Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf 1 MINERALS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE AND PLACES © Dr. John Andraos, 2003-2011 Department of Chemistry, York University 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ONTARIO M3J 1P3, CANADA For suggestions, corrections, additional information, and comments please send e-mails to [email protected] http://www.chem.yorku.ca/NAMED/ PEOPLE 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