List of Minerals Named After People - M

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• Mandarinoite: Fe₂(SeO₃)₃·4H₂O and telluromandarinoite – American-Canadian mineralogist Joseph A. Mandarino (1929-2007)
• Maricite: NaFePO₄ – Yugoslavian mineralogist Luba Maric (1899-1979), University of Zagreb
• Mckelveyite-(Y): Ba₃NaCa_0.75U_0.25Y(CO₃)₆•3(H₂O) – American geologist Vincent E. McKelvey (1916–1985)
• Mendeleevite-(Ce): Cs₆(Ce₂₂Ca₆)(Si₇₀O₁₇₅)(OH,F)₁₄(H₂O)₂₁ – Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834-1907)
• 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: PbCu₆O_8-x(Cl,Br)_2x – American mineralogist Joseph Murdoch (1890–1973)