Anselmus de Boodt or Anselmus Boetius de Boodt was a Flemish humanist naturalist, gemologist, and physician to Rudolf II. Along with the German known as Georgius Agricola with mineralogy, de Boodt was responsible for establishing modern gemology.
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Anselmus de Boodt or Anselmus Boetius de Boodt was a Flemish humanist naturalist, gemologist, and physician to Rudolf II. Along with the German known as Georgius Agricola with mineralogy, de Boodt was responsible for establishing modern gemology. De Boodt was an avid gems and minerals collector who travelled widely to various mining regions in Belgium, Germany, Bohemia and Silesia to collect samples. His definitive work on the subject was the Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia (1609).
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