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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: C31H32N4Ni – American physicist
Philip Hauge Abelson Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who populariz ...
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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 ratin ...
: Cu2+Mn3+6O8SiO4 – German mineralogist Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach *
Adamite Adamite is a zinc arsenate hydroxide mineral, Zn2 As O4O H. It is a mineral that typically occurs in the oxidized or weathered zone above zinc ore occurrences. Pure adamite is colorless, but usually it possess yellow color due to Fe compounds ...
: Zn2AsO4OH – French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795–1881) * Agrellite: NaCa2Si4O10F – English optical mineralogist Stuart Olof Agrell (1913–1996) * Agricolaite: K4(UO2)(CO3)3 – German scholar Georgius Agricola (1494–1555) *
Aheylite Aheylite is a rare phosphate mineral with formula ( Fe2+ Zn) Al6 H)4.html" ;"title="oxygen">O Ohydrogen">H)4">(phosphorus.html" ;"title="hydrogen.html" ;"title="oxygen.html" ;"title=" Ohydrogen">H)4">(phosphorus">PO4)2sub>2·4(H2O)._It_occurs_as_pa ...
: Fe2+Al6 (PO4)2sub>2·4H2O – American geologist Allen V. Heyl (1918–2008) *
Albrechtschraufite Albrechtschraufite ( IMA symbol: Asf) is a very rare complex hydrated calcium and magnesium-bearing uranyl fluoride carbonate mineral with formula Ca4Mg(UO2)2(CO3)6F2·17H2O. Its molar weight is 1,428.98 g, color yellow-green, streak white, densit ...
: Ca4Mg(UO2)2(CO3)6F2·17H2O –
Albrecht Schrauf Albrecht Schrauf (14 December 1837, Vienna – 29 November 1897, Vienna) was an Austrian mineralogist and crystallographer. Biography Schrauf studied mathematics, physics and mineralogy at the University of Vienna, where one of his instructors w ...
(1837–1897), professor of mineralogy,
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Alexandrite 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 ...
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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 ...
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Alexander II of Russia Alexander II ( rus, Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ; 29 April 181813 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Fin ...
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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 discovere ...
: Ba5Cl(PO4)3 – American geologist John T. Alfors (1930–2005) * Allabogdanite: (Fe,Ni)2P – Alla Bogdanova, 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 rocks. ...
series: sorosilicate – Scottish mineralogist, Thomas Allan (1777–1833) * Alloriite: Na5K1.5(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)(OH)0.5 * H2O – Italian mineralogist Roberto Allori (b. 1933) * Almeidaite: crichtonite group (metal titanates); Brazilian geologist Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida (1916–2013) * Andersonite: Na2Ca(UO2)(CO3)3·6H2O – Charles Alfred Anderson (1902–1990),
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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 (1763–1838) *
Ankerite Ankerite is a calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese carbonate mineral of the group of rhombohedral carbonates with the chemical formula . In composition it is closely related to dolomite, but differs from this in having magnesium replaced by varyi ...
: 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,
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* 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: Na3(Fe,Mg)4FeSi8O22(OH)2 – Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson (1792–1841) *
Armalcolite Armalcolite () is a titanium-rich mineral with the chemical formula (Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O5. It was first found at Tranquility Base on the Moon in 1969 during the Apollo 11 mission, and is named for ''Arm''strong, ''Al''drin and ''Col''lins, the three ...
: (Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O5 – American astronauts ARM
Neil Armstrong Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who became the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
* Armbrusterite: K5Na3Mn3+Mn2+14 i9O22sub>4(OH)10·4H2O – Swiss crystallographer Thomas Armbruster (born 1950), University of Bern * Armstrongite: CaZr i6O153H2O – American astronaut
Neil Armstrong Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who became the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. ...
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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: Tl2O3 – Persian scholar and physician
Avicenna Ibn Sina ( fa, ابن سینا; 980 – June 1037 CE), commonly known in the West as Avicenna (), was a Persian polymath who is regarded as one of the most significant physicians, astronomers, philosophers, and writers of the Islamic ...
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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: Ba6Ca6Mg(CO3)13 –
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(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 Uni ...
* 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 ...
(1782–1861) * Bertrandite: Be4Si2O7(OH)2 – French mineralogist Emile Bertrand (1844–1909) * Berzelianite: Cu2Se – Swedish chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848) * Berzeliite: NaCa2Mg2(AsO4)3 and manganberzeliite – Swedish chemist
Jöns Jacob Berzelius Baron Jöns Jacob Berzelius (; by himself and his contemporaries named only Jacob Berzelius, 20 August 1779 – 7 August 1848) was a Swedish chemist. Berzelius is considered, along with Robert Boyle, John Dalton, and Antoine Lavoisier, to be o ...
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Bettertonite Bettertonite is a mineral of the arsenate category, named after John Betterton. He is a museum geologist and mineralogist at Haslemere Educational Museum in Surrey, England. Bettertonite is a white arsenate mineral with a formula of l6(AsO4)3(OH) ...
: l6(AsO4)3(OH)9(H2O)511H2O – John Betterton (b. 1959, London), museum geologist and mineralogist at Haslemere Educational Museum in Surrey, England * Beudantite: PbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6 –
François Sulpice Beudant 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, ...
(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 (1480–1538/9), Italian alchemist, metallurgist * Bixbite: Be3(AlMn)2Si6O18 – American mineralogist Maynard Bixby; deprecated to ''
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 berylliu ...
'' 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 ra ...
: (Fe,Mn)2O3 – American mineralogist Maynard Bixby * Blödite: Na2Mg(SO4)2 – German chemist Carl August Blöde (1773–1820) * Blossite: αCu2V2O7 – mineralogist Donald F. Bloss, Virginia Polytechnic Institute *
Bobdownsite Whitlockite is a mineral, an unusual form of Tricalcium phosphate, calcium phosphate. Its formula is Ca9(Mgiron, Fe)(PO4)6PO3Ohydrogen, H. It is a relatively rare mineral but is found in granitic pegmatites, phosphate rock deposits, guano caves a ...
(discredited) * Bobfergusonite: Na2Mn2+5Fe3+Al(PO4)6 – Robert Bury Ferguson, University of Manitoba *
Boehmite Boehmite or böhmite is an aluminium oxide hydroxide (γ-AlO(OH)) mineral, a component of the aluminium ore bauxite. It is dimorphous with diaspore. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic dipyramidal system and is typically massive in habit. It is ...
: γ-AlO(OH) – Bohemian-German chemist Johann Böhm (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 min ...
(1742–1791) * Bournonite: 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 (1890–1971) * Brandtite: Ca2Mn2+(AsO4)2 – Swedish chemist Georg Brandt (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 series (9.GE.20) * Briartite: Cu2(Zn,Fe)GeS4 – Belgian geologist Gaston Briart * Brookite: TiO2 – English mineralogist Henry James Brooke (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 ...
: Mg(OH)2 – American mineralogist Archibald Bruce (1777–1818) *
Buddingtonite Buddingtonite is an ammonium feldspar with formula: NH4AlSi3O8 (note: some sources add 0.5H2O to the formula). It forms by hydrothermal alteration of primary feldspar minerals. It is an indicator of possible gold and silver deposits, as they can ...
: NH4AlSi3O8 – American Petrologist
Arthur Francis Buddington Arthur Francis "Bud" BuddingtonHarold L. JamesArthur Francis Buddington, 1890–1980 National Academy of Sciences, 1987. Accessed Feb. 11, 2014.B. F. LeonardMemorial of A. F. Buddington ''American Mineralogist'' Vol. 7, 1986, pp. 1268–73. Acces ...
(1890–1980) * Burnsite: KCdCu2+7(SeO3)2O2Cl9 – Peter Carman Burns (born 1966),
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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, Arizona State University


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* Cabriite: Pd2SnCu – Canadian mineralogist Louis J. Cabri (born 1934) * Cámaraite: sorosilicate – Fernando Cámara (born 1967), mineralogist of Melilla, Spain * Cancrinite: Na6Ca2 CO3)2_–_Georg_von_Cancrin_(1774–1845) *Canfieldite.html" ;"title="Georg_von_Cancrin.html" ;"title="CO3)2 – Georg von Cancrin">CO3)2 – Georg von Cancrin (1774–1845) *Canfieldite">Georg_von_Cancrin.html" ;"title="CO3)2 – Georg von Cancrin">CO3)2 – Georg von Cancrin (1774–1845) *Canfieldite: Ag8SnS6 – American mining engineer Frederick Alexander Canfield (1849–1926) *Cannonite: Bi2(OH)2SO4 – American mineralogist and electron microprobe analyst Benjamin Bartlett Cannon, Benjamin Bartlett (Bart) Cannon * Carlfriesite: CaTe4+2Te6+O8 – American researcher at the Institute of Geology of the National university of Mexico Carl Fries, Jr. * Carlhintzeite: Ca2AlF7 – German mineralogist
Carl Hintze Carl Adolf Ferdinand Hintze (17 August 1851, Breslau – 28 December 1916, Breslau) was a German mineralogist and crystallography, crystallographer. From 1868 he studied at the University of Breslau, where he was a student of Ferdinand von Roe ...
(1851–1916), University of Breslau * Carlosruizite: K6(Na,K)4Na6Mg10(SeO4)12(IO3)12 – Chilean geologist Carlos Ruiz Fuller (1916–1997), founder of the Chilean Geological Survey *
Carnallite Carnallite (also carnalite) is an evaporite mineral, a hydrated potassium magnesium chloride with formula KMgCl3·6(H2O). It is variably colored yellow to white, reddish, and sometimes colorless or blue. It is usually massive to fibrous with rar ...
: KMgCl3 – Prussian mining engineer, Rudolf von Carnall (1804–1874) * Carnotite: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 – French mining engineer and chemist Marie Adolphe Carnot (1839–1920) * Cassidyite: Ca2Ni0.75Mg0.25(PO4)2 – American geologist William A. Cassidy *Castaingite (discredited 1967: a mixture of cuprian
molybdenite Molybdenite is a mineral of molybdenum disulfide, Mo S2. Similar in appearance and feel to graphite, molybdenite has a lubricating effect that is a consequence of its layered structure. The atomic structure consists of a sheet of molybdenum ato ...
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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 ...
) * Caswellsilverite: NaCrS2 – American geologist, entrepreneur, and oilman
Caswell Silver Caswell Silver (June 25, 1916 – October 18, 1988) was an American geologist and entrepreneur who was President of Sundance Oil Company from 1960 to 1984. In addition to the business of oil and gas exploration, he was active in the American Associ ...
(1916–1988) * Cattiite: Mg3(PO4)2•22H2O – Michele Catti (b. 1945), Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy *
Celsian Celsian is an uncommon feldspar mineral, barium aluminosilicate, Ba Al2 Si2 O8. The mineral occurs in contact metamorphic rocks with significant barium content. Its crystal system is monoclinic, and it is white, yellow, or transparent in appea ...
: BaAl2Si2O8 – Swedish astronomer and naturalist
Anders Celsius Anders Celsius (; 27 November 170125 April 1744) was a Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician. He was professor of astronomy at Uppsala University from 1730 to 1744, but traveled from 1732 to 1735 visiting notable observatories in Germ ...
(1701–1744) **And
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* Cernyite: Cu2CdSnS4 – Canadian mineralogist Petr Cerny * Cesbronite: Cu6(TeO3)2(OH)6 – French mineralogist Fabian Cesbron * Chrisstanleyite: Ag2Pd3Se4 – British mineralogist Christopher John Stanley *
Clarkeite Clarkeite is a uranium oxide mineral with the chemical formula or . Its color varies from dark brown to reddish orange. Clarkeite forms by oxidation and replacement of uraninite late during pegmatite crystallization. Although uraninite-bearing ...
: – American mineral chemist and former chief chemist of the
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Frank Wigglesworth Clarke Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (March 19, 1847 – May 23, 1931) of Boston, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C. was an American scientist and chemist. Sometimes known as the "Father of Geochemistry," Clarke is credited with determining the composit ...
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Cleveite Cleveite is an impure radioactive variety of uraninite containing uranium, found in Norway. It has the composition UO2 with about 10% of the uranium substituted by rare-earth elements. It was named after Swedish chemist Per Teodor Cleve. Cleveit ...
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uraninite Uraninite, formerly pitchblende, is a radioactive, uranium-rich mineral and ore with a chemical composition that is largely UO2 but because of oxidation typically contains variable proportions of U3O8. Radioactive decay of the uranium causes ...
var.): UO2 • UO3 • PO • ThO2 – Swedish chemist Per Teodor Cleve (1840–1905) * Clintonite: Ca(Mg,Al)3(Al3Si)O10(OH)2 – American statesman
De Witt Clinton DeWitt Clinton (March 2, 1769February 11, 1828) was an American politician and naturalist. He served as a United States senator, as the mayor of New York City, and as the seventh governor of New York. In this last capacity, he was largely resp ...
(1769–1828) * Coesite (form of SiO2): – American chemist Loring Coes, Jr. (1915–1978) * Coffinite: U(SiO4)1−x(OH)4x – American geologist Reuben Clare Coffin * Cohenite: – German mineralogist and petrographer
Emil Cohen Emil Wilhelm Cohen (12 October 1842 – 13 April 1905) was a German mineralogist and petrographer, born in Jutland. Professional life Cohen studied at the universities of Berlin and Heidelberg and from 1867 to 1872 was a mineralogy assistant ...
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Colemanite Colemanite (Ca2B6O11·5H2O) or (CaB3O4(OH)3·H2O) is a borate mineral found in evaporite deposits of alkaline lacustrine environments. Colemanite is a secondary mineral that forms by alteration of borax and ulexite. It was first described in 18 ...
: Ca2B6O11 – mine owner William T. Coleman (1824–1893) *
Collinsite Collinsite is a mineral with chemical formula . It was discovered in British Columbia, Canada, and formally described in 1927. It was named in honor of William Henry Collins (1878–1937), director of the Geological Survey of Canada. There are th ...
: Ca2Mg(PO4)2 –
William Henry Collins William Henry Collins (October 26, 1878 – January 14, 1937) was a Canadian geologist. He was educated at the University of Toronto, Heidelberg University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His 31-year c ...
(1878–1937), director of the
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Columbite Columbite, also called niobite, niobite-tantalite and columbate [], is a black mineral group that is an ore of niobium. It has a submetallic Lustre (mineralogy), luster and a high density and is a niobate of iron and manganese. This mineral group w ...
: – Genoese explorer
Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus * lij, Cristoffa C(or)ombo * es, link=no, Cristóbal Colón * pt, Cristóvão Colombo * ca, Cristòfor (or ) * la, Christophorus Columbus. (; born between 25 August and 31 October 1451, died 20 May 1506) was a ...
(c. 1451–1506) ** And manganocolumbite, ferrocolumbite, and Yttrocolumbite * Cooperite: (Pt,Pd,Ni)S – South African metallurgist Richard A. Cooper (1890–1972) *
Cordierite Cordierite (mineralogy) or iolite (gemology) is a magnesium iron aluminium cyclosilicate. Iron is almost always present and a solid solution exists between Mg-rich cordierite and Fe-rich sekaninaite with a series formula: to . A high-temperat ...
: (Mg,Fe)2Al4Si5O18 to (Fe,Mg)2Al4Si5O18 – French geologist Louis Cordier (1777–1861) * Covellite: CuS – Italian mineralogist Niccolo Covelli (1790–1829) * Criddleite (2.LA.25) *
Cronstedtite Cronstedtite is a complex iron silicate mineral belonging to the serpentine group of minerals. Its chemical formula is . It was discovered in 1821 and named in honor of Swedish mineralogist Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722–1765). It has been f ...
: (Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)4 – Swedish mineralogist Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722–1765) * Crookesite: – English chemist and physicist Sir William Crookes (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 ...
(1871–1957), Harvard University * Danalite: Be3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S – American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist
James Dwight Dana James Dwight Dana FRS FRSE (February 12, 1813 – April 14, 1895) was an American geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoologist. He made pioneering studies of mountain-building, volcanic activity, and the origin and structure of continent ...
(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, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially rested on ...
(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 (1820–1899) * Deanesmithite: Hg+2Hg2+3Cr6+O5S2 – Deane K. Smith (1930–2001), professor of geosciences, Penn State University * Deerite: Fe2+6Fe3+3(Si6O17)O3(OH)5 – William Alexander Deer (1910–2009), mineralogist-petrologist, Cambridge University, Cambridge * Delafossite: CuFeO2 – French mineralogist Gabriel Delafosse (1796–1878) * Dellaite: Ca6(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2 – geochemist, Della M. Roy (born 1926), spouse of Rustum Roy * 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: PbZnVO4(OH) – Alfred Lewis Oliver Legrand Des Cloizeaux (1817–1897), professor of mineralogy, University of Paris, Paris **And
arsendescloizite Arsendescloizite is a lead-zinc mineral, approved by the IMA in 1982. It is an arsenate analog of descloizite. Its first description was published in 1982. Properties Arsendescloizite is a member of the adelite-descloizite group. It is the arse ...
* Dessauite-(Y) – Italian mineralogist Gabor Dessau (1907–1983) * Dickite: Al2Si2O5(OH)4 – Scottish metallurgical chemist Allan Brugh Dick (1833–1926) * Djerfisherite: or – American mineralogist Daniel Jerome Fisher (1896–1988), professor at the University of Chicago *
Dollaseite-(Ce) Dollaseite-(Ce) is a sorosilicate end-member epidote rare-earth mineral which was discovered by Per Geijer (1927) in the Ostanmossa mine (Östanmossa gruva), Norberg district, Sweden. Dollaseite-(Ce), although not very well known, is part of a b ...
: 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 ...
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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 (rock), dolomite and the largest summital crater on the Piton d ...
(1750–1801) * Domeykite: 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, a ...
(1802–1889) * Donnayite: NaCaSr3Y(CO3)6 – Canadian professors J. D. H. Donnay and G. Donnay * Dumortierite: Al6.5-7BO3(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: Cr2O3 – Finnish geologist Pentti Eelis Eskola (1883–1964) * Esperite: PbCa3Zn4(SiO4)4 – American petrologist Esper S. Larsen Jr. (1879–1961), Harvard University (Originally called calcium larsenite) * Evansite: Al3(PO4)(OH)6·6H2O – British nickel refiner, weapons manufacturer and geologist Brooke Evans (1797–1862)


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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 (B.S., 1881; M.S., 1888) and at ...
(1864-1933) * Ferberite: FeWO4 – German amateur mineralogist Moritz Rudolph Ferber (1805–1875) * Ferrierite: (Na,K)2Mg(Si,Al)18O36(OH) – Canadian geologist and mining engineer Walter Frederick Ferrier (1865–1950) * Ferri-obertiite: amphiboles – Italian mineralogist Roberta Oberti (born 1951) **And ferro-ferri-obertiite * Fergusonite: (Ce,La,Nd)NbO4 – British politician and mineral collector Robert Ferguson of Raith (1767–1840) * Ferraioloite (IMA2015-066) * Fleischerite: Pb3Ge(SO4)2(OH)6 – American mineralogist and geochemist Michael Fleischer (1908–1998) * Fingerite: Cu11(VO4)6O2 – American mineralogist and crystallographer Larry W. Finger (born 1940) * Foordite: – American mineralogist Eugene Edward Foord (1946–1998) * Forsterite: 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: Pb5Sn3Sb2S14 – mining engineers
Carl Francke Carl may refer to: * Carl, Georgia, city in USA * Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name * Carl², a TV series * "Carl", an episode of ...
and Ernest Francke * Frankhawthorneite: 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: 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 (1774–1856)


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Gadolinite Gadolinite, sometimes known as ytterbite, is a silicate mineral consisting principally of the silicates of cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, yttrium, beryllium, and iron with the formula . It is called gadolinite-(Ce) or gadolinite-(Y), depending o ...
: (Ce,La,Nd,Y)2FeBe2Si2O10 – Finnish mineralogist and chemist Johan Gadolin (1760–1852) * Gagarinite series: Na(REExCa(1-x))(REEyCa(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 ...
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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 at ...
: 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. 17 ...
(1745–1818) * Gatehouseite: 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 has ...
, 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 Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (21 August 1816 – 19 August 1856) was a French chemist, born in Alsace and active in Paris, Montpellier, and his native Strasbourg. Biography He was born in Strasbourg, which is where he attended the gymnasium (an a ...
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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, asphalt) – American Samuel H. Gilson * Ferri-ghoseite: – Subrata Ghose (born 1932), emeritus professor at the University of Washington, Seattle * Goethite: 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 t ...
(1749–1832) * Julgoldite: sorosilicate – American mineralogist and geochemist Julian Royce Goldsmith (1918–1999) * Gormanite: – mineralogist Donald Herbert Gorman, University of Toronto * Gregoryite: – British geologist and author John Walter Gregory (1864–1932). * Greigite: – mineralogist and physical chemist Joseph W. Greig (1895–1977). * Grossite: – Israeli mineralogist and geologist Shulamit Gross (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: Fe7Si8O22(OH)2 – Swiss-French chemist Louis Gruner * Gunterite: Na4(H2O)16(H2V10O28) – American mineralogist Mickey Gunter * Gunningite: (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: 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: 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 fo ...
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: Mn2+Mn3+2O4 – Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann (1782–1859), professor of mineralogy, University of Göttingen, Göttingen * Hawleyite: CdS – Canadian mineralogist James Edwin Hawley (1897–1965) * Hazenite: – Robert M. Hazen of the Carnegie Institute * Håleniusite-(La): &ndash Ulf Hålenius, director of the mineralogy department at the
Swedish Museum of Natural History The Swedish Museum of Natural History ( sv, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, literally, the National Museum of Natural History), in Stockholm, is one of two major museums of natural history in Sweden, the other one being located in Gothenburg. The ...
in Stockholm, Sweden. * Hauyne: Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4) – French mineralogist René Just Haüy (1743–1822) * Heinrichite: Ba(UO2)2(AsO4)2 – mineralogist Eberhardt William Heinrich (1918–1991) * Hendricksite: 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 paratacami ...
: 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 Herb ...
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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 (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 (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, pri ...
): – American geologist
William Earl Hidden William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of ...
(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: (Li2)(Mg3Al2)(Si8O22)(OH)2 – Swedish petrologist Per Johan Holmquist (1866–1946) * Holtite: (Ta0.6◻0.4)Al6BSi3O18(O,OH)2.25 –
Harold Holt Harold Edward Holt (5 August 190817 December 1967) was an Australian politician who served as the 17th prime minister of Australia from 1966 until his presumed death in 1967. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party. Holt was born in ...
(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 ( Ca2 B5 Si O9(O H)5), is a borate mineral found in evaporite deposits.
: Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5 – Canadian chemist, mineralogist
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: MnWO4 – German mineralologist
Adolf Huebner Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo and when Latinisation (literature), Latinised Adolphus) is a given name used in German language, German-speaking countries, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Flanders, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, L ...
* Hurlbutite (8.AA.15) * Hutchinsonite: (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 transparen ...
: 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 Johnbaumite is a calcium arsenate hydroxide Hydroxide is a diatomic anion with chemical formula OH−. It consists of an oxygen and hydrogen atom held together by a single covalent bond, and carries a negative electric charge. It is an importa ...
: (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 Babyl ...
: CaTi2O4(OH)2 – Russian geologist Nikolai Grigorievich Kassin (1885–1949) *
Kampfite Kampfite is a rare barium silicate–carbonate–halide mineral with the chemical formula . Discovered in 1964 and described in 2001, it is named after Anthony R. Kampf. The mineral is known only from Fresno County, California. Description Kampfi ...
: Ba12(Si11Al5)O31(CO3)8Cl5 – Anthony Robert Kampf (born 1948) * Khomyakovite: Na12Ca6Sr3Fe3WZr3(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2 – Russian mineralogist
Alexander Khomyakov 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 (ancient kingdom), Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants li ...
(1933–2012) * Kieserite: MgSO4 – Dietrich Georg von Kieser (1779–1862), former president, Jena Academy **And cobaltkieserite * Kleberite: FeTi6O13 – German professor
Will Kleber Will may refer to: Common meanings * Will and testament, instructions for the disposition of one's property after death * Will (philosophy), or willpower * Will (sociology) * Will, volition (psychology) * Will, a modal verb - see Shall and will ...
(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: Na3(SO4)F – Russian scientist
Lia Nikolaevna Kogarko Lia is a feminine given name. In the Spanish-speaking world, it is accented Lía. In America, the name may be a variant of Leah or Lea. Lia may be a diminutive of various names including Julia, Cecilia, Amelia, Talia, Cornelia, Ophelia, Ros ...
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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 fo ...
: ScPO4 – German mineralogist Friedrich L. W. Kolbeck * Kosnarite: Zr2(PO4)3 – after Richard Andrew "Rich" Kosnar (1946-2007), American mineral collector * Kostovite: AuCuTe4 – Bulgarian mineralogist
Ivan Kostov 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 De ...
(1913–2004) * Krennerite: AuTe2 varying to (Au0.8,Ag0.2)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 (ancient kingdom), Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants li ...
(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, pri ...
(variety of spodumene): – American mineralogist George Frederick Kunz (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 Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier ( , ; ; 26 August 17438 May 1794),
CNRS (
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: NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O – after Chester S. Lemanski, Jr. (b. 1947), American mineral collector * Liebauite: Ca3Cu5Si9O26 – 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: (Fe2+,Mn2+)(Fe3+)2(PO4)2(OH) – American chemist William Lipscomb (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: C – British crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale (1903–1971) * Lorandite: TlAsS2 – Hungarian physicist Loránd Eötvös (1848–1919) * Lotharmeyerite: – German chemist Julius Lothar Meyer (1830–1895) **And cobaltlotharmeyerite, ferrilotharmeyerite, manganlotharmeyerite, nickellotharmeyerite * Lucabindiite: (K,NH4)As4O6(Cl,Br) – Luca Bindi, professor of mineralogy and former head of the Division of Mineralogy of the Natural History Museum of the University of Florence (b. 1971) * Lukechangite-(Ce): Na3Ce2(CO3)4F – American mineralogist Luke L. Y. Chang (1934–2009)


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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 Mineral ...
: BaCa4Si16O36(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(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 (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 ...
: Ba3NaCa0.75U0.25Y(CO3)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: CaB3O3(OH)5·H2O – German chemist, Wilhelm Meyerhoffer (1864–1906) * Meyrowitzite: Ca(UO2)(CO3)2·5H2O – after Robert Meyrowitz (1916-2013), an American analytical chemist * Mendeleevite-(Ce): Cs6(Ce22Ca6)(Si70O175)(OH,F)14(H2O)21 – Russian chemist
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev 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: Al2(SO4)3 – Italian mineralogist Federico Millosevich (1875–1942) * Moëloite (2.HC.25) *Mohsite ( crichtonite var., 4.CC.40) * Moissanite: SiC (naturally occurring) – discoverer
Henri Moissan 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)SiO4 – 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: 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: PbCu6O8−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: 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 and ...
(1779–1851)


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* Pääkkönenite: Sb2AsS2 – Finnish geologist Viekko Pääkkönen (1907–1980) * Pabstite: 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 a ...
(1899–1990), professor of mineralogy, University of California, Berkeley * Partheite: Ca2Al4Si4O15(OH)2·4H2O – 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: UO2(OH)2 – Swiss physicist Paul Scherrer (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: 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 (1845): Ag3AuTe2 – 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(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: 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: 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: MnS – mineralogist Hans Ramberg (1917–1998) * Rammelsbergite: 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: Na2(Fe,Mg)5Si8O22(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: Ca2(Co2+, Mg) sO4sub>2·H2O – 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 ...
: (LiAl2)Al6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)4 – Caltech mineralogist George R. Rossman * Rruffite (8.CG.10) * Russellite: (BiO2)WO4 – British mineralogist Arthur Russell * Rustumite: Ca10(Si2O7)2(SiO4)(OH)2Cl2 – American material scientist, Rustum Roy (1924–2010)


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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: Y0.2REE0.3Fe3+0.3U0.2Nb0.8Ta0.2O4 – 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, ...
: BaSi2O5 – 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(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, hydr ...
(1742–1786) * Shcherbinaite: VO5 – Soviet geologist Vladimir Shcherbina (1907–1978) * Scheuchzerite (9.DM.35) * Schoenfliesite (4.FC.10) * Schoepite: (UO2)8O(OH)12·12H2O – Alfred Schoep (1881–1966), professor of mineralogy at the University of Ghent *
Schreibersite 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: 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. 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 ...
: 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: PbFe3H(AsO4)2(OH)6 – after Australian mineralogist, gemologist and petrologist Edgar Ralph Segnit (1923–1999) * Sekaninaite: (Fe+2,Mg)2Al4Si5O18 – Czech mineralogist Josef Sekanina (born 1901) * Sellaite: MgF2 – Italian politician and mineralogist
Quintino Sella 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: Sb2O3 – 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: Cu2(OH)2 VO4sub>2·6H2O – Belgian UMHK director Edgar Sengier (1879–1963) * Shulamitite: Ca3TiFe3+AlO8 – 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 ...
: Al2SiO5 – 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: ZnCO3 – 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 ...
: PtAs2 – American chemist Francis Louis Sperry * Steacyite: K0.3(Ca,Na)2ThSi8O20 – Canadian mineralogist Harold Robert Steacy (born 1923) * Stenonite: Sr2Al(CO3)F5 – Danish physician Nicolaus Steno (Niels Steensen) (1638–1686) * Stephanite: Ag5SbS4 – Archduke Stephan of Austria (1817–1867) *
Stichtite 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 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 ...
: PbWO4 – 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: Cu8(AsO4)4(OH)4·5H2O – 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 ...
: 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 bo ...
(1910–2006) **And ferristrunzite, ferrostrunzite * Stumpflite: Pt(Sb,Bi) – Austrian professor of mineralogy Eugen Friedrich Stumpfl (1931–2004) * Sugilite: KNa2(Fe,Mn,Al)2Li3Si12O30 – Japanese petrologist Ken-ichi Sugi (1901–1948) * Svanbergite: SrAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 – Swedish chemist Lars Fredrik Svanberg (1805–1878) * Swedenborgite: NaBe4Sb5+O7 – Swedish scientist and theologian
Emanuel Swedenborg 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,
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(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)


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* Teallite: PbSnS2 – British geologist Jethro Justinian Harris Teall (1849–1924) * Tennantite: Cu12As4S13 – 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: Na0.8Ce0.2Y0.5REE0.7(HCO3)(OH)3·4H2O – 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)2Si2O7 – 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 ...
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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(UO2)2(PO4)2·8-12H2O – 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: NiFe2O4 – 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)


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* Ulexite: NaCaB5O9·8H2O – 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: Ag3AuS2 – Dutch mineralogist Willem Uytenbogaardt (1918–2012) * Uvarovite: Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3 – Russian Count Sergei Semenovitch Uvarov (1765–1855)


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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 ...
: Sb2O3 – 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 ...
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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: 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


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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 ...
: NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O – 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: Zn3(AsO4)2·2H2O – German mineral collector Walter Richard Kahn (born 1911) * Weeksite: K2(UO2)2Si6O15·4H2O –
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mineralogist Alice Mary Dowse Weeks (1909–1988) * Weloganite: Na2(Sr,Ca)3Zr(CO3)6·3H2O – Canadian geologist
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(1798–1875) * Wendwilsonite: Ca2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O – 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 ...
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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 ...
: CaC2O4·H2O – English mineralogist
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(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 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 ...
: Zn2SiO4 –
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(1772–1843) * Witherite: BaCO3 – English physician and naturalist
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(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 ...
: CaSiO3 – English chemist and mineralogist
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(1766–1828) *Woodhouseite: CaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6 – Charles Douglas Woodhouse (1888–1975), an American mineralogist. * Wulfenite: PbMoO4 – Austrian mineralogist
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(1728–1805) * Wulffite: K3NaCu4O2(SO4)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 ...
: ·7H2O – Jean Wyart (1902–1992), mineralogist at the Sorbonne


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


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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 ...
: Zn4Al2CO3(OH)12·3H2O – Italian geologist and mineral collector
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(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 ...
: Al12(OH)26(SO4)5·20H2O – 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(REExCa1−x)(REEyCa1−y)F6 – 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 ...
: Na4Mn5Si10O20(OH)6·6H2O – 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 ...
: 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
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(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
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(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(C2O4)3·8H2O – Russian clay mineralogist
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(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,
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(1790–1862) * Zippeite: (UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10·4H2O – Austrian mineralogist Franz Xaver Maximilian ZippeZippeite Mineral Data
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(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 –
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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


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References


mindat.org The Mineral Database

Webmineral.com

Minerals Named After People and Places

American Mineralogist- New Mineral Names 1979
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