List of minerals named after people

A

• Abelsonite: – American physicist Philip Hauge Abelson
• Abswurmbachite: – German mineralogist Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach
• Adamite: – French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam
• Agrellite: – English optical mineralogist Stuart Olof Agrell
• Agricolaite: – German scholar Georgius Agricola
• Aheylite: – American geologist Allen V. Heyl
• Albrechtschraufite: – Albrecht Schrauf, professor of mineralogy, University of Vienna
• Alexandrite: Variety of chrysoberyl : – Russian monarch, Tsar Alexander II of Russia
• Alforsite: – American geologist John T. Alfors
• Allabogdanite: – Alla Bogdanova, Geological Institute, Kola Science Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences
• Allanite series: sorosilicate – Scottish mineralogist, Thomas Allan
• Alloriite: Na₅K_1.50.5·H₂O – Italian mineralogist Roberto Allori
• Almeidaite: crichtonite group ; Brazilian geologist Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida
• Anandite: – Ceylonese metaphysician, historian and philosopher Ananda Coomaraswamy, first director of the Mineral Survey of Ceylon
• Andersonite: Na₂Ca₃·6H₂O – Charles Alfred Anderson, United States Geological Survey
• Andradite: Ca₃Fe₂Si₃O₁₂ – Brazilian statesman, naturalist, professor and poet José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva
• Andychristyite: – Welsh-Australian mineralogist Andrew G. Christy
• Ankerite: CaFe²⁺₂ – Austrian mineralogist Matthias Joseph Anker
• Anthonyite: Cu₂·3H₂O – John Williams Anthony, professor of mineralogy, University of Arizona
• Argandite: Mn₇₂₈ – Swiss geologist Émile Argand
• Artinite: – Italian mineralogist, Ettore Artini
• Arfvedsonite: Na₃₄FeSi₈O₂₂₂ – Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson
• Armalcolite: Ti₂O₅ – American astronauts ARM Neil Armstrong, AL Buzz Aldrin and COL Michael Collins
• Armbrusterite: K₅Na₃Mn³⁺Mn²⁺₁₄₄₁₀·4H₂O – Swiss crystallographer Thomas Armbruster, University of Bern
• Armstrongite: CaZr·3H₂O – American astronaut Neil Armstrong
• Arthurite: CuFe₂³⁺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

  B

• Backite
• Bandylite
• Baumhauerite: Pb₃As₄S₉ – German mineralogist Heinrich Adolph Baumhauer
• Bazzite: Be₃₂Si₆O₁₈ – Italian engineer Alessandro E. Bazzi
• Benstonite: Ba₆Ca₆Mg₁₃ – Orlando J. Benston, an ore-dressing metallurgist with the University of Illinois
• Bentorite: Ca₆₂₃₁₂·26H₂ – Israeli geologist Yaakov Ben-Tor
• Berthierite: – French geologist and mining engineer Pierre Berthier
• Bertrandite: Be₄Si₂O₇₂ – French mineralogist Emile Bertrand
• Berzelianite: Cu₂Se – Swedish chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius
• Berzeliite: NaCa₂Mg₂₃ and manganberzeliite – Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius
• Bettertonite: ・11H₂O – John Betterton, museum geologist and mineralogist at Haslemere Educational Museum in Surrey, England
• Beudantite: PbFe³⁺₃₆ – François Sulpice Beudant French mineralogist, University of Paris, Paris
• Bezsmertnovite: Au₄Cu – Russian mineralogists Vladimir and Marianna Bezsmertnaya.
• Bideauxite
• Bilibinskite: Au₂Cu₂PbTe²⁺ – Soviet geologist Yuri A. Bilibin
• Biringuccite: Na₂B₅O₈ – Vannoccio Biringuccio, Italian alchemist, metallurgist
• Bixbite: Be₃₂Si₆O₁₈ – American mineralogist Maynard Bixby; deprecated to red beryl to avoid confusion with bixbyite
• Bixbyite: ₂O₃ – American mineralogist Maynard Bixby
• Blödite: Na₂Mg₂ – German chemist Carl August Blöde
• Blossite: αCu₂V₂O₇ – mineralogist Donald F. Bloss, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
• Bobdownsite
• Bobfergusonite: Na₂Mn²⁺₅Fe³⁺Al₆ – Robert Bury Ferguson, University of Manitoba
• Boehmite: γ-AlO – Bohemian-German chemist Johann Böhm
• Bornite: Cu₅FeS₄ – Austrian mineralogist Ignaz von Born
• Bonazziite: As₄S₄ – Paola Bonazzi, Italian professor of mineralogy and crystallography at the University of Florence
• Bournonite: PbCuSbS₃ – French crystallographer and mineralogist Jacques Louis de Bournon
• Braggite: PtS – the first mineral characterized by X-ray analysis. William Henry Bragg and his son, William Lawrence Bragg
• Brandtite: Ca₂Mn²⁺₂ – Swedish chemist Georg Brandt
• *And parabrandtite
• Breithauptite: NiSb – Saxon mineralogist Johann Friedrich August Breithaupt
• Brewsterite series
• Briartite: Cu₂GeS₄ – Belgian geologist Gaston Briart
• Brookite: TiO₂ – English mineralogist Henry James Brooke
• Brownleeite – American astrobiologist Donald E. Brownlee, professor of astronomy at University of Washington at Seattle, leading head of the Stardust mission
• Brucite: Mg₂ – American mineralogist Archibald Bruce
• Buddingtonite: NH₄AlSi₃O₈ – American Petrologist Arthur Francis Buddington
• Burnsite: KCdCu²⁺₇₂O₂Cl₉ – Peter Carman Burns, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
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• Burtite: CaSn₆ – American mining geologist Donald McLain Burt
• Buseckite: S – American geologist Peter R. Buseck, Arizona State University

  C

• Cabriite: Pd₂SnCu – Canadian mineralogist Louis J. Cabri
• Cámaraite: sorosilicate – Fernando Cámara, mineralogist of Melilla, Spain
• Cancrinite: Na₆Ca₂₂ – [Georg von Cancrin
• Canfieldite: Ag₈SnS₆ – American mining engineer Frederick Alexander Canfield
• Cannonite: Bi₂₂SO₄ – American mineralogist and electron microprobe analyst Benjamin Bartlett 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, University of Breslau
• Carlosruizite: K₆₄Na₆Mg₁₀₁₂₁₂ – Chilean geologist Carlos Ruiz Fuller, founder of the Chilean Geological Survey
• Carnallite: KMgCl₃ – Prussian mining engineer, Rudolf von Carnall
• Carnotite: K₂₂₂ – French mining engineer and chemist Marie Adolphe Carnot
• Cassidyite: Ca₂Ni_0.75Mg_0.252 – American geologist William A. Cassidy
• Castaingite
• Caswellsilverite: NaCrS₂ – American geologist, entrepreneur, and oilman Caswell Silver
• Cattiite: Mg₃₂ · 22H₂O – Michele Catti, Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
• Celsian: BaAl₂Si₂O₈ – Swedish astronomer and naturalist Anders Celsius
• *And paracelsian
• Cernyite: Cu₂CdSnS₄ – Canadian mineralogist Petr Cerny
• Cesbronite: Cu₆₂₆ – French mineralogist Fabian Cesbron
• Chrisstanleyite: Ag₂Pd₃Se₄ – British mineralogist Christopher John Stanley
• Clarkeite: – American mineral chemist and former chief chemist of the United States Geological Survey Frank Wigglesworth Clarke
• Cleveite : UO₂ · UO₃ · PO · ThO₂ – Swedish chemist Per Teodor Cleve
• Clintonite: Ca₃O₁₀₂ – American statesman De Witt Clinton
• Coesite : – American chemist Loring Coes, Jr.
• Coffinite: U_1−x4x – American geologist Reuben Clare Coffin
• Cohenite: – German mineralogist and petrographer Emil Cohen
• Colemanite: Ca₂B₆O₁₁ – mine owner William T. Coleman
• Collinsite: Ca₂Mg₂ – William Henry Collins, director of the Geological Survey of Canada
• Columbite: – Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus
• * And manganocolumbite, ferrocolumbite, and Yttrocolumbite
• Cooperite: S – South African metallurgist Richard A. Cooper
• Cordierite: ₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈ to ₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈ – French geologist Louis Cordier
• Covellite: CuS – Italian mineralogist Niccolo Covelli
• Criddleite
• Cronstedtite: ₃₂O₅₄ – Swedish mineralogist Axel Fredrik Cronstedt
• Crookesite: – English chemist and physicist Sir William Crookes
• Cuprosklodowskite: Cu₂₂·6 – Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist Marie Curie

  D

• Daliranite: PbHgAs₂S₆ – Farahnaz Daliran, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
• Dalyite: K₂ZrSi₆O₁₅ – Reginald Aldworth Daly, Harvard University
• Danalite: Be₃Fe²⁺₄₃S – American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist James Dwight Dana
• Danielsite: – Geologist John L. Daniels, active in the geological survey of western Australia
• Davinciite: Na₁₂K₃Ca₆Fe²⁺₃Zr₃ – Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci
• Davyne
• Dawsonite: NaAlCO₃₂ – Canadian geologist Sir John William Dawson
• Deanesmithite: Hg⁺₂Hg²⁺₃Cr⁶⁺O₅S₂ – Deane K. Smith, professor of geosciences, Penn State University
• Deerite: Fe²⁺₆Fe³⁺₃O₃₅ – William Alexander Deer, mineralogist-petrologist, Cambridge University, Cambridge
• Delafossite: CuFeO₂ – French mineralogist Gabriel Delafosse
• Dellaite: Ca₆₂ – geochemist, Della M. Roy
• Delrioite: – Spanish–Mexican scientist and naturalist Andrés Manuel del Río
• *And calciodelrioite
• Demesmaekerite: Pb₂Cu₅₂₆₆·2H₂O – Belgian geologist Gaston Demesmaeker
• Descloizite: PbZnVO₄ – Alfred Lewis Oliver Legrand Des Cloizeaux, professor of mineralogy, University of Paris, Paris
• *And arsendescloizite
• Dessauite- – Italian mineralogist Gabor Dessau
• Devilline: CaCu₄₂₆·3H₂O – French chemist Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire Deville
• Dickite: Al₂Si₂O₅₄ – Scottish metallurgical chemist Allan Brugh Dick
• Djerfisherite: or – American mineralogist Daniel Jerome Fisher, professor at the University of Chicago
• Dollaseite-: CaCeMg₂AlSi₃O₁₁F – American geologist Wayne A. Dollase, geology professor at UCLA
• Dolomite: CaMg₂ – French naturalist and geologist Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu
• Domeykite: Cu₃As – Polish geologist, mineralogist and educator Ignacy Domeyko
• Donnayite: NaCaSr₃Y₆ – Canadian professors J. D. H. Donnay and G. Donnay
• Dumortierite: Al_6.5–7BO₃₃₃ – French paleontologist Eugene Dumortier
• Davemaoite: Cubic CaSiO₃– Mineral physicist Ho-kwang Mao