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  • Abelsonite: C31H32N4Ni – American physicist Philip Hauge Abelson (1913-2004)
  • Abswurmbachite: Cu2+Mn3+6O8SiO4 – German mineralogist Irmgard Abs-Wurmbach
  • Adamite: Zn2AsO4OH – French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795–1881)
  • Agricolaite: K4(UO2)(CO3)3 – German scholar Georgius Agricola (1494-1555)
  • Aheylite: Fe2+Al62·4(H2O) – American geologist Allen V. Heyl (1918-2008)
  • Alexandrite (variety of Chrysoberyl): – Tsar Alexander II of Russia (1818–1881)
  • Alforsite: Ba5Cl(PO4)3 – American geologist John T. Alfors (1930–2005)
  • Allabogdanite: (Fe,Ni)2P – Alla Bogdanova, Geological Institute, Kola Science Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Ankerite: CaFe2+(CO3)2 – Austrian mineralogist Matthias Joseph Anker (1771–1843)
  • Arfvedsonite: Na3(Fe,Mg)4FeSi8O22(OH)2 – Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson (1792–1841)
  • Armalcolite: (Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O5 – American astronauts ARM Neil Armstrong, AL Buzz Aldrin and COL Michael Collins
  • Armbrusterite: K5Na3Mn3+Mn2+144(OH)10·4(H2O) – Swiss crystallographer Thomas Armbruster (born 1950), University of Bern
  • Arthurite: CuFe23+2·4(H2O) – British mineralogists Arthur Edward Ian Montagu Russell and Arthur W. G. Kingsbury

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