Herbert Smith (mineralogist) explained

Dr. George Frederick Herbert Smith (1872–1953), 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.^[1]

The mineral Herbertsmithite is named after him,^[2] as is Herbert's rock-wallaby.

References

• webmineral.com Has information on Herbertsmithite and brief biographical details. Accessed March 2007
• Archives of Herbert Smith's career 1897–1937 at the Natural History Museum

External links

• Works by Herbert Smith at Project Gutenberg

Notes and References

1. http://www.minsocam.org/ammin/AM69/AM69_391.pdf Mineralogical Society of America information on refractometers
2. http://www.mindat.org/min-26600.html Mindat information page about Herbertsmithite