Yuri Zhemchuzhnikov

Yuri Apollonovich Zhemchuzhnikov (Russian: Юрий Аполлонович Жемчужников; 8 May [O.S. 26 April] 1885 in Samara – 9 January 1957 in Leningrad) was a Russian and Soviet geologist.^[1] He became professor at the Leningrad Mining University in 1920^[1] and was a noted expert in petrography. The mineral Zhemchuzhnikovite is named after him.^[2]

References

1. Article in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia
2. Handbook of Mineralogy - Zhemchuzhnikovite