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: Na5K1.5(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)http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/bertrandite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy 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)W.R. Hamilton, 1974, The Hamlyn Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Fossils, London, Hamlyn 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 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: 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: Ca2Ni0.75Mg0.25(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: Al6.5–7BO3(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)