Bixbyite [SEP] named after
and cavities and in metamorphic rocks. It can also be found in lithophysal cavities in rhyolite. Typical localities are Jhabua and Chhindwara districts, India and the Thomas Range in Juab County, Utah. It is also reported from San Luis Potosi, Mexico; northern Patagonia, Argentina; Girona, Catalonia, Spain; Sweden and South Africa.
Bixbyite was named for the American mineralogist Maynard Bixby (1853–1935), responsible for its discovery in 1897. It should not be confused with "bixbite", a red form of beryl
minerals and staked several claims for topaz. One, the Maynard's Claim, is still being mined for specimens. The mineral bixbyite, which he discovered there, was named in his honor in 1897. The rare, red beryl also found there, originally named "bixbite" in his honor, was later renamed "red beryl" to avoid confusion with bixbyite.
Bixby wrote articles for "The Mineral Collector." In the December 1896 issue Bixby published his first ad, a full-page one, in which