List of minerals named after people

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This is a list of minerals named after 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.

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[edit] A

Abswurmbachite ((Cu,Mn²⁺)Mn³⁺₆O₈SiO₄) – German mineralogist Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach
Adamite Zn₂AsO₄OH – French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795-1881)
Aheylite ((Fe²⁺,Zn)Al₆[(O H)₄|(PO₄)₂]₂·4H₂O) – American geologist Allen V. Heyl
Alexandrite (variety of Chrysoberyl) – Tsar Alexander II of Russia (1818-1881)
Alforsite Ba₅Cl(PO₄)₃ – American geologist John T. Alfors (1930 - 2005)
Ankerite CO₃)₂ – an Austrian mineralogist Matthias Joseph Anker (1771-1843)
Arfvedsonite Na₃(Fe,Mg)₄FeSi₈O₂₂(OH)₂ – Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson (1792-1841)
Armalcolite (Mg,Fe⁺⁺)Ti₂O₅ – American astronauts ARM Neil Armstrong, AL Buzz Aldrin and COL Michael Collins

[edit] B

Baddeleyite Zr O₂ – Joseph Baddeley
Bainite – American metallurgist Edgar Bain (1891–1971)
Bertrandite Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂ – French mineralogist Léon Bertrand
Bilibinskite Au₂Cu₂PbTe₂₊ – Soviet geologist Yuri A. Bilibin (1901-1952)
Bixbite Be₃(Al Mn)₂Si₆O₁₈ – ; American mineralogist Maynard Bixby
Bixbyite (Fe,Mn)₂O₃ – American mineralogist Maynard Bixby
Blödite Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂•4(H₂O – German chemist Carl August Blöde (1773-1820)
Blossite αCu₂V₂O₇ – mineralogist F. Donald Bloss
Bornite Cu₅FeS₄ – Austrian Mineralogist Ignaz von Born (1742-1791)
Bournonite PbCuSbS₃ – French aristocrat Count J. L. de Bournon (1756-1825)^[1]
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).

[edit] C

Canfieldite Ag₈SnS₆ – American mining engineer Frederick Alexander Canfield (1849-1926)
Carnallite KMgCl₃•6(H₂O) – Prussian mining engineer, Rudolph von Carnall (1804-1874)
Carnotite K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂ – French mining engineer and chemist Marie Adolphe Carnot (1839-1920)
Cernyite Cu₂CdSnS₄ – Canadian mineralogist Petr Cerny
Cesbronite Cu₆(TeO₃)₂(OH) ₆2H₂0 – French mineralogist Fabian Cesbron
Cleveite UO₂•UO₃•PO•ThO₂ – Swedish chemist Per Teodor Cleve (1840–1905)
Clintonite Ca(Mg,Al)₃(Al₃Si)O₁₀(OH)₂ – De Witt Clinton (1769-1828)
Coesite (form of SiO₂)– Loring Coes, Jr.
Coffinite U(SiO₄)_1-x(OH)_4x – American geologist Reuben Clare Coffin
Colemanite (Ca₂B₆O₁₁•5H₂O) – mine owner William T. Coleman (1824-1893)
Cooperite (Pt,Pd,Ni)S – mineralogist R. Cooper
Cordierite (Mg,Fe)₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈ to (Fe,Mg)₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈ – French geologist P. L. A. Cordier (1777-1861)
Covellite both Cu²⁺, S^2- and 2Cu⁺, S₂^2- – Niccola Covelli (1790-1829)
Crookesite either as Cu₇(Tl,Ag)Se₄ or (Cu,Tl,Ag)₂Se – English chemist and physicist Sir William Crookes (1832-1919)

[edit] D

Dawsonite NaAlCO₃(OH)₂ – Canadian geologist Sir John William Dawson (1820–1899)
Dickite Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄ – Scottish metallurgical chemist Allan Brugh Dick (1833-1926)
Domeykite Cu₃As – Polish geologist and mineralogist 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)

[edit] F

Ferberite FeWO₄ – Moritz Rudolph Ferber (1805-1875)
Ferrierite (Na,K)₂Mg(Si,Al)₁₈O₃₆(OH)•9H₂O – Canadian geologist and mining engineer Walter Frederick Ferrier (1865-1950)
Fergusonite (Ce,La,Nd)NbO₄ – British Politician and mineral collector Robert Ferguson of Raith (1767–1840)
Forsterite (Mg₂Si O₄) – German naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster (1729-1798)
Franckeite Pb₅Sn₃Sb₂S₁₄ – mining engineers Carl Francke and Ernest Francke
Freieslebenite AgPbSbS₃ – Johann Karl Freiesleben (1774-1846)
Friedrichite CU₅Pb₅Bi₇S₁₈ – Austrian geologist O. M. Friedrich

[edit] G

Garnierite

Gadolinite (Ce,La,Nd,Y)₂FeBe₂Si₂O₁₀ – Finnish mineralogist- chemist Johan Gadolin (1760-1852)
Gahnite ZnAl₂O₄ – Swedish chemist Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745-1818)
Garnierite – Jules Garnier
Geigerite Mn₅(AsO₃OH)₂(AsO₄)₂•10H₂O – Swiss mineralogist Thomas P. Geiger
Genkinite (Pt,Pd)₄Sb₃ – Soviet mineralogist A. D. Genkin
Gibbsite Al(OH)₃ – American collector G. Gibbs (1776-1833)
Goethite FeOOH – German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
Grunerite Fe₇Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂ – Swiss-French chemist Louis Gruner
Gunningite (Zn,Mn²⁺)SO₄•H₂O – Canadian geologist and academic Dr. Henry Cecil Gunning (1901–1991)

[edit] H

Haggertyite Ba(Fe²⁺₆Ti₅Mg)O₁₉ – Stephen E. Haggerty (born 1938)
Hapkeite Fe₂Si – American planetary scientist Bruce Hapke
Hawleyite – Canadian mineralogist James Edwin Hawley (1897 - 1965)
Heulandite (Ca,Na)_2-3Al₃(Al,Si)₂Si₁₃O₃₆·12H₂O – English mineral collector Henry Heuland (1778-1856)
Hübnerite MnWO₄ – German mineralologist Adolf Huebner
Hutchinsonite (Tl,Pb)₂As₅S₉ – Cambridge mineralogist Arthur Hutchinson (1866-1937)

[edit] J

Jimthompsonite (Mg,Fe)₅Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂ – American mineralogist James B. Thompson Jr.

[edit] K

Kieserite (MgSO₄•H₂O) – Dietrich Georg von Kieser
Kleberite FeTi₆0₁₃•4H₂0 – German professor Will Kleber (1906-1970)
Kobellite (Pb₂₂Cu₄(Bi,Sb)₃₀S₆₉) – German mineralogist Wolfgang Franz von Kobell (1803-1882)
Kogarkoite Na₃(SO₄)F – Russian scientist Lia Nikolaevna Kogarko
Kolbeckite ScPO₄·2H₂O – German mineralogist Friedrich LW Kolbeck
Krennerite AuTe₂ varying to (Au_0.8,Ag_0.2)Te₂ – Hungarian mineralogist Joseph Krenner (1839-1920)
Kukharenkoite-(Ce) Ba₃CeF(CO₃)₃ – Russian mineralogist Alexander A. Kukharenko (1914-1993)

[edit] L

Larimar – Larissa Méndez
Lonsdaleite – British crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale (1903-1971)
Lorandite TlAsS₂ – Hungarian physicist Loránd Eötvös (1848-1919)

[edit] M

Maricite NaFePO₄ – Yugoslavian mineralogist Luba Maric
McKelveyite Ba₃NaCa_0.75U_0.25Y(CO₃)₆•3(H₂O) – American geologist Vincent E. McKelvey (1916-1985)
Millerite NiS – British mineralogist William Hallowes Miller (1801-1880)
Moissanite SiC (naturally occurring) – discoverer Dr. Henri Moissan)
Morganite – American financier J. P. Morgan (1837-1913)
Murdochite – American mineralogist Joseph Murdock (1890-1973)

[edit] P

Partheite Ca₂Al₄Si₄O₁₅(OH)₂·4(H₂O) – Swiss crystallographer Erwin Pathé (1928-2006)
Penikisite – Canadian explorer Gunar Penikis
Perovskite CaTiO₃ – Russian mineralogist, L. A. Perovski (1792-1856)
Petzite Ag₃Au Te₂ W. Petz
Pezzottaite Cs(Be₂Li)Al₂Si₆O₁₈ Italian geologist and mineralogist Federico Pezzotta
Phillipsite (Ca,Na₂,K₂)₃Al₆Si₁₀O₃₂·12H₂O. or KCaAl₃Si₅O₁₆·6H₂O – English mineralogist and geologist William Phillips (1775-1828)
Prehnite Ca₂Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂ – Dutch governor Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn
Proustite Ag₃As S₃ Chemist J. L. Proust

[edit] R

Rambergite MnS – mineralogist Hans Ramberg
Riebeckite Na₂(Fe,Mg)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂ – German explorer Emil Riebeck (1853-1885)

[edit] S

Samarskite Y_0.2REE_0.3Fe³⁺_0.3U_0.2Nb_0.8Ta_0.2O₄ – Russian official Colonel Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets (1803-1870)
Sanbornite BaSi₂O₅ – American mineralogist Frank B. Sanborn (1862-1936)
Satterlyite – Canadian geologist Jack Satterly
Schreibersite (Fe,Ni)₃P –
Sekaninaite ((Fe⁺²,Mg)₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈) – Czech mineralogist Josef Sekanina
Sillimanite Al₂SiO₅ – American chemist Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864)
Smithsonite ZnCO₃ – British chemist and mineralogist, James Smithson (1754-1829)
Sodalite (informally named Princess Blue) – Princess Patricia of Connaught (1886-1974)
Sperrylite PtAs₂ – American chemist Francis Louis Sperry
Steacyite K_variableCa.Na.Th.U.Si₈O₂₀ – Canadian mineralogist Harold Robert Steacy (b. 1923)
Stephanite Ag₅SbS₄ – Archduke Stephan of Austria
Stichtite Mg₆Cr₂CO₃(OH)₁₆.4H₂O – Australian mine manager Robert Stich
Stilleite ZnSe – German geologist Hans Stille (1876-1966)
Stolzite PbWO₄ – Czechoslovakian Joseph Alexi Stolz
Stromeyerite (copper-silver sulphide) – German chemist, Friedrich Stromeyer (1776 - 1835)
Sugilite KNa₂(Fe,Mn,Al)₂Li₃Si₁₂O₃₀ – Japanese petrologist Ken-ichi Sugi (1901-1948)
Sylvite KCl – Dutch chemist François Sylvius de le Boe (1614-1672)

[edit] 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)
Thomasclarkite Na_0.8Ce_0.2Y_0.5REE_0.7(HCO₃)(OH)₃•4(H₂O) – Canadian geologist Thomas Clark (1893-1996)
Thortveitite (Sc,Y)₂Si₂O₇ – Norwegian engineer Olaus Thortveit
Tiemannite HgSe – CW Tiemann (1848-1899)
Torbernite Cu(U O₂)₂(P O₄)₂ · 8-12H₂O – Swedish chemist Tornbern Bergmann (1735-1784)

[edit] U

Ulexite (Na Ca B₅O₉•8H₂O) – German chemist G. L. Ulex
Ullmannite NiSbS – German chemist and mineralogist Johann Christoph Ullmann (1771-1821)
Uvarovite Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃ – Russian Count Sergei Semenovitch Uvarov (1765-1855)

[edit] V

Valentinite Sb₂O₃ – German alchemist Basilius Valentinus (c. 15th-century)
Vaterite CaCO₃ – German mineralogist Heinrich Vater
Vivianite Fe₃(PO₄)₂·8(H₂O) – English mineralogist J.G. Vivian

[edit] W

Wardite NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄•2(H₂O) – American naturalist Henry Augustus Ward (1834-1906)
Weloganite Na₂(Sr,Ca)₃Zr(CO₃)₆·3H₂O – Canadian geologist Sir William Edmond Logan (1798-1875)
Whewellite CaC₂O₄·H₂O; English mineralogist William Whewell (1794-1866)
Whitlockite Ca₃(PO₄)₂ – American mineralogist Herbert Percy Whitlock (1868-1948)
Willemite Zn₂SiO₄ – King 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 PbMo O₄ – Austrian mineralogist Franz Xavier von Wulfen (1728-1805)

[edit] Z

Zaccagnaite Zn₄Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₂.3H₂O – Italian mineral collector Domenico Zaccagna
Zaherite Al₁₂(OH)₂₆(SO₄)₅.20H₂O – Bangladeshi geologist Mohamed Abduz Zaher
Zajacite Na(REE_xCa_1-x)(REE_yCa_1-y)F₆ – Explorer Dr. I. S. Zajac
Zakharovite Na₄Mn₅Si₁₀O₂₀(OH)₆.6H₂O – Director of the Moscow Institute of Geological Exploration EE Zakharov
Zanazziite Ca₂(MgFe)(MgFeMnAl)₄Be(OH)₄(PO₄)₆.6H₂O – Italian Professor PF Zanazzi
Zaratite Ni₃CO₃(OH)₄·4H₂O – Spanish diplomat and dramatist Antonio Gil y Zárate (1793-1861)
Zhanghengite – ancient Chinese astronomer Zhang Heng (78-139)
Zhemchuzhnikovite NaMg(FeAl)C₂O₄.8H₂O – Russian clay mineralogist Yury Zhemchuzhnikov
Ziesite βCu₂V₂O₇ – mineralogist Emmanuel G. Zies
Zoisite Ca₂(Al.OH)Al₂(SiO₄)₃ – Slovene scientist Baron Sigmund Zois von Edelstein (aka Žiga Zois) (1747-1819)

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