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Gaston Briart was a Belgian geologist and mining engineer who worked and studied rock formations at Prince L�opold Mine, Kipushi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The mineral Briartite, discovered in Kipushi in 1965, is named in his honour.

Reference

J.J. Lhoest, Famous mineral localities: The Kipushi mine, Zaire in Mineralogical Record volume 26, Number 3: May-June 1995 p.163

External link

Prince L�opold Mine (http://www.mindat.org/loc-4312.html)

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