Petr Černý, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Petr Černý

czech geologist

Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1934

Place of Birth: Brno, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 07-Apr-2018

Profession: geologist, mineralogist

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Petr Cerný FRSC (8 January 1934 – 7 April 2018) was a mineralogy professor at the University of Manitoba. Cerný's studies focus on pegmatite.
He is best known for his geological mapping of Bernic Lake, Manitoba in the 1970s.
The site has since hosted several tantalum-lithium-caesium mines, for example the Tanco Mine.