# 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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* See also
* External links

## A

* Abelsonite: C$_{31}$H$_{32}$N$_4$Ni – American physicist Philip Hauge Abelson (1913–2004)
* Abswurmbachite: Cu$^{2+}$Mn$^{3+}$$_6$O$_8$SiO$_4$ – German mineralogist Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach (1938–2020)
* Adamite: Zn$_2$AsO$_4$OH – French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795–1881)
* Agrellite: NaCa$_2$Si$_4$O$_{10}$F – English optical mineralogist Stuart Olof Agrell (1913–1996)
* Agricolaite: K$_4$(UO$_2$)(CO$_3$)$_3$ – German scholar Georgius Agricola (1494–1555)
* Aheylite: Fe$^{2+}$Al$_6$(PO$_4$)$_4$(OH)$_8$·$_4$H$_2$O – American geologist Allen V. Heyl (1918–2008)
* Albrechtschraufite: Ca$_4$Mg(UO$_2$)$_2$(CO$_3$)$_6$F$_2$·$_{17}$H$_2$O – Albrecht Schrauf (1837–1897), professor of mineralogy, University of Vienna
* Alexandrite: Variety of chrysoberyl (BeAl$_2$O$_4$): – Russian monarch, Tsar Alexander II of Russia (1818–1881)
* Alforsite: Ba$_5$Cl(PO$_4$)$_3$ – American geologist John T. Alfors (1930–2005)
* Allabogdanite: (Fe,Ni)$_2$P – Alla Bogdanova (1947 - 2004), Geological Institute, Kola Science Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences
* Allanite series: sorosilicate – Scottish mineralogist, Thomas Allan (1777–1833)
* Alloriite: Na$_5$K$_{1.5}$(Al$_6$Si$_6$O$_{24}$)(SO$_4$)(OH)$_{0.5}$·H$_2$O – Italian mineralogist Roberto Allori (born 1933)
* Almeidaite: crichtonite group (metal titanates); Brazilian geologist Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida (1916–2013)
* Anandite: (Ba,K)(Fe$^{2+}$,Mg)$_3$(Si,Al,Fe)$_4$O$_{10}$(S,OH)$_2$ – Ceylonese metaphysician, historian and philosopher Ananda Coomaraswamy (1877−1947), first director of the Mineral Survey of Ceylon
* Andersonite: Na$_2$Ca(UO$_2$)(CO$_3$)$_3$·6H$_2$O – Charles Alfred Anderson (1902–1990), United States Geological Survey
* Andradite: Ca$_3$Fe$_2$Si$_3$O$_{12}$ – Brazilian statesman, naturalist, professor and poet José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva (1763–1838)
* Andychristyite: PbCuTeO$_5$(H$_2$O) – Welsh-Australian mineralogist Andrew G. Christy (1963–)
* Ankerite: CaFe$^{2+}$(CO$_3$)$_2$ – Austrian mineralogist Matthias Joseph Anker (1771–1843)
* Anthonyite: Cu(OH)$_2$·3H$_2$O – John Williams Anthony (1920–1992), professor of mineralogy, University of Arizona
* Argandite: Mn$_7$(VO$_4$)$_2$(OH)$_8$ – Swiss geologist Émile Argand (1879–1940)
* Artinite: Mg$_2$(CO$_3$)(OH)$_2$·$_3$H$_2$O - Italian mineralogist, Ettore Artini (1866–1928)
* Arfvedsonite: Na$_3$(Fe,Mg)$_4$FeSi$_8$O$_{22}$(OH)$_2$ – Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson (1792–1841)
* Armalcolite: (Mg,Fe$^{2+}$)Ti$_2$O$_5$ – American astronauts ARM Neil Armstrong, AL Buzz Aldrin and COL Michael Collins
* Armbrusterite: K$_5$Na$_3$Mn$^{3+}$Mn$^{2+}$$_{14}$[Si$_9$O$_{22}$]$_4$(OH)$_{10}$·4H$_2$O – Swiss crystallographer Thomas Armbruster (born 1950), University of Bern
* Armstrongite: CaZr[Si$_6$O$_{15}$]·3H$_2$O – American astronaut Neil Armstrong (1930–2012)
* Arthurite: CuFe$_2$$^{3+}$[(OH,O)|(AsO$_4$,PO$_4$,SO$_4$)]$_2$·4H$_2$O – British mineralogists Arthur Edward Ian Montagu Russell and Arthur W. G. Kingsbury
* Atencioite: Ca $_2$Fe$^{2+}$ $_3$Mg $_2$Be $_4$(PO $_4$) $_6$(OH) $_4$·6H $_2$O – Daniel Atencio, professor of mineralogy, Geoscience Institute, University of São Paulo
* Avicennite: Tl$_2$O$_3$ – Persian scholar and physician Avicenna (980–1037)

## B

* Backite (IMA2013-113)
* Bandylite (6.AC.35)
* Baumhauerite: Pb$_3$As$_4$S$_9$ – German mineralogist Heinrich Adolph Baumhauer (1848–1926)
* Bazzite: Be$_3$(Sc,Fe)$_2$Si$_6$O$_{18}$ – Italian engineer Alessandro E. Bazzi
* Benstonite: Ba$_6$Ca$_6$Mg(CO$_3$)$_{13}$ – Orlando J. Benston (1901–1966), an ore-dressing metallurgist with the University of Illinois
* Bentorite: Ca$_6$(Cr,Al)$_2$(SO$_4$)$_3$(OH)$_{12}$·26H$_2$ – Israeli geologist Yaakov Ben-Tor (1910–2002)
* Berthierite: FeSb$_2$S$_4$ – French geologist and mining engineer Pierre Berthier (1782–1861)
* Bertrandite: Be$_4$Si$_2$O$_7$(OH)$_2$ – French mineralogist Emile Bertrand (1844–1909)
* Berzelianite: Cu$_2$Se – Swedish chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779–1848)
* Berzeliite: NaCa$_2$Mg$_2$(AsO$_4$)$_3$ and manganberzeliite – Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779–1848)
* Bettertonite: [Al$_6$(AsO$_4$)$_3$(OH)$_9$(H$_2$O)$_5$]・11H$_2$O – John Betterton (b. 1959, London), museum geologist and mineralogist at Haslemere Educational Museum in Surrey, England
* Beudantite: PbFe$^{3+}$$_3$(AsO$_4$)(SO$_4$)(OH)$_6$ – François Sulpice Beudant (1787–1850) French mineralogist, University of Paris, Paris
* Bezsmertnovite: Au$_4$Cu(Te,Pb) – Russian mineralogists Vladimir (1912–2002) and Marianna Bezsmertnaya (1915–1991).
* Bideauxite (3.DB.25)
* Bilibinskite: Au$_2$Cu$_2$PbTe$^{2+}$ – Soviet geologist Yuri A. Bilibin (1901–1952)
* Biringuccite: Na$_2$B$_5$O$_8$(OH) · 2 H$_2$O – Vannoccio Biringuccio (1480–1538/9), Italian alchemist, metallurgist
* Bixbite: Be$_3$(AlMn)$_2$Si$_6$O$_{18}$ – American mineralogist Maynard Bixby; deprecated to red beryl to avoid confusion with bixbyite
* Bixbyite: (Fe,Mn)$_2$O$_3$ – American mineralogist Maynard Bixby
* Blödite: Na$_2$Mg(SO$_4$)$_2$ · 4 H$_2$O – German chemist Carl August Blöde (1773–1820)
* Blossite: αCu$_2$V$_2$O$_7$ – mineralogist Donald F. Bloss, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
* Bobdownsite (discredited)
* Bobfergusonite: Na$_2$Mn$^{2+}$$_5$Fe$^{3+}$Al(PO$_4$)$_6$ – Robert Bury Ferguson, University of Manitoba
* Boehmite: γ-AlO(OH) – Bohemian-German chemist Johann Böhm (1895–1952)
* Bornite: Cu$_5$FeS$_4$ – Austrian mineralogist Ignaz von Born (1742–1791)
* Bonazziite: As$_4$S$_4$ – Paola Bonazzi, Italian professor of mineralogy and crystallography at the University of Florence (1960-2024)
* Bournonite: PbCuSbS$_3$ – 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: Ca$_2$Mn$^{2+}$(AsO$_4$)$_2$ · 2 H$_2$O – Swedish chemist Georg Brandt (1694–1768)
** And parabrandtite
* Breithauptite: NiSb – Saxon mineralogist Johann Friedrich August Breithaupt (1791–1873)
* Brewsterite series (9.GE.20)
* Briartite: Cu$_2$(Zn,Fe)GeS$_4$ – Belgian geologist Gaston Briart
* Brookite: TiO$_2$ – English mineralogist Henry James Brooke (1771–1857)
* Brownleeite MnSi - 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: NH$_4$AlSi$_3$O$_8$ – American Petrologist Arthur Francis Buddington (1890–1980)
* Burnsite: KCdCu$^{2+}$$_7$(SeO$_3$)$_2$O$_2$Cl$_9$ – 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: Pd$_2$SnCu – Canadian mineralogist Louis J. Cabri (born 1934)
* Cámaraite: sorosilicate – Fernando Cámara (born 1967), mineralogist of Melilla, Spain
* Cancrinite: Na$_6$Ca$_2$[(CO$_3$)$_2$ – Georg von Cancrin (1774–1845)
* Canfieldite: Ag$_8$SnS$_6$ – American mining engineer Frederick Alexander Canfield (1849–1926)
* Cannonite: Bi$_2$(OH)$_2$SO$_4$ – American mineralogist and electron microprobe analyst Benjamin Bartlett (Bart) Cannon
* Carlfriesite: CaTe$^{4+}$$_2$Te$^{6+}$O$_8$ – American researcher at the Institute of Geology of the National university of Mexico Carl Fries, Jr (1910–1965).
* Carlhintzeite: Ca$_2$AlF$_7$ · H$_2$O – German mineralogist Carl Hintze (1851–1916), University of Breslau
* Carlosruizite: K$_6$(Na,K)$_4$Na$_6$Mg$_{10}$(SeO$_4$)$_{12}$(IO$_3$)$_{12}$ · 12 H$_2$O – Chilean geologist Carlos Ruiz Fuller (1916–1997), founder of the Chilean Geological Survey
* Carnallite: KMgCl$_3$ · 6 H$_2$O – Prussian mining engineer, Rudolf von Carnall (1804–1874)
* Carnotite: K$_2$(UO$_2$)$_2$(VO$_4$)$_2$ – French mining engineer and chemist Marie Adolphe Carnot (1839–1920)
* Cassidyite: Ca$_2$Ni$_{0.75}$Mg$_{0.25}$(PO$_4$)$_2$ · 2 H$_2$O – American geologist William A. Cassidy
* Castaingite (discredited 1967: a mixture of cuprian molybdenite and gerhardtite)
* Caswellsilverite: NaCrS$_2$ – American geologist, entrepreneur, and oilman Caswell Silver (1916–1988)
* Cattiite: Mg$_3$(PO$_4$)$_2$ · 22H$_2$O – Michele Catti (b. 1945), Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
* Celsian: BaAl$_2$Si$_2$O$_8$ – Swedish astronomer and naturalist Anders Celsius (1701–1744)
** And paracelsian
* Cernyite: Cu$_2$CdSnS$_4$ – Canadian mineralogist Petr Cerny
* Cesbronite: Cu$_6$(TeO$_3$)$_2$(OH)$_6$ · 2 H$_2$O – French mineralogist Fabian Cesbron (1938-)
* Chrisstanleyite: Ag$_2$Pd$_3$Se$_4$ – 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.): UO$_2$ · UO$_3$ · PO · ThO$_2$ – Swedish chemist Per Teodor Cleve (1840–1905)
* Clintonite: Ca(Mg,Al)$_3$(Al$_3$Si)O$_{10}$(OH)$_2$ – American statesman De Witt Clinton (1769–1828)
* Coesite (form of SiO$_2$): – American chemist Loring Coes, Jr. (1915–1978)
* Coffinite: U(SiO$_4$)$_{1−x}$(OH)$_{4x}$ – American geologist Reuben Clare Coffin
* Cohenite: (Fe,Ni,Co) $_3$C – German mineralogist and petrographer Emil Cohen (1842–1905)
* Colemanite: Ca$_2$B$_6$O$_{11}$ · 5 H$_2$O – mine owner William T. Coleman (1824–1893)
* Collinsite: Ca$_2$Mg(PO$_4$)$_2$ · 2 H$_2$O – William Henry Collins (1878–1937), director of the Geological Survey of Canada
* Columbite: Fe$^{2+}$ Nb $_2$O $_6$ – 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)$_2$Al$_4$Si$_5$O$_{18}$ to (Fe,Mg)$_2$Al$_4$Si$_5$O$_{18}$ – French geologist Louis Cordier (1777–1861)
* Covellite: CuS – Italian mineralogist Niccolo Covelli (1790–1829)
* Criddleite (2.LA.25)
* Cronstedtite: (Fe$^{2+}$,Fe$^{3+}$)$_3$(Si,Fe$^{3+}$)$_2$O$_5$(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(UO$_2$)$_2$(HSiO$_4$)$_2$·6(H$_2$O) – Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist Marie Curie (1867–1934)

## D

* Daliranite: PbHgAs$_2$S$_6$ – Farahnaz Daliran, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
* Dalyite: K$_2$ZrSi$_6$O$_{15}$ – Reginald Aldworth Daly (1871–1957), Harvard University
* Danalite: Be$_3$Fe$^{2+}$$_4$(SiO$_4$)$_3$S – American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist James Dwight Dana (1813–1895)
* Danielsite: (Cu,Ag)$_{14}$HgS$_8$ – Geologist John L. Daniels (1931–), active in the geological survey of western Australia
* Davinciite: Na$_{12}$K$_3$Ca$_6$Fe$^{2+}$$_3$Zr$_3$ – Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519 )
* Davyne (9.FB.05)
* Dawsonite: NaAlCO$_3$(OH)$_2$ – Canadian geologist Sir John William Dawson (1820–1899)
* Deanesmithite: Hg$^+$$_2$Hg$^{2+}$$_3$Cr$^{6+}$O$_5$S$_2$ – Deane K. Smith (1930–2001), professor of geosciences, Penn State University
* Deerite: Fe$^{2+}$$_6$Fe$^{3+}$$_3$(Si$_6$O$_{17}$)O$_3$(OH)$_5$ – William Alexander Deer (1910–2009), mineralogist-petrologist, Cambridge University, Cambridge
* Delafossite: CuFeO$_2$ – French mineralogist Gabriel Delafosse (1796–1878)
* Dellaite: Ca$_6$(Si$_2$O$_7$)(SiO$_4$)(OH)$_2$ – geochemist, Della M. Roy (1926–2021)
* Delrioite: SrCaV$^{5+}$ $_2$O $_6$(OH) $_2$ · 3 H$_2$O – Spanish–Mexican scientist and naturalist Andrés Manuel del Río (1764–1849)
** And calciodelrioite
* Demesmaekerite: Pb$_2$Cu$_5$(UO$_2$)$_2$(SeO$_3$)$_6$(OH)$_6$·2H$_2$O – Belgian geologist Gaston Demesmaeker (1911–1997)
* Descloizite: PbZnVO$_4$(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$^{3+}$ ) $_{20}$O $_{38}$ – Italian mineralogist Gabor Dessau (1907–1983)
* Devilline: CaCu$_4$(SO$_4$)$_2$(OH)$_6$·3H$_2$O – French chemist Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire Deville (1818–1881)
* Dickite: Al$_2$Si$_2$O$_5$(OH)$_4$ – Scottish metallurgical chemist Allan Brugh Dick (1833–1926)
* Djerfisherite: K $_6$CuFe $_{24}$S $_{26}$Cl or K $_6$Na(Fe,Cu) $_{24}$S $_{26}$Cl – American mineralogist Daniel Jerome Fisher (1896–1988), professor at the University of Chicago
* Dollaseite-(Ce): CaCeMg$_2$AlSi$_3$O$_{11}$F(OH) – American geologist Wayne A. Dollase (born 1938), geology professor at UCLA
* Dolomite: CaMg(CO$_3$)$_2$ – French naturalist and geologist Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750–1801)
* Domeykite: Cu$_3$As – Polish geologist, mineralogist and educator Ignacy Domeyko (1802–1889)
* Donnayite: NaCaSr$_3$Y(CO$_3$)$_6$ · 3 H$_2$O – Canadian professors J. D. H. Donnay and G. Donnay
* Dumortierite: Al$_{6.5–7}$BO$_3$(SiO$_4$)$_3$(O,OH)$_3$ – French paleontologist Eugene Dumortier (1803–1873)
* Davemaoite: Cubic CaSiO$_3$– Mineral physicist Ho-kwang Mao

## E

* Erikapohlite (IMA2010-090) – German collector of minerals Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919–2016)
* Ernienickelite: NiMn$_3$O$_7$·3H$_2$O – Canadian-Australian mineralogist Ernest (Ernie) H. Nickel (1925–2009)
* Ernstburkeite: Mg(CH$_3$SO$_3$)$_2$·12H$_2$O – mineralogist Ernst A. J. Burke, former Head of the CNMNC (IMA)
* Eskolaite: Cr$_2$O$_3$ – Finnish geologist Pentti Eelis Eskola (1883–1964)
* Esperite: PbCa$_3$Zn$_4$(SiO$_4$)$_4$ – American petrologist Esper S. Larsen Jr. (1879–1961), Harvard University (Originally called calcium larsenite)
* Evansite: Al$_3$(PO$_4$)(OH)$_6$·6H$_2$O – British nickel refiner, weapons manufacturer and geologist Brooke Evans (1797–1862)

## F

* Farringtonite: Mg$_3$(PO$_4$)$_2$ – American geologist Oliver C. Farrington (1864–1933)
* Ferberite: FeWO$_4$ – German amateur mineralogist Moritz Rudolph Ferber (1805–1875)
* Ferrierite: (Na,K)$_2$Mg(Si,Al)$_{18}$O$_{36}$(OH) · 9 H$_2$O – 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)NbO$_4$ – British politician and mineral collector Robert Ferguson of Raith (1767–1840)
* Ferraioloite (IMA2015-066)
* Fleischerite: Pb$_3$Ge(SO$_4$)$_2$(OH)$_6$ · 3 H$_2$O – American mineralogist and geochemist Michael Fleischer (1908–1998)
* Fingerite: Cu$_{11}$(VO$_4$)$_6$O$_2$ – American mineralogist and crystallographer Larry W. Finger (born 1940)
* Foordite: Sn$^{2+}$ Nb $_2$O $_6$ – American mineralogist Eugene Edward Foord (1946–1998)
* Forsterite: Mg$_2$SiO$_4$ – German naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798)
* Franckeite: Pb$_5$Sn$_3$Sb$_2$S$_{14}$ – mining engineers Carl Francke and Ernest Francke
* Frankhawthorneite: Cu$_2$Te$^{6+}$O$_4$(OH)$_2$ – Frank C. Hawthorne (born 1946), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Thompson ISI top ten most highly cited geoscientists (1996–2007)
* Freieslebenite: AgPbSbS$_3$ – Mining Commissioner of Saxony Johann Karl Freiesleben (1774–1846)
* Friedrichite: Cu$_5$Pb$_5$Bi$_7$S$_{18}$ – Austrian geologist Othmar Michael Friedrich (1902–1991)
* Fuchsite (variety of muscovite): K(Al,Cr)$_3$Si$_3$O$_{10}$(OH)$_2$ – German mineralogist and chemist Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs (1774–1856)

## G

* Gadolinite: (Ce,La,Nd,Y)$_2$FeBe$_2$Si$_2$O$_{10}$ – Finnish mineralogist and chemist Johan Gadolin (1760–1852)
* Gagarinite series: Na(REE$_x$Ca$_{(1-x)}$)(REE$_y$Ca$_{(1-y)}$)F$_6$ – Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968)
* Gahnite: ZnAl$_2$O$_4$ – Swedish chemist Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745–1818)
* Gatehouseite: Mn$^{2+}$$_5$(PO$_4$)$_2$(OH)$_4$ – crystal chemist Bryan M. K. C. Gatehouse (born 1932), Monash University, Melbourne
* Gaylussite: Na$_2$Ca(CO$_3$)$_2$·5H$_2$O – French chemist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778-1850)
* Genkinite: (Pt,Pd)$_4$Sb$_3$ – Soviet mineralogist A. D. Genkin
* Georgerobinsonite: Pb$_4$(CrO$_4$)$_2$(OH)$_2$FCl – George Willard Robinson
* Gerhardtite: Cu$_2$(NO$_3$)(OH)$_3$ – Alsatian chemist Charles Frédéric Gerhardt
* Gibbsite: Al(OH)$_3$ – American mineralogist George Gibbs (1777–1834)
* Uintaite (syn. gilsonite, asphalt) – American Samuel H. Gilson
* Ferri-ghoseite: ☐[Mn$^{2+}$ Na][Mg $_4$Fe$^{3+}$ ]Si $_8$O $_{22}$(OH) $_2$ – Subrata Ghose (born 1932), emeritus professor at the University of Washington, Seattle
* Goethite: FeOOH – German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832)
* Julgoldite: sorosilicate – American mineralogist and geochemist Julian Royce Goldsmith (1918–1999)
* Gormanite: Fe$^{2+}$$_3$Al$_4$(PO$_4$)$_4$(OH)$_6$·2H$_2$O – mineralogist Donald Herbert Gorman, University of Toronto
* Grandidierite: (Mg,Fe$^{2+}$)Al$_3$(BO$_3$)(SiO$_4$)O$_2$ - French explorer Alfred Grandidier (1836–1912).
* Gregoryite: (Na$_2$,K$_2$,Ca)CO$_3$ – British geologist and author John Walter Gregory (1864–1932)
* Greigite: Fe$^{2+}$Fe$^{3+}$$_2$S$_4$ – mineralogist and physical chemist Joseph W. Greig (1895–1977)
* Grossite: CaAl$_4$O$_7$ – Israeli mineralogist and geologist Shulamit Gross (1923–2012)
* Grothite (titanite var., 9.AG.15)
* Grunerite: Fe$_7$Si$_8$O$_{22}$(OH)$_2$ – Swiss-French chemist Emmanuel-Louis Gruner (1809–1883)
* Guettardite: Pb(Sb,As)$_2$S$_4$ – French naturalist Jean-Étienne Guettard (1715–1786)
* Guilleminite: Ba(UO$_2$)$_3$(SeO$_3$)$_2$(OH)$_4$·3H$_2$O – French chemist and mineralogist Jean Claude Guillemin (1923–1994)
* Gunterite: Na$_4$(H$_2$O)16(H$_2$V$_{10}$O$_{28}$) · 6 H$_2$O – American mineralogist Mickey Gunter (born 1953)
* Gunningite: (Zn,Mn$^{2+}$)SO$_4$·H$_2$O – Canadian geologist and academic Henry C. Gunning (1901–1991)

## H

* Haggertyite: Ba(Fe$^{2+}$$_6$Ti$_5$Mg)O$_{19}$ – American geophysicist Stephen E. Haggerty (born 1938)
* Haidingerite: Ca(AsO$_3$OH) · H$_2$O – Austrian mineralogist Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger (1795–1871)
* Halloysite: Al$_2$Si$_2$O$_5$(OH)$_4$ – Belgian geologist Omalius d'Halloy
* Hambergite: Be$_2$BO$_3$OH – Swedish mineralogist Axel Hamberg (1863–1933)
* Hanksite: Na$_{22}$K(SO$_4$)$_9$(CO$_3$)$_2$Cl – Henry Garber Hanks (1826–1907), first state mineralogist of California
* Hapkeite: Fe$_2$Si – American planetary scientist Bruce Hapke
* Hausmannite: Mn$^{2+}$Mn$^{3+}$$_2$O$_4$ – 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 H$_2$O – 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: Na$_3$Ca(Si$_3$Al$_3$)O$_{12}$(SO$_4$) – French mineralogist René Just Haüy (1743–1822)
* Heinrichite: Ba(UO$_2$)$_2$(AsO$_4$)$_2$ · 10–12 H$_2$O – mineralogist Eberhardt William Heinrich (1918–1991)
* Hendricksite: KZn$_3$(Si$_3$Al)O$_{10}$(OH)$_2$ – American agriculturist Sterling B. Hendricks (1902–1981)
* Herbertsmithite: ZnCu$_3$(OH)$_6$Cl$_2$ – British mineralogist Herbert Smith (1872–1953)
* Hessite: Ag$_2$Te – Swiss-born Russian chemist Germain Henri Hess (1802–1850)
* Heyite (identical with calderonite, 8.BG.05)
* Heulandite series: (Ca,Na)$_{2–3}$Al$_3$(Al,Si)$_2$Si$_{13}$O$_{36}$ · 12 H$_2$O – 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: (Li$_2$)(Mg$_3$Al$_2$)(Si$_8$O$_{22}$)(OH)$_2$ – Swedish petrologist Per Johan Holmquist (1866–1946)
* Holtite: (Ta$_{0.6}$◻$_{0.4}$)Al$_6$BSi$_3$O$_{18}$(O,OH)$_{2.25}$ – Harold Holt (1908–1967), prime minister of Australia
* Hopeite: Zn$_3$(PO$_4$)$_2$·4H$_2$O – 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: Ca$_2$B$_5$SiO$_9$(OH)$_5$ – Canadian chemist, mineralogist Henry How (1828–1879)
* Hübnerite: MnWO$_4$ – German mineralogist Adolf Huebner
* Hurlbutite (8.AA.15)
* Hutchinsonite: (Tl,Pb)$_2$As$_5$S$_9$ – Cambridge mineralogist Arthur Hutchinson (1866–1937)
* Huttonite: ThSiO$_4$ – New Zealand-American mineralogist Colin Osborne Hutton (1910–1971)

## J

* Jarosewichite: Mn$^{2+}$ $_3$Mn$^{3+}$ (AsO $_4$)(OH) $_6$ – American chemist Eugene Jarosewich
* Jeanbandyite (4.FC.15)
* Jimthompsonite: (Mg,Fe)$_5$Si$_6$O$_{16}$(OH)$_2$ – American mineralogist James Burleigh Thompson, Jr.
* Johnbaumite: (Ca)$_5$(AsO$_4$)$_3$(OH) – American geologist and mineralogist John L. Baum
* Junitoite: CaZn$_2$Si$_2$O$_7$·H$_2$O – Jun Ito (1926–1978), mineralogist and crystallographer, University of Chicago

## K

* Karenwebberite: Na(Fe$^{2+}$,Mn$^{2+}$)PO$_4$ – American geologist Karen L. Webber
* Kassite: CaTi$_2$O$_4$(OH)$_2$ – Russian geologist Nikolai Grigorievich Kassin (1885–1949)
* Kampfite: Ba$_{12}$(Si$_{11}$Al$_5$)O$_{31}$(CO$_3$)$_8$Cl$_5$ – Anthony Robert Kampf (born 1948)
* Keilite: (Fe,Mg)S – American mineralogist Klaus Keil (1934–2022)
* Khinite: PbCu$_3$TeO$_6$(OH)$_2$ – Burmese-American mineralogist Ba-Saw Khin (1931–)
* Khomyakovite: Na$_{12}$Ca$_6$Sr$_3$Fe$_3$WZr$_3$(Si$_{25}$O$_{73}$)(O,OH,H2O)$_3$(Cl,OH)$_2$ – Russian mineralogist Alexander Khomyakov (1933–2012)
* Kieserite: MgSO$_4$ · H$_2$O – Dietrich Georg von Kieser (1779–1862), former president, Jena Academy
** And cobaltkieserite
* Kleberite: FeTi$_6$O$_{13}$ · 4 H$_2$O – German professor Will Kleber (1906–1970)
* Kobellite: Pb$_{22}$Cu$_4$(Bi,Sb)$_{30}$S$_{69}$ – German mineralogist Wolfgang Franz von Kobell (1803–1882)
* Kochsandorite: CaAl$_2$(CO$_3$)$_2$(OH)$_4$H$_2$O – Hungarian mineralogist Sándor Koch (1896–1983)
* Kogarkoite: Na$_3$(SO$_4$)F – Russian scientist Lia Nikolaevna Kogarko
* Kolbeckite: ScPO$_4$ · 2 H$_2$O – German mineralogist Friedrich L. W. Kolbeck
* Kosnarite: Zr$_2$(PO$_4$)$_3$ – after Richard Andrew "Rich" Kosnar (1946–2007), American mineral collector
* Kostovite: AuCuTe$_4$ – Bulgarian mineralogist Ivan Kostov (1913–2004)
* Krennerite: AuTe$_2$ varying to (Au$_{0.8}$,Ag$_{0.2}$)Te$_2$ – Hungarian mineralogist Joseph Krenner (1839–1920)
* Krotite: CaAl$_2$O$_4$ – Russian-American cosmochemist Alexander N. Krot
* Kruťaite: CuSe$_2$ Czech mineralogist Tomas Krut'a (1906–1998)
* Kukharenkoite-(Ce): Ba$_3$CeF(CO$_3$)$_3$ – Russian mineralogist Alexander A. Kukharenko (1914–1993)
* Kurnakovite: MgB$_3$O$_3$(OH)$_5$ · 5 H$_2$O – Russian mineralogist and chemist Nikolai Semenovich Kurnakov (1860–1941)
* Kunzite (variety of spodumene): – American mineralogist George Frederick Kunz (1856–1932)

## L

* Lacroixite: NaAl(PO$_4$)F – French mineralogist Antoine François Alfred Lacroix (1863–1948)
* Langite: Cu$_4$(SO$_4$)(OH)$_6$·2H$_2$O – Austrian chemist Viktor von Lang (1838–1921)
* Laueite (8.DC.30)
* Lavinskyite: K(Li,Cu,Mg,Na)$_2$Cu$_6$(Si$_4$O$_{11}$)$_2$(OH)$_4$ – photographer of minerals Robert Lavinsky (Commons:Robert Lavinsky)
* Lavoisierite: Mn$^{2+}$$_8$[Al$_{10}$(Mn$^{3+}$Mg)][Si$_{11}$P]O$_{44}$(OH)$_{12}$ – French chemist Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (1743–1794)
* Leakeite root name, sodium amphibole subgroup – British geologist Bernard E. Leake (born 1932), University of Glasgow
** Minerals: ferri-fluoro-leakeite, ferri-leakeite, fluoro-leakeite, potassic-ferri-leakeite, potassic-leakeite, potassic-mangani-leakeite
* Legrandite: Zn$_2$(AsO$_4$)(OH)·(H$_2$O) – Belgian mining engineer Louis C.A. Legrand (1861–1920)
* Lemanskiite: NaCaCu$_5$(AsO$_4$)$_4$Cl·5H$_2$O – Chester S. Lemanski, Jr. (b. 1947), American mineral collector
* Liebauite: Ca$_3$Cu$_5$Si$_9$O$_{26}$ – German Friedrich Liebau (1926–2011), professor of mineralogy, University of Kiel
* Linnaeite: Co$^{+2}$Co$^{+3}$$_2$S$_4$ – Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778)
* Lipscombite: (Fe$^{2+}$,Mn$^{2+}$)(Fe$^{3+}$)$_2$(PO$_4$)$_2$(OH) – American chemist William Lipscomb (1919–2011)
** And zinclipscombite
* Livingstonite: HgSb$_4$S$_8$ – Scottish explorer in Africa David Livingstone (1813–1873)
* Lonsdaleite: C – British crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale (1903–1971)
* Lorandite: TlAsS$_2$ – 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,NH$_4$)As$_4$O$_6$(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): Na$_3$Ce$_2$(CO$_3$)$_4$F – American mineralogist Luke L. Y. Chang (1934–2009)

## M

* Macdonaldite: BaCa$_4$Si$_{16}$O$_{36}$(OH)$_2$ · 10 H$_2$O – American volcanologist, Gordon Andrew Macdonald (1911–1978, redirect)
* Malhmoodite: FeZr(PO$_4$)$_2$ · 4H$_2$O – Bertha K. Malhmood, for many years Administrative Assistant of the Branch of Analytical Laboratories, U.S. Geological Survey
* Mandarinoite: Fe$_2$(SeO$_3$)$_3$ · 4H$_2$O – American-Canadian mineralogist Joseph (Joe) A. Mandarino (1929–2007)
** And telluromandarinoite
* Maricite: NaFePO$_4$ – Croatian mineralogist Luka Marić (1899–1979), University of Zagreb
* Marthozite: Cu(UO$_2$)$_3$(SeO$_3$)$_3$(OH)$_2$·7H$_2$O – Belgian mineralogist Aimé Marthoz (1894–1962)
* Machatschkiite (8.CJ.35)
* Mascagnite: (NH$_4$)$_2$SO$_4$ – Italian anatomist Paolo Mascagni (1752–1815)
* Mathesiusite: K$_5$(UO$_2$)$_4$(SO$_4$)$_4$(VO$_5$) · 4(H$_2$O) – German minister Johannes Mathesius (1504–1565)
* Mawbyite: Pb(Fe$^{3+}$,Zn)$_2$(AsO$_4$)$_2$(OH)$_2$ - Australian metallurgist and mining executive Sir Maurice Alan Edgar Mawby (1904–1977)
* Mckelveyite-(Y): Ba$_3$NaCa$_{0.75}$U$_{0.25}$Y(CO$_3$)$_6$ · 3 H$_2$O – American geologist Vincent E. McKelvey (1916–1985)
* Meyerhofferite: CaB$_3$O$_3$(OH)$_5$ · H$_2$O – German chemist, Wilhelm Meyerhoffer (1864–1906)
* Meyrowitzite: Ca(UO$_2$)(CO$_3$)$_2$ · 5H$_2$O – after Robert Meyrowitz (1916–2013), an American analytical chemist
* Mendeleevite-(Ce): Cs$_6$(Ce$_{22}$Ca$_6$)(Si$_{70}$O$_{175}$)(OH,F)$_{14}$(H$_2$O)$_{21}$ – Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834–1907)
* Menzerite-(Y) (IMA2009-050)
* Millerite: NiS – British mineralogist William Hallowes Miller (1801–1880)
* Millosevichite: Al$_2$(SO$_4$)$_3$ – 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)SiO$_4$ – Italian mineralogist Teodoro Monticelli (1759–1845)
* Morganite (variety of Beryl): – American financier J. P. Morgan (1837–1913)
* Mozartite: CaMn$^{3+}$SiO$_4$(OH) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
* Murdochite: PbCu$_6$O$_{8−x}$(Cl,Br)$_{2x}$ – American mineralogist Joseph Murdoch (1890–1973)

## N

* Nataliakulikite: Ca$_4$Ti$_2$(Fe$^{3+}$,Fe$^{2+}$)(Si,Fe$^{3+}$,Al)O$_{11}$ – Russian mineralogist Natalia Artyemovna Kulik (born 1933)
* Nasonite: Pb$_6$Ca$_4$(Si$_2$O$_7$)$_3$Cl$_2$ – American mining engineer and author Frank Lewis Nason (1856–1928)
* Niedermayrite: Cu$_4$Cd(SO$_4$)$_2$(OH)$_6$·4H$_2$O – Austrian geologist Gerhard Niedermayr (1941-)
* Nikischerite: Fe$^{2+}$$_6$Al$_3$(OH)$_{18}$[Na(H$_2$O)$_6$][SO$_4$]$_2$·6H$_2$O – American mineralogist Anthony J. Nikischer (born 1949)
* Niningerite: MgS – American meteoriticist Harvey Harlow Nininger (1887–1986)
* Norrishite: KLiMn$^{3+}$$_2$(Si$_4$O$_{10}$)O$_2$ – Australian geologist Keith Norrish (1924–2017), pioneer of wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence analysis

## O

* Obertiite amphibole root name (9.DE.25)
* Okenite: CaSi$_2$O$_5$·2H$_2$O – German naturalist Lorenz Oken (1779–1851)

## P

* Pääkkönenite: Sb$_2$AsS$_2$ – Finnish geologist Viekko Pääkkönen (1907–1980)
* Pabstite: BaSnSi$_3$O$_9$ – Adolf Pabst (1899–1990), professor of mineralogy, University of California, Berkeley
* Partheite: Ca$_2$Al$_4$Si$_4$O$_{15}$(OH)$_2$·4H$_2$O – 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: UO$_2$(OH)$_2$ – Swiss physicist Paul Scherrer (1890–1969)
* Pearceite: Cu(Ag,Cu)$_6$Ag$_9$As$_2$S$_{11}$ – Cornish-American chemist and metallurgist Richard Pearce (1837–1927)
* Penikisite: BaMg$_2$Al$_2$(PO$_4$)$_3$(OH)$_3$ – Canadian explorer Gunar Penikis (1936–1979)
* Perhamite: Ca$_3$Al$_7$(SiO$_4$)$_3$(PO$_4$)$_4$(OH)$_3$·16.5(H$_2$O) – American geologist and pegmatite miner Frank C. Perham (born 1934)
* Perite: PbBiO$_2$Cl – Swedish geologist Per Adolf Geijer (1886–1976)
* Perovskite: CaTiO$_3$ – Russian mineralogist L. A. Perovski (1792–1856)
* Perroudite (2.FC.20c)
* Petzite (1845): Ag$_3$AuTe$_2$ – chemist W. Petz
* Pezzottaite: Cs(Be$_2$Li)Al$_2$Si$_6$O$_{18}$ – Italian geologist and mineralogist Federico Pezzotta
* Phillipsite: (Ca,Na$_2$,K$_2$)$_3$Al$_6$Si$_{10}$O$_{32}$·12H$_2$O – English mineralogist and geologist William Phillips (1775–1828)
* Prehnite: Ca$_2$Al(AlSi$_3$O$_{10}$)(OH)$_2$ – Dutch governor Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn
* Priscillagrewite-(Y): (Ca$_2$Y)Zr$_2$Al$_3$O$_{12}$ – American geologist Priscilla Croswell Perkins Grew (1940 – )
* Proustite: Ag$_3$AsS$_3$ – French chemist Joseph Louis Proust (1754–1826)
* Putnisite: SrCa$_4$Cr$_8$$^{3+}$(CO$_3$)$_8$(SO$_4$)(OH)$_{16}$·25H$_2$O – mineralogists Andrew and Christine Putnis

## R

* Ramanite homologous series (6.EA.10)
* Rambergite: MnS – mineralogist Hans Ramberg (1917–1998)
* Rammelsbergite: NiAs$_2$ – Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg (1813–1899)
* Ramdohrite (2.JB.40a)
* Raspite: PbWO$_4$ – prospector Charles Rasp (1846–1907)
* Raygrantite: Pb$_{10}$Zn(SO$_4$)$_6$(SiO$_4$)$_2$(OH)$_2$ – Raymond W. Grant, professor of geology at Mesa Community College, Mesa, Arizona.
* Reidite: ZrSiO$_4$ – Alan F. Reid (1931-2013), New Zealand chemist
* Renierite: (Cu,Zn)$_{11}$(Ge,As)$_2$Fe$_4$S$_{16}$ – Armand Renier (1876–1951), director of the Belgian Geological Survey
* Riebeckite: Na$_2$(Fe,Mg)$_5$Si$_8$O$_{22}$(OH)$_2$ – German explorer Emil Riebeck (1853–1885)
* Rittmannite: jahnsite-whiteite group – Swiss volcanologist Alfred Rittmann (1893–1980)
* Roeblingite (9.CB.05)
* Roselite: Ca$_2$(Co$^{2+}$, Mg)[AsO$_4$]$_2$·H$_2$O – German mineralogist Gustav Rose (1798–1873)
* Rosenbuschite (9.BE.22)
* Rossmanite: (LiAl$_2$)Al$_6$Si$_6$O$_{18}$(BO$_3$)$_3$(OH)$_4$ – Caltech mineralogist George R. Rossman
* Rruffite (8.CG.10)
* Russellite: (BiO$_2$)WO$_4$ – British mineralogist Arthur Russell
* Rustumite: Ca$_{10}$(Si$_2$O$_7$)$_2$(SiO$_4$)(OH)$_2$Cl$_2$ – American material scientist, Rustum Roy (1924–2010)

## S

* Saleeite: Mg(UO$_2$)$_2$(PO$_4$)$_2$·10H$_2$O – Belgian mineralogist Achille Salée (1883–1932)
* Samarskite: Y$_{0.2}$REE$_{0.3}$Fe$^{3+}$$_{0.3}$U$_{0.2}$Nb$_{0.8}$Ta$_{0.2}$O$_4$ – Russian official Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets (1803–1870)
* Sanbornite: BaSi$_2$O$_5$ – American mineralogist Frank B. Sanborn (1862–1936)
* Satterlyite: (Fe$^{++}$,Mg)$_2$(PO$_4$)(OH) – Canadian geologist Jack Satterly (born 1906)
* Scheelite: CaWO$_4$ – German-Swedish pharmaceutical chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786)
* Shcherbinaite: VO$_5$ – Soviet geologist Vladimir Shcherbina (1907–1978)
* Scheuchzerite (9.DM.35)
* Schoenfliesite (4.FC.10)
* Schoepite: (UO$_2$)$_8$O(OH)$_{12}$·12H$_2$O – Alfred Schoep (1881–1966), professor of mineralogy at the University of Ghent
* Schreibersite: (Fe,Ni)$_3$P – Austrian naturalist Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers (1775–1852)
* Schreyerite: V$_2$Ti$_3$O$_9$ – German mineralogist Werner Schreyer (1930–2006)
* Schröckingerite: NaCa$_3$(UO$_2$) – Julius Freiherr Schröckinger von Neudenberg (1814–1882)
* Scottyite: BaCu$_2$Si$_2$O$_7$ – Michael Scott (born 1945), first CEO of Apple and significant sponsor of the Rruff project
* Seamanite: Mn$_3$[B(OH)$_4$](PO$_4$)(OH)$_2$ – Arthur Edmund Seaman (1858–1937)
* Segnitite: PbFe$_3$H(AsO$_4$)$_2$(OH)$_6$ – after Australian mineralogist, gemologist and petrologist Edgar Ralph Segnit (1923–1999)
* Sekaninaite: (Fe$^{+2}$,Mg)$_2$Al$_4$Si$_5$O$_{18}$ – Czech mineralogist Josef Sekanina (born 1901)
* Sellaite: MgF$_2$ – Italian politician and mineralogist Quintino Sella (1827–1884)
* Senarmontite: Sb$_2$O$_3$ – French mineralogist and physician Henri Hureau de Sénarmont (1808–1862)
* Sengierite: Cu$_2$(OH)$_2$[UO$_2$|VO$_4$]$_2$·6H$_2$O – Belgian UMHK director Edgar Sengier (1879–1963)
* Serpierite: Ca(Cu,Zn)$_4$(SO$_4$)$_2$(OH)$_6$·3H$_2$O – Giovanni Battista Serpieri (1832–1897)
* Shulamitite: Ca$_3$TiFe$^{3+}$AlO$_8$ – Israeli mineralogist and geologist Shulamit Gross (1923–2012)
* Sillimanite: Al$_2$SiO$_5$ – American chemist Benjamin Silliman (1779–1864)
* Simpsonite: Al$_4$(Ta,Nb)$_3$O$_{13}$(OH) – Australian mineralogist Edward Sydney Simpson (1875–1939)
* Sklodowskite: Mg(UO$_2$)$_2$(HSiO$_4$)$_2$·5H$_2$O – Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist Marie Curie (1867–1934)
* Smithite: AgAsS$_2$ – British mineralogist Herbert Smith (1872–1953)
* Smithsonite: ZnCO$_3$ – British chemist and mineralogist, James Smithson (1754–1829)
* Sorbyite (2.LB.30)
* Sperrylite: PtAs$_2$ – American chemist Francis Louis Sperry
* Steacyite: K$_{0.3}$(Ca,Na)$_2$ThSi$_8$O$_{20}$ – Canadian mineralogist Harold Robert Steacy (born 1923)
* Stenonite: Sr$_2$Al(CO$_3$)F$_5$ – Danish physician Nicolaus Steno (Niels Steensen) (1638–1686)
* Stephanite: Ag$_5$SbS$_4$ – Archduke Stephan of Austria (1817–1867)
* Stichtite: Mg$_6$Cr$_2$CO$_3$(OH)$_{16}$·4H$_2$O – American born Australian mine manager Robert Carl Sticht (1857–1922)
* Stilleite: ZnSe – German geologist Hans Stille (1876–1966)
* Stolzite: PbWO$_4$ – Czechoslovakian Joseph Alexi Stolz (1803–1896)
* Strashimirite: Cu$_8$(AsO$_4$)$_4$(OH)$_4$·5H$_2$O – Bulgarian petrographer and mineralogist Strashimir Dimitrov (1892–1960)
* Stromeyerite: AgCuS – German chemist, Friedrich Stromeyer (1776–1835)
* Strunzite: Mn$^{2+}$Fe$^{3+}$$_2$(PO$_4$)$_2$(OH)$_2$·6H$_2$O – German mineralogist Karl Hugo Strunz (1910–2006)
** And ferristrunzite, ferrostrunzite
* Stumpflite: Pt(Sb,Bi) – Austrian professor of mineralogy Eugen Friedrich Stumpfl (1931–2004)
* Sugilite: KNa$_2$(Fe,Mn,Al)$_2$Li$_3$Si$_{12}$O$_{30}$ – Japanese petrologist Ken-ichi Sugi (1901–1948)
* Svanbergite: SrAl$_3$(PO$_4$)(SO$_4$)(OH)$_6$ – Swedish chemist Lars Fredrik Svanberg (1805–1878)
* Swedenborgite: NaBe$_4$Sb$^{5+}$O$_7$ – 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: Zn$_2$(PO$_4$)(OH) Percy Coventry Tarbutt (died 1943), a Director of the Broken Hill Exploration Company
* Teallite: PbSnS$_2$ – British geologist Jethro Justinian Harris Teall (1849–1924)
* Tennantite: Cu$_{12}$As$_4$S$_{13}$ – 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$_{0.8}$Ce$_{0.2}$Y$_{0.5}$REE$_{0.7}$(HCO$_3$)(OH)$_3$·4H$_2$O – Canadian geologist Thomas Clark (1893–1996)
* Thortveitite: (Sc,Y)$_2$Si$_2$O$_7$ – Norwegian engineer Olaus Thortveit
* Tiemannite: HgSe – Johann Carl Wilhelm Tiemann (1848–1899)
* Torbernite: CuAl(UO$_2$)$_2$(PO$_4$)$_2$·8-12H$_2$O – Swedish chemist Torbern Bergman (1735–1784)
* Trevorite: NiFe$_2$O$_4$ – Major Tudor Gruffydd Trevor, mining inspector for the Pretoria District, Transvaal, South Africa
* Tschernichite: CaAl $_2$Si $_6$O $_{16}$·8H $_2$O – Rudy W. Tschernich (born 1945), expert on zeolites
* Tschermakite: Ca $_2$(Mg $_3$AlFe$^{3+}$ )Si $_6$Al $_2$O $_{22}$(OH) $_2$ – Austrian mineralogist Gustav Tschermak von Seysenegg (1836–1927)

## U

* Ulexite: NaCaB$_5$O$_9$·8H$_2$O – German chemist George Ludwig Ulex (1811–1883)
* Ullmannite: NiSbS – German chemist and mineralogist Johann Christoph Ullmann (1771–1821, redirect)
* Uytenbogaardtite: Ag$_3$AuS$_2$ – Dutch mineralogist Willem Uytenbogaardt (1918–2012)
* Uvarovite: Ca$_3$Cr$_2$(SiO$_4$)$_3$ – Russian Count Sergei Semenovitch Uvarov (1765–1855)

## V

* Vaesite: NiS$_2$ – Belgian mineralogist Johannes F. Vaes (1902–1978)
* Valentinite: Sb$_2$O$_3$ – German alchemist Basilius Valentinus (might be Johann Thölde? 1565–1614)
* Vanthoffite: Na$_6$Mg(SO$_4$)$_4$ – Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff (1852–1911), professor of chemistry
* Vaterite: CaCO$_3$ – German mineralogist Heinrich Vater (1859–1930)
* Vernadite (4.FE.40)
* Veszelyite: (Cu,Zn)$_2$Zn(PO$_4$)(OH)$_3$·2H$_2$O – 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: Fe$_3$(PO$_4$)$_2$·8H$_2$O and metavivianite - English mineralogist John Henry Vivian (1785–1855)

## W

* Wardite: NaAl$_3$(PO$_4$)$_2$(OH)$_4$·2H$_2$O – American naturalist Henry Augustus Ward (1834–1906)
* Warikahnite: Zn$_3$(AsO$_4$)$_2$·2H$_2$O – German mineral collector Walter Richard Kahn (born 1911)
* Weeksite: K$_2$(UO$_2$)$_2$Si$_6$O$_{15}$·4H$_2$O – USGS mineralogist Alice Mary Dowse Weeks (1909–1988)
* Weloganite: Na$_2$(Sr,Ca)$_3$Zr(CO$_3$)$_6$·3H$_2$O – Canadian geologist William Edmond Logan (1798–1875)
* Wendwilsonite: Ca$_2$Mg(AsO$_4$)$_2$·2H$_2$O – 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: CaC$_2$O$_4$·H$_2$O – English mineralogist William Whewell (1794–1866)
* Whiteite series: XM(1)M(2)Al$_2$(PO$_4$)$_4$(OH)$_2$·8H$_2$O – John Sampson White, Jr. (born 1933), Mineralogical Record editor and publisher
* Whitlockite: Ca$_3$(PO$_4$)$_2$ – American mineralogist Herbert Percy Whitlock (1868–1948)
* Willemite: Zn$_2$SiO$_4$ – William I of the Netherlands (1772–1843)
* Witherite: BaCO$_3$ – English physician and naturalist William Withering (1741–1799)
* Wollastonite: CaSiO$_3$ – English chemist and mineralogist William Hyde Wollaston (1766–1828)
* Woodhouseite: CaAl$_3$(SO$_4$)(PO$_4$)(OH)$_6$ – American mineralogist Charles Douglas Woodhouse (1888–1975)
* Wolfeite: Fe$^{2+}$$_2$(PO$_4$)(OH) – American mineralogist Caleb Wroe Wolfe (1908–1980)
** Also wroewolfeite: Cu$_4$(SO$_4$)(OH)$_6$ · 2H$_2$O
* Wulfenite: PbMoO$_4$ – Austrian mineralogist Franz Xaver von Wulfen (1728–1805)
* Wulffite: K$_3$NaCu$_4$O$_2$(SO$_4$)$_4$ – Russian crystallographer George (Yuri Viktorovich) Wulff (Russian: Георгий (Юрий) Викторович Вульф; 1863–1925)
* Wyartite: CaU$^{5+}$ (UO $_2$) $_2$(CO $_3$)O $_4$(OH)·7H$_2$O – Jean Wyart (1902–1992), mineralogist at the Sorbonne

## Y

* Yangite: PbMnSi$_3$O$_8$·H$_2$O – Hexiong Yang, Mineralogy researcher at the Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona
* Yegorovite: Na$_4$[Si$_4$O$_8$(OH)$_4$]·$_7$H$_2$O - Yurii Kavdievich Yegorov-Tismenko (1938-2007), crystallographer at Moscow State University.

## Z

* Zaccagnaite: Zn$_4$Al$_2$CO$_3$(OH)$_{12}$·3H$_2$O – Italian geologist and mineral collector Domenico Zaccagna (1851–1940)
* Zaherite: Al$_{12}$(OH)$_{26}$(SO$_4$)$_5$·20H$_2$O – Bangladeshi geologist M. A. Zaher (c. 1932–2017)
* Zajacite-(Ce): Na(REE$_x$Ca$_{1−x}$)(REE$_y$Ca$_{1−y}$)F$_6$ – Explorer Ihor Stephan Zajac (born 1935)
* Zakharovite: Na$_4$Mn$_5$Si$_{10}$O$_{20}$(OH)$_6$·6H$_2$O – Russian Director of the Moscow Institute of Geological Exploration Evgeii Evgen'evich Zakharov (1902–1980)
* Zanazziite: Ca$_2$(MgFe)(MgFeMnAl)$_4$Be(OH)$_4$(PO$_4$)$_6$·6H$_2$O – Italian Professor Pier Francesco Zanazzi (born 30 April 1939)
* Zaratite: Ni$_3$CO$_3$(OH)$_4$·4(H$_2$O) – 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)Si$_6$O$_{15}$ – American mathematician and mineral collector Jack Zektzer (born 1936)
* Zeunerite: Cu(UO$_2$)$_2$(AsO$_4$)$_2$·(10–16)H$_2$O – German physicist, engineer and epistemologist Gustav Anton Zeuner (1828–1907)
** Also metazeunerite: Cu(UO$_2$)$_2$(AsO$_4$)$_2$ · 8H$_2$O
* Zhanghengite: CuZn – ancient Chinese astronomer Zhang Heng (78–139)
* Zhemchuzhnikovite: NaMgAl(C$_2$O$_4$)$_3$·8H$_2$O – Russian clay mineralogist Yury Zhemchuzhnikov (1885–1957)
* Ziesite: βCu$_2$V$_2$O$_7$ – mineralogist Emanuel George Zies
* Zigrasite: MgZr(PO$_4$)$_2$(H$_2$O)$_4$ – American mineral collector James Zigras (born 1981)
* Zinkenite: Pb$_9$Sb$_{22}$S$_{42}$ – German mineralogist and mining geologist, Johann Karl Ludwig Zinken (1790–1862)
* Zippeite: (UO$_2$)$_6$(SO$_4$)$_3$(OH)$_{10}$·4H$_2$O – Austrian mineralogist Franz Xaver Maximilian Zippe
* Zirkelite: (Ca,Th,Ce)Zr(Ti,Nb)$_2$O$_7$ – German petrographer Ferdinand Zirkel (1838–1912)
* Zoisite: Ca$_2$(Al.OH)Al$_2$(SiO$_4$)$_3$ – Carniolan scientist Sigmund Zois (1747–1819)
* Zussmanite: K(Fe$^{2+}$,Mg,Mn)$_{13}$[AlSi$_{17}$O$_{42}$](OH)$_{14}$ – British geologist Jack Zussman (born 1924)
* Zykaite: Fe$^{3+}$$_4$(AsO$_4$)$_3$(SO$_4$)(OH)·15H$_2$O – Czech geochemist Vacklav Zyka
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