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Peter Cristofono

Gieseckite
January 12, 2012 04:52PM

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Posts: 251

This "mineral" was named for Karl Ludwig Giesecke (1761-1833), German actor, polar explorer and mineralogist.

Attached portrait of Giesecke is by Sir Henry Raeburn, ca. 1813.

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Uwe Kolitsch

Re: Gieseckite
April 06, 2013 04:32PM

Registered: 7 years ago
Posts: 11,061

Thanks, both added.

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