Eugene Jarosewich

Eugene Jarosewich

Eugene (Gene) Jarosewich (1926-2007) was a chemist in the Department of Mineral Sciences at the Smithsonian Institution. [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/features/jarosewich/] Gene was known worldwide for his wet chemical analyses of meteorites. 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 [http://franklin-sterlinghill.com/dunn/ch25/jarosewichite.stm] and asteroid 4320 Jarosewich [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=4320] are named in his honor.

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* [http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?1990Metic..25..323J&data_type=PDF_HIGH&whole_paper=YES&type=PRINTER&filetype=.pdf/ Chemical Analyses of Meteorites Article]


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