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NICHOLAS GILLET DE
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LAUMONT (1747-1834)  ,
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French mineralogist, was
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born in
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Paris on the 28th of May 1747 . He was educated at a military school, and served in the
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army from 1772-1784, when he was appointed inspector of mines . His
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attention in his leisure
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time was wholly given to
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mineralogy, and he assisted in organizing the new Ecole
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des Mines in Paris . He was author of numerous mineralogical papers in the
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Journal and Annales des Mines . The
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mineral laumontite was named after him by flatly . He died in Paris on the 1st of
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June 1834 .

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