Died 1765-08-19.
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Axel Fredrik Cronstedt
Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt was a Swedish mineralogist and chemist who discovered the element nickel in 1751 as a mining expert with the Bureau of Mines. Cronstedt is considered a founder of modern mineralogy, for introducing the blowpipe as a tool for mineralogists, and for proposing that the mineral kingdom be organized on the basis of chemical analysis in his book Försök til mineralogie, eller…
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science · Swedish mineralogist and chemist (1722–1765) · fortifications officer · scientist · mineralogist · chemist · also Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Cronstedt
Born 23 December 1722 · Died 19 August 1765 · Q468351
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Born 1722-12-23.
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