Vesselina Breskovska
Bulgarian geologist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Vesselina Vassileva Breskovska was a 20th-century Bulgarian geologist, mineralogist and crystallographer. Biography Vesselina Breskovska was born in Granit, the only daughter of educators Vassil Stoychev Breskovski and Paraskeva Breskovska. Her younger brother was the late paleontologist, Stoycho Vassilev Breskovski. After successfully completing Second Young Women's High School in Plovdiv she was admitted to study in the Soviet Union. In 1952, she took her degree in mineralogy at Leningrad State University. Upon her return to Bulgaria she was appointed assistant professor in mineralogy at Sofia University. Later she became docent and full professor, and taught the main courses in mineralogy, crystallography, X-ray analysis to students of natural sciences. Her favorite lecture course was "Minerals in Bulgaria" and students appreciated it. She taught it for many years, and dedicated a major portion of her research to treating the subject in a systematic manner. In 1988 she was awarded the title Doctor of Science by Sofia University. Breskovska was noted for her thorough research on sulfosalt, chlorosulfosalt minerals and on artificial minerals containing selenium. In 1978 her efforts were rewarded with the discovery of a new mineral, which she named Ardaite after river Arda.
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