• Source: Gaston Briart

Gaston Briart was a Belgian geologist and mining engineer who worked and studied rock formations at Prince Léopold mine, Kipushi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The mineral Briartite, discovered in Kipushi in 1965, is named in his honour.




See also


Jean de Heinzelin de Braucourt
Paul Fourmarier
William van Leckwijck




References


J.J. Lhoest, Famous mineral localities: The Kipushi mine, Zaire in Mineralogical Record volume 26, Number 3: May–June 1995 p. 163




External links


Prince Léopold Mine

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• Gaston Briart
• Alphonse Briart
• Briartite
• Union Minière du Haut-Katanga
• Paul Fourmarier
• William van Leckwijck
• List of minerals named after people
• Victor Roelens
• Jean de Heinzelin de Braucourt
• Alphonse (given name)