Karl Hugo Strunz

German mineralogist (1910–2006)

Karl Hugo Strunz (24 February 1910 – 19 April 2006) was a German mineralogist. He is best known for creating the Nickel-Strunz classification, the ninth edition of which was published together with Ernest Henry Nickel.²

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Born Feb 24, 1910, died Apr 19, 2006.¹

Companies

International Mineralogical AssociationChair 1970 to 1974¹¹

Early life and education

Date not recordedLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München³
Date not recordedTechnical University of Munich³

Career

Occupation: university teacher, mineralogist.⁶

1970 to 1974Chair, International Mineralogical Association⁵
Date not recordedWorked at Technische Universität Berlin⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin⁴
Date not recordedWorked at University of Regensburg⁴

Strunz developed a classification for minerals that is based on their chemical composition and their crystal structure, now known as Nickel-Strunz classification. It was first published in 1941. A major revision was published in 1966 together with Christel Tennyson. The 9th edition was published 2001 together with Ernest Henry Nickel.

Strunz was a founding member of the International Mineralogical Association, and was the head of the Mineral Data Commission between 1958 and 1970.

He published over 200 scientific papers and multiple books, mostly about mineral classification and crystal chemistry.

He made many scientific expeditions to most of Europe's countries, Madagascar, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania.

He discovered 14 new minerals including chudobaite, fleischerite, hagendorfite, laueite, liandradite, petscheckite and stranskiite.

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Personal life

BornFeb 24, 1910, Weiden in der Oberpfalz⁷
DiedApr 19, 2006, Unterwössen⁸
CitizenshipGermany⁹

Awards

Date not recordedCross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany¹⁰
Date not recordedOfficer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany¹⁰
Date not recordedhonorary member of the German Mineralogical Society¹⁰

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