List of minerals named after people

A

• Abelsonite: C₃₁H₃₂N₄Ni - American physicist Philip Hauge Abelson
• Abswurmbachite: Cu²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈SiO₄ - German mineralogist Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach
• Adamite: Zn₂AsO₄OH - French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam
• Agrellite: NaCa₂Si₄O₁₀F - English optical mineralogist Stuart Olof Agrell
• Agricolaite: K₄₃ - German scholar Georgius Agricola
• Aheylite: Fe²⁺Al₆₂·4H₂O - American geologist Allen V. Heyl
• Albrechtschraufite: Ca₄Mg₂₆F₂·17H₂O - Albrecht Schrauf, professor of mineralogy, University of Vienna
• Alexandrite : - Tsar Alexander II of Russia
• Alforsite: Ba₅Cl₃ - American geologist John T. Alfors
• Allabogdanite: ₂P - Alla Bogdanova, Geological Institute, Kola Science Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences
• Allanite series: sorosilicate - Scottish mineralogist, Thomas Allan
• Alloriite: Na₅K_1.50.5 * H₂O - Italian mineralogist Roberto Allori
• Almeidaite: crichtonite group ; Brazilian geologist Fernando Flávio Marques de Almeida
• Andersonite: Na₂Ca₃·6H₂O – Charles Alfred Anderson, United States Geological Survey
• Andradite: Ca₃Fe₂Si₃O₁₂ - Brazilian statesman, naturalist, professor and poet José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva
• Ankerite: CaFe²⁺₂ - Austrian mineralogist Matthias Joseph Anker
• Anthonyite: Cu₂·3H₂O - John Williams Anthony, professor of mineralogy, University of Arizona
• Argandite: Mn₇₂₈ - Swiss geologist Émile Argand
• Arfvedsonite: Na₃₄FeSi₈O₂₂₂ - Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson
• Armalcolite: Ti₂O₅ - American astronauts ARM Neil Armstrong, AL Buzz Aldrin and COL Michael Collins
• Armbrusterite: K₅Na₃Mn³⁺Mn²⁺₁₄₄₁₀·4H₂O - Swiss crystallographer Thomas Armbruster, University of Bern
• Arthurite: CuFe₂³⁺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

  B

• Backite
• Bandylite
• Baumhauerite: Pb₃As₄S₉ - German mineralogist Heinrich Adolph Baumhauer
• Bazzite: Be₃₂Si₆O₁₈ - Italian engineer Alessandro E. Bazzi
• Benstonite: Ba₆Ca₆Mg₁₃ - Orlando J. Benston, an ore dressing metallurgist with the University of Illinois
• Berthierite: ₂S₄ - French geologist and mining engineer Pierre Berthier
• Bertrandite: Be₄Si₂O₇₂ - French mineralogist Emile Bertrand
• Berzelianite: Cu₂Se - Swedish chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius
• Berzeliite: NaCa₂Mg₂₃ and manganberzeliite - Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius
• Bettertonite: ・11H₂O - John Betterton, museum geologist and mineralogist at Haslemere Educational Museum in Surrey, England
• Beudantite: PbFe³⁺₃₆ - François Sulpice Beudant French mineralogist, University of Paris, Paris
• Bideauxite
• Bilibinskite: Au₂Cu₂PbTe²⁺ - Soviet geologist Yuri A. Bilibin
• Biringuccite: Na₂B₅O₈ - Vannoccio Biringuccio, Italian alchemist, metallurgist
• Bixbite: Be₃₂Si₆O₁₈ - American mineralogist Maynard Bixby; deprecated to red beryl to avoid confusion with bixbyite
• Bixbyite: ₂O₃ - American mineralogist Maynard Bixby
• Blödite: Na₂Mg₂ - German chemist Carl August Blöde
• Blossite: αCu₂V₂O₇ - mineralogist Donald F. Bloss, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
• Bobdownsite
• Bobfergusonite: Na₂Mn²⁺₅Fe³⁺Al₆ - Robert Bury Ferguson, University of Manitoba
• Boehmite: γ-AlO - Bohemian-German chemist Johann Böhm
• Bornite: Cu₅FeS₄ - Austrian Mineralogist Ignaz von Born
• Bournonite: PbCuSbS₃ - French crystallographer and mineralogist Jacques Louis de Bournon
• Braggite: PtS - the first mineral characterized by X-ray analysis. William Henry Bragg and his son, William Lawrence Bragg
• Brandtite: Ca₂Mn²⁺₂ - Swedish chemist Georg Brandt
• *And parabrandtite
• Breithauptite: NiSb - Saxon mineralogist Johann Friedrich August Breithaupt
• Brewsterite series
• Briartite: Cu₂GeS₄ - Belgian geologist Gaston Briart
• Brookite: TiO₂ - English mineralogist Henry James Brooke
• Brucite: Mg₂ - American mineralogist Archibald Bruce
• Buddingtonite: NH₄AlSi₃O₈ - American Petrologist Arthur Francis Buddington
• Burnsite: KCdCu²⁺₇₂O₂Cl₉ - Peter Carman Burns, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
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• Burtite: CaSn₆ - American mining geologist Donald McLain Burt
• Buseckite: S - American geologist Peter Buseck, Arizona State University

  C

• Cabriite: Pd₂SnCu - Canadian mineralogist Louis J. Cabri
• Cámaraite: sorosilicate - Fernando Cámara, mineralogist of Melilla, Spain
• Canfieldite: Ag₈SnS₆ - American mining engineer Frederick Alexander Canfield
• Cannonite: Bi₂₂SO₄ - American mineralogist and electron microprobe analyst Benjamin Bartlett 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, University of Breslau
• Carlosruizite: K₆₄Na₆Mg₁₀₁₂₁₂ - Chilean geologist Carlos Ruiz Fuller, founder of the Chilean Geological Survey
• Carnallite: KMgCl₃ - Prussian mining engineer, Rudolf von Carnall
• Carnotite: K₂₂₂ - French mining engineer and chemist Marie Adolphe Carnot
• Cassidyite: Ca₂Ni_0.75Mg_0.252 - American geologist William A. Cassidy
• Castaingite
• Caswellsilverite: NaCrS₂ - American geologist, entrepreneur, and oilman Caswell Silver
• Cattiite: Mg₃₂•22H₂O - Michele Catti, Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
• Celsian: BaAl₂Si₂O₈ - Swedish astronomer and naturalist Anders Celsius
• *And paracelsian
• Cernyite: Cu₂CdSnS₄ - Canadian mineralogist Petr Cerny
• Cesbronite: Cu₆₂₆ - French mineralogist Fabian Cesbron
• Chrisstanleyite: Ag₂Pd₃Se₄ - British mineralogist Christopher John Stanley
• Cleveite : UO₂ • UO₃ • PO • ThO₂ - Swedish chemist Per Teodor Cleve
• Clintonite: Ca₃O₁₀₂ - American statesman De Witt Clinton
• Coesite : - American chemist Loring Coes, Jr.
• Coffinite: U_1−x4x - American geologist Reuben Clare Coffin
• Cohenite: - German mineralogist and petrographer Emil Cohen
• Colemanite: Ca₂B₆O₁₁ - mine owner William T. Coleman
• Collinsite: Ca₂Mg₂ - William Henry Collins, director of the Geological Survey of Canada
• Cooperite: S - South African metallurgist Richard A. Cooper
• Cordierite: ₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈ to ₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈ - French geologist Pierre Louis A. Cordier
• Covellite: CuS - Italian mineralogist Niccolo Covelli
• Criddleite
• Cronstedtite: ₃₂O₅₄ - Swedish mineralogist Axel Fredrik Cronstedt
• Crookesite: Cu₇Se₄ - English chemist and physicist Sir William Crookes

  D

• Dalyite: K₂ZrSi₆O₁₅ - Reginald Aldworth Daly, Harvard University
• Danalite: Be₃Fe²⁺₄₃S - American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist James Dwight Dana
• Davyne
• Dawsonite: NaAlCO₃₂ - Canadian geologist Sir John William Dawson
• Dellaite: Ca₆₂ - geochemist, Della M. Roy, spouse of Rustum Roy
• Delrioite: - Spanish–Mexican scientist and naturalist Andrés Manuel del Río
• *And calciodelrioite
• Descloizite: PbZnVO₄ - Alfred Lewis Oliver Legrand Des Cloizeaux, professor of mineralogy, University of Paris, Paris
• *And arsendescloizite
• Deanesmithite: Hg⁺₂Hg²⁺₃Cr⁶⁺O₅S₂ - Deane K. Smith, professor of geosciences, Penn State University
• Deerite: Fe²⁺₆Fe³⁺₃O₃₅ - William Alexander Deer, mineralogist-petrologist, Cambridge University, Cambridge
• Delafossite: CuFeO₂ - French mineralogist Gabriel Delafosse
• Dickite: Al₂Si₂O₅₄ - Scottish metallurgical chemist Allan Brugh Dick
• Dollaseite-: CaCeMg₂AlSi₃O₁₁F - American geologist Wayne A. Dollase, geology professor at UCLA
• Dolomite: CaMg₂ - French naturalist and geologist Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu
• Domeykite: Cu₃As - Polish geologist, mineralogist and educator Ignacy Domeyko
• Donnayite: NaCaSr₃Y₆ - Canadian professors J. D. H. Donnay and G. Donnay
• Dumortierite: Al_6.5-7BO₃₃₃ - French paleontologist Eugene Dumortier

  E

• Erikapohlite - German collector of minerals Erika Pohl-Ströher
• Ernienickelite: NiMn₃O₇·3H₂O - Canadian-Australian mineralogist Ernest H. Nickel
• Ernstburkeite: Mg₂·12H₂O - mineralogist Ernst A. J. Burke, former Head of the CNMNC
• Eskolaite: Cr₂O₃ - Finnish geologist Pentti Eelis Eskola

  F

• Farringtonite: Mg₃₂ - American geologist Oliver C. Farrington
• Ferberite: FeWO₄ - German amateur mineralogist Moritz Rudolph Ferber
• Ferrierite: ₂Mg₁₈O₃₆ - Canadian geologist and mining engineer Walter Frederick Ferrier
• Ferri-obertiite: amphiboles - Italian mineralogist Roberta Oberti
• *And ferro-ferri-obertiite
• Fergusonite: NbO₄ - British politician and mineral collector Robert Ferguson of Raith
• Ferraioloite
• Fleischerite: Pb₃Ge₂₆ - American mineralogist and geochemist Michael Fleischer
• Fingerite: Cu₁₁₆O₂ - American mineralogist and crystallographer Larry W. Finger
• Foordite: - American mineralogist Eugene Edward Foord
• Forsterite: Mg₂SiO₄ - German naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster
• Franckeite: Pb₅Sn₃Sb₂S₁₄ - mining engineers Carl Francke and Ernest Francke
• Frankhawthorneite: Cu₂Te⁶⁺O₄₂ - Frank C. Hawthorne, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
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• Freieslebenite: AgPbSbS₃ - Mining Commissioner of Saxony Johann Karl Freiesleben
• Friedrichite: Cu₅Pb₅Bi₇S₁₈ - Austrian geologist Othmar Michael Friedrich
• Fuchsite : K₃Si₃O₁₀₂ - German mineralogist and chemist Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs

  G

• Gadolinite: ₂FeBe₂Si₂O₁₀ - Finnish mineralogist and chemist Johan Gadolin
• Gagarinite series: NaF₆ - Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin
• Gahnite: ZnAl₂O₄ - Swedish chemist Johan Gottlieb Gahn
• Gatehouseite: Mn²⁺₅₂₄ - crystal chemist Bryan M. K. C. Gatehouse, Monash University, Melbourne
• Genkinite: ₄Sb₃ - Soviet mineralogist A. D. Genkin
• Georgerobinsonite: Pb₄₂₂FCl - George Willard Robinson
• Gerhardtite: - Alsatian chemist Charles Frédéric Gerhardt
• Gibbsite: Al₃ - American mineralogist George Gibbs
• Uintaite - American Samuel H. Gilson
• Ferri-ghoseite: - Subrata Ghose, emeritus professor at the University of Washington, Seattle
• Goethite: FeOOH - German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Julgoldite: sorosilicate - American mineralogist and geochemist Julian Royce Goldsmith
• Gormanite: Fe²⁺₃Al₄₄₆ - mineralogist Donald Herbert Gorman, University of Toronto
• Grossite: CaAl₄O₇ - Israeli mineralogist and geologist Shulamit Gross
• Grothite
• Grunerite: Fe₇Si₈O₂₂₂ - Swiss-French chemist Louis Gruner
• Gunterite: Na₄16 - American mineralogist Mickey Gunter
• Gunningite: SO₄•H₂O - Canadian geologist and academic Henry C. Gunning

  H

• Haggertyite: BaO₁₉ - American geophysicist Stephen E. Haggerty
• Haidingerite: Ca - Austrian mineralogist Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger
• Hapkeite: Fe₂Si - American planetary scientist Bruce Hapke
• Hausmannite: Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄ - Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann, professor of mineralogy, University of Göttingen, Göttingen
• Hawleyite: CdS - Canadian mineralogist James Edwin Hawley
• Hazenite: - Robert M. Hazen of the Carnegie Institute
• Hauyne: Na₃CaO₁₂ - French mineralogist René Just Haüy
• Heinrichite: Ba₂₂ - mineralogist Eberhardt William Heinrich
• Hendricksite: KZn₃O₁₀₂ - American agriculturist Sterling B. Hendricks
• Herbertsmithite: ZnCu₃₆Cl₂ - British mineralogist Herbert Smith
• Hessite: Ag₂Te - Swiss-born Russian chemist Germain Henri Hess
• Heyite
• Heulandite series: _2-3Al₃₂Si₁₃O₃₆ - English mineral collector Henry Heuland
• Hiddenite : - American geologist William Earl Hidden
• Högbomite : ₂₂₃₂ - Swedish geologist Arvid Högbom
• *And ferrohögbomite-2N2S, magnesiohögbomite series and zincohögbomite series
• Howieite: inosilicate with 4-periodic single chain - Robert Andrew Howie, British petrologist and mineralogist of King's College, London University, London
• Howlite: Ca₂B₅SiO₉₅ - Canadian chemist, mineralogist Henry How
• Hübnerite: MnWO₄ - German mineralologist Adolf Huebner
• Hurlbutite
• Hutchinsonite: ₂As₅S₉ - Cambridge mineralogist Arthur Hutchinson
• Huttonite: ThSiO₄ - New Zealand-American mineralogist Colin Osborne Hutton

  J

• Jarosewichite: - American chemist Eugene Jarosewich
• Jeanbandyite
• Jimthompsonite: ₅Si₆O₁₆₂ - American mineralogist James Burleigh Thompson, Jr.
• Johnbaumite: ₅₃ - American geologist and mineralogist John L. Baum
• Junitoite: CaZn₂Si₂O₇·H₂O - Jun Ito, mineralogist and crystallographer, University of Chicago

  K

• Karenwebberite: NaPO₄ - American geologist Karen L. Webber
• Kassite: CaTi₂O₄₂ - Russian geologist Nikolai Grigorievich Kassin
• Kampfite: Ba₁₂O₃₁₈Cl₅ – Anthony Robert Kampf
• Khomyakovite: Na₁₂Ca₆Sr₃Fe₃WZr₃₃₂ - Russian mineralogist Alexander Khomyakov
• Kieserite: MgSO₄ - Dietrich Georg von Kieser, former President, Jena Academy
• *And cobaltkieserite
• Kleberite: FeTi₆O₁₃ - German professor Will Kleber
• Kobellite: Pb₂₂Cu₄₃₀S₆₉ - German mineralogist Wolfgang Franz von Kobell
• Kochsandorite: CaAl₂₂₄H₂O - Hungarian mineralogist :hu:Koch Sándor |Sándor Koch
• Kogarkoite: Na₃F - Russian scientist Lia Nikolaevna Kogarko
• Kolbeckite: ScPO₄ - German mineralogist Friedrich L. W. Kolbeck
• Kosnarite: Zr₂₃ - after Richard Andrew "Rich" Kosnar, American mineral collector
• Kostovite: AuCuTe₄ - Bulgarian mineralogist Ivan Kostov
• Krennerite: AuTe₂ varying to Te₂ - Hungarian mineralogist Joseph Krenner
• Krotite: CaAl₂O₄ - Russian-American cosmochemist Alexander N. Krot
• Krut'aite: CuSe₂ Czech mineralogist Tomas Krut'a
• Kukharenkoite-: Ba₃CeF₃ - Russian mineralogist Alexander A. Kukharenko
• Kurnakovite: MgB₃O₃₅ - Russian mineralogist and chemist Nikolai Semenovich Kurnakov
• Kunzite : - American mineralogist George Frederick Kunz

  L

• Lacroixite: NaAlF - French mineralogist Antoine François Alfred Lacroix
• Laueite
• Lavinskyite: K₂Cu₆₂₄ - photograph of minerals Robert Lavinsky
• Lavoisierite: Mn²⁺₈O₄₄₁₂ - French chemist Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier
• Leakeite root name, sodium amphibole subgroup - Scottish geologist Bernard E. Leake, University of Glasgow
• *Minerals: ferri-fluoro-leakeite, ferri-leakeite, fluoro-leakeite, potassic-ferri-leakeite, potassic-leakeite, potassic-mangani-leakeite
• Lemanskiite: NaCaCu₅₄Cl·5H₂O - after Chester S. Lemanski, Jr., American mineral collector
• Liebauite: Ca₃Cu₅Si₉O₂₆ - German Friedrich Liebau, professor of mineralogy, University of Kiel.
• Lipscombite: ₂₂ - American chemist William Lipscomb
• *And zinclipscombite
• Livingstonite: HgSb₄S₈ - Scottish explorer in Africa David Livingstone
• Lonsdaleite: C - British crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale
• Lorandite: TlAsS₂ - Hungarian physicist Loránd Eötvös
• Lotharmeyerite: - German chemist Julius Lothar Meyer
• *And cobaltlotharmeyerite, ferrilotharmeyerite, manganlotharmeyerite, nickellotharmeyerite
• Lucabindiite: As₄O₆ - Luca Bindi, professor of mineralogy and former head of the Division of Mineralogy of the Natural History Museum of the University of Florence
• Lukechangite-: Na₃Ce₂₄F - American mineralogist Luke L. Y. Chang

  M

• Macdonaldite: BaCa₄Si₁₆O₃₆₂ - American volcanologist, Gordon Andrew Macdonald
• Malhmoodite: FeZr₂ · 4H₂O - Bertha K. Malhmood, for many years Administrative Assistant of the Branch of Analytical Laboratories, U.S. Geological Survey
• Mandarinoite: Fe₂₃·4H₂O - American-Canadian mineralogist Joseph A. Mandarino
• *And telluromandarinoite
• Maricite: NaFePO₄ - Croatian mineralogist Luka Marić, University of Zagreb
• Machatschkiite
• Mckelveyite-: Ba₃NaCa_0.75U_0.25Y₆ - American geologist Vincent E. McKelvey
• Meyerhofferite: CaB₃O₃₅·H₂O - German chemist, Wilhelm Meyerhoffer
• Meyrowitzite: Ca₂·5H₂O - after Robert Meyrowitz, an American analytical chemist
• Mendeleevite-: Cs₆₁₄₂₁ - Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev
• Menzerite-
• Millerite: NiS - British mineralogist William Hallowes Miller
• Moëloite
• Mohsite
• Moissanite: SiC - discoverer Henri Moissan
• Morganite : - American financier J. P. Morgan
• Mozartite: CaMn³⁺SiO₄ - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Murdochite: PbCu₆O_8−x2x - American mineralogist Joseph Murdoch

  N

• Nasonite: Pb₆Ca₄₃Cl₂ - American mining engineer and author Frank Lewis Nason
• Nikischerite: Fe²⁺₆Al₃₁₈₂·6H₂O - American mineralogist Anthony J. Nikischer

  O

• Obertiite amphibole root name
• Okenite: CaSi₂O₅·2H₂O - German naturalist Lorenz Oken

  P

• Pääkkönenite: Sb₂AsS₂ - Finnish geologist Viekko Pääkkönen
• Pabstite: BaSnSi₃O₉ - Adolf Pabst, professor of mineralogy, University of California, Berkeley
• Partheite: Ca₂Al₄Si₄O₁₅₂·4H₂O - Swiss crystallographer Erwin Parthé
• Paulingite series, zeolites - Linus Carl Pauling, professor of chemistry, California Institute of Technology
• *Paulingite-Ca and paulingite-K
• Paulscherrerite: UO₂₂ - Swiss physicist Paul Scherrer
• Penikisite: BaMg₂Al₂₃₃ - Canadian explorer Gunar Penikis
• Perhamite: Ca₃Al₇₃₄₃·16.5 - American geologist and pegmatite miner Frank C. Perham
• Perovskite: CaTiO₃ - Russian mineralogist L. A. Perovski
• Perroudite
• Petzite : Ag₃AuTe₂ - chemist W. Petz
• Pezzottaite: CsAl₂Si₆O₁₈ - Italian geologist and mineralogist Federico Pezzotta
• Phillipsite: ₃Al₆Si₁₀O₃₂·12H₂O - English mineralogist and geologist William Phillips
• Prehnite: Ca₂Al₂ - Dutch governor Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn
• Proustite: Ag₃AsS₃ - French chemist Joseph Louis Proust
• Putnisite: SrCa₄Cr₈³⁺₈₁₆·25H₂O - mineralogists Andrew and Christine Putnis

  R

• Ramanite homologous series
• Rambergite: MnS - mineralogist Hans Ramberg
• Rammelsbergite: NiAs₂ - Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg
• Ramdohrite
• Riebeckite: Na₂₅Si₈O₂₂₂ - German explorer Emil Riebeck
• Rittmannite: jahnsite-whiteite group - Swiss volcanologist Alfred Rittmann
• Roeblingite
• Roselite: Ca₂₂·H₂O - German mineralogist Gustav Rose
• Rosenbuschite
• Rossmanite: Al₆Si₆O₁₈₃₄ - Caltech mineralogist George R. Rossman
• Rruffite
• Russellite: WO₄ - British mineralogist Arthur Russell
• Rustumite: Ca₁₀₂₂Cl₂ - American material scientist, Rustum Roy

  S

• Saleeite: Mg₂₂·10H₂O - Belgian mineralogist Achille Salée
• Samarskite: Y_0.2REE_0.3Fe³⁺_0.3U_0.2Nb_0.8Ta_0.2O₄ - Russian official Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets
• Sanbornite: BaSi₂O₅ - American mineralogist Frank B. Sanborn
• Satterlyite: ₂ - Canadian geologist Jack Satterly
• Scheelite: CaWO₄ - German-Swedish pharmaceutical chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele
• Shcherbinaite: VO₅ - Soviet geologist Vladimir Shcherbina
• Scheuchzerite
• Schoenfliesite
• Schoepite: ₈O₁₂·12H₂O - Alfred Schoep, professor of mineralogy at the University of Ghent
• Schreibersite: ₃P - Austrian naturalist Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers
• Scottyite: BaCu₂Si₂O₇ - Michael Scott, first CEO of Apple and significant sponsor of the Rruff project
• Seamanite: Mn₃₂ - Arthur Edmund Seaman
• Segnitite: PbFe₃H₂₆ - after Australian mineralogist, gemologist and petrologist Edgar Ralph Segnit
• Sekaninaite: ₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈ - Czech mineralogist Josef Sekanina
• Senarmontite: Sb₂O₃ - French mineralogist and physician Henri Hureau de Sénarmont
• Sengierite: Cu₂₂₂·6H₂O - Belgian UMHK director Edgar Sengier
• Shulamitite: Ca₃TiFe³⁺AlO₈ - Israeli mineralogist and geologist Shulamit Gross
• Sillimanite: Al₂SiO₅ - American chemist Benjamin Silliman
• Smithsonite: ZnCO₃ - British chemist and mineralogist, James Smithson
• Sorbyite
• Sperrylite: PtAs₂ - American chemist Francis Louis Sperry
• Steacyite: K_0.32ThSi₈O₂₀ - Canadian mineralogist Harold Robert Steacy
• Stenonite: Sr₂AlF₅ - Danish physician Nicolaus Steno
• Stephanite: Ag₅SbS₄ - Archduke Stephan of Austria
• Stichtite: Mg₆Cr₂CO₃₁₆·4H₂O - American born Australian mine manager Robert Carl Sticht
• Stilleite: ZnSe - German geologist Hans Stille
• Stolzite: PbWO₄ - Czechoslovakian Joseph Alexi Stolz
• Strashimirite: Cu₈₄₄·5H₂O - Bulgarian petrographer and mineralogist Strashimir Dimitrov
• Stromeyerite: AgCuS - German chemist, Friedrich Stromeyer
• Strunzite: Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂₂₂·6H₂O - German mineralogist Karl Hugo Strunz
• *And ferristrunzite, ferrostrunzite
• Stumpflite: Pt - Austrian professor of mineralogy Eugen Friedrich Stumpfl
• Sugilite: KNa₂₂Li₃Si₁₂O₃₀ - Japanese petrologist Ken-ichi Sugi
• Sweetite: Zn₂ - Curator of mineral department of the British Museum, Jessie Sweet
• Sylvite: KCl - Dutch chemist Franciscus Sylvius

  T

• Teallite: PbSnS₂ - British geologist Jethro Justinian Harris Teall
• Tennantite: Cu₁₂As₄S₁₃ - English chemist Smithson Tennant
• Tenorite: CuO - Italian botanist Michele Tenore
• Theophrastite: Ni₂ - Greek philosopher and writer Theophrastus
• Thomasclarkite: Na_0.8Ce_0.2Y_0.5REE_0.73·4H₂O - Canadian geologist Thomas Clark
• Thortveitite: ₂Si₂O₇ - Norwegian engineer Olaus Thortveit
• Tiemannite: HgSe - Johann Carl Wilhelm Tiemann
• Torbernite: CuAl₂₂·8-12H₂O - Swedish chemist Torbern Bergman
• Trevorite: NiFe₂O₄ - Major Tudor Gruffydd Trevor, mining inspector for the Pretoria District, Transvaal, South Africa
• Tschernichite: - Rudy W. Tschernich, expert on zeolites
• Tschermakite: - Austrian mineralogist Gustav Tschermak von Seysenegg

  U

• Ulexite: NaCaB₅O₉·8H₂O - German chemist George Ludwig Ulex
• Ullmannite: NiSbS - German chemist and mineralogist Johann Christoph Ullmann
• Uytenbogaardtite: Ag₃AuS₂ - Dutch mineralogist Willem Uytenbogaardt
• Uvarovite: Ca₃Cr₂₃ - Russian Count Sergei Semenovitch Uvarov

  V

• Valentinite: Sb₂O₃ - German alchemist Basilius Valentinus
• Vanthoffite: Na₆Mg₄ - Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff, professor of chemistry
• Vaterite: CaCO₃ - German mineralogist Heinrich Vater
• Vernadite
• Vincentite: ₃ - Ewart Albert "David" Vincent, mineralogist at Durham College and Oxford University and chair of Geology at Manchester University.
• Vivianite: Fe₃₂·8H₂O - English mineralogist John Henry Vivian
• *And metavivianite
• Vladermaritre: President of the Republic of Russia

  W

• Wardite: NaAl₃₂₄·2H₂O - American naturalist Henry Augustus Ward
• Warikahnite: Zn₃₂·2H₂O - German mineral collector Walter Richard Kahn
• Weeksite: K₂₂Si₆O₁₅·4H₂O - USGS mineralogist Alice Mary Weeks
• Weloganite: Na₂₃Zr₆·3H₂O - Canadian geologist William Edmond Logan
• Wendwilsonite: Ca₂Mg₂·2H₂O - Wendell E. Wilson, Mineralogical Record, editor and publisher.
• Wernerite
• Whewellite: CaC₂O₄·H₂O - English mineralogist William Whewell
• Whiteite series: XMMAl₂₄₂·8H₂O - John Sampson White, Jr., Mineralogical Record, editor and publisher.
• Whitlockite: Ca₃₂ - American mineralogist Herbert Percy Whitlock
• Willemite: Zn₂SiO₄ - William I of the Netherlands
• Witherite: BaCO₃ - English physician and naturalist William Withering
• Wollastonite: CaSiO₃ - English chemist and mineralogist William Hyde Wollaston
• Wulfenite: PbMoO₄ - Austrian mineralogist Franz Xaver von Wulfen
• Wulffite: K₃NaCu₄O₂₄ - Russian crystallographer George Wulff
• Wyartite: ·7H₂O - Jean Wyart, mineralogist at the Sorbonne

  Y

• Yangite: PbMnSi₃O₈·H₂O - Hexiong Yang, Mineralogy researcher at the Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona

  Z

• Zaccagnaite: Zn₄Al₂CO₃₁₂·3H₂O - Italian geologist and mineral collector Domenico Zaccagna
• Zaherite: Al₁₂₂₆₅·20H₂O - Bangladeshi geologist M. A. Zaher
• Zajacite-: NaF₆ - Explorer Ihor Stephan Zajac
• Zakharovite: Na₄Mn₅Si₁₀O₂₀₆·6H₂O - Russian Director of the Moscow Institute of Geological Exploration Evgeii Evgen'evich Zakharov
• Zanazziite: Ca₂₄Be₄₆·6H₂O - Italian Professor Pier Francesco Zanazzi
• Zaratite: Ni₃CO₃₄·4 - Spanish diplomat and dramatist Antonio Gil y Zárate
• Zektzerite: LiNaSi₆O₁₅ - American mathematician and mineral collector Jack Zektzer
• Zeunerite: Cu₂₂•H₂O - German physicist, engineer and epistemologist Gustav Anton Zeuner
• Zhanghengite: CuZn - ancient Chinese astronomer Zhang Heng
• Zhemchuzhnikovite: NaMgAl₃·8H₂O - Russian clay mineralogist Yury Zhemchuzhnikov
• Ziesite: βCu₂V₂O₇ - mineralogist
• Zigrasite: MgZr₂₄ - American mineral collector
• Zinkenite: Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂ - German mineralogist and mining geologist, Johann Karl Ludwig Zinken
• Zippeite: ₆₃₁₀·4H₂O - Austrian mineralogist Franz Xaver Maximilian Zippe
• Zirkelite: Zr₂O₇ - German petrographer Ferdinand Zirkel
• Zoisite: Ca₂Al₂₃ - Carniolan scientist Sigmund Zois
• Zussmanite: K₁₃₁₄ - British geologist Jack Zussman
• Zykaite: Fe³⁺₄₃·15H₂O - Czech geochemist Vacklav Zyka