List of minerals named after people

This is a list of minerals named after people. The chemical composition of the mineral follows the name.

A

• Abelsonite: – American physicist Philip Hauge Abelson (1913–2004)
• Abswurmbachite: – German mineralogist Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach (1938–2020)
• Adamite: – French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795–1881)
• Agrellite: – English optical mineralogist Stuart Olof Agrell (1913–1996)
• Agricolaite: – German scholar Georgius Agricola (1494–1555)
• Aheylite: – American geologist Allen V. Heyl (1918–2008)
• Albrechtschraufite: – Albrecht Schrauf (1837–1897), professor of mineralogy, University of Vienna
• Alexandrite: Variety of chrysoberyl (): – Russian monarch, Tsar Alexander II of Russia (1818–1881)
• Alforsite: – American geologist John T. Alfors (1930–2005)
• Allabogdanite: – Alla Bogdanova (1947–2004), Geological Institute, Kola Science Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences
• Allanite series: sorosilicate – Scottish mineralogist, Thomas Allan (1777–1833)
• Alloriite: Na₅K_1.5(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(OH)_0.5·H₂O – Italian mineralogist Roberto Allori (born 1933)
• Almeidaite: crichtonite group (metal titanates); Brazilian geologist Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida (1916–2013)
• Anandite: – Ceylonese metaphysician, historian and philosopher Ananda Coomaraswamy (1877–1947), first director of the Mineral Survey of Ceylon
• Andersonite: Na₂Ca(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·6H₂O – Charles Alfred Anderson (1902–1990), United States Geological Survey
• Andradite: Ca₃Fe₂Si₃O₁₂ – Brazilian statesman, naturalist, professor and poet José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva (1763–1838)
• Andychristyite: – Welsh-Australian mineralogist Andrew G. Christy (1963–)
• Ankerite: CaFe²⁺(CO₃)₂ – Austrian mineralogist Matthias Joseph Anker (1771–1843)
• Anthonyite: Cu(OH)₂·3H₂O – John Williams Anthony (1920–1992), professor of mineralogy, University of Arizona
• Argandite: Mn₇(VO₄)₂(OH)₈ – Swiss geologist Émile Argand (1879–1940)
• Artinite: – Italian mineralogist, Ettore Artini (1866–1928)
• Arfvedsonite: Na₃(Fe,Mg)₄FeSi₈O₂₂(OH)₂ – Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson (1792–1841)
• Armalcolite: (Mg,Fe²⁺)Ti₂O₅ – American astronauts ARM Neil Armstrong, AL Buzz Aldrin and COL Michael Collins
• Armbrusterite: K₅Na₃Mn³⁺Mn²⁺₁₄[Si₉O₂₂]₄(OH)₁₀·4H₂O – Swiss crystallographer Thomas Armbruster (born 1950), University of Bern
• Armstrongite: CaZr[Si₆O₁₅]·3H₂O – American astronaut Neil Armstrong (1930–2012)
• Arthurite: CuFe₂³⁺[(OH,O)|(AsO₄,PO₄,SO₄)]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 (980–1037)

B

• 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 – Orlando J. Benston (1901–1966), an ore-dressing metallurgist with the University of Illinois
• Bentorite: Ca₆(Cr,Al)₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·26H₂ – Israeli geologist Yaakov Ben-Tor (1910–2002)
• Berthierite: – French geologist and mining engineer Pierre Berthier (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 (1779–1848)
• Bettertonite: [Al₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₉(H₂O)₅]・11H₂O – 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 (1787–1850) French mineralogist, University of Paris, Paris
• Bezsmertnovite: Au₄Cu(Te,Pb) – Russian mineralogists Vladimir (1912–2002) and Marianna Bezsmertnaya (1915–1991).
• 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 to avoid confusion with bixbyite
• Bixbyite: (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 (discredited)
• Bobfergusonite: Na₂Mn²⁺₅Fe³⁺Al(PO₄)₆ – Robert Bury Ferguson, University of Manitoba
• Boehmite: γ-AlO(OH) – Bohemian-German chemist Johann Böhm (1895–1952)
• Bornite: Cu₅FeS₄ – Austrian mineralogist Ignaz von Born (1742–1791)
• Bonazziite: As₄S₄ – Paola Bonazzi, Italian professor of mineralogy and crystallography at the University of Florence (1960–2024)
• Bournonite: PbCuSbS₃ – French crystallographer and mineralogist Jacques Louis de Bournon (1751–1825)
• Braggite: PtS – the first mineral characterized by X-ray analysis. William Henry Bragg (1862–1942) and his son, William Lawrence Bragg (1890–1971)
• Brandtite: Ca₂Mn²⁺(AsO₄)₂ – Swedish chemist Georg Brandt (1694–1768)
• And parabrandtite
• Breithauptite: NiSb – Saxon mineralogist Johann Friedrich August Breithaupt (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)
• Brownleeite – American astrobiologist Donald E. Brownlee (1943–), professor of astronomy at University of Washington at Seattle, leading head of the Stardust mission
• Brucite: Mg(OH)₂ – American mineralogist Archibald Bruce (1777–1818)
• Buddingtonite: NH₄AlSi₃O₈ – American Petrologist Arthur Francis Buddington (1890–1980)
• Burnsite: KCdCu²⁺₇(SeO₃)₂O₂Cl₉ – Peter Carman Burns (born 1966), University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana <br/><small>Thompson ISI top ten most highly cited geoscientists (1996–2007)</small>
• 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

C

• 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: Ag₈SnS₆ – American mining engineer Frederick Alexander Canfield (1849–1926)
• Cannonite: Bi₂(OH)₂SO₄ – American mineralogist and electron microprobe analyst Benjamin Bartlett (Bart) Cannon
• Carlfriesite: CaTe⁴⁺₂Te⁶⁺O₈ – American researcher at the Institute of Geology of the National university of Mexico Carl Fries, Jr (1910–1965).
• Carlhintzeite: Ca₂AlF₇ – German mineralogist Carl Hintze (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: 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: Ca₂Ni_0.75Mg_0.25(PO₄)₂ – American geologist William A. Cassidy
• Castaingite (discredited 1967: a mixture of cuprian molybdenite and gerhardtite)
• Caswellsilverite: NaCrS₂ – American geologist, entrepreneur, and oilman Caswell Silver (1916–1988)
• Cattiite: Mg₃(PO₄)₂ · 22H₂O – Michele Catti (b. 1945), Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
• Celsian: BaAl₂Si₂O₈ – Swedish astronomer and naturalist Anders Celsius (1701–1744)
• And paracelsian
• Cernyite: Cu₂CdSnS₄ – Canadian mineralogist Petr Cerny
• Cesbronite: Cu₆(TeO₃)₂(OH)₆ – French mineralogist Fabian Cesbron (1938–)
• Chrisstanleyite: Ag₂Pd₃Se₄ – British mineralogist Christopher John Stanley
• Clarkeite: – American mineral chemist and former chief chemist of the United States Geological Survey Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847–1931)
• Cleveite (uraninite 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 (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 (1842–1905)
• Colemanite: Ca₂B₆O₁₁ – mine owner William T. Coleman (1824–1893)
• Collinsite: Ca₂Mg(PO₄)₂ – William Henry Collins (1878–1937), director of the Geological Survey of Canada
• Columbite: – Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus (c. 1451–1506)
• And manganocolumbite, ferrocolumbite, and Yttrocolumbite
• Cooperite: (Pt,Pd,Ni)S – South African metallurgist Richard A. Cooper (1890–1972)
• Cordierite: (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: (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)
• Cuprosklodowskite: Cu(UO₂)₂(HSiO₄)₂·6(H₂O) – Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist Marie Curie (1867–1934)

D

• Daliranite: PbHgAs₂S₆ – Farahnaz Daliran, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
• Dalyite: K₂ZrSi₆O₁₅ – Reginald Aldworth Daly (1871–1957), Harvard University
• Danalite: Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S – American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist James Dwight Dana (1813–1895)
• Danielsite: – Geologist John L. Daniels (1931–), active in the geological survey of western Australia
• Davinciite: Na₁₂K₃Ca₆Fe²⁺₃Zr₃ – Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519 )
• Davyne (9.FB.05)
• Dawsonite: 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 (1926–2021)
• Delrioite: – Spanish–Mexican scientist and naturalist Andrés Manuel del Río (1764–1849)
• And calciodelrioite
• Demesmaekerite: Pb₂Cu₅(UO₂)₂(SeO₃)₆(OH)₆·2H₂O – Belgian geologist Gaston Demesmaeker (1911–1997)
• Descloizite: PbZnVO₄(OH) – Alfred Lewis Oliver Legrand Des Cloizeaux (1817–1897), professor of mineralogy, University of Paris, Paris
• And arsendescloizite
• Dessauite-(Y) – Italian mineralogist Gabor Dessau (1907–1983)
• Devilline: CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O – French chemist Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire Deville (1818–1881)
• 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): CaCeMg₂AlSi₃O₁₁F(OH) – American geologist Wayne A. Dollase (born 1938), geology professor at UCLA
• Dolomite: CaMg(CO₃)₂ – French naturalist and geologist Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750–1801)
• Domeykite: Cu₃As – Polish geologist, mineralogist and educator Ignacy Domeyko (1802–1889)
• Donnayite: NaCaSr₃Y(CO₃)₆ – Canadian professors J. D. H. Donnay and G. Donnay
• Dumortierite: Al_{6.5–7}BO₃(SiO₄)₃(O,OH)₃ – French paleontologist Eugene Dumortier (1803–1873)
• Davemaoite: Cubic CaSiO₃– Mineral physicist Ho-kwang Mao

E

• Erikapohlite (IMA2010-090) – German collector of minerals Erika Pohl-Ströher (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)

F

• Farringtonite: Mg₃(PO₄)₂ – American geologist Oliver C. Farrington (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 (1729–1798)
• Franckeite: Pb₅Sn₃Sb₂S₁₄ – mining engineers Carl Francke and Ernest Francke
• Frankhawthorneite: Cu₂Te⁶⁺O₄(OH)₂ – Frank C. Hawthorne (born 1946), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg <br/><small>Thompson ISI top ten most highly cited geoscientists (1996–2007)</small>
• 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)

G

• Gadolinite: (Ce,La,Nd,Y)₂FeBe₂Si₂O₁₀ – Finnish mineralogist and chemist Johan Gadolin (1760–1852)
• Gagarinite series: Na(REE_xCa_(1-x))(REE_yCa_(1-y))F₆ – Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968)
• Gahnite: ZnAl₂O₄ – Swedish chemist Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745–1818)
• Gatehouseite: Mn²⁺₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄ – crystal chemist Bryan M. K. C. Gatehouse (born 1932), Monash University, Melbourne
• Gaylussite: – French chemist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778–1850)
• Geikielite: – Scottish geologist Archibald Geikie (1835–1924)
• Genkinite: (Pt,Pd)₄Sb₃ – Soviet mineralogist A. D. Genkin
• Georgerobinsonite: Pb₄(CrO₄)₂(OH)₂FCl – George Willard Robinson
• Gerhardtite: – Alsatian chemist Charles Frédéric Gerhardt
• Gibbsite: 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 (1749–1832)
• Julgoldite: sorosilicate – American mineralogist and geochemist Julian Royce Goldsmith (1918–1999)
• Gormanite: – mineralogist Donald Herbert Gorman, University of Toronto
• Grandidierite: – French explorer Alfred Grandidier (1836–1912).
• 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 var., 9.AG.15)
• Grunerite: Fe₇Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂ – Swiss-French chemist Emmanuel-Louis Gruner (1809–1883)
• Guettardite: – French naturalist Jean-Étienne Guettard (1715–1786)
• Guilleminite: Ba(UO₂)₃(SeO₃)₂(OH)₄·3H₂O – French chemist and mineralogist Jean Claude Guillemin (1923–1994)
• Gunterite: Na₄(H₂O)16(H₂V₁₀O₂₈) – American mineralogist Mickey Gunter (born 1953)
• Gunningite: (Zn,Mn²⁺)SO₄·H₂O – Canadian geologist and academic Henry C. Gunning (1901–1991)

H

• Haggertyite: Ba(Fe²⁺₆Ti₅Mg)O₁₉ – American geophysicist Stephen E. Haggerty (born 1938)
• Haidingerite: Ca(AsO₃OH) – Austrian mineralogist Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger (1795–1871)
• Halloysite: Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄ – Belgian geologist Omalius d'Halloy
• Hambergite: Be₂BO₃OH – Swedish mineralogist Axel Hamberg (1863–1933)
• Hanksite: – Henry Garber Hanks (1826–1907), first state mineralogist of California
• Hapkeite: Fe₂Si – American planetary scientist Bruce Hapke
• 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
• HÃ¥leniusite-(La): – Ulf HÃ¥lenius, director of the mineralogy department at the Swedish Museum of Natural History 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: ZnCu₃(OH)₆Cl₂ – British mineralogist Herbert Smith (1872–1953)
• Hessite: Ag₂Te – Swiss-born Russian chemist Germain Henri Hess (1802–1850)
• Heyite (identical with calderonite, 8.BG.05)
• Heulandite series: (Ca,Na)_{2–3}Al₃(Al,Si)₂Si₁₃O₃₆ – English mineral collector Henry Heuland (1778–1856)
• Hiddenite (green variety of spodumene): – American geologist William Earl Hidden (1853–1918)
• Högbomite (renamed to magnesiohögbomite-2N2S): (Al,Mg,Fe,Ti)₂₂(O,OH)₃₂ – Swedish geologist Arvid Högbom (1857–1940)
• And ferrohögbomite-2N2S, magnesiohögbomite series and zincohögbomite series
• Holmquistite: – Swedish petrologist Per Johan Holmquist (1866–1946)
• Holtite: (Ta_0.6◻_0.4)Al₆BSi₃O₁₈(O,OH)_2.25 – Harold Holt (1908–1967), prime minister of Australia
• Hopeite: Zn₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O – Scottish chemist Thomas Charles Hope (1766–1844)
• Howieite: inosilicate with 4-periodic single chain – Robert Andrew Howie (1923–2012), British petrologist and mineralogist of King's College, London University, London
• Howlite: Ca₂B₅SiO₉(OH)₅ – Canadian chemist, mineralogist Henry How (1828–1879)
• Hübnerite: MnWO₄ – German mineralogist Adolf Huebner
• Hurlbutite (8.AA.15)
• Hutchinsonite: (Tl,Pb)₂As₅S₉ – Cambridge mineralogist Arthur Hutchinson (1866–1937)
• Huttonite: ThSiO₄ – New Zealand-American mineralogist Colin Osborne Hutton (1910–1971)
• HyrÅ¡lite: Pb₈As₁₀Sb₆S₃₂ – Czech mineralogist and gemmologist Jaroslav HyrÅ¡l (born 1962)

J

• Jarosewichite: – American chemist Eugene Jarosewich
• Jeanbandyite (4.FC.15)
• Jimthompsonite: (Mg,Fe)₅Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂ – American mineralogist James Burleigh Thompson, Jr.
• Johnbaumite: (Ca)₅(AsO₄)₃(OH) – American geologist and mineralogist John L. Baum
• Junitoite: CaZn₂Si₂O₇·H₂O – Jun Ito (1926–1978), mineralogist and crystallographer, University of Chicago

K

• Karenwebberite: Na(Fe²⁺,Mn²⁺)PO₄ – American geologist Karen L. Webber
• Kassite: CaTi₂O₄(OH)₂ – Russian geologist Nikolai Grigorievich Kassin (1885–1949)
• Kampfite: Ba₁₂(Si₁₁Al₅)O₃₁(CO₃)₈Cl₅ – Anthony Robert Kampf (born 1948)
• Keilite: – American mineralogist Klaus Keil (1934–2022)
• Khinite: – Burmese-American mineralogist Ba-Saw Khin (1931–)
• Khomyakovite: Na₁₂Ca₆Sr₃Fe₃WZr₃(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂ – Russian mineralogist Alexander Khomyakov (1933–2012)
• Kieserite: MgSO₄ – Dietrich Georg von Kieser (1779–1862), former president, Jena Academy
• And cobaltkieserite
• Kleberite: FeTi₆O₁₃ – German professor Will Kleber (1906–1970)
• Kobellite: Pb₂₂Cu₄(Bi,Sb)₃₀S₆₉ – German mineralogist Wolfgang Franz von Kobell (1803–1882)
• Kochsandorite: CaAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄H₂O – Hungarian mineralogist (1896–1983)
• Kogarkoite: Na₃(SO₄)F – Russian scientist Lia Nikolaevna Kogarko
• Kolbeckite: ScPO₄ – German mineralogist Friedrich L. W. Kolbeck
• Kosnarite: KZr₂(PO₄)₃ – after Richard Andrew "Rich" Kosnar (1946–2007), American mineral collector
• Kostovite: AuCuTe₄ – Bulgarian mineralogist Ivan Kostov (1913–2004)
• Krennerite: AuTe₂ varying to (Au_0.8,Ag_0.2)Te₂ – Hungarian mineralogist Joseph Krenner (1839–1920)
• Krotite: CaAl₂O₄ – Russian-American cosmochemist Alexander N. Krot
• KruÅ¥aite: CuSe₂ Czech mineralogist Tomas Krut'a (1906–1998)
• Kukharenkoite-(Ce): Ba₃CeF(CO₃)₃ – Russian mineralogist Alexander A. Kukharenko (1914–1993)
• Kurnakovite: MgB₃O₃(OH)₅ – Russian mineralogist and chemist Nikolai Semenovich Kurnakov (1860–1941)
• Kunzite (variety of spodumene): – American mineralogist George Frederick Kunz (1856–1932)

L

• Lacroixite: NaAl(PO₄)F – French mineralogist Antoine François Alfred Lacroix (1863–1948)
• Langite: Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O – Austrian chemist Viktor von Lang (1838–1921)
• Laueite (8.DC.30)
• Lavinskyite: K(Li,Cu,Mg,Na)₂Cu₆(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄ – photographer of minerals Robert Lavinsky ()
• Lavoisierite: Mn²⁺₈[Al₁₀(Mn³⁺Mg)][Si₁₁P]O₄₄(OH)₁₂ – French chemist Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (1743–1794)
• Leakeite root name, sodium amphibole subgroup – British geologist Bernard E. Leake (born 1932), University of Glasgow
• Minerals: ferri-fluoro-leakeite, ferri-leakeite, fluoro-leakeite, potassic-ferri-leakeite, potassic-leakeite, potassic-mangani-leakeite
• Legrandite: Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)·(H₂O) – Belgian mining engineer Louis C.A. Legrand (1861–1920)
• Lemanskiite: NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O – Chester S. Lemanski, Jr. (b. 1947), American mineral collector
• Liebauite: Ca₃Cu₅Si₉O₂₆ – German Friedrich Liebau (1926–2011), professor of mineralogy, University of Kiel
• Linnaeite: Co⁺²Co⁺³₂S₄ – Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778)
• Lipscombite: (Fe²⁺,Mn²⁺)(Fe³⁺)₂(PO₄)₂(OH) – American chemist William Lipscomb (1919–2011)
• And zinclipscombite
• Livingstonite: HgSb₄S₈ – Scottish explorer in Africa David Livingstone (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)

M

• Macdonaldite: BaCa₄Si₁₆O₃₆(OH)₂ – American volcanologist, Gordon Andrew Macdonald (1911–1978, redirect)
• Malhmoodite: FeZr(PO₄)₂ · 4H₂O – Bertha K. Malhmood, for many years Administrative Assistant of the Branch of Analytical Laboratories, U.S. Geological Survey
• Mandarinoite: Fe₂(SeO₃)₃ · 4H₂O – American-Canadian mineralogist Joseph (Joe) A. Mandarino (1929–2007)
• And telluromandarinoite
• Maricite: NaFePO₄ – Croatian mineralogist Luka Marić (1899–1979), University of Zagreb
• Marthozite: – Belgian mineralogist Aimé Marthoz (1894–1962)
• Machatschkiite (8.CJ.35)
• Mascagnite: (NH₄)₂SO₄ – Italian anatomist Paolo Mascagni (1752–1815)
• Mathesiusite: K₅(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₄(VO₅) · 4(H₂O) – German minister Johannes Mathesius (1504–1565)
• Mawbyite: – Australian metallurgist and mining executive Sir Maurice Alan Edgar Mawby (1904–1977)
• Mckelveyite-(Y): Ba₃NaCa_0.75U_0.25Y(CO₃)₆ – American geologist Vincent E. McKelvey (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 (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 (1852–1907)
• Monticellite: Ca(Mg,Fe)SiO₄ – Italian mineralogist Teodoro Monticelli (1759–1845)
• Morganite (variety of Beryl): – American financier J. P. Morgan (1837–1913)
• Mozartite: CaMn³⁺SiO₄(OH) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
• Murdochite: PbCu₆O_{8−x}(Cl,Br)_2x – American mineralogist Joseph Murdoch (1890–1973)

N

• Nataliakulikite: Ca₄Ti₂(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺)(Si,Fe³⁺,Al)O₁₁ – Russian mineralogist Natalia Artyemovna Kulik (born 1933)
• Nasonite: Pb₆Ca₄(Si₂O₇)₃Cl₂ – American mining engineer and author Frank Lewis Nason (1856–1928)
• Niedermayrite: – Austrian geologist Gerhard Niedermayr (1941–)
• Nikischerite: Fe²⁺₆Al₃(OH)₁₈[Na(H₂O)₆][SO₄]₂·6H₂O – American mineralogist Anthony J. Nikischer (born 1949)
• Niningerite: MgS – American meteoriticist Harvey Harlow Nininger (1887–1986)
• Norrishite: KLiMn³⁺₂(Si₄O₁₀)O₂ – Australian geologist Keith Norrish (1924–2017), pioneer of wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence analysis

O

• Obertiite amphibole root name (9.DE.25)
• Okenite: CaSi₂O₅·2H₂O – German naturalist Lorenz Oken (1779–1851)

P

• Pääkkönenite: Sb₂AsS₂ – Finnish geologist Viekko Pääkkönen (1907–1980)
• Pabstite: BaSnSi₃O₉ – Adolf Pabst (1899–1990), professor of mineralogy, University of California, Berkeley
• Partheite: Ca₂Al₄Si₄O₁₅(OH)₂·4H₂O – Swiss crystallographer Erwin Parthé (1928–2006)
• Paulingite series, zeolites – Linus Carl Pauling (1901–1994), professor of chemistry, California Institute of Technology
• Paulingite-Ca and paulingite-K
• Paulscherrerite: UO₂(OH)₂ – Swiss physicist Paul Scherrer (1890–1969)
• Pearceite: – Cornish-American chemist and metallurgist Richard Pearce (1837–1927)
• 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: CaTiO₃ – Russian mineralogist L. A. Perovski (1792–1856)
• Perroudite (2.FC.20c)
• Petzite (1845): Ag₃AuTe₂ – chemist W. Petz
• Pezzottaite: Cs(Be₂Li)Al₂Si₆O₁₈ – Italian geologist and mineralogist Federico Pezzotta
• Phillipsite: (Ca,Na₂,K₂)₃Al₆Si₁₀O₃₂·12H₂O – English mineralogist and geologist William Phillips (1775–1828)
• Prehnite: Ca₂Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂ – Dutch governor Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn
• Priscillagrewite-(Y): (Ca₂Y)Zr₂Al₃O₁₂ – American geologist Priscilla Croswell Perkins Grew (1940 – )
• Proustite: Ag₃AsS₃ – French chemist Joseph Louis Proust (1754–1826)
• Putnisite: SrCa₄Cr₈³⁺(CO₃)₈(SO₄)(OH)₁₆·25H₂O – mineralogists Andrew and Christine Putnis

R

• Ramanite homologous series (6.EA.10)
• Rambergite: MnS – mineralogist Hans Ramberg (1917–1998)
• Rammelsbergite: NiAs₂ – Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg (1813–1899)
• Ramdohrite (2.JB.40a)
• Raspite: PbWO₄ – prospector Charles Rasp (1846–1907)
• Raygrantite: Pb₁₀Zn(SO₄)₆(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂ – Raymond W. Grant, professor of geology at Mesa Community College, Mesa, Arizona.
• Reidite: – Alan F. Reid (1931–2013), New Zealand chemist
• Renierite: – Armand Renier (1876–1951), director of the Belgian Geological Survey
• Riebeckite: Na₂(Fe,Mg)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂ – German explorer Emil Riebeck (1853–1885)
• Rittmannite: jahnsite-whiteite group – Swiss volcanologist Alfred Rittmann (1893–1980)
• Roeblingite (9.CB.05)
• Roselite: Ca₂(Co²⁺, Mg)[AsO₄]₂·H₂O – German mineralogist Gustav Rose (1798–1873)
• Rosenbuschite (9.BE.22)
• Rossmanite: (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)

S

• Saleeite: Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10H₂O – Belgian mineralogist Achille Salée (1883–1932)
• Samarskite: Y_0.2REE_0.3Fe³⁺_0.3U_0.2Nb_0.8Ta_0.2O₄ – Russian official Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets (1803–1870)
• Sanbornite: BaSi₂O₅ – American mineralogist Frank B. Sanborn (1862–1936)
• Satterlyite: (Fe⁺⁺,Mg)₂(PO₄)(OH) – Canadian geologist Jack Satterly (born 1906)
• Scheelite: CaWO₄ – German-Swedish pharmaceutical chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786)
• Shcherbinaite: V₂O₅ – 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: (Fe,Ni)₃P – Austrian naturalist Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers (1775–1852)
• Schreyerite: V₂Ti₃O₉ – German mineralogist Werner Schreyer (1930–2006)
• Schröckingerite: NaCa₃(UO₂) – Julius Freiherr Schröckinger von Neudenberg (1814–1882)
• Scottyite: BaCu₂Si₂O₇ – Michael Scott (born 1945), first CEO of Apple and significant sponsor of the Rruff project
• Seamanite: Mn₃[B(OH)₄](PO₄)(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 (1827–1884)
• Senarmontite: Sb₂O₃ – French mineralogist and physician Henri Hureau de Sénarmont (1808–1862)
• Sengierite: Cu₂(OH)₂[UO₂|VO₄]₂·6H₂O – Belgian UMHK director Edgar Sengier (1879–1963)
• Serpierite: – Giovanni Battista Serpieri (1832–1897)
• Shulamitite: Ca₃TiFe³⁺AlO₈ – Israeli mineralogist and geologist Shulamit Gross (1923–2012)
• Sillimanite: Al₂SiO₅ – American chemist Benjamin Silliman (1779–1864)
• Simpsonite: Al₄(Ta,Nb)₃O₁₃(OH) – Australian mineralogist Edward Sydney Simpson (1875–1939)
• Sklodowskite: Mg(UO₂)₂(HSiO₄)₂·5H₂O – Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist Marie Curie (1867–1934)
• Smithite: – British mineralogist Herbert Smith (1872–1953)
• Smithsonite: ZnCO₃ – British chemist and mineralogist, James Smithson (1754–1829)
• Sorbyite (2.LB.30)
• Sperrylite: PtAs₂ – American chemist Francis Louis Sperry
• Steacyite: K_0.3(Ca,Na)₂ThSi₈O₂₀ – Canadian mineralogist Harold Robert Steacy (born 1923)
• Stenonite: Sr₂Al(CO₃)F₅ – Danish physician Nicolaus Steno (Niels Steensen) (1638–1686)
• Stephanite: Ag₅SbS₄ – Archduke Stephan of Austria (1817–1867)
• Stichtite: Mg₆Cr₂CO₃(OH)₁₆·4H₂O – American born Australian mine manager Robert Carl Sticht (1857–1922)
• Stilleite: ZnSe – German geologist Hans Stille (1876–1966)
• Stolzite: PbWO₄ – French obstetrician Joseph Alexi Stolz (1803–1896)
• Strashimirite: Cu₈(AsO₄)₄(OH)₄·5H₂O – Bulgarian petrographer and mineralogist Strashimir Dimitrov (1892–1960)
• Stromeyerite: AgCuS – German chemist Friedrich Stromeyer (1776–1835)
• Strunzite: Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O – German mineralogist Karl Hugo Strunz (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 (1688–1772)
• Sweetite: Zn(OH)₂ – Curator of mineral department of the British Museum, Jessie Sweet (1901–1979)
• Sylvite: KCl – Dutch chemist Franciscus Sylvius (1614–1672)

T

• Tarbuttite: Zn₂(PO₄)(OH) Percy Coventry Tarbutt (died 1943), a Director of the Broken Hill Exploration Company
• Teallite: PbSnS₂ – British geologist Jethro Justinian Harris Teall (1849–1924)
• Tennantite: Cu₁₂As₄S₁₃ – English chemist Smithson Tennant (1761–1815)
• Tenorite: CuO – Italian botanist Michele Tenore (1780–1861)
• Theophrastite: Ni(OH)₂ – Greek philosopher and writer Theophrastus (c.&nbsp;371 – c.&nbsp;287 BC)
• Thomasclarkite: Na_0.8Ce_0.2Y_0.5REE_0.7(HCO₃)(OH)₃·4H₂O – Canadian geologist Thomas Clark (1893–1996)
• Thortveitite: (Sc,Y)₂Si₂O₇ – Norwegian engineer Olaus Thortveit
• Tiemannite: HgSe – Johann Carl Wilhelm Tiemann (1848–1899)
• Torbernite: CuAl(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8-12H₂O – Swedish chemist Torbern Bergman (1735–1784)
• Trevorite: NiFe₂O₄ – Major Tudor Gruffydd Trevor, mining inspector for the Pretoria District, Transvaal, South Africa
• Tschernichite: – Rudy W. Tschernich (born 1945), expert on zeolites
• Tschermakite: – Austrian mineralogist Gustav Tschermak von Seysenegg (1836–1927)

U

• Ulexite: NaCaB₅O₉·8H₂O – German chemist Georg Ludwig Ulex (1811–1883)
• Ullmannite: NiSbS – German chemist and mineralogist Johann Christoph Ullmann (1771–1821, redirect)
• Uytenbogaardtite: Ag₃AuS₂ – Dutch mineralogist Willem Uytenbogaardt (1918–2012)
• Uvarovite: Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃ – Russian Count Sergei Semenovitch Uvarov (1765–1855)

V

• Vaesite: NiS₂ – Belgian mineralogist Johannes F. Vaes (1902–1978)
• Valentinite: Sb₂O₃ – German alchemist Basilius Valentinus (might be Johann Thölde? 1565–1614)
• Vanthoffite: Na₆Mg(SO₄)₄ – Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff (1852–1911), professor of chemistry
• Vaterite: CaCO₃ – German mineralogist Heinrich Vater (1859–1930)
• Vernadite (4.FE.40)
• Veszelyite: (Cu,Zn)₂Zn(PO₄)(OH)₃·2H₂O – Ágost Veszely (1821–1879), Hungarian mining engineer
• Vincentite: (Pd,Pt)₃(As,Sb,Te) – Ewart Albert "David" Vincent (1919–2012), mineralogist at Durham College and Oxford University (UK) and chair of Geology at Manchester University (UK)
• Vivianite: Fe₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O and metavivianite – English mineralogist John Henry Vivian (1785–1855)

W

• Wardite: NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O – American naturalist Henry Augustus Ward (1834–1906)
• Warikahnite: Zn₃(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O – German mineral collector Walter Richard Kahn (born 1911)
• Weeksite: K₂(UO₂)₂Si₆O₁₅·4H₂O – USGS mineralogist Alice Mary Dowse Weeks (1909–1988)
• Weloganite: Na₂(Sr,Ca)₃Zr(CO₃)₆·3H₂O – Canadian geologist William Edmond Logan (1798–1875)
• Wendwilsonite: Ca₂Mg(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O – Wendell E. Wilson (born 1946), Mineralogical Record editor and publisher
• Wernerite (intermediate member of the marialite-meionite series) – German geologist Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749–1817)
• Whewellite: CaC₂O₄·H₂O – English mineralogist William Whewell (1794–1866)
• Whiteite series: XM(1)M(2)Al₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·8H₂O – John Sampson White, Jr. (born 1933), Mineralogical Record editor and publisher
• Whitlockite: Ca₃(PO₄)₂ – American mineralogist Herbert Percy Whitlock (1868–1948)
• Willemite: Zn₂SiO₄ – William I of the Netherlands (1772–1843)
• Witherite: BaCO₃ – English physician and naturalist William Withering (1741–1799)
• Wollastonite: CaSiO₃ – English chemist and mineralogist William Hyde Wollaston (1766–1828)
• Woodhouseite: CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆ – American mineralogist Charles Douglas Woodhouse (1888–1975)
• Wolfeite: Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)(OH) – American mineralogist Caleb Wroe Wolfe (1908–1980)
• Also wroewolfeite: Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆ · 2H₂O
• Wulfenite: PbMoO₄ – Austrian mineralogist Franz Xaver von Wulfen (1728–1805)
• Wulffite: K₃NaCu₄O₂(SO₄)₄ – Russian crystallographer George (Yuri Viktorovich) Wulff (; 1863–1925)
• Wyartite: ·7H₂O – Jean Wyart (1902–1992), mineralogist at the Sorbonne

Y

• Yangite: – Hexiong Yang, Mineralogy researcher at the Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona
• Yegorovite: – Yurii Kavdievich Yegorov-Tismenko (1938–2007), crystallographer at Moscow State University.

Z

• Zaccagnaite: Zn₄Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₂·3H₂O – Italian geologist and mineral collector Domenico Zaccagna (1851–1940)
• Zaherite: Al₁₂(OH)₂₆(SO₄)₅·20H₂O – Bangladeshi geologist M. A. Zaher (c. 1932–2017)
• Zajacite-(Ce): Na(REE_xCa_{1−x})(REE_yCa_{1−y})F₆ – Explorer Ihor Stephan Zajac (born 1935)
• Zakharovite: Na₄Mn₅Si₁₀O₂₀(OH)₆·6H₂O – Russian Director of the Moscow Institute of Geological Exploration Evgeii Evgen'evich Zakharov (1902–1980)
• Zanazziite: Ca₂(MgFe)(MgFeMnAl)₄Be(OH)₄(PO₄)₆·6H₂O – Italian Professor Pier Francesco Zanazzi (born 30 April 1939)
• Zaratite: Ni₃CO₃(OH)₄·4(H₂O) – Spanish diplomat and dramatist Antonio Gil y Zárate (1793–1861)
• Zavaritskite: (BiO)F – Soviet geologist and petrographer Alexander Nikolaevich Zavaritsky (1884–1952)
• Zektzerite: LiNa(Zr,Ti,Hf)Si₆O₁₅ – American mathematician and mineral collector Jack Zektzer (born 1936)
• Zeunerite: Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·(10–16)H₂O – German physicist, engineer and epistemologist Gustav Anton Zeuner (1828–1907)
• Also metazeunerite: Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂ · 8H₂O
• Zhanghengite: CuZn – ancient Chinese astronomer Zhang Heng (78–139)
• Zhemchuzhnikovite: NaMgAl(C₂O₄)₃·8H₂O – Russian clay mineralogist Yury Zhemchuzhnikov (1885–1957)
• Ziesite: βCu₂V₂O₇ – mineralogist Emanuel George Zies
• Zigrasite: MgZr(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₄ – American mineral collector James Zigras (born 1981)
• Zinkenite: Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂ – German mineralogist and mining geologist, Johann Karl Ludwig Zinken (1790–1862)
• Zippeite: (UO₂)₆(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₀·4H₂O – Austrian mineralogist Franz Xaver Maximilian Zippe
• Zirkelite: (Ca,Th,Ce)Zr(Ti,Nb)₂O₇ – German petrographer Ferdinand Zirkel (1838–1912)
• Zoisite: Ca₂(Al.OH)Al₂(SiO₄)₃ – Carniolan scientist Sigmund Zois (1747–1819)
• Zussmanite: K(Fe²⁺,Mg,Mn)₁₃[AlSi₁₇O₄₂](OH)₁₄ – British geologist Jack Zussman (born 1924)
• Zykaite: Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(SO₄)(OH)·15H₂O – Czech geochemist Vacklav Zyka

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