Abraham Gottlob Werner (German: [ˈaːbʁaham ˈɡɔtloːp ˈvɛʁnɐ]; 25 September 1749 – 30 June 1817) was a German geologist who set out an early theory about...

Neptunism is a superseded scientific theory of geology proposed by Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749–1817) in the late 18th century, who proposed that rocks formed...

Werner's Nomenclature of Colours is a book of named colour samples compiled by Abraham Gottlob Werner, and subsequently amended by Patrick Syme. The book...

Ca10(PO4)6Cl2. The mineral was named apatite by the German geologist Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1786, although the specific mineral he had described was reclassified...

of the decomposing body with the iron enclosure. It was named by Abraham Gottlob Werner, the "father of German geology", in 1817, the year of his death...

viewed by transmitted light. Rutile was first described in 1803 by Abraham Gottlob Werner using specimens obtained in Horcajuelo de la Sierra, Madrid (Spain)...

refers to a powdered or processed graphite, matte black in color. Abraham Gottlob Werner coined the name graphite ("writing stone") in 1789. He attempted...

translucent-to-opaque material is usually carved. The mineral was described by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1805. He named it after the Carniolan naturalist Sigmund Zois...

the beginnings of modern scientific geology. The term was used by Abraham Gottlob Werner in his theory of the origin of the Earth, which was developed over...

the Mohs hardness is 6+1⁄2. The name "vesuvianite" was given by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1795, because fine crystals of the mineral are found at Vesuvius;...

fossilium externis, Leipzig 1757; later translated into German by Abraham Gottlob Werner as Abhandlung über die äußeren Kennzeichen der Fossilien (1774)...

it was a rather elite organization. The Society was named after Abraham Gottlob Werner, a German geologist who was a creator of Neptunism, a theory of...

Werner I (Bishop of Strasbourg) (c. 980 – 1028) Werner I, Count of Habsburg (c. 1025 – 1096) Werner II, Count of Habsburg (d. 1167) Abraham Gottlob Werner...

bearing, dioctahedral endmember. Originally named meerschaum by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1788, it was named sepiolite by Ernst Friedrich Glocker in 1847...

Christian Ernst Weiss (1833–1890) Christian Samuel Weiss (1780–1856) Abraham Gottlob Werner (1750–1817) Frank T. M. White (1909–1971) Carl Ernst Arthur Wichmann...

have a dull (dark green, brown or black) luster. It was named by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1792. Fassaite Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral...

the Mining Academy in Freiberg, Germany, under the direction of Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1789. In Freiberg he got to know Baron Alexander von Humboldt...

geological strata forming from water through chemical processes, which Abraham Gottlob Werner developed into a theory known as Neptunism, envisaging the slow...

Humboldt and was a promoter of stratigraphy and geognosy as taught by Abraham Gottlob Werner. The mineral Freieslebenite is named in his honour. Freiesleben...

Johanngeorgenstadt, Sax.; ibid. = "as the item above"). In 1780 Abraham Gottlob Werner uses Born's work and describes the mineral in more detail, calling...

German Roman Catholic philosopher and theologian. He studied under Abraham Gottlob Werner at Freiberg, travelled through several of the mining districts in...

process, punctuated by occasional natural catastrophic events. Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749–1817) proposed Neptunism, where strata represented deposits...

and Göttingen. In Germany he became acquainted with the geologist Abraham Gottlob Werner. In 1799, after spending the winter at the academy of mines in Freiberg...

expeditions to explore the land around the Triglav mountain. In 1805, Abraham Gottlob Werner described the mineral zoisite and named it after Zois, who sent...

historian Julius Weisbach (1806–1871), mathematician and engineer Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749–1817), co-founder of the modern geoscience Jacob Benjamin...

Saxon "Bergraths"/ Freiberg Mining Academy: Johann F. Henckel, Abraham Gottlob Werner and his students (August Breithaupt, Robert Jameson, José Bonifácio...

Past the Key to the Present? James Hutton and Adam Smith versus Abraham Gottlob Werner and Karl Marx in Interpreting History: Geological Society of America...

number of known figures studied and/or lectured at the Bergakademie: Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749–1817) was a highly influential lecturer and scientist, who...

geological mapping of the Kingdom of Saxony, proposed and started by Abraham Gottlob Werner, describes, in his later works, numerous mountains and hills of...

he decided to become a mining engineer instead. He studied under Abraham Gottlob Werner at Freiberg, travelled through several of the mining districts in...