Frederick Wilhelm Kegel
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Friedrich Wilhelm Kegel (?-1948), from 1922 to 1938 director of the of mining operations at Tsumeb
mine, Namibia
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The mineral Kegelite
, discovered in the Tsumeb
mine, was named after him.
Kegel took the first published photograph of the Hoba meteorite
.
Tsumeb
Tsumeb is a city of 15,000 inhabitants and the largest town in Oshikoto region in northern Namibia. Tsumeb is the home of the world-famous Tsumeb mine, and the "gateway to the north" of Namibia. It is the closest town to the Etosha National Park...
mine, Namibia
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March...
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The mineral Kegelite
Kegelite
Kegelite is a complex silicate mineral with formula Pb8Al4Si8O20248.It was first described in 1975 for an occurrence in the Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia and named for Frederick Wilhelm Kegel , Director of mining operations at Tsumeb.It occurs in a deeply oxidized polymetallic ore...
, discovered in the Tsumeb
Tsumeb
Tsumeb is a city of 15,000 inhabitants and the largest town in Oshikoto region in northern Namibia. Tsumeb is the home of the world-famous Tsumeb mine, and the "gateway to the north" of Namibia. It is the closest town to the Etosha National Park...
mine, was named after him.
Kegel took the first published photograph of the Hoba meteorite
Hoba meteorite
Hoba is a meteorite that lies on the farm "Hoba West", not far from Grootfontein, in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It has been uncovered but, because of its large mass, has never been moved from where it fell...
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