# Dopplerite

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**Dopplerite** is a naturally occurring [organic substance](/source/Organic_substance) found in [amorphous](/source/Amorphous), elastic or jelly-like masses, of brownish-black color, in [peat](/source/Peat) beds in [Styria](/source/Styria) and in [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland). It is tasteless, insoluble in [alcohol](/source/Ethanol) and [ether](/source/Diethyl_ether), and is described by [James Dwight Dana](/source/James_Dwight_Dana) as an [acid](/source/Acid) substance, or mixture of different acids, related to [humic acid](/source/Humic_acid).[1] It is named after the physicist and mathematician [Christian Doppler](/source/Christian_Doppler).[2]

## Notes

1. Jones, R. (2009). ["Doppler effect"](https://books.google.com/books?id=46Rx1U5x70QC&pg=PA60). *What's Who?: A Dictionary of Things Named After People and the People They are Named After*. Leicester: Matador. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-84876-047-9. Retrieved 2021-11-05.

## External links

- [http://www.suprahumic.unina.it/](http://www.suprahumic.unina.it/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210226073240/http://www.suprahumic.unina.it/) 2021-02-26 at the Wayback Machine

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