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)