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Minerals

Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf 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
IRMGARD (1938 - ) mineralogist German, b. ? ADAM, Gilbert Joseph
(1795 - 1881) mineralogist
French, b. ?
(1874 - ?) mine operator DeBeers Consolidated Mines, Kimberley, South Africa Superintendent of San Carlos mine, Guanajuato, Mexico Mexican, b. ? Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf Arfvedsonite
ARFVEDSON, Johann
August (1792 - 1841)
Swedish, b. Skagerholms-
Bruk, Skaraborgs-Län,
Sweden
Arrhenite
ARRHENIUS, Svante
(1859 - 1927)
Swedish, b. Wijk, near
Uppsala, Sweden
Avogardrite
AVOGADRO, Lorenzo
Romano Amedeo Carlo
(1776 - 1856)
Italian, b. Turin, Italy
Becquerelite
BECQUEREL, Antoine
Henri César (1852 - 1908)
French b. Paris, France
Berzelianite
BERZELIUS, Jöns Jakob
(1779 - 1848)
Swedish, b. East Götland,
Sweden
Braggite
BRAGG, Sir William Henry
(1862 - 1942)
British, b. Westward,
Cumberland, England
BRAGG, Sir William
Lawrence (1890 - 1971)
Australian-British, b.
Adelaide, Australia
Brewsterite
BREWSTER, Sir David
(1781 - 1868)
Scottish, b. Jedburgh,
Scotland
Bunsenite
BUNSEN, ROBERT
(1811 – 1899)
German, b. Goettingen,
Germany
Cleveite
CLEVE, Per Theodor
(1840 - 1905)
Swedish, b. Stockholm,
Sweden
Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf (? - 1893) businessman and mine owner American, b. ? CURIE-SKLODOWSKA,
Marie (1867 - 1934)
Polish-French, b. Warsaw,
Poland
CURIE, Pierre
(1859 - 1906)
French, b. Paris, France
Silicate of Ce, Y, Th, Zr, Be, Ca, Al, Fe Gadolinite
GADOLIN, Johann
(1760 - 1852)
Finnish, b. Abo, Finland
GAHN, Johan Gottlieb
(1745 - 1818)
Swedish (b. Voxna,
Gävleborg, Sweden)
Glauber's salt,
GLAUBER, Johann
Glauberite
Rudolph (1640 - 1670)
German, b. Karlstadt,
Germany
Gmelinite
GMELIN, Leopold
(1788 - 1853)
German, b. Göttingen,
Germany
Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf Sodalite containing 6% of 3 NaAlSiO4 Na2S 10 (Mg, Fe)0.4 (Al, Fe)2O3 10 SiO2 7 H2O KANE, Robert John
(1809 - 1890)
Irish, b. Dublin, Ireland
Lewisite
LEWIS, Winford Lee
(1878 - 1943)
American, b. Gridley,
California, USA
Mendelyeevite
MENDELYEEV, Dimitri
Ivanovich (1834 - 1907)
Russian, b. Tobolsk, Russia
Millerite
MILLER, William Hallowes
(1801 - 1888)
British, b. Llandovery,
Wales
Moissanite
MOISSAN, Henri
(1852 - 1907)
French, b. Paris, France
Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf Rutherfordine
RUTHERFORD, Lord
Ernest (1871 - 1937)
New Zealander-British, b.
Spring Grove (now
Brightwater) New Zealand
Scheelite
SCHEELE, Karl Wilhelm
(1742 - 1786)
Swedish, b. Stralsund, then
Sweden
Sklodowskite
CURIE-SKLODOWSKA,
Marie (1867 - 1934)
Polish-French, b. Warsaw,
Poland
Soddyite
SODDY, Frederick
(1877 - 1956)
British, b. Eastbourne,
England
Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf Stromeyerite
STROMEYER, Friedrich
(1776 - 1835)
German, b. Göttingen,
Germany
Swartzite
Tennantite
TENNANT, Smithson
(1761 - 1815)
British, b. Selby, England
Hydrocarbon, Th, Ce, La, Dy, Y, Er, H2, N Niobate, titanate, silicate of Fe, rare earths Woehlerite
WOEHLER, Friedrich
(1800 - 1882)
German, b. near Frankfurt,
Germany
Wollastonite
WOLLASTON, William
Hyde (1766 - 1828)
British, b. East Dereham,
Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf Norfolk, England
WURTZ, Charles Adolphe
(1817 - 1884)
French, b. Wolfisheim, near
Strasbourg, France
Konstanttinovna (? - ?) mineralogist Russian, b. ? (1908 - 1977) mineralogist American, b. ? (1935 - 1983) mineralogist Japanese, b. ? YUSHKIN, Nikolai Pavlovich (1936 - ) mineralogist Russian, b. ? (1902 - 1980) mineralogist Russian, b. ? (1879 - 1919) hero of Mexican Revolution Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf Maximillian (1791 - 1863) mineralogist Austrian, b. ? Director of potash works at Aschersleben, Germany German, b. ? Evgenevich (1894 - 1967) geochemist Russian, 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
Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf X70Y30 - X10Y90 X = NaAlSi3O8 Y = CaAl2Si2O8 X50Y50 - X30Y70 X = NaAlSi3O8 Y = CaAl2Si2O8 Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf (sylvanium New Latin name for tellurium) Titanite + 12% (Y, Ce)2O3 + 5% Fe2O3 Al2O3 Dr. John Andraos, http://www.careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf
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.

Source: http://careerchem.com/NAMED/Minerals.pdf