Stanley Bowie
Deceased Person
1917 – 2008
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Who was Stanley Bowie?
Stanley Hay Umphray Bowie FRS was a Scottish geologist. He was considered a "world authority on uranium geology and a leader in the field of geochemistry and mineralogy". He developed methods and tools to identify opaque minerals using micro-indentation hardness and optical reflectance. The mineral bowieite was so named in recognition of his work on identification of opaque minerals.
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