Friedrich Mohs
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 185 years ago |
| Date of birth | January 29,1773 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Gernrode |
| Quedlinburg | |
| Germany | |
| Date of died | September 29,1839 |
| Died | Agordo |
| Italy | |
| Nationality | German |
| Known for | Mohs scale of mineral hardness |
| Job | Geologist |
| Education | Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg |
| Books | Treatise on Mineralogy: Or, The Natural History of the Mineral Kingdom |
| Grund-riss der Mineralogie | |
| Place of burial | Central Cemetery, Vienna, Austria |
| Academic advisor | Abraham Gottlob Werner |
| Notable student | Anton Schrötter von Kristelli |
| Josef Redtenbacher | |
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| ID | 1521324 |
Friedrich Mohs Life story
Carl Friedrich Christian Mohs was a German chemist and mineralogist. He was the creator of the Mohs scale of mineral hardness. Mohs also introduced a classification of the crystal forms in crystal systems independently of Christian Samuel Weiss.
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