Herbert Smith (mineralogist)

Herbert Smith
CBE
Born(1872-05-26)26 May 1872
Edgbaston, England
Died20 April 1953(1953-04-20) (aged 80)
EducationWinchester College
Alma materNew College, Oxford
Known forGemstones (1912)
Scientific career
FieldsMineralogy, gemmology
InstitutionsBritish Museum (Natural History), London

George Frederick Herbert Smith CBE (26 May 1872 – 20 April 1953) was a British mineralogist who worked for the British Museum (Natural History). He discovered the mineral paratacamite in 1906, and developed a jeweller's refractometer for the rapid identification of gems. The minerals smithite and herbertsmithite are named after him, as is Herbert's rock-wallaby.

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