Eugene Jarosewich
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Eugene (Gene) Jarosewich (1926–2007) was a chemist in the Department of Mineral Sciences at the Smithsonian Institution.[1] Gene was known worldwide for his wet chemical analyses of meteorites.[1] Working with specimens from the , Gene and his co-workers also developed a set of commonly used standards for electron microprobe analyses.
The mineral Jarosewichite[2] and asteroid 4320 Jarosewich[3] are named in his honor.
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- ^ Jarosewich, Eugene (1990-12-25). "Chemical analyses of meteorites - A compilation of stony and iron meteorite analyses". adsabs.harvard.edu. Meteoritics. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
- ^ Barthelmy, Dave. "Jarosewichite Mineral Data". webmineral.com. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
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- 20th-century American chemists
- 1926 births
- 2007 deaths
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