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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. ?
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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
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(? - 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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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X70Y30 - X10Y90 X = NaAlSi3O8 Y = CaAl2Si2O8
X50Y50 - X30Y70 X = NaAlSi3O8 Y = CaAl2Si2O8
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(sylvanium New Latin name for tellurium)
Titanite + 12% (Y, Ce)2O3 + 5% Fe2O3 Al2O3
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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.
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