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: NaCaCu
5(AsO
4)
4Cl·5H
2O – after Chester S. Lemanski, Jr. (b. 1947), American mineral collector
*
Liebauite: Ca
3Cu
5Si
9O
26 – German
Friedrich Liebau
Friedrich Karl Franz Liebau (May 31, 1926 in Berlin – March 11, 2011 in Kiel) was a German chemist, crystallographer, and mineralogist known for his research in silicates.
Education and career
Liebau grew up as the son of the upholsterer Otto ...
(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: (Fe
2+,Mn
2+)(Fe
3+)
2(PO
4)
2(OH) – American chemist
William Lipscomb (1919–2011)
**And
zinclipscombite
*
Livingstonite: HgSb
4S
8 – 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: C – British crystallographer
Kathleen Lonsdale (1903–1971)
*
Lorandite: TlAsS
2 – Hungarian physicist
Loránd Eötvös (1848–1919)
*
Lotharmeyerite: – German chemist
Julius Lothar Meyer (1830–1895)
**And
cobaltlotharmeyerite,
ferrilotharmeyerite,
manganlotharmeyerite,
nickellotharmeyerite
*
Lucabindiite: (K,NH
4)As
4O
6(Cl,Br) –
Luca Bindi, professor of mineralogy and former head of the Division of Mineralogy of the Natural History Museum of the University of Florence (b. 1971)
*
Lukechangite-(Ce): Na
3Ce
2(CO
3)
4F – American mineralogist
Luke L. Y. Chang (1934–2009)
M
*
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 Mineral ...
: BaCa
4Si
16O
36(OH)
2 – American volcanologist, Gordon Andrew Macdonald (1911–1978, ''redirect'')
*
Malhmoodite
Malhmoodite is a phosphate mineral first discovered at a mine called Union Carbide in Wilson Springs, Arkansas, United States. This mine is 10 km west of Magnet Cove, an alkaline igneous complex, and Union Carbide is in a contact region of alkalic ...
: FeZr(PO
4)
2 · 4H
2O – Bertha K. Malhmood, for many years Administrative Assistant of the Branch of Analytical Laboratories, U.S. Geological Survey
*
Mandarinoite: Fe
2(SeO
3)
3·4H
2O – American-Canadian mineralogist
Joseph (Joe) A. Mandarino (1929–2007)
**And
telluromandarinoite
*
Maricite: NaFePO
4 – 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 ...
: (NH
4)
2SO
4 – 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: K
5(UO
2)
4(SO
4)
4(VO
5)·4(H
2O) – German minister
Johannes Mathesius (1504–1565)
*
Mckelveyite-(Y)
Mckelveyite-(Y) is a hydrated sodium, barium, yttrium, and uranium–containing carbonate mineral, with the chemical formula Ba3Na(Ca,U)Y(CO3)6·3H2O.
Occurrence
It was first described in 1965 from deposits in the Green River Formation, Sweet ...
: Ba
3NaCa
0.75U
0.25Y(CO
3)
6 – American geologist
Vincent E. McKelvey
Vincent Ellis McKelvey (April 6, 1916 – January 23, 1987) was an American geologist and earth scientist. Recognized as an international authority on deep-sea mineral deposits, he spent 46 years with the United States Geological Survey. From 1968 ...
(1916–1985)
*
Meyerhofferite: CaB
3O
3(OH)
5·H
2O – German chemist,
Wilhelm Meyerhoffer (1864–1906)
*
Meyrowitzite: Ca(UO
2)(CO
3)
2·5H
2O – after Robert Meyrowitz (1916-2013), an American analytical chemist
*
Mendeleevite-(Ce): Cs
6(Ce
22Ca
6)(Si
70O
175)(OH,F)
14(H
2O)
21 – Russian chemist
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (sometimes transliterated as Mendeleyev or Mendeleef) ( ; russian: links=no, Дмитрий Иванович Менделеев, tr. , ; 8 February Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O.S._27_January.html" ;"title="O ...
(1834–1907)
*
Menzerite-(Y) (IMA2009-050)
*
Millerite: NiS – British mineralogist
William Hallowes Miller (1801–1880)
*
Millosevichite: Al
2(SO
4)
3 – Italian mineralogist Federico Millosevich (1875–1942)
*
Moëloite (2.HC.25)
*Mohsite (
crichtonite var., 4.CC.40)
*
Moissanite: 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: Ca(Mg,Fe)SiO
4 – Italian mineralogist
Teodoro Monticelli
The name ''Teodoro'' is the Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Theodore.
People Given name
* Teodoro Alcalde (1913–1995)
* Teodoro Ardemans (died 1726)
* Teodoro Borlongan (1955–2005)
* Teodoro Buontempo (1946–2013)
* Teodoro Cano Garc ...
(1759–1845)
*
Morganite (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: CaMn
3+SiO
4(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: PbCu
6O
8−x(Cl,Br)
2x – American mineralogist
Joseph Murdoch (1890–1973)
N
*
Nataliakulikite: Ca
4Ti
2(Fe
3+,Fe
2+)(Si,Fe
3+,Al)O
11 – Russian mineralogist
Natalia Artyemovna Kulik (1933 - )
*
Nasonite: Pb
6Ca
4(Si
2O
7)
3Cl
2 – American mining engineer and author
Frank Lewis Nason (1856–1928)
*
Norrishite: KLiMn
3+2(Si
4O
10)O
2 – Australian geologist Keith Norrish (1924-2017), pioneer of wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence analysis
*
Nikischerite: Fe
2+6Al
3(OH)
18 2O)6">a(H2O)6SO
4]
2·6H
2O – American mineralogist
Anthony J. Nikischer (born 1949)
O
*Obertiite amphibole root name (9.DE.25)
*
Okenite: CaSi
2O
5·2H
2O – 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 and ...
(1779–1851)
P
*
Pääkkönenite: Sb
2AsS
2 – Finnish geologist
Viekko Pääkkönen (1907–1980)
*
Pabstite: BaSnSi
3O
9 –
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 a ...
(1899–1990), professor of mineralogy, University of California, Berkeley
*
Partheite: Ca
2Al
4Si
4O
15(OH)
2·4H
2O – Swiss crystallographer
Erwin Parthé (1928–2006)
*
Paulingite
Paulingite or paulingite-K is a rare zeolite mineral that is found in vesicles in the basaltic rocks from the Columbia River near Rock Island Dam, Washington.
Paulingite was named for Linus Carl Pauling (1901–1994), professor of chemistry, Cal ...
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: UO
2(OH)
2 – Swiss physicist
Paul Scherrer (1890–1969)
*
Penikisite: BaMg
2Al
2(PO
4)
3(OH)
3 – Canadian explorer
Gunar Penikis (1936–1979)
*
Perhamite: Ca
3Al
7(SiO
4)
3(PO
4)
4(OH)
3·16.5(H
2O) – American geologist and pegmatite miner
Frank C. Perham (born 1934)
*
Perite: PbBiO
2Cl – 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 ...
: CaTiO
3 – 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 (1845): Ag
3AuTe
2 – chemist
W. Petz
*
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, beryl ...
: Cs(Be
2Li)Al
2Si
6O
18 – 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,Na
2,K
2)
3Al
6Si
10O
32·12H
2O – 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: Ca
2Al(AlSi
3O
10)(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): (Ca
2Y)Zr
2Al
3O
12 – American geologist
Priscilla Croswell Perkins Grew (1940 - )
*
Proustite: Ag
3AsS
3 – 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 ...
: SrCa
4Cr
83+(CO
3)
8(SO
4)(OH)
16·25H
2O – mineralogists Andrew and Christine Putnis
R
*
Ramanite homologous series (6.EA.10)
*
Rambergite: MnS – mineralogist
Hans Ramberg (1917–1998)
*
Rammelsbergite: NiAs
2 –
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: Na
2(Fe,Mg)
5Si
8O
22(OH)
2 – German explorer
Emil Riebeck
Emil Riebeck (11 June 1853 – 22 June 1885) was a German explorer, mineralogist, ethnologist, and naturalist. He was born in Preusslitz to Carl Adolf Riebeck, an industrial magnate. He traveled to North Africa and Arabia several times, and in ...
(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: Ca
2(Co
2+, Mg)
4">sO4sub>2·H
2O – German mineralogist
Gustav Rose (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 ...
: (LiAl
2)Al
6Si
6O
18(BO
3)
3(OH)
4 – Caltech mineralogist
George R. Rossman
*
Rruffite (8.CG.10)
*
Russellite: (BiO
2)WO
4 – British mineralogist
Arthur Russell
*
Rustumite: Ca
10(Si
2O
7)
2(SiO
4)(OH)
2Cl
2 – American material scientist,
Rustum Roy (1924–2010)
S
*
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(UO
2)
2(PO
4)
2·10H
2O – 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: Y
0.2REE
0.3Fe
3+0.3U
0.2Nb
0.8Ta
0.2O
4 – Russian official
Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets (1803–1870)
*
Sanbornite
Sanbornite is a rare barium phyllosilicate mineral with formula Ba Si2 O5. Sanbornite is a colorless to white to pale green, platey orthorhombic mineral with Mohs hardness of 5 and a specific gravity of 3.74.
It was first described from Incline, ...
: BaSi
2O
5 – American mineralogist
Frank B. Sanborn (1862–1936)
*
Satterlyite
Satterlyite is a hydroxyl bearing iron phosphate mineral. The mineral can be found in phosphatic shales and was first discovered in the Big Fish River area in Yukon Territory, Canada.
Satterlyite is part of the phosphate mineral group. Satterlyit ...
: (Fe
++,Mg)
2(PO
4)(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 ...
: CaWO
4 – 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, hydr ...
(1742–1786)
*
Shcherbinaite: VO
5 – Soviet geologist
Vladimir Shcherbina (1907–1978)
*
Scheuchzerite (9.DM.35)
*
Schoenfliesite (4.FC.10)
*
Schoepite: (UO
2)
8O(OH)
12·12H
2O –
Alfred Schoep (1881–1966), professor of mineralogy at the
University of Ghent
*
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 cr ...
: (Fe,Ni)
3P – Austrian naturalist
Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers (1775–1852)
*
Schreyerite: V
2Ti
3O
9 – 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 ...
: NaCa
3(UO
2) – Julius Freiherr Schröckinger von Neudenberg (1814–1882)
*
Scottyite
Scottyite is a barium copper silicate. It was named for Michael Scott, first CEO of Apple. Its type locality is the Wessels mine, Northern Cape, South Africa, where it was first identified. It has also been found at several localities in the R ...
: BaCu
2Si
2O
7 –
Michael Scott (born 1945), first CEO of Apple and significant sponsor of the Rruff project
*
Seamanite: Mn
3 4">(OH)4PO
4)(OH)
2 –
Arthur Edmund Seaman (1858–1937)
*
Segnitite: PbFe
3H(AsO
4)
2(OH)
6 – after Australian mineralogist, gemologist and petrologist Edgar Ralph Segnit (1923–1999)
*
Sekaninaite: (Fe
+2,Mg)
2Al
4Si
5O
18 – Czech mineralogist
Josef Sekanina (born 1901)
*
Sellaite: MgF
2 – 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 ...
(1827-1884)
*
Senarmontite: Sb
2O
3 – French mineralogist and physician
Henri Hureau de Sénarmont
Henri Hureau de Sénarmont (6 September 1808 – 30 June 1862) was a French mineralogist and physicist.
He was born in Broué, Eure-et-Loir. From 1822 to 1826, he studied at the École Polytechnique in Paris, then furthered his education at th ...
(1808–1862)
*
Sengierite: Cu
2(OH)
2 2">VO4sub>2·6H
2O – Belgian
UMHK director
Edgar Sengier (1879–1963)
*
Shulamitite: Ca
3TiFe
3+AlO
8 – Israeli mineralogist and geologist
Shulamit Gross (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 ...
: Al
2SiO
5 – American chemist
Benjamin Silliman (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 af ...
: Al4(Ta,Nb)3O13(OH) – Australian mineralogist
Edward Sydney Simpson
Edward Sydney Simpson (11 March 1875 – 30 August 1939) was an Australian mineralogist and geochemist.
Simpson was born in Woollahra, New South Wales to an Irish father and English mother. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School and the Universi ...
(1875–1939)
*
Smithsonite: ZnCO
3 – British chemist and mineralogist,
James Smithson
James Smithson (c. 1765 – 27 June 1829) was an English chemist and mineralogist. He published numerous scientific papers for the Royal Society during the late 1700s as well as assisting in the development of calamine, which would eventually ...
(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 ...
: PtAs
2 – American chemist
Francis Louis Sperry
*
Steacyite: K
0.3(Ca,Na)
2ThSi
8O
20 – Canadian mineralogist
Harold Robert Steacy (born 1923)
*
Stenonite: Sr
2Al(CO
3)F
5 – Danish physician
Nicolaus Steno (Niels Steensen) (1638–1686)
*
Stephanite: Ag
5SbS
4 –
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 ...
: Mg
6Cr
2CO
3(OH)
16·4H
2O – American born Australian mine manager
Robert Carl Sticht
Robert Carl Sticht (8 October 1856 – 30 April 1922) was an American metallurgist and copper mine manager, active in Colorado and Montana, U.S.A. and in Tasmania, Australia. Sticht was the developer of the first successful purely pyritic smelti ...
(1857–1922)
*
Stilleite: ZnSe – German geologist
Hans Stille (1876–1966)
*
Stolzite
Stolzite is a mineral, a lead tungstate; with the formula Pb W O4. It is similar to, and often associated with, wulfenite which is the same chemical formula except that the tungsten is replaced by molybdenum. Stolzite crystallizes in the tetrag ...
: PbWO
4 – Czechoslovakian
Joseph Alexi Stolz
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...
(1803–1896)
*
Strashimirite: Cu
8(AsO
4)
4(OH)
4·5H
2O – Bulgarian petrographer and mineralogist
Strashimir Dimitrov
Strašimir Dimitrov ( bg, Страшимир Димитров) (1930—2001) was a Bulgarian professor in history and corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated BAS; bg, Бълга ...
(1892–1960)
*
Stromeyerite
Stromeyerite is a sulfide mineral of copper and silver, with the chemical formula Ag Cu S. It forms opaque blue grey to dark blue orthorhombic crystals.
It was discovered in 1832 in Central Bohemia Region, Czech Republic, and named after ...
: 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
Strunzite (Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)26H2O) is a light yellow mineral of the strunzite group, first discovered in 1957.
It crystallizes in the triclinic system and has a light, Lustre (mineralogy)#Vitreous lustre, vitreous luster, a specific gravity of ...
: Mn
2+Fe
3+2(PO
4)
2(OH)
2·6H
2O – 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 bo ...
(1910–2006)
**And
ferristrunzite,
ferrostrunzite
*
Stumpflite: Pt(Sb,Bi) – Austrian professor of mineralogy
Eugen Friedrich Stumpfl (1931–2004)
*
Sugilite: KNa
2(Fe,Mn,Al)
2Li
3Si
12O
30 – Japanese petrologist
Ken-ichi Sugi (1901–1948)
*
Svanbergite: SrAl
3(PO
4)(SO
4)(OH)
6 – Swedish chemist
Lars Fredrik Svanberg (1805–1878)
*
Swedenborgite: NaBe
4Sb
5+O
7 – Swedish scientist and theologian
Emanuel Swedenborg
Emanuel Swedenborg (, ; born Emanuel Swedberg; 29 March 1772) was a Swedish pluralistic-Christian theologian, scientist, philosopher and mystic. He became best known for his book on the afterlife, ''Heaven and Hell'' (1758).
Swedenborg had a ...
(1688–1772)
*
Sweetite: Zn(OH)
2 – Curator of mineral department of the British Museum,
Jessie Sweet
Jessie may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Jessie (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Jessie (surname), a list of people
Arts and entertainment
* ''Jessie'' (2011 TV series), a 2011–15 Disney Channel ...
(1901–1979)
*
Sylvite
Sylvite, or sylvine, is potassium chloride (KCl) in natural mineral form. It forms crystals in the isometric system very similar to normal rock salt, halite ( NaCl). The two are, in fact, isomorphous. Sylvite is colorless to white with shades o ...
: KCl – Dutch chemist
Franciscus Sylvius (1614–1672)
T
*
Teallite: PbSnS
2 – British geologist
Jethro Justinian Harris Teall (1849–1924)
*
Tennantite: Cu
12As
4S
13 – English chemist
Smithson Tennant (1761–1815)
*
Tenorite
Tenorite is a copper oxide mineral with the chemical formula CuO.
Occurrence
Tenorite occurs in the weathered or oxidized zone associated with deeper primary copper sulfide orebodies. Tenorite commonly occurs with chrysocolla and the copper ...
: CuO – Italian botanist
Michele Tenore
Michele Tenore (5 May 1780 – 19 July 1861) was an Italian botanist active in Naples, Italy.
Tenore studied at the University of Naples, receiving his medical degree in 1800. Then he was a friend of botanists Domenico Maria Leone Cirillo (1739� ...
(1780–1861)
*
Theophrastite
Nickel(II) hydroxide is the inorganic compound with the formula Ni(OH)2. It is an apple-green solid that dissolves with decomposition in ammonia and amines and is attacked by acids. It is electroactive, being converted to the Ni(III) oxy-hydroxi ...
: Ni(OH)
2 – Greek philosopher and writer
Theophrastus
Theophrastus (; grc-gre, Θεόφραστος ; c. 371c. 287 BC), a Greek philosopher and the successor to Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. He was a native of Eresos in Lesbos.Gavin Hardy and Laurence Totelin, ''Ancient Botany'', Routle ...
(c. 371 – c. 287 BC)
*
Thomasclarkite: Na
0.8Ce
0.2Y
0.5REE
0.7(HCO
3)(OH)
3·4H
2O – Canadian geologist
Thomas Clark (1893–1996)
*
Thortveitite
Thortveitite is a rare mineral consisting of scandium yttrium silicate (Sc,Y)2Si2O7. It is the primary source of scandium. Occurrence is in granitic pegmatites. It was named after Olaus Thortveit, a Norwegian engineer. It is grayish-green, bla ...
: (Sc,Y)
2Si
2O
7 – Norwegian engineer
Olaus Thortveit
Olaf or Olav (, , or British ; Old Norse: ''Áleifr'', ''Ólafr'', ''Óleifr'', ''Anleifr'') is a Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as ''*Anu-laibaz'', from ''anu'' "ancestor, grand-father" a ...
*
Tiemannite
Tiemannite is a mineral, mercury selenide, formula HgSe. It occurs in hydrothermal veins associated with other selenides, or other mercury minerals such as cinnabar, and often with calcite. Discovered in 1855 in Germany, it is named after Johan ...
: HgSe –
Johann Carl Wilhelm Tiemann
Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning " Yahweh is Graciou ...
(1848–1899)
*
Torbernite: CuAl(UO
2)
2(PO
4)
2·8-12H
2O – Swedish chemist
Torbern Bergman
Torbern Olaf (Olof) Bergman (''KVO'') (20 March 17358 July 1784) was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist noted for his 1775 ''Dissertation on Elective Attractions'', containing the largest chemical affinity tables ever published. Bergman was the ...
(1735–1784)
*
Trevorite: NiFe
2O
4 – Major
Tudor Gruffydd Trevor, mining inspector for the Pretoria District, Transvaal, South Africa
*
Tschernichite: –
Rudy W. Tschernich (born 1945), expert on
zeolite
Zeolites are microporous, crystalline aluminosilicate materials commonly used as commercial adsorbents and catalysts. They mainly consist of silicon, aluminium, oxygen, and have the general formula ・y where is either a metal ion or H+. These p ...
s
*
Tschermakite: – Austrian mineralogist
Gustav Tschermak von Seysenegg (1836–1927)
U
*
Ulexite: NaCaB
5O
9·8H
2O – German chemist
George Ludwig Ulex (1811–1883)
*
Ullmannite
Ullmannite is a nickel antimony sulfide mineral with formula: NiSbS. Considerable substitution occurs with cobalt and iron in the nickel site along with bismuth and arsenic in the antimony site. A solid solution series exists with the high c ...
: NiSbS – German chemist and mineralogist Johann Christoph Ullmann (1771–1821, ''redirect'')
*
Uytenbogaardtite: Ag
3AuS
2 – Dutch mineralogist
Willem Uytenbogaardt (1918–2012)
*
Uvarovite: Ca
3Cr
2(SiO
4)
3 – Russian Count
Sergei Semenovitch Uvarov (1765–1855)
V
*
Valentinite
Valentinite is an antimony oxide mineral with formula Sb2 O3. Valentinite crystallizes in the orthorhombic system and typically forms as radiating clusters of euhedral crystals or as fibrous masses. It is colorless to white with occasional shad ...
: Sb
2O
3 – German alchemist
Basilius Valentinus
Basil Valentine is the Anglicised version of the name Basilius Valentinus, ostensibly a 15th-century alchemist, possibly Canon of the Benedictine Priory of Saint Peter in Erfurt, Germany but more likely a pseudonym used by one or several 16th-c ...
(might be
Johann Thölde
Basil Valentine is the Anglicised version of the name Basilius Valentinus, ostensibly a 15th-century alchemist, possibly Canon of the Benedictine Priory of Saint Peter in Erfurt, Germany but more likely a pseudonym used by one or several 16th-ce ...
? 1565–1614)
*
Vanthoffite: Na
6Mg(SO
4)
4 –
Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff (1852–1911), professor of chemistry
*
Vaterite: CaCO
3 – German mineralogist
Heinrich Vater (1859–1930)
*
Vernadite (4.FE.40)
*
Veszelyite: (Cu,Zn)
2Zn(PO
4)(OH)
3·2H
2O – 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: Fe
3(PO
4)
2·8H
2O – English mineralogist
John Henry Vivian (1785–1855)
**And
metavivianite
*
Vladermaritre: President of the Republic of Russia
W
*
Wardite
Wardite is a hydrous sodium aluminium phosphate hydroxide mineral with formula: Na Al3( P O4)2(O H)4·2( H2O). Wardite is of interest for its rare crystallography. It crystallizes in the tetragonal trapezohedral class and is one of only a few ...
: NaAl
3(PO
4)
2(OH)
4·2H
2O – American naturalist
Henry Augustus Ward
Henry Augustus Ward (March 9, 1834 – July 4, 1906) was an Americans, American naturalist and geologist.
Biography
Henry Augustus Ward was born in Rochester, New York on March 9, 1834. After attending Williams College and the Lawrence Scientif ...
(1834–1906)
*
Warikahnite: Zn
3(AsO
4)
2·2H
2O – German mineral collector
Walter Richard Kahn (born 1911)
*
Weeksite: K
2(UO
2)
2Si
6O
15·4H
2O –
USGS
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, ...
mineralogist
Alice Mary Dowse Weeks (1909–1988)
*
Weloganite: Na
2(Sr,Ca)
3Zr(CO
3)
6·3H
2O – Canadian geologist
William Edmond Logan
Sir William Edmond Logan, FRSE FRS FGS (20 April 1798 – 22 June 1875), was a Canadian-born geologist and the founder and first director of the Geological Survey of Canada.
Life
William Edmond Logan was born into a well-to-do Montreal family ...
(1798–1875)
*
Wendwilsonite: Ca
2Mg(AsO
4)
2·2H
2O – Wendell E. Wilson (born 1946), Mineralogical Record, editor and publisher.
*Wernerite (intermediate member of the
marialite
Marialite is a silicate mineral with a chemical formula of if a pure endmember or with increasing meionite content. Marialite is a member of the scapolite group and a solid solution exists between marialite and meionite, the calcium endmember ...
-
meionite series)
*
Whewellite
Whewellite is a mineral, hydrated calcium oxalate, formula Ca C2 O4· H2O. Because of its organic content it is thought to have an indirect biological origin; this hypothesis is supported by its presence in coal and sedimentary nodules. Howev ...
: CaC
2O
4·H
2O – English mineralogist
William Whewell
William Whewell ( ; 24 May 17946 March 1866) was an English polymath, scientist, Anglican priest, philosopher, theologian, and historian of science. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. In his time as a student there, he achieved ...
(1794–1866)
*
Whiteite series: XM(1)M(2)Al
2(PO
4)
4(OH)
2·8H
2O –
John Sampson White, Jr. (born 1933), Mineralogical Record, editor and publisher.
*
Whitlockite: Ca
3(PO
4)
2 – American mineralogist
Herbert Percy Whitlock (1868–1948)
*
Willemite
Willemite is a zinc silicate mineral () and a minor ore of zinc. It is highly fluorescent (green) under shortwave ultraviolet light. It occurs in a variety of colors in daylight, in fibrous masses and apple-green gemmy masses. Troostite is a v ...
: Zn
2SiO
4 –
William I of the Netherlands
William I (Willem Frederik, Prince of Orange-Nassau; 24 August 1772 – 12 December 1843) was a Prince of Orange, the King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
He was the son of the last Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, who went ...
(1772–1843)
*
Witherite: BaCO
3 – English physician and naturalist
William Withering
William Withering FRS (17 March 1741 – 6 October 1799) was an English botanist, geologist, chemist, physician and first systematic investigator of the bioactivity of digitalis.
Withering was born in Wellington, Shropshire, the son of a surg ...
(1741–1799)
*
Wollastonite
Wollastonite is a calcium inosilicate mineral ( Ca Si O3) that may contain small amounts of iron, magnesium, and manganese substituting for calcium. It is usually white. It forms when impure limestone or dolomite is subjected to high temperature ...
: CaSiO
3 – English chemist and mineralogist
William Hyde Wollaston
William Hyde Wollaston (; 6 August 1766 – 22 December 1828) was an English chemist and physicist who is famous for discovering the chemical elements palladium and rhodium. He also developed a way to process platinum ore into malleable ingot ...
(1766–1828)
*Woodhouseite: CaAl
3(SO
4)(PO
4)(OH)
6 – Charles Douglas Woodhouse (1888–1975), an American mineralogist.
*
Wulfenite: PbMoO
4 – Austrian mineralogist
Franz Xaver von Wulfen
Franz Xaver Freiherr von Wulfen (5 November 1728 – 17 March 1805) was an Austrian botanist, zoologist, mineralogist, alpinist, and Jesuit priest. He is credited with discovering the flowering plants '' Wulfenia carinthiaca'', '' Saxifraga ...
(1728–1805)
*
Wulffite: K
3NaCu
4O
2(SO
4)
4 – Russian crystallographer
George (Yuri Viktorovich) Wulff (russian: Георгий (Юрий) Викторович Вульф) (1863-1925)
*
Wyartite
Wyartite ·7H2O is a uranium bearing mineral named after Jean Wyart (1902–1992), mineralogist at the Sorbonne, Paris. It has greenish-black, black, or violet-black, translucent to opaque orthorhombic crystals. A hardness of 3 - 4 Mohs. Its othe ...
: ·7H
2O –
Jean Wyart (1902–1992), mineralogist at the
Sorbonne
Y
*
Yangite: PbMnSi
3O
8·H
2O – Hexiong Yang, Mineralogy researcher at the Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Z
*
Zaccagnaite Zaccagnaite is a mineral, with a formula Zn4 Al2 C O3(O H)12·3 H2O. It occurs as white hexagonal crystals associated with calcite in cavites in Carrara marble of the Italian Alps and is thought to have formed by hydrothermal alteration of sphaleri ...
: Zn
4Al
2CO
3(OH)
12·3H
2O – Italian geologist and mineral collector
Domenico Zaccagna
Domenico is an Italian given name for males and may refer to:
People
* Domenico Alfani, Italian painter
* Domenico Allegri, Italian composer
* Domenico Alvaro, Italian mobster
* Domenico Ambrogi, Italian painter
* Domenico Auria, Italian arc ...
(1851–1940)
*
Zaherite
Zaherite is a mineral, a complex sulfate of aluminium, formula Al12( O H)26( SO4)5·20 H2O. It was discovered in the Salt range, Punjab, Pakistan by M. A. Zaher of the Bangladesh Geological Survey after whom it is named in 1977. This mineral woul ...
: Al
12(OH)
26(SO
4)
5·20H
2O – Bangladeshi geologist
M. A. Zaher
*
Zajacite-(Ce)
Gagarinite-(Ce) previously zajacite-(Ce) is a rare radioactive fluoride mineral with formula Na( REE''x'' Ca1−''x'')(REE''y''Ca1−''y'') F6. REE refers to rare-earth elements, mostly those belonging to the lanthanide series. It crystallizes in ...
: Na(REE
xCa
1−x)(REE
yCa
1−y)F
6 – Explorer
Ihor Stephan Zajac
Igor ( be, Ігар, Ihar ; russian: Игорь, Igor' ; sr-Cyrl, Игор ; uk, Ігор, Ihor ; ) is a common East Slavic given name derived from the Norse name Ingvar, that was brought to ancient Rus' by the Norse Varangians, in the form ...
(born 1935)
*
Zakharovite
Zakharovite is a mineral, a silicate of sodium and manganese; formula sodium, Na4manganese, Mn5silicon, Si10oxygen, O24(Ohydrogen, H)6·6water, H2O. It has a yellow colour with a pearly lustre. Discovered in 1982 in the Kola peninsula of North ...
: Na
4Mn
5Si
10O
20(OH)
6·6H
2O – Russian Director of the Moscow Institute of Geological Exploration
Evgeii Evgen'evich Zakharov (1902–1980)
*
Zanazziite
Zanazziite is a complex hydrated phosphate mineral from the roscherite group. It is a magnesium beryllium phosphate mineral.Atencio, D., Chukanov, N.V., Coutinho, J.M.V., Menezes Filho, L.A D., Dubinchuk, V.T. and Möckel, S.(2007) Ruifrancoite ...
: Ca
2(MgFe)(MgFeMnAl)
4Be(OH)
4(PO
4)
6·6H
2O – Italian Professor
Pier Francesco Zanazzi (born 30 April 1939)
*
Zaratite: Ni
3CO
3(OH)
4·4(H
2O) – Spanish diplomat and dramatist
Antonio Gil y Zárate (1793–1861)
*
Zektzerite: LiNa(Zr,Ti,Hf)Si
6O
15 – American mathematician and mineral collector
Jack Zektzer (born 1936)
[http://webmineral.com/data/Zektzerite.shtml Webmineral]
*
Zeunerite: Cu(UO
2)
2(AsO
4)
2•(10-16)H
2O – German physicist, engineer and epistemologist
Gustav Anton Zeuner
Gustav Anton Zeuner (30 November 1828 – 17 October 1907) was a German physicist, engineer and epistemologist, considered the founder of technical thermodynamics and of the Dresden School of Thermodynamics.
Life
University and Revolution
Ze ...
(1828–1907)
*
Zhanghengite
Zhanghengite is a mineral consisting of 80% copper and zinc, 10% iron with the balance made up of chromium and aluminium. Its color is golden yellow. It was discovered in 1986 during the analysis of the Bo Xian meteorite and is named after Zhang ...
: CuZn – ancient Chinese astronomer
Zhang Heng
Zhang Heng (; AD 78–139), formerly romanized as Chang Heng, was a Chinese polymathic scientist and statesman who lived during the Han dynasty. Educated in the capital cities of Luoyang and Chang'an, he achieved success as an astronomer, mat ...
(78–139)
*
Zhemchuzhnikovite Zhemchuzhnikovite is an Organic compounds (minerals), oxalate mineral of organic origin; formula NaMg(FeAl)C2O4·8H2O. It forms smokey green crystals with a vitreous lustre and is found in Russian coal mines. It is named after Yury Zhemchuzhnikov ( ...
: NaMgAl(C
2O
4)
3·8H
2O – Russian clay mineralogist
Yury Zhemchuzhnikov Yuri Apollonovich Zhemchuzhnikov (russian: Юрий Аполлонович Жемчужников; , Samara – 9 January 1957, Leningrad) was a Russian and Soviet geologist. (1885–1957)
*
Ziesite: βCu
2V
2O
7 – mineralogist Emanuel George Zies
*
Zigrasite: MgZr(PO
4)
2(H
2O)
4 – American mineral collecto
James Zigras*
Zinkenite: Pb
9Sb
22S
42 – German mineralogist and mining geologist,
Johann Karl Ludwig Zinken
Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name '' Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious ...
(1790–1862)
*
Zippeite: (UO
2)
6(SO
4)
3(OH)
10·4H
2O – Austrian mineralogist
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* Zirkelite: (Ca,Th,Ce)Zr(Ti,Nb)2O7 – German petrographer Ferdinand Zirkel
Prof Ferdinand Zirkel FRS(For) HFRSE (20 May 183811 June 1912) was a German geologist and petrographer.
Biography
Zirkel was born in Bonn. Educated in his native town, he graduated PhD from the University of Bonn in 1861. His training and in ...
(1838–1912)
*Zoisite
Zoisite, first known as saualpite, after its type locality, is a calcium aluminium hydroxy sorosilicate belonging to the epidote group of minerals. Its chemical formula is Ca2 Al3( Si O4)(Si2O7)O(O H).
Zoisite occurs as prismatic, orthorho ...
: Ca2(Al.OH)Al2(SiO4)3 – Carniola
Carniola ( sl, Kranjska; , german: Krain; it, Carniola; hu, Krajna) is a historical region that comprised parts of present-day Slovenia. Although as a whole it does not exist anymore, Slovenes living within the former borders of the region s ...
n scientist Sigmund Zois
Sigmund Zois Freiherr von Edelstein, usually referred as Sigmund Zois ( sl, Žiga Zois, formerly Slovenized as ''Cojs'' or ''Cojz''; ) (23 November 1747 – 10 November 1819) was a Carniolan nobleman, natural scientist and patron of the arts. He ...
(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
See also
* Mineralogy
* Mineraloid
* List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association
* List of minerals
* eponym
* Lists of etymologies
* List of eponyms
Notes
References
mindat.org The Mineral Database
Webmineral.com
Minerals Named After People and Places
American Mineralogist- New Mineral Names 1979
{{DEFAULTSORT:Minerals named after people
Geology-related lists
Lists of eponyms
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