Andrés del Río

1764-1849

  He was a professor of mineraology at the School of Mines in Mexico who discovered vanadium (originally called “erythronium”). This discovery was later confirmed for the Old World by Sefström.  
 

 

  1. "Vanadium I " article in the Hexagon of Alpha Chi Sigma

  2. "Vanadium II " article in the Hexagon of Alpha Chi Sigma

  3. "Vanadium III " article in the Hexagon of Alpha Chi Sigma

  4. Photographs of Freiberg, Germany (where he attended the mining school).

  5. Photographs of Banska Kremnica, Slovakia (where he attended mining school).

  6. Photographs of Mexico
  

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