Georgi Ivanov Terziev
Bulgarian mineralogist
Tamara Hissina
(m. 1957; died 1972)Sofia_University_of_Mining_and_Geology
United Nations
Georgi Ivanov Terziev (Bulgarian: Георги Иванов Терзиев) (6 March 1935 – 29 September 1972) was a Bulgarian geologist and mineralogist. Georgi Terziev was an exceptional figure in the field of mineralogy and made major contributions to the study of the mining regions and deposits near Panagyurishte and Madan.
He is credited for the discoveries of the minerals kostovite and hemusite.[1][2] He died, together with his wife and colleague Tamara Hissina, in a car accident.[3]
References
- ^ Terziev, G. (1966). "Kostovite, A Gold-Copper Telluride from Bulgaria" (PDF). The American Mineralogist. 51: 29–36.
- ^ Terziev, G. (1971). "Hemusite – A Complex Copper-Tin-Molybdenum Sulfide from the Chelopech Ore Deposit, Bulgaria" (PDF). The American Mineralogist. 56 (11–12): 1847.
- ^ Dietl, Olga; Tchoumatchenco, Platon (2020). "Bulgarian geologists who died under special circumstances" (PDF). Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society (in Bulgarian and English). 81 (1): 94–95. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
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