Karl Hugo Strunz

Karl Hugo Strunz
Born(1910-02-24)24 February 1910
Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died19 April 2006(2006-04-19) (aged 96)
Unterwössen, Bavaria
Alma materUniversity of Munich
Technical University Munich
Known forNickel-Strunz classification
Scientific career
FieldsMineralogy
InstitutionsTechnische Universität Berlin
ThesisÜber strukturelle Beziehungen zwischen Phosphaten (Triphylin) und Silikaten (Olivin) und über die chemische Zusammensetzung von Ardennit und Narsarsukit (1933)

Karl Hugo Strunz (24 February 1910 – 19 April 2006) was a German mineralogist. He is best known for creating the Nickel-Strunz classification, the ninth edition of which was published together with Ernest Henry Nickel.[1][2]

  1. ^ Hannah, Val. "Professor Hugo Strunz and his system of classifying minerals" (PDF). mineral.org.au. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Hugo Strunz". The shoulders on which we stand. TU Berlin. Retrieved 20 January 2013.