George Henry Nolan was born of Irish parents in a diamond-diggings camp in South Africa. A self-taught prospector and miner, he discovered a new mineral named bikitaite, a lithium ...voir plusGeorge Henry Nolan was born of Irish parents in a diamond-diggings camp in South Africa. A self-taught prospector and miner, he discovered a new mineral named bikitaite, a lithium ore found on his mining property in Bikita, the largest petalite deposit in the world. George died in February 1980 after a short illness; he was seventy years old.voir moins