Memorial to Charles Palache

Clifford Frondel, long time professor of Mineralogy at Harvard University, and himself a student of Charles Palache, wrote a memorial for him shortly after Palache's death.

	Charles Palache at the optical goniometer. Undated photo. Courtesy of Harvard Mineralogical Museum.

This appeared in 1956 on pages 306-314 of volume 41 of the American Mineralogist, journal of the Mineralogical Society of America.

Professor Palache was instrumental in founding the Mineralogical Society of America. Thanks to MSA for their kind permission to allow it to be shared here.