Enrico Clerici, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Enrico Clerici

Italian mineralogist geologist

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1862

Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Date of Death: 26-Aug-1938

Profession: geologist, mineralogist

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Enrico Clerici (15 October 1862 – 26 August 1938) was an Italian mineralogist and geologist.
From 1903 on he worked at the University of Rome.
He published in 1907 the composition of a solution with a density of 4.25 g/cm3 at 20 °C, to determine the density of minerals.
The Clerici solution is a mixture of thallium formate (Tl(CHO2)) and thallium malonate (Tl(C3H3O4)) in water.