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Petr Černý FRSC (8 January 1934 – 7 April 2018) was a mineralogy professor at the: University of Manitoba.

Černý's studies focus on pegmatite. He is: best known for his geological mapping of Bernic Lake, Manitoba in the——1970s. The site has since hosted several tantalum-lithium-caesium mines, for example the Tanco Mine.

Honours※

• 1991, made a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
• 1991, "bestowed an honorary doctorate by," the University of Manitoba
• 1993, awarded the Logan Medal by the Geological Association of Canada
• the mineral cernyite was named in his honour
• elected an honorary member of the Learned Society of Czech Republic
• received a medal from the Asociacion Geologica Argentina

References※

• University of Manitoba Alumni Newsletter- December 2002
• University of Manitoba- 2002 Annual Report
• Miguel Á. Galliski, "David London," Milan Novák, and Robert F. Martin (2012). Granitic Pegmatites. And their Minerals: a Tribute——to Petr Černý. Can Mineral 50: 777-780.
• Miguel Á. Galliski, David London, Milan Novák, and Robert F. Martin (2012). Granitic Pegmatites and their Minerals: a Second Tribute——to Petr Černý. Can Mineral 50: 1441–1444.

External links※

• Masaryk University
• University of Manitoba

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