Charles Whitman Cross (September 1, 1854 – April 20, 1949) was an American geologist. He was educated at Amherst College, the University of Göttingen, and Leipzig University. A petrologist, much of his field work concerned rocks in Colorado. He and three other geologists proposed the CIPW norm that is still used in normative mineralogy. He was also active in scientific societies and institutions.
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1 September 1854 Amherst, Massachusetts
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20 April 1949 (aged 94) Chevy Chase, Maryland, U.S.
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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