Marie Louise Lindberg Explained

Marie Louise Lindberg (also published as Marie Lindberg Smith; 1918–2005[1]) was a mineralogist. She was affiliated with the U.S. Geological Survey and noted for her studies of mineralogy in Brazil.[2] Multiple species of mineral were first described by her, including frondelite, faheyite, moraesite, barbosalite, and tavorite.[3] These 5 minerals were all described by her and various collaborators in the 1940s and 1950s,[4] and sourced from a quarry in Galileia, Minas Gerais.[5] As of March 1950, Lindberg held both Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees.[6]

Lindberg joined the Geological Survey in 1943, and received training from Joe Fahey. In 1953, she and K. J. Murata described a new mineral; they named it faheyite in honor of Fahey.[7] In 2004, the mineral lindbergite was described by Daniel Atencio and named in honor of Lindberg.[8] Notable work outside of Brazil includes paleontology research, including a paper with Wilbert H. Hass on the composition of conodonts (1946);[9] and the discovery of a brazilianite deposit in North Groton, New Hampshire (1947).[10] She also published multiple book reviews in the journal Science during the 1960s.[11] [12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lindbergite . January 19, 2024 . Mindat.org.
  2. Book: Roth, Philippe . Minerals First Discovered in Switzerland . 2007 . Excalibur Mineral Corporation . 978-3-9807561-8-1 . 98–99 . en . Lindbergite . vanc . Google Books.
  3. Book: Atencio, Daniel . Type mineralogy of Brazil: a book in progress . November 4, 2020 . Instituto de Geociências . 978-65-86403-01-5 . 10.11606/9786586403015 . vanc.
  4. Web site: das Neves . Paulo Cesar Pereira . Atencio . Daniel . Vieira . Darcson . November 4, 2020 . The History of Mineralogy in Brazil – from prehistoric times to oxycalciomicrolite . January 19, 2024 . Mindat.org.
  5. Atencio . Daniel . vanc . January–March 2015 . The discovery of new mineral species and type minerals from Brazil . . en . 45 . 1 . 143–158 . 10.1590/23174889201500010011.
  6. March 1950 . Bye-Laws and List of Members . . 29 . 208 . vii–xxx.
  7. Lindberg . Marie Louise . Murata . K. J. . Kiguma Jack Murata . vanc . April 1, 1953 . Faheyite, a new phosphate mineral from the sapucaia pegmatite mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil . . 38 . 3–4 . 263–270.
  8. Atencio . Daniel . Coutinho . José M.V. . Graeser . Stefan . Matioli . Paulo A. . Menezes Filho . Luiz A.D. . vanc . July 1, 2004 . Lindbergite, a new Mn oxalate dihydrate from Boca Rica mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and other occurrences . . en . 89 . 7 . 1087–1091 . 10.2138/am-2004-0721. 2004AmMin..89.1087A . 100604132 .
  9. Hass . Wilbert H. . Wilbert H. Hass . Lindberg . Marie L. . vanc . 1946 . Orientation of the Crystal Units of Conodonts . Journal of Paleontology . 20 . 5 . 501–504 . 1299278 . 0022-3360.
  10. Trumper . L. C. . vanc . January 1951 . Brazilianite . The Journal of Gemmology . . 3 . 1 . 1–13. 10.15506/JoG.1951.3.1.1 .
  11. Lindberg . Marie Louise . vanc . February 18, 1966 . Optical Mineralogy . . en . 151 . 3712 . 811–812 . 10.1126/science.151.3712.811.b.
  12. Lindberg . Marie Louise . vanc . August 12, 1966 . Crystal Formation . . en . 153 . 3737 . 733 . 10.1126/science.153.3737.733.a. 239844707 .

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Marie Louise Lindberg".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.