the Jardin des plantes (2020-2021) celebrated a tribute to Haüy with a third section devoted by François Farges, co-curator, to René-Just Haüy and, among others, his gems; a symposium and two exhibitions around René-Just Haüy were inaugurated on June 3rd 2022 by IMPMC in between the Jussieu and Jardin des Plantes campuses; a new website (French/English) - Haüy 2022 - was created by François Farges that exhibits for the first time many aspects of the life, work and collections of Haüy kept mostly at the MNHN in Paris with many new discoveries made by various researchers, mostly in Paris, 78 years after the previous commemoration at the French MNHN in 1944. many life and work updates (in French) : Farges, François; Kjellman, Johan, Bicentenaire de la disparition de René-Just Haüy... Le Règne Minéral 165, pp. 7-42 (2022). Works The following are Haüy's principal works: Essai d'une théorie sur la structure des crystaux (1784) via Gallica De la structure considérée comme caractère distinctif des minéraux (1793) Exposition abrégé de la théorie de la structure des cristaux (1793) BNF Extrait d'un traité élémentaire de minéralogie (1797) Traité de minéralogie (5 vols, 1801) BNF: Vol 1 Vol 2 Vol 3 Vol 4 Vol 5 Traité élémentaire de physique (2 vols 1803, 1806) Google Books Tableau comparatif des résultats de la cristallographie, et de l'analyse chimique relativement à la classification des minéraux (1809) BNF Traité des pierres précieuses (1817) BNF Traité de cristallographie (2 vols, 1822) Google Books He also contributed papers, of which 100 are enumerated in the Royal Society's catalogue, to various scientific journals, especially the Journal de physique and the Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. See also Centered octahedral number List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics References External links Catholic Encyclopedia 1917 George F. Kunz. “The Life and Work of Haüy.” American Mineralogist. Volume 3, number 6, 1918. Pages 61–89, plates 5–11; Also: Bulletin of the New York Mineralogical Club. Volume 3, pages 61–89, plates 5–11 [sic]. This was for the celebration of the 175th anniversary of the birth of the famous French mineralogist. François Farges, Haüy 2022. 1743 births 1822 deaths People from Oise Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Foreign Members of the Royal Society French mineralogists Members of the French Academy of Sciences Members of the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Catholic clergy scientists University of Paris alumni