List of minerals named after people

This is a list of minerals named after famous or notable people. The chemical composition follows name when available.

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)
• 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 (930–1037)

B

• Baumhauerite: Pb₃As₄S₉ – German mineralogist Heinrich 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)
• Berzeliite: NaCa₂Mg₂(AsO₄)₃ and manganberzeliite – Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779–1848)
• Beudantite: PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆ – François Sulpice Beudant (1787–1850) French mineralogist, University of Paris, Paris
• Bilibinskite: Au₂Cu₂PbTe²⁺ – Soviet geologist Yuri A. Bilibin (1901–1952)
• Biringuccite: Na₂B₅O₈(OH)·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•4H₂O – German chemist Carl August Blöde (1773–1820)
• Blossite: αCu₂V₂O₇ – mineralogist Donald F. Bloss, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
• Bobfergusonite: Na₂Mn²⁺₅Fe³⁺Al(PO₄)₆ – Robert Bury Ferguson, University of Manitoba
• Bornite: Cu₅FeS₄ – Austrian Mineralogist Ignaz von Born (1742–1791)
• 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)₂·2H₂O – Swedish chemist Georg Brandt (1694–1768)
  • And parabrandtite
• Breithauptite: NiSb – Saxon mineralogist Johann Friedrich August Breithaupt (1791–1873)
• 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)
• 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
• Carlhintzeite: Ca₂AlF₇·H₂O – German mineralogist Carl Hintze (1851–1916), University of Breslau
• Carlosruizite: K₆(Na,K)₁₀Mg₁₀(Se⁶⁺O₄,SO₄,CrO₄)₁₂(IO₃)₁₂ •12H₂O – Chilean geologist Carlos Ruiz Fuller (1916–1997), founder of the Chilean Geological Survey
• Carnallite: KMgCl₃•6H₂O – 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: Ca₂Ni_0.75Mg_0.25(PO₄)₂•2(H₂O)– American geologist William A. Cassidy
• Caswellsilverite: NaCrS₂ – American geologist, entrepreneur, and oilman Caswell Silver (1916–1988)
• Celsian: BaAl₂Si₂O₈ – Swedish astronomer and naturalist Anders Celsius (1701–1744)
  • And paracelsian
• Cernyite: Cu₂CdSnS₄ – Canadian mineralogist Petr Cerny
• Cesbronite: Cu₆(TeO₃)₂(OH)₆·2H₂0 – 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•5H₂O – mine owner William T. Coleman (1824–1893)
• Collinsite: Ca₂Mg(PO₄)₂·2H₂O – 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)
• 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)
• 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)
  ₂·3H
  ₂O – 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•3H₂0 – Canadian professors J. D. H. Donnay and G. Donnay
• Dumortierite: Al_6.5-7BO₃(SiO₄)₃(O,OH)₃ – French paleontologist Eugene Dumortier (1803–1873)

E

• 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

• Ferberite: FeWO₄ – German amateur mineralogist Moritz Rudolph Ferber (1805–1875)
• Ferrierite: (Na,K)₂Mg(Si,Al)₁₈O₃₆(OH)•9H₂O – 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)
• Fleischerite: Pb₃Ge(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O – 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)

G

• Gadolinite: (Ce,La,Nd,Y)₂FeBe₂Si₂O₁₀ – Finnish mineralogist and chemist Johan Gadolin (1760–1852)
• Gagarinite series: Na(REE_xCa_(1-x))(REE_yCa_(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
• 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)₆·2H₂O – mineralogist Donald Herbert Gorman, University of Toronto
• Grunerite: Fe₇Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂ – Swiss-French chemist Louis Gruner
• Gunterite: Na₄(H₂O)16(H₂V₁₀O₂₈)•6H₂O – 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)
  ₂·14H
  ₂O – Robert M. Hazen of the Carnegie Institute
• Hauyne: Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄) – French mineralogist René Just Haüy (1743–1822)
• 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)
• Heulandite series: (Ca,Na)_2-3Al₃(Al,Si)₂Si₁₃O₃₆·12H₂O – 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
• 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
• 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

• Kassite: CaTi₂O₄(OH)₂ – Russian geologist Nikolai Grigorievich Kassin (1885–1949)
• Kampfite: Ba₁₂(Si₁₁Al₅)O₃₁(CO₃)₈Cl₅ – Anthony Robert Kampf (b. 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•4H₂O – 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: ScPO₄·2H₂O – German mineralogist Friedrich L. W. Kolbeck
• Kostovite: AuCuTe₄ – Bulgarian mineralogist Ivan Kostov (1913–2004)
• Krennerite: AuTe₂ varying to (Au_0.8,Ag_0.2)Te₂ – Hungarian mineralogist Joseph Krenner (1839–1920)
• Krotite: CaAl₂O₄ – Russian-American cosmochemist Alexander N. Krot
• Kukharenkoite-(Ce): Ba₃CeF(CO₃)₃ – Russian mineralogist Alexander A. Kukharenko (1914–1993)
• Kurnakovite: MgB₃O₃(OH)₅·5H₂O – 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)
• 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
  • Minerals: ferri-fluoro-leakeite, ferri-leakeite, fluoro-leakeite, potassic-ferri-leakeite, potassic-leakeite, potassic-mangani-leakeite
• 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)
  • And cobaltlotharmeyerite, ferrilotharmeyerite, manganlotharmeyerite, nickellotharmeyerite
• Lukechangite-(Ce): Na₃Ce₂(CO₃)₄F – American mineralogist Luke L. Y. Chang (1934–2009)

M

• Macdonaldite: BaCa₄Si₁₆O₃₆(OH)₂·10H₂O – American volcanologist, Gordon Andrew Macdonald (1911–1978, redirect)
• Mandarinoite: Fe₂(SeO₃)₃·4H₂O – American-Canadian mineralogist Joseph (Joe) A. Mandarino (1929–2007)
  • And telluromandarinoite
• Maricite: NaFePO₄ – Yugoslavian mineralogist Luba Maric (1899–1979), University of Zagreb
• Mckelveyite-(Y): Ba₃NaCa_0.75U_0.25Y(CO₃)₆•3H₂O – American geologist Vincent E. McKelvey (1916–1985)
• Meyerhofferite: CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·H₂O – German chemist, Wilhelm Meyerhoffer (1864–1906)
• Mendeleevite-(Ce): Cs₆(Ce₂₂Ca₆)(Si₇₀O₁₇₅)(OH,F)₁₄(H₂O)₂₁ – Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834–1907)
• Millerite: NiS – British mineralogist William Hallowes Miller (1801–1880)
• 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: PbCu₆O_8-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

• 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)
• 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)
• 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

• Rambergite: MnS – mineralogist Hans Ramberg (1917-1998)
• Rammelsbergite: NiAs₂ – Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg (1813–1899)
• Riebeckite: Na₂(Fe,Mg)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂ – German explorer Emil Riebeck (1853–1885)
• Rittmannite: jahnsite-whiteite group – Swiss volcanologist Alfred Rittmann (1893–1980)
• Roselite: Ca₂(Co²⁺, Mg)[AsO₄]₂·H₂O – German mineralogist Gustav Rose (1798–1873)
• Rossmanite: (LiAl₂)Al₆Si₆O₁₈(BO₃)₃(OH)₄ – Caltech mineralogist George R. Rossman
• 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: Y_0.2REE_0.3Fe³⁺_0.3U_0.2Nb_0.8Ta_0.2O₄ – 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)
• 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)
• Sekaninaite: (Fe⁺²,Mg)₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈ – Czech mineralogist Josef Sekanina (born 1901)
• Senarmontite: Sb₂O₃ – French mineralogist and physician Henri Hureau de Sénarmont (1808–1862)
• Sillimanite: Al₂SiO₅ – American chemist Benjamin Silliman (1779–1864)
• Smithsonite: ZnCO₃ – British chemist and mineralogist, James Smithson (1754–1829)
• Sperrylite: PtAs₂ – American chemist Francis Louis Sperry
• Steacyite: K_0.3(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)
  • And ferristrunzite, ferrostrunzite
• Sugilite: KNa₂(Fe,Mn,Al)₂Li₃Si₁₂O₃₀ – Japanese petrologist Ken-ichi Sugi (1901–1948)
• 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: Na_0.8Ce_0.2Y_0.5REE_0.7(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)
• Vivianite: Fe₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O – English mineralogist John Henry Vivian (1785–1855)
  • And metavivianite

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.
• 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)
• Wyartite: CaU⁵⁺
  (UO
  ₂)
  ₂(CO
  ₃)O
  ₄(OH)·7H₂O – Jean Wyart (1902–1992), mineralogist at the Sorbonne

Z

• Zaccagnaite: Zn₄Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₂·3H₂O – Italian geologist and mineral collector Domenico Zaccagna (1851–1940)
• Zaherite: Al₁₂(OH)₂₆(SO₄)₅·20H₂O – Bangladeshi geologist Mohamed Abduz Zaher
• Zajacite-(Ce): Na(REE_xCa_1-x)(REE_yCa_1-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)
• 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 Emmanuel G. Zies
• 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 (complete)
• List of minerals Short list emphasizing those with Wikipedia articles.

References

• mindat.org The Mineral Database
• Webmineral.com
• Minerals Named After People and Places
• American Mineralogist- New Mineral Names 1979

• 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
• Fuchsite mineral information and data
• 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