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Tom Kapitany | |
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 Tom Kapitany standing next to a large fluorite octahedron specimen on matrix from inner Mongolia. | |
| Born | Tamas Kapitany 15 December 1960 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Education | University of Melbourne (BSc) |
| Occupation(s) | Geologist, teacher, botanist, entrepreneur, consultant, curator, palaeontologist |
| Website | tomkapitany |
Tom Kapitany (born 15 December 1960) is an Australian botanist, geologist and entrepreneur. Kapitany is the director of Crystal World in Victoria, Australia,[1] a director of National Dinosaur Museum in Canberra, Australia,[2] a director of Collectors Corner[3] Garden World in Braeside, Victoria, Australia, director of Australian Mineral Mines Pty. Ltd. and an international consultant for museums and universities, particularly in China, Mexico, UK, US, New Zealand and Indonesia with regards to geology.[4][5]
Kapitany completed his B.Sc. in geology and botany at the University of Melbourne in 1984 and has held multiple mining tenements around Australia. Kapitany has made numerous donations to the Museum of Victoria[6] and other museums and institutions worldwide. Kapitany is known for raising awareness on the importance of collecting and fossicking minerals and fossils; to educate people and children on fossils and rocks of biological origin.[7][8] However, as one of Australia's largest commercial dealers of minerals and fossils, he is a controversial figure owing to revelations of his involvement with international fossil smuggling.[9][10][11]
- ^ "Crystals, fossils,meteorites, gems, for sale, wholesale retail". Crystal World - Exhibition of fine crystals, fossils, minerals and Himalayan salt lamps on sale!. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ "Directors of the National Dinosaur Museum". National Dinosaur Museum. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ "Cacti Succulents Bonsai Orchids Bromeliads Airplants Hoyas Terrariums". Cacti Succulents Bonsai Orchids Bromeliads Airplants Hoyas Terrariums. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ "Crystal World and Prehistoric Journeys Exhibition Centre". XXII Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association 2018. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ^ "Natural History Museum – Melbourne » Australia". Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ "Museums Board of Victoria Annual Report 2002/03" (PDF). Museums Victoria. 28 March 2019.
- ^ "A Brief Tour of Deep Time Geology with Tom Kapitany" (PDF). 2015 November / December Newsletter for the Mineralogical Society of Western Australia Incorporated. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
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:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Melbourne man admits smuggling dinosaur eggs". The Age. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Chinese Embassy's Statement on Fossils Smuggling". Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Fossil collectors, and police, walk on eggshells". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 March 2019.