Jacques Edouard Joseph Martini, Swiss-born South African geologist and mineralogist (1936-

DESCRIBED NEW MINERAL SPECIES

Sasaite, a new phosphate mineral from West Driefontein Cave, Transvaal, South Africa (1978)

Mbobomkulite, hydrombobomkulite and nickelalumite, new minerals from Mbobo Mkulu Cave, Eastern Transvaal. Ann. Geol. Surv. South Africa 14:1-11, 1980

Sveite, a new mineral from Autana Cave, Território Federal Amazonas, Venezuela. Trans. Geol. Surv. South Africa 83:239-41, 1980

Lonecreekite, sabieite and clairite, new secondary ammonium ferric-ioron sulphates from Lone Creek Fall Cave, near Sabie, Eastern Transvaal. Ann. Geol. Surv. South Africa 17:29-34, 1983 (mineral clairite in honor to his wife Claire Zingg Martini (1936 –

Swaknoite (Ca(NH4)2(HPO4)2.H20, orthorhombic), a new mineral from Arnhem Cave, Namibia (1991)

Two new minerals originated from bat guano combustion in Arnhem Cave, Namibia (1994) (pyrophoshite and arnhemite)

Gwihabaite (NH4,K)NO3, orthorhombic – a new mineral from Gwihaba Cave, Botswana (1996)

Pyrocoproite (Mg (K,Na)2 P207, monoclinic), a new mineral from Arnhem Cave, (Namibia) derived from bat guano combustion (1997)