Gaston Briart was a Belgian geologist and mining engineer who worked and studied rock formations at Prince Léopold Mine, Kipushi , Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The mineral Briartite, discovered in Kipushi in 1965, is named in his honour.
Reference
J.J. Lhoest, Famous mineral localities: The Kipushi mine, Zaire in Mineralogical Record volume 26, Number 3: May-June 1995 p.163
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