Johannes F. Vaes Explained

Johannes Franciscus Vaes (1902–1978) was a Belgian mineralogist and geologist associated with the Union Minière du Haut-Katanga, in Belgian Congo, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Vaes discovered the mineral vaesite, which was named after him in 1945 by Paul F. Kerr.^[1]

External links

• Mindat.org – Vaesite
• Webmineral.com – Vaesite
• Handbook of Mineralogy – Vaesite

Notes and References

1. Kerr. Paul F.. 1945. Cattierite and Vaesite: New Co-Ni Minerals from the Belgian Kongo. American Mineralogist. 30. 7–8. 483–492. 51786115. 1945-3027.