Yuri Zhemchuzhnikov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Russian clay mineralogist, geologist
Date of Birth: 08-May-1885
Place of Birth: Samara, Samara Oblast, Russia
Date of Death: 09-Jan-1957
Profession: geologist
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Yuri Zhemchuzhnikov
- Yuri Apollonovich Zhemchuzhnikov (Russian: ???? ??????????? ???????????; 8 May [O.S.
- 26 April] 1885 – 9 January 1957) was a Russian geologist.
- He became professor at the Saint Petersburg Mining Institute in 1920 and was a noted expert in petrography.
- The mineral Zhemchuzhnikovite is named after him.
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