Talk:Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu

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I have greatly expanded the article on Deodat de Dolomieu for the Wikipedia. The article is based on an earlier article that I wrote for a college text published by University of Missouri which is out of print. I used as principal sources Carozzi and Zenger (1981) in which there is an English translation of Dolomieu (1791) and Zenger et al. (1994). I also used a dusty old volume on scientific biography to which I no longer have access, otherwise I would cite it below also. I look forward to any additions and/or corrections. Jay Gregg 12:40 21 August, 2005

• Carozzi, A. V. and Zenger, D. H. (1981). "On a type of calcareous rock that reacts very slightly with acid and that phosphoresces on being struck (translation, with notes of Dolomieu's paper, 1791)". Journal of Geological Education. 29: 4–10.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Dolomieu, D. G. de (October 1791). "Sur un de pierres tres-peu effervescentes avec les acides of phosphorescentes par la collision". Jour. Physique. 39: 3–10.
• Zenger, D. H., Bourrouilh-Le Jan, F. G. and Carozzi, A. V. (1994). "Dolomieu and the first description of dolomite". In Purser, B., Tucker, M., and Zenger, D. (ed.) (ed.). Dolomites A volume in honor of Dolomieu. International Association of Sedimentologists: Special Publication 21. pp. pp. 21-28.
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The current location name Chateuneuf is clearly not correct (typo + need to be disambiguated). Any better version of the location name? olivier (talk) 08:54, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is important to note that the samples that Dolomieu described in 1791 were not collected in the (what's nowadays called) Dolomites range but in the