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title: "Christian Samuel Weiss"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Samuel_Weiss"
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category: "reference"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
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date_saved: "2026-05-05T10:45:39.985589+00:00"
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Christian Samuel Weiss (26 February 1780 – 1 October 1856) was a German mineralogist born in Leipzig.
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Following graduation, he worked as a physics instructor in Leipzig from 1803 until 1808. and in the meantime, conducted geological studies of mountain formations in Tyrol, Switzerland and France (1806–08). In 1810 he became a professor of mineralogy at the University of Berlin, where in 1818/19 and 1832/33, he served as university rector. He died near Eger in Bohemia.
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Weiss is credited for creating parameters of modern crystallography, and was instrumental in making it a branch of mathematical science. He stressed the significance of direction in crystals, considering crystallographic axes to be a possible basis for classification of crystals. He is credited for introducing the categorization schema of crystal systems, and has a basic law of crystallography named after him called the "Weiss zone law".
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== Works by Weiss that have been translated into English ==
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"On the methodical and natural distribution of the different systems of crystallisation" Edinburgh : Printed for A. Constable, 1823.
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"On the crystallographic discoveries and systems of Mohs and Weiss" (with Friedrich Mohs); Edinburgh : Printed for A. Constable, 1823.
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== See also ==
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Geometrical crystallography before X-rays
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== References ==
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Parts of this article are based on a translation of an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia.
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Historical atlas of crystallography by José Lima-de-Faria, Martin Julian Buerger
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== External links ==
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University of Cambridge DoITPoMS Teaching and Learning Packages (Weiss zone law explained) |