List of Minerals Named After People - Z

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• Zaccagnaite: Zn₄Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₂·3(H₂O) – Italian mineral collector Domenico Zaccagna
• Zaherite: Al₁₂(OH)₂₆(SO₄)₅·20(H₂O) – Bangladeshi geologist Mohamed Abduz Zaher
• Zajacite-(Ce): Na(REE_xCa_1-x)(REE_yCa_1-y)F₆ – Explorer Ihor Stephan Zajac (born 1935)
• Zakharovite: Na₄Mn₅Si₁₀O₂₀(OH)₆·6(H₂O) – Russian Director of the Moscow Institute of Geological Exploration Evgeii Evgen'evich Zakharov (1902–1980)
• Zanazziite: Ca₂(MgFe)(MgFeMnAl)₄Be(OH)₄(PO₄)₆·6(H₂O) – Italian Professor Pier Francesco Zanazzi (born 30 April 1939)
• Zaratite: Ni₃CO₃(OH)₄·4(H₂O) – Spanish diplomat and dramatist Antonio Gil y Zárate (1793–1861)
• Zektzerite: LiNa(Zr,Ti,Hf)Si₆O₁₅ – American mathematician and mineral collector Jack Zektzer (born 1936)
• Zhanghengite: CuZn – ancient Chinese astronomer Zhang Heng (78-139)
• Zhemchuzhnikovite: NaMgAl(C₂O₄)₃·8(H₂O) – Russian clay mineralogist Yury Zhemchuzhnikov
• Ziesite: βCu₂V₂O₇ – mineralogist Emmanuel G. Zies
• Zinkenite: Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂ – German mineralogist and mining geologist, Johann Karl Ludwig Zinken (1790–1862)
• Zippeite: (UO₂)₆(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₀·4(H₂O) – Austrian mineralogist Franz Xaver Maximilian Zippe
• Zirkelite: (Ca,Th,Ce)Zr(Ti,Nb)₂O₇ – German petrographer Ferdinand Zirkel (1838–1912)
• Zoisite: Ca₂(Al.OH)Al₂(SiO₄)₃ – Slovene scientist Baron Sigmund Zois von Edelstein (1747–1819)
• Zussmanite: K(Fe2+,Mg,Mn)₁₃(OH)₁₄ – British geologist Jack Zussman
• Zykaite: Fe3+₄(AsO₄)₃(SO₄)(OH)·15(H₂O) – Czech geochemist Vacklav Zyka