List of minerals named after people

This is a list of minerals named after people. The chemical composition of the mineral follows the name.

Contents

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• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

• See also
• External links

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: Na₅K_1.5(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: 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
• 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) ^[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
• 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) ^[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)
• 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
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• 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: Ca₂Ni_0.75Mg_0.25(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 (1938-)
• Chrisstanleyite: Ag₂Pd₃Se₄ – British mineralogist Christopher John Stanley
• Clarkeite: Na[(UO
  _²)O(OH)](H
  _²O)
  _^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⁺
  Nb
  _²O
  _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)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: Cu
  _⁷(Tl,Ag)Se
  _⁴ – 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⁺
  ₂O
  _⁶(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⁺
  )
  _²⁰O
  _³⁸ – 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: K
  _⁶CuFe
  _²⁴S
  _²⁶Cl or K
  _⁶Na(Fe,Cu)
  _²⁴S
  _²⁶Cl – 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: Al_6.5–7BO₃(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⁺
  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
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• 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(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
• 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][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
• 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) ^{[5] [6]}
• Greigite: Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄ – mineralogist and physical chemist Joseph W. Greig (1895–1977) ^{[6] [7]}
• 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) ^[8]
• 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) ^[9]

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: KNaMg
  _²(PO
  _⁴)
  _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: (Ta_0.6◻_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⁺
  (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) – American geologist and mineralogist John L. Baum ^{[10] [11] [12]}
• 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: 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 (Au_0.8,Ag_0.2)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: CaZn
  _²(AsO
  _⁴)
  _²·2H
  _²O – 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) ^[13]

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): Ba₃NaCa_0.75U_0.25Y(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: PbCu₆O_8−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: Pb ₁₀ Zn(S O ₄)₆(Si O ₄)₂(O H)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: 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: 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) ^[14]
• 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: 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
• 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: 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 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) ^[15]
  • Also wroewolfeite: Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆ · 2H₂O ^[16]
• 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
• 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(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)
• 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) ^[6]
• 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) ^{[17] [18]}
• Zippeite: (UO₂)₆(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₀·4H₂O – Austrian mineralogist Franz Xaver Maximilian Zippe ^[19]
• 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

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See also

• Mineralogy
• Mineraloid
• List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association
• List of minerals
• Eponym
• Lists of etymologies
• List of eponyms

Notes

1. http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/bertrandite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
2. W.R. Hamilton, 1974, The Hamlyn Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Fossils, London, Hamlyn
3. "Cassidyite Mineral Data". Mineralogy Database. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
4. "Fuchsite". mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
5. "Gregoryite". mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
6. http://webmineral.com/data/Zektzerite.shtml Webmineral
7. 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.
8. "Guettardite". mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
9. "Gunningite". mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
10. franklin-sterlinghill.com - franklin sterlinghill Resources and Information.
11. Johnbaumite Mineral Data
12. "Johnbaumite". mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
13. 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.
14. Van der Straeten, Edgar (1973). "Biographie Belge d'Outre-Mer: Edgar Sengier". Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer . VII–A: 429–437.
15. "Wolfeite: Mineral information, data and localities". Mindat.
16. "Wroewolfeite: Mineral information, data and localities". Mindat.
17. http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/zinkenite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
18. "Zinkenite". mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
19. "Zippeite Mineral Data". www.webmineral.com.

References

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