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: C31H32N4Ni – American physicist Philip Hauge Abelson (1913–2004)
 * Abswurmbachite: Cu2+Mn3+6O8SiO4 – German mineralogist Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach (1938–2020)
 * Adamite: Zn2AsO4OH – French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795–1881)
 * Agrellite: NaCa2Si4O10F – English optical mineralogist Stuart Olof Agrell (1913–1996)
 * Agricolaite: K4(UO2)(CO3)3 – German scholar Georgius Agricola (1494–1555)
 * Aheylite: Fe2+Al6[(OH)4|(PO4)2]2·4H2O – American geologist Allen V. Heyl (1918–2008)
 * Albrechtschraufite: Ca4Mg(UO2)2(CO3)6F2·17H2O – Albrecht Schrauf (1837–1897), professor of mineralogy, University of Vienna
 * Alexandrite (variety of chrysoberyl): – Tsar Alexander II of Russia (1818–1881)
 * Alforsite: Ba5Cl(PO4)3 – American geologist John T. Alfors (1930–2005)
 * Allabogdanite: (Fe,Ni)2P – Alla Bogdanova, 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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: (Fe,Sb)2S4 – French geologist and mining engineer Pierre Berthier (1782–1861)
 * Bertrandite: Be4Si2O7(OH)2 – French mineralogist Emile Bertrand (1844–1909)
 * 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)
 * Bournonite: PbCuSbS3 – 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: 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)
 * 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.
 * 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
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * Ferberite: FeWO4 – German amateur mineralogist Moritz Rudolph Ferber (1805–1875)
 * Ferrierite: (Na,K)2Mg(Si,Al)18O36(OH) – 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)NbO4 – British politician and mineral collector Robert Ferguson of Raith (1767–1840)
 * Ferraioloite (IMA2015-066)
 * Fleischerite: Pb3Ge(SO4)2(OH)6 – American mineralogist and geochemist Michael Fleischer (1908–1998)
 * Fingerite: Cu11(VO4)6O2 – American mineralogist and crystallographer Larry W. Finger (born 1940)
 * Foordite: – American mineralogist Eugene Edward Foord (1946–1998)
 * Forsterite: Mg2SiO4 – German naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798)
 * Franckeite: Pb5Sn3Sb2S14 – mining engineers Carl Francke and Ernest Francke
 * Frankhawthorneite: Cu2Te6+O4(OH)2 – Frank C. Hawthorne (born 1946), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Thompson ISI top ten most highly cited geoscientists (1996–2007)
 * Freieslebenite: AgPbSbS3 – Mining Commissioner of Saxony Johann Karl Freiesleben (1774–1846)
 * Friedrichite: Cu5Pb5Bi7S18 – Austrian geologist Othmar Michael Friedrich (1902–1991)
 * Fuchsite (variety of muscovite): K(Al,Cr)3Si3O10(OH)2 – German mineralogist and chemist Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs (1774–1856)

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: Cu2(NO3)(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: – 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+}3Al4(PO4)4(OH)6*2H2O – mineralogist Donald Herbert Gorman, University of Toronto
 * Gregoryite: (Na2,K2,Ca)CO3 – British geologist and author John Walter Gregory (1864–1932).
 * Greigite: Fe^{2+}Fe^{3+}2S4 – mineralogist and physical chemist Joseph W. Greig (1895–1977).
 * Grossite: CaAl4O7 – Israeli mineralogist and geologist Shulamit Gross (1923–2012)
 * Grothite (titanite var., 9.AG.15)
 * Grunerite: Fe7Si8O22(OH)2 – Swiss-French chemist Emmanuel-Louis Gruner (1809–1883)
 * Guettardite: Pb(Sb,As)2S4 – French naturalist Jean-Étienne Guettard (1715–1786)
 * Guilleminite: Ba(UO2)3(SeO3)2(OH)4·3H2O – French chemist and mineralogist Jean Claude Guillemin (1923–1994)
 * Gunterite: Na4(H2O)16(H2V10O28) – American mineralogist Mickey Gunter (born 1953)
 * 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) – Austrian mineralogist Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger (1795–1871)
 * Halloysite: Al2Si2O5(OH)4 – Belgian geologist Omalius d'Halloy
 * Hambergite: Be2BO3OH – Swedish mineralogist Axel Hamberg (1863–1933)
 * Hanksite: Na22K(SO4)9(CO3)2Cl – Henry Garber Hanks (1826–1907), first state mineralogist of California
 * 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: – Robert M. Hazen of the Carnegie Institute
 * Håleniusite-(La): – Ulf Hålenius, director of the mineralogy department at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, Sweden.
 * Hauyne: Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4) – French mineralogist René Just Haüy (1743–1822)
 * Heinrichite: Ba(UO2)2(AsO4)2 – 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 – 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: (Li2)(Mg3Al2)(Si8O22)(OH)2 – Swedish petrologist Per Johan Holmquist (1866–1946)
 * Holtite: (Ta0.6◻0.4)Al6BSi3O18(O,OH)2.25 – Harold Holt (1908–1967), prime minister of Australia
 * Hopeite: Zn3(PO4)2·4H2O – 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: Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5 – Canadian chemist, mineralogist Henry How (1828–1879)
 * Hübnerite: MnWO4 – German mineralogist 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: – 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)
 * Keilite: (Fe,Mg)S – American mineralogist Klaus Keil (1934–2022)
 * Khomyakovite: Na12Ca6Sr3Fe3WZr3(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2 – Russian mineralogist Alexander Khomyakov (1933–2012)
 * Kieserite: MgSO4 – Dietrich Georg von Kieser (1779–1862), former president, Jena Academy
 * And cobaltkieserite
 * Kleberite: FeTi6O13 – 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 – 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
 * Kruťaite: CuSe2 Czech mineralogist Tomas Krut'a (1906–1998)
 * Kukharenkoite-(Ce): Ba3CeF(CO3)3 – Russian mineralogist Alexander A. Kukharenko (1914–1993)
 * Kurnakovite: MgB3O3(OH)5 – 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)
 * Langite: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O – Austrian chemist Viktor von Lang (1838–1921)
 * Laueite (8.DC.30)
 * Lavinskyite: K(Li,Cu,Mg,Na)2Cu6(Si4O11)2(OH)4 – photographer 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 – 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: Zn2(AsO4)(OH)·(H2O) – Belgian mining engineer Louis C.A. Legrand (1861–1920)
 * Lemanskiite: NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O – Chester S. Lemanski, Jr. (b. 1947), American mineral collector
 * Liebauite: Ca3Cu5Si9O26 – German Friedrich Liebau (1926–2011), professor of mineralogy, University of Kiel
 * Linnaeite: Co+2Co+32S4 – Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778)
 * Lipscombite: (Fe2+,Mn2+)(Fe3+)2(PO4)2(OH) – American chemist William Lipscomb (1919–2011)
 * And zinclipscombite
 * 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: – 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)

M

 * Macdonaldite: BaCa4Si16O36(OH)2 – 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)
 * Mascagnite: (NH4)2SO4 – Italian anatomist Paolo Mascagni (1752–1815)
 * Mathesiusite: K5(UO2)4(SO4)4(VO5) · 4(H2O) – German minister Johannes Mathesius (1504–1565)
 * Mckelveyite-(Y): Ba3NaCa0.75U0.25Y(CO3)6 – 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)
 * Millosevichite: Al2(SO4)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)SiO4 – Italian mineralogist Teodoro Monticelli (1759–1845)
 * 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

 * Nataliakulikite: Ca4Ti2(Fe3+,Fe2+)(Si,Fe3+,Al)O11 – Russian mineralogist Natalia Artyemovna Kulik (born 1933)
 * Nasonite: Pb6Ca4(Si2O7)3Cl2 – American mining engineer and author Frank Lewis Nason (1856–1928)
 * Norrishite: KLiMn3+2(Si4O10)O2 – Australian geologist Keith Norrish (1924–2017), pioneer of wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence analysis
 * Nikischerite: Fe2+6Al3(OH)18[Na(H2O)6][SO4]2·6H2O – American mineralogist Anthony J. Nikischer (born 1949)
 * Niningerite: MgS – American meteoriticist Harvey Harlow Nininger (1887–1986)

O

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

P

 * Pääkkönenite: Sb2AsS2 – Finnish geologist Viekko Pääkkönen (1907–1980)
 * Pabstite: BaSnSi3O9 – Adolf Pabst (1899–1990), professor of mineralogy, University of California, Berkeley
 * Partheite: Ca2Al4Si4O15(OH)2·4H2O – 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: UO2(OH)2 – Swiss physicist Paul Scherrer (1890–1969)
 * Penikisite: BaMg2Al2(PO4)3(OH)3 – Canadian explorer Gunar Penikis (1936–1979)
 * Perhamite: Ca3Al7(SiO4)3(PO4)4(OH)3·16.5(H2O) – American geologist and pegmatite miner Frank C. Perham (born 1934)
 * Perite: PbBiO2Cl – Swedish geologist Per Adolf Geijer (1886–1976)
 * Perovskite: CaTiO3 – Russian mineralogist L. A. Perovski (1792–1856)
 * Perroudite (2.FC.20c)
 * Petzite (1845): Ag3AuTe2 – chemist W. Petz
 * Pezzottaite: Cs(Be2Li)Al2Si6O18 – Italian geologist and mineralogist Federico Pezzotta
 * Phillipsite: (Ca,Na2,K2)3Al6Si10O32·12H2O – English mineralogist and geologist William Phillips (1775–1828)
 * Prehnite: Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 – Dutch governor Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn
 * Priscillagrewite-(Y): (Ca2Y)Zr2Al3O12 – American geologist Priscilla Croswell Perkins Grew (1940 – )
 * Proustite: Ag3AsS3 – French chemist Joseph Louis Proust (1754–1826)
 * Putnisite: SrCa4Cr83+(CO3)8(SO4)(OH)16·25H2O – mineralogists Andrew and Christine Putnis

R

 * Ramanite homologous series (6.EA.10)
 * Rambergite: MnS – mineralogist Hans Ramberg (1917–1998)
 * Rammelsbergite: NiAs2 – Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg (1813–1899)
 * Ramdohrite (2.JB.40a)
 * Raspite: PbWO4 – prospector Charles Rasp (1846–1907)
 * Raygrantite: Pb10Zn(SO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)2 – Raymond W. Grant, professor of geology at Mesa Community College, Mesa, Arizona.
 * Renierite: (Cu,Zn)11(Ge,As)2Fe4S16 – Armand Renier (1876–1951), director of the Belgian Geological Survey
 * Riebeckite: Na2(Fe,Mg)5Si8O22(OH)2 – German explorer Emil Riebeck (1853–1885)
 * Rittmannite: jahnsite-whiteite group – Swiss volcanologist Alfred Rittmann (1893–1980)
 * Roeblingite (9.CB.05)
 * Roselite: Ca2(Co2+, Mg)[AsO4]2·H2O – German mineralogist Gustav Rose (1798–1873)
 * Rosenbuschite (9.BE.22)
 * Rossmanite: (LiAl2)Al6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)4 – Caltech mineralogist George R. Rossman
 * Rruffite (8.CG.10)
 * Russellite: (BiO2)WO4 – British mineralogist Arthur Russell
 * Rustumite: Ca10(Si2O7)2(SiO4)(OH)2Cl2 – American material scientist, Rustum Roy (1924–2010)

S

 * Saleeite: Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O – Belgian mineralogist Achille Salée (1883–1932)
 * Samarskite: Y0.2REE0.3Fe3+0.3U0.2Nb0.8Ta0.2O4 – Russian official Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets (1803–1870)
 * Sanbornite: BaSi2O5 – American mineralogist Frank B. Sanborn (1862–1936)
 * Satterlyite: (Fe++,Mg)2(PO4)(OH) – Canadian geologist Jack Satterly (born 1906)
 * Scheelite: CaWO4 – German-Swedish pharmaceutical chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786)
 * Shcherbinaite: VO5 – Soviet geologist Vladimir Shcherbina (1907–1978)
 * Scheuchzerite (9.DM.35)
 * Schoenfliesite (4.FC.10)
 * Schoepite: (UO2)8O(OH)12·12H2O – Alfred Schoep (1881–1966), professor of mineralogy at the University of Ghent
 * Schreibersite: (Fe,Ni)3P – Austrian naturalist Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers (1775–1852)
 * Schreyerite: V2Ti3O9 – German mineralogist Werner Schreyer (1930–2006)
 * Schröckingerite: NaCa3(UO2) – Julius Freiherr Schröckinger von Neudenberg (1814–1882)
 * Scottyite: BaCu2Si2O7 – Michael Scott (born 1945), first CEO of Apple and significant sponsor of the Rruff project
 * Seamanite: Mn3[B(OH)4](PO4)(OH)2 – Arthur Edmund Seaman (1858–1937)
 * Segnitite: PbFe3H(AsO4)2(OH)6 – after Australian mineralogist, gemologist and petrologist Edgar Ralph Segnit (1923–1999)
 * Sekaninaite: (Fe+2,Mg)2Al4Si5O18 – Czech mineralogist Josef Sekanina (born 1901)
 * Sellaite: MgF2 – Italian politician and mineralogist Quintino Sella (1827–1884)
 * Senarmontite: Sb2O3 – French mineralogist and physician Henri Hureau de Sénarmont (1808–1862)
 * Sengierite: Cu2(OH)2[UO2|VO4]2·6H2O – Belgian UMHK director Edgar Sengier (1879–1963)
 * Serpierite: Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6*3H2O – Giovanni Battista Serpieri (1832–1897)
 * Shulamitite: Ca3TiFe3+AlO8 – Israeli mineralogist and geologist Shulamit Gross (1923–2012)
 * Sillimanite: Al2SiO5 – American chemist Benjamin Silliman (1779–1864)
 * Simpsonite: Al4(Ta,Nb)3O13(OH) – Australian mineralogist Edward Sydney Simpson (1875–1939)
 * Sklodowskite: Mg(UO2)2(HSiO4)2·5H2O – Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist Marie Curie (1867–1934)
 * Smithsonite: ZnCO3 – British chemist and mineralogist, James Smithson (1754–1829)
 * Sorbyite (2.LB.30)
 * Sperrylite: PtAs2 – American chemist Francis Louis Sperry
 * Steacyite: K0.3(Ca,Na)2ThSi8O20 – Canadian mineralogist Harold Robert Steacy (born 1923)
 * Stenonite: Sr2Al(CO3)F5 – Danish physician Nicolaus Steno (Niels Steensen) (1638–1686)
 * Stephanite: Ag5SbS4 – Archduke Stephan of Austria (1817–1867)
 * Stichtite: Mg6Cr2CO3(OH)16·4H2O – American born Australian mine manager Robert Carl Sticht (1857–1922)
 * Stilleite: ZnSe – German geologist Hans Stille (1876–1966)
 * Stolzite: PbWO4 – Czechoslovakian Joseph Alexi Stolz (1803–1896)
 * Strashimirite: Cu8(AsO4)4(OH)4·5H2O – Bulgarian petrographer and mineralogist Strashimir Dimitrov (1892–1960)
 * Stromeyerite: AgCuS – German chemist, Friedrich Stromeyer (1776–1835)
 * Strunzite: Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O – German mineralogist Karl Hugo Strunz (1910–2006)
 * And ferristrunzite, ferrostrunzite
 * Stumpflite: Pt(Sb,Bi) – Austrian professor of mineralogy Eugen Friedrich Stumpfl (1931–2004)
 * Sugilite: KNa2(Fe,Mn,Al)2Li3Si12O30 – Japanese petrologist Ken-ichi Sugi (1901–1948)
 * Svanbergite: SrAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 – Swedish chemist Lars Fredrik Svanberg (1805–1878)
 * Swedenborgite: NaBe4Sb5+O7 – 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: Zn2(PO4)(OH) Percy Coventry Tarbutt (died 1943), a Director of the Broken Hill Exploration Company
 * Teallite: PbSnS2 – British geologist Jethro Justinian Harris Teall (1849–1924)
 * Tennantite: Cu12As4S13 – 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: Na0.8Ce0.2Y0.5REE0.7(HCO3)(OH)3·4H2O – Canadian geologist Thomas Clark (1893–1996)
 * Thortveitite: (Sc,Y)2Si2O7 – Norwegian engineer Olaus Thortveit
 * Tiemannite: HgSe – Johann Carl Wilhelm Tiemann (1848–1899)
 * Torbernite: CuAl(UO2)2(PO4)2·8-12H2O – Swedish chemist Torbern Bergman (1735–1784)
 * Trevorite: NiFe2O4 – Major Tudor Gruffydd Trevor, mining inspector for the Pretoria District, Transvaal, South Africa
 * Tschernichite: – Rudy W. Tschernich (born 1945), expert on zeolites
 * Tschermakite: – Austrian mineralogist Gustav Tschermak von Seysenegg (1836–1927)

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

 * Vaesite: NiS2 – Belgian mineralogist Johannes F. Vaes (1902–1978)
 * 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)
 * Veszelyite: (Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O – 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: Fe3(PO4)2·8H2O and metavivianite - English mineralogist John Henry Vivian (1785–1855)

W

 * Wardite: NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O – American naturalist Henry Augustus Ward (1834–1906)
 * Warikahnite: Zn3(AsO4)2·2H2O – German mineral collector Walter Richard Kahn (born 1911)
 * Weeksite: K2(UO2)2Si6O15·4H2O – USGS mineralogist Alice Mary Dowse Weeks (1909–1988)
 * Weloganite: Na2(Sr,Ca)3Zr(CO3)6·3H2O – Canadian geologist William Edmond Logan (1798–1875)
 * Wendwilsonite: Ca2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O – 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: CaC2O4·H2O – English mineralogist William Whewell (1794–1866)
 * Whiteite series: XM(1)M(2)Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O – John Sampson White, Jr. (born 1933), Mineralogical Record editor and publisher
 * Whitlockite: Ca3(PO4)2 – American mineralogist Herbert Percy Whitlock (1868–1948)
 * Willemite: Zn2SiO4 – William I of the Netherlands (1772–1843)
 * Witherite: BaCO3 – English physician and naturalist William Withering (1741–1799)
 * Wollastonite: CaSiO3 – English chemist and mineralogist William Hyde Wollaston (1766–1828)
 * Woodhouseite: CaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6 – American mineralogist Charles Douglas Woodhouse (1888–1975)
 * Wolfeite: Fe2+2(PO4)(OH) – American mineralogist Caleb Wroe Wolfe (1908–1980)
 * Also wroewolfeite: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · 2H2O
 * Wulfenite: PbMoO4 – Austrian mineralogist Franz Xaver von Wulfen (1728–1805)
 * Wulffite: K3NaCu4O2(SO4)4 – Russian crystallographer George (Yuri Viktorovich) Wulff (Георгий (Юрий) Викторович Вульф; 1863–1925)
 * Wyartite: ·7H2O – Jean Wyart (1902–1992), mineralogist at the Sorbonne

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 (c. 1932–2017)
 * 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)
 * Zavaritskite: (BiO)F – Soviet geologist and petrographer Alexander Nikolaevich Zavaritsky (1884–1952)
 * Zektzerite: LiNa(Zr,Ti,Hf)Si6O15 – American mathematician and mineral collector Jack Zektzer (born 1936)
 * Zeunerite: Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·(10–16)H2O – German physicist, engineer and epistemologist Gustav Anton Zeuner (1828–1907)
 * Also metazeunerite: Cu(UO2)2(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
 * 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 (born 1981)
 * Zinkenite: Pb9Sb22S42 – German mineralogist and mining geologist, Johann Karl Ludwig Zinken (1790–1862)
 * Zippeite: (UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10·4H2O – Austrian mineralogist Franz Xaver Maximilian Zippe
 * 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