René-Just Haüy

1743-1822

 

  He was a French mineralogist who discovered the basic laws of crystallography. He used this approach to demonstrate that the crystals of beryl and emerald are geometrically equivalent, leading to Vauquelin’s proof that they were chemically identical.

 
 

 

  1. Photographs of Paris, France, ParisD
  

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