Herbert Smith (mineralogist)

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Dr. G.F. Herbert Smith (1872-1953), was a British mineralogist who worked for the British Museum of Natural History. He discovered the mineral paratacamite in 1906.

The mineral Herbertsmithite is named after him.

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• webmineral.com Has information on Herbertsmithite and brief biographical details. Accessed March 2007