Eugene Jarosewich

Eugene (Gene) Jarosewich (1926–2007) was a chemist in the Department of Mineral Sciences at the Smithsonian Institution. Gene was known worldwide for his wet chemical analyses of meteorites.[1] Working with specimens from the National Mineral Collection, 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.

References

  1. 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.
  2. Barthelmy, Dave. "Jarosewichite Mineral Data". webmineral.com. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  3. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2015-10-01.


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