Axel Fredrik Cronstedt
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Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (''/kroonstet/'' 23 December 1722 – 19 August 1765) was a
Swedish mineralogist and
chemist who discovered the
element nickel in 1751 as a mining expert with the Bureau of Mines.
Cronstedt is considered a founder of modern
mineralogy, for introducing the
blowpipe as a tool for mineralogists, and for proposing that the mineral kingdom be organized on the basis of chemical analysis in his book ''Försök til mineralogie, eller mineral-rikets upställning'' (“An attempt at mineralogy or arrangement of the Mineral Kingdom”, 1758).
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