In 1821, the French geologist Pierre Berthier discovered bauxite near the village of Les Baux in Provence, southern France.P. Berthier (1821) "Analyse de l'alumine hydratée des Beaux, département des Bouches-du-Rhóne" (Analysis of hydrated alumina from Les Beaux, department of the Mouths-of-the-Rhone), Annales des mines, 1st series, 6 : 531-534. Notes: In 1847, in the cumulative index of volume 3 of his series, Traité de minéralogie, French mineralogist Armand Dufrénoy listed the hydrated alumina from Les Beaux as "beauxite". (See: A. Dufrénoy, Traité de minéralogie, volume 3 (Paris, France: Carilian-Goeury et Vor Dalmont, 1847), p. 799.) In 1861, H. Sainte-Claire Deville credits Berthier with naming "bauxite", on p. 309, "Chapitre 1. Minerais alumineux ou bauxite" of: H. Sainte-Claire Deville (1861) "De la présence du vanadium dans un minerai alumineux du midi de la France. Études analytiques sur les matières alumineuses." (On the presence of vanadium in an alumina mineral from the Midi of France. Analytical studies of aluminous substances.), Annales de Chimie et de Physique, 3rd series, 61 : 309-342.
In 1821 the French geologist Pierre Berthier discovered bauxite near the village of Les Baux in Provence southern FranceP Berthier (1821) "Analyse de l'alumine hydratée des Beaux département des Bouches-du-Rhóne" (Analysis of hydrated alumina from Les Beaux department of the Mouths-of-the-Rhone) Annales des mines 1st series 6  531-534 Notes In 1847 in the cumulative index of volume 3 of his series Traité de minéralogie French mineralogist Armand Dufrénoy listed the hydrated alumina from Les Beaux as "beauxite" (See A Dufrénoy Traité de minéralogie volume 3 (Paris France Carilian-Goeury et Vor Dalmont 1847) p 799) In 1861 H Sainte-Claire Deville credits Berthier with naming "bauxite" on p 309 "Chapitre 1 Minerais alumineux ou bauxite" of H Sainte-Claire Deville (1861) "De la présence du vanadium dans un minerai alumineux du midi de la France Études analytiques sur les matières alumineuses" (On the presence of vanadium in an alumina mineral from the Midi of France Analytical studies of aluminous substances) Annales de Chimie et de Physique 3rd series 61  309-342