Jack Zussman
British crystallographer and mineralogist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jack Zussman (born 31 July 1924) is a British crystallographer and mineralogist. He was professor of geology and head of the department of geology at the University of Manchester from 1967 to 1989. He is best known for his co-authorship of a series of reference books that summarise the physical, chemical and optical properties of the rock forming minerals that were published between 1962 and 2013, which are widely known as Deer, Howie and Zussman or DHZ.
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Born | (1924-07-31)July 31, 1924 |
Alma mater | Downing College, Cambridge (B.A., PhD) |
Known for | Deer, Howie and Zussman, An Introduction to the Rock-Forming Minerals |
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Fields | Crystallography and mineralogy |
Institutions | University of Manchester 1952-1962, 1967-1989 University of Oxford 1962-1966 |
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