Adolf Paul Gerhard Söhnge, South African geologist (Saron, Tulbagh District, Western Cape Province 10 November 1913 – 14 July 2006)

From German parents

DESCRIBED MINERAL SPECIES

With H. Strunz & B.H. Geier. Stottit, ein neues mineral-germanium, und seine paragenese in Tsumeb. Neues Jahr. Miner. Monats. (1958)

SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY

With J.N. Theron. Table Mountain: geology and erosional development of a unique coastal mountain range (1994)

With C.J.B. Dreyer. Crocidolite and amosite deposits of the Republics of South Africa and Bophuthatswana. Geol. Survey Pretoria (1992)

Tsumeb: a historical sketch (1967)

With T.W. Gevers. Geology along the northwestern margin of the Khomas Highlands between Otjumbingwe-Karibib and Okahandja, South West Africa. Trans. Proceed. Geol. Soc. South Africa 66:199-58, 1963

With J. de Villiers. The Geology of Richtersveld. Geol. Survey Memoir 48 (1959)

The environment of copper deposits in South West Africa. CCTA Publ. 44:231-48, 1958

Pipe-like massive-sulphide ore body appears to fill volcanic pipe in depth. Mining World 14:22-5, 1952

Paragenesis of the Khan pegmatite, South West Africa. Trans. Geol. Soc. S. Afr. 42:23-34, 1939  

With D.J. Visser & C. Van Riet Lowe. The geology and Archaeology of the Vaal River Basin. Geol. Memoir Govt. Pretoria 35 (1937)

HONORS

Sohngeite Strunz 1965 (Mineral)