John Leslie Jambor

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John Leslie Jambor ( 1936 - January 18, 2008 ) was a Canadian geologist and mineralogist .

Live and act

Jambor graduated from the University of British Columbia with a bachelor's degree in geology and then a master's degree . From 1960 he worked for the Geological Survey of Canada in Ottawa. In 1966 he received his PhD from Carleton University .

From 1971 to 1975 Jambor was a scientific editor and from 1975 to 1977 co-editor of "The Canadian Mineralogist". For the "American Mineralogist" he worked from 1989 to 2007 as an editor for newly discovered minerals and also as a consultant editor from 1991 to 1999 for "Exploration & Mining Geology".

In 1993, Jambor returned to Vancouver , where he continued his work on environmental mineralogy as an adjunct professor at the University of Waterloo and the University of British Columbia. He also became director of the petrological department at Leslie Research and Consulting.

In January 2008 Jambor died after 10 months of disease to cancer . He left behind his wife Lynne and son Jay.

Mineral descriptions

Jambor described numerous new minerals, with the analysis of mineral samples from the "Taylor" quarry near Huntingdon in Hastings County in the Canadian province of Ontario in 1967 with Guettardite , Launayit , Madocit , Playfairit , Sorbyite , Sterryite , Twinnit and Veenit eight new minerals discovered. Other initial descriptions in which Jambor contributed as main or co-author are:

Works (excerpt)

Books
  • John L. Jambor, TJ Barrett: Seafloor Hydrothermal Mineralization. Mineralogist Association of Canada, Montreal 1988
  • John L. Jambor, David J. Vaughan: Advanced Microscopic Studies of Ore Minerals. Mineralogical Association of Canada, Ottawa 1990
  • John L. Jambor: VMS and Carbonate-hosted Polymetallic Deposits of Central Mexico. British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines 1999
  • Charles N. Alpers, John L. Jambor, Darrell Kirk Nordstrom: Sulfate Minerals: Cyristallography, Geochemistry, and Environmental Significance. Mineralogical Society of America 2000, ISBN 978-0-93995-052-2
General publications
  • 1967-1968: New lead sulfantimonides from Madoc, Ontario. Part 1–3. In: Canadian Mineralogist Volume 9, pp. 7-24; Pp. 191-213 and pp. 505-521
  • 1972: The silver-arsenide deposits of the Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Ontario. In: Canadian Mineralogist. Volume 11, pp. 1-7; Pp. 12-33; Pp. 34-75; Pp. 232-262; Pp. 272-304; Pp. 305-319; Pp. 320-357 and pp. 402-413
  • 1999: Nomenclature of the alunite supergroup. In: Canadian Mineralogist. Volume 37, pp. 1323-1441

Honors

  • 1970 "Hawley Award"
  • 1971 naming of the newly discovered mineral jamborite after him
  • 1977 "Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal"
  • 1992 Awarded the " Leonard G. Berry Medal" and honorary membership for life of the Mineralogical Association of Canada
  • 1993 "Julian Boldy Memorial Award" from the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM)
  • 2002 "Peacock Medal" (formerly Past Presidents' Medal )

literature

  • Lynne Jambor, John E. Dutrizac: Memorial of John L. Jambor, 1936–2008 , in: American Mineralogist , Volume 93 (2008), pp. 710–712 ( PDF 549 kB )
  • Lynne Jambor, John E. Dutrizac: JOHN LESLIE JAMBOR (1936-2008). In: The Canadian Mineralogist Volume 46 (2008), pp. 287-288 doi : 10.3749 / canmin.46.1.287

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ JL Jambor: New lead sulfantimonides from Madoc, Ontario. Part 1, The Canadian Mineralogist. Volume 9 (1967), pp. 7-24 ( PDF 956 kB )
  2. ↑ Fred J. Wicks: The Berry Medal for 1992 to John L. Jambor 1992. In: The Canadian Mineralogist. , P. 1196–1197 (with thanks by Jambor p. 1197–1198, PDF 478 kB )
  3. ^ Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) - holder of the Julian Boldy Memorial Award
  4. ^ Mineralogical Association of Canada - holder of the Peacock Medal
personal data
SURNAME Jambor, John Leslie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jambor, John L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian geologist and mineralogist
DATE OF BIRTH 1936
DATE OF DEATH January 18, 2008