Eugene Jarosewich

Eugene (Gene) Jarosewich (1926–2007) was a chemist in the department of mineral sciences at the Smithsonian Institution.^[1] Jarosewich was known worldwide for wet chemical analyses of meteorites.^[2] 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^[3] and asteroid 4320 Jarosewich^[4] are named in his honor.

External links

• Article on chemical analyses of meteorites

References

1. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/features/jarosewich/
2. Jarosewich, Eugene (1990-12-25). "Chemical analyses of meteorites - A compilation of stony and iron meteorite analyses". Meteoritics. 25 (4). Meteoritics: 323. Bibcode:1990Metic..25..323J. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.1990.tb00717.x. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
3. Barthelmy, Dave. "Jarosewichite Mineral Data". webmineral.com. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
4. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2015-10-01.