List of Minerals Named After People - V

V

• Valentinite: Sb₂O₃ – German alchemist Basilius Valentinus (might be Johann Thölde? 1565-1614)
• Vaterite: CaCO₃ – German mineralogist Heinrich Vater (1859-1930)
• Vivianite: Fe₃(PO₄)₂·8(H₂O) and metavivianite – English mineralogist John Henry Vivian (1785-1855)