a sign of the increasing reverence in which Luther was held. He was the first to publish an edition of Luther's Table Talk. Mineralogy Mathesius was also a mineralogist and a colleague of Georg Agricola "the father of mineralogy" who also lived in Joachimsthal. He was the first to describe any form of tourmaline in detail. In 2013, a newly discovered mineral from Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal) was named mathesiusite in his honor and a detailed description was published in 2014. References External links Johannes-Mathesius-Gesellschaft Citations Sources External links Online Galleries, History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries High resolution images of works by and/or portraits of Johannes Mathesius in .jpg and .tiff format. Guide to Mathesius, Johann, Joachimsthaler Chronica. Manuscript, circa 1580 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center 1504 births 1565 deaths 16th-century German people 16th-century Bohemian people 16th-century Protestant theologians German Lutheran theologians German Protestant Reformers German mineralogists University of Ingolstadt alumni German expatriates in the Czech lands German Bohemian people People from the Electorate of Saxony People from Rochlitz German male non-fiction writers