Gaston Briart
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Gaston Briart was a
mining engineer who worked and studied rock formations at Prince Léopold mine, Kipushi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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The mineral Briartite, discovered in Kipushi in 1965, is named in his honour.
See also
References
J.J. Lhoest, Famous mineral localities: The Kipushi mine, Zaire in Mineralogical Record volume 26, Number 3: May–June 1995 p. 163
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