Friedrich August Frenzel
Friedrich August Frenzel (born May 24, 1842 in Freiberg ; † August 27, 1902 there) was a German mineralogist .
Life
Frenzel was born in Freiberg, the son of a family of miners. In 1861 he received a scholarship to study mineralogy at the Bergakademie Freiberg (today Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg ) and quickly attracted the attention of August Breithaupt , who asked him to help organize the academy's mineralogical collection and the examination assisting with the various samples and assisting with his mineral research.
In 1865 Frenzel completed his studies with the official title of "Berginspektor" and worked for 25 years as a chemist in the Freiberg metallurgical engineering laboratory. He also held lectures at the Bergakademie.
One of his most famous works is his "Mineralogical Lexicon For The Kingdom of Saxony", published in 1874, which contains, among other things, the descriptions of 723 mineral species as well as information about their physical properties and chemical composition that were found in Saxony. The lexicon also contains descriptions of the relevant regional locations.
Works
- Mineralogical Lexicon for the Kingdom of Saxony
- together with G. vom Rath: About strange intergrowths of quartz crystals on calcite from Schneeberg in Saxony
- together with Heinrich Moehl, Hanns Bruno Geinitz, Oskar Schneider: X. Caucasian Minerals
- Guide to teaching mineralogy at the Royal Mountain School in Freiberg
- together with D. Köck: guidelines for teaching mineralogy at the Saxon mountain schools in Freiberg and Zwickau
Mineral descriptions
- 1870: lithiophorite
- 1871: Pucherite and bismuth ferrite (as hypochlorite )
- 1872: Heterogenit ( Heterogenit-3R ) and Miriquidit
- 1881: Lautit
- 1883: Rézbányit (also Rezbanyit , discredited 1994, mixture of Hammarit , Krupkait and Cosalit )
- 1887: Hohmannite
- 1888: amarantite
- 1893: Cylindrite
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ IMA / CNMNC List of Mineral Names 2009 (PDF 1.8 MB)
- ↑ Stefan Weiß: The large Lapis mineral directory. All minerals from A - Z and their properties . 5th completely revised and supplemented edition. Weise, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-921656-70-9 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frenzel, Friedrich August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frenzel, August; Frenzel, A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mineralogist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 1902 |
| Place of death | Freiberg |