The mineral itself was earlier named after a Russian mine official, Colonel Vassili Samarsky-Bykhovets, who thereby became the first person to have a chemical element named after him, albeit indirectly.
此礦物早期命名為一名俄羅斯礦官員，上校Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets，雖然是間接的，他成為第一個以自己名字命名一種化學元素的人。