List of Minerals Named After People - G

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• Gadolinite: (Ce,La,Nd,Y)₂FeBe₂Si₂O₁₀ – Finnish mineralogist and chemist Johan Gadolin (1760–1852)
• Gahnite: ZnAl₂O₄ – Swedish chemist Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745–1818)
• Gatehouseite: Mn2+₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄ – crystal chemist Bryan M. K. C. Gatehouse (born 1932), Monash University
• Genkinite: (Pt,Pd)₄Sb₃ – Soviet mineralogist A. D. Genkin
• Georgerobinsonite: Pb₄(CrO₄)₂(OH)₂FCl – George Willard Robinson
• 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)
• Gormanite: Fe2+₃Al₄(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O – mineralogist Donald Herbert Gorman, University of Toronto
• Grunerite: Fe₇Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂ – Swiss-French chemist Louis Gruner
• Gunterite: Na₄(H₂O)16(H₂V₁₀O₂₈)•6H₂O – American mineralogist Mickey Gunter
• Gunningite: (Zn,Mn2+)SO₄•H₂O – Canadian geologist and academic Henry C. Gunning (1901–1991)