List of minerals named after people
This is a list of minerals named after people . The chemical composition of the mineral follows the name.
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Abelsonite : C31 H32 N4 Ni – American physicist Philip Hauge Abelson (1913–2004)Abswurmbachite : Cu2+ Mn3+ 6 O8 SiO4 – German mineralogist Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach (1938–2020)Adamite : Zn2 AsO4 OH – French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795–1881)Agrellite : NaCa2 Si4 O10 F – English optical mineralogist Stuart Olof Agrell (1913–1996)Agricolaite : K4 (UO2 )(CO3 )3 – German scholar Georgius Agricola (1494–1555)Aheylite : Fe2+ Al6 [(OH)4 |(PO4 )2 ]2 ·4H2 O – American geologist Allen V. Heyl (1918–2008)Albrechtschraufite : Ca4 Mg(UO2 )2 (CO3 )6 F2 ·17H2 O – Albrecht Schrauf (1837–1897), professor of mineralogy, University of Vienna Alexandrite (variety of chrysoberyl ): – Tsar Alexander II of Russia (1818–1881)Alforsite : Ba5 Cl(PO4 )3 – American geologist John T. Alfors (1930–2005)Allabogdanite : (Fe,Ni)2 P – Alla Bogdanova , Geological Institute, Kola Science Centre of Russian Academy of SciencesAllanite series: sorosilicate – Scottish mineralogist, Thomas Allan (1777–1833)Alloriite : Na5 K1.5 (Al6 Si6 O24 )(SO4 )(OH)0.5 * H2 O – Italian mineralogist Roberto Allori (born 1933)Almeidaite : crichtonite group (metal titanates); Brazilian geologist Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida (1916–2013)Andersonite : Na2 Ca(UO2 )(CO3 )3 ·6H2 O – Charles Alfred Anderson (1902–1990), United States Geological Survey Andradite : Ca3 Fe2 Si3 O12 – Brazilian statesman, naturalist, professor and poet José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva (1763–1838)Ankerite : CaFe2+ (CO3 )2 – Austrian mineralogist Matthias Joseph Anker (1771–1843)Anthonyite : Cu(OH)2 ·3H2 O – John Williams Anthony (1920–1992), professor of mineralogy, University of Arizona Argandite : Mn7 (VO4 )2 (OH)8 – Swiss geologist Émile Argand (1879–1940)Arfvedsonite : Na3 (Fe,Mg)4 FeSi8 O22 (OH)2 – Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson (1792–1841)Armalcolite : (Mg,Fe2+ )Ti2 O5 – American astronauts ARM Neil Armstrong , AL Buzz Aldrin and COL Michael Collins Armbrusterite : K5 Na3 Mn3+ Mn2+ 14 [Si9 O22 ]4 (OH)10 ·4H2 O – Swiss crystallographer Thomas Armbruster (born 1950), University of BernArmstrongite : CaZr[Si6 O15 ]·3H2 O – American astronaut Neil Armstrong (1930–2012)Arthurite : CuFe2 3+ [(OH,O)|(AsO4 ,PO4 ,SO4 )]2 ·4H2 O – British mineralogists Arthur Edward Ian Montagu Russell and Arthur W. G. Kingsbury Atencioite : Ca2 2+ 3 2 4 4 6 4 2 – Daniel Atencio , professor of mineralogy, Geoscience Institute, University of São PauloAvicennite : Tl2 O3 – Persian scholar and physician Avicenna (980–1037)
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Backite (IMA2013-113)Bandylite (6.AC.35)Baumhauerite : Pb3 As4 S9 – German mineralogist Heinrich Adolph Baumhauer (1848–1926)Bazzite : Be3 (Sc,Fe)2 Si6 O18 – Italian engineer Alessandro E. Bazzi Benstonite : Ba6 Ca6 Mg(CO3 )13 – Orlando J. Benston (1901–1966), an ore-dressing metallurgist with the University of Illinois Bentorite : Ca6 (Cr,Al)2 (SO4 )3 (OH)12 ·26H2 – Israeli geologist Yaakov Ben-Tor (1910–2002)Berthierite : (Fe,Sb)2 S4 – French geologist and mining engineer Pierre Berthier (1782–1861)Bertrandite : Be4 Si2 O7 (OH)2 – French mineralogist Emile Bertrand (1844–1909)[ 1] Berzelianite : Cu2 Se – Swedish chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779–1848)Berzeliite : NaCa2 Mg2 (AsO4 )3 and manganberzeliite – Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779–1848)Bettertonite : [Al6 (AsO4 )3 (OH)9 (H2 O)5 ]・11H2 O – John Betterton (b. 1959, London), museum geologist and mineralogist at Haslemere Educational Museum in Surrey, EnglandBeudantite : PbFe3+ 3 (AsO4 )(SO4 )(OH)6 – François Sulpice Beudant (1787–1850) French mineralogist, University of Paris, ParisBezsmertnovite : Au4 Cu(Te,Pb) – Russian mineralogists Vladimir (1912–2002) and Marianna Bezsmertnaya (1915–1991).Bideauxite (3.DB.25)Bilibinskite : Au2 Cu2 PbTe2+ – Soviet geologist Yuri A. Bilibin (1901–1952)Biringuccite : Na2 B5 O8 (OH) · 2 H2 O – Vannoccio Biringuccio (1480–1538/9), Italian alchemist, metallurgistBixbite : Be3 (AlMn)2 Si6 O18 – American mineralogist Maynard Bixby ; deprecated to red beryl bixbyite Bixbyite : (Fe,Mn)2 O3 – American mineralogist Maynard Bixby Blödite : Na2 Mg(SO4 )2 · 4 H2 O – German chemist Carl August Blöde (1773–1820)Blossite : αCu2 V2 O7 – mineralogist Donald F. Bloss , Virginia Polytechnic InstituteBobdownsite (discredited)Bobfergusonite : Na2 Mn2+ 5 Fe3+ Al(PO4 )6 – Robert Bury Ferguson , University of ManitobaBoehmite : γ-AlO(OH) – Bohemian-German chemist Johann Böhm (1895–1952)Bornite : Cu5 FeS4 – Austrian mineralogist Ignaz von Born (1742–1791)Bonazziite : As4 S4 – 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)[ 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 : Ca2 Mn2+ (AsO4 )2 · 2 H2 O – Swedish chemist Georg Brandt (1694–1768)
Breithauptite : NiSb – Saxon mineralogist Johann Friedrich August Breithaupt (1791–1873)Brewsterite series (9.GE.20)Briartite : Cu2 (Zn,Fe)GeS4 – Belgian geologist Gaston Briart Brookite : TiO2 – English mineralogist Henry James Brooke (1771–1857)Brucite : Mg(OH)2 – American mineralogist Archibald Bruce (1777–1818)Buddingtonite : NH4 AlSi3 O8 – American Petrologist Arthur Francis Buddington (1890–1980)Burnsite : KCdCu2+ 7 (SeO3 )2 O2 Cl9 – Peter Carman Burns (born 1966), University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame, Indiana Thompson ISI top ten most highly cited geoscientists (1996–2007) Burtite : CaSn(OH)6 – American mining geologist Donald McLain Burt (born 1943)Buseckite : (Fe,Zn,Mn)S – American geologist Peter R. Buseck , Arizona State University
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Cabriite : Pd2 SnCu – Canadian mineralogist Louis J. Cabri (born 1934)Cámaraite : sorosilicate – Fernando Cámara (born 1967), mineralogist of Melilla, SpainCancrinite : Na6 Ca2 [(CO3 )2 – Georg von Cancrin (1774–1845)Canfieldite : Ag8 SnS6 – American mining engineer Frederick Alexander Canfield (1849–1926)Cannonite : Bi2 (OH)2 SO4 – American mineralogist and electron microprobe analyst Benjamin Bartlett (Bart) Cannon Carlfriesite : CaTe4+ 2 Te6+ O8 – American researcher at the Institute of Geology of the National university of Mexico Carl Fries, Jr .Carlhintzeite : Ca2 AlF7 · H2 O – German mineralogist Carl Hintze (1851–1916), University of BreslauCarlosruizite : K6 (Na,K)4 Na6 Mg10 (SeO4 )12 (IO3 )12 · 12 H2 O – Chilean geologist Carlos Ruiz Fuller (1916–1997), founder of the Chilean Geological SurveyCarnallite : KMgCl3 · 6 H2 O – Prussian mining engineer, Rudolf von Carnall (1804–1874)Carnotite : K2 (UO2 )2 (VO4 )2 – French mining engineer and chemist Marie Adolphe Carnot (1839–1920)Cassidyite : Ca2 Ni0.75 Mg0.25 (PO4 )2 · 2 H2 O – American geologist William A. Cassidy [ 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 · 22H2 O – Michele Catti (b. 1945), Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Milano-Bicocca, ItalyCelsian : BaAl2 Si2 O8 – Swedish astronomer and naturalist Anders Celsius (1701–1744)
Cernyite : Cu2 CdSnS4 – Canadian mineralogist Petr Cerny Cesbronite : Cu6 (TeO3 )2 (OH)6 · 2 H2 O – French mineralogist Fabian Cesbron Chrisstanleyite : Ag2 Pd3 Se4 – British mineralogist Christopher John Stanley Clarkeite : Na[(UO2 2 0–1 – American mineral chemist and former chief chemist of the United States Geological Survey Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847–1931)Cleveite (uraninite var.): UO2 · UO3 · PO · ThO2 – Swedish chemist Per Teodor Cleve (1840–1905)Clintonite : Ca(Mg,Al)3 (Al3 Si)O10 (OH)2 – American statesman De Witt Clinton (1769–1828)Coesite (form of SiO2 ): – American chemist Loring Coes, Jr. (1915–1978)Coffinite : U(SiO4 )1−x (OH)4x – American geologist Reuben Clare Coffin Cohenite : (Fe,Ni,Co)3 – German mineralogist and petrographer Emil Cohen (1842–1905)Colemanite : Ca2 B6 O11 · 5 H2 O – mine owner William T. Coleman (1824–1893)Collinsite : Ca2 Mg(PO4 )2 · 2 H2 O – William Henry Collins (1878–1937), director of the Geological Survey of Canada Columbite : Fe2+ 2 6 – Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus (c. 1451–1506)
And manganocolumbite, ferrocolumbite, and Yttrocolumbite Cooperite : (Pt,Pd,Ni)S – South African metallurgist Richard A. Cooper (1890–1972)Cordierite : (Mg,Fe)2 Al4 Si5 O18 to (Fe,Mg)2 Al4 Si5 O18 – French geologist Louis Cordier (1777–1861)Covellite : CuS – Italian mineralogist Niccolo Covelli (1790–1829)Criddleite (2.LA.25)Cronstedtite : (Fe2+ ,Fe3+ )3 (Si,Fe3+ )2 O5 (OH)4 – Swedish mineralogist Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722–1765)Crookesite : Cu7 4 – English chemist and physicist Sir William Crookes (1832–1919)Cuprosklodowskite : Cu(UO2 )2 (HSiO4 )2 ·6(H2 O) – Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist Marie Curie (1867–1934)
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Daliranite : PbHgAs2 S6 – Farahnaz Daliran, University of Karlsruhe, GermanyDalyite : K2 ZrSi6 O15 – Reginald Aldworth Daly (1871–1957), Harvard UniversityDanalite : Be3 Fe2+ 4 (SiO4 )3 S – American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist James Dwight Dana (1813–1895)Davinciite : Na12 K3 Ca6 Fe2+ 3 Zr3 – Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519 )Davyne (9.FB.05)Dawsonite : NaAlCO3 (OH)2 – Canadian geologist Sir John William Dawson (1820–1899)Deanesmithite : Hg+ 2 Hg2+ 3 Cr6+ O5 S2 – Deane K. Smith (1930–2001), professor of geosciences, Penn State UniversityDeerite : Fe2+ 6 Fe3+ 3 (Si6 O17 )O3 (OH)5 – William Alexander Deer (1910–2009), mineralogist-petrologist, Cambridge University, CambridgeDelafossite : CuFeO2 – French mineralogist Gabriel Delafosse (1796–1878)Dellaite : Ca6 (Si2 O7 )(SiO4 )(OH)2 – geochemist, Della M. Roy (1926–2021)Delrioite : SrCaV5+ 2 6 2 · 3 H2 O – Spanish–Mexican scientist and naturalist Andrés Manuel del Río (1764–1849)
Demesmaekerite : Pb2 Cu5 (UO2 )2 (SeO3 )6 (OH)6 ·2H2 O – Belgian geologist Gaston Demesmaeker (1911–1997)Descloizite : PbZnVO4 (OH) – Alfred Lewis Oliver Legrand Des Cloizeaux (1817–1897), professor of mineralogy, University of Paris, Paris
Dessauite-(Y) (Sr,Pb)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe3+ 20 38 – Italian mineralogist Gabor Dessau (1907–1983)Devilline : CaCu4 (SO4 )2 (OH)6 ·3H2 O – French chemist Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire Deville (1818–1881)Dickite : Al2 Si2 O5 (OH)4 – Scottish metallurgical chemist Allan Brugh Dick (1833–1926)Djerfisherite : K6 24 26 or K6 24 26 – American mineralogist Daniel Jerome Fisher (1896–1988), professor at the University of ChicagoDollaseite-(Ce) : CaCeMg2 AlSi3 O11 F(OH) – American geologist Wayne A. Dollase (born 1938), geology professor at UCLA Dolomite : CaMg(CO3 )2 – French naturalist and geologist Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750–1801)Domeykite : Cu3 As – Polish geologist, mineralogist and educator Ignacy Domeyko (1802–1889)Donnayite : NaCaSr3 Y(CO3 )6 · 3 H2 O – Canadian professors J. D. H. Donnay and G. Donnay Dumortierite : Al6.5–7 BO3 (SiO4 )3 (O,OH)3 – French paleontologist Eugene Dumortier (1803–1873)Davemaoite : Cubic CaSiO3 – Mineral physicist Ho-kwang Mao
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Gadolinite : (Ce,La,Nd,Y)2 FeBe2 Si2 O10 – Finnish mineralogist and chemist Johan Gadolin (1760–1852)Gagarinite series: Na(REEx Ca(1-x) )(REEy Ca(1-y) )F6 – Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968)Gahnite : ZnAl2 O4 – Swedish chemist Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745–1818)Gatehouseite : Mn2+ 5 (PO4 )2 (OH)4 – crystal chemist Bryan M. K. C. Gatehouse (born 1932), Monash University , MelbourneGenkinite : (Pt,Pd)4 Sb3 – Soviet mineralogist A. D. Genkin Georgerobinsonite : Pb4 (CrO4 )2 (OH)2 FCl – George Willard Robinson Gerhardtite : Cu2 (NO3 )(OH)3 – Alsatian chemist Charles Frédéric Gerhardt Gibbsite : Al(OH)3 – American mineralogist George Gibbs (1777–1834)Uintaite (syn. gilsonite , asphalt) – American Samuel H. Gilson
Ferri-ghoseite : ☐[Mn2+ 4 3+ 8 22 2 – Subrata Ghose (born 1932), emeritus professor at the University of Washington, SeattleGoethite : FeOOH – German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)Julgoldite : sorosilicate – American mineralogist and geochemist Julian Royce Goldsmith (1918–1999)Gormanite : Fe2+ 3 Al4 (PO4 )4 (OH)6 ·2H2 O – mineralogist Donald Herbert Gorman , University of TorontoGregoryite : (Na2 ,K2 ,Ca)CO3 – British geologist and author John Walter Gregory (1864–1932)[ 5] [ 6] Greigite : Fe2+ Fe3+ 2 S4 – mineralogist and physical chemist Joseph W. Greig (1895–1977)[ 6] [ 7] Grossite : CaAl4 O7 – Israeli mineralogist and geologist Shulamit Gross (1923–2012)Grothite (titanite var., 9.AG.15)
Grunerite : Fe7 Si8 O22 (OH)2 – Swiss-French chemist Emmanuel-Louis Gruner (1809–1883)Guettardite : Pb(Sb,As)2 S4 – French naturalist Jean-Étienne Guettard (1715–1786)[ 8] Guilleminite : Ba(UO2 )3 (SeO3 )2 (OH)4 ·3H2 O – French chemist and mineralogist Jean Claude Guillemin (1923–1994)Gunterite : Na4 (H2 O)16(H2 V10 O28 ) · 6 H2 O – American mineralogist Mickey Gunter (born 1953)Gunningite : (Zn,Mn2+ )SO4 ·H2 O – Canadian geologist and academic Henry C. Gunning (1901–1991)[ 9]
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Haggertyite : Ba(Fe2+ 6 Ti5 Mg)O19 – American geophysicist Stephen E. Haggerty (born 1938)Haidingerite : Ca(AsO3 OH) · H2 O – Austrian mineralogist Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger (1795–1871)Halloysite : Al2 Si2 O5 (OH)4 – Belgian geologist Omalius d'Halloy Hambergite : Be2 BO3 OH – Swedish mineralogist Axel Hamberg (1863–1933)Hanksite : Na22 K(SO4 )9 (CO3 )2 Cl – Henry Garber Hanks (1826–1907), first state mineralogist of CaliforniaHapkeite : Fe2 Si – American planetary scientist Bruce Hapke Hausmannite : Mn2+ Mn3+ 2 O4 – Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann (1782–1859), professor of mineralogy, University of Göttingen, GöttingenHawleyite : CdS – Canadian mineralogist James Edwin Hawley (1897–1965)Hazenite : KNaMg2 4 2 · 14 H2 O – Robert M. Hazen of the Carnegie InstituteHåleniusite-(La) : (La,Ce)OF – Ulf Hålenius , director of the mineralogy department at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, SwedenHauyne : Na3 Ca(Si3 Al3 )O12 (SO4 ) – French mineralogist René Just Haüy (1743–1822)Heinrichite : Ba(UO2 )2 (AsO4 )2 · 10–12 H2 O – mineralogist Eberhardt William Heinrich (1918–1991)Hendricksite : KZn3 (Si3 Al)O10 (OH)2 – American agriculturist Sterling B. Hendricks (1902–1981)Herbertsmithite : ZnCu3 (OH)6 Cl2 – British mineralogist Herbert Smith (1872–1953)Hessite : Ag2 Te – Swiss-born Russian chemist Germain Henri Hess (1802–1850)Heyite (identical with calderonite , 8.BG.05)
Heulandite series: (Ca,Na)2–3 Al3 (Al,Si)2 Si13 O36 · 12 H2 O – English mineral collector Henry Heuland (1778–1856)Hiddenite (green variety of spodumene ): – American geologist William Earl Hidden (1853–1918)Högbomite (renamed to magnesiohögbomite-2N2S): (Al,Mg,Fe,Ti)22 (O,OH)32 – Swedish geologist Arvid Högbom (1857–1940)
Holmquistite : (Li2 )(Mg3 Al2 )(Si8 O22 )(OH)2 – Swedish petrologist Per Johan Holmquist (1866–1946)Holtite : (Ta0.6 ◻0.4 )Al6 BSi3 O18 (O,OH)2.25 – Harold Holt (1908–1967), prime minister of AustraliaHopeite : Zn3 (PO4 )2 ·4H2 O – Scottish chemist Thomas Charles Hope (1766–1844)Howieite : inosilicate with 4-periodic single chain – Robert Andrew Howie (1923–2012), British petrologist and mineralogist of King's College, London University, LondonHowlite : Ca2 B5 SiO9 (OH)5 – Canadian chemist, mineralogist Henry How (1828–1879)Hübnerite : MnWO4 – German mineralogist Adolf Huebner Hurlbutite (8.AA.15)Hutchinsonite : (Tl,Pb)2 As5 S9 – Cambridge mineralogist Arthur Hutchinson (1866–1937)Huttonite : ThSiO4 – New Zealand-American mineralogist Colin Osborne Hutton (1910–1971)
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Karenwebberite : Na(Fe2+ ,Mn2+ )PO4 – American geologist Karen L. Webber Kassite : CaTi2 O4 (OH)2 – Russian geologist Nikolai Grigorievich Kassin (1885–1949)Kampfite : Ba12 (Si11 Al5 )O31 (CO3 )8 Cl5 – Anthony Robert Kampf (born 1948)Keilite : (Fe,Mg)S – American mineralogist Klaus Keil (1934–2022)Khomyakovite : Na12 Ca6 Sr3 Fe3 WZr3 (Si25 O73 )(O,OH,H2O)3 (Cl,OH)2 – Russian mineralogist Alexander Khomyakov (1933–2012)Kieserite : MgSO4 · H2 O – Dietrich Georg von Kieser (1779–1862), former president, Jena Academy
Kleberite : FeTi6 O13 · 4 H2 O – German professor Will Kleber (1906–1970)Kobellite : Pb22 Cu4 (Bi,Sb)30 S69 – German mineralogist Wolfgang Franz von Kobell (1803–1882)Kochsandorite : CaAl2 (CO3 )2 (OH)4 H2 O – Hungarian mineralogist Sándor Koch (1896–1983)Kogarkoite : Na3 (SO4 )F – Russian scientist Lia Nikolaevna Kogarko Kolbeckite : ScPO4 · 2 H2 O – German mineralogist Friedrich L. W. Kolbeck Kosnarite : Zr2 (PO4 )3 – after Richard Andrew "Rich" Kosnar (1946–2007), American mineral collectorKostovite : AuCuTe4 – Bulgarian mineralogist Ivan Kostov (1913–2004)Krennerite : AuTe2 varying to (Au0.8 ,Ag0.2 )Te2 – Hungarian mineralogist Joseph Krenner (1839–1920)Krotite : CaAl2 O4 – Russian-American cosmochemist Alexander N. KrotKruťaite : CuSe2 Czech mineralogist Tomas Krut'a (1906–1998)Kukharenkoite-(Ce) : Ba3 CeF(CO3 )3 – Russian mineralogist Alexander A. Kukharenko (1914–1993)Kurnakovite : MgB3 O3 (OH)5 · 5 H2 O – Russian mineralogist and chemist Nikolai Semenovich Kurnakov (1860–1941)Kunzite (variety of spodumene): – American mineralogist George Frederick Kunz (1856–1932)
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Lacroixite : NaAl(PO4 )F – French mineralogist Antoine François Alfred Lacroix (1863–1948)Langite : Cu4 (SO4 )(OH)6 ·2H2 O – Austrian chemist Viktor von Lang (1838–1921)Laueite (8.DC.30)Lavinskyite : K(Li,Cu,Mg,Na)2 Cu6 (Si4 O11 )2 (OH)4 – photographer of minerals Robert Lavinsky (Commons:Robert Lavinsky )Lavoisierite : Mn2+ 8 [Al10 (Mn3+ Mg)][Si11 P]O44 (OH)12 – French chemist Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (1743–1794)Leakeite root name, sodium amphibole subgroup – British geologist Bernard E. Leake (born 1932), University of Glasgow
Legrandite : Zn2 (AsO4 )(OH)·(H2 O) – Belgian mining engineer Louis C.A. Legrand (1861–1920)Lemanskiite : NaCaCu5 (AsO4 )4 Cl·5H2 O – Chester S. Lemanski, Jr. (b. 1947), American mineral collectorLiebauite : Ca3 Cu5 Si9 O26 – German Friedrich Liebau (1926–2011), professor of mineralogy, University of Kiel Linnaeite : Co+2 Co+3 2 S4 – Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778)Lipscombite : (Fe2+ ,Mn2+ )(Fe3+ )2 (PO4 )2 (OH) – American chemist William Lipscomb (1919–2011)
Livingstonite : HgSb4 S8 – Scottish explorer in Africa David Livingstone (1813–1873)Lonsdaleite : C – British crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale (1903–1971)Lorandite : TlAsS2 – Hungarian physicist Loránd Eötvös (1848–1919)Lotharmeyerite : CaZn2 4 2 2 – German chemist Julius Lothar Meyer (1830–1895)
Lucabindiite : (K,NH4 )As4 O6 (Cl,Br) – Luca Bindi , professor of mineralogy and former head of the Division of Mineralogy of the Natural History Museum of the University of Florence (b. 1971)Lukechangite-(Ce) : Na3 Ce2 (CO3 )4 F – American mineralogist Luke L. Y. Chang (1934–2009)[ 13]
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Macdonaldite : BaCa4 Si16 O36 (OH)2 · 10 H2 O – American volcanologist, Gordon Andrew Macdonald (1911–1978, redirect )Malhmoodite : FeZr(PO4 )2 · 4H2 O – Bertha K. Malhmood, for many years Administrative Assistant of the Branch of Analytical Laboratories, U.S. Geological SurveyMandarinoite : Fe2 (SeO3 )3 · 4H2 O – American-Canadian mineralogist Joseph (Joe) A. Mandarino (1929–2007)
Maricite : NaFePO4 – Croatian mineralogist Luka Marić (1899–1979), University of ZagrebMachatschkiite (8.CJ.35)Mascagnite : (NH4 )2 SO4 – Italian anatomist Paolo Mascagni (1752–1815)Mathesiusite : K5 (UO2 )4 (SO4 )4 (VO5 ) · 4(H2 O) – German minister Johannes Mathesius (1504–1565)Mckelveyite-(Y) : Ba3 NaCa0.75 U0.25 Y(CO3 )6 · 3 H2 O – American geologist Vincent E. McKelvey (1916–1985)Meyerhofferite : CaB3 O3 (OH)5 · H2 O – German chemist, Wilhelm Meyerhoffer (1864–1906)Meyrowitzite : Ca(UO2 )(CO3 )2 · 5H2 O – after Robert Meyrowitz (1916–2013), an American analytical chemistMendeleevite-(Ce) : Cs6 (Ce22 Ca6 )(Si70 O175 )(OH,F)14 (H2 O)21 – Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834–1907)Menzerite-(Y) (IMA2009-050)Millerite : NiS – British mineralogist William Hallowes Miller (1801–1880)Millosevichite : Al2 (SO4 )3 – Italian mineralogist Federico Millosevich (1875–1942)Moëloite (2.HC.25)Mohsite (crichtonite var., 4.CC.40)
Moissanite : SiC (naturally occurring) – discoverer Henri Moissan (1852–1907)Monticellite : Ca(Mg,Fe)SiO4 – Italian mineralogist Teodoro Monticelli (1759–1845)Morganite (variety of Beryl): – American financier J. P. Morgan (1837–1913)Mozartite : CaMn3+ SiO4 (OH) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)Murdochite : PbCu6 O8−x (Cl,Br)2x – American mineralogist Joseph Murdoch (1890–1973)
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Obertiite amphibole root name (9.DE.25)
Okenite : CaSi2 O5 ·2H2 O – German naturalist Lorenz Oken (1779–1851)
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Saleeite : Mg(UO2 )2 (PO4 )2 ·10H2 O – Belgian mineralogist Achille Salée (1883–1932)Samarskite : Y0.2 REE0.3 Fe3+ 0.3 U0.2 Nb0.8 Ta0.2 O4 – Russian official Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets (1803–1870)Sanbornite : BaSi2 O5 – American mineralogist Frank B. Sanborn (1862–1936)Satterlyite : (Fe++ ,Mg)2 (PO4 )(OH) – Canadian geologist Jack Satterly (born 1906)Scheelite : CaWO4 – German-Swedish pharmaceutical chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786)Shcherbinaite : VO5 – Soviet geologist Vladimir Shcherbina (1907–1978)Scheuchzerite (9.DM.35)Schoenfliesite (4.FC.10)Schoepite : (UO2 )8 O(OH)12 ·12H2 O – Alfred Schoep (1881–1966), professor of mineralogy at the University of Ghent Schreibersite : (Fe,Ni)3 P – Austrian naturalist Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers (1775–1852)Schreyerite : V2 Ti3 O9 – German mineralogist Werner Schreyer (1930–2006)Schröckingerite : NaCa3 (UO2 ) – Julius Freiherr Schröckinger von Neudenberg (1814–1882)Scottyite : BaCu2 Si2 O7 – Michael Scott (born 1945), first CEO of Apple and significant sponsor of the Rruff projectSeamanite : Mn3 [B(OH)4 ](PO4 )(OH)2 – Arthur Edmund Seaman (1858–1937)Segnitite : PbFe3 H(AsO4 )2 (OH)6 – after Australian mineralogist, gemologist and petrologist Edgar Ralph Segnit (1923–1999)Sekaninaite : (Fe+2 ,Mg)2 Al4 Si5 O18 – Czech mineralogist Josef Sekanina (born 1901)Sellaite : MgF2 – Italian politician and mineralogist Quintino Sella (1827–1884)Senarmontite : Sb2 O3 – French mineralogist and physician Henri Hureau de Sénarmont (1808–1862)Sengierite : Cu2 (OH)2 [UO2 |VO4 ]2 ·6H2 O – Belgian UMHK director Edgar Sengier (1879–1963)[ 14] Serpierite : Ca(Cu,Zn)4 (SO4 )2 (OH)6 ·3H2 O – Giovanni Battista Serpieri (1832–1897)Shulamitite : Ca3 TiFe3+ AlO8 – Israeli mineralogist and geologist Shulamit Gross (1923–2012)Sillimanite : Al2 SiO5 – American chemist Benjamin Silliman (1779–1864)Simpsonite : Al4 (Ta,Nb)3 O13 (OH) – Australian mineralogist Edward Sydney Simpson (1875–1939)Sklodowskite : Mg(UO2 )2 (HSiO4 )2 ·5H2 O – 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)2 ThSi8 O20 – Canadian mineralogist Harold Robert Steacy (born 1923)Stenonite : Sr2 Al(CO3 )F5 – Danish physician Nicolaus Steno (Niels Steensen) (1638–1686)Stephanite : Ag5 SbS4 – Archduke Stephan of Austria (1817–1867)Stichtite : Mg6 Cr2 CO3 (OH)16 ·4H2 O – American born Australian mine manager Robert Carl Sticht (1857–1922)Stilleite : ZnSe – German geologist Hans Stille (1876–1966)Stolzite : PbWO4 – Czechoslovakian Joseph Alexi Stolz (1803–1896)Strashimirite : Cu8 (AsO4 )4 (OH)4 ·5H2 O – Bulgarian petrographer and mineralogist Strashimir Dimitrov (1892–1960)Stromeyerite : AgCuS – German chemist, Friedrich Stromeyer (1776–1835)Strunzite : Mn2+ Fe3+ 2 (PO4 )2 (OH)2 ·6H2 O – German mineralogist Karl Hugo Strunz (1910–2006)
Stumpflite : Pt(Sb,Bi) – Austrian professor of mineralogy Eugen Friedrich Stumpfl (1931–2004)Sugilite : KNa2 (Fe,Mn,Al)2 Li3 Si12 O30 – Japanese petrologist Ken-ichi Sugi (1901–1948)Svanbergite : SrAl3 (PO4 )(SO4 )(OH)6 – Swedish chemist Lars Fredrik Svanberg (1805–1878)Swedenborgite : NaBe4 Sb5+ O7 – Swedish scientist and theologian Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772)Sweetite : Zn(OH)2 – Curator of mineral department of the British Museum, Jessie Sweet (1901–1979)Sylvite : KCl – Dutch chemist Franciscus Sylvius (1614–1672)
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^ 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" . mindat.org . Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020 .^ "Gregoryite" . mindat.org . Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020 .^ a b c http://webmineral.com/data/Zektzerite.shtml Webmineral^ Skinner, Brian J.; Erd, Richard C.; Grimaldi, Frank S. (1964). "Greigite, the thio-spinel of iron; a new mineral" (PDF) . American Mineralogist . 49 : 543–55. ^ "Guettardite" . mindat.org . Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020 .^ "Gunningite" . mindat.org . Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020 .^ franklin-sterlinghill.com - franklin sterlinghill Resources and Information. ^ Johnbaumite Mineral Data ^ "Johnbaumite" . mindat.org . Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020 .^ Grice, Joel D.; George Y. Chao (1997). "Lukechangite-(Ce), a new rare-earth-fluorocarbonate mineral from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec". American Mineralogist . 11–12. 82 (1255–1260): 1255. Bibcode :1997AmMin..82.1255G . doi :10.2138/am-1997-11-1220 . S2CID 99064114 . ^ Van der Straeten, Edgar (1973). "Biographie Belge d'Outre-Mer: Edgar Sengier" . Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer ^ "Wolfeite: Mineral information, data and localities" . Mindat .^ "Wroewolfeite: Mineral information, data and localities" . Mindat .^ http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/zinkenite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy^ "Zinkenite" . mindat.org . Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020 .^ "Zippeite Mineral Data" . www.webmineral.com .
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