Alfred Wilhelm Stelzner

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Alfred Wilhelm Stelzner (born December 20, 1840 in Dresden , † February 25, 1895 in Wiesbaden ) was a German geologist.

Life

Alfred Wilhelm Stelzner

Stelzner studied at the Bergakademie Freiberg from 1859 to 1864 . Bernhard von Cotta , Ferdinand Reich and August Breithaupt were among his teachers . His diploma thesis Die Granite von Geyer and Ehrenfriedersdorf as well as the Zinnerzlagerstätze von Geyer was published in 1865 as the first issue of the series Contributions to the geognostic knowledge of the Ore Mountains .

After a traineeship at the Geological Institute in Vienna and an expert position in Norway, he returned to Freiberg in 1866 . Until 1870 he taught at the local mountain school and conducted mineralogical exercises at the mountain academy. As an academy inspector, Stelzner managed the collections of the Bergakademie and its library .

In 1871 he received his doctorate. In the same year he went to the University of Córdoba (Argentina) , where he worked for three years as a professor of mineralogy and geology and explored the geology of the Cordilleras on research trips . In April 1871 he founded the Museo de Mineralogía y Geología in Córdoba , which today bears its name “Dr. A. Stelzner ”carries.

On October 1, 1874, he returned to Freiberg and succeeded Bernhard von Cottas at the chair for geology and deposit theory at the Bergakademie. He held the professorship until his death, and was succeeded by Richard Beck .

In January 1895 he went to Wiesbaden to have a severe kidney disease cured . He died there on February 25th.

Stelzner was the first to describe the minerals Famatinit and Franckeit . The mineral alfredstelznerite was named after him.

Since 1879 Stelzner was a member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina .

Publications (selection)

  • The granites from Geyer and Ehrenfriedersdorf and the tin ore deposits from Geyer (1865), digitized
  • Petrographic Notes on Altai Rocks (1871)
  • Quartz with trapezoidal surfaces (Diss., 1871)
  • Mineralogical observations in the territory of the Argentine Republic (1873)
  • On the transformation of the zinc furnace distillation vessels into zinc spinel and tridymite (1881)
  • About Melilith and Melilite basalts (1882)
  • Mineralogical observations in the territory of the Argentine Republic . In: Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen . 1873, pp. 219-254
  • Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the Argentine Republic: Geologischer Theil , Palaeontographica, Suppl. 3, 1885, Kassel and Berlin: Theodor Fischer, digitized
  • The development of petrographic investigation methods in the last fifty years (1885)
  • About the tin content and the chemical composition of the black zinc blende von Freiberg (1886)
  • The lateral secretion theory and its significance for the Přibram duct area (1889)
  • On the isolation of foraminifera from the Baden Tegel with the help of iodide solution (1890)
  • The Sulitjelma mines in northern Norway: according to older reports and our own observations (1891)
  • The iron ore fields of Naeverhaugen (1891)
  • with Alfred Bergeat: Die ore deposits , 2 volumes, Leipzig: Felix 1904 to 1906 (published by Bergeat after the estate of Stelzner)

literature

  • Alfred Bergeat : Alfred Wilhelm Stelzner † . In: Journal of Practical Geology . 1895, pp. 221-224
  • Alfred Wilhelm Stelzner . In: Carl Schiffner : From the life of old Freiberg mountain students . Mauckisch Freiberg, 1935, pp. 39-41
  • H. Klamfoth: Alfred Wilhelm Stelzner . In: Technical Community . Born 3/1955 / H. 5 Chamber of Technology Berlin, p. 116
  • Telasco García-Castellanos: The importance of Alfred Stelzner's work for the theory of ore deposits in the Republic of Argentina . In: Geology . Born in 20/1971 / H. 6/7 Akademie-Verlag Berlin, pp. 765–772
  • Miguel Angel Galliski (inter alia): Alfredstelznerite: A new species of calcium borate hydrate from the Santa Rosa Mine, Salta, northwestern Argentina . In: The Canadian Mineralogist . 48/2010, pp. 123-128
  • Steffen Jahn: Alfredstelznerite - a new mineral . In: Report: News from teaching and research . Freiberg Mining Academy and Technical University. 2011/49, p. 25
  • August Rothpletz :  Stelzner, Alfred Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 54, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1908, p. 474 f.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ H. Klamfoth: Alfred Wilhelm Stelzner . In: Technical Community . Born 3/1955 / H. 5 Chamber of Technology Berlin, p. 116
  2. ↑ History of the Museum (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Miguel Angel Galliski (inter alia): Alfredstelznerite: a new species of calcium borate hydrate from the Santa Rosa Mine, Salta, northwestern Argentina . In: The Canadian Mineralogist . 48/2010, pp. 123-128
personal data
SURNAME Stelzner, Alfred Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stelzner, Alfredo Guillermo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1895
Place of death Wiesbaden