Adolf Alker
Adolf Alker (born October 18, 1921 in Graz , Styria , † September 3, 1984 in Innsbruck , Tyrol ) was an Austrian mineralogist with a doctorate . From 1952 to 1984 he worked at the Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum , most recently as head of the mineralogical department. He worked on the documentation of Styrian mineral finds and wrote mineralogical essays about Styria. This is how he “earned” according to the Austrian lexicon . Alker died unexpectedly in the fall of 1984 after he had already planned a trip to South America for 1985.
Essays
- Report on investigations on stalactites in the Griffener Höhle in Carinthia , in: Carinthia / directed by Fritz Turnowsky. - Klagenfurt, 1959. - 2.149.1959 pp. 5-
- Stones that we walk over. - It glitters on the path. - Mineral deposits in Styria. , Styria. Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, 1975
- About the mineral gap in the amphibolite from Burgegg , Styria , January 25, 1975
- New mineral finds from the nephelinite of the Stradner Kogel south of Bad Gleichenberg , Styria
Web links
- Literature by and about Adolf Alker in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Adolf Alker in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Entry in the ÖNB
- Obituary in messages from the Department of Mineralogy at the Landesmuseum Joanneum
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinz Meixner: New Mineral Finds from Austria, XXVI. , Natural Science Association for Carinthia, Klagenfurt 1976 ( PDF 2.35 MB; p. 17 )
- ↑ Adolf Alker: About the mineral gap in the amphibolite from Burgegg, Styria , Natural Science Association for Styria, Volume 105, Graz 1975 ( PDF 463.6 kB )
- ↑ Online
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| SURNAME | Alker, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian mineralogist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz , Styria |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd September 1984 |
| Place of death | Innsbruck , Tyrol (state) |