Qinming (Chinese: 金庆民; pinyin: jīn qìngmín; 1939-1999) is a Chinese geologist. She became the first female member of the Hami Geological Team. She became the first female member of the Hami Geological Team. She worked for 20 years in the vast Gobi Desert and the steep and precipitous Kunlun Mountains, and discovered for the first time the “breccia field peridotite” in Bachu Wajir Tagar in the Tarim Basin, which provided an important basis for the Xinjiang Geological Bureau to find the diamond mine later on. She is China's first female geologist to go deep into the Antarctic hinterland for an expedition. ^[1]

Early Life

Qinming was Born in 1939 in Sanhe Township, Yanling County, Hunan Province.

She graduated from the Beijing Geological Institute in 1961.

Career

She visited the south pole three times. Qinming dedicated her entire life in gathering datas for Chinese geological department.^[2]

Death

In 1999, Jin Qinming passed away due to an illness.

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^ "【党史课堂】首位登上南极第一高峰的女科学家——金庆民". m.thepaper.cn. Retrieved 2024-07-23.

[1] "百度安全验证". wappass.baidu.com. Retrieved 2024-07-23.

[2] "【党史课堂】首位登上南极第一高峰的女科学家——金庆民". m.thepaper.cn. Retrieved 2024-07-23.

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