Marie Louise Lindberg

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Marie Louise Lindberg (also published as Marie Lindberg Smith;[a] 1918–2005[1]) was a mineralogist. She was affiliated with the U.S. Geological Survey and noted for her studies of mineralogy in Brazil.[2] Multiple species of mineral were first described by her, including frondelite, faheyite, moraesite, barbosalite, and tavorite.[3]: 556–557  These 5 minerals were all described by her and various collaborators in the 1940s and 1950s,[4] and sourced from a quarry in Galileia, Minas Gerais.[5] As of March 1950, Lindberg held both Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees.[6]

Lindberg joined the Geological Survey in 1943, and received training from Joe Fahey.[2] In 1953, she and K. J. Murata described a new mineral; they named it faheyite in honor of Fahey.[7] In 2004, the mineral lindbergite was described by Daniel Atencio and named in honor of Lindberg.[8][1] Notable work outside of Brazil includes paleontology research, including a paper with Wilbert H. Hass on the composition of conodonts (1946);[9] and the discovery of a brazilianite deposit in North Groton, New Hampshire (1947).[10] She also published multiple book reviews in the journal Science during the 1960s.[11][12]

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  1. ^ See, for example:
    • Marie Lindberg Smith, Frondel C (September 1968). "The related layered minerals ganophyllite, bannisterite, and stilpnomelane". Mineralogical Magazine. 36 (283): 893–913. Bibcode:1968MinM...36..893S. doi:10.1180/minmag.1968.283.036.01.
    • Marie Lindberg Smith (February 1970). "Delrioite and metadelrioite from Montrose County, Colorado" (PDF). American Mineralogist. 55 (1–2): 185–200.
    • Marie Lindberg Smith, Marinenko J, Weeks AD (February 1971). "Comparison of mourite from Karnes county, Texas with mourite from the U.S.S.R." (PDF). American Mineralogist. 56 (1–2): 163–173.
    • Marie Lindberg Smith, Marinenko J (June 1973). "A reexamination of minasragrite" (PDF). American Mineralogist. 58 (5–6): 531–534.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Lindbergite". Mindat.org. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Roth P (2007). "Lindbergite". Minerals First Discovered in Switzerland. Excalibur Mineral Corporation. pp. 98–99. ISBN 978-3-9807561-8-1 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Atencio D (November 4, 2020). Type mineralogy of Brazil: a book in progress. Instituto de Geociências. doi:10.11606/9786586403015. ISBN 978-65-86403-01-5.
  4. ^ das Neves, Paulo Cesar Pereira; Atencio, Daniel; Vieira, Darcson (November 4, 2020). "The History of Mineralogy in Brazil – from prehistoric times to oxycalciomicrolite". Mindat.org. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  5. ^ Atencio D (January–March 2015). "The discovery of new mineral species and type minerals from Brazil". Brazilian Journal of Geology. 45 (1): 143–158. doi:10.1590/23174889201500010011.
  6. ^ "Bye-Laws and List of Members" (PDF). Mineralogical Magazine. 29 (208): vii–xxx. March 1950.
  7. ^ Lindberg ML, Murata KJ (April 1, 1953). "Faheyite, a new phosphate mineral from the sapucaia pegmatite mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil" (PDF). American Mineralogist. 38 (3–4): 263–270.
  8. ^ Atencio D, Coutinho JM, Graeser S, Matioli PA, Menezes Filho LA (July 1, 2004). "Lindbergite, a new Mn oxalate dihydrate from Boca Rica mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and other occurrences". American Mineralogist. 89 (7): 1087–1091. Bibcode:2004AmMin..89.1087A. doi:10.2138/am-2004-0721. S2CID 100604132.
  9. ^ Hass WH, Lindberg ML (1946). "Orientation of the Crystal Units of Conodonts". Journal of Paleontology. 20 (5): 501–504. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 1299278.
  10. ^ Trumper LC (January 1951). "Brazilianite" (PDF). The Journal of Gemmology. 3 (1). Gemmological Association of Great Britain: 1–13. doi:10.15506/JoG.1951.3.1.1.
  11. ^ Lindberg ML (February 18, 1966). "Optical Mineralogy". Science. 151 (3712): 811–812. doi:10.1126/science.151.3712.811.b.
  12. ^ Lindberg ML (August 12, 1966). "Crystal Formation". Science. 153 (3737): 733. doi:10.1126/science.153.3737.733.a. S2CID 239844707.


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