briartite — noun An opaque iron grey metallic sulfide mineral … Wiktionary
List of minerals A-B (complete) — It is currently not possible to have a complete list of minerals . The International Mineralogical Association is the international group that recognises new minerals and new mineral names, however minerals discovered before 1959 did not go… … Wikipedia
Germanium — (pronEng|dʒɚˈmeɪniəm) is a chemical element with the symbol Ge and atomic number 32. It is a lustrous, hard, silver white metalloid in the carbon group, chemically similar to its group neighbors tin and silicon. Germanium has five naturally… … Wikipedia
List of minerals — This is a List of minerals for which there are Wikipedia articles. Mineral variety names and mineraloids are to be listed after the valid minerals for each letter.For a complete listing (about 4,000) of all mineral names: List of minerals… … Wikipedia
Gaston Briart — was a Belgian geologist and mining engineer who worked and studied rock formations at Prince Léopold mine, Kipushi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The mineral Briartite, discovered in Kipushi in 1965, is named in his… … Wikipedia
Alphonse Briart — (1825 1898) was supervisor of the coal mines at Bascoup and Mariemont near Morlanwelz in the Hainaut province of Belgium, and a geologist who studied that region. During the period 1863 1896 he and Francois Cornet published a number of books and… … Wikipedia
Union Minière du Haut Katanga — The Union Minière du Haut Katanga (UMHK) is a Belgian mining company, once operating in Katanga, in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly, Congo Free State, from 1908, Belgian Congo, from 1972, Zaire). It was created on… … Wikipedia
List of minerals named after people — This is a list of minerals named after people. The chemical composition follows name when available.: For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see Lists of etymologies. : For a list of eponyms sorted by name see List of… … Wikipedia
Compagnie Minière du Haut Katanga — Union minière du Haut Katanga Les usines d Élisabethville (ancien nom de Lubumbashi) en 1917 L Union minière du Haut Katanga (UMHK) fut un groupe industriel minier belge établi au Katanga, dans l actuelle République démocratique du Congo… … Wikipédia en Français
Kësterite — Catégorie II : sulfures et sulfosels[1] Kësterite Mine de Cligga, St Agnes District, Cornouaille … Wikipédia en Français
