Alexander von Volborth

Deceased Person

1800 – 1876

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Who was Alexander von Volborth?

Alexander von Volborth/Aleksandr Fedorovich von Volborth, was a Russian palaeontologist. Volborthite, a mineral containing copper and vanadium and first found in 1838 at the Sofronovskii Copper Mine near Perm in the Urals, was named after him.

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Born
1800
Died
1876

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on July 23, 2013

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