Alexander von Volborth
Russian paleontologist
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| Intro | Russian paleontologist | |
| Places | Russia | |
| is | Scientist Paleontologist | |
| Work field | Biology Science | |
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Alexander von Volborth/Aleksandr Fedorovich von Volborth (1800-1876), was a Russian palaeontologist. Volborthite, a mineral containing copper and vanadium and first found in 1838 at the Sofronovskii Copper Mine near Perm in the Urals, was named after him.