List of minerals named after people

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

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A

Abelsonite: C₃₁H₃₂N₄Ni – American physicist Philip Hauge Abelson (1913–2004)
Abswurmbachite: CuMn₆O₈SiO₄ – German mineralogist Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach (1938–2020)
Adamite: 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: FeAl₆₂·4H₂O – American geologist Allen V. Heyl (1918–2008)
Albrechtschraufite: Ca₄Mg(UO₂)₂(CO₃)₆F₂·17H₂O – Albrecht Schrauf (1837–1897), professor of mineralogy, University of Vienna
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
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)
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)
Ankerite: CaFe(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)
Arfvedsonite: Na₃(Fe,Mg)₄FeSi₈O₂₂(OH)₂ – Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson (1792–1841)
Armalcolite: (Mg,Fe)Ti₂O₅ – American astronauts ARM Neil Armstrong, AL Buzz Aldrin and COL Michael Collins
Armbrusterite: K₅Na₃MnMn₁₄₄(OH)₁₀·4H₂O – Swiss crystallographer Thomas Armbruster (born 1950), University of Bern
Armstrongite: CaZr·3H₂O – American astronaut Neil Armstrong (1930–2012)
Arthurite: CuFe₂₂·4H₂O – British mineralogists Arthur Edward Ian Montagu Russell and Arthur W. G. Kingsbury
Atencioite: Ca
₂Fe
₃Mg
₂Be
₄(PO
₄)
₆(OH)
₄·6H
₂O – 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: FeSb₂S₄ – 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: ・11H₂O – John Betterton (b. 1959, London), museum geologist and mineralogist at Haslemere Educational Museum in Surrey, England
Beudantite: PbFe₃(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: Au₂Cu₂PbTe – Soviet geologist Yuri A. Bilibin (1901–1952)
Biringuccite: Na₂B₅O₈(OH) · 2 H₂O – 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 · 4 H₂O – German chemist Carl August Blöde (1773–1820)
Blossite: αCu₂V₂O₇ – mineralogist Donald F. Bloss, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Bobdownsite (discredited)
Bobfergusonite: Na₂Mn₅FeAl(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: Ca₂Mn(AsO₄)₂ · 2 H₂O – 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)
Brucite: Mg(OH)₂ – American mineralogist Archibald Bruce (1777–1818)
Buddingtonite: NH₄AlSi₃O₈ – American Petrologist Arthur Francis Buddington (1890–1980)
Burnsite: KCdCu₇(SeO₃)₂O₂Cl₉ – Peter Carman Burns (born 1966), University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
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

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: CaTe₂TeO₈ – American researcher at the Institute of Geology of the National university of Mexico Carl Fries, Jr.
Carlhintzeite: Ca₂AlF₇ · H₂O – German mineralogist Carl Hintze (1851–1916), University of Breslau
Carlosruizite: K₆(Na,K)₄Na₆Mg₁₀(SeO₄)₁₂(IO₃)₁₂ · 12 H₂O – Chilean geologist Carlos Ruiz Fuller (1916–1997), founder of the Chilean Geological Survey
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)
Cassidyite: Ca₂Ni_0.75Mg_0.25(PO₄)₂ · 2 H₂O – 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 · 2 H₂O – French mineralogist Fabian Cesbron
Chrisstanleyite: Ag₂Pd₃Se₄ – British mineralogist Christopher John Stanley
Clarkeite: Na(H
₂O)
_0–1 – 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: (Fe,Ni,Co)
₃C – German mineralogist and petrographer Emil Cohen (1842–1905)
Colemanite: Ca₂B₆O₁₁ · 5 H₂O – mine owner William T. Coleman (1824–1893)
Collinsite: Ca₂Mg(PO₄)₂ · 2 H₂O – William Henry Collins (1878–1937), director of the Geological Survey of Canada
Columbite: Fe
Nb
₂O
₆ – 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: (Fe,Fe)₃(Si,Fe)₂O₅(OH)₄ – Swedish mineralogist Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722–1765)
Crookesite: Cu
₇(Tl,Ag)Se
₄ – 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: Be₃Fe₄(SiO₄)₃S – American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist James Dwight Dana (1813–1895)
Davinciite: Na₁₂K₃Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃ – Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519 )
Davyne (9.FB.05)
Dawsonite: NaAlCO₃(OH)₂ – Canadian geologist Sir John William Dawson (1820–1899)
Deanesmithite: Hg₂Hg₃CrO₅S₂ – Deane K. Smith (1930–2001), professor of geosciences, Penn State University
Deerite: Fe₆Fe₃(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: SrCaV
₂O
₆(OH)
₂ · 3 H₂O – 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) (Sr,Pb)(Y,U)(Ti,Fe
)
₂₀O
₃₈ – 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: K
₆CuFe
₂₄S
₂₆Cl or K
₆Na(Fe,Cu)
₂₄S
₂₆Cl – 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 · 3 H₂O – Canadian professors J. D. H. Donnay and G. Donnay
Dumortierite: Al_6.5–7BO₃(SiO₄)₃(O,OH)₃ – French paleontologist Eugene Dumortier (1803–1873)
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) · 9 H₂O – 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 · 3 H₂O – American mineralogist and geochemist Michael Fleischer (1908–1998)
Fingerite: Cu₁₁(VO₄)₆O₂ – American mineralogist and crystallographer Larry W. Finger (born 1940)
Foordite: Sn
Nb
₂O
₆ – 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: Cu₂TeO₄(OH)₂ – Frank C. Hawthorne (born 1946), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Thompson ISI top ten most highly cited geoscientists (1996–2007)
Freieslebenite: AgPbSbS₃ – Mining Commissioner of Saxony Johann Karl Freiesleben (1774–1846)
Friedrichite: Cu₅Pb₅Bi₇S₁₈ – Austrian geologist Othmar Michael Friedrich (1902–1991)
Fuchsite (variety of muscovite): K(Al,Cr)₃Si₃O₁₀(OH)₂ – 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: Mn₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄ – crystal chemist Bryan M. K. C. Gatehouse (born 1932), Monash University, Melbourne
Genkinite: (Pt,Pd)₄Sb₃ – Soviet mineralogist A. D. Genkin
Georgerobinsonite: Pb₄(CrO₄)₂(OH)₂FCl – George Willard Robinson
Gerhardtite: Cu₂(NO₃)(OH)₃ – 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: ☐Si
₈O
₂₂(OH)
₂ – 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: Fe₃Al₄(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O – mineralogist Donald Herbert Gorman, University of Toronto
Grandidierite: (Mg,Fe)Al₃(BO₃)(SiO₄)O₂ - French explorer Alfred Grandidier (1836–1912).
Gregoryite: (Na₂,K₂,Ca)CO₃ – British geologist and author John Walter Gregory (1864–1932)
Greigite: FeFe₂S₄ – mineralogist and physical chemist Joseph W. Greig (1895–1977)
Grossite: CaAl₄O₇ – 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: Pb(Sb,As)₂S₄ – 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) · 6 H₂O – American mineralogist Mickey Gunter (born 1953)
Gunningite: (Zn,Mn)SO₄·H₂O – Canadian geologist and academic Henry C. Gunning (1901–1991)

H

Haggertyite: Ba(Fe₆Ti₅Mg)O₁₉ – American geophysicist Stephen E. Haggerty (born 1938)
Haidingerite: Ca(AsO₃OH) · H₂O – 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: Na₂₂K(SO₄)₉(CO₃)₂Cl – Henry Garber Hanks (1826–1907), first state mineralogist of California
Hapkeite: Fe₂Si – American planetary scientist Bruce Hapke
Hausmannite: MnMn₂O₄ – Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann (1782–1859), professor of mineralogy, University of Göttingen, Göttingen
Hawleyite: CdS – Canadian mineralogist James Edwin Hawley (1897–1965)
Hazenite: KNaMg
₂(PO
₄)
₂ · 14 H₂O – Robert M. Hazen of the Carnegie Institute
Håleniusite-(La): (La,Ce)OF – Ulf Hålenius, 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 · 10–12 H₂O – 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)_2–3Al₃(Al,Si)₂Si₁₃O₃₆ · 12 H₂O – 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: (Li₂)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₈O₂₂)(OH)₂ – 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)

J

Jarosewichite: Mn
₃Mn
(AsO
₄)(OH)
₆ – 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(Fe,Mn)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: (Fe,Mg)S – American mineralogist Klaus Keil (1934–2022)
Khomyakovite: Na₁₂Ca₆Sr₃Fe₃WZr₃(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H2O)₃(Cl,OH)₂ – Russian mineralogist Alexander Khomyakov (1933–2012)
Kieserite: MgSO₄ · H₂O – Dietrich Georg von Kieser (1779–1862), former president, Jena Academy
- And cobaltkieserite
Kleberite: FeTi₆O₁₃ · 4 H₂O – 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 Sándor Koch (1896–1983)
Kogarkoite: Na₃(SO₄)F – Russian scientist Lia Nikolaevna Kogarko
Kolbeckite: ScPO₄ · 2 H₂O – 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 (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
Kruťaite: CuSe₂ Czech mineralogist Tomas Krut'a (1906–1998)
Kukharenkoite-(Ce): Ba₃CeF(CO₃)₃ – Russian mineralogist Alexander A. Kukharenko (1914–1993)
Kurnakovite: MgB₃O₃(OH)₅ · 5 H₂O – 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 (Commons:Robert Lavinsky)
Lavoisierite: Mn₈O₄₄(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: CoCo₂S₄ – Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778)
Lipscombite: (Fe,Mn)(Fe)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: CaZn
₂(AsO
₄)
₂·2H
₂O – 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 · 10 H₂O – 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
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)
Mckelveyite-(Y): Ba₃NaCa_0.75U_0.25Y(CO₃)₆ · 3 H₂O – 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: CaMnSiO₄(OH) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Murdochite: PbCu₆O_8−x(Cl,Br)_2x – American mineralogist Joseph Murdoch (1890–1973)

N

Nataliakulikite: Ca₄Ti₂(Fe,Fe)(Si,Fe,Al)O₁₁ – Russian mineralogist Natalia Artyemovna Kulik (born 1933)
Nasonite: Pb₆Ca₄(Si₂O₇)₃Cl₂ – American mining engineer and author Frank Lewis Nason (1856–1928)
Norrishite: KLiMn₂(Si₄O₁₀)O₂ – Australian geologist Keith Norrish (1924–2017), pioneer of wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence analysis
Nikischerite: Fe₆Al₃(OH)₁₈₂·6H₂O – American mineralogist Anthony J. Nikischer (born 1949)
Niningerite: MgS – American meteoriticist Harvey Harlow Nininger (1887–1986)

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)
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: SrCa₄Cr₈(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(S O₄)₆(Si O₄)₂(O H)₂ – Raymond W. Grant, professor of geology at Mesa Community College, Mesa, Arizona.
Renierite: (Cu,Zn)₁₁(Ge,As)₂Fe₄S₁₆ – 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(Co, Mg)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_0.3Fe_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: 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: (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(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,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)₂₂·6H₂O – Belgian UMHK director Edgar Sengier (1879–1963)
Serpierite: Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O – Giovanni Battista Serpieri (1832–1897)
Shulamitite: Ca₃TiFeAlO₈ – 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: AgAsS₂ – 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 – Czechoslovakian 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: MnFe₂(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: NaBe₄SbO₇ – 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. 371 – c. 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: CaAl
₂Si
₆O
₁₆·8H
₂O – Rudy W. Tschernich (born 1945), expert on zeolites
Tschermakite: Ca
₂(Mg
₃AlFe
)Si
₆Al
₂O
₂₂(OH)
₂ – Austrian mineralogist Gustav Tschermak von Seysenegg (1836–1927)

U

Ulexite: NaCaB₅O₉·8H₂O – German chemist George 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(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 (Russian: Георгий (Юрий) Викторович Вульф; 1863–1925)
Wyartite: CaU
(UO
₂)
₂(CO
₃)O
₄(OH)·7H₂O – Jean Wyart (1902–1992), mineralogist at the Sorbonne

Y

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

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(Fe,Mg,Mn)₁₃(OH)₁₄ – British geologist Jack Zussman (born 1924)
Zykaite: Fe₄(AsO₄)₃(SO₄)(OH)·15H₂O – Czech geochemist Vacklav Zyka

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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
"Cassidyite Mineral Data". Mineralogy Database. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
"Fuchsite". mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
"Gregoryite". mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
^ http://webmineral.com/data/Zektzerite.shtml Webmineral
Skinner, Brian J.; Erd, Richard C.; Grimaldi, Frank S. (1964). "Greigite, the thio-spinel of iron; a new mineral" (PDF). American Mineralogist. 49: 543–55.
"Guettardite". mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
"Gunningite". mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
franklin-sterlinghill.com - franklin sterlinghill Resources and Information.
Johnbaumite Mineral Data
"Johnbaumite". mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
Grice, Joel D.; George Y. Chao (1997). "Lukechangite-(Ce), a new rare-earth-fluorocarbonate mineral from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec". American Mineralogist. 11–12. 82 (1255–1260): 1255. Bibcode:1997AmMin..82.1255G. doi:10.2138/am-1997-11-1220. S2CID 99064114.
Van der Straeten, Edgar (1973). "Biographie Belge d'Outre-Mer: Edgar Sengier". Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer. VII–A: 429–437.
"Wolfeite: Mineral information, data and localities". Mindat.
"Wroewolfeite: Mineral information, data and localities". Mindat.
http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/zinkenite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
"Zinkenite". mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
"Zippeite Mineral Data". www.webmineral.com.

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