· Abswurmbachite ((Cu,Mn2+)Mn3+6O8SiO4) – Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach - (German mineralogist)
· Adamite Zn2AsO4OH – Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795-1881) - (French mineralogist)
· Aheylite ((Fe2+, Zn)Al6[(OH)4|(PO4)2]2·4H2O) – Allen V. Heyl - (American geologist ) -.
· Alexandrite (variety of Chrysoberyl) – Tsar Alexander II of Russia (1818-1881)-
· Alforsite Ba5Cl(PO4)3 – John T. Alfors (1930 - 2005) - American geologist
· Allabogdanite (Fe,Ni)2P – Alla Bogdanova - Geological Institute, Kola Science Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences
· Ankerite Ca(Fe,Mg,Mn)(CO3)2 – Matthias Joseph Anker (1771-1843) - An Austrian mineralogist
· Arfvedsonite Na3(Fe,Mg)4FeSi8O22(OH)2 – Johan August Arfwedson (1792-1841) - Swedish chemist
· Armalcolite (Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O5 – ARM Neil Armstrong, AL Buzz Aldrin and COL Michael Collins - American astronauts
· Arthurite CuFe23+[(OH,O)|(AsO4,PO4,SO4)]2·4H2O – Sir Sir Arthur Edward Ian Montagu Russell, 6th Baronet and Arthur W. G. Kingsbury - British mineralogists
· Baddeleyite ZrO2 – Joseph Baddeley
· Bazzite Be3(Sc,Fe)2Si6O18 – Alessandro E. Bazzi - Italian engineer
· Berthierite ((Fe,Sb)2=S4) - Pierre Berthier (1782-1861) - French geologist and mining engineer
· Bertrandite Be4Si2O7(OH)2 – Emile Bertrand (1844-1909) - French mineralogist
· Bilibinskite Au2Cu2PbTe2+ – Yuri A. Bilibin (1901-1952) - Soviet geologist
· Bixbite Be3(AlMn)2Si6O18 – ; American mineralogist Maynard Bixby
· Bixbyite (Fe,Mn)2O3 – American mineralogist Maynard Bixby
· Blödite Na2Mg(SO4)2•4(H2O) – German chemist Carl August Blöde (1773-1820)
· Blossite αCu2V2O7 – mineralogist F. Donald Bloss
· Bornite Cu5FeS4 – Austrian Mineralogist Ignaz von Born (1742-1791)
· Bournonite PbCuSbS3 – French crystallographer and mineralogist Jacques Louis de Bournon (1751–1825)
· Braggite (Pt,Pd,Ni)S – the first mineral characterized by X-ray analysis. William Henry Bragg (1862–1942) and his son, William Lawrence Bragg (1890–1971)
· 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).
· Burtite CaSn(OH)6 – American mining geologist Donald McLain Burt (1943– )
· Canfieldite Ag8SnS6 – American mining engineer Frederick Alexander Canfield (1849-1926)
· Cannonite Bi2(OH)2SO4 – American mineralogist and electrom microprobe analyst Benjamin Bartlett (Bart) Cannon
· Carnallite KMgCl3•6(H2O) – Prussian mining engineer, Rudolf von Carnall (1804-1874)
· Carnotite K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 – French mining engineer and chemist Marie Adolphe Carnot (1839-1920)
· Cernyite Cu2CdSnS4 – Canadian mineralogist Petr Cerny
· Cesbronite Cu6(TeO3)2(OH) 62H20 – French mineralogist Fabian Cesbron
· Chrisstanleyite Ag2Pd3Se4 – British mineralogist Christopher John Stanley
· Cleveite UO2•UO3•PO•ThO2 – Swedish chemist Per Teodor Cleve (1840–1905)
· Clintonite Ca(Mg,Al)3(Al3Si)O10(OH)2 – De Witt Clinton (1769-1828)
· Coesite (form of SiO2)– Loring Coes, Jr.
· Coffinite U(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x – American geologist Reuben Clare Coffin
· Colemanite (Ca2B6O11•5H2O) – mine owner William T. Coleman (1824-1893)
· Cooperite (Pt,Pd,Ni)S – South African metallurgist Richard A. Cooper (1890–1972)
· Cordierite (Mg,Fe)2Al4Si5O18 to (Fe,Mg)2Al4Si5O18 – French geologist P. L. A. Cordier (1777-1861)
· Covellite CuS – Niccola Covelli (1790-1829)
· Crookesite Cu7(Tl,Ag)Se4 – English chemist and physicist Sir William Crookes (1832-1919)
· Dawsonite NaAlCO3(OH)2 – Canadian geologist Sir John William Dawson (1820–1899)
· Delafossite CuFeO2 – French mineralogist Gabriel Delafosse (1796-1878)
· Dickite Al2Si2O5(OH)4 – Scottish metallurgical chemist Allan Brugh Dick (1833-1926)
· Dollaseite-(Ce) CaCeMg2AlSi3O11F(OH) – American geologist Wayne A. Dollase (1938-), geology professor at UCLA
· Dolomite CaMg(CO3)2 – French naturalist and geologist Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750-1801)
· Domeykite Cu3As – Polish geologist and mineralogist Ignacy Domeyko (1802-1889)
· Donnayite NaCaSr3Y(CO3)6•3H20 – Canadian professors J. D. H. Donnay and G. Donnay
· Dumortierite Al6.5-7BO3(SiO4)3(O,OH)3 – French paleontologist Eugene Dumortier (1803-1873)
· Ferberite FeWO4 – German amateur mineralogist Moritz Rudolph Ferber (1805-1875)
· Ferrierite (Na,K)2Mg(Si,Al)18O36(OH)•9H2O – Canadian geologist and mining engineer Walter Frederick Ferrier (1865-1950)
· Fergusonite (Ce,La,Nd)NbO4 – British Politician and mineral collector Robert Ferguson of Raith (1767–1840)
· Forsterite (Mg2SiO4) – German naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster (1729-1798)
· Franckeite Pb5Sn3Sb2S14 – mining engineers Carl Francke and Ernest Francke
· Freieslebenite AgPbSbS3 – Johann Karl Freiesleben (1774-1846)
· Friedrichite Cu5Pb5Bi7S18 – Austrian geologist O. M. Friedrich
· Gadolinite (Ce,La,Nd,Y)2FeBe2Si2O10 – Finnish mineralogist- chemist Johan Gadolin (1760-1852)
· Gahnite ZnAl2O4 – Swedish chemist Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745-1818)
· Garnierite – Jules Garnier
· Geigerite Mn5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2•10H2O – Swiss mineralogist Thomas P. Geiger
· Genkinite (Pt,Pd)4Sb3 – Soviet mineralogist A. D. Genkin
· Gibbsite Al(OH)3 – American mineralogist George Gibbs (1776-1833)
· Gilsonite (Hydrocarbon resin) – American Samuel H Gilson
· Goethite FeOOH – German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
· Grunerite Fe7Si8O22(OH)2 – Swiss-French chemist Louis Gruner
· Gunningite (Zn,Mn2+)SO4•H2O – Canadian geologist and academic Henry C. Gunning (1901–1991)
· Haggertyite Ba(Fe2+6Ti5Mg)O19 – Stephen E. Haggerty (born 1938)
· Hapkeite Fe2Si – American planetary scientist Bruce Hapke
· Hawleyite CdS – Canadian mineralogist James Edwin Hawley (1897–1965)
· Heulandite (Ca,Na)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36·12H2O – English mineral collector Henry Heuland (1778–1856)
· Hiddenite – American geologist William Earl Hidden (1853–1918).
· Howardite – British Chemist Edward Charles Howard (1774–1816)
· Hübnerite MnWO4 – German mineralologist Adolf Huebner
· Hutchinsonite (Tl,Pb)2As5S9 – Cambridge mineralogist Arthur Hutchinson (1866–1937)
· Huttonite ThSiO4 – New Zealand American mineralogist Colin Osborne Hutton (1910–1971)
· Jimthompsonite (Mg,Fe)5Si6O16(OH)2 – American mineralogist James B. Thompson Jr.
· Johnbaumite (Ca)5(AsO4)3(OH) [1] [2] – American geologist and mineralogist John L. Baum
· Kassite CaTi2O4(OH)2 – Russian geologist Nikolai Grigor’evich Kassin (1885-1949)
· Kieserite (MgSO4•H2O) – Dietrich Georg von Kieser (1779-1862)
· Kleberite FeTi6013•4H20 – German professor Will Kleber (1906-1970)
· Kobellite (Pb22Cu4(Bi,Sb)30S69) – German mineralogist Wolfgang Franz von Kobell (1803-1882)
· Kogarkoite Na3(SO4)F – Russian scientist Lia Nikolaevna Kogarko
· Kolbeckite ScPO4·2H2O – German mineralogist Friedrich LW Kolbeck
· Krennerite AuTe2 varying to (Au0.8,Ag0.2)Te2 – Hungarian mineralogist Joseph Krenner (1839-1920)
· Kukharenkoite-(Ce) Ba3CeF(CO3)3 – Russian mineralogist Alexander A. Kukharenko (1914-1993)
· Kunzite – American mineralogist George Frederick Kunz (1856-1932).
· Lonsdaleite – British crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale (1903-1971)
· Lorandite TlAsS2 – Hungarian physicist Loránd Eötvös (1848-1919)
· Maricite NaFePO4 – Yugoslavian mineralogist Luba Maric
· McKelveyite Ba3NaCa0.75U0.25Y(CO3)6•3(H2O) – American geologist Vincent E. McKelvey (1916-1985)
· Millerite NiS – British mineralogist William Hallowes Miller (1801-1880)
· Moissanite SiC (naturally occurring) – discoverer Henri Moissan (1852-1907)
· Morganite – American financier J. P. Morgan (1837-1913)
· Murdochite PbCu6O8-x(Cl,Br)2x – American mineralogist Joseph Murdock (1890-1973)
· Pallasite– German naturalist Peter Pallas (1741-1811).
· Partheite Ca2Al4Si4O15(OH)2·4(H2O) – Swiss crystallographer Erwin Parthé (1928-2006)
· 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 (1934-)
· Perovskite CaTiO3 – Russian mineralogist, L. A. Perovski (1792-1856)
· Petzite Ag3AuTe2 W. Petz
· Pezzottaite Cs(Be2Li)Al2Si6O18 Italian geologist and mineralogist Federico Pezzotta
· Phillipsite (Ca,Na2,K2)3Al6Si10O32·12H2O. or KCaAl3Si5O16·6H2O – English mineralogist and geologist William Phillips (1775-1828)
· Prehnite Ca2Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 – Dutch governor Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn
· Proustite Ag3AsS3 – French chemist Joseph Louis Proust (1754-1826)
· Rambergite MnS – mineralogist Hans Ramberg
· Riebeckite Na2(Fe,Mg)5Si8O22(OH)2 – German explorer Emil Riebeck (1853-1885)
· Rossmanite (LiAl2)Al6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)4 – Caltech mineralogist George Rossman
· Russellite (BiO2)[WO4] – British mineralologist Sir Arthur Russell, 6th Baronet
· Samarskite Y0.2REE0.3Fe3+0.3U0.2Nb0.8Ta0.2O4 – Russian official Colonel Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets (1803-1870)
· Sanbornite BaSi2O5 – American mineralogist Frank B. Sanborn (1862-1936)
· Satterlyite (Fe++,Mg)2(PO4)(OH) – Canadian geologist Jack Satterly (1906-)
· Schreibersite (Fe,Ni)3P – Austrian naturalist Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers (1775-1852)
· Sekaninaite ((Fe+2,Mg)2Al4Si5O18) – Czech mineralogist Josef Sekanina (1901- )
· Sillimanite Al2SiO5 – American chemist Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864)
· Smithsonite ZnCO3 – British chemist and mineralogist, James Smithson (1754-1829)
· Sodalite (informally named Princess Blue) – Princess Patricia of Connaught (1886-1974)
· Sperrylite PtAs2 – American chemist Francis Louis Sperry
· Steacyite KvariableCa.Na.Th.U.Si8O20 – Canadian mineralogist Harold Robert Steacy (b. 1923)
· Stephanite Ag5SbS4 – Archduke Stephan of Austria
· Stichtite Mg6Cr2CO3(OH)16.4H2O – Australian mine manager Robert Carl Sticht (1857–1922)
· Stilleite ZnSe – German geologist Hans Stille (1876-1966)
· Stolzite PbWO4 – Czechoslovakian Joseph Alexi Stolz (1803-1896)
· Stromeyerite AgCuS – German chemist, Friedrich Stromeyer (1776 - 1835)
· Sugilite KNa2(Fe,Mn,Al)2Li3Si12O30 – Japanese petrologist Ken-ichi Sugi (1901-1948)
· Sylvite KCl – Dutch chemist François Sylvius de le Boe (1614-1672)
· 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)
· Thomasclarkite Na0.8Ce0.2Y0.5REE0.7(HCO3)(OH)3•4(H2O) – Canadian geologist Thomas Clark (1893-1996)
· Thortveitite (Sc,Y)2Si2O7 – Norwegian engineer Olaus Thortveit
· Tiemannite HgSe – CW Tiemann (1848-1899)
· Torbernite Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 8-12H2O – Swedish chemist Torbern Bergman (1735-1784)
· Ulexite (NaCaB5O9•8H2O) – German chemist G. L. Ulex
· Ullmannite NiSbS – German chemist and mineralogist Johann Christoph Ullmann (1771-1821)
· Uvarovite Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3 – Russian Count Sergei Semenovitch Uvarov (1765-1855)
· Valentinite Sb2O3 – German alchemist Basilius Valentinus (c. 15th-century)
· Vaterite CaCO3 – German mineralogist Heinrich Vater
· Vivianite Fe3(PO4)2·8(H2O) – English mineralogist J.G. Vivian
· Wardite NaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4•2(H2O) – American naturalist Henry Augustus Ward (1834-1906)
· Weloganite Na2(Sr,Ca)3Zr(CO3)6·3H2O – Canadian geologist Sir William Edmond Logan (1798-1875)
· Whewellite CaC2O4·H2O; English mineralogist William Whewell (1794-1866)
· Whitlockite Ca3(PO4)2 – American mineralogist Herbert Percy Whitlock (1868-1948)
· Willemite Zn2SiO4 – King 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)
· Wulfenite PbMoO4 – Austrian mineralogist Franz Xavier von Wulfen (1728-1805)
· Zaccagnaite Zn4Al2CO3(OH)12.3H2O – Italian mineral collector Domenico Zaccagna
· Zaherite Al12(OH)26(SO4)5.20H2O – Bangladeshi geologist Mohamed Abduz Zaher
· Zajacite Na(REExCa1-x)(REEyCa1-y)F6 – Explorer Dr. I. S. Zajac
· 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 PF Zanazzi
· Zaratite Ni3CO3(OH)4·4H2O – Spanish diplomat and dramatist Antonio Gil y Zárate (1793-1861)
· Zektzerite – American mathematician and mineral collector Jack Zektzer (1936- )
· Zhanghengite – ancient Chinese astronomer Zhang Heng (78-139)
· Zhemchuzhnikovite NaMg(FeAl)C2O4.8H2O – Russian clay mineralogist Yury Zhemchuzhnikov
· Ziesite βCu2V2O7 – mineralogist Emmanuel G. Zies
· Zinkenite Pb9Sb22S42 – German mineralogist and mining geologist, J. K. L. Zincken (1790–1862).
· Zippeite (UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10·4(H2O) – Austrian mineralogist Franz Xaver Maxmillian Zippe.
· Zirkelite: (Ca, Th, Ce)Zr(Ti, Nb)2O7 – German petrographer Ferdinand Zirkel (1838–1912)
· Zoisite Ca2(Al.OH)Al2(SiO4)3 – Slovene scientist Baron Sigmund Zois von Edelstein (aka Žiga Zois) (1747-1819)
· Zussmanite K(Fe++,Mg,Mn)13[AlSi17O42](OH)14 – British geologist Jack Zussman
· Zykaite – Czech geochemist Dr. Vacklav Zyka.