Zone d'identification
Type of entity
Personne
Forme autorisée du nom
Smith, George Frederick Herbert
forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom
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Description area
Dates d’existence
1872-1953
Historique
Dr George Frederick Herbert Smith was a British mineralogist who worked for the British Museum of Natural History. He discovered the mineral paratacamite in 1906. He also developed the first efficient jeweller's refractometer. The mineral Herbertsmithite is named after him, as is Herbert's rock-wallaby