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mineral In geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid chemical compound with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form.John P. Rafferty, ed. (2 ...

s named after people. The chemical composition follows name.

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Abelsonite Abelsonite is a nickel porphyrin mineral with chemical formula C31H32N4Ni. It was discovered in 1969 in the U.S. State of Utah and described in 1975. The mineral is named after geochemist Philip H. Abelson. It is the only known crystalline geo ...

: C₃₁H₃₂N₄Ni – American physicist Philip Hauge Abelson (1913–2004)alfred *

Abswurmbachite Abswurmbachite is a copper manganese silicate mineral ((Cu,Mn2+)Mn3+6O8SiO4). It was first described in 1991 and named after Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach (born 1938), a German mineralogist. It crystallizes in the tetragonal system. Its Mohs scale rating ...

: Cu²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈SiO₄ – German mineralogist Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach * Adamite: Zn₂AsO₄OH – French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795–1881) *

Agrellite Agrellite ( Na Ca2 Si4 O10 F) is a rare triclinic inosilicate mineral with four-periodic single chains of silica tetrahedra. It is a white to grey translucent mineral, with a pearly luster and white streak. It has a mohs hardness of 5.5 and a spe ...

: NaCa₂Si₄O₁₀F – English optical mineralogist

Stuart Olof Agrell Stuart Olof Agrell (5 March 1913 – 29 January 1996) was an optical mineralogist and collaborator applying the electron microprobe to petrology. His involvement in the Apollo program brought him to the attention of the British media and public. ...

(1913–1996) * Agricolaite: K₄(UO₂)(CO₃)₃ – German scholar

Georgius Agricola Georgius Agricola (; born Georg Pawer or Georg Bauer; 24 March 1494 – 21 November 1555) was a German Humanist scholar, mineralogist and metallurgist. Born in the small town of Glauchau, in the Electorate of Saxony of the Holy Roman Empir ...

(1494–1555) * Aheylite: Fe²⁺Al₆ (PO₄)₂sub>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 The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich hist ...

* Alexandrite (variety of

chrysoberyl The mineral or gemstone chrysoberyl is an aluminate of beryllium with the formula Be Al2 O4. The name chrysoberyl is derived from the Greek words χρυσός ''chrysos'' and βήρυλλος ''beryllos'', meaning "a gold-white spar". Despite ...

): – Tsar Alexander II of Russia (1818–1881) *

Alforsite Alforsite is a barium phosphate chloride mineral with formula: Ba5(PO4)3Cl. It was discovered in 1981, and named to honor geologist John T. Alfors (1930–2005) of the California Geological Survey for his work in the area where it was discover ...

: Ba₅Cl(PO₄)₃ – American geologist John T. Alfors (1930–2005) *

Allabogdanite Allabogdanite is a very rare phosphide mineral with the chemical formula , found in 1994 in a meteorite. It was described for an occurrence in the Onello meteorite in the Onello River basin, Sakha Republic; Yakutia, Russia; associated with taen ...

: (Fe,Ni)₂P –

Alla Bogdanova Alla may refer to: * Ara Gaya, also called Alla (안라), a city-state kingdom in the part of Gaya confederacy, in modern-day Haman County of Korea Music * "Alla" (song) a song by Swedish singer Sofia * Allá, a rock band from Chicago * '' At.L ...

, Geological Institute, Kola Science Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences *

Allanite Allanite (also called orthite) is a sorosilicate group of minerals within the broader epidote group that contain a significant amount of rare-earth elements. The mineral occurs mainly in metamorphosed clay-rich sediments and felsic igneous rock ...

series: sorosilicate – Scottish mineralogist, Thomas Allan (1777–1833) *

Alloriite Alloriite is a silicate mineral that belongs to the cancrinite group, or more specifically the feldspathoid group. It is currently only found in Italy. It was discovered by and named for the Italian mineralogist Roberto Allori, an avid mineral co ...

: Na₅K_1.5(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(OH)_0.5 * H₂O – Italian mineralogist Roberto Allori (b. 1933) * Almeidaite: crichtonite group (metal titanates); Brazilian geologist

Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida (February 18, 1916 – August 2, 2013) was a Brazilian geologist considered to be one of the top Brazilians concerned with the study. Almeida did the central works to understand the South American geology. He ...

(1916–2013) *

Andersonite Andersonite, Na2Ca(UO2)(CO3)3·6H2O, or hydrated sodium calcium uranyl carbonate is a rare uranium carbonate mineral that was first described in 1948. Named after Charles Alfred Anderson (1902–1990) of the United States Geological Survey, who ...

: Na₂Ca(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·6H₂O –

Charles Alfred Anderson Charles Alfred "Andy" Anderson (June 6, 1902January 9, 1990) was an American geologist. He was the chief geologist of the United States Geological Survey from 1959 to 1964. Early life Anderson attended Pomona College, graduating in 1924. He ear ...

(1902–1990),

United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, ...

Andradite Andradite is a mineral species of the garnet group. It is a nesosilicate, with formula Ca3Fe2Si3O12. Andradite includes three varieties: * ''Melanite'': Black in color, referred to as "titanian andradite".José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

(1763–1838) * Ankerite: CaFe²⁺(CO₃)₂ – Austrian mineralogist

Matthias Joseph Anker Matthias Joseph Anker (6 May 1771 – 3 April 1843) was an Austrian mineralogist and geologist born in Graz. Some sources place his birth date as 1 May 1772.Anthonyite: Cu(OH)₂·3H₂O – John Williams Anthony (1920–1992), professor of mineralogy,

University of Arizona The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it was the first university in the Arizona Territory. T ...

* Argandite: Mn₇(VO₄)₂(OH)₈ – Swiss geologist

Émile Argand Émile Argand (6 January 1879 – 14 September 1940) was a Swiss geologist. He was born in Eaux-Vives near Geneva. He attended vocational school in Geneva then worked as a draftsman. He studied anatomy in Paris, but gave up medicine to pursue his ...

(1879–1940) *

Arfvedsonite Arfvedsonite () is a sodium amphibole mineral with composition: aNa2] Fe2+)4Fe3+(OH)2, Si8O22]. It crystallizes in the monoclinic prismatic crystal system and typically occurs as greenish black to bluish grey fibrous to radiating or stellate pr ...

: Na₃(Fe,Mg)₄FeSi₈O₂₂(OH)₂ – Swedish chemist

Johan August Arfwedson Johan August Arfwedson (12 January 1792 – 28 October 1841) was a Swedish chemist who discovered the chemical element lithium in 1817 by isolating it as a salt. Life and work Arfwedson belonged to a wealthy bourgeois family, the son of t ...

(1792–1841) * Armalcolite: (Mg,Fe²⁺)Ti₂O₅ – American astronauts ARM Neil Armstrong, AL

Buzz Aldrin Buzz Aldrin (; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot. He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission. As the Lunar Module ''Eagle'' pilot on the 1969 A ...

and COL

Michael Collins Michael Collins or Mike Collins most commonly refers to: * Michael Collins (Irish leader) (1890–1922), Irish revolutionary leader, soldier, and politician * Michael Collins (astronaut) (1930–2021), American astronaut, member of Apollo 11 and Ge ...

* Armbrusterite: K₅Na₃Mn³⁺Mn²⁺₁₄ i₉O₂₂sub>4(OH)₁₀·4H₂O – Swiss crystallographer Thomas Armbruster (born 1950), University of Bern * Armstrongite: CaZr i₆O₁₅�3H₂O – American astronaut Neil Armstrong (1930-2012) *

Arthurite Arthurite is a mineral composed of divalent copper and iron ions in combination with trivalent arsenate, phosphate and sulfate ions with hydrogen and oxygen.Frost R. L., Duong L., Martens W. (2003) Molecular assembly in secondary minerals - Raman ...

: CuFe₂³⁺ (AsO₄,PO₄,SO₄)sub>2·4H₂O – British mineralogists Arthur Edward Ian Montagu Russell and Arthur W. G. Kingsbury * Atencioite: – Daniel Atencio, professor of mineralogy, Geoscience Institute, University of São Paulo *

Avicennite Avicennite ( thallium(III) oxide) is an oxide mineral. It was discovered around the Dzhuzumli village, Samarqand, Uzbekistan. It is named after Avicenna, a Persian doctor and polymath. See also *List of minerals *List of minerals named after peopl ...

: Tl₂O₃ – Persian scholar and physician Avicenna (980–1037)

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* 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 Benstonite is a mineral with formula Ba6Ca6Mg(CO3)13. Discovered in 1954, the mineral was described in 1961 and named after Orlando J. Benston (1901–1966). Description and occurrence Benstonite is translucent and white, pale yellow, or pale y ...

: Ba₆Ca₆Mg(CO₃)₁₃ – Orlando J. Benston (1901–1966), an ore dressing metallurgist with the

University of Illinois The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Univer ...

* Berthierite: (Fe,Sb)₂S₄ – French geologist and mining engineer

Pierre Berthier Pierre Berthier (; 3 July 1782, Nemours, Seine-et-Marne – 24 August 1861) was a French geologist and mining engineer. Pierre Berthier was born in Nemours. After studying at the École Polytechnique, he went to the École des Mines, where he b ...

(1782–1861) *

Bertrandite Bertrandite is a beryllium sorosilicate hydroxide mineral with composition: Be4Si2O7(OH)2. Bertrandite is a colorless to pale yellow orthorhombic mineral with a hardness of 6-7. It is commonly found in beryllium rich pegmatites and is in part an ...

: Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂ – French mineralogist

Emile Bertrand Emil or Emile may refer to: Literature *''Emile, or On Education'' (1762), a treatise on education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau * ''Émile'' (novel) (1827), an autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life *''Emil and the Detective ...

(1844–1909) *

Berzelianite Berzelianite is a rare copper selenide mineral with the formula Cu2 Se. It occurs as thin dendritic crusts or as fine-grained inclusions. It crystallizes in the isometric system, unlike its dimorph, bellidoite, which crystallizes in the tetrag ...

: Cu₂Se – Swedish chemist

Jöns Jakob Berzelius Jöns is a Swedish given name and a surname. Notable people with the given name include: * Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779–1848), Swedish chemist * Jöns Budde (1435–1495), Franciscan friar from the Brigittine monastery in NaantaliVallis Grati ...

(1779-1848) * Berzeliite: NaCa₂Mg₂(AsO₄)₃ and manganberzeliite – Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779–1848) * Bettertonite: l₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₉(H₂O)₅��11H₂O – John Betterton (b. 1959, London), museum geologist and mineralogist at Haslemere Educational Museum in Surrey, England *

Beudantite Beudandite is a secondary mineral occurring in the oxidized zones of polymetallic deposits. It is a lead, iron, arsenate, sulfate with endmember formula: PbFe3(OH)6SO4AsO4. Beudantite is in a subgroup of the alunite group. It is the arsenate an ...

: PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆ –

François Sulpice Beudant François Sulpice Beudant (5 September 1787 – 10 December 1850), was a French mineralogist and geologist. The mineral beudantite was named after him. Life He was born in Paris. He was educated at the Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Normale, an ...

(1787–1850) French mineralogist, University of Paris, Paris * Bideauxite (3.DB.25) * Bilibinskite: Au₂Cu₂PbTe²⁺ – Soviet geologist Yuri A. Bilibin (1901–1952) * Biringuccite: Na₂B₅O₈(OH) –

Vannoccio Biringuccio Vannoccio Biringuccio, sometimes spelled Vannocio Biringuccio (c. 1480 – c. 1539), was an Italian metallurgist. He is best known for his manual on metalworking, '' De la pirotechnia'', published posthumously in 1540. 20th Century translation by ...

(1480–1538/9), Italian alchemist, metallurgist * Bixbite: Be₃(AlMn)₂Si₆O₁₈ – American mineralogist

Maynard Bixby Maynard Bixby (June 28, 1853 – February 18, 1935) was an American mineralogist and mineral collector. Early life Bixby was born in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania and graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania in 1876. He worked for a tim ...

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red beryl Red beryl, formerly known as bixbite and marketed as red emerald or scarlet emerald, is an extremely rare variety of beryl as well as one of the rarest minerals on Earth. The gem gets its red color from manganese ions embedded inside of beryllium ...

'' to avoid confusion with ''bixbyite'' *

Bixbyite Bixbyite is a manganese iron oxide mineral with chemical formula: (Mn,Fe)2O3. The iron/manganese ratio is quite variable and many specimens have almost no iron. It is a metallic dark black with a Mohs hardness of 6.0 - 6.5. It is a somewhat rare ...

: (Fe,Mn)₂O₃ – American mineralogist

Blödite Blödite or bloedite is a hydrated sodium magnesium sulfate mineral with formula: Na2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O. The mineral is clear to yellow in color often darkened by inclusions and forms monoclinic crystals. Blödite was first described in 1821 for an ...

: Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂ – German chemist Carl August Blöde (1773–1820) *

Blossite Blossite is an anhydrous copper vanadate mineral with the formula: . Blossite was named for mineralogist F. Donald Bloss of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Natural and synthetic occurrence Blossite was first described for an ...

: αCu₂V₂O₇ – mineralogist Donald F. Bloss, Virginia Polytechnic Institute *

Bobdownsite Whitlockite is a mineral, an unusual form of calcium phosphate. Its formula is Ca9(Mg Fe)(PO4)6PO3O H. It is a relatively rare mineral but is found in granitic pegmatites, phosphate rock deposits, guano caves and in chondrite meteorites. It wa ...

(discredited) *

Bobfergusonite Bobfergusonite is a mineral with formula Na2Mn5FeAl(PO4)6. The mineral varies in color from green-brown to red-brown. It was discovered in 1986 in Manitoba, Canada, and named for Robert Bury Ferguson (born 1920). , the mineral has only been found ...

: Na₂Mn²⁺₅Fe³⁺Al(PO₄)₆ – Robert Bury Ferguson, University of Manitoba * Boehmite: γ-AlO(OH) – Bohemian-German chemist

Johann Böhm Johann Böhm (20 January 1895 – 27 November 1952) was a German Bohemian chemist who focused on photochemistry and radiography. The aluminum-containing mineral ''boehmite'' (or ''böhmite'') was named after him.

(1895–1952) *

Bornite Bornite, also known as peacock ore, is a sulfide mineral with chemical composition Cu5 Fe S4 that crystallizes in the orthorhombic system (pseudo-cubic). Appearance Bornite has a brown to copper-red color on fresh surfaces that tarnishes to v ...

: Cu₅FeS₄ – Austrian Mineralogist

Ignaz von Born Ignaz Edler von Born, also known as Ignatius von Born ( hu, Born Ignác, ro, Ignațiu von Born, cs, Ignác Born) (26 December 1742 in Alba Iulia, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Habsburg monarchy – 24 July 1791 in Vienna), was a miner ...

(1742–1791) *

Bournonite Bournonite is a Sulfosalt minerals, sulfosalt mineral species, trithioantimoniate of lead and copper with the formula PbCuSbS3. It was first mentioned by Philip Rashleigh (1729–1811), Philip Rashleigh in 1797 as an ore of antimony and was mor ...

: PbCuSbS₃ – French crystallographer and

mineralogist Mineralogy is a subject of geology specializing in the scientific study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals and mineralized artifacts. Specific studies within mineralogy include the proce ...

Jacques Louis de Bournon (1751–1825) *

Braggite Braggite is a sulfide mineral of platinum, palladium and nickel with chemical formula: (Pt, Pd, Ni)S. It is a dense (specific gravity of 10), steel grey, opaque mineral which crystallizes in the tetragonal crystal system. It is the central member ...

: PtS – the first mineral characterized by X-ray analysis.

William Henry Bragg Sir William Henry Bragg (2 July 1862 – 12 March 1942) was an English physicist, chemist, mathematician, and active sportsman who uniquelyThis is still a unique accomplishment, because no other parent-child combination has yet shared a Nob ...

(1862–1942) and his son,

William Lawrence Bragg Sir William Lawrence Bragg, (31 March 1890 – 1 July 1971) was an Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer, discoverer (1912) of Bragg's law of X-ray diffraction, which is basic for the determination of crystal structu ...

(1890–1971) * Brandtite: Ca₂Mn²⁺(AsO₄)₂ – Swedish chemist

Georg Brandt Georg Brandt (26 June 1694 – 29 April 1768) was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist who discovered cobalt (c. 1735). He was the first person to discover a metal unknown in ancient times. He is also known for exposing fraudulent alchemists operatin ...

(1694–1768) **And parabrandtite *

Breithauptite Breithauptite is a nickel antimonide mineral with the simple formula NiSb. Breithauptite is a metallic opaque copper-red mineral crystallizing in the hexagonal - dihexagonal dipyramidal crystal system. It is typically massive to reniform in habit, ...

: NiSb – Saxon mineralogist

Johann Friedrich August Breithaupt Johann Friedrich August Breithaupt (May 16, 1791 – September 22, 1873) was a German mineralogist and professor at Freiberg Mining Academy in Freiberg, Saxony. Biography He was born in Probstzella. He received his doctorate at the Universitie ...

(1791–1873) *

Brewsterite Brewsterite is the name of a series of tectosilicate minerals of the zeolite group. Prior to 1997, brewsterite was recognized as a mineral species, but a reclassification in 1997 by the International Mineralogical Association changed it to a se ...

series (9.GE.20) *

Briartite Briartite is an opaque iron-grey metallic sulfide mineral, with traces of Ga and Sn, found as inclusions in other germanium- gallium-bearing sulfides. It was discovered at the Prince Léopold Mine, Kipushi, Shaba, Congo (Léopoldville) in 1965 ...

: Cu₂(Zn,Fe)GeS₄ – Belgian geologist Gaston Briart *

Brookite Brookite is the orthorhombic variant of titanium dioxide (TiO2), which occurs in four known natural polymorphic forms (minerals with the same composition but different structure). The other three of these forms are akaogiite (monoclinic), anatas ...

: TiO₂ – English mineralogist

Henry James Brooke Henry James Brooke (1771–1857) was an English crystallography, crystallographer. Life Brooke was the son of a broadcloth manufacturer, born in Exeter on 25 May 1771. He studied for the bar, but went into business in the Spanish wool trade, Sout ...

(1771–1857) *

Brucite Brucite is the mineral form of magnesium hydroxide, with the chemical formula Mg( OH)2. It is a common alteration product of periclase in marble; a low-temperature hydrothermal vein mineral in metamorphosed limestones and chlorite schists; and ...

: Mg(OH)₂ – American mineralogist

Archibald Bruce Archibald Bruce may refer to: * Archibald Bruce (writer), Scottish theological writer * Archibald Bruce (mineralogist) Archibald Bruce (February 1777 – February 22, 1818) was an American physician and mineralogist. Biography Bruce was bor ...

(1777–1818) * Buddingtonite: NH₄AlSi₃O₈ – American Petrologist Arthur Francis Buddington (1890–1980) * Burnsite: KCdCu²⁺₇(SeO₃)₂O₂Cl₉ –

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(born 1966),

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic university, Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend, Indiana, South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin fo ...

, 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 Peter R. Buseck (born September 30, 1935) is a Regents Professor in the School of Molecular Sciences (SMS) at Arizona State University (ASU). He is a pioneering researcher in the application of transmission electron microscopy to mineralogy, me ...

, Arizona State University

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: Pd₂SnCu – Canadian mineralogist Louis J. Cabri (born 1934) * Cámaraite: sorosilicate – Fernando Cámara (born 1967), mineralogist of Melilla, Spain *

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Covellite Covellite (also known as covelline) is a rare copper sulfide mineral with the formula CuS. This indigo blue mineral is commonly a secondary mineral in limited abundance and although it is not an important ore of copper itself, it is well known t ...

: 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 Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (''/kroonstet/'' 23 December 1722 – 19 August 1765) was a Swedish mineralogist and chemist who discovered the element nickel in 1751 as a mining expert with the Bureau of Mines. Cronstedt is considered a founder ...

(1722–1765) *

Crookesite Crookesite is a selenide mineral composed of copper and selenium with variable thallium and silver. Characteristics Its chemical formula is reported either as or .http://www.mindat.org/min-1159.html Mindat It is formed by precipitation from hy ...

: – English chemist and physicist Sir

William Crookes Sir William Crookes (; 17 June 1832 – 4 April 1919) was a British chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry, now part of Imperial College London, and worked on spectroscopy. He was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing t ...

(1832–1919)

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* Dalyite: K₂ZrSi₆O₁₅ –

Reginald Aldworth Daly Reginald Aldworth Daly (March 18, 1871 – September 19, 1957) was a Canadian geologist. Biography Reginald Daly was educated at the University of Toronto, where geologist A.P. Coleman persuaded him away from teaching mathematics and into Earth S ...

(1871–1957), Harvard University * Danalite: Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S – American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist

James Dwight Dana James Dwight Dana Royal Society of London, FRS FRSE (February 12, 1813 – April 14, 1895) was an American geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoologist. He made pioneering studies of mountain-building, volcano, volcanic activity, and the ...

(1813–1895) * Davinciite: Na₁₂K₃Ca₆Fe²⁺₃Zr₃ – Italian polymath

Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 14522 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, Drawing, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially res ...

(1452–1519 ) * Davyne (9.FB.05) *

Dawsonite Dawsonite is a mineral composed of sodium aluminium carbonate hydroxide, chemical formula NaAlCO3(OH)2. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system. It is not mined for ore. It was discovered in 1874 during the construction of the Redpath ...

: NaAlCO₃(OH)₂ – Canadian geologist Sir

John William Dawson Sir John William Dawson (1820–1899) was a Canadian geologist and university administrator. Life and work John William Dawson was born on 13 October 1820 in Pictou, Nova Scotia, where he attended and graduated from Pictou Academy. Of Scotti ...

(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 William Alexander (Alex) Deer FRS (26 October 1910 – 8 February 2009) was a distinguished British geologist, petrologist and mineralogist. Biography Alex Deer was born in Rusholme, Manchester, the son of William Deer. He attended Manchester Ce ...

(1910–2009), mineralogist-petrologist, Cambridge University, Cambridge * Delafossite: CuFeO₂ – French mineralogist

Gabriel Delafosse Gabriel Delafosse (16 April 1796 – 13 October 1878) was a French mineralogy, mineralogist who worked at the National Museum of Natural History, France, Natural History Museum in Paris and for sometime at the University of Paris. He contributed t ...

(1796–1878) * Dellaite: Ca₆(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂ – geochemist, Della M. Roy (born 1926), spouse of

Rustum Roy Rustum Roy (July 3, 1924 – August 26, 2010) was a physicist, born in India, who became a professor at Pennsylvania State University and was a leader in materials research. As an advocate for interdisciplinarity, he initiated a movement of mat ...

* Delrioite: – Spanish–Mexican scientist and naturalist

Andrés Manuel del Río Andrés Manuel del Río y Fernández (10 November 1764 – 23 March 1849) was a Spanish– Mexican scientist, naturalist and engineer who discovered compounds of '' vanadium'' in 1801. He proposed that the element be given the name ''panchromium ...

(1764–1849) **And calciodelrioite *

Descloizite Descloizite is a rare mineral species consisting of basic lead and zinc vanadate, , crystallizing in the orthorhombic crystal system and isomorphous with olivenite. Appreciable gallium and germanium may also be incorporated into the crystal struc ...

: PbZnVO₄(OH) – Alfred Lewis Oliver Legrand Des Cloizeaux (1817–1897), professor of mineralogy, University of Paris, Paris **And arsendescloizite * Dessauite-(Y) – Italian mineralogist Gabor Dessau (1907–1983) *

Dickite Dickite () is a phyllosilicate clay mineral named after the metallurgical chemist Allan Brugh Dick, who first described it. It is chemically composed of 20.90% aluminium, 21.76% silicon, 1.56% hydrogen and 55.78% oxygen. It has the same comp ...

: Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄ – Scottish metallurgical chemist Allan Brugh Dick (1833–1926) *

Djerfisherite Djerfisherite is an alkali copper–iron sulfide mineral and a member of the djerfisherite group. The chemical composition is somewhat variable. A Russian study from 1979 on djerfisherite from the Kola Peninsula found the formula , but a study in ...

: or – American mineralogist Daniel Jerome Fisher (1896–1988), professor at the University of Chicago * Dollaseite-(Ce): CaCeMg₂AlSi₃O₁₁F(OH) –

American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...

geologist Wayne A. Dollase (born 1938), geology professor at

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

Dolomite Dolomite may refer to: *Dolomite (mineral), a carbonate mineral *Dolomite (rock), also known as dolostone, a sedimentary carbonate rock *Dolomite, Alabama, United States, an unincorporated community *Dolomite, California, United States, an unincor ...

: CaMg(CO₃)₂ – French naturalist and geologist

Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu Dieudonné Sylvain Guy Tancrède de Gratet de Dolomieu usually known as Déodat de Dolomieu (; 23 June 175028 November 1801) was a French geologist. The mineral and the rock dolomite and the largest summital crater on the Piton de la Fournaise vo ...

(1750–1801) *

Domeykite Domeykite is a copper arsenide mineral, Cu3As. It crystallizes in the isometric system, although crystals are very rare. It typically forms as irregular masses or botryoidal forms. It is an opaque, white to gray (weathers brassy) metallic minera ...

: Cu₃As – Polish geologist, mineralogist and educator

Ignacy Domeyko Ignacy Domeyko or Domejko, pseudonym: ''Żegota'' ( es, Ignacio Domeyko, ; 31 July 1802 – 23 January 1889) was a Polish geologist, mineralogist, educator, and founder of the University of Santiago, in Chile. Domeyko spent most of his life, and ...

(1802–1889) * Donnayite: NaCaSr₃Y(CO₃)₆ – Canadian professors J. D. H. Donnay and G. Donnay *

Dumortierite Dumortierite is a fibrous variably colored aluminium boro-silicate mineral, Al7BO3(SiO4)3O3. Dumortierite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system typically forming fibrous aggregates of slender prismatic crystals. The crystals are vitreous and var ...

: Al_6.5-7BO₃(SiO₄)₃(O,OH)₃ – French paleontologist Eugene Dumortier (1803–1873) * Davemaoite: Cubic CaSiO₃– Mineral physicist

Ho-kwang Mao Ho-Kwang (Dave) Mao (; born June 18, 1941) is a Chinese-American geologist. He is the director of the Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research in Shanghai, China. He was a staff scientist at Geophysical Laboratory of the ...

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* Erikapohlite (IMA2010-090) – German collector of minerals

Erika Pohl-Ströher Erika Pohl-Ströher (18 January 1919 - 18 December 2016) was a German business executive, heiress, and collector of minerals and German folk art. She was resident in Switzerland for much of her life. Life Pohl-Stroher was born on 18 January 191 ...

(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 Eskolaite is a rare chromium oxide mineral (chromium(III) oxide Cr2O3). Discovery and occurrence It was first described in 1958 for an occurrence in the Outokumpu ore deposit of eastern Finland. It occurs in chromium bearing tremolite skarns, me ...

: Cr₂O₃ – Finnish geologist Pentti Eelis Eskola (1883–1964) *

Esperite Esperite is a rare complex calcium lead zinc silicate (PbCa3Zn4(SiO4)4) related to beryllonite and trimerite that used to be called ''calcium larsenite''. Esperite has a white, greasy appearance in daylight and is much prized for its brilliant ...

: 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)

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* Farringtonite: Mg₃(PO₄)₂ – American geologist

Oliver C. Farrington Oliver Cummings Farrington (October 9, 1864 – November 2, 1933) was an American geologist. Biography Oliver C. Farrington was born at Brewer, Maine on October 9, 1864, and was educated at the University of Maine (Bachelor of Science, B.S., 1881 ...

(1864-1933) *

Ferberite Ferberite is the iron endmember of the manganese - iron wolframite solid solution series. The manganese endmember is hübnerite. Ferberite is a black monoclinic mineral composed of iron(II) tungstate, Fe W O4. Ferberite and hübnerite often c ...

: FeWO₄ – German amateur mineralogist Moritz Rudolph Ferber (1805–1875) *

Ferrierite The ferrierite group of zeolite minerals (the FER structure) consists of three very similar species: ferrierite- Mg, ferrierite- Na, and ferrierite- K, based on the dominant cation in the A location. ferrierite-Mg and ferrierite-K are orthorhombic ...

: (Na,K)₂Mg(Si,Al)₁₈O₃₆(OH) – Canadian geologist and mining engineer Walter Frederick Ferrier (1865–1950) * Ferri-obertiite:

amphiboles Amphibole () is a group of inosilicate minerals, forming prism or needlelike crystals, composed of double chain tetrahedra, linked at the vertices and generally containing ions of iron and/or magnesium in their structures. Its IMA symbol ...

– Italian mineralogist

Roberta Oberti ''Roberta'' is a musical from 1933 with music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics and book by Otto Harbach. The musical is based on the novel ''Gowns by Roberta'' by Alice Duer Miller. It features the songs " Yesterdays", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", " Le ...

(born 1951) **And ferro-ferri-obertiite *

Fergusonite Fergusonite is a mineral comprising a complex oxide of various rare-earth elements. The general chemical formula of fergusonite is (Y,REE)NbO4, where REE = rare-earth elements in solid solution with Y. Yttrium is usually dominant (the mineral in ...

: (Ce,La,Nd)NbO₄ – British politician and mineral collector

Robert Ferguson of Raith Robert Ferguson (8 September 17693 December 1840) of Raith, was at various times a Whig Member of Parliament for Fifeshire, Haddingtonshire and Kirkcaldy Burghs, and at the time of his death he was Lord Lieutenant of the county of Fif ...

(1767–1840) * Ferraioloite (IMA2015-066) * Fleischerite: Pb₃Ge(SO₄)₂(OH)₆ – American mineralogist and geochemist Michael Fleischer (1908–1998) *

Fingerite Fingerite is a copper vanadate mineral with formula: β-Cu2V2O5. It was discovered as triclinic crystals occurring as volcanic sublimates around fumaroles in the crater of the Izalco Volcano, El Salvador. Associated minerals include thenardit ...

: Cu₁₁(VO₄)₆O₂ – American mineralogist and crystallographer Larry W. Finger (born 1940) * Foordite: – American mineralogist Eugene Edward Foord (1946–1998) *

Forsterite Forsterite (Mg2SiO4; commonly abbreviated as Fo; also known as white olivine) is the magnesium-rich end-member of the olivine solid solution series. It is isomorphous with the iron-rich end-member, fayalite. Forsterite crystallizes in the orthorh ...

: Mg₂SiO₄ – German naturalist

Johann Reinhold Forster Johann Reinhold Forster (22 October 1729 – 9 December 1798) was a German Reformed (Calvinist) pastor and naturalist of partially Scottish descent who made contributions to the early ornithology of Europe and North America. He is best known ...

(1729–1798) *

Franckeite Franckeite, chemical formula Pb5Sn3Sb2S14, belongs to a family of complex sulfide minerals. Franckeite is a sulfosalt. It is closely related to cylindrite. It was first described in 1893 for an occurrence in Chocaya, Potosí Department, Bolivia. ...

: Pb₅Sn₃Sb₂S₁₄ – mining engineers Carl Francke and Ernest Francke *

Frankhawthorneite Frankhawthorneite Cu2Te6+O4(OH)2 is a monoclinic copper tellurate mineral (space group ''P21/n'') named after Prof. Frank Christopher Hawthorne (born 1946), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. It was discovered at Centennial Eureka Mine, Ti ...

: Cu₂Te⁶⁺O₄(OH)₂ – Frank C. Hawthorne (born 1946),

University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba.Freieslebenite Freieslebenite is a sulfosalt mineral composed of antimony, lead, and silver. Sulfosalt minerals are complex sulfide minerals with the formula: AmBnSp. The formula of freieslebenite is AgPbSbS3. Freieslebenite was discovered in approximately 1773 ...

: AgPbSbS₃ – Mining Commissioner of Saxony Johann Karl Freiesleben (1774–1846) * Friedrichite: Cu₅Pb₅Bi₇S₁₈ – Austrian geologist Othmar Michael Friedrich (1902–1991) * Fuchsite (variety of muscovite): – German mineralogist and chemist

Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs (15 May 1774 – 5 March 1856) was a German chemist and mineralogist, and royal Bavarian privy councillor. Biography He was born at Mattenzell, near Falkenstein in the Bavarian Forest. In 1807 he became professor of ...

(1774–1856)

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* Gadolinite: (Ce,La,Nd,Y)₂FeBe₂Si₂O₁₀ – Finnish mineralogist and chemist

Johan Gadolin Johan Gadolin (5 June 176015 August 1852) was a Finnish chemist, physicist and mineralogist. Gadolin discovered a " new earth" containing the first rare-earth compound yttrium, which was later determined to be a chemical element. He is also ...

(1760–1852) * Gagarinite series: Na(REE_xCa_(1-x))(REE_yCa_(1-y))F₆ – Russian cosmonaut

Yuri Gagarin Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; Gagarin's first name is sometimes transliterated as ''Yuriy'', ''Youri'', or ''Yury''. (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space. T ...

(1934–1968) *

Gahnite Gahnite, ZnAl2O4, is a rare mineral belonging to the spinel group. It forms octahedral crystals which may be green, blue, yellow, brown or grey. It often forms as an alteration product of sphalerite in altered massive sulphide deposits such as a ...

: ZnAl₂O₄ – Swedish chemist

Johan Gottlieb Gahn Johan Gottlieb Gahn (19 August 1745 – 8 December 1818) was a Swedish chemist and metallurgist who isolated manganese in 1774. Gahn studied in Uppsala 1762 – 1770 and became acquainted with chemists Torbern Bergman and Carl Wilhelm Scheele. 177 ...

(1745–1818) *

Gatehouseite Gatehouseite is a manganese hydroxy phosphate mineral with formula Mn5(PO4)2(OH)4. First discovered in 1987, it was identified as a new mineral species in 1992 and named for Bryan M. K. C. Gatehouse (born 1932). , it is known from only one mine i ...

: Mn²⁺₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄ – crystal chemist Bryan M. K. C. Gatehouse (born 1932),

Monash University Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university h ...

, Melbourne * Genkinite: (Pt,Pd)₄Sb₃ – Soviet mineralogist A. D. Genkin * Georgerobinsonite: Pb₄(CrO₄)₂(OH)₂FCl – George Willard Robinson *

Gerhardtite Copper(II) nitrate describes any member of the family of inorganic compounds with the formula Cu( NO3)2(H2O)x. The hydrates are blue solids. Anhydrous copper nitrate forms blue-green crystals and sublimes in a vacuum at 150-200 °C. Common hy ...

: – Alsatian chemist Charles Frédéric Gerhardt *

Gibbsite Gibbsite, Al(OH)3, is one of the mineral forms of aluminium hydroxide. It is often designated as γ-Al(OH)3 (but sometimes as α-Al(OH)3.). It is also sometimes called hydrargillite (or hydrargyllite). Gibbsite is an important ore of aluminiu ...

: Al(OH)₃ – American mineralogist George Gibbs (1777–1834) *Uintaite (syn.

gilsonite Asphaltite (also known as uintahite, asphaltum, gilsonite or oil sands) is a naturally occurring soluble solid hydrocarbon, a form of asphalt (or bitumen) with a relatively high melting temperature. Its large-scale production occurs in the Uinta ...

, asphalt) – American Samuel H. Gilson * Ferri-ghoseite: –

Subrata Ghose Subrata (Hindi/ Sanskrit: सुव्रत, Odia: ସୁବ୍ରତ Bengali: সুব্রত), also Subroto (Read and written as by Bengalis and Javanese) or Subrata/Subrat/Shubrat/Subroto/Suvrat (Read and Written as by Odias), is a common ...

(born 1932), emeritus professor at the University of Washington, Seattle *

Goethite Goethite (, ) is a mineral of the diaspore group, consisting of iron(III) oxide-hydroxide, specifically the "α" polymorph. It is found in soil and other low-temperature environments such as sediment. Goethite has been well known since ancient t ...

: FeOOH – German polymath

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as trea ...

(1749–1832) * Julgoldite: sorosilicate – American mineralogist and geochemist Julian Royce Goldsmith (1918–1999) * Gormanite: – mineralogist Donald Herbert Gorman, University of Toronto *

Gregoryite Gregoryite is an anhydrous carbonate mineral that is rich in potassium and sodium with the chemical formula . It is one of the two main ingredients of natrocarbonatite, found naturally in the lava of Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano, the other being n ...

: – British geologist and author

John Walter Gregory John Walter Gregory, , (27 January 1864 – 2 June 1932) was a British geologist and explorer, known principally for his work on glacial geology and on the geography and geology of Australia and East Africa. The Gregory Rift in the Great Rift ...

(1864–1932). *

Greigite Greigite is an iron sulfide mineral with the chemical formula . It is the sulfur equivalent of the iron oxide magnetite (Fe3O4). It was first described in 1964 for an occurrence in San Bernardino County, California, and named after the mineralogis ...

: – mineralogist and physical chemist Joseph W. Greig (1895–1977). *

Grossite Grossite is a calcium aluminium oxide mineral with formula CaAl4O7. It is a colorless to white vitreous mineral which crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system. Grossite was first described 1994 for an occurrence in the Hatrurim Formation of ...

: – Israeli mineralogist and geologist

Shulamit Gross Shulamit Gross (Hebrew: שולמית גרוס; lived 1 October 1923 – 19 Sep 2012) was an Israeli mineralogist and geologist who studied the Hatrurim Formation. Biography Gross was born as Shulamit Lifszyc in Grodno, Poland (today, Hrodna, B ...

(1923-2012) *Grothite (

titanite Titanite, or sphene (from the Greek ''sphenos'' (σφηνώ), meaning wedge), is a calcium titanium nesosilicate mineral, Ca Ti Si O5. Trace impurities of iron and aluminium are typically present. Also commonly present are rare earth metals ...

var., 9.AG.15) * Guettardite: – French naturalist

Jean-Étienne Guettard Jean-Étienne Guettard (22 September 1715 – 7 January 1786), French naturalist and mineralogist, was born at Étampes, near Paris. In boyhood, he gained a knowledge of plants from his grandfather, who was an apothecary, and later he qualif ...

(1715–1786). *

Grunerite Grunerite is a mineral of the amphibole group of minerals with formula Fe7 Si8 O22( OH)2. It is the iron endmember of the grunerite-cummingtonite series. It forms as fibrous, columnar or massive aggregates of crystals. The crystals are monoclini ...

: Fe₇Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂ – Swiss-French chemist Louis Gruner * Gunterite: Na₄(H₂O)16(H₂V₁₀O₂₈) – American mineralogist Mickey Gunter *

Gunningite Gunningite is one of the minerals in the Kieserite group, with the chemical formula . Its name honours Henry Cecil Gunning (1901–1991) of the Geological Survey of Canada and a professor at the University of British Columbia. Occurrence Gunning ...

: (Zn,Mn²⁺)SO₄•H₂O – Canadian geologist and academic Henry C. Gunning (1901–1991)

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* Haggertyite: Ba(Fe²⁺₆Ti₅Mg)O₁₉ – American geophysicist Stephen E. Haggerty (born 1938) *

Haidingerite Haidingerite is a calcium arsenate mineral with formula Ca(AsO3OH)·H2O. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system as short prismatic to equant crystals. It typically occurs as scaly, botryoidal or fibrous coatings.http://rruff.geo.arizo ...

: Ca(AsO₃OH) – Austrian mineralogist

Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger (or Wilhelm von Haidinger, or most often Wilhelm Haidinger) (5 February 179519 March 1871) was an Austrian mineralogist. Early life Haidinger's father was the mineralogist Karl Haidinger (1756–1797), who died w ...

(1795–1871) * Hambergite: Be₂BO₃OH – Swedish mineralogist

Axel Hamberg Axel Hamberg (17 January 1863 – 28 June 1933) was a Swedish mineralogist, geographer and explorer. Biography Hamberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the son of Nils Peter Hamberg (1815-1902) and Emma Augusta Christina Härnström (18 ...

(1863–1933) *

Hapkeite Hapkeite is a mineral discovered in the Dhofar 280 meteorite found in 2000 in Oman on the Arabian peninsula. The meteorite is believed to originate from the Moon; specifically, it appears to be a fragment of lunar highland breccia. Hapkeite's c ...

: Fe₂Si – American

planetary scientist Planetary science (or more rarely, planetology) is the scientific study of planets (including Earth), celestial bodies (such as moons, asteroids, comets) and planetary systems (in particular those of the Solar System) and the processes of their ...

Bruce Hapke Bruce William Hapke (born February 17, 1931) is a noted American planetary scientist, currently a professor emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh and a specialist in bidirectional reflectance spectroscopy. Career Born in Racine, Wisconsin, ...

Hausmannite Hausmannite is a complex oxide of manganese containing both di- and tri-valent manganese. The formula can be represented as Mn2+Mn3+2O4. It belongs to the spinel group and forms tetragonal crystals. Hausmannite is a brown to black metallic minera ...

: Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄ – Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann (1782–1859), professor of mineralogy, University of Göttingen, Göttingen *

Hawleyite Hawleyite is a rare sulfide mineral in the sphalerite group, dimorphous and easily confused with greenockite. Chemically, it is cadmium sulfide, and occurs as a bright yellow coating on sphalerite or siderite in vugs, deposited by meteoric wat ...

: CdS – Canadian mineralogist

James Edwin Hawley James Edwin (Ed) Hawley (September 27, 1897 – April 20, 1965) was a Canadian geologist and distinguished Professor of Mineralogy at Queen's University. Biography Hawley was raised in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He earned both a Bachelor’ ...

(1897–1965) * Hazenite: – Robert M. Hazen of the Carnegie Institute * Håleniusite-(La): &ndash Ulf Hålenius, director of the mineralogy department at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, Sweden. *

Hauyne Hauyne or haüyne, also called hauynite or haüynite ( ), is a tectosilicate sulfate mineral with endmember formula . As much as 5 wt % may be present, and also and Cl. It is a feldspathoid and a member of the sodalite group. Hauyne was fir ...

: Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄) – French mineralogist

René Just Haüy René Just Haüy () FRS MWS FRSE (28 February 1743 – 1 June 1822) was a French priest and mineralogist, commonly styled the Abbé Haüy after he was made an honorary canon of Notre Dame. Due to his innovative work on crystal structure and hi ...

(1743–1822) * Heinrichite: Ba(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂ – mineralogist Eberhardt William Heinrich (1918–1991) *

Hendricksite Hendricksite is a member of the trioctahedral micas group. The mineral was named by Clifford Frondel and Jun Ito in honor of Sterling Brown Hendricks, who studied micas. It was approved in 1966 by the IMA. Physical properties Hendricksite can ...

: KZn₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂ – American agriculturist Sterling B. Hendricks (1902–1981) *

Herbertsmithite Herbertsmithite is a mineral with chemical structure Zn Cu3( OH)6 Cl2. It is named after the mineralogist Herbert Smith (1872–1953) and was first found in 1972 in Chile. It is polymorphous with kapellasite and closely related to paratacamit ...

: ZnCu₃(OH)₆Cl₂ – British mineralogist

Herbert Smith Herbert Smith LLP was a multinational law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The firm was founded in the City of London in 1882 by Norman Herbert Smith and merged with the Australian law firm Freehills on 1 October 2012, forming Herber ...

(1872–1953) *

Hessite Hessite is a mineral form of disilver telluride (Ag2Te). It is a soft, dark grey telluride mineral which forms monoclinic crystals. It is named after Germain Henri Hess (1802–1850). Hessite is found in the US in Eagle County, Colorado and in ...

: Ag₂Te – Swiss-born Russian chemist

Germain Henri Hess Germain Henri Hess (russian: Герман Иванович Гесс, German Ivanovich Gess; 7 August 1802 – 30 November 1850) was a Swiss-Russian chemist and doctor who formulated Hess's law, an early principle of thermochemistry. Early li ...

(1802–1850) *Heyite (identical with calderonite, 8.BG.05) *

Heulandite Heulandite is the name of a series of tecto-silicate minerals of the zeolite group. Prior to 1997, heulandite was recognized as a mineral species, but a reclassification in 1997 by the International Mineralogical Association changed it to a ser ...

series: (Ca,Na)_2-3Al₃(Al,Si)₂Si₁₃O₃₆ – English mineral collector Henry Heuland (1778–1856) *

Hiddenite Hiddenite is a pale-to-emerald green variety of spodumene that is sometimes used as a gemstone. The first specimens of the hiddenite variety of spodumene were recovered about 1879 near the tiny settlement of White Plains, west of Stony Point, A ...

(green variety of

spodumene Spodumene is a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminium inosilicate, Li Al( Si O3)2, and is a source of lithium. It occurs as colorless to yellowish, purplish, or lilac kunzite (see below), yellowish-green or emerald-green hiddenite, pr ...

): – American geologist William Earl Hidden (1853–1918) *Högbomite (renamed to magnesiohögbomite-2N2S): (Al,Mg,Fe,Ti)₂₂(O,OH)₃₂ – Swedish geologist

Arvid Högbom Arvid Gustaf Högbom was a Swedish geologist. He was a professor of mineralogy and geology at Uppsala University. Biography Arvid Högbom was born at Vännäs in Västerbotten County, Sweden. Högbom was a student at Uppsala University earnin ...

(1857–1940) **And ferrohögbomite-2N2S, magnesiohögbomite series and zincohögbomite series *

Holmquistite Holmquistite is a lithium magnesium aluminium inosilicate mineral with chemical formula . It crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system as prismatic crystals up to or as massive aggregates. It has a Mohs hardness of 5-6 and a specific gravity ...

: (Li2)(Mg3Al2)(Si8O22)(OH)2 – Swedish petrologist

Per Johan Holmquist Per is a Latin preposition which means "through" or "for each", as in per capita. Per or PER may also refer to: Places * IOC country code for Peru * Pér, a village in Hungary * Chapman code for Perthshire, historic county in Scotland Math ...

(1866–1946) * Holtite: (Ta_0.6◻_0.4)Al₆BSi₃O₁₈(O,OH)_2.25 – Harold Holt (1908–1967), prime minister of Australia * Howieite: inosilicate with 4-periodic single chain – Robert Andrew Howie (1923–2012), British petrologist and mineralogist of King's College, London University, London *

Howlite Howlite, a calcium borosilicate hydroxide (calcium, Ca2boron, B5silicon, Sioxygen, O9(Ohydrogen, H)5), is a borate mineral found in evaporite deposits.Henry How Henry How (11 July 1828 – 28 September 1879) was a British-Canadian chemist, geologist and mineralogist. Career In 1847, How and August Wilhelm von Hofmann were co-workers at the Royal College in London. How was a professor of chemistry and ...

(1828–1879) *

Hübnerite Hübnerite or hubnerite is a mineral consisting of manganese tungsten oxide (chemical formula MnWO4). It is the manganese endmember of the manganese–iron wolframite solid solution series. It forms reddish brown to black monoclinic prismatic ...

: MnWO₄ – German mineralologist Adolf Huebner * Hurlbutite (8.AA.15) *

Hutchinsonite Hutchinsonite is a sulfosalt mineral of thallium, arsenic and lead with formula . Hutchinsonite is a rare hydrothermal mineral. It was first discovered in a sample from Binnental, Switzerland in 1903 and named after Cambridge mineralogist Arthu ...

: (Tl,Pb)₂As₅S₉ – Cambridge mineralogist Arthur Hutchinson (1866–1937) *

Huttonite Huttonite is a thorium nesosilicate mineral with the chemical formula and which crystallizes in the monoclinic system. It is dimorphous with tetragonal thorite, and isostructual with monazite. An uncommon mineral, huttonite forms transparent or ...

: ThSiO₄ – New Zealand-American mineralogist Colin Osborne Hutton (1910–1971)

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* Jarosewichite: – 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. Baumbr>
http://www.webmineral.com/data/Johnbaumite.shtml] * Junitoite: CaZn₂Si₂O₇·H₂O – Jun Ito (1926–1978), mineralogist and crystallographer,

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...

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* Karenwebberite: Na(Fe²⁺,Mn²⁺)PO₄ – American geologist Karen L. Webber *

Kassite The Kassites () were people of the ancient Near East, who controlled Babylonia after the fall of the Old Babylonian Empire c. 1531 BC and until c. 1155 BC (short chronology). They gained control of Babylonia after the Hittite sack of Babylon ...

: CaTi₂O₄(OH)₂ – Russian geologist Nikolai Grigorievich Kassin (1885–1949) * Kampfite: Ba₁₂(Si₁₁Al₅)O₃₁(CO₃)₈Cl₅ – Anthony Robert Kampf (born 1948) * Khomyakovite: Na₁₂Ca₆Sr₃Fe₃WZr₃(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H2O)₃(Cl,OH)₂ – Russian mineralogist Alexander Khomyakov (1933–2012) *

Kieserite Kieserite, or magnesium sulfate monohydrate, is a hydrous magnesium sulfate mineral with formula (MgSO4·H2O). It has a vitreous luster and it is colorless, grayish-white or yellowish. Its hardness is 3.5 and crystallizes in the monoclinic cry ...

: MgSO₄ –

Dietrich Georg von Kieser Dietrich Georg von Kieser (24 August 1779 – 11 October 1862) was a German physician born in Harburg. He studied medicine at the Universities of Würzburg and Göttingen, receiving his doctorate from the latter institution in 1804. For most of h ...

(1779–1862), former president, Jena Academy **And cobaltkieserite * Kleberite: FeTi₆O₁₃ – German professor Will Kleber (1906–1970) * Kobellite: Pb₂₂Cu₄(Bi,Sb)₃₀S₆₉ – German mineralogist

Wolfgang Franz von Kobell Wolfgang Xavier Franz Ritter von Kobell (19 July 180311 November 1882) was a German mineralogist and writer of short stories and poems in Bavarian dialect. Biography Kobell was born in Munich, Bavaria (where he also died), son of the painter ...

(1803–1882) * Kochsandorite: CaAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄H₂O – Hungarian mineralogist Sándor Koch (1896–1983) *

Kogarkoite Kogarkoite is a sodium sulfate fluoride mineral with formula Na3(SO4)F. It has a pale blue color, a specific gravity of about 2.67 and a hardness of 3.5. The crystal is monoclinic and is a type of naturally occurring antiperovskite. Kogarkoite is ...

: Na₃(SO₄)F – Russian scientist Lia Nikolaevna Kogarko *

Kolbeckite Kolbeckite (scandium phosphate dihydrate) is a mineral with formula: ScPO4·2H2O. It was discovered originally at Schmiedeberg, Saxony, Germany in 1926 and is named after Friedrich L. W. Kolbeck, a German mineralogist. Kolbeckite is usually found ...

: ScPO₄ – German mineralogist Friedrich L. W. Kolbeck * Kosnarite: Zr₂(PO₄)₃ – after Richard Andrew "Rich" Kosnar (1946-2007), American mineral collector *

Kostovite Kostovite is a rare orthorhombic-pyramidal gray white telluride mineral containing copper and gold with chemical formula AuCuTe4. It was discovered by Bulgarian mineralogist Georgi Terziev (Георги Терзиев) (1935–1972), who named ...

: AuCuTe₄ – Bulgarian mineralogist

Ivan Kostov Ivan Yordanov Kostov ( bg, Иван Йорданов Костов ) (born 23 December 1949, in Sofia) was the 47th Prime Minister of Bulgaria in office from May 1997 to July 2001 and leader of the Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) between Dec ...

(1913–2004) *

Krennerite Krennerite is an orthorhombic gold telluride mineral which can contain variable amounts of silver in the structure. The formula is AuTe2, but specimen with gold substituted by up to 24% with silver have been found ( u0.77Ag0.24e2). Both of the c ...

: AuTe₂ varying to (Au_0.8,Ag_0.2)Te₂ – Hungarian mineralogist Joseph Krenner (1839–1920) * Krotite: CaAl₂O₄ – Russian-American cosmochemist Alexander N. Krot *

Krut'aite Krut'aite or krutaite is a rare mineral with the formula Cu Se2. It crystallises in the cubic crystal system. It is part of the pyrite group, being composed of Cu2+ ions and Se22− ions. The mineral is most often found as a dark grey aggregate c ...

: CuSe₂ Czech mineralogist Tomas Krut'a (1906-1998) * Kukharenkoite-(Ce): Ba₃CeF(CO₃)₃ – Russian mineralogist

Alexander A. Kukharenko Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

(1914–1993) * Kurnakovite: MgB₃O₃(OH)₅ – Russian mineralogist and chemist Nikolai Semenovich Kurnakov (1860–1941) *

Kunzite Spodumene is a pyroxene mineral consisting of lithium aluminium inosilicate, Li Al( Si O3)2, and is a source of lithium. It occurs as colorless to yellowish, purplish, or lilac kunzite (see below), yellowish-green or emerald-green hiddenite, pr ...

(variety of spodumene): – American mineralogist

George Frederick Kunz George Frederick Kunz (September 29, 1856 – June 29, 1932) was an American mineralogist and mineral collector. Biography Kunz was born in Manhattan, New York City, USA, and began an interest in minerals at a very young age. By his teens, ...

(1856–1932)

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* Lacroixite: NaAl(PO₄)F – French mineralogist Antoine François Alfred Lacroix (1863–1948) * 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 l₁₀(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 *

Lemanskiite Lemanskiite is a mineral that was first discovered in a mine at Abundancia mine, El Guanaco mining district, Chile, with the ideal formula of Na Ca Cu5( As O4)4 Cl•3 H2 O. Originally, this mineral was discovered as being dimorphus with lave ...

: NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O – after Chester S. Lemanski, Jr. (b. 1947), American mineral collector * Liebauite: Ca₃Cu₅Si₉O₂₆ – German Friedrich Liebau (1926–2011), professor of mineralogy,

University of Kiel Kiel University, officially the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, (german: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in ...

. * Lipscombite: (Fe²⁺,Mn²⁺)(Fe³⁺)₂(PO₄)₂(OH) – American chemist

William Lipscomb William Nunn Lipscomb Jr. (December 9, 1919April 14, 2011) was a Nobel Prize-winning American inorganic and organic chemist working in nuclear magnetic resonance, theoretical chemistry, boron chemistry, and biochemistry. Biography Overview Li ...

(1919–2011) **And zinclipscombite * Livingstonite: HgSb₄S₈ – Scottish explorer in Africa

David Livingstone David Livingstone (; 19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) was a Scottish physician, Congregationalist, and pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, an explorer in Africa, and one of the most popular British heroes of t ...

(1813–1873) *

Lonsdaleite Lonsdaleite (named in honour of Kathleen Lonsdale), also called hexagonal diamond in reference to the crystal structure, is an allotrope of carbon with a hexagonal lattice, as opposed to the cubical lattice of conventional diamond. It is found ...

: C – British crystallographer

Kathleen Lonsdale Dame Kathleen Lonsdale ( Yardley; 28 January 1903 – 1 April 1971) was an Irish-born British pacifist, prison reformer and crystallographer. She proved, in 1929, that the benzene ring is flat by using X-ray diffraction methods to elucidate t ...

(1903–1971) * Lorandite: TlAsS₂ – Hungarian physicist

Loránd Eötvös Baron Loránd Eötvös de Vásárosnamény (or Loránd Eötvös, , '' hu, vásárosnaményi báró Eötvös Loránd Ágoston''; 27 July 1848 – 8 April 1919), also called Baron Roland von Eötvös in English literature, was a Hungarian physicist ...

(1848–1919) * Lotharmeyerite: – German chemist

Julius Lothar Meyer Julius Lothar Meyer (19 August 1830 – 11 April 1895) was a German chemist. He was one of the pioneers in developing the earliest versions of the periodic table of the chemical elements. Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev (his chief rival) and he ...

(1830–1895) **And cobaltlotharmeyerite, ferrilotharmeyerite, manganlotharmeyerite, nickellotharmeyerite * Lucabindiite: (K,NH₄)As₄O₆(Cl,Br) –

Luca Bindi Luca Bindi (born 1971) is an Italian geologist. He holds the Chair of Mineralogy and Crystallography and is the Head of the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Florence. He is also a research associate at the Istituto di Geoscienze e ...

, 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)

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Macdonaldite Macdonaldite is a rare barium silicate mineral with a chemical formula of BaCa4Si16O36(OH)2·10H2O.Alfors, J.T., Stinson, M.C., Matthews, R.A., and Pabst, A. (1965) Seven new barium minerals from eastern Fresno County, California. American Minera ...

: BaCa₄Si₁₆O₃₆(OH)₂ – 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 * Machatschkiite (8.CJ.35) *

Mascagnite Mascagnite is a rare ammonium sulfate mineral ( N H4)2 S O4. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic system typically forming as stalactitic masses exhibiting good cleavage. It is soft (not higher than 2.5 on the Mohs Scale) and water-soluble. Opti ...

: (NH₄)₂SO₄ – Italian anatomist

Paolo Mascagni Paolo Mascagni (25 January 1755 – 19 October 1815) was an Italian physician and anatomist. He is most well known for publishing the first complete description of the lymphatic system. Biography Early life Mascagni was born in the co ...

(1752–1815) * Mathesiusite: K₅(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₄(VO₅)·4(H₂O) – German minister

Johannes Mathesius Johannes Mathesius (June 24, 1504 – October 7, 1565), also called Johann Mathesius or John Mathesius, was a German minister and a Lutheran reformer. He is best known for his compilation of Martin Luther's '' Table Talk'', or notes taken of ...

(1504–1565) * Mckelveyite-(Y): Ba₃NaCa_0.75U_0.25Y(CO₃)₆ – American geologist Vincent E. McKelvey (1916–1985) *

Meyerhofferite Meyerhofferite is a hydrated borate mineral of calcium, with the chemical formula Ca2B6O6(OH)10·2H2O, CaB3O3(OH)5·H2O or Ca2(H3B3O7)2·4H2O. It occurs principally as an alteration product of inyoite, another borate mineral. Natural meyerhoffer ...

: CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·H₂O – German chemist,

Wilhelm Meyerhoffer Wilhelm Meyerhoffer (13 September 1864 – 21 April 1906) was a German chemist. Meyerhoffer studied chemistry and worked with Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff at the University of Amsterdam and the University of Berlin Humboldt-Universit� ...

(1864–1906) *

Meyrowitzite Meyrowitzite, Ca(UO2)(CO3)2·5H2O, is a carbonate mineral verified in May of 2018 by the Commission of New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification of the International Mineralogical Association. It is an extremely rare mineral, discovered in t ...

: 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 Millerite is a nickel sulfide mineral, Ni S. It is brassy in colour and has an acicular habit, often forming radiating masses and furry aggregates. It can be distinguished from pentlandite by crystal habit, its duller colour, and general la ...

: NiS – British mineralogist

William Hallowes Miller Prof William Hallowes Miller FRS HFRSE LLD DCL (6 April 180120 May 1880) was a Welsh mineralogist and laid the foundations of modern crystallography. Miller indices are named after him, the method having been described in his ''Treatise on Cry ...

(1801–1880) *

Millosevichite Millosevichite is a rare sulfate mineral with the chemical formula Al2(SO4)3. Aluminium is often substituted by iron. It forms finely crystalline and often porous masses. It was first described in 1913 for an occurrence in Grotta dell'Allume, Por ...

: Al₂(SO₄)₃ – Italian mineralogist Federico Millosevich (1875–1942) * Moëloite (2.HC.25) *Mohsite ( crichtonite var., 4.CC.40) *

Moissanite Moissanite () is naturally occurring silicon carbide and its various crystalline polymorphs. It has the chemical formula SiC and is a rare mineral, discovered by the French chemist Henri Moissan in 1893. Silicon carbide is useful for commercial ...

: SiC (naturally occurring) – discoverer

Henri Moissan Ferdinand Frédéric Henri Moissan (28 September 1852 – 20 February 1907) was a French chemist and pharmacist who won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in isolating fluorine from its compounds. Moissan was one of the original mem ...

(1852–1907) *

Monticellite Monticellite and kirschsteinite (commonly also spelled kirschteinite Klein and Hurlbut ''Manual of Mineralogy'' 20th ed., p. 373) are gray silicate minerals of the olivine group with compositions Ca Mg Si O4 and Ca FeSiO4, respectively. Most mont ...

: Ca(Mg,Fe)SiO₄ – Italian mineralogist Teodoro Monticelli (1759–1845) *

Morganite Morganite is an orange or pink gemstone and is also a variety of beryl. Morganite can be mined in countries like Brazil, Afghanistan, Mozambique, Namibia, the United States, and Madagascar. Morganite has grown in popularity since 2010. ''Brides ...

(variety of Beryl): – American financier

J. P. Morgan John Pierpont Morgan Sr. (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age. As the head of the banking firm that ultimately became known ...

(1837–1913) * Mozartite: CaMn³⁺SiO₄(OH) –

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

(1756–1791) * Murdochite: PbCu₆O_8−x(Cl,Br)_2x – American mineralogist Joseph Murdoch (1890–1973)

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* Nataliakulikite: Ca₄Ti₂(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺)(Si,Fe³⁺,Al)O₁₁ – Russian mineralogist Natalia Artyemovna Kulik (1933 - ) * Nasonite: Pb₆Ca₄(Si₂O₇)₃Cl₂ – American mining engineer and author Frank Lewis Nason (1856–1928) * Norrishite: KLiMn³⁺₂(Si₄O₁₀)O₂ – Australian geologist Keith Norrish (1924-2017), pioneer of wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence analysis * Nikischerite: Fe²⁺₆Al₃(OH)₁₈ a(H₂O)₆SO₄]₂·6H₂O – American mineralogist Anthony J. Nikischer (born 1949)

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*Obertiite amphibole root name (9.DE.25) *

Okenite Okenite (CaSi2O5·2H2O) is a silicate mineral that is usually associated with zeolites. It most commonly is found as small white "cotton ball" formations within basalt geodes. These formations are clusters of straight, radiating, fibrous crystals ...

: CaSi₂O₅·2H₂O – German naturalist

Lorenz Oken Lorenz Oken (1 August 1779 – 11 August 1851) was a German naturalist, botanist, biologist, and ornithologist. Oken was born Lorenz Okenfuss (german: Okenfuß) in Bohlsbach (now part of Offenburg), Ortenau, Baden, and studied natural history ...

(1779–1851)

P

* Pääkkönenite: Sb₂AsS₂ – Finnish geologist Viekko Pääkkönen (1907–1980) *

Pabstite Pabstite is a barium tin titanium silicate mineral that is found in contact metamorphosed limestone. It belongs to the benitoite group of minerals. The chemical formula of pabstite is . It is found in Santa Cruz, California. The crystal system o ...

: BaSnSi₃O₉ –

Adolf Pabst Adolf Pabst (30 November 1899, Chicago – 3 April 1990, Berkeley, California) was an American mineralogist and geologist. Biography Pabst received in 1925 his bachelor's degree at the University of Illinois and in 1928 his Ph.D. in geology an ...

(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 The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; the institution considers other spellings such a"Cal Tech" and "CalTech" incorrect. The institute is also occasional ...

** Paulingite-Ca and paulingite-K * Paulscherrerite: UO₂(OH)₂ – Swiss physicist

Paul Scherrer Paul Hermann Scherrer (3 February 1890 – 25 September 1969) was a Swiss physicist. Born in St. Gallen, Switzerland, he studied at Göttingen, Germany, before becoming a lecturer there. Later, Scherrer became head of the Department of Physics ...

(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) *

Perite Perite is a mineral that has a general chemical formula of Lead, PbBismuth, BiOxygen, O2Chlorine, Cl. The name is given for Per_Geijer, Per Adolf Geijer, a Swedish people, Swedish economic geologist with the Geological Survey of Sweden, who discov ...

: PbBiO₂Cl – Swedish geologist Per Adolf Geijer (1886–1976) *

Perovskite Perovskite (pronunciation: ) is a calcium titanium oxide mineral composed of calcium titanate (chemical formula ). Its name is also applied to the class of compounds which have the same type of crystal structure as (XIIA2+VIB4+X2−3), known a ...

: CaTiO₃ – Russian mineralogist

L. A. Perovski Count Lev Alekseyevich von Perovski (russian: Лев Алексе́евич Перо́вский, also transliterated as Perofsky, Perovskii, Perovskiy, Perovsky, Perowski, and Perowsky; also credited as L.A. Perovski) (9 September 1792 – 21 No ...

(1792–1856) * Perroudite (2.FC.20c) *

Petzite The mineral petzite, Ag3 Au Te2, is a soft, steel-gray telluride mineral generally deposited by hydrothermal activity. It forms isometric crystals, and is usually associated with rare tellurium and gold minerals, often with silver, mercury, ...

(1845): Ag₃AuTe₂ – chemist

W. Petz W. may refer to: * SoHo (Australian TV channel) (previously W.), an Australian pay television channel * ''W.'' (film), a 2008 American biographical drama film based on the life of George W. Bush * "W.", the fifth track from Codeine's 1992 EP ''Bar ...

Pezzottaite Pezzottaite, marketed under the name raspberyl or raspberry beryl, is a mineral species first recognized by the International Mineralogical Association in September 2003. Pezzottaite is a caesium analogue of beryl, a silicate of caesium, ber ...

: Cs(Be₂Li)Al₂Si₆O₁₈ – Italian geologist and mineralogist Federico Pezzotta *

Phillipsite Phillipsite is a mineral series of the zeolite group; a hydrated potassium, calcium and aluminium silicate, approximating to . The members of the series are phillipsite-K, phillipsite-Na and phillipsite-Ca. The crystals are monoclinic, but only c ...

: (Ca,Na₂,K₂)₃Al₆Si₁₀O₃₂·12H₂O – English mineralogist and geologist

William Phillips William Phillips may refer to: Entertainment * William Phillips (editor) (1907–2002), American editor and co-founder of ''Partisan Review'' * William T. Phillips (1863–1937), American author * William Phillips (director), Canadian film-make ...

(1775–1828) *

Prehnite Prehnite is an Silicate minerals, inosilicate of calcium and aluminium with the formula: Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2. Limited Fe3+ substitutes for aluminium in the structure. Prehnite crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system, and most often forms a ...

: Ca₂Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂ – Dutch governor Colonel

Hendrik Von Prehn Hendrik may refer to: * Hendrik (given name) * Hans Hendrik, Greenlandic Arctic traveller and interpreter * Hendrik Island, an island in Greenland * Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, a municipality in the Netherlands * A character from ''Dragon Quest XI'' See ...

* Priscillagrewite-(Y): (Ca₂Y)Zr₂Al₃O₁₂ – American geologist Priscilla Croswell Perkins Grew (1940 - ) *

Proustite Proustite is a sulfosalt mineral consisting of silver sulfarsenide, Ag3 As S3, known also as light red silver or ruby silver ore, and an important source of the metal. It is closely allied to the corresponding sulfantimonide, pyrargyrite, from whi ...

: Ag₃AsS₃ – French chemist

Joseph Louis Proust Joseph Louis Proust (26 September 1754 – 5 July 1826) was a French chemist. He was best known for his discovery of the law of definite proportions in 1794, stating that chemical compounds always combine in constant proportions. Life Joseph L. ...

(1754–1826) *

Putnisite Putnisite is a mineral composed of strontium, calcium, chromium, sulfur, carbon, oxygen and hydrogen. It was discovered on the Polar Bear Peninsula in Shire of Dundas, Western Australia in 2007 during mining activity. Following identification and ...

: SrCa₄Cr₈³⁺(CO₃)₈(SO₄)(OH)₁₆·25H₂O – mineralogists Andrew and Christine Putnis

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* Ramanite homologous series (6.EA.10) *

Rambergite Rambergite is a manganese sulfide mineral with formula . It has been found in anoxic marine sediments, rich in organic matter of the Gotland Deep, Baltic Sea and also in skarn in the Garpenberg area, Dalarna, Sweden. It was named after the mine ...

: MnS – mineralogist

Hans Ramberg Hans Ramberg (15 March 1917 – 7 June 1998) was a Norwegian- Swedish geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes t ...

(1917–1998) *

Rammelsbergite Rammelsbergite is a nickel arsenide mineral with formula NiAs2. It forms metallic silvery to tin white to reddish orthorhombic prismatic crystals, and is usually massive in form. It has a Mohs hardness of 5.5 and a specific gravity of 7.1. It was ...

: NiAs₂ –

Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg (1 April 1813 – 28 December 1899) was a German mineralogist from Berlin, Prussia. Life After an apprenticeship in pharmacy, he studied chemistry and crystallography at the University of Berlin, where his inf ...

(1813–1899) * Ramdohrite (2.JB.40a) *

Riebeckite Riebeckite is a sodium-rich member of the amphibole group of silicate minerals, chemical formula Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2. It forms a solid solution series with magnesioriebeckite. It crystallizes in the monoclinic system, usually as long prisma ...

: Na₂(Fe,Mg)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂ – German explorer Emil Riebeck (1853–1885) * Rittmannite: jahnsite-whiteite group – Swiss volcanologist

Alfred Rittmann Alfred Rittmann (23 March 1893 – 19 September 1980) was a leading volcanologist. He was elected President of the International Association of Volcanology for three terms (1954–1963). Life Rittmann was the son of a dentist in Basel, Switzerla ...

(1893–1980) * Roeblingite (9.CB.05) *

Roselite Roselite is a rare arsenate mineral with chemical formula: . It was first described in 1825 for an occurrence in the Rappold mines of Schneeberg, Saxony, Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany and named by Armand Lévy (mineralogist), Armand Lévy after Ger ...

: Ca₂(Co²⁺, Mg) sO₄sub>2·H₂O – German mineralogist

Gustav Rose Prof Gustavus ("Gustav") Rose FRSFor HFRSE (18 March 1798 – 15 July 1873) was a German mineralogist who was a native of Berlin. He was President of the German Geological Society from 1863 to 1873. Life He was born in Berlin the son of pharmaco ...

(1798–1873) * Rosenbuschite (9.BE.22) *

Rossmanite Tourmaline ( ) is a crystalline Silicate mineral, silicate mineral group in which boron is compounded with elements such as aluminium, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, or potassium. Tourmaline is a gemstone and can be found in a wide variety o ...

: (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,

(1924–2010)

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Saleeite Saleeite is a secondary uranium mineral occurring in the oxidized zones of uranium deposits, or as disseminations in carnotite-bearing sandstones. Its chemical formula is Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2·10(H2O). It was discovered in 1932 at Shinkolobwe, Katang ...

: Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10H₂O – Belgian mineralogist

Achille Salée Achille is a French and Italian masculine given name, derived from the Greek mythological hero Achilles. It may refer to: People Artists * Achille Beltrame (1871–1945), Italian painter * Achille Calici (c. 1565–?), Italian painter * Ach ...

(1883–1932) *

Samarskite Samarskite is a radioactive rare earth mineral series which includes samarskite-(Y), with the chemical formula and samarskite-(Yb), with the chemical formula . The formula for samarskite-(Y) is also given as . Samarskite crystallizes in the orth ...

: Y_0.2REE_0.3Fe³⁺_0.3U_0.2Nb_0.8Ta_0.2O₄ – Russian official

Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets Vasili Yevgrafovich Samarsky-Bykhovets (russian: Василий Евграфович Самарский-Быховец; 7 November 1803 – 31 May 1870) was a Russian mining engineer and the chief of Russian Mining Engineering Corps between 1845 a ...

(1803–1870) * Sanbornite: BaSi₂O₅ – American mineralogist Frank B. Sanborn (1862–1936) * Satterlyite: (Fe⁺⁺,Mg)₂(PO₄)(OH) – Canadian geologist Jack Satterly (born 1906) *

Scheelite Scheelite is a calcium tungstate mineral with the chemical formula Ca W O4. It is an important ore of tungsten (wolfram). Scheelite is originally named after Swedish chemist K. Scheele (1742-1786). Well-formed crystals are sought by collectors ...

: CaWO₄ – German-Swedish pharmaceutical chemist

Carl Wilhelm Scheele Carl Wilhelm Scheele (, ; 9 December 1742 – 21 May 1786) was a Swedish German pharmaceutical chemist. Scheele discovered oxygen (although Joseph Priestley published his findings first), and identified molybdenum, tungsten, barium, hyd ...

(1742–1786) * Shcherbinaite: VO₅ – Soviet geologist

Vladimir Shcherbina Vladimir Vital'evich Shcherbina (1907–1978) was a prominent Soviet geochemist and mineralogist. He was a student of Alexander Fersman. In 1931, he led a team from the USSR Academy of Sciences in the mineralogical examination of the Lovozero ...

(1907–1978) * Scheuchzerite (9.DM.35) * Schoenfliesite (4.FC.10) *

Schoepite Schoepite, empirical formula (UO2)8O2(OH)12•12(H2O) is a rare alteration product of uraninite in hydrothermal uranium deposits. It may also form directly from Wyartite, ianthinite. The mineral presents as a transparent to translucent yellow, le ...

: (UO₂)₈O(OH)₁₂·12H₂O – Alfred Schoep (1881–1966), professor of mineralogy at the

University of Ghent Ghent University ( nl, Universiteit Gent, abbreviated as UGent) is a public research university located in Ghent, Belgium. Established before the state of Belgium itself, the university was founded by the Dutch King William I in 1817, when the ...

Schreibersite Schreibersite is generally a rare iron nickel phosphide mineral, , though common in iron-nickel meteorites. It has been found on Disko Island in Greenland and Illinois. Another name used for the mineral is rhabdite. It forms tetragonal crystals w ...

: (Fe,Ni)₃P – Austrian naturalist

Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers (15 August 1775 – 21 May 1852) was an Austrian naturalist who was a native of Pressburg, Hungary, Habsburg Empire (today Bratislava, Slovakia). In 1847, an uncommon iron-nickel-phosphide ((Fe,Ni)3P) miner ...

(1775–1852) * Schreyerite: V₂Ti₃O₉ – German mineralogist Werner Schreyer (1930–2006) *

Schröckingerite Schröckingerite is a radioactive yellow uranium-containing carbonate mineral, hydrated sodium calcium uranyl sulfate carbonate fluoride.http://www.webmineral.com/data/Schrockingerite.shtml Webmineralhttp://www.mindat.org/min-3584.html Mindat Sc ...

: NaCa₃(UO₂) – Julius Freiherr Schröckinger von Neudenberg (1814–1882) *

Scottyite Scottyite is a barium copper silicate mineral, silicate. It was named for Michael Scott (Apple), Michael Scott, first CEO of Apple Inc., Apple. Its Type locality (geology), type locality is the Wessels mine, Northern Cape, South Africa, where it w ...

: BaCu₂Si₂O₇ – Michael Scott (born 1945), first CEO of Apple and significant sponsor of the Rruff project * Seamanite: Mn₃ (OH)₄PO₄)(OH)₂ – Arthur Edmund Seaman (1858–1937) *

Segnitite } Segnitite is a lead iron(III) arsenate mineral. Segnitite was first found in the Broken Hill ore deposit in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. In 1991, segnitite was approved as a new mineral. Segnitite has since been found worldwide nea ...

: PbFe₃H(AsO₄)₂(OH)₆ – after Australian mineralogist, gemologist and petrologist Edgar Ralph Segnit (1923–1999) *

Sekaninaite Sekaninaite ((Fe+2,Mg)2Al4Si5O18) is a silicate mineral, the iron-rich analogue of cordierite. It was first described in 1968 for an occurrence in Dolní Bory, Vysočina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic, and is now known also from Ireland, Japan, ...

: (Fe⁺²,Mg)₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈ – Czech mineralogist Josef Sekanina (born 1901) *

Sellaite Sellaite is a magnesium fluoride mineral with the formula MgF2. It crystallizes in the tetragonal crystal system, typically as clear to white vitreous prisms. It may be fibrous and occur as radiating aggregates. It has a Mohs hardness of 5 to 6 ...

: MgF₂ – Italian politician and mineralogist

Quintino Sella Quintino Sella (; 7 July 1827 – 14 March 1884) was an Italian politician, economist and mountaineer. Biography Sella was born at Sella di Mosso, in the Province of Biella. After studying engineering at Turin, he was sent in 1843 to study mi ...

(1827-1884) * Senarmontite: Sb₂O₃ – French mineralogist and physician Henri Hureau de Sénarmont (1808–1862) *

Sengierite Sengierite is a rare oxide and hydroxide mineral, chemically a copper and uranyl vanadate, belonging to the carnotite group. Its chemical formula is Cu2(OH)2 O2VO4sub>2·6H2O. Sengierite was first discovered at the Luiswishi Mine about north of ...

: Cu₂(OH)₂ VO₄sub>2·6H₂O – Belgian UMHK director

Edgar Sengier Edgar Edouard Bernard Sengier (9 October 1879 – 26 July 1963) was a Belgian mining engineer and director of the Union Minière du Haut Katanga mining company that operated in Belgian Congo during World War II. Sengier is credited with ...

(1879–1963) * Shulamitite: Ca₃TiFe³⁺AlO₈ – Israeli mineralogist and geologist

(1923-2012) *

Sillimanite Sillimanite is an aluminosilicate mineral with the chemical formula Al2SiO5. Sillimanite is named after the American chemist Benjamin Silliman (1779–1864). It was first described in 1824 for an occurrence in Chester, Connecticut. Occurrence ...

: Al₂SiO₅ – American chemist

Benjamin Silliman Benjamin Silliman (August 8, 1779 – November 24, 1864) was an early American chemist and science educator. He was one of the first American professors of science, at Yale College, the first person to use the process of fractional distillation ...

(1779–1864) *

Simpsonite Simpsonite has a general formula of . It occurs as euhedral to subhedral tabular to short and prismatic crystals, commonly in subparallel groups. Under the petrographic microscope it has a very high relief. Discovered in 1938, it was named aft ...

: Al4(Ta,Nb)3O13(OH) – Australian mineralogist Edward Sydney Simpson (1875–1939) *

Smithsonite Smithsonite, also known as zinc spar, is the mineral form of zinc carbonate ( Zn CO3). Historically, smithsonite was identified with hemimorphite before it was realized that they were two different minerals. The two minerals are very similar in a ...

: ZnCO₃ – British chemist and mineralogist, James Smithson (1754–1829) * Sorbyite (2.LB.30) *

Sperrylite Sperrylite is a platinum arsenide mineral with the chemical formula and is an opaque metallic tin white mineral which crystallizes in the isometric system with the pyrite group structure. It forms cubic, octahedral or pyritohedral crystals in ...

: PtAs₂ – American chemist

Francis Louis Sperry Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome * Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) Places * Rural ...

Steacyite Steacyite is a complex silicate mineral containing thorium and uranium; formula . It forms small brown or yellow green crystals, often cruciform twinned crystals. It is radioactive. It was discovered at Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec in 1982 and is ...

: 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 Stephanite is a silver antimony sulfosalt mineral with formula: Ag5 Sb S4. It is composed of 68.8% silver, and sometimes is of importance as an ore of this metal. History Under the name Schwarzerz it was mentioned by Georgius Agricola in 1546, an ...

: Ag₅SbS₄ – Archduke Stephan of Austria (1817–1867) *

Stichtite Stichtite is a mineral, a carbonate of chromium and magnesium; formula Mg6 Cr2 C O3(O H)16·4 H2O. Its colour ranges from pink through lilac to a rich purple colour. It is formed as an alteration product of chromite containing serpentine. I ...

: Mg₆Cr₂CO₃(OH)₁₆·4H₂O – American born Australian mine manager Robert Carl Sticht (1857–1922) *

Stilleite Stilleite is a selenide mineral, zinc selenide, with the formula Zn Se. It has been found only as microscopic gray crystals occurring as inclusions in linnaeite associated with other selenide and sulfides. It was originally discovered in Katanga ...

: ZnSe – German geologist

Hans Stille Hans Wilhelm Stille (8 October 1876 – 26 December 1966) was an influential German geologist working primarily on tectonics and the collation of tectonic events during the Phanerozoic. Stille adhered to the contracting Earth hypothesis A ...

(1876–1966) * Stolzite: PbWO₄ – Czechoslovakian

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(1803–1896) *

Strashimirite Strashimirite ( IMA symbol: Ssh) is a rare monoclinic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen. It has the chemical formula Cu8(AsO4)4(OH)4·5(H2O). This mineral was discovered in Zapachitsa (Zapacica) copper deposit, Svoge, Sofi ...

: Cu₈(AsO₄)₄(OH)₄·5H₂O – Bulgarian petrographer and mineralogist Strashimir Dimitrov (1892–1960) * Stromeyerite: AgCuS – German chemist,

Friedrich Stromeyer Prof Friedrich Stromeyer FRS(For) FRSE (2 August 1776 – 18 August 1835) was a German chemist. He was the discoverer of cadmium. From 1982 a Friedrich Stromeyer Prize has been awarded for chemical achievement in Germany. Life He was born in ...

(1776–1835) * Strunzite: Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O – German mineralogist

Karl Hugo Strunz Karl Hugo Strunz (24 February 1910 – 19 April 2006) was a German mineralogist. He is best known for creating the Nickel-Strunz classification, the ninth edition of which was published together with Ernest Henry Nickel. Biography Strunz was bor ...

(1910–2006) **And ferristrunzite, ferrostrunzite * Stumpflite: Pt(Sb,Bi) – Austrian professor of mineralogy Eugen Friedrich Stumpfl (1931–2004) *

Sugilite Sugilite ( ) is a relatively rare pink to purple cyclosilicate mineral with the complex chemical formula K Na2( Fe, Mn, Al)2 Li3 Si12 O30. Sugilite crystallizes in the hexagonal system with prismatic crystals. The crystals are rarely found and ...

: KNa₂(Fe,Mn,Al)₂Li₃Si₁₂O₃₀ – Japanese petrologist Ken-ichi Sugi (1901–1948) *

Svanbergite Svanbergite is a colorless, yellow or reddish mineral with the chemical formula Sr Al3( P O4)( SO4)(O H)6. It has rhombohedral crystals.Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: " Dana's new ...

: 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

*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 T. H. Clark, 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: – Rudy W. Tschernich (born 1945), expert on zeolites *Tschermakite: – 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) *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 – English mineralogist John Henry Vivian (1785–1855) **And metavivianite *Vladermaritre: President of the Republic of Russia

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) *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 – Charles Douglas Woodhouse (1888–1975), an American mineralogist. *Wulfenite: PbMoO₄ – Austrian mineralogist Franz Xaver von Wulfen (1728–1805) *Wulffite: K₃NaCu₄O₂(SO₄)₄ – Russian crystallographer George Wulff, George (Yuri Viktorovich) Wulff (russian: Георгий (Юрий) Викторович Вульф) (1863-1925) *Wyartite: ·7H₂O – Jean Wyart (1902–1992), mineralogist at the University of Paris, Sorbonne

Y

*Yangite: PbMnSi₃O₈·H₂O – Hexiong Yang, Mineralogy researcher at the Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona

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 *Gagarinite-(Ce), 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)http://webmineral.com/data/Zektzerite.shtml Webmineral *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 Emanuel George Zies *Zigrasite: MgZr(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₄ – American mineral collecto
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*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 ZippeZippeite Mineral Data
/ref> *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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References

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