Adolf Peretti

Adolf Peretti
Born1957 (age 66–67)
Switzerland
EducationDoctor of Philosophy[1]
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Gemologist
  • mineralogist
TitleCEO of GRS Gemresearch Swisslab[2]

Adolf Peretti (born 1957) is a Swiss gemologist, mineralogist, and collector of minerals, amber, and fossils.[3] He discovered the eponymously named mineral Perettiite-(Y) and the holotype specimen of the prehistoric amphibian species Yaksha perettii, making Peretti the only living person to have both an animal and a mineral named after him.[4] Perettiite is also the name of a mineral group comprising Perettiite-(Y) and Badakhshanite-(Y).[5]

  1. ^ Curry, Claire. "Ancient History". Villanova Magazine.
  2. ^ "Dr. A. Peretti". GemResearch Swisslab.
  3. ^ "Peretti findet Perettiite" (PDF). Bündner Tagblatt. 4 September 2015. pp. 1, 7.
  4. ^ Reich, Julian (2023). "Sein Name Wird Bleiben: Der Geologe und Gemmologe Adolf Peretti" [His Name Will Remain: The Geologist and Gemologist Adolf Peretti]. Terra Grischuna (in German): 13–17.
  5. ^ Pautov, Leonid A.; Mirakov, Mirak A.; Cámara, Fernando; Sokolova, Elena; Hawthorne, Frank C.; Schodibekov, Manuchekhr A.; Yu. Karpenko, Vladimir (May 2020). "Badakhshanite-(Y), Y2Mn4Al(Si2B7BeO24), a new mineral species of the perettiite group from a granite miarolic pegmatite in Eastern Pamir, the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, Tajikistan". The Canadian Mineralogist. 58 (3): 381–394. Bibcode:2020CaMin..58..381P. doi:10.3749/canmin.2000003.