Antonio D'Achiardi
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| Born | 28 November 1839 |
| Died | 10 December 1902 (aged 63) Pisa, Italy |
| Alma mater | University of Pisa |
| Occupation(s) | Geologist, mineralogist |
Antonio D'Achiardi (28 November 1839, in Pisa – 10 December 1902, in Pisa) was an Italian geologist and mineralogist known for his mineralogical studies of Tuscany. He was the father of mineralogist Giovanni D'Achiardi, and the artist, Pietro D'Achiardi.[1][2]
In 1859 he received his doctorate in sciences from the University of Pisa, afterwards working as an assistant for chemistry (from 1861).[3] Three months after this appointment, he lost the use of his left eye due to a laboratory accident involving nitric acid. He subsequently abandoned his career in chemistry, and instead devoted his attention to geology and mineralogy, becoming a student of Giuseppe Meneghini.[4] He later became a professor of geology at Pavia and in 1874 was appointed a professor of mineralogy at the University of Pisa.[5] In 1881 he established a laboratory of mineralogy at Pisa.[4]
Honors and recognitions[edit]
The mineral dachiardite honors his memory.[6] In 1906, his son Giovanni D'Achiardi described and named the mineral after he discovered it in a granitic pegmatite.[1][7][8]
A street in Rome is named after him.
Selected works[edit]
- Coralli fossili del terreno nummulitico delle Alpi Venete, 1868.
- Sulle Calcarie lenticolare e grossolana di Toscana, 1874.
- Bibliografia mineralogica, geologica e paleontologica della Toscana, 1875.
- Sull'origine dell'acido borico e dei borati, considerazioni ..., 1878.
- I metalli loro minerali e miniere, 1883.
- Guida al corso di mineralogia, 1900.[9][10]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Sartori, Franco (1985). "D'ACHIARDI, Giovanni". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 31. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ Buonocore, Maria Grazia Branchetti (1985). "D'ACHIARDI, Pietro". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 31. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "D'Achiardi, Antonio". The Mineralogical Record. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- ^ a b Sartori, Franco (1985). "D'ACHIARDI, Antonio". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- ^ "Scientists". Your Mineral Collection. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- ^ D'Achiardi, Giovanni (1906). "Zeoliti del filone della speranza presso S. Piero in Campo (Elba)" (PDF). Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali. Processi Verbali. 22: 164.
- ^ Berman, Harry (1925). "Notes on dachiardite". American Mineralogist. 10 (11): 421–428.
- ^ "Dachiardite-Ca". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- ^ "Antonio D'Achiardi". The Online Books Page. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- ^ "Antonio D'Achiardi". idref.fr (in French). Retrieved 2016-08-01.
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