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Julian Goldsmith

Who

Julian Goldsmith · Science & Medicine

What

Geochemist known for research in mineralogy and feldspar and carbonate crystal chemistry

When

1918, United States — 1999, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Julian Goldsmith is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Geochemist known for research in mineralogy and feldspar and carbonate crystal chemistry

How & why

Julian Royce Goldsmith was an American geochemist and mineralogist at the University of Chicago known for his research on the crystal chemistry of feldspars and carbonate minerals and on order-disorder relations in minerals. His experimental work clarified how minerals form and re-equilibrate. He was Jewish, and is listed among Jewish figures in the earth and planetary sciences.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science

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Geochemist known for research in mineralogy and feldspar and carbonate crystal chemistry

1918

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Earth & Planetary Science