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Gem-Stones and Their Distinctive Characters
George Frederick Herbert Smith
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George Frederick Herbert Smith
George Frederick Herbert Smith CBE was a British mineralogist who worked for the British Museum. He discovered the mineral paratacamite in 1906, and developed a jeweller's refractometer for the rapid identification of gems. The minerals smithite and herbertsmithite are named after him, as is Herbert's rock-wallaby.
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