Monticellite is named after Teodoro Monticelli Italian mineralogist (1759–1845). Kirschsteinite is named after Egon Kirschstein, German geologist.
The mineral Monticellite was named after the Italian mineralogist Teodoro Monticelli, who lived from 1759 to 1845. The mineral Kirschsteinite was named after Egon Kirschstein, a German geologist.