From jaspeer at minsocam.org Thu Feb 1 09:21:57 2018 From: jaspeer at minsocam.org (J Alex Speer) Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 09:21:57 -0500 Subject: [MSA-talk] 2018 Gemological Institute of America Symposium-Call for Abstracts Message-ID: <> 2018 GIA Symposium October 7-9, 2018 Carlsbad, CA GIA is pleased to invite you to submit abstracts for oral and/or poster presentations for the 2018 GIA Symposium ? ?New Challenges. Creating Opportunities.? If you think your research would be of interest to the larger gem and jewelry community, we encourage you to submit an abstract. The GIA Research Track covers the following topics: Diamond Identification Colored Stone/Pearl Identification Gem Localities and Gem Formation Gem Characterization General Gemology New Technologies and Techniques in Gem Identification Abstracts may be submitted through June 1, 2018. You do not need to be registered for Symposium to submit an abstract. Notice of acceptance for presentation will be sent by July 1, 2018. All oral and poster presenters must register to attend Symposium by July 31, 2018. The GIA Symposium will be held October 7 ? 9, 2018 at The Westin Carlsbad Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California. Symposium will be attended by those throughout the gem and jewelry industry, from seasoned executives to recent graduates. You will have the opportunity to network, build new relationships and meet up with friends and colleagues. Register for Symposium or Submit an Abstract at symposium.GIA.edu On behalf of Dr. Wuyi Wang, GIA Vice President of Research and Development, and Dr. Jim Shigley, GIA Distinguished Research Fellow, we look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, The 2018 GIA Symposium Organizing Committee For questions regarding the event, email symposium at gia.edu symposium.GIA.edu Gemological Institute of America, Inc. World Headquarters The Robert Mouawad Campus 5345 Armada Drive, Carlsbad CA 92008 ?2002 - 2018 Gemological Institute of America, Inc. 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The winner of the IMA Medal will have a publication record that has made an outstanding contribution to fields impacted by mineralogy, such as mineralogy, geochemistry, crystallography, petrology and applied mineralogy. Instructions for submitting a nomination can be found on the website: https://www.ima-mineralogy.org/Medal.htm The award is made without regard to nationality and membership in a mineralogical society. This is a wonderful opportunity to recognize a colleague's contributions to fields of mineralogy. Sincerely, Jane Gilotti Jane A. Gilotti, Professor Chair, IMA Medal Committee Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences 115 Trowbridge Hall University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242 USA phone: 319-335-1097 fax: 319-335-1821 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From NabelekP at missouri.edu Thu Feb 1 10:44:08 2018 From: NabelekP at missouri.edu (Nabelek, Peter I.) Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 15:44:08 +0000 Subject: [MSA-talk] Call for Roebling Medal nominations Message-ID: <7A660BC3-BEC8-4CA5-B787-3BE0BF780E78@missouri.edu> Dear MSA members, The Roebling Medal is the highest award of the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) for scientific eminence as represented primarily by scientific publication of outstanding original research in mineralogy. The science of mineralogy is defined broadly for purposes of the Roebling Medal, and a candidate need not qualify as a mineralogist; rather his or her published research should be related to the mineralogical sciences and should make some outstanding contribution to them. Service to mineralogy, teaching, and administrative accomplishment is not a primary criterion for the award. The nomination needs to be supported by the nominee?s published work. The award is not restricted to U.S. citizens. Nationality, personality, age of candidate, or place of employment are not considered for the award. The person selected by the Roebling Medal committee from the list of nominees, and approved by the MSA Council, will receive the award in 2019. The criteria and directives for submitting a nomination are at: http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Awards/Roebling.html The nominations are to be supported by 3 to 5 additional letters. The completed nominations are to be sent to me by June 1, 2018. Pleases nominate your outstanding colleagues for this award. Best wishes, Peter Nabelek (Chair, Roebling Medal committee) =========================== Prof. Peter I. Nabelek Dept. of Geological Sciences 101 Geological Sciences Bldg. University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 65211 USA nabelekp at missouri.edu http://faculty.missouri.edu/nabelekp 1-573-884-6463 =========================== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The abstract deadline is midnight Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11 and 16 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time in North America) 28 February 2018. Invited keynote speakers ---Andrew G. Christy (University of Queensland) ---Shaunna Morrison (Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science) Convener ---Sergey V. Krivovichev (St. Petersburg State University) skrivovi at mail.ru Co-conveners ---Edward S. Grew (University of Maine) esgrew at maine.edu ---Robert M. Hazen (Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science) rhazen at ciw.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Call for Abstracts We invite abstracts on 'applied mineralogy', including detailed case studies, automated mineralogy, instrumental developments and novel techniques, emerging demands, as well as on 'increasing mineral awareness throughout society'. Abstracts must be submitted via the online abstract submission site ultimo midnight AEDT Wednesday 28 February 2018. Maarten Broekmans - Chairman IMA-CAM Jan Elsen - Secretary IMA-CAM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Recently, research in geosciences has benefited greatly from new generations of synchrotron sources across the world. The development of these facilities has led to dramatic improvements in time resolution, data quality, detection limits and spatial resolution. This allows great improvements of the knowledge on the structure and composition of the bulk and surface of minerals, glasses and melts. We solicit submissions that have employed methods and techniques that require the high intensity and flux of synchrotron radiation sources in mineralogy, petrology and geochemistry: XAS (XANES, EXAFS, HERDF?), XRF, X-ray microscopy (e.g. STXM), tomography, scattering methods (e.g. SAXS/WAXS), x-ray diffraction, inelastic scattering, IR spectroscopy? In particular, we encourage presentations of studies of ?-size samples, in-situ studies at high T/P, time-resolved measurements, and determination of structure/property relationships. The call for abstract is open until February 28th, 2018 by midnight. The abstract submission page is available at the address: https://www.ima2018.com/call-for-abstracts/ Looking forward to seeing you at IMA 2018 Melbourne. Best wishes, Laurence Galoisy, Simon Clark and Grant Henserson Laurence Galoisy Ma?tre de Conf?rences Hors Classe Fellow of the Society of Glass Technology Charg?e de mission aupr?s du DIM OxyMORE IMPMC-UPMC CASE 115 - 4 place jussieu 75005 PARIS, France t?l: 33(1) 44 27 50 64 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Due to natural causes (drainage, leaching) or anthropic factors (mining activity or activities related to landscape modification), such phases or elements may be disseminated in the surrounding environment, resulting in contamination of soil, water, air media. This process may take place directly in the site of natural occurrence or in the sites where such minerals are processed at industrial scale. This session welcomes contributions in the topic of identification, characterization, bio-chemistry and assessment of toxicity (both in vitro and in vivo) of raw and man-processed mineral phases with special attention to asbestos minerals, mineral phases composing the airborne particulate, which represent an environmental and human health problem. Convenors: Alessandro F. Gualtieri, Elena Belluso, Mark Hendrickx, Philip Hibbs Web site: https://www.ima2018.com/session-mineral-hazards-the/ The call for abstract is open until February 28th, 2018. 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Some of these activities are published (in italian), and I also conserve various pdf files presenting the basics about the different types of ceramics, from adobe to terracotta, maiolica, stoneware and porcelaine (mostly in english). Let me know if you deem that such material might be of use fo you. If you have occasion to come to Europe, I can also recommend the 3-day or 1-week workshops organized by a ceramist in the Pyrenees, nice place and a rich choice of courses about almost any technique, with special emphasis on the ancient ones from neolithic onwards. These workshops may comprise the whole process from clay collecting and modeling to kiln construction and glazes, and you may bring of your own if suitable. What I learned: the more "primitive" the technique, the higher the challenges to hand and brain of the ceramist! Looking for hearing from you Miguel --- michele gregorkiewitz Dip Scienze Fisiche, della Terra e dell'Ambiente Universit? di Siena via Laterina 8, I-53100 Siena gregor at unisi.it, +39'0577'233810 Il 2018-01-27 18:10 Matt Kohn ha scritto: > Hi folks, > > The local art museum is hosting an evening event related to ceramics, > which is part of series pairing an artist with a scientists > to?well...see what happens I suppose. > > I agreed to be the scientist. > > [Note: when I talk about clay, I mean in a trade/generic/artistic > sense, not necessarily in a mineralogical sense. What artists use for > ceramics can include all kinds of stuff, not just clay minerals or > even clay-size particles] > > I will likely have other questions, but the current one is: > Why do low-firing clays sag or even run at high temperature? Surely > this is a melting phenomenon related to mineralogy. But does anyone > know specifically what minerals are in a low-fire clays that cause > melting at high temperature? > > I know porcelain is a very high-firing clay, and is (pure or nearly > pure) kaolinite. > > Come to think of it, does anyone know what the mineralogy of (fired) > porcelain is? Mullite + cristobalite, right? > > Thanks, > > Matt > > _______________________________________________ > MSA-talk mailing list > MSA-talk at minlists.org > http://lists.minlists.org/mailman/listinfo/msa-talk From dorrit.jacob at mq.edu.au Sat Feb 3 23:32:27 2018 From: dorrit.jacob at mq.edu.au (Dorrit Jacob) Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2018 04:32:27 +0000 Subject: [MSA-talk] Geoanalysis 2018 Conference 8-13 July in Sydney In-Reply-To: <5eef81423c044b7689b26b634a24a795@exch4-cdc.nexus.csiro.au> References: <5eef81423c044b7689b26b634a24a795@exch4-cdc.nexus.csiro.au> Message-ID: <3836C89E-A06C-4D13-B2F7-73C9E05B91C9@mq.edu.au> Geoanalysis 2018 Come and join us this July in Sydney, Australia for the Geoanalysis 2018 conference being held from 8th to 13th July at Macquaire University. The Geoanalysis series of conferences is the IAG?s main forum on the analysis of geological and environmental materials. It's a great opportunity to meet with colleagues and discuss the latest developments and future needs in the field of geoanalytical measurements. Abstract submission is now open with a deadline of 23th March 2018. Registration opens on 20th February, with reduced rates for IAG members; student grants are also available. Check out the conference website (http://ccfs.mq.edu.au/Geoanalysis2018/) for more details, including scientific sessions, company exhibition and workshops. Looking forward to seeing you there! Dorrit Jacob Chair, Geoanalysis 2018 Organising Committee [cid:517E3455-BD7B-4F67-A6F7-5ACAA55A6261 at gateway] Prof. Dorrit Jacob, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences BD Building Level 3, 4 Research Park Drive Macquarie University North Ryde NSW 2109 Australia T: +61 2 9850 8428 ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems www.CCFS.mq.edu.au On 1 Feb 2018, at 14:34, Mark.Pownceby at csiro.au wrote: Session ? Iron Ore Mineralogy Iron ore is a key raw material for production of steel which is vital to the global economy. However, as the world?s resources of high grade iron ore slowly decline, a detailed knowledge of the mineralogy of iron ores is crucial to understanding their genesis for exploration purposes as well as their behaviour in downstream processing operations, particularly in relation to removal of unwanted mineral components such as silica, alumina and phosphorus to meet blast furnace feed requirements for steelmaking. The proposed session will cover the mineralogy of key iron ore resources around the world, including their genesis, and the characterisation of these ores in terms of their mineralogy, petrology and geometallurgy at regional, mine and orebody scale. Abstracts must be submitted via the online abstract submission site by midnight AEDT 28 February 2018. PROGRAM OUTLINE NOW AVAILABLE The IMA2018 draft program matrix is now available for viewing and can be accessed here. For further information regarding the IMA2018 Meeting in Melbourne, please feel free to contact the Meeting Managers or add yourself to the mailing list. Stay up to date with the latest news from IMA2018. Visit our website and sign up to our mailing list T: +61 (0)3 9320 8611 | F: +61 (0)3 9320 8699 | E: info at ima2018.com | W: www.ima2018.com Dr. Mark Pownceby Solid State Chemistry & Mineralogy Team Leader Iron Ore Geometallurgy CSIRO Mineral Resources Phone: +61 3 9545 8820 | Mob: +61 0434551367 | Fax: +61 3 9562 8919 | mark.pownceby at csiro.au | www.csiro.au Address: CSIRO Mineral Resources Private Bag 10, Clayton South, VIC 3169 _____________________________ Dr. Mark Pownceby Solid State Chemistry & Mineralogy Team Leader Iron Ore Geometallurgy CSIRO Mineral Resources Phone: +61 3 9545 8820 | Mob: +61 0434551367 | Fax: +61 3 9562 8919 | mark.pownceby at csiro.au | www.csiro.au Address: CSIRO Mineral Resources Private Bag 10, Clayton South, VIC 3169 _______________________________________________ MSA-talk mailing list MSA-talk at minlists.org http://lists.minlists.org/mailman/listinfo/msa-talk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In addition, the interplay between nucleation and growth is one of the underlying factors controlling textural, compositional, and structural evolution of materials of all kinds. It is thus imperative to calibrate rock textures and compositions by interlinking nature, experiments, and computation to better understand the degree of departure from equilibrium and the timing of petrogenetic processes. Advances in imaging and image analysis, high-resolution geochemical and isotopic analysis, experimental techniques, computational modeling, etc., have provided insights into the kinetics of disequilibrium processes at various spatial and temporal scales. This session welcomes contributions involving experimental, theoretical, or field characterization of mineral intergrowths; fluid and melt inclusions; isotopically zoned crystals or glass; bubbles; metamorphic assemblages; with the common scope of better understanding the rates of nucleation and growth. Both fundamental and applied studies are welcome. Keynote: Julia Hammer (University of Hawaii, Manoa) Invited talks: Tim Grove (MIT) and Silvio Ferrero (University of Potsdam) Abstract submission deadline is March 30th, 2018! Further details can be found on the conference website: https://goldschmidt.info/2018/index We are looking forward to receiving your abstracts and to seeing you in person at our session # 3c in Boston. Kind regards, Mona Sirbescu, Central Michigan University, USA (sirbe1mc at cmich.edu) Don Baker, McGill University, Canada (don.baker at mcgill.ca) Sarah B. Cichy, Uni/GFZ Potsdam, Germany (cichy at uni-potsdam.de) ___________________________ Mona Sirbescu Professor of Geology Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Central Michigan University 989-774-4497 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The thirst for uranium continues, as it is the fuel of more than 400 nuclear power plants in the world, with 70 new reactors currently under construction. Uranium remains an environmental contaminant at may sites worldwide associated with the fuel cycle. Uranium mineralogy has been the focus of many studies over the past 20 years that have provided many insights into their structures, compositions, occurrences, and properties. The accelerated pace of research continues today, with many reports of new uranium minerals and structures, measurement of thermodynamic properties, and studies of important inorganic synthetic compounds. This session will focus on current studies of new uranium minerals, the structural complexity across the entire family of uranium minerals, measurements of thermodynamic parameters, and application of these studies. Best wishes, Peter -- Peter C. Burns Director, Center for Sustainable Energy at Notre Dame (ND-Energy) Director, Energy Frontier Research Center *Materials Science of Actinides* Director, NNSA Actinide Center of Excellence (ACE) President, International Mineralogical Association (IMA) Henry Massman Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences Concurrent Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556 (574)-631-7852 petercburns.com msa-efrc,com energy.nd.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Richard_Gaschnig at uml.edu Mon Feb 5 20:10:15 2018 From: Richard_Gaschnig at uml.edu (Gaschnig, Richard M) Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 01:10:15 +0000 Subject: [MSA-talk] Postdoctoral opportunity at UMass Lowell Message-ID: <9b1743d45a2143dc90f34fc992a1be03@uml.edu> Hello folks. The Dept of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Lowell is hiring a postdoctoral researcher in the field of isotope geochemistry. The main area of research is behavior of non-traditional stable isotope systems in metamorphic and igneous systems. See the attached ad for some additional particulars. Please forward this to anybody that you think might be interested and contact me for additional info and details. Dr. Richard Gaschnig Assistant Professor Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA 01854 http://www.richardgaschnig-geology.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Bob Robert Bodnar From envmgmtsys at aol.com Tue Feb 6 15:49:05 2018 From: envmgmtsys at aol.com (envmgmtsys at aol.com) Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 15:49:05 -0500 Subject: [MSA-talk] Mineral wines Message-ID: <1616ce10f69-784c-2379@webjas-vab053.srv.aolmail.net> don't know if this got posted during the last round of "mineral wines", but it may be of interest- saw it at Tucson Gem&Mineral Show- a great addition to a mineral cabinet. web site link mineral-wines.com/our_story Enjoy viewing or in a glass- Marty Rutstein -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We use the 50 micron that come in about a 10 kg bucket.Andy On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 2:16 PM, Robert Bodnar wrote: Is anyone aware of a source of natural alpha-corundum powder that can be purchased in small quantities (a few hundred grams)? I have found lots of sources of natural corundum powder but they only sell it in ton or more quantities (!), and the synthetic corundum powder I tried has the correct composition but is not structurally (crystallographically) corundum - it gives a very poor Raman spectrum indicating that it is poorly crystallized and likely contains phases other than alpha-corundum. Thanks in advance for any advice that you might have. Bob Robert Bodnar _______________________________________________ MSA-talk mailing list MSA-talk at minlists.org http://lists.minlists.org/mailman/listinfo/msa-talk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Bob Robert Bodnar From mlj at cox.net Tue Feb 6 17:13:30 2018 From: mlj at cox.net (mlj mlj) Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 17:13:30 -0500 (EST) Subject: [MSA-talk] natural alpha-corundum powder source In-Reply-To: <7XGP1x0225G6Vr201XGQep> References: <7XGP1x0225G6Vr201XGQep> Message-ID: <865729354.9867.1517955210520@myemail.cox.net> Would purchasing abrasive corundum work? > > On February 6, 2018 at 2:01 PM Robert Bodnar wrote: > > Is anyone aware of a source of natural alpha-corundum powder > that can be purchased in small quantities (a few hundred grams)? > > I have found lots of sources of natural corundum powder but they > only sell it in ton or more quantities (!), and the synthetic corundum > powder I tried has the correct composition but is not structurally (crystallographically) > corundum - it gives a very poor Raman spectrum indicating that it > is poorly crystallized and likely contains phases other than alpha-corundum. > > Thanks in advance for any advice that you might have. > > Bob > > Robert Bodnar > > _______________________________________________ > MSA-talk mailing list > MSA-talk at minlists.org > http://lists.minlists.org/mailman/listinfo/msa-talk > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Speakers with a background in materials, engineering, earth sciences, planetary & space science and manufacturing are all regular attendees. Students are offered discounted registration, and travel bursaries are also available to RMS members (student and regular). https://www.rms.org.uk/discover-engage/event-calendar/ebsd-2018.html This year, the workshop will have two different streams; the first will utilise advanced EBSD techniques in the lab, and the second will focus on academic-industry collaborations, using EBSD as a manufacturing tool, something that we pride ourselves on here at Plymouth. We aim to bring together academics, businesses and our own research & innovation teams here at the University of Plymouth to share our expertise with the community. Further information can be found on the website. Our invited speakers for EBSD 2018 are; * Dr Mike Zolensky, curator-in-charge & Head of Astromaterials at NASA Johnson Space Center * Using EBSD to Elucidate the Early History of the Solar System * Prof Sandra Piazolo, University of Leeds * Process understanding by linking quantitative orientation analysis with numerical modelling * Prof Paul Midgley, University of Cambridge * Scanning Electron Diffraction in the TEM - a complementary method to EBSD * Dr Ralf Hielscher, Chemitz Technical Institute * Analyzing Orientations and Misorientations in 3d Axis Angle Space We would very much like to extend our invitation to you, and hope that you will consider attending EBSD 2018. Registration is now open, and the deadline for those wishing to submit abstracts is the 13th February. 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The successful candidate will perform first-principles molecular dynamics simulations to compute the equations of state of the liquid, gas and supercritical states, position the supercritical points and/or surfaces, determine the speciation in the fluids, and predict isotope partitioning factors. A master degree in Earth sciences, solid-state physics and/or chemistry or materials science is preferred. Computing skills are highly appreciated. Proficiency in written and spoken English is mandatory. The application should be addressed to Dr. Razvan Caracas (razvan.caracas at ens-lyon.fr ). The package will include CV, names of references, motivation letter, including specific interests and prior experience in areas related to mineral physics. Applications will be considered until the position is filled. A competitive package of salary and employee benefits is offered. Please mention in your application the website or mailing list where you found the offer and the reference PhD3impact. With apologizes for multiple posting, Best wishes, Razvan Caracas -- -- Dr. Razvan Caracas Senior Researcher - CNRS Laboratoire de G?ologie de Lyon ENS de Lyon, UCBL Lyon 1, Universit? de Lyon url:http://perso.ens-lyon.fr/razvan.caracas/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From julien.allaz at colorado.edu Wed Feb 7 12:41:57 2018 From: julien.allaz at colorado.edu (Julien Allaz) Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 17:41:57 +0000 Subject: [MSA-talk] M&M'18 pre-meeting congress X61 - std & ref material Message-ID: <36B82316-6359-49A0-8529-3AD2BC3AD0B9@colorado.edu> Dear colleagues, ### Apologies for cross-posting ### The Focused Interest Group on MicroAnalytical Standards (FIGMAS) is organizing a Pre-Meeting Congress (PMC) at the 2018 Microscopy and Microanalysis meeting in Baltimore. We kindly invite you to participate and even to submit a poster contribution (*) to... X61 - ?Standards and Reference Materials for Microanalysis? Sunday, August 5, 2018 (8:30 to 5 PM; Baltimore, MD) https://www.microscopy.org/MandM/2018/program/congress_X61.cfm Registration for the PMC will open on March 1st. Everybody is welcome! You do NOT need to be a FIGMAS member to register for this PMC. The PMC will include discussions on standards and reference materials used in a large variety of microanalytical techniques (SEM-EDS, electron microprobe, TEM, LA-ICP-MS, etc.) and their current and future needs. The PMC will consist of three main topics with their set of invited speakers from academic and federal institutions as well as industry (title of each talk to be announced later): PART 1 - Standard-based and standardless best practices Nicholas Ritchie (NIST) Philippe Pinard (Oxford Instruments) Steve Seddio (Thermo Scientific) PART 2 - Standard maintenance and availability Cathy Johnson (Mager Scientific) Tim Rose (Smithsonian Institution - National Museum for Natural History) Gene Rodek (SPI) PART 3 - Sourcing and creating future standard materials Steve Wilson (USGS) William Nachlas (Syracuse University) There will be abundant time for open discussion and questions at the end of each session. At the end of the congress, posters will be set up for informal interaction with the authors and participants. (*) We kindly invite you to submit an abstract (in the M&M abstract format - https://www.microscopy.org/MandM/2018/program/submit.cfm). Deadline for abstract submission to our PMC is Friday June 1st, 2018. If you are interested in presenting a poster, please send the abstract directly to PMC2018 at figmas.org (do NOT use the M&M abstract submission platform!). Accepted abstracts will be published in a dedicated program book for the PMC, and will be available as a print-out to attendees, and later available online (PDF) to the greater public. The PMC registration includes breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks. Looking forward to see you in Baltimore! For FIGMAS, Julien M. Allaz (leader) Anette von der Handt (leader-elect) Owen K. Neill (secretary-treasurer) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Resources for Future Generations conference (RFG2018) takes its theme from a new IUGS initiative of the same name designed to mobilize geoscientists, policy-makers and other stakeholders to explore resource and related sustainability issues. GAC-MAC 2018 will be a major part of RFG2018, bringing fundamental earth science together with a range of diverse sessions covering water, energy, minerals, society and education. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS - DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 12, 2018 THE COUNTDOWN IS ON: ONLY 5 DAYS LEFT ABSTRACTS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL FEBRUARY 12, 2018 There will be no further extension CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT Add your abstract to the line-up of 1,200+ authors already committed to the conference and join this international body of knowledge including thousands of participants focusing on the integrative aspect of natural resources and sustainability. With 50% of presenters from Canada and the other 50% from all other regions of the world, the global vision emanating from RFG2018 will serve generations to come. Within the big, multi-sector themes for the conference - Energy, Minerals, Water, the Earth, Resources and Society, and Education - are extensive opportunities to share the details of your work, the ideas you have and new approaches to challenges. NOTE: It is critically important that all presenters, including Keynote and other invited speakers, submit their abstracts through the abstract submission site (do not email them to session organizers) by this deadline, in order for them to be scheduled in the Technical Program. Each abstract submitted will cost the submitter a non-refundable fee of $50 CND. This standard practice ensures that abstracts submitted are from committed authors/presenters and provide rich content for the technical program. Payment will be part of the submission process and will generate the appropriate confirmation and receipt. The fee is payable by credit card (Visa or MasterCard) at the time of the initial submission (there is no charge to revise an abstract). The abstract submission fee is not deducted from the conference registration fee. All student and Indigenous presenters will be refunded the abstract submission fee. Each abstract will be submitted in association with one of the multiple sessions the system will outline for the authors. Program themes & streams ? The Earth ? Energy ? Minerals ? Water ? Education & Knowledge ? Resources and Society Click here to download the flyer for more details. Click here to download the complete list of themes and sub-themes (sessions) Abstract submission limit: 300 words Extended submission deadline: February 12, 2018 Notification to authors of accepted abstracts: March 1, 2018 Submit your abstract at: http://rfg2018.gibsongroup.ca/ EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION ? CLOSES APRIL 15, 2018 Early Bird Registration will end on April 15, 2018. Regular registration rates will be in effect from April 15, 2018 to the last day of the conference. IMPORTANT: Authors & presenters will be expected to register by April 1, 2018 to see their abstract accepted for presentation. All fees are in Canadian dollars. Best Regards, Johanne Johanne Caron- Business Manager Mineralogical Association of Canada 490, rue de la Couronne Qu?bec, QC G1K 9A9 Phone; (418) 653-0333 Fax : (418) 653-0777 Email : jcaron at mineralogicalassociation.ca www.mineralogicalassociation.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The occurrence of elements or minerals such as asbestos phases can make exposure to the soils and rocks that contain them hazardous. Due to natural causes (drainage, leaching) or anthropic factors (mining activity or activities related to landscape modification), such phases or elements may be disseminated in the surrounding environment, resulting in contamination of soil, water, air media. This process may take place directly in the site of natural occurrence or in the sites where such minerals are processed at industrial scale. This session welcomes contributions in the topic of identification, characterization, bio-chemistry and assessment of toxicity (both in vitro and in vivo) of raw and man-processed mineral phases with special attention to asbestos minerals, mineral phases composing the airborne particulate, which represent an environmental and human health problem. Convenors: Alessandro F. Gualtieri, Elena Belluso, Mark Hendrickx, Philip Hibbs Web site: https://www.ima2018.com/session-mineral-hazards-the/ The call for abstract is open until February 28th, 2018. The abstract submission page is available at the address https://www.ima2018. com/call-for-abstracts/ Looking forward to seeing you at IMA 2018 Melbourne. Sincerely Alessandro Francesco Gualtieri -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From j_sisson at netzero.com Thu Feb 8 09:37:23 2018 From: j_sisson at netzero.com (Jinny Sisson) Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 14:37:23 GMT Subject: [MSA-talk] PACROFI Fluid inclusion conference in June 2018 Message-ID: <20180208.083723.24589.0@webmail09.dca.untd.com> Dear Colleagues, The 14th biennial Pan American Conference on Research on Fluid Inclusions (PACROFI XIV) will be at Rice University, Houston TX June 11-16, 2018. This includes Short Course: “The Use of Fluid Inclusions in Petroleum Exploration & Production” on June 11 and a post-meeting field trip to see Eagle Ford Shale. We welcome contributions on both fluid and melt inclusions. For more information and registration go to: WWW.PACROFI.COM Have A Great Day!!Jinny Sissonon behalf of the organizing committee for PACROFI XIV -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From selardo at carnegiescience.edu Thu Feb 8 10:48:17 2018 From: selardo at carnegiescience.edu (Elardo, Stephen) Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 10:48:17 -0500 Subject: [MSA-talk] Planetary Differentiation Conference - Call for Abstracts Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Please see the announcement below for a conference on Planetary Differentiation taking place in Pasadena this May. We hope to see you there! On behalf of the scientific organizing committee, Steve Elardo *Differentiation: Building the Internal Architecture of Planets* *May 7-11, 2018* *Pasadena, California * This meeting is the second in Lunar and Planetary Institute's First Billion Years initiative. The focus of this conference is on understanding the physical and chemical conditions associated with the formation of crusts, cores, atmospheres, and oceans on both rocky and volatile-rich bodies. We seek input from many types of studies, including petrologic, isotopic, trace element, and paleo-magnetic analyses of samples, geophysical probes of planetary interiors, and experimental and numerical simulations. *There will also be an optional pre-conference field trip to the anorthosite complex in the San Gabriel mountains.* Confirmed Invited Speakers Phil Bland *Curtin University* Steve Desch *Arizona State University * Jasmeet Dhaliwal *Penn State University* Rebecca Fischer *Harvard University* Thomas Kruijer *Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory* Carol Raymond *NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory* Anat Shahar *Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science* Sonia Tikoo *Rutgers University* *Abstract Deadline * *March 1, 2018* *Please note the date has been extended from the original notice.* *https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/differentiation2018/ * For additional information, contact the lead conference convener, Walter Kiefer ( kiefer at lpi.usra.edu ) *--Dr. Stephen M. 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Many of his papers laid the foundations for our current thinking on these varied topics. This session solicits presentations on any of these topics and geoanalytical instrumentation. Keynote speakers for this session are: *Dominique Weis* (UBC) "What makes Hawaii a unique mantle plume?" *Keith Putirka* (Cal. State Univ. Fresno) "Where magmas are stored and how they erupt" To submit your abstract, go to the Goldschmidt website https://goldschmidt.info/2018/abstracts *Abstract deadline is March 30* but don't delay in submitting your abstract. We look forward to seeing you in Boston, and joining after the session at a local pub to toast and roast our dear friend *Organizers:* Michael Garcia, Univ. of Hawaii; Fred Frey, MIT; Bill White, Cornell Univ. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This session solicits presentations on any of these topics and geoanalytical instrumentation. Keynote speakers for this session are: *Dominique Weis* (UBC) "What makes Hawaii a unique mantle plume?" *Keith Putirka* (Cal. State Univ. Fresno) "Magma Storage and the Triggering of Volcanic Eruptions" To submit your abstract, go to the Goldschmidt website https://goldschmidt.info/2018/abstracts *Abstract deadline is March 30* but don't delay in submitting your abstract. We look forward to seeing you in Boston, and joining after the session at a local pub to toast and roast our dear friend *Organizers:* Michael Garcia, Univ. of Hawaii; Fred Frey, MIT; Bill White, Cornell Univ. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From yuanzhi.tang at eas.gatech.edu Sat Feb 10 14:18:03 2018 From: yuanzhi.tang at eas.gatech.edu (Yuanzhi Tang) Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 14:18:03 -0500 Subject: [MSA-talk] Postdoc positions at Georgia Tech Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Applications are invited for two postdoctoral researcher positions in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The two postdocs will conduct research related to the characterization and resource recovery from biological wastes, funded by the National Science Foundation Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems (INFEWS) program. This is a multi-institute and multi-investigator project, and the postdocs will have opportunities to participate in interdisciplinary research involving aspects of geoscience, chemistry, microbiology, environmental engineering, and soil science. The individual for the first position is expected to conduct thermochemical treatments of biowastes and to characterize the transformation of nutrients, organics, and metals through the treatment process and under soil conditions. Requirements and qualifications include: - PhD in mineralogy, geochemistry, chemistry, environmental engineering, or closely related fields - Extensive experience with synchrotron X-ray techniques such as spectroscopy, scattering, and microscopy. Experience with EXAFS and shell-by-shell fitting is highly favorable. Familiarity with other laboratory analytical techniques, such as nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy - Knowledge of solid-liquid interface properties, such as mineral-water interface reactions (sorption, redox, dissolution, precipitation), carbon transformation, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling - Excellent oral and written communication skills The individual for the second position is expected to conduct research on the fermentation/anaerobic digestion of liquid and/or gaseous streams of biowastes. Requirements and qualifications include: - PhD in environmental engineering, environmental biotechnology, biochemical engineering, or a closely related field of study - Hands-on experience in constructing and maintaining laboratory-scale bioreactor systems - Knowledge of anaerobic processes, including kinetics and mathematical modeling, along with expertise in advanced instrumental analysis (GC, GC/MS, LC/MS/MS), and molecular biology methods for microbial community analysis - Excellent oral and written communication skills Both postdocs will be appointed for a duration of one year, with possibility of extension to a second year depending on satisfactory performance and funding availability. Interested individuals should submit *a single pdf file* that includes: 1) a cover letter that outlines the applicant's research, expertise match to the position?s requirements and career goals; 2) curriculum vitae; 3) copies of representative recent research publications; and 4) contact information of three references, electronically to Dr. Yuanzhi Tang at *yuanzhi.tang at eas.gatech.edu * (for Position 1) or to Dr. Spyros G. Pavlostathis at *spyros.pavlostathis at ce.gatech.edu * (for Position 2). We anticipate filling the positions as early as May 2018, but later start dates are also acceptable. Review of applications will begin immediately, and will continue until the positions are filled. 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Abstracts are due February 28th and you can submit them using this link: https://www.ima2018.com/call-for-abstracts/ Best wishes, Andy Tomkins and Tracy Rushmer Tracy Rushmer Associate Dean Higher Degree Research Associate Professor Earth and Planetary Sciences Faculty of Science and Engineering | 12 Wally's Walk G17 Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia T: +61 2 9850-8366 | F: +61 2 9850 9102 M +61 434017181 E-Mail: Tracy.Rushmer at mq.edu.au [Macquarie University] CRICOS Provider Number 00002J. Think before you print. Please consider the environment before printing this email. This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of Macquarie University. ________________________________ From: msa-talk-bounces at minlists.org on behalf of Alessandro GUALTIERI Sent: Thursday, 8 February 2018 6:49 PM To: msa-talk at minlists.org Subject: [MSA-talk] 22nd Meeting of the IMA session on Mineral Hazards. Invitation to submit an abstract Dear Colleagues, The 22nd meeting of the International Mineralogical Association will be held in Melbourne, Australia, from the 13th to 17th of August, 2018. As a convenor of the Session ?Mineral-hazards: The Environmental and Human Health Problem Represented by Raw and Man-processed Mineral Phases with Special Attention to Asbestos Minerals? I warmly invite you to consider submitting an abstract relating to this important topic. The occurrence of elements or minerals such as asbestos phases can make exposure to the soils and rocks that contain them hazardous. Due to natural causes (drainage, leaching) or anthropic factors (mining activity or activities related to landscape modification), such phases or elements may be disseminated in the surrounding environment, resulting in contamination of soil, water, air media. This process may take place directly in the site of natural occurrence or in the sites where such minerals are processed at industrial scale. This session welcomes contributions in the topic of identification, characterization, bio-chemistry and assessment of toxicity (both in vitro and in vivo) of raw and man-processed mineral phases with special attention to asbestos minerals, mineral phases composing the airborne particulate, which represent an environmental and human health problem. Convenors: Alessandro F. Gualtieri, Elena Belluso, Mark Hendrickx, Philip Hibbs Web site: https://www.ima2018.com/session-mineral-hazards-the/ The call for abstract is open until February 28th, 2018. 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Till (Arizona State University) There is increasing evidence that rates of melt generation in the mantle and rates of basalt emplacement into the crust vary not only between tectonic settings, but also within a single tectonic setting over time. How variations in the tempo of melt production and emplacement affect subsequent transport pathways through the crust, regions of storage, degree of differentiation, and eruptive fluxes are areas of active research. We encourage contributions that investigate the interplay between magmatic processes and timescales of magma evolution, including all aspects of magma production, emplacement rates, and how changes in tempo affect melt transport pathways and storage in the crust, degree of differentiation, and eruptive fluxes. Contributions that involve geochronology, mineral diffusion profiles, thermal modeling, crystal nucleation and growth rates, and other related topics are welcome. Deadline is March 30th. 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All lectures and practical?s will be designed towards the goal of enabling future interactions among scientists from the different sub-disciplines and materials sciences. A tentative schedule is attached in the flyer. Lecturers and speakers: Marc de Graef (CMU Pittsburgh), Gregory Rohrer (CUM Pittsburgh), Vivian Tong (University of Oxford), Ren? de Kloe (EDAX), Luiz Morales (ETHZ), Lars Hansen (University of Oxford), Florian Heidelbach & Nobuyoshi Miyajima & Katharina Marquardt (Universit?t Bayreuth, BGI) Organizer: Katharina Marquardt Pre-registration: Katharina.Marquardt at uni-bayreuth.de Location: Bayreuth is located at the heart of Europe. It is conveniently accessible by road, and accessible by train. The surrounding region is famous for its many castles and wonderful natural scenery ideal for rock-climbing and hiking. The Bayerisches Geoinstitut is known for its unique experimental facilities for high-pressure/high-temperature research. 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Interviews will be held in March 2018. Project Information: This PhD project will study primitive, carbonaceous chondrite meteorites to examine the relationship between organic matter, nano-diamonds and minerals in protoplanetary dust. These meteorites provide a detailed record of the geological processes and events that have shaped our Solar System over the last 4.5 billion years, and the abundance and diversity of the organic materials present within them has led to suggestions that they may have seeded the early Earth, and potentially the other rocky inner solar system planets, with prebiotic molecules that went on to play a crucial role in formation of life. The complex and heterogeneous nature of the organics within carbonaceous chondrites, and the sub-micron grainsize of the matrix minerals require nanoscale resolution in imaging and analytical techniques. Therefore, this PhD project utilises a suite of state-of-the-art equipment and the relevant expertise in a variety of fields, including in-situ chemical (SEM-EDS, EPMA, TEM, FIB-SEM), spectroscopic (FT-IR, Raman) and diffraction (EBSD, XRD) analysis. This project is particularly timely with respect to the ongoing 'sample return' space missions of the North American and Japanese space agencies (NASA and JAXA). NASA's OSIRIS REx and JAXA's Hyabusa 2 missions will study the carbon rich asteroids Bennu and Ryugu respectively, and both aim to return physical samples of the asteroid surfaces back to Earth. Research Environment: The student will become integrated into the Planetary Materials Group at the Natural History Museum and the Centre for Research in Earth Sciences (CRES) at the University of Plymouth, and have the opportunity to study meteorites from one of the finest meteorite collections in the world at the Natural History Museum. The student will benefit from STFC-led training opportunities throughout the studentship, and also from an award-winning researcher development programme at the University of Plymouth. Electron microscopy & spectroscopic analysis, including scanning and transmission electron microscopy (SEM and TEM), focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM), infrared, Raman and fluorescence spectroscopy, and thermal analysis will be performed in house, at both the Museum's Image and Analysis Laboratories and the University of Plymouth's Electron Microscopy Centre (PEMC), alongside the School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Science's research facilities. Micro- and nano-scale X-ray and infrared microscopy will be undertaken at international synchrotron facilities such as the UK's Diamond Light Source, using X-ray nanoprobes, scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM) and near-field / micro FTIR microscopy. 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The applicants to a full professor position must have another degree in addition to the PhD (Habilitation ? Diriger des Recherches [HDR]) and get a qualification to the function of professor. Applicants from foreign countries may be exempt from this degree and qualification if they have a long experience of research and teaching and are already professor. As a senior assistant professor, it is possible that you will be exempt but I am not sure. In any case, the application will be through the website GALAXIE: https://www.galaxie.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/ensup/candidats.html _The application procedure will open on 22nd february 2018_. Applicants will have to provide an extended CV with past research and future research project as well as teaching project. In addition to the digital procedure, a paper file should be sent to University Clermont Auvergne. The calendar of application as well as the details of the job profile are provided as attachments. 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Participants will have the opportunity to visit and discover the warmth and charms of this beautiful city and to explore its many attractive nearby natural sites. Under the theme ?Where Geosciences Converge?, the organizing committee wishes to promote collaboration and stimulating discussion among geologists, mineralogists and petrologists, hydrogeologists, geophysicists and geochemists. The conference will highlight the following themes: ? Geosystems and hydrogeosystems ? Resources, energy and environment ? Data science for geosciences ? Geosciences and society We kindly invite you to submit session proposals that are related to these themes or that belong to more general themes in geosciences, which you would be willing to organize and chair. Please visit the conference website to read a brief description of each of these four themes (http://gacmac-quebec2019.ca/). We also encourage you to submit ideas for field trips and short courses that you would like to organize. We are especially looking for proposals linking those activities to a specific session. We need to receive your proposals by May 1st, 2018 to begin planning the technical program which will be posted on the conference website and in the first flyer. The form for proposals is available on the website at http://gacmac-quebec2019.ca/en/proposal/. We would be grateful if you could circulate this email to colleagues and students; download the pdf version for distribution if more convenient. If you have questions, do not hesitate to contact us at info at gacmac-quebec2019.ca. See you in Quebec City! The organizing committee AGC-AMC-AIH QU?BEC 2019 R?UNION CONJOINTE ? APPEL ? PROPOSITIONS DE SESSION, SYMPOSIUM, EXCURSION ET COURS INTENSIF Bonjour ? tous! L'Association g?ologique du Canada (AGC), l'Association min?ralogique du Canada (AMC), et la section canadienne de l'Association internationale des hydrog?ologues (AIH) sont d?j? ? organiser le congr?s AGC-AMC-AIH 2019, et vous invitent ? mettre ? votre agenda les dates du 12 au 15 mai 2019. Le congr?s aura lieu ? Qu?bec, une ville historique inscrite au patrimoine mondial. Les participants pourront appr?cier le charme de la ville de Qu?bec ainsi que les magnifiques sites naturels de ses environs. Sous le th?me ? O? les g?osciences convergent ?, le comit? organisateur souhaite favoriser de pr?cieux ?changes entre g?ologues, min?ralogistes et p?trologues, hydrog?ologues, g?ophysiciens et g?ochimistes de tous horizons lors de cet ?v?nement. Le congr?s mettra de l?avant les grands th?mes suivants: ? G?osyst?mes et hydrog?osyst?mes ? Ressources, ?nergie et environnement ? Science des donn?es en sciences de la Terre ? G?osciences et soci?t? Nous utilisons cette opportunit? pour vous inviter ? soumettre des propositions de sessions cadrant ? l?int?rieur de ces th?mes ou de th?mes plus g?n?raux en g?osciences que vous voudriez organiser et pr?sider. Vous pouvez aller sur le site internet de la conf?rence pour lire une courte description de ces quatre th?mes (http://gacmac-quebec2019.ca/). Nous aimerions ?galement vous encourager ? proposer de possibles excursions ou cours intensifs que vous voudriez organiser. Nous serions particuli?rement int?ress?s ? recevoir des propositions liant ces activit?s ? une session. Nous devons recevoir vos propositions d?ici le 1ier mai 2018 afin de commencer ? planifier notre programme technique et l?annoncer sur notre site internet et dans notre premi?re circulaire. Le formulaire pour les propositions est disponible sur le site internet ? http://gacmac-quebec2019.ca/proposition. Nous vous serions reconnaissants de faire circuler ce courriel ? vos coll?gues et ?tudiants; t?l?charger la version PDF pour distribution si cela est plus pratique. Si vous avez des questions, n?h?sitez pas ? nous contacter en nous ?crivant ? : info at gacmac-quebec2019.ca. Au plaisir de vous voir ? Qu?bec! LE COMIT? ORGANISATEUR Johanne Caron? Business Manager Mineralogical Association of Canada 490, rue de la Couronne Qu?bec, QC G1K 9A9 Phone; (418) 653-0333 Fax : (418) 653-0777 Email : jcaron at mineralogicalassociation.ca www.mineralogicalassociation.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There is currently an amazing arsenal of analytical methods that are available to characterize the identity, morphology, composition (bulk and surface), chemical state, atomic structure and related chemical and physical properties of nanoparticles. This workshop will focus on practical aspects of using this instrumentation (e.g., AFM and Electron microscopy, surface analysis, fractionation methods, ICP-MS, light-scattering, among many others) in doing nanogeoscience. Topics to be covered include sample collection in the field, sample preparation/preservation, and instrumental data acquisition, reduction, and representation. The workshop will include invited presentations, group discussions, and hands-on demonstrations of modern software packages applied to authentic datasets. Instrument vendors will be invited to demonstrate their latest operating systems. Participants are encouraged to bring examples of their own procedures and protocols to demonstrate to the group and receive feedback. Outcomes of this workshop will be an online "toolkit" of methods and procedures that will be available for use by the entire community in research and instruction. Opportunities to participate in the US National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure program will also be described. More details about the workshop can be found at: https://serc.carleton.edu/msu_nanotech/goldschmidt2018/index.html and registration is through the Goldschmidt website: https://goldschmidt.info/2018/registration. Please consider also submitting an abstract to theme session: 14h: Teaching Nanoscience Across the Geoscience Curriculum, convened by David W Mogk, Michael Hochella, James Ranville This is a great opportunity to share strategies, methods, and instructional materials to embed principles and practices of nanoscience into geoscience courses, and to recruit students to this exciting new research frontier. This session will also be a nice complement to the other technical nanoscience sessions in Theme 6 Nano to Micro Scale Processes listed below. Authors may submit a second abstract to Theme 14 sessions on Outreach and Education. We?ll hope to see you in Boston next August. David Mogk, Michael Hochella, Jim Ranville Nanoscience Sessions at Goldschmidt: * 06a: Environmental Nanogeochemistry: Advances in Connecting Laboratory Experiments to Natural Systems Bojeong Kim, F. Marc Michel * 06b: Minerals Down to the Nanoscale: A Glimpse at Ore-Forming Processes Cristiana Ciobanu, Satoshi Utsunomiya, Martin Reich, Oliver Pl?mper * 06c: Properties of Water in Extreme Geochemical Environments Carolyn Pearce, Kevin Rosso * 06d: Linking Element Mobility with Nanoscale Processes Controlling Fluid-Rock Interactions Helen King, Sandra Piazolo * 06e: Nano to Microscale Processes in Mineral Formation as a Window to Biomineralization and Biomaterials Rinat Gabitov, Aleksey Sadekov, Alberto Perez-Huerta * 06f: Zeolites, Glass Alteration Products and Alkali Activated Cement: Formation and Stability in Alkaline Environments Eric Breynaert, ?zlem Cizer * 06g: Energy Landscapes in Biomineralization, Geochemistry, and Materials Science: A Celebration of Alex Navrotsky?s 75th Birthday Pupa Gilbert, Jeffrey Rimer * 06h: Diffusion and Reaction in Minerals and Melts: Small Scale Processes with Large Scale Implications Chloe Bonamici, Elias Bloch, Christy Till, Katharina Marquardt, Michael Jollands * 06i: Nanogeochemistry: Exploring Nanoscale Chemical and Structural Complexities in Minerals Alberto Perez-Huerta, Lee White, Des Moser, Rinat Gabitov * 06j: Recent Methodological and Instrumentation Advancements for Microanalysis in Earth and Planetary Science Shichun Huang, Stephen Shuttleworth, Christopher Parendo, Jeremy Hourigan * 06k: Bright Future ? Advances in Micro and Nanoscale X-Ray and Neutron Analyses in the Geosciences Nancy Ross, Jussi-Petteri Suuronen, Lawrence Anovitz, Mark Pearce * 06l: Diagenetic Constraints in Biogenic and Geologic Materials: Macro to Nano Scale Processes Erika Griesshaber, Claudio Delle Piane, Jill Pasteris, Janos Urai, Uwe Brand, Wolfgang Schmahl * 06m: Reactions at the Mineral-Fluid Interface: Dissolution, Precipitation and Controls on Geochemical Element Cycling J?rn H?velmann, Sasha Wilson, Encarnaci?n Ruiz-Agudo, Christine Putnis * 06n: Fluid/Biomatrix-Mineral Interactions: Interfacial Processes Alejandro FERNANDEZ-MARTINEZ, henry teng, Adam Wallace, Juliane Weber -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From catherine.mccammon at uni-bayreuth.de Tue Feb 20 07:11:53 2018 From: catherine.mccammon at uni-bayreuth.de (Catherine McCammon) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 13:11:53 +0100 Subject: [MSA-talk] =?iso-8859-1?q?IMA2018=3A_=22Unseen_but_Integral_to_th?= =?iso-8859-1?q?e_Earth=92s_Interior=3A_How_Minerals_Determine_Properties_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?and_Processes=22?= Message-ID: <201802201211.w1KCBi7T025408@btr0xn-rx.rz.uni-bayreuth.de> Dear colleagues, Thinking about escaping the northern hemisphere summer? Looking for a stellar opportunity to network with mineral scientists from around the globe and attend exciting scientific sessions? Or field trips to exotic Australasian landscapes? For those that are, the International Mineralogical Association Meeting is taking place in Melbourne on 13-17 August 2018. Further details are available at the conference website (https://www.ima2018.com/). The most important information to note for now is the abstract deadline of 28 February 2018 (midnight AEDT, which is earlier in most other parts of the world). For those interested in mineralogy and Earth properties, we are organising a session as follows: Title: Unseen but Integral to the Earth?s Interior: How Minerals Determine Properties and Processes (https://www.ima2018.com/session-unseen-but-integral/) Convenors: Catherine McCammon (University of Bayreuth), Paola Cormodi (Universit? degli Studi di Perugia), Toru Inoue (Hiroshima University), Eiji Ohtani (Tohoku University), Jeremy Wykes (Macquarie University & Australian Synchrotron) Description: "We can?t hold many of them in our hands but they are critical to the Earth?s engine, the minerals that make up the Earth?s interior. The way they respond to changes in pressure, temperature and composition and react with one another and their environment determines properties and processes, basically how the inside of the Earth came to be what it is today and how it may evolve in the future. We invite contributions on all aspects of high-pressure mineralogy, both experimental and computational, that shed new light on our understanding of what lies beneath our feet. " Please pass this onto whoever you think might be interested, and of course we are happy to answer any questions that you might have. We hope to see you in Melbourne! Best wishes, Catherine McCammon on behalf of all convenors -- Dr. Catherine McCammon Bayerisches Geoinstitut Universit?t Bayreuth D-95440 Bayreuth GERMANY e-mail: catherine.mccammon at uni-bayreuth.de tel: +49-921-553709 (office), +49-921-553753 (lab), +49-921-553700 (secretary) fax: +49-921-553769 BGI homepage: http://www.bgi.uni-bayreuth.de -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bohrson at Geology.cwu.EDU Tue Feb 20 13:44:23 2018 From: bohrson at Geology.cwu.EDU (Wendy Bohrson) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:44:23 -0800 Subject: [MSA-talk] Boston Goldschmidt workshop: Magma Chamber Simulator Message-ID: <9eabf2f0-9e4b-c96a-31dc-458ca860705a@geology.cwu.edu> *Magma Chamber Simulator Workshop* *Goldschmidt 2018 * *Boston, Massachusetts* *August 11 and 12, 2018* ** *Conveners:*Wendy Bohrson, Central Washington University (bohrson at geology.cwu.edu) Frank Spera, University of California Santa Barbara (spera at ucsb.edu) , Jussi Heinonen, University of Helsinki (jussi.s.heinonen at helsinki.fi) Please join us for a two-day workshop on the *Magma Chamber Simulator (MCS)* on August 11 and 12. The Magma Chamber Simulator is an energy- and mass-constrained computer code (Bohrson et al. 2014) that simultaneously models recharge/magma mixing, crustal assimilation and crystal fractionation (RAFC). For a crustal magma body, MCS tracks the thermal, mass, and compositional (major and trace element, isotope, and phase equilibria) evolution as magma undergoes RAFC. During the first day of this workshop, participants will do hands-on activities that will familiarize them with running (e.g., input, steps to run code) the Magma Chamber Simulator (major and trace elements, radiogenic isotopes, and phase equilibria), and archiving and effectively utilizing output. The second day will involve modelling specific scenarios (e.g., RAFC, AFC, RFC) so participants can develop an understanding of how to effectively model their own data. Small group or one-on-one training will be available. We welcome petrologists at all levels: students, early career professionals and middle and later career professionals too! With training in this two-day workshop, students (undergraduate and graduate students) can master the use of the code. MCS can also be used in the classroom or lab, so we welcome those who are interested in integrating MCS into their petrology/geochemistry classes. If you have already taken an MCS workshop, please consider joining us in Boston for additional training; we will provide separate training to experienced users who wish to get feedback on specific questions/modelling challenges and/or who would like to learn how to implement the trace element/isotope module of MCS. For more information, please go to: http://mcs.geol.ucsb.edu/. This web site has more information about the Magma Chamber Simulator, the MCS team, and a link to the Journal of Petrology site where Bohrson et al. can be found. *To register for the MCS shortcourse, please go to the Goldschmidt conference website: https://goldschmidt.info/2018/* We welcome your questions; please email one of us. We hope to see you in Boston! 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Further details are available at the conference website (https://www.ima2018.com/). The most important information to note for now is the abstract deadline of 28 February 2018 (midnight AEDT, which is earlier in most other parts of the world). For those interested in mineralogy and Earth properties, we are organising a session as follows: Title: Unseen but Integral to the Earth?s Interior: How Minerals Determine Properties and Processes (https://www.ima2018.com/session-unseen-but-integral/) Convenors: Catherine McCammon (University of Bayreuth), Paola Cormodi (Universit? degli Studi di Perugia), Toru Inoue (Hiroshima University), Eiji Ohtani (Tohoku University), Jeremy Wykes (Macquarie University & Australian Synchrotron) Description: "We can?t hold many of them in our hands but they are critical to the Earth?s engine, the minerals that make up the Earth?s interior. The way they respond to changes in pressure, temperature and composition and react with one another and their environment determines properties and processes, basically how the inside of the Earth came to be what it is today and how it may evolve in the future. We invite contributions on all aspects of high-pressure mineralogy, both experimental and computational, that shed new light on our understanding of what lies beneath our feet. " Please pass this onto whoever you think might be interested, and of course we are happy to answer any questions that you might have. We hope to see you in Melbourne! 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URL: From sanchezm at uni-muenster.de Wed Feb 21 08:07:19 2018 From: sanchezm at uni-muenster.de (Maria del Carmen Sanchez Valle) Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 14:07:19 +0100 (CET) Subject: [MSA-talk] EGU Galileo conference -Support for PhD/ ECS In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that support is available to encourage the participation of PhD students and early career scientists in the EGU Galileo Conference ?Exploring new frontiers in fluid processes in subduction zones? that will be held in Hotel Schloss Seggau (http://www.seggau.com/en/), Leibnitz near Graz (Austria) in June 24-29th 2018. Grants are provided by different professional associations with specific rules for application and selection criteria. - SIMP (Societ? Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia), offers 3 grants of 500 euros and are open to SIMP fellows. Contact Nadia Malaspina for additional information (nadia.malaspina at unimib.it) website: http://www.socminpet.it/SIMP/index.php/simp/attivita - Students/ECS members of the Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft can apply directly to DMG for support. Information about the application procedure and the selection criteria can be found in https://www.dmg-home.org/servicepublikationen/reisebeihilfe/ - EGU sponsors 8 grants of 500 Euros. Priority will be given to PhD students over ECS (< 5 years after PhD degree) in case of equal evaluations. The application, in a single pdf file, should contain: a) Letter of motivation (1 page) b) Short CV (1 page) and list of relevant publications (max. 10) c) Copy of the submitted abstract (oral or poster) Applications for EGU grants should be submitted by March 4th 2018 to the organizing committee (sanchezm at uni-muenster.de). Applicants will be informed about the results before the registration deadline (March 23th 2018). The grant recipients will be able to claim the expenses up to 500 Euros after the conference. Please forward the information to interested candidates in your group and network. Best regards Carmen Sanchez-Valle (WWU M?nster) on behalf of the organizing committee Timm John, FU Berlin Nadia Malaspina, University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy) Simone Tumiati, University of Milano (Italy) Katharina Vogt, WWU M?nster Yury Podladchikov, University of Lausanne (Switzerland) From jay.ague at yale.edu Wed Feb 21 08:17:32 2018 From: jay.ague at yale.edu (Jay Ague) Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 08:17:32 -0500 Subject: [MSA-talk] MSA Min/Pet Research Grant-March 1 Deadline Message-ID: A reminder that the *March 1 *deadline is approaching! *The Mineralogical Society of America Announces the 2018 MSA Grant for Student Research in Mineralogy and Petrology* There will be two awards of up to $5,000 each for research in mineralogy and petrology, funded by an endowment created by contributions from the MSA membership. Students, including graduate and undergraduate students, are encouraged to apply. However, all proposals are considered together. The award selection will be based on the qualifications of the applicant, the quality, innovativeness, and scientific significance of the research, and the likelihood of success of the project. The grant is for research-related expenses only. Applicants should be more than one year from completing their degrees, have not obtained a Ph.D. (or equivalent), and may not apply for both this and the MSA Grant for Research in Crystallography in the same year. The next awards will be made in May, 2018. Proposal submissions for the grant are to be made online. Instructions for application and submission of proposals are at http://grants.minsocam.org. Jay J. Ague, 2018 Committee Chair -- Jay J. Ague, Henry Barnard Davis Professor of Geology & Geophysics Chair, Department of Geology & Geophysics Yale University, P.O. Box 208109 New Haven CT 06520-8109 USA Phone: 203-432-3171 FAX: 203-432-3134 jay.ague at yale.edu http://people.earth.yale.edu/profile/jay-ague/about Curator-in-Charge of Mineralogy & Meteoritics, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kputirka at csufresno.edu Tue Feb 20 15:56:50 2018 From: kputirka at csufresno.edu (Keith Putirka) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 12:56:50 -0800 Subject: [MSA-talk] Notable Papers in Am Min, February 2018 Message-ID: Dear MSA Members, Below are Editors' picks of notable articles, for this month?s issue of the *American Mineralogist: Journal of Earth and Planetary Materials*, and you can click here for the full Table of Contents. You may view the American Mineralogist Noted Papers at http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Ammin/AM_Notable_Articles.html, or click on the page numbers below. If you are not already logged into GeoScience World, then from the *American Mineralogist *menu on http://www.minsocam.org/ , go to "Online Access to MSA Publications " -- look for and select the "portal page" link, to access GeoScience World. Once at the portal page, enter your user name (e-mail address), and your password (membership number). Sincerely, Keith Putirka Ian Swainson *Editors Selections, February 2018* *Invited Centennial Article* *Plate Tectonics Starts at 2.8 Ga, According to The Metamorphic Rock Record* On page 181 of this issue, Brown and Johnson make the utterly compelling case that contrasts in geodynamic regimes are warranted from the metamorphic rock record. From that record they extract apparent thermal gradients that are then compared to age. They find what they describe as three ?cycles??although these appear to be non-repeating, and so might better be described as evolutionary stages?where peaks in T/P correspond with supercontinent assembly. More interesting still are the implications for the start of plate tectonics. Although Brown and Johnson acknowledge that high pressure?low temperature metamorphism occurs sporadically at best prior to 0.8 Ga, they suggest that paired metamorphic belts are common after 2.8 Ga, which may indicate a transition from a deformable stagnant lid to a plate tectonic regime at 2.8 Ga. *Articles* *Forcing Water into Chabazite * On page 207 of this issue, Kong et al. examine the structure of chabazite of various compositions to 5 GPa, not because natural samples exist at such pressures, but rather because of prior hints that elevated pressure may enhance their use as microporous filters. The find an anomalous 80% increase in the bulk modulus of their natural chabazite structure when pressurized with water. They infer that the increase in bulk modulus, which is not viewed when the P medium is a non-penetrating fluid, is due to water molecules being forced into the structure. Yet to be determined is whether this property will have practical applications. *Making High-Mg Andesite (HMA) at Shasta* On page 216 of this issue, Streck and Leeman weigh in on a debate on the origin of high magnesian andesite (HMA), in this case using samples from the Whaleback satellite vent near Mount Shasta Volcano, in the southern Cascades. They demonstrate that minerals in these HMA lavas comprise a disequilibrium assemblage that is derived by mixing of three components: dacite and basalt magmas, and disaggregated ultramafic country-rock material, the latter of which lends the high Mg content to the HMA. This paper stresses the importance of magma mixing in producing HMA at Shasta, and by extension other similar occurrences. This conclusion would appear to preclude origin of the HMA directly from the mantle as a ?primitive? magma, and casts doubt on its importance to crustal growth in this particular setting and in general. In contrast, the dominant mantle contribution is basaltic magma that provides both material and heat to remobilize pre-existing crustal materials and mix with resulting partial melts to produce ?andesitic? crust. *Apatite-melt Partitioning of Volatile Elements* On page 260 of this issue, Riker et al. present a new experimental study of OH, C, and halogen partitioning between apatite and co-existing silicate liquids. They find that partition coefficients are affected largely by temperature and only minimally by pressure and melt composition. They also find an interesting structural control on C partitioning in that in halogen-free systems, C occupies channel sites, along with H, and large amounts of C can be absorbed by the structure; but with the introduction of halogens, C tends also to substitute for P, and total C contents are greatly reduced for a given melt CO2 content in magamtic systems. These results will be especially useful for modeling C contents in magmatic systems. *Tourmalines!* On page 298 of this issue, Ferdinando Bosi provides a new structural analysis of tourmaline, derived from several decades of existing structural studies. This new synthesis makes use of recently described end-member compositions that have especially informed the cation exchange relationships of various trivalent cations. The new synthesis identifies some discrepancies in how certain tourmaline compositions are classified; although it is unclear whether the discrepancies are minor or common, a new proposal for the assignment of Al is intended to provide consistency to tourmaline descriptions. *Mineral Matters* *Apatite, Archeology and Mastodons* On page 324 of this issue, Matt Kohn introduces a new article type, *Mineral Matters*. These are intended to inform the public (aimed at high school level or above) about how minerals, and Mineralogy, are important for understanding the world around us. Perhaps no better mineral than apatite could serve as an inaugural topic, as Matt nicely illustrates how Sr isotopes in such can be used like tree rings, to inform us about mineral growth history. In the case studies presented here, that history reflects paleo-biological conditions for human migration patterns in Europe and Mastodon migrations in N. America. We hope that teachers and students find these useful. Keith Putirka Dept. Earth & Env. Sciences California State University, Fresno 2576 E. San Ramon Ave. M/S ST24 93740 559-278-4524 kputirka at csufresno.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dutrow at lsu.edu Mon Feb 19 13:15:24 2018 From: dutrow at lsu.edu (Barbara L Dutrow) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:15:24 +0000 Subject: [MSA-talk] Remembering Jean DeMouthe, Feb. 27, 4 pm to 6 pm In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: Dear All, I am forwarding a message on behalf of SMMP to celebrate the life of Dr. Jean DeMouthe. Jean was an amazing woman, like so many of her (our) generation, and a wonderful mineralogist and curator. She broke barriers and became a dear friend and colleague to many mineralogists around the world. She recently published her book on curating collections with MSA. Below are the arrangements for her remembrance, should you like to attend. Sincerely, Barb Dutrow ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Friends & Colleagues of Jean, We will be honoring the life of Dr. Jean DeMouthe, our former senior collection manager of Geology who passed away October 20, 2017, after 44 years at the Academy, by sharing memories with her family, friends and colleagues on February 27th from 4:00-6:00 PM. The event will be held in Africa Hall. Because space will be limited, we ask that you RSVP by February 21st through the link below. For the event itself, we ask that everyone please check in at the front lobby rather than coming into the hall directly. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jean-demouthe-a-celebration-of-life-tickets-43149502323 [https://cdn.evbuc.com/images/40939152/114518506143/1/logo.jpg] Jean DeMouthe: A Celebration of Life www.eventbrite.com Eventbrite - California Academy Sciences and the DeMouthe Family presents Jean DeMouthe: A Celebration of Life - Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA. Find event and ticket information. Please pass along this message to others that would be interested in joining us. Jean had such a wide network of colleagues and friends. Best, Maricela -- Maricela Abarca Curatorial Assistant II Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Geology California Academy of Sciences T 415.379.5251 mabarca at calacademy.org www.calacademy.org Explore the Geology collection online! -- Virgil W. Lueth, Ph.D. Sr. Mineralogist/Economic Geologist Director - Mineral Museum & X-Ray Diffraction Lab New Mexico Bureau of Geology - New Mexico Tech 801 Leroy Place Socorro, NM 87801 575-835-5140 office 575-835-6333 fax Virgil.Lueth at nmt.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dwhitney at umn.edu Wed Feb 21 10:06:49 2018 From: dwhitney at umn.edu (Donna Whitney) Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 09:06:49 -0600 Subject: [MSA-talk] reminder: March 1 deadline for MSA grant for research in crystallography Message-ID: *The Mineralogical Society of America announces the 2018 Grant for Research in Crystallography* from the Edward H. Kraus Crystallographic Research Fund, with contributions from MSA members and friends. The grant awards up to $5,000 for research in the field of mineralogical crystallography. This grant targets projects within the areas of mineralogy, crystal chemistry, petrology, mineral physics, biomineralization, and geochemistry for which research bearing on crystal structure is an explicit and integral element. Students, including graduate and undergraduate students, are encouraged to apply, in addition to young researchers. All proposals are considered together. The award selection will be based on the qualifications of the applicant, the quality, innovativeness, and scientific significance of the research, and the likelihood of success of the project. The grant is for research-related expenses only. Further information and the application form are available at: *http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Awards/Crystallography_Award.html * Proposal submissions are accepted until the deadline of March 1, 2018. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roland.hellmann at univ-grenoble-alpes.fr Thu Feb 22 04:12:27 2018 From: roland.hellmann at univ-grenoble-alpes.fr (Roland Hellmann) Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 10:12:27 +0100 Subject: [MSA-talk] (no subject) Message-ID: <61f896dd-26a1-243c-d7ed-fefc6026e428@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr> Dear colleagues, please consider submitting an abstract to the following multi-disciplinary session at this year's Goldschmidt in Boston (Aug. 12-17) _13c: Reactive Transport Concepts: Challenges and Insights from____Experimental and Modeling Approaches_ Conveners: Cornelius Fischer, Helge Hellevang, Roland Hellmann Keynote: Carl Steefel (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Deadline for submission: March 30th Both fluid hydrodynamics and surface reactivity of porous solid materials provide critical constraints to quantitative and predictive concepts of fluid-solid interaction. Reactive transport concepts are driven from theoretical as well as experimental and analytical approaches. Complex feedback loops between heterogeneous fluid dynamics and variability in surface reactivity pose a challenge to enhanced predictability of the conceptual framework. We invite contributions that focus on one or more of these factors. Specifically, we focus on topics such as thermodynamic and kinetic constraints, the issue of length and time scales and upscaling, intrinsic vs. extrinsic reactivity of materials, the observed variability of reaction rates under identical chemical conditions and their proper quantification, questions of inherited reactivity during ongoing reactions, and the impact of inhibitors and catalysts for nucleation, growth, dissolution, and sorption processes. Insight from case studies from multiple areas of applications are welcome and may include hydrocarbon reservoir rocks, (nuclear) waste management, mining activities, weathering and alteration studies, as well as corrosion of materials. We're looking forward to receiving your contributions. Cornelius Fischer Helge Hellevang Roland Hellmann -- Roland Hellmann, PhD Geochemistry Group Institute for Earth Sciences, ISTerre CNRS Universit? Grenoble Alpes Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences Observatory (OSUG) Grenoble, France tel. +33 (0)4 76 63 51 89 e-mail roland.hellmann at univ-grenoble-alpes.fr web page http://isterre.fr/annuaire/pages-web-du-personnel/Roland-HELLMANN/?id_auteur=88 Postal address: ISTerre Universit? Grenoble Alpes CS 40700 F-38058 Grenoble Cedex 9 France Physical address (use this for express mail delivery) ISTerre Office no. 140 OSUG C, 1381, rue de la Piscine 38400 Saint-Martin d?H?res France -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dutrow at lsu.edu Thu Feb 22 16:12:37 2018 From: dutrow at lsu.edu (Barbara L Dutrow) Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 21:12:37 +0000 Subject: [MSA-talk] Fw: Assistant Professor of Geology (specialty in Mineralogy/Petrology) at Georgia Southwestern State University In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Forwarding an opportunity: >Qualified candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Geology with a specialty in Mineralogy or Igneous/Metamorphic Petrology. ________________________________ Job Summary The Geology and Physics Department at Georgia Southwestern State University invites candidates to apply for a tenure-track faculty position in Geology. Qualified candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Geology with a specialty in Mineralogy or Igneous/Metamorphic Petrology. The successful candidate will teach courses in introductory geology, upper-level courses in Geology in their area of specialization, and other courses to be determined by the chair. Experience with X-ray diffraction would be a plus. The successful applicant is also expected to advise students ? both as senior thesis advisor and in general within the Geology degree program. The department is active in research and contract work, and continued research and scholarship are expected. Required Qualifications: A Ph.D. in Geology is required. Preferred Qualifications: Previous college teaching experience is preferred. Required Documents to Attach Please attach a cover letter, Curriculum Vitae, and statement of teaching philosophy and research interests. In addition, please send three letters of reference to Human Resources, 800 GSW State University Drive, Americus, GA 31709. They can also be mailed to hr at gsw.edu. About Us Georgia Southwestern State University ? a four-year institution ? cultivates excellence in learning and teaching that encourages intellectual, personal, and social growth for students, faculty, staff, and the community. Georgia Southwestern State University is a comprehensive state university within the University System of Georgia that offers a full range of bachelor degree programs, along with selected master?s and specialist degree programs. Georgia Southwestern is committed to serving the needs of its developing region with educational programs for high school, for professional and technical graduates; post-graduate professional training; research and business services; and cultural enrichment. Through its national and international affiliations, the University links Southwest Georgia with the global economy and actively fosters a greater understanding of international business and culture. Conditions of Employment Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a background investigation including a criminal background check demonstrating eligibility for employment with Georgia Southwestern State University, as determined by Georgia Southwestern State University in its sole discretion, confirmation of the credentials and employment history reflected in application materials and, if applicable, a satisfactory credit check. Equal Employment Opportunity Georgia Southwestern State University is an equal opportunity employer. As such, the University takes affirmative action to preclude discrimination in recruiting, transferring, training and terminating of employees because of race, color, creed, age, sex, national origin, veterans status, disability or any other reason in accordance with applicable state and federal statutes, executive orders and other regulations which prohibit discriminatory employment practices. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pierre.lanari at gmail.com Fri Feb 23 00:29:07 2018 From: pierre.lanari at gmail.com (Pierre Lanari) Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 06:29:07 +0100 Subject: [MSA-talk] Goldschmidt workshop: Quantitative Compositional Mapping of Geological Materials using XMapTools Message-ID: <63D8F5FA-362A-4558-BF31-7FA9585A6BB1@gmail.com> Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the first XMapTools workshop in north America ?Quantitative Compositional Mapping of Geological Materials using XMapTools? will take place in Boston prior the Goldschmidt conference. You can register for this event via the conference website: https://goldschmidt.info/2018/ We hope to see you in Boston. All the best, Pierre, Laura, Tom and Mahyra _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Quantitative Compositional Mapping of Geological Materials using XMapTools Goldschmidt 2018 (Boston, Massachusetts) Saturday 11th August ? Sunday 12th August Conveners: Pierre Lanari (University of Bern, Switzerland), Tom Raimondo (University of South Australia), Laura Airaghi (Sorbonne Universit?, Paris, France), Mahyra Tedeschi (Geological Survey of Brazil) Website: http://boston2018.petrochronology.org XMapTools: www.xmaptools.com Over the last decade, quantitative compositional mapping has emerged as a powerful technique to aid petrological interpretations. Chemical maps of major, minor and trace elements can both depict the spatial distribution of each mineral phase and capture their compositional variability at the micro-scale. However, computer tools are required to calibrate the maps and to produce numerical datasets that enable quantitative investigation of specific petrological processes. The software solution XMapTools is at the cutting edge of progress in this sector, and aims to simplify the data processing by providing statistical toolboxes and functions embedded in a user-friendly graphical user interface. This two-days workshop is chiefly designed as an XMapTools beginner course, where participants will be introduced to the software and learn how to use it routinely. It will involve a series of lectures and practicals from XMapTools developers and experts that explore a variety of applications of quantified map data, including integrated computation of P-T estimates, identification of mineral growth and dissolution events, and assessment of geochemical mobility during fluid-rock interaction. The participants will have the opportunity to learn how to calibrate and analyze compositional maps acquired by both EPMA and LA-ICP-MS. This course will provide an important foundation accessible to high-level undergraduate students, graduate students, and professional researchers who are using or planning to use quantitative compositional maps in their own studies. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dr. Pierre Lanari Research Assistant & EPMA Laboratory Manager Dept. of Geological Sciences - University of Bern Baltzerstrasse 1+3, CH3012 Bern (Switzerland) url: pierre-lanari.com | program: xmaptools.com | phone: +41 (0)31 631 87 87 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Participants must have a full-time faculty position at a two-year or four-year college or a university at the time of the workshop and must be in their first three years of full-time teaching or starting a full-time position in the Fall. The workshop is offered by NAGT On the Cutting Edge professional development program for geoscience faculty with support from the National Science Foundation, Geological Society of America and American Geophysical Union. The workshop registration fee is estimated at ~$1250 ($1200 for NAGT members). Accommodations and some meals may be covered by the registration fee, pending support from NSF. Travel is not included in the registration fee. Participants or their home institutions must provide transportation to and from the workshop. In cases where the cost of attending this workshop would cause financial hardship, you may be able to apply for a stipend to help defray these costs. Ask your department or university for funds to attend as well ? many have been quite supportive. The registration fee will be due in May after notification of acceptance into the workshop. **************************************** Sarah Penniston-Dorland Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies Department of Geology University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 (301) 405-6239 sarahpd at umd.edu sarahpd23 at gmail.com http://www.geol.umd.edu/~sarahpd/ *************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sanchezm at uni-muenster.de Fri Feb 23 02:06:34 2018 From: sanchezm at uni-muenster.de (Maria del Carmen Sanchez Valle) Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 08:06:34 +0100 (CET) Subject: [MSA-talk] EGU Galileo conference -Deadline extended In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear colleagues, The abstract submission deadline for the EGU Galileo Conference ?Exploring new frontiers in fluid processes in subduction zones? (June 24-29th 2018) has been extended until March 4th. Information about the submission, registration and application for PhD/ECS support is provided in the conference webpage: https://www.egu-galileo.eu/gc4-subduction/home.html Apologies for multiple posting. Best regards Carmen Sanchez-Valle (WWU M?nster) on behalf of the organizing committee Timm John, FU Berlin Nadia Malaspina, University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy) Simone Tumiati, University of Milano (Italy) Katharina Vogt, WWU M?nster Yury Podladchikov, University of Lausanne (Switzerland) From mkunz at lbl.gov Mon Feb 26 12:25:25 2018 From: mkunz at lbl.gov (Martin Kunz) Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 09:25:25 -0800 Subject: [MSA-talk] Reminder: Deadline for nominations for the European Mineralogical Union Research Excellence Medal is Thursday March 1, 2018 Message-ID: The European Mineralogical Union (EMU) awards a medal for research excellence to young scientists since 1995. The medal is intended for young scientists (no older than ~ 40) who have made significant contributions to research in mineralogy and whose professional and societal activities contribute to strengthening scientific links in Europe. This year's medalist committee (Clare Warren, Max Wilke, Martin Kunz) is seeking nominations for the 2018 medal. Deadline for nominations is *Thursday, March 1, 2018*. The medal committee would like to see a more diverse range, and a large number of candidates being nominated for this medal this year. Therefore we particularly encourage nominations representing the full diversity in gender and ethnicity of our community. Nominations can be submitted to either of the medallist committee following the procedure indicated on the form found here: http://eurominunion.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cover-page-EMU-award.pdf More information on the EMU medal and past medallists are given here: http://eurominunion.org/?page_id=152 Contacts for Medallist committee: Martin Kunz (Chair): mkunz at lbl.gov Clare Warren: clare.warren at open.ac.uk Max Wilke: wilkem at uni-potsdam.de -- Martin Kunz Advanced Light Source Lawrence Berkeley National Lab MS 15-317 *Berkeley*, CA 94720 USA (510) 495 2613 (office) (510) 495 2055 (beamline) ****************************************************************************************************************** ?Because in the end, you won?t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.? - Sounds like a Jack Kerouac quote, but it's not. 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Further information about the vacancy can be obtained from the head of GeoLab, Dr. Katja Heister, email: k.heister at uu.nl Please feel free to pass this on to anyone who might be interested. Regards, Fraukje ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Fraukje M. Brouwer Associate Professor of Metamorphic Petrology; Director BSc Earth Sciences Geology & Geochemistry cluster Dept. of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, VU Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1085 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel. +31-20-598 7335 http://www.falw.vu/~fbrouw http://www.science.vu.nl/en/research/earth-sciences/research/cluster-geology-and-geochemistry ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From yuanzhi.tang at eas.gatech.edu Wed Feb 28 09:19:00 2018 From: yuanzhi.tang at eas.gatech.edu (Yuanzhi Tang) Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 09:19:00 -0500 Subject: [MSA-talk] Clay Mineral Society 2018 Session: Abiotic redox processes related to clays and clay minerals Message-ID: Dear colleagues, We would like to draw your attention to the following session at the upcoming Clay Mineral Society Annual Meeting to be held at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaig on June 10-14, 2018. Abstract submission deadline is April 6th. Conference information can be found at http://conferences.illinois.edu/cms/thematicsessions.html *Abiotic redox processes related to clays and clay mineralsClays and clay minerals are ubiquitous in both natural and engineering settings, and play important roles processes such as element and nutrient cycling, contaminant migration, organic matter maturation, and petroleum production. The presence and related geochemical transformation of redox sensitive elements in clays and clay minerals can significantly affect the structural, physical, and chemical properties of these solid phases, and their subsequent reactivities toward modulating environmental processes. This session welcomes studies that investigate redox processes related to abiotic reactions of clays and clay minerals under various settings, such as (but not limited to): chemically / electrochemically / photochemically induced redox reactions; technical and instrumental development for probing redox processes; structural transformation of mineral phases and related changes in reactivities; clays and clay minerals mediated contaminant degradation. * Confirmed invited speakers: Young-Shin Jun, Washington University - St Louis Hailiang Dong, Miami University Evert Elzinga, Rutgers University-Newark Matthew Ginder-Vogel, University of Wisconsin-Madison Jeff Catalano, Washington University - St Louis Mengqiang Zhu, University of Wyoming Alan Stone, Johns Hopkins University Martial Taillefert, Georgia Tech We look forward to seeing you in June! Yuanzhi Tang, Xiancai Lu -- Yuanzhi Tang Assistant Professor School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Courtesy) Georgia Institute of Technology 311 Ferst Dr, Atlanta, GA 30332-0340 Phone: 404-894-3814 Email: yuanzhi.tang at eas.gatech.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Sandra.Taylor at pnnl.gov Wed Feb 28 13:47:56 2018 From: Sandra.Taylor at pnnl.gov (Taylor, Sandra D) Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:47:56 +0000 Subject: [MSA-talk] Call for abstracts, 256th ACS session on mineral growth/dissolution Message-ID: Dear colleagues, We welcome you to submit an abstract to our session on mineral growth/dissolution (description below) at the 256th American Chemical Society Fall meeting in Boston (August 19-23, 2018). The deadline is March 26. Please forward this information to colleagues who may be interested. Thank you for your time. We hope to see you in Boston! Best, Sandra Taylor (PNNL, sandra.taylor at pnnl.gov) and Ke Yuan (ANL, kyuan at anl.gov) ==================================================================== Mechanistic understanding of mineral growth and dissolution The growth and dissolution of minerals have far-reaching environmental impacts. For instance, these processes can affect the fate and transport of (harmful) metals as well as alter the chemical and isotopic composition of critical elements used as proxies to reconstruct past geochemical environments. This symposium will cover abiotic and biotic mechanisms controlling mineral growth and dissolution and their implications in understanding the biogeochemical cycling of elements and nutrients. Both experimental and modelling contributions are welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Nucleation and growth * Reaction rates and energetics * Atom/isotope exchange during recrystallization reactions * Phase transformation and mineral replacement through dissolution/re-precipitation * Crystal growth in confinement (droplet, microfluidic, etc.) * Surface structure and reactivity control on growth/dissolution Confirmed invited speakers (more to come): Derk Joester, Northwestern University Benjamin A. Legg, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Ling Li, Virginia Tech F. Marc Michel, Virginia Tech R. Lee Penn, University of Minnesota Yuanzhi Tang, Georgia Tech H. Henry Teng, George Washington University Adam Wallace, University of Delaware -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: