List of minerals named after people

This is a list of minerals named after famous or notable people. The chemical composition follows name.

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.

Sorted by name:

A

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
  • Berthierite: (Fe,Sb)2S4 – French geologist and mining engineer Pierre Berthier (1782–1861)
  • Bertrandite: Be4Si2O7(OH)2 – French mineralogist Emile Bertrand (1844–1909)[1]
  • 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
  • Bideauxite (3.DB.25)
  • Bilibinskite: Au2Cu2PbTe2+ – Soviet geologist Yuri A. Bilibin (1901–1952)
  • Biringuccite: Na2B5O8(OH) • 2H2O – 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 • 4H2O – 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)
  • Bournonite: PbCuSbS3 – French crystallographer and mineralogist Jacques Louis de Bournon (1751–1825)[2]
  • 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 • 2H2O – 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: KCdCu2+7(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 Buseck, Arizona State University

C
  • Cabriite: Pd2SnCu – Canadian mineralogist Louis J. Cabri (born 1934)
  • Cámaraite: sorosilicate – Fernando Cámara (born 1967), mineralogist of Melilla, Spain
  • 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.
  • Carlhintzeite: Ca2AlF7 • H2O – German mineralogist Carl Hintze (1851–1916), University of Breslau
  • Carlosruizite: K6(Na,K)4Na6Mg10(SeO4)12(IO3)12 • 12H2O – Chilean geologist Carlos Ruiz Fuller (1916–1997), founder of the Chilean Geological Survey
  • Carnallite: KMgCl3 • 6H2O – Prussian mining engineer, Rudolf von Carnall (1804–1874)
  • Carnotite: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 – French mining engineer and chemist Marie Adolphe Carnot (1839–1920)
  • Cassidyite: Ca2Ni0.75Mg0.25(PO4)2 • 2H2O – American geologist William A. Cassidy[3]
  • 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 • 2H2O – French mineralogist Fabian Cesbron
  • Chrisstanleyite: Ag2Pd3Se4 – British mineralogist Christopher John Stanley
  • Clarkeite: Na[(UO
    2    )O(OH)](H
    2    O)
    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)
    3    C     – German mineralogist and petrographer Emil Cohen (1842–1905)
  • Colemanite: Ca2B6O11 • 5H2O – mine owner William T. Coleman (1824–1893)
  • Collinsite: Ca2Mg(PO4)2 • 2H2O – William Henry Collins (1878–1937), director of the Geological Survey of Canada
  • Cooperite: (Pt,Pd,Ni)S – South African metallurgist Richard A. Cooper (1890–1972)
  • Cordierite: (Mg,Fe)2Al4Si5O18 to (Fe,Mg)2Al4Si5O18 – French geologist Pierre Louis A. 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: Cu7(Tl,Ag)Se4 – English chemist and physicist Sir William Crookes (1832–1919)

D
  • Dalyite: K2ZrSi6O15 – Reginald Aldworth Daly (1871–1957), Harvard University
  • Danalite: Be3Fe2+4(SiO4)3S – American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist James Dwight Dana (1813–1895)
  • Davyne (9.FB.05)
  • Dawsonite: NaAlCO3(OH)2 – Canadian geologist Sir John William Dawson (1820–1899)
  • Dellaite: Ca6(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2 – geochemist, Della M. Roy (born 1926), spouse of Rustum Roy
  • Delrioite: SrCaV5+
    2    O
    6    (OH)
    2     • 3H2O – Spanish–Mexican scientist and naturalist Andrés Manuel del Río (1764–1849)
    • And calciodelrioite
  • Descloizite: PbZnVO4(OH) – Alfred Lewis Oliver Legrand Des Cloizeaux (1817–1897), professor of mineralogy, University of Paris, Paris
    • And arsendescloizite
  • 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)
  • Dickite: Al2Si2O5(OH)4 – Scottish metallurgical chemist Allan Brugh Dick (1833–1926)
  • 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 • 3H2O – 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
  • 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)

F

G
  • Gadolinite: (Ce,La,Nd,Y)2FeBe2Si2O10 – Finnish mineralogist and chemist Johan Gadolin (1760–1852)
  • Gagarinite series: Na(REExCa(1-x))(REEyCa(1-y))F6 – Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (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
  • Genkinite: (Pt,Pd)4Sb3 – Soviet mineralogist A. D. Genkin
  • Georgerobinsonite: Pb4(CrO4)2(OH)2FCl – George Willard Robinson
  • Gerhardtite: Cu
    2    (NO
    3    )(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: ☐[Mn2+
    Na][Mg
    4    Fe3+
    ]Si
    8    O
    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: Fe2+3Al4(PO4)4(OH)6 • 2H2O – mineralogist Donald Herbert Gorman, University of Toronto
  • Grossite: CaAl4O7 – Israeli mineralogist and geologist Shulamit Gross (1923-2012)
  • Grothite (titanite var., 9.AG.15)
  • Grunerite: Fe7Si8O22(OH)2 – Swiss-French chemist Louis Gruner
  • Gunterite: Na4(H2O)16(H2V10O28) • 6H2O – American mineralogist Mickey Gunter
  • 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) • H2O – Austrian mineralogist Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger (1795–1871)
  • 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: KNaMg
    2    (PO
    4    )
    2     • 14H2O – Robert M. Hazen of the Carnegie Institute
  • Hauyne: Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4) – French mineralogist René Just Haüy (1743–1822)
  • Heinrichite: Ba(UO2)2(AsO4)2 • 10-12H2O – 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 • 12H2O – 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
  • 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 mineralologist 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: Mn2+
    3    Mn3+
    (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(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)
  • 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 • 4H2O – 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 • 2H2O – 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 (Au0.8,Ag0.2)Te2 – Hungarian mineralogist Joseph Krenner (1839–1920)
  • Krotite: CaAl2O4 – Russian-American cosmochemist Alexander N. Krot
  • Krut'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 • 5H2O – 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)
  • Laueite (8.DC.30)
  • Lavinskyite: K(Li,Cu,Mg,Na)2Cu6(Si4O11)2(OH)4 – photograph of minerals Robert Lavinsky (Commons: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 – Scottish geologist Bernard E. Leake (born 1936), University of Glasgow
    • Minerals: ferri-fluoro-leakeite, ferri-leakeite, fluoro-leakeite, potassic-ferri-leakeite, potassic-leakeite, potassic-mangani-leakeite
  • Lemanskiite: NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O – after Chester S. Lemanski, Jr. (b. 1947), American mineral collector
  • Liebauite: Ca3Cu5Si9O26 – German Friedrich Liebau (1926–2011), professor of mineralogy, University of Kiel.
  • Lipscombite: (Fe2+,Mn2+)(Fe3+)2(PO4)2(OH) – American chemist William Lipscomb (1919–2011)
  • 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
    2    O     – 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)[5]

M
  • Macdonaldite: BaCa4Si16O36(OH)2 • 10H2O – 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)
  • Mckelveyite-(Y): Ba3NaCa0.75U0.25Y(CO3)6 • 3H2O – 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)
  • Moëloite (2.HC.25)
  • Mohsite (crichtonite var., 4.CC.40)
  • Moissanite: SiC (naturally occurring) – discoverer Henri Moissan (1852–1907)
  • Morganite (variety of Beryl): – American financier J. P. Morgan (1837–1913)
  • Mozartite: CaMn3+SiO4(OH) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
  • Murdochite: PbCu6O8−x(Cl,Br)2x – American mineralogist Joseph Murdoch (1890–1973)

N
  • Nasonite: Pb6Ca4(Si2O7)3Cl2 – American mining engineer and author Frank Lewis Nason (1856–1928)
  • Nikischerite: Fe2+6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6][SO4]2·6H2O – American mineralogist Anthony J. Nikischer (born 1949)

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

P

R

S

T

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
  • 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)
  • Vincentite: (Pd,Pt)3(As,Sb,Te) – Ewart Albert "David" Vincent (1919 - 2012), mineralogist at Durham College and Oxford University (UK) and chair of Geology at Manchester University (UK).
  • Vivianite: Fe3(PO4)2·8H2O – English mineralogist John Henry Vivian (1785–1855)
  • Vladermaritre: President of the Republic of Russia

W

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
  • Zajacite-(Ce): Na(REExCa1−x)(REEyCa1−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)
  • Zektzerite: LiNa(Zr,Ti,Hf)Si6O15 – American mathematician and mineral collector Jack Zektzer (born 1936)[7]
  • Zeunerite: Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2•(10-16)H2O – German physicist, engineer and epistemologist Gustav Anton Zeuner (1828–1907)
  • 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
  • Zinkenite: Pb9Sb22S42 – German mineralogist and mining geologist, Johann Karl Ludwig Zinken (1790–1862)[8][9]
  • Zippeite: (UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10·4H2O – Austrian mineralogist Franz Xaver Maximilian Zippe[10]
  • 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

Notes
  1. http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/bertrandite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
  2. W.R. Hamilton, 1974, The Hamlyn Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Fossils, London, Hamlyn
  3. "Cassidyite Mineral Data". Mineralogy Database. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  4. Fuchsite mineral information and data
  5. 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).
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