LIST OF MINERALS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE

This is a list of 'minerals named after people'. The chemical composition follows name when available.
:''For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see Lists of etymologies.''
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Contents

A

B

C

D

F

G

H

K

L

M

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Z

See also

Notes

References

External links

A

★ Adamite Zn₂AsO₄OH – French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795-1881)

★ Alexandrite (variety of Chrysoberyl) – Tsar Alexander II of Russia (1818-1881)

★ Alforsite Ba₅Cl(PO₄)₃ – American geologist John T. Alfors (1930 - 2005)

★ Ankerite CO₃)₂ – an Austrian mineralogist Matthias Joseph Anker (1771-1843)

★ Arfvedsonite Na₃(Fe,Mg)₄FeSi₈O₂₂(OH)₂ – Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson (1792-1841)

★ Armalcolite (Mg,Fe⁺⁺)Ti₂O₅ – American astronauts ARM Neil Armstrong, AL Buzz Aldrin and COL Michael Collins

B

★ Baddeleyite ZrO₂ – Joseph Baddeley

★ Bertrandite Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂ – French mineralogist Léon Bertrand

★ Bilibinskite Au₂Cu₂PbTe₂₊ – Soviet geologist Yuri A. Bilibin (1901-1952)

★ Bixbite Be₃(AlMn)₂Si₆O₁₈ – ; American mineralogist Maynard Bixby

★ Bixbyite (Fe,Mn)₂O₃ – American mineralogist Maynard Bixby

★ Blödite Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂•4(H₂O – German chemist Carl August Blöde (1773-1820)

★ Blossite αCu₂V₂O₇ – mineralogist F. Donald Bloss

★ Bournonite PbCuSbS₃ – French aristocrat Count J. L. de Bournon (1756-1825)^[1]

★ Briartite Cu₂(Zn,Fe)GeS₄ – Belgian geologist Gaston Briart

★ Brookite TiO₂ – English mineralogist Henry James Brooke (1771–1857)

★ Brucite Mg(OH)₂ – American mineralogist Archibald Bruce (1777-1818).

C

★ Canfieldite Ag₈SnS₆ – American mining engineer Frederick Alexander Canfield (1849-1926)

★ Carnallite KMgCl₃•6(H₂O) – Prussian mining engineer, Rudolph von Carnall (1804-1874)

★ Carnotite K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂ – French mining engineer and chemist Marie Adolphe Carnot (1839-1920)

★ Cernyite Cu₂CdSnS₄ – Canadian mineralogist Petr Cerny

★ Cesbronite Cu₆(TeO₃)₂(OH) ₆2H₂0 – French mineralogist Fabian Cesbron

★ Cleveite UO₂•UO₃•PO•ThO₂ – Swedish chemist Per Teodor Cleve (1840–1905)

★ Clintonite Ca(Mg,Al)₃(Al₃Si)O₁₀(OH)₂ – De Witt Clinton (1769-1828)

★ Coesite (form of SiO₂)– Loring Coes, Jr.

★ Coffinite U(SiO₄)_1-x(OH)_4x – American geologist Reuben Clare Coffin

★ Colemanite (Ca₂B₆O₁₁•5H₂O) – mine owner William T. Coleman (1824-1893)

★ Cooperite (Pt,Pd,Ni)S – mineralogist R. Cooper

★ Cordierite (Mg,Fe)₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈ to (Fe,Mg)₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈ – French geologist P. L. A. Cordier (1777-1861)

★ Covellite both Cu²⁺, S^2- and 2Cu⁺, S₂^2- – Niccola Covelli (1790-1829)

★ Crookesite either as Cu₇(Tl,Ag)Se₄ or (Cu,Tl,Ag)₂Se – English chemist and physicist Sir William Crookes (1832-1919)

D

★ Dawsonite NaAlCO₃(OH)₂ – Canadian geologist Sir John William Dawson (1820–1899)

★ Dickite Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄ – Scottish metallurgical chemist Allan Brugh Dick (1833-1926)

★ Domeykite Cu₃As – Polish geologist and mineralogist Ignacy Domeyko (1802-1889)

★ Donnayite NaCaSr₃Y(CO₃)₆•3H₂0 – Canadian professors J. D. H. Donnay and G. Donnay

★ Dumortierite Al_6.5-7BO₃(SiO₄)₃(O,OH)₃ – French paleontologist Eugene Dumortier (1803-1873)

F

★ Ferberite FeWO₄ – Moritz Rudolph Ferber (1805-1875)

★ Ferrierite (Na,K)₂Mg(Si,Al)₁₈O₃₆(OH)'•'9H₂O – Canadian geologist and mining engineer Walter Frederick Ferrier (1865-1950)

★ Fergusonite (Ce,La,Nd)NbO₄ – British Politician and mineral collector Robert Ferguson of Raith (1767–1840)

★ Forsterite (Mg₂SiO₄) – German naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster (1729-1798)

★ Franckeite Pb₅Sn₃Sb₂S₁₄ – mining engineers Carl Francke and Ernest Francke

★ Freieslebenite AgPbSbS₃ – Johann Karl Freiesleben (1774-1846)

★ Friedrichite CU₅Pb₅Bi₇S₁₈ – Austrian geologist O. M. Friedrich

G

★ Gadolinite (Ce,La,Nd,Y)₂FeBe₂Si₂O₁₀ – Finnish mineralogist- chemist Johan Gadolin (1760-1852)

★ Gahnite ZnAl₂O₄ – Swedish chemist Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745-1818)

★ Garnierite – Jules Garnier

★ Geigerite Mn₅(AsO₃OH)₂(AsO₄)₂•10H₂O – Mineral collector Richard M Geiger

★ Genkinite (Pt,Pd)₄Sb₃ – Soviet mineralogist A. D. Genkin

★ Gibbsite Al(OH)₃ – American collector G. Gibbs (1776-1833)

★ Goethite FeOOH – German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

★ Grunerite Fe₇Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂ – Swiss-French chemist Louis Gruner

★ Gunningite (Zn,Mn²⁺)SO₄•H₂O – Canadian geologist and academic Dr. Henry Cecil Gunning (1901–1991)

H

★ Haggertyite Ba(Fe²⁺₆Ti₅Mg)O₁₉ – Stephen E. Haggerty (born 1938)

★ Hapkeite Fe₂Si – American planetary scientist Bruce Hapke

★ Hawleyite – Canadian mineralogist James Edwin Hawley (1897 - 1965)

★ Heulandite (Ca,Na)_2-3Al₃(Al,Si)₂Si₁₃O₃₆·12H₂O – English mineral collector Henry Heuland (1778-1856)

★ Hübnerite MnWO₄ – German mineralologist Adolf Huebner

★ Hutchinsonite (Tl,Pb)₂As₅S₉ – Cambridge mineralogist Arthur Hutchinson (1866-1937)

K

★ Kieserite (MgSO₄•H₂O) – Dietrich Georg von Kieser

★ Kleberite FeTi₆0₁₃•4H₂0 – German professor Will Kleber (1906-1970)

★ Kobellite (Pb₂₂Cu₄(Bi,Sb)₃₀S₆₉) – German mineralogist Wolfgang Franz von Kobell (1803-1882)

★ Kogarkoite Na₃(SO₄)F – Russian scientist Lia Nikolaevna Kogarko

★ Kolbeckite ScPO₄'·'2H₂O – German mineralogist Friedrich LW Kolbeck

★ Krennerite AuTe₂ varying to (Au_0.8,Ag_0.2)Te₂ – Hungarian mineralogist Joseph Krenner (1839-1920)

★ Kukharenkoite-(Ce) Ba₃CeF(CO₃)₃ – Russian mineralogist Alexander A. Kukharenko (1914-1993)

L

★ Larimar – Larissa Méndez

★ Lonsdaleite – British crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale (1903-1971)

★ Lorandite TlAsS₂ – Hungarian physicist Loránd Eötvös (1848-1919)

M

★ Maricite NaFePO₄ – Yugoslavian mineralogist Luba Maric

★ McKelveyite Ba₃NaCa_0.75U_0.25Y(CO₃)₆•3(H₂O) – American geologist Vincent E. McKelvey (1916-1985)

★ Millerite NiS – British mineralogist William Hallowes Miller (1801-1880)

★ Moissanite SiC (naturally occurring) – discoverer Dr. Henri Moissan)

★ Morganite – American financier J. P. Morgan (1837-1913)

★ Murdochite – American mineralogist Joseph Murdock (1890-1973)

P

★ Penikisite – Canadian explorer Gunar Penikis

★ Perovskite CaTiO₃ – Russian mineralogist, L. A. Perovski (1792-1856)

★ Petzite Ag₃AuTe₂ W. Petz

★ Pezzottaite Cs(Be₂Li)Al₂Si₆O₁₈ Italian geologist and mineralogist Federico Pezzotta

★ Phillipsite (Ca,Na₂,K₂)₃Al₆Si₁₀O₃₂'·'12H₂O. or KCaAl₃Si₅O₁₆'·'6H₂O – English mineralogist and geologist William Phillips (1775-1828)

★ Prehnite Ca₂Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂ – Dutch governor Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn

★ Proustite Ag₃AsS₃ Chemist J. L. Proust

R

★ Riebeckite Na₂(Fe,Mg)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂ – German explorer Emil Riebeck (1853-1885)

S

★ Samarskite Y_0.2REE_0.3Fe³⁺_0.3U_0.2Nb_0.8Ta_0.2O₄ – Russian official Colonel Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets (1803-1870)

★ Sanbornite BaSi₂O₅ – American mineralogist Frank B. Sanborn (1862-1936)

★ Satterlyite – Canadian geologist Jack Satterly

★ Schreibersite (Fe,Ni)₃P –

★ Sekaninaite ((Fe⁺²,Mg)₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈) – Czech mineralogist Josef Sekanina

★ Sillimanite Al₂SiO₅ – American chemist Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864)

★ Smithsonite ZnCO₃ – British chemist and mineralogist, James Smithson (1754-1829)

★ Sodalite (informally named ''Princess Blue'') – Princess Patricia of Connaught (1886-1974)

★ Sperrylite PtAs₂ – American chemist Francis Louis Sperry

★ Steacyite K_variableCa.Na.Th.U.Si₈O₂₀ – Canadian mineralogist Harold Robert Steacy (b. 1923)

★ Stephanite Ag₅SbS₄ – Archduke Stephan of Austria

★ Stichtite Mg₆Cr₂CO₃(OH)₁₆.4H₂O – Australian mine manager Robert Stich

★ Stilleite ZnSe – German geologist Hans Stille (1876-1966)

★ Stolzite PbWO₄ – Czechoslovakian Joseph Alexi Stolz

★ Stromeyerite (copper-silver sulphide) – German chemist, Friedrich Stromeyer (1776 - 1835)

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

★ Sylvite KCl – Dutch chemist François Sylvius de le Boe (1614-1672)

T

★ Teallite PbSnS₂ – British geologist Jethro Justinian Harris Teall (1849-1924)

★ Tennantite Cu₁₂As₄S₁₃ – English chemist Smithson Tennant (1761-1815)

★ Tenorite CuO – Italian botanist Michele Tenore (1780-1861)

★ Thomasclarkite Na_0.8Ce_0.2Y_0.5REE_0.7(HCO₃)(OH)₃•4(H₂O) – Canadian geologist Thomas Clark (1893-1996)

★ Thortveitite (Sc,Y)₂Si₂O₇ – Norwegian engineer Olaus Thortveit

★ Tiemannite HgSe – CW Tiemann (1848-1899)

★ Torbernite (₂)₂(₄)₂ – Swedish chemist Tornbern Bergmann (1735-1784)

U

★ Ulexite (NaCaB₅O₉•8H₂O) – German chemist G. L. Ulex

★ Ullmannite NiSbS – German chemist and mineralogist Johann Christoph Ullmann (1771-1821)

★ Uvarovite Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃ – Russian Count Sergei Semenovitch Uvarov (1765-1855)

V

★ Valentinite Sb₂O₃ – German alchemist Basilius Valentinus (c. 15th-century)

★ Vaterite CaCO₃ – German mineralogist Heinrich Vater

★ Vivianite Fe₃(PO₄)₂'·'8(H₂O) – English mineralogist J.G. Vivian

W

★ Wardite NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄•2(H₂O) – American naturalist Henry Augustus Ward (1834-1906)

★ Weloganite Na₂(Sr,Ca)₃Zr(CO₃)₆·3H₂O – Canadian geologist Sir William Edmond Logan (1798-1875)

★ Whewellite CaC₂O₄·H₂O; English mineralogist William Whewell (1794-1866)

★ Whitlockite Ca₃(PO₄)₂ – American mineralogist Herbert Percy Whitlock (1868-1948)

★ Willemite Zn₂SiO₄ – King William I of the Netherlands (1772-1843)

★ Witherite BaCO₃ – English physician and naturalist William Withering (1741-1799)

★ Wollastonite CaSiO₃ – English chemist and mineralogist William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828)

★ Wulfenite PbMoO₄ – Austrian mineralogist Franz Xavier von Wulfen (1728-1805)

Z

★ Zaccagnaite Zn₄Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₂.3H₂O – Italian mineral collector Domenico Zaccagna

★ Zaherite Al₁₂(OH)₂₆(SO₄)₅.20H₂O – Bangladeshi geologist Mohamed Abduz Zaher

★ Zajacite Na(REE_xCa_1-x)(REE_yCa_1-y)F₆ – Explorer Dr. I. S. Zajac

★ Zakharovite Na₄Mn₅Si₁₀O₂₀(OH)₆.6H₂O – Director of the Moscow Institute of Geological Exploration EE Zakharov

★ Zanazziite Ca₂(MgFe)(MgFeMnAl)₄Be(OH)₄(PO₄)₆.6H₂O – Italian Professor PF Zanazzi

★ Zaratite Ni₃CO₃(OH)₄·4H₂O – Spanish diplomat and dramatist Antonio Gil y Zárate (1793-1861)

★ Zhanghengite – ancient Chinese astronomer Zhang Heng (78-139)

★ Zhemchuzhnikovite NaMg(FeAl)C₂O₄.8H₂O – Russian clay mineralogist Yury Zhemchuzhnikov

★ Ziesite βCu₂V₂O₇ – mineralogist Emmanuel G. Zies

★ Zoisite Ca₂(Al.OH)Al₂(SiO₄)₃ – Slovene scientist Baron Sigmund Zois von Edelstein (aka Žiga Zois) (1747-1819)

See also

★ Geology

★ Mineralogy

★ Mineraloid

★ Nonmineral

★ List of chemical element name etymologies

★ Lists of etymologies

★ List of minerals (complete)

★ List of minerals Short list emphasizing those with Wikipedia articles.

★ Lists of people

★ List of rock types

★ Rock

Notes

1. W.R. Hamilton, 1974, ''The Hamlyn Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Fossils'', London, Hamlyn

References

★ mindat.org The Mineral Database

★ Minerals Named After People and Places

★ American Mineraligist- New Mineral Names 1979

External links

★ The Mineral Gallery