Goldschmidtite (of Hobbs)
A synonym of Sylvanite
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Viktor Goldschmidt
Formula:
(Au,Ag)2Te4
Name:
Named by William Herbert Hobbs in 1899 for the German mineralogist Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt.
Goldschmidt was born 1853 in Mainz. He attended the Bergakademie Freiberg in Saxony and graduated in engineering in 1874. In 1888 he wrote his habilitation about "Projektion und graphische Krystallberechnung" (Projection and graphical crystal calculation). He founded the Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallographie in Heidelberg in association with the Josefine and Eduard von Portheim Stiftung. His famous Atlas der Krystallformen developed from 1913 until 1923. Goldschmidt died 1933 in Salzburg.
Goldschmidt was born 1853 in Mainz. He attended the Bergakademie Freiberg in Saxony and graduated in engineering in 1874. In 1888 he wrote his habilitation about "Projektion und graphische Krystallberechnung" (Projection and graphical crystal calculation). He founded the Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallographie in Heidelberg in association with the Josefine and Eduard von Portheim Stiftung. His famous Atlas der Krystallformen developed from 1913 until 1923. Goldschmidt died 1933 in Salzburg.
Synonym:
A synonym of Sylvanite
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
7543 (as Goldschmidtite (of Hobbs))
3849 (as Sylvanite)
3849 (as Sylvanite)
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:7543:1 (as Goldschmidtite (of Hobbs))
mindat:1:1:3849:8 (as Sylvanite)
mindat:1:1:3849:8 (as Sylvanite)
Similar Names
| Goldschmidtine | A synonym of Stephanite | Ag5SbS4 |
| Goldschmidtita | A synonym of Goldschmidtite | KNbO3 |
Internet Links for Goldschmidtite (of Hobbs)
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