Herbert Smith (mineralogist)

Herbert Smith refractometer

Dr. George Frederick Herbert Smith (1872–1953), was a British mineralogist who worked for the British Museum of Natural History.^[1] He discovered the mineral paratacamite in 1906. He also developed the first efficient jeweller's refractometer.^[2]

The mineral Herbertsmithite is named after him.^[1]

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