the ocean floor; the development of zeolitic crystals on the sea-bottom at temperatures of 32 °F (0 °C) and under; and the distribution and mode of occurrence of manganese nodules and of phosphatic and glauconite deposits on the bed of the ocean. Renard died at Brussels on 9 July 1903. Rue Alphonse Renard, in western Ixelles, is named in his honor. In addition, the mineral renardite was named in his honor in 1928. References External links 1842 births 1903 deaths Belgian geologists Former Jesuits Academic staff of Ghent University People from Ronse Honorary Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Belgian mineralogists 19th-century Belgian Jesuits