List of minerals named after people
This is a list of minerals named after people. The chemical composition follows name when available.
- For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see Lists of etymologies.
- For a list of eponyms sorted by name see List of eponyms.
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Sorted by name:
A
- Abswurmbachite ((Cu,Mn2+)Mn3+6O8SiO4) – German mineralogist Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach
- Adamite Zn2AsO4OH – French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795-1881)
- Aheylite ((Fe2+</sub>, Zn)Al6[(OH)4|(PO4)2]2·4H2O) – American geologist Allen V. Heyl
- Alexandrite (variety of Chrysoberyl) – Tsar Alexander II of Russia (1818-1881)
- Alforsite 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
- Ankerite Ca(Fe,Mg,Mn)(CO3)2 – an Austrian mineralogist Matthias Joseph Anker (1771-1843)
- Arfvedsonite Na3(Fe,Mg)4FeSi8O22(OH)2 – Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson (1792-1841)
- Armalcolite (Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O5 – American astronauts ARM Neil Armstrong, AL Buzz Aldrin and COL Michael Collins
- Armbrusterite – Swiss crystallographer Thomas Armbruster (b. 1950)
- Arthurite CuFe23+[(OH,O)|(AsO4,PO4,SO4)]2·4H2O – British mineralogists Sir Sir Arthur Edward Ian Montagu Russell, 6th Baronet and Arthur W. G. Kingsbury
B
- Baddeleyite ZrO2 – Joseph Baddeley
- Bazzite Be3(Sc,Fe)2Si6O18 – Italian engineer Alessandro E. Bazzi
- Berthierite ((Fe,Sb)2=S4); French geologist and mining engineer Pierre Berthier (1782-1861)
- Bertrandite Be4Si2O7(OH)2 – French mineralogist Emile Bertrand (1844-1909)[1]
- Bilibinskite Au2Cu2PbTe2+ – Soviet geologist Yuri A. Bilibin (1901-1952)
- Bixbite Be3(AlMn)2Si6O18 – American mineralogist Maynard Bixby; depricated to red beryl to avoid confusion with bixbyite
- Bixbyite (Fe,Mn)2O3 – American mineralogist Maynard Bixby
- Blödite Na2Mg(SO4)2•4(H2O – German chemist Carl August Blöde (1773-1820)
- Blossite αCu2V2O7 – mineralogist F. Donald Bloss
- Bornite Cu5FeS4 – Austrian Mineralogist Ignaz von Born (1742-1791)
- Bournonite PbCuSbS3 – French crystallographer and mineralogist Jacques Louis de Bournon (1751–1825)[2]
- Braggite (Pt,Pd,Ni)S – the first mineral characterized by X-ray analysis. William Henry Bragg (1862–1942) and his son, William Lawrence Bragg (1890–1971)
- Briartite Cu2(Zn,Fe)GeS4 – Belgian geologist Gaston Briart
- Brookite TiO2 – English mineralogist Henry James Brooke (1771–1857)
- Brucite Mg(OH)2 – American mineralogist Archibald Bruce (1777-1818).
- Burtite CaSn(OH)6 – American mining geologist Donald McLain Burt (1943– )
C
- Canfieldite Ag8SnS6 – American mining engineer Frederick Alexander Canfield (1849-1926)
- Cannonite Bi2(OH)2SO4 – American mineralogist and electrom microprobe analyst Benjamin Bartlett (Bart) Cannon
- Carlosruizite K6(Na,K)10Mg10(Se6+O4,SO4,CrO4)12(IO3)12 •12H2O – Chilean geologist founder of the Chilean Geological Survey Carlos Ruiz Fuller (1916-)
- Carnallite KMgCl3•6(H2O) – Prussian mining engineer, Rudolf von Carnall (1804-1874)
- Carnotite K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 – French mining engineer and chemist Marie Adolphe Carnot (1839-1920)
- Cernyite Cu2CdSnS4 – Canadian mineralogist Petr Cerny
- Cesbronite Cu6(TeO3)2(OH) 62H20 – French mineralogist Fabian Cesbron
- Chrisstanleyite Ag2Pd3Se4 – British mineralogist Christopher John Stanley
- Cleveite UO2•UO3•PO•ThO2 – Swedish chemist Per Teodor Cleve (1840–1905)
- Clintonite Ca(Mg,Al)3(Al3Si)O10(OH)2 – De Witt Clinton (1769-1828)
- Coesite (form of SiO2)– Loring Coes, Jr.
- Coffinite U(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x – American geologist Reuben Clare Coffin
- Colemanite (Ca2B6O11•5H2O) – mine owner William T. Coleman (1824-1893)
- Cooperite (Pt,Pd,Ni)S – South African metallurgist Richard A. Cooper (1890–1972)
- Cordierite (Mg,Fe)2Al4Si5O18 to (Fe,Mg)2Al4Si5O18 – French geologist P. L. A. Cordier (1777-1861)
- Covellite CuS – Niccola Covelli (1790-1829)
- Crookesite Cu7(Tl,Ag)Se4 – English chemist and physicist Sir William Crookes (1832-1919)
D
- Danalite – American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist James Dwight Dana (1813-1895)
- 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
- Delafossite CuFeO2 – French mineralogist Gabriel Delafosse (1796-1878)
- Dickite Al2Si2O5(OH)4 – Scottish metallurgical chemist Allan Brugh Dick (1833-1926)
- Dollaseite-(Ce) CaCeMg2AlSi3O11F(OH) – American geologist Wayne A. Dollase (1938-), geology professor at UCLA
- Dolomite CaMg(CO3)2 – French naturalist and geologist Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750-1801)
- Domeykite Cu3As – Polish geologist and mineralogist Ignacy Domeyko (1802-1889)
- Donnayite NaCaSr3Y(CO3)6•3H20 – Canadian professors J. D. H. Donnay and G. Donnay
- Dumortierite Al6.5-7BO3(SiO4)3(O,OH)3 – French paleontologist Eugene Dumortier (1803-1873)
E
- Ernienickelite – Canadian-Australian mineralogist Ernest (Ernie) H. Nickel (1925-2009)
F
- Ferberite FeWO4 – German amateur mineralogist Moritz Rudolph Ferber (1805-1875)
- Ferrierite (Na,K)2Mg(Si,Al)18O36(OH)•9H2O – Canadian geologist and mining engineer Walter Frederick Ferrier (1865-1950)
- Fergusonite (Ce,La,Nd)NbO4 – British Politician and mineral collector Robert Ferguson of Raith (1767–1840)
- Forsterite (Mg2SiO4) – German naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster (1729-1798)
- Franckeite Pb5Sn3Sb2S14 – mining engineers Carl Francke and Ernest Francke
- Freieslebenite AgPbSbS3 – Johann Karl Freiesleben (1774-1846)
- Friedrichite Cu5Pb5Bi7S18 – Austrian geologist O. M. Friedrich
G
- Gadolinite (Ce,La,Nd,Y)2FeBe2Si2O10 – Finnish mineralogist- chemist Johan Gadolin (1760-1852)
- Gahnite ZnAl2O4 – Swedish chemist Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745-1818)
- Garnierite – Jules Garnier
- Geigerite Mn5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2•10H2O – Swiss mineralogist Thomas P. Geiger
- Genkinite (Pt,Pd)4Sb3 – Soviet mineralogist A. D. Genkin
- Gibbsite Al(OH)3 – American mineralogist George Gibbs (1776-1833)
- Gilsonite (Hydrocarbon resin) – American Samuel H Gilson
- Goethite FeOOH – German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
- Grunerite Fe7Si8O22(OH)2 – Swiss-French chemist Louis Gruner
- Gunningite (Zn,Mn2+)SO4•H2O – Canadian geologist and academic Henry C. Gunning (1901–1991)
H
- Haggertyite Ba(Fe2+6Ti5Mg)O19 – Stephen E. Haggerty (born 1938)
- Hapkeite Fe2Si – American planetary scientist Bruce Hapke
- Hawleyite CdS – Canadian mineralogist James Edwin Hawley (1897–1965)
- Heulandite (Ca,Na)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36·12H2O – English mineral collector Henry Heuland (1778–1856)
- Hiddenite – American geologist William Earl Hidden (1853–1918).
- Howardite – British chemist Edward Charles Howard (1774–1816)
- Howlite Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5 – Canadian chemist, mineralogist Henry How (1828–1879)
- Hübnerite MnWO4 – German mineralologist Adolf Huebner
- Hutchinsonite (Tl,Pb)2As5S9 – Cambridge mineralogist Arthur Hutchinson (1866–1937)
- Huttonite ThSiO4 – New Zealand American mineralogist Colin Osborne Hutton (1910–1971)
J
- Jarosewichite Mn2+3Mn3+(AsO4)(OH)6 – American chemist Eugene Jarosewich
- Jimthompsonite (Mg,Fe)5Si6O16(OH)2 – American mineralogist James B. Thompson Jr.
- Johnbaumite (Ca)5(AsO4)3(OH) [1] [2] – American geologist and mineralogist John L. Baum [3]
K
- Kassite CaTi2O4(OH)2 – Russian geologist Nikolai Grigor’evich Kassin (1885-1949)
- Kieserite (MgSO4•H2O) – Dietrich Georg von Kieser (1779-1862)
- Kleberite FeTi6O13•4H2O – German professor Will Kleber (1906-1970)
- Kobellite (Pb22Cu4(Bi,Sb)30S69) – German mineralogist Wolfgang Franz von Kobell (1803-1882)
- Kogarkoite Na3(SO4)F – Russian scientist Lia Nikolaevna Kogarko
- Kolbeckite ScPO4·2H2O – German mineralogist Friedrich LW Kolbeck
- Krennerite AuTe2 varying to (Au0.8,Ag0.2)Te2 – Hungarian mineralogist Joseph Krenner (1839-1920)
- Kukharenkoite-(Ce) Ba3CeF(CO3)3 – Russian mineralogist Alexander A. Kukharenko (1914-1993)
- Kunzite – American mineralogist George Frederick Kunz (1856-1932).
L
- Livingstonite HgSb4S8 – Scottish explorer in Africa David Livingstone (1813 – 1873)
- Lonsdaleite – British crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale (1903-1971)
- Lorandite TlAsS2 – Hungarian physicist Loránd Eötvös (1848-1919)
M
- Maricite NaFePO4 – Yugoslavian mineralogist Luba Maric
- McKelveyite Ba3NaCa0.75U0.25Y(CO3)6•3(H2O) – American geologist Vincent E. McKelvey (1916-1985)
- Millerite NiS – British mineralogist William Hallowes Miller (1801-1880)
- Moissanite SiC (naturally occurring) – discoverer Henri Moissan (1852-1907)
- Morganite – American financier J. P. Morgan (1837-1913)
- Murdochite PbCu6O8-x(Cl,Br)2x – American mineralogist Joseph Murdock (1890-1973)
P
- Pallasite – German naturalist Peter Pallas (1741-1811).
- Partheite Ca2Al4Si4O15(OH)2·4(H2O) – Swiss crystallographer Erwin Parthé (1928-2006)
- Paulscherrerite – 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 (1934-)
- Perovskite CaTiO3 – Russian mineralogist, L. A. Perovski (1792-1856)
- Petzite Ag3AuTe2 W. Petz
- Pezzottaite Cs(Be2Li)Al2Si6O18 – Italian geologist and mineralogist Federico Pezzotta
- Phillipsite (Ca,Na2,K2)3Al6Si10O32·12H2O. or KCaAl3Si5O16·6H2O – English mineralogist and geologist William Phillips (1775-1828)
- Prehnite Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 – Dutch governor Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn
- Proustite Ag3AsS3 – French chemist Joseph Louis Proust (1754-1826)
R
- Rambergite MnS – mineralogist Hans Ramberg
- Riebeckite Na2(Fe,Mg)5Si8O22(OH)2 – German explorer Emil Riebeck (1853-1885)
- Rossmanite (LiAl2)Al6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)4 – Caltech mineralogist George Rossman
- Russellite (BiO2)[WO4] – British mineralologist Sir Arthur Russell, 6th Baronet
S
- Samarskite Y0.2REE0.3Fe3+0.3U0.2Nb0.8Ta0.2O4 – Russian official Colonel Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets (1803-1870)
- Sanbornite BaSi2O5 – American mineralogist Frank B. Sanborn (1862-1936)
- Satterlyite (Fe++,Mg)2(PO4)(OH) – Canadian geologist Jack Satterly (1906-)
- Schreibersite (Fe,Ni)3P – Austrian naturalist Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers (1775-1852)
- Sekaninaite ((Fe+2,Mg)2Al4Si5O18) – Czech mineralogist Josef Sekanina (1901- )
- Sillimanite Al2SiO5 – American chemist Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864)
- Smithsonite ZnCO3 – British chemist and mineralogist, James Smithson (1754-1829)
- Sodalite (informally named Princess Blue) – Princess Patricia of Connaught (1886-1974)
- Sperrylite PtAs2 – American chemist Francis Louis Sperry
- Steacyite KvariableCa.Na.Th.U.Si8O20 – Canadian mineralogist Harold Robert Steacy (b. 1923)
- Stephanite Ag5SbS4 – Archduke Stephan of Austria
- Stichtite Mg6Cr2CO3(OH)16.4H2O – Australian mine manager Robert Carl Sticht (1857–1922)
- Stilleite ZnSe – German geologist Hans Stille (1876-1966)
- Stolzite PbWO4 – Czechoslovakian Joseph Alexi Stolz (1803-1896)
- Stromeyerite AgCuS – German chemist, Friedrich Stromeyer (1776 - 1835)
- Strunzite – German mineralogist Karl Hugo Strunz (1910-2006)
- Sugilite KNa2(Fe,Mn,Al)2Li3Si12O30 – Japanese petrologist Ken-ichi Sugi (1901-1948)
- Sylvite KCl – Dutch chemist François Sylvius de le Boe (1614-1672)
T
- Teallite PbSnS2 – British geologist Jethro Justinian Harris Teall (1849-1924)
- Tennantite Cu12As4S13 – English chemist Smithson Tennant (1761-1815)
- Tenorite CuO – Italian botanist Michele Tenore (1780-1861)
- Thomasclarkite Na0.8Ce0.2Y0.5REE0.7(HCO3)(OH)3•4(H2O) – Canadian geologist Thomas Clark (1893-1996)
- Thortveitite (Sc,Y)2Si2O7 – Norwegian engineer Olaus Thortveit
- Tiemannite HgSe – CW Tiemann (1848-1899)
- Torbernite Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8-12H2O – Swedish chemist Torbern Bergman (1735-1784)
U
- Ulexite (NaCaB5O9</sub>•8H2O) – German chemist G. L. Ulex
- Ullmannite NiSbS – German chemist and mineralogist Johann Christoph Ullmann (1771-1821)
- Uvarovite Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3 – Russian Count Sergei Semenovitch Uvarov (1765-1855)
V
- Valentinite Sb2O3 – German alchemist Basilius Valentinus (c. 15th-century)
- Vaterite CaCO3 – German mineralogist Heinrich Vater
- Vivianite Fe3(PO4)2·8(H2O) – English mineralogist J.G. Vivian
W
- Wardite NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4•2(H2O) – American naturalist Henry Augustus Ward (1834-1906)
- Warikahnite Zn3(AsO4)2•2H2O – German dealer and collector of minerals Walter Richard Kahn (1911-)
- Weloganite Na2(Sr,Ca)3Zr(CO3)6·3H2O – Canadian geologist Sir William Edmond Logan (1798-1875)
- Whewellite CaC2O4·H2O – English mineralogist William Whewell (1794-1866)
- Whitlockite Ca3(PO4)2 – American mineralogist Herbert Percy Whitlock (1868-1948)
- Willemite Zn2SiO4 – King William I of the Netherlands (1772-1843)
- Witherite BaCO3 – English physician and naturalist William Withering (1741-1799)
- Wollastonite CaSiO3 – English chemist and mineralogist William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828)
- Wulfenite PbMoO4 – Austrian mineralogist Franz Xavier von Wulfen (1728-1805)
Z
- Zaccagnaite Zn4Al2CO3(OH)12.3H2O – Italian mineral collector Domenico Zaccagna
- Zaherite Al12(OH)26(SO4)5.20H2O – Bangladeshi geologist Mohamed Abduz Zaher
- Zajacite Na(REExCa1-x)(REEyCa1-y)F6 – Explorer Dr. I. S. Zajac
- 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 PF Zanazzi
- Zaratite Ni3CO3(OH)4·4H2O – Spanish diplomat and dramatist Antonio Gil y Zárate (1793-1861)
- Zektzerite – American mathematician and mineral collector Jack Zektzer (1936- )[3].
- Zhanghengite – ancient Chinese astronomer Zhang Heng (78-139)
- Zhemchuzhnikovite NaMg(FeAl)C2O4.8H2O – Russian clay mineralogist Yury Zhemchuzhnikov
- Ziesite βCu2V2O7 – mineralogist Emmanuel G. Zies
- Zinkenite Pb9Sb22S42 – German mineralogist and mining geologist, J. K. L. Zincken (1790–1862).[4][5]
- Zippeite (UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10·4(H2O) – Austrian mineralogist Franz Xaver Maxmillian Zippe.[6]
- Zirkelite: (Ca, Th, Ce)Zr(Ti, Nb)2O7 – German petrographer Ferdinand Zirkel (1838–1912)
- Zoisite Ca2(Al.OH)Al2(SiO4)3 – Slovene scientist Baron Sigmund Zois von Edelstein (aka Žiga Zois) (1747-1819)
- Zussmanite K(Fe++,Mg,Mn)13[AlSi17O42](OH)14 – British geologist Jack Zussman
- Zykaite – Czech geochemist Dr. Vacklav Zyka.
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See also
- Mineralogy
- Mineraloid
- List of minerals (complete)
- List of minerals Short list emphasizing those with Oilfield Wiki articles.
Notes
- ↑ http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/bertrandite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
- ↑ W.R. Hamilton, 1974, The Hamlyn Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Fossils, London, Hamlyn
- ↑ http://webmineral.com/data/Zektzerite.shtml Webmineral
- ↑ http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/zinkenite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
- ↑ http://www.mindat.org/min-4417.html Mindat
- ↑ http://www.webmineral.com/data/Zippeite.shtml
References