Yuri Apollonovich Zhemchuzhnikov (Russian: Юрий Аполлонович Жемчужников; 8 May [O.S. 26 April] 1885 in Samara – 9 January 1957 in Leningrad) was a Russian and Soviet geologist.[1] He became professor at the Leningrad Mining University in 1920[1] and was a noted expert in petrography. The mineral Zhemchuzhnikovite is named after him.[2]

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