristrunzite, ferrostrunzite 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) Svanbergite: SrAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 – Swedish chemist Lars Fredrik Svanberg (1805–1878) Swedenborgite: NaBe4Sb5+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 Tarbuttite: Zn2(PO4)(OH) Percy Coventry Tarbutt (died 1943), a Director of the Broken Hill Exploration Company 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: CaAl2Si6O16·8H2O – Rudy W. Tschernich (born 1945), expert on zeolites Tschermakite: Ca2(Mg3AlFe3+)Si6Al2O22(OH)2 – Austrian mineralogist Gustav Tschermak von Seysenegg (1836–1927)
U Ulexite: NaCaB5O9·8H2O – German chemist Georg 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 Vaesite: NiS2 – Belgian mineralogist Johannes F. Vaes (1902–1978) 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) Veszelyite: (Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O – Ágost Veszely (1821–1879), Hungarian mining engineer 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 and metavivianite – English mineralogist John Henry Vivian (1785–1855)
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 Dowse 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) – German geologist Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749–1817) 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) Woodhouseite: CaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6 – American mineralogist Charles Douglas Woodhouse (1888–1975) Wolfeite: Fe2+2(PO4)(OH) – American mineralogist Caleb Wroe Wolfe (1908–1980) Also wroewolfeite: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O 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+(UO2)2(CO3)O4(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 Yegorovite: Na4[Si4O8(OH)4]·7H2O – Yurii Kavdievich Yegorov-Tismenko (1938–2007), crystallographer at Moscow State University.
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 (c. 1932–2017) 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) Zavaritskite: (BiO)F – Soviet geologist and petrographer Alexander Nikolaevich Zavaritsky (1884–1952) Zektzerite: LiNa(Zr,Ti,Hf)Si6O15 – American mathematician and mineral collector Jack Zektzer (born 1936) Zeunerite: Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·(10–16)H2O – German physicist, engineer and epistemologist Gustav Anton Zeuner (1828–1907) Also metazeunerite: Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 8H2O 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 (born 1981) Zinkenite: Pb9Sb22S42 – German mineralogist and mining geologist, Johann Karl Ludwig Zinken (1790–1862) Zippeite: (UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10·4H2O – Austrian mineralogist Franz Xaver Maximilian Zippe 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 recognized by the International Mineralogical Association List of minerals Eponym Lists of etymologies List of eponyms
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References mindat.org The Mineral Database Webmineral.com Minerals Named After People and Places American Mineralogist- New Mineral Names 1979