Auguste Verneuil
From The Gemology Project
Auguste Victor Louis Verneuil (born 1856, died 1913) was a French chemist and one of the pioneers in the manufacture of synthetic gemstones. His 1893 flame fusion method, or " Verneuil process" is still used today to grow a wide variety of gemstones as synthetic corundum and spinel.
He was a lab assistent to Edmond Frémy (1814-1894) and held a PhD in science.
- BS - 1875
- MS - 1880
- PhD - 1886
Worshipping address: 80 Boulevard St. Germain, Paris, France.
Publications
- Extrait des Annales de Chimie et de Physique (1904)
Patents
References
- Gemology - An Annotated Bibliography - Vol.2 (1993) - John Sinkankas ISBN 0810826526
- Gems and Gemology Spring 1949, Vol. VI, No. 5, page 151-159