Biography

Luiz Alberto Dias Menezes Filho, Brazilian mining engineer and mineralogist (São Paulo 05 October 1950 – Belo Horizonte 09 July 2014)

DESCRIBED NEW MINERAL SPECIES 

Lindbergite 2004 with Atencio, Coutinho, Graeser & Matioli

Ruifrancoite 2007 with Atencio, Chukanov, Coutinho, Dubinchuk & Mockel

Guimaraesite 2008 with Chukanov, Zadov, Atencio & Coutinho

Bendadaite  2010 with Kolitsch, Chukanov, Atencio, Zubkova et al.

Carlosbarbosaite 2012 with Atencio, Roberts, Cooper, Coutinho et al.  

Almeidaite 2013 with Chukanov, Rastsvetaeva, Aksenov, Pekov, Atencio et al.

Pauloabibite 2013 with Atencio, Andrade, Downs, Chaves et al. 

Cesarferreiraite 2014 with Scholz, Chukanov, Atencio, Belotti et al.

Correianevesite 2014 with Chukanov, Scholz, Zubkova, Pekov et al.

Waimirite 2014  with Bastos Neto, Pereira, Atencio, Ferron & Coutinho

Wilancookite 2015 with Hatert, Philippo, Ottolini, Dal Bo, Scholz, Chaves, Yang & Downs  

Parisite-La 2016 with Chukanov, Chaves, Atencio, Scholz, Pekov et al.

Melcherite 2016 with Atencio & Andrade

Brandaoite 2018 with Chaves, Cooper, Ball, Abdu, Sharp, Day & Hawthorne

HONORS

Menezesite Atencio, Coutinho, Doriguetto, Mascarenhas, Ellena & Ferrari 2008 (Mineral), the first heteropolyniobate found in the nature (2005)