Georgi Ivanov Terziev Explained

Georgi Ivanov Terziev
Native Name:	Георги Иванов Терзиев
Native Name Lang:	bg
Birth Date:	6 March 1935
Birth Place:	Gorichevo, Razgrad Province, Kingdom of Bulgaria
Death Place:	India
Nationality:	Bulgarian
Education:	M.Sc., Geology – Moscow State University (1957) Ph.D. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1967)
Work Institutions:	Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia_University_of_Mining_and_Geology United Nations
Children:	one son
Known For:	Contributions in the field of mineralogy kostovite hemusite

Georgi Ivanov Terziev (Bulgarian: Георги Иванов Терзиев) (6 March 1935 – 29 September 1972) was a Bulgarian geologist and mineralogist. Georgi Terziev was an exceptional figure in the field of mineralogy and made major contributions to the study of the mining regions and deposits near Panagyurishte and Madan.

He is credited for the discoveries of the minerals kostovite and hemusite.^{[1] [2]} He died, together with his wife and colleague Tamara Hissina, in a car accident.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Kostovite, A Gold-Copper Telluride from Bulgaria. G. . Terziev . 1966 . The American Mineralogist . 51 . 29–36.
2. Hemusite – A Complex Copper-Tin-Molybdenum Sulfide from the Chelopech Ore Deposit, Bulgaria . G. . Terziev . 1971 . The American Mineralogist . 56 . 11–12 . 1847.
3. Dietl, Olga; Tchoumatchenco, Platon . Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society . Bulgarian geologists who died under special circumstances . 81 . 1 . 2020 . 94-95 . 17 May 2023 . bg, en.