George William Card, F.G.S., A.R.S.M. (? – 2 June 1943) was an Australian

petrographer Petrography is a branch of petrology that focuses on detailed descriptions of rocks. Someone who studies petrography is called a petrographer. The mineral content and the textural relationships within the rock are described in detail. The class ...

. Card was responsible for the collections of the Mining Museum in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

and was a friend of

William Rowan Browne William Rowan Browne FAA (11 December 1884 – 1 September 1975) was an Australian geologist, author of ''The Geology of the Commonwealth of Australia''. Early life Browne was born in Lislea, County Londonderry, Ireland; both parents were schoo ...

; he was awarded the Clarke Medal by the

Royal Society of New South Wales The Royal Society of New South Wales is a learned society based in Sydney, Australia. The Governor of New South Wales is the vice-regal patron of the Society. The Society was established as the Philosophical Society of Australasia on 27 June ...

in 1935. Card published ''Handbook to the Mining and Geological Museum, Sydney'' in 190

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Australian Academy of Science

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Australian geologists Year of birth missing 1943 deaths {{geologist-stub