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MINERAL PERSON OR PLACE DESCRIPTION Abelsonite ABELSON, Philip Hauge (1913 - ?) geochemist Abenakiite ABENAKI people, Quebec, Canada Abernathyite ABERNATHY, Jess Mine operator American, b. ? Abswurmbachite ABS-WURMBACH, IRMGARD (1938 - ) mineralogist German, b. ? Adamite ADAM, Gilbert Joseph Zn3(AsO3)2 H2O (1795 - 1881) mineralogist French, b. ? Aegirine AEGIR, Scandinavian god of the sea Afwillite WILLIAMS, Alpheus Fuller (1874 - ?) mine operator DeBeers Consolidated Mines, Kimberley, South Africa Agrellite AGRELL, Stuart O. (? - 1996) mineralogist British, b. ? Agrinierite AGRINIER, Henri (1928 - 1971) mineralogist French, b. ? Aguilarite AGUILAR, P. Superintendent of San Carlos mine, Guanajuato, Mexico Mexican, b. ? Aikenite 2 PbS Cu2S Bi2S5 Andersonite ANDERSON, Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf 2 Andradite ANDRADA e Silva, Jose B. Ca3Fe2(SiO4)3 de (? - 1838) geologist Brazilian, b. ? Arfvedsonite ARFVEDSON, Johann August (1792 - 1841) Swedish, b. Skagerholms- Bruk, Skaraborgs-Län, Sweden Arrhenite ARRHENIUS, Svante Silico-tantalate of Y, Ce, Zr, (1859 - 1927) Al, Fe, Ca, Be Swedish, b. Wijk, near Uppsala, Sweden Avogardrite AVOGADRO, Lorenzo KBF4, CsBF4 Romano Amedeo Carlo (1776 - 1856) Italian, b. Turin, Italy Babingtonite (Ca, Fe, Mn)SiO3 Fe2(SiO3)3 Becquerelite BECQUEREL, Antoine 4 UO3 7 H2O Henri César (1852 - 1908) French b. Paris, France Berzelianite BERZELIUS, Jöns Jakob Cu2Se (1779 - 1848) Swedish, b. East Götland, Sweden Boulangerite 5 PbS 2 Sb2O3 Bournonite 3 PbS 3 Cu2S Sb2S3 Braggite BRAGG, Sir William Henry PtS, PdS, NiS (1862 - 1942) British, b. Westward, Cumberland, England BRAGG, Sir William Lawrence (1890 - 1971) Australian-British, b. Adelaide, Australia Brannerite (U, Ca, Fe, Y, Th)3 Ti5O16 Braunite 3 MnO3 MnSiO3 Brewsterite BREWSTER, Sir David BaO, SrO, Al2O3 6 SiO2 (1781 - 1868) 5H2O Scottish, b. Jedburgh, Scotland Broeggerite BROEGGER (U, Th, Pb2)O6 2 UO3 Bunsenite BUNSEN, ROBERT NiO (1811 – 1899) German, b. Goettingen, Germany Churchite (Ce, Ca)PO4 2H2O Clarkeite CLARKE (Na2Pb)O 3 UO3 3 H2O Cleveite CLEVE, Per Theodor Related to uraninite (1840 - 1905) Swedish, b. Stockholm, Sweden Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf 3 Codazzite (Ca, Mg, Fe, Ce)CO3 Colemanite COLEMAN, William T. Ca2B6O11 5 H2O (? - 1893) businessman and mine owner American, b. ? Cookeite COOKE (OH)6LiAl3SiO6 Cooperite COOPER PtS Curite CURIE-SKLODOWSKA, 2 PbO 5 UO3 4 H2O Marie (1867 - 1934) Polish-French, b. Warsaw, Poland CURIE, Pierre (1859 - 1906) French, b. Paris, France Davidite Titanate of Fe, U, V, Cr Dickinsonite DICKINSON, (Mn, Fe, Ca, H, Na)3 P2O8 Edingtonite BaO Al2O3 3 SiO2 3 H2O Emmonsite EMMONS, FeTeO3 Erdmannite ERDMANN, Silicate of Ce, Y, Th, Zr, Be, Ca, Al, Fe Fairfieldite FAIRFIELD, Ca2MnP2O8 2 H2O Fergusonite FERGUSON, Y(Nb, Ta)O4 Fersmannite FERSMANN, 2 (Na2O Na2F2) 4 CaO 4 TiO2 3 SiO2 Fischerite FISCHER, AlPO4 Al(OH)3 2.5 H2O Florencite FLORENCE, W. 3 Al2O3 Ce2O3 2 P2O5 Brazilian mineraologist 6 H2O Forsterite FORSTER, 2 MgO SiO2 Fowlerite FOWLER Ca(Mn, Fe, Zn)5(SiO3)6 Freyalite FREYA Silicate of Th Norse goddess of love and beauty Fuchsite FUCHS, Muscovite + Cr Gadolinite GADOLIN, Johann Be2Fe(YO)2(SiO4)2 (1760 - 1852) Finnish, b. Abo, Finland Gahnite GAHN, Johan Gottlieb ZnAl2O4 (1745 - 1818) Swedish (b. Voxna, Gävleborg, Sweden) Gerhardite GERHARD, 3 Cu(OH)2 Cu(NO3)2 Gibbsite GIBBS, Al2O3 3 H2O Glauber's salt, GLAUBER, Johann CaSO4 Na2SO4 Glauberite Rudolph (1640 - 1670) German, b. Karlstadt, Germany Gmelinite GMELIN, Leopold CaO Na2O Al2O3 3 SiO2 (1788 - 1853) 6 H2O German, b. Göttingen, Germany Guitermannite GUITERMANN, 3 PbS As2S3 Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf 4 Hackmanite HACKMAN, Sodalite containing 6% of 3 NaAlSiO4 Na2S Hausmannite HAUSMANN, Mn3O4 Hübnerite HÜBNER, MnWO4 Hutchinsonite HUTCHINSON, PbS Tl2S Ag2S 2 As2S3 Jamesonite JAMESON 2 PbS Sb2S3 Jeffersite JEFFER 10 (Mg, Fe)0.4 (Al, Fe)2O3 10 SiO2 7 H2O Johannite JOHANN (Cu, Fe, Na2)O UO3 SO3 4 H2O Kalkowskite KALKOW (Fe, Ce)2O3 4 (Ti, Si)O2 Kaneite KANE, Robert John (1809 - 1890) Irish, b. Dublin, Ireland Kieserite KIESER, Dietrich MgSO4 H2O (? - 1862) physician German, b. ? Knopite Near perovskite + Ce2O3 FeO Kolbeckite Be phosphate or silicophosphate Lawsonite H4CaAl2Si2O10 Lessingite Ca silicate Lewisite LEWIS, Winford Lee 5 CaO 2 TiO2 3 Sb2O5 (1878 - 1943) American, b. Gridley, California, USA Lorenzenite Na2(TiO2)Si2O7 + ZrO2 Löweite 2 MgSO4 2 Na2SO4 5 H2O Ludwigite 3 MgO B2O3 FeO Fe2O3 Mackintoshite 3 ThO2 3 SiO2 UO2 3 H2O Maitlandite 2 (Pb, Ca)O 3 ThO2 4 UO2 8 SiO2 23 H2O Mendelyeevite MENDELYEEV, Dimitri Ca urano-titano-niobate Ivanovich (1834 - 1907) Russian, b. Tobolsk, Russia Millerite MILLER, William Hallowes NiS (1801 - 1888) British, b. Llandovery, Wales Moissanite MOISSAN, Henri SiC (1852 - 1907) French, b. Paris, France Naëgite Zircon + Y, Nb, Ta, U, Th oxides Nagyagite 10 PbS Sb2S3 2 AuTe3 or 2 AuS Naumannite (Ag2Pb)Se Oliveiraite 3 ZrO2 2 TiO2 2 H2O Parsonsite 2 PbO UO3 P2O5 H2O Phillipsite (K2, Ca)Al2SiO4O12 Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf 5 4.5 H2O Powellite Ca(Mo, W)O4 Priceite 5 CaO 6 B2O3 9 H2O Ralstonite 3 Al(OH, F)3 (Na2, Mg)F2 2 H2O Rammelsbergite NiAs2 Renardite PbO 4 UO3 P2O5 9 H2O Richetite Hydrous Pb uranate Roeblingite 2 PbSO4 H10Ca7(SiO4)6 Rogersite Fe2O3 2 SO3 6 H2O Roosevelite BiAsO4 Rosenbuschite Na2Ca3(Si, Ti, Zr)4O12 Rossite CaO V2O5 4 H2O Rowlandite Fe(Y, Ce, La)2(YF)2Si4O14 Rutherfordine RUTHERFORD, Lord UO2CO3, 68% U2O3 Ernest (1871 - 1937) New Zealander-British, b. Spring Grove (now Brightwater) New Zealand Scheelite SCHEELE, Karl Wilhelm CaWO4 (1742 - 1786) Swedish, b. Stralsund, then Sweden Scheteligite (Ca, Y, Sb, Mn)2(Ti, Ta, Nb)2(O, OH)7 Schoepite 4 UO3 9 H2O Schorlomite 3 CaO (Fe, Ti)2O3 3 (Si, Ti)O2 Schroeckeringite 3 CaCO3 Na2SO4 UO3 10 H2O Seybertite 10 (Mg, Ca)O 5 Al2O3 4 SiO2 3 H2O Sharpite 6 UO3 5 CO2 8 H2O Sillimanite SILLIMAN, Benjamin Al2SiO5 (? - 1864) geologist American, b. ? Sklodowskite CURIE-SKLODOWSKA, MgO 2 UO3 2 SiO2 7 H2O Marie (1867 - 1934) Polish-French, b. Warsaw, Poland Smithsonite SMITHSON, James ZnCO3 (? - 1829) British, b. ? Soddyite SODDY, Frederick 5 UO3 2 SiO2 6 H2O (1877 - 1956) British, b. Eastbourne, England Stephanite 5 Ag2S Sb2S3 Sternbergite Ag2S Fe4S5 Stiepelmannite (Y, Yb)PO4 AlPO4 2 Al(OH)3 + Ce, La, Pr Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf 6 Stromeyerite STROMEYER, Friedrich Ag2S Cu2S (1776 - 1835) German, b. Göttingen, Germany Strüverite Fe(Ta, Nb)2Ti6O18 Swartzite SWARTZ CaMgUO2(CO3)3 12 H2O Tennantite TENNANT, Smithson 5 Cu2S 2 ZnS 2 As2S3 (1761 - 1815) British, b. Selby, England Thenardite THÉNARD, Louis Jacques Na2SO4 (1777 – 1857) French, b. Louptière, France) Thomsonite THOMSON, 2 (Ca, Na2)O 2 Al2O3 4 SiO2 5 H2O Thortveitite (Sc, Y)2Si2O7 Thucholite Hydrocarbon, Th, Ce, La, Dy, Y, Er, H2, N Tiemannite TIEMANN, Johann K.W.F. HgSe (1848 - 1899) German, b. Rübeland, Harz, Germany Toddite 55.7% Nb2O3 11.1% U oxides Torbernite Cu(UO2)2P2O8 12 H2O Törnebohmite (Ce, La, Al)3(F, OH)(SiO4)2 Troegerite (UO2)3As2O8 12H2O Tschermigite (NH4)Al(SO4)2 12H2O Ulexite ULEX, George L. NaCaB5O9 8 H2O (? - 1883) German, b. ? Uvarovite UVAROV, Count Sergei S. (? - 1855) Russian, b. ? Ullmannite ULLMANN, Fritz NiSbS (1875 – 1939) German, b. Fürth, Germany Valentinite Sb2O3 Vietinghofite Hydrated Fe samarskite Voglite Hydrous carbonate of U, Ca, Cu Volborthite 6 (Cu, Ca, Ba)O V2O5 15 H2O Wagnerite 3 MgO P2O5 MgF2 Wernerite WERNER, Abraham Gottlob X80Y20 – X40Y60 (1749 - 1817) X = CaCO3 3 CaAl2Si2O8 German, b. Wehrau, Silesia Y = NaCl 3 NaAlSi3O8 Wiikite Niobate, titanate, silicate of Fe, rare earths Willemite WILLEM I, King of the 2 ZnO SiO2 Netherlands (? - 1843) Woehlerite WOEHLER, Friedrich Zr silicate and niobate of Ca, (1800 - 1882) Na German, b. near Frankfurt, Germany Wollastonite WOLLASTON, William CaO SiO2 Hyde (1766 - 1828) British, b. East Dereham, Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf 7 Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf 8 Norfolk, England Wurzite WURTZ, Charles Adolphe ZnS (1817 - 1884) French, b. Wolfisheim, near Strasbourg, France Yagiite YAGI, Kenzo (1949 - ) mineralogist Japanese, b. ? Yakhontovite YAKHONTOVA, Liia Konstanttinovna (? - ?) mineralogist Russian, b. ? Yanomanite YANOMANI people, Amazon Basin, Brazil Yavapaiite YAVAPAI people, Arizona, USA Yedlinite YEDLIN, Leo Neal (1908 - 1977) mineralogist American, b. ? Yoderite YODER Jr., Hatten Schuyler (1921 - ) petrologist American, b. ? Yofortierite FORTIER, Yves Oscar (1914 - ) mineralogist Canadian, b. ? Yoshimuraite YOSHIMURA, Toyofumi (? - ?) mineralogist Japanese, b. ? Yoshiokaite YOSHIOKA, Takashi (1935 - 1983) mineralogist Japanese, b. ? Yuanfuliite FULI, Yuan (1893 - 1987) geologist Chinese, b. ? Yushkinite YUSHKIN, Nikolai Pavlovich (1936 - ) mineralogist Russian, b. ? Zaherite ZAHER, Mohammed Abduz (? - ?) mineralogist Bangladeshi, b. ? Zajacite ZAJAC, Ihor Stephan (1935 - ) explorer Zakharovite ZAKHAROV, Evgeny E. (1902 - 1980) mineralogist Russian, b. ? Zanazziite ZANAZZI, Pier Francesco (1939 -) mineralogist Italian, b. ? Zapatalite ZAPATA, Emiliano (1879 - 1919) hero of Mexican Revolution Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf 9 Mexican, b. Zaratite ZARATE, G. NiCO3 2 Ni(OH)2 4 H2O (? - ?) Spanish, b. ? Zinkenite ZINKEN, J.K.L. PbS Sb2S3 (1798 - 1862) mineralogist German, b. ? Zippeite ZIPPE, Franz Xavier 2 UO3 SO3 8 H2O Maximillian (1791 - 1863) mineralogist Austrian, b. ? Zirkelite ZIRKEL, Ferdinand (Ca, Fe)(Zr, Ti, Th)2O (1838 - 1912) mineralogist German, b. ? Zirklerite ZIRKLER, Bergrat Director of potash works at Aschersleben, Germany German, b. ? Zodacite ZODAC, Peter (1894 - 1967)

Zoisite ZOIS, Siegmund Baron von 4 CaO 3 Al2O3 6 SiO2 H2O Edelstein (1747 - 1819) Austrian Zoubekite ZOUBEK, Vladimir (1903 - ) Czech, b. ? Zussmanite ZUSSMAN, Jack (1924 - ) mineralogist British, b. ? Zvyagintsevite ZVYAGINTSEV, Orest Evgenevich (1894 - 1967) geochemist Russian, b. ? Zykaite ZYKA, Vaclav (1926 - ) mineralogist Czech, b. ?

Notes: Italicized names are those of women. Bolded names are those of chemists who have other things in chemistry named after them, or who were discoverers of elements of the periodic table. PLACES

MINERAL PERSON OR PLACE DESCRIPTION Aanerodite Aanerod, Norway Pyroniobate of U, Y Abhurite Sharm Abhur, Saudi Arabia Admonite Admont, Austria Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf 10 Adularia Adula Mountains, Graubunden, Switzerland Afghanite Afghanistan Andalusite Andalusia, Spain Al2O3 SiO2 Andesite Andes Mountain range Arizonite Mohave County, Arizona, Fe2O3 3 TiO2 USA Bauxite Le Baux, France Al2O3 2 H2O Brazilite, Brazil Na2O 3 Al2O3 P2O5 4 H2O Brazilianite Bytownite Bytown, (Ottawa) Canada X70Y30 - X10Y90 X = NaAlSi3O8 Y = CaAl2Si2O8 Caldasite Caldas district, Minas Gerais, Baddeleyite (ZrO2) with Brazil silicates Caledonite Caledonia 2 (PbO, CuO) SO3 H2O Ceylonite Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) MgO FeO Al2O3 Fe2O3 Chillagite Chillagoe, New South Wales, 3 PbWO4 PbMoO4 Australia Chiviatite Chivaiato, Peru 2 PbS 3 Bi2S6 Ellsworthite Ellsworth, Ontario, Canada CaO Nb2O5 2 H2O Epsom salts, Epsomite Epsom, England MgSO4 7 H2O Florencite Florence, Italy 3 Al2O3 Ce2O3 2 P2O5 6 H2O Franklinite Franklin Furnace, New Jersey, (Fe, Mn, Zn)O Fe2O3 USA Fremonite Fremont County, Colorado, (Na, Li)Al(OH, F)PO4 USA Germanite Germany 5 Cu2S 12(Cu, Fe)S As2O3 2 GeS2 Greenockite Greenock, Scotland CdS Hessite Hesse, Germany Ag2Te Ishikawaite Ishikawa, Japan Niobate of U, Fe Tantalate of U, Fe Kaolinite Kao-ling, China Al2O3 2SiO2 2 H2O Kasolite Kasalo, Katanga, Congo PbO UO3 SiO2 H2O Kischtimite Kyshtymsk, Urals, Russia Fluocarbonate of Ce metals Kochelite Kochelweise, Silesia Niobate of Y, Zr, Th, Fe, SiO2, Ca Labradorite Labrador, Canada X50Y50 - X30Y70 X = NaAlSi3O8 Y = CaAl2Si2O8 Lanarkite Lanark, Scotland Pb2O(SO4) Löllingite Lölling, Austria FeAs2 Matlockite Matlock, England PbFCl Melonite Melons Mine, California, NiTe2 USA Mendipite Mendip Hill, England 2 PbO PbCl2 Muscovite Moscow, Russia H2Kal3(SiO4)3 Nagatelite Nagatejima, Japan Silicates and phosphates of Al, Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf 11 Ca, Fe Narsarsukite Nasarsuk, Greenland Na6FeFTi2S12O32 Pilbarite Pilbara, Western Australia, ThO2 UO2 2 SiO2 PbO Australia 4 H2O Pisekite Pisek, Czechoslovakia Niobate and titanate of U Risörite Risör, Norway Y(Ta, Nb)O4 Ce, Ca, Er Samiresite Samiresy, Madagascar Niobate and titanate of U Sassolite Sasso, Tuscany, Italy B2O3 3 H2O Sussexite Sussex, England HRBO3 (R = Mn, Zn, Mg) Sylvanite Transylvania, Romania AuTe2, AgTe2 (sylvanium New Latin name for tellurium) Warwickite Warwick, New York, USA (Mg, Fe)3TiB3O6 Xiangjiangite Xiangjiang River, China Xilingolite Xilingola League, Inner Mongolia, China Ximengite Ximen district, Yunnan Province, China Xitieshanite Xitieshan deposit, Qinghai, China Xonotlite Telata de Xonotla, Mexico Yaroslavite Yaroslav', Russia Yarrowite Yarrow Creek, Alberta, Canada Yecoraite Maria Elena mine, Yecora, Mexico Ye'elimite Har Ye'elim and Nahal Ye'elim, Israel Yimengite Yimenshan area, Shandong, China Yingjiangite Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province, China Yuangjiangite Yuanjiang River, China Yugawaralite Yugawara hot springs, Japan Yukonite Yukon, Canada Yuksporite Mount Yukspor, Russia Yttrialite, Ytterby, Sweden Silicate of Th and Y Yttrocalcite, Ca5Y2F16 Yttrocerite, CaF2 + (YF3, CeF3) Yttrocrasite, (Ca, Pb)O (Th, U)O2 16 TiO2 3 (Y, Ce, Th)2O3 6 H2O Yttrofluorite, CaF2 + YF3 Yttrogummite, Decomposition product of cleveite Yttrotantalite, Y4(Ta2O7)3 Yttrotitanite Titanite + 12% (Y, Ce)2O3 + 5% Fe2O3 Al2O3 Zabuyelite Zabuye Salt Lake, Tibet, China Zairite Zaire (now Congo) Zinnwaldite Zinnwald (now Cinovec), Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf 12 Czech Republic Zlatogorite Zolotaya Gora, Middle Urals, Russia Zunyite Zuni mine, Silverston, [Al(OH, F, Cl)2]6Al2Si3O12 Colorado, USA Zwieselite Rabinstein, Zwiesel, Germany

REFERENCES:

Lange, N.A. Handbook of Chemistry, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.: New York, 1961, pp. 150 - 200.

Blackburn, W.H.; Dennen, W.H.; Russell, P.I. Encyclopedia of Mineral Names, Mineralogical Association of Canada, 1997.