Tibor Parák is a Hungarian geologist known for his
mineral explorations and academic contributions to
economic geology. Parák arrived to Sweden from
Soviet-occupied Hungary as a refugee in 1956. He was active at
LKAB
Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag (LKAB) is a government owned Swedish mining company. The company mines iron ore at Kiruna and at Malmberget in northern Sweden. The company was established in 1890, and has been 100% state-owned since the 195 ...
as chief geologist. He proposed a sedimentary origin for the
iron ore of Kiruna and investigated on connection between the ore districts of Skelleftefältet and Kirunafältet.
Back in the 1970s Parák thought the
rare-earth element
The rare-earth elements (REE), also called the rare-earth metals or (in context) rare-earth oxides or sometimes the lanthanides ( yttrium and scandium are usually included as rare earths), are a set of 17 nearly-indistinguishable lustrous silv ...
s in Kirunas
gangue minerals would be economically valuable in the future.
Mineralpolitik — förslag till vissa åtgärder inom mineralområdet (prop. 1981/82:99)
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References
"Järnmannen" : en geologs dagbok
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Economic geologists
Hungarian emigrants to Sweden
20th-century Swedish geologists
Hungarian geologists