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Norman L. Bowen
Canadian petrologist
Victor Moritz Goldschmidt
Victor Moritz Goldschmidt
Swiss mineralogist
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Ferdinand Zirkel
German geologist
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Auguste Michel-Lévy
French petrologist
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Karl Heinrich Ferdinand Rosenbusch
German geologist
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Henry Clifton Sorby
British geologist
Johan Vogt
Johan Herman Lie Vogt
Norwegian geologist
Brøgger, Waldemar Christofer
Waldemar Christofer Brøgger
Norwegian geologist
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Arie Poldervaart
American geologist and petrologist