GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001

Session No. 158
Thursday, 8 November 2001: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Mineralogy/Crystallography

 

Brigitte Wopenka and M. Darby Dyar, Chairs
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8:00 AM
APATITE IN BONE IS NOT HYDROXYLAPATITE: THERE MUST BE A REASON
PASTERIS, Jill Dill1, WOPENKA, Brigitte2, FREEMAN, John2, ROGERS, Keith D.3, VALSAMI-JONES, Eva4 and VAN DER HOUWEN, J.A.M.4, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Dr., CB 1169, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington Univ, Campus Box 1169, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, (3)Department of Materials and Medical Sciences, Cranfield Univ, Shrivenham, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN6 8LA, United Kingdom, (4)Department of Mineralogy, The Nat History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, PASTERIS@LEVEE.WUSTL.EDU, PASTERIS@LEVEE.WUSTL.EDU
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8:15 AM
A NEW BARIUM VANADIUM "ORTHOSILICATE" MINERAL FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA
BARTHOLOMEW, Paul R., Superb Technical, 90 Belmont St, Hamden, CT 06517, MANCINI, Franco, Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, HARLOW, George E., Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Nat History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024 and CAHILL, Christopher, Department of Chemistry, George Washington Univ, 725 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20052, pbartholomew@mailcity.com, pbartholomew@mailcity.com
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8:30 AM
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8:45 AM
EFFECT OF IONIZING RADIATION ON URANOPHANE
UTSUNOMIYA, Satoshi1, WANG, LuMin1, DOUGLAS, Matt2, CLARK, Sue B.2 and EWING, Rodney C.3, (1)Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, Univ of Michigan, 2958 Cooley Bld, 2355 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2104, (2)Chemistry, Washington state Univ, PO Box 644630, Pullman, WA 99164-4630, (3)Univ Michigan - Ann Arbor, 425 E University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1063, utu@engin.umich.edu, utu@engin.umich.edu
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9:00 AM
HIGH-TEMPERATURE, CLOSED-SYSTEM ORIGIN OF AGATES IN BASALTS: NEW EVIDENCE
MERINO, Enrique, Geology, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN 47405, DUTTA, Prodip, Geology & Geography, Indiana State Univ, Terre Haute, IN, RIPLEY, Edward M., Deparment of Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ - Bloomington, 1001 E 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405-5101 and WANG, Yifeng, TRU Waste System Engineering Department, Sandia National Laboratories, 4100 National Parks Highway, Carlsbad, NM 88220, merino@indiana.edu, merino@indiana.edu
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9:15 AM
MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES ACCOMPANYING THE OPAL-A TO OPAL-CT SILICA PHASE TRANSITION IN SILICA SINTERS, FROM ORAKEI KORAKO AND TE KOPIA, TAUPO VOLCANIC ZONE, NEW ZEALAND
SMITH, B. Y.1, CAMPBELL, Kathleen A.2, RODGERS, K. A.2 and BROWNE, P.R.L.3, (1)Geology Department, Univ of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand, (2)Geology Department, Univ Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand, (3)Geology Dept. and Geothermal Institute, Univ Auckland, Private Bag 90219, Auckland, New Zealand, ka.campbell@auckland.ac.nz, ka.campbell@auckland.ac.nz
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9:30 AM
IRON-MAGNESIUM INTERSITE PARTITIONING IN AMPHIBOLES SYNTHESIZED NEAR THE TREMOLITE-FERRO-ACTINOLITE JOIN
DRISCALL, James I.1, JENKINS, David M.1 and DYAR, M. Darby2, (1)Geological Sci. and Env. Studies, Binghamton Univ, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000, (2)Dept. of Earth and Environment, Mount Holyoke College, Clapp Laboratories, 50 College St, South Hadley, MA 01075, bg23935@binghamton.edu, bg23935@binghamton.edu
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9:45 AM
MÖSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY OF AMPHIBOLE-ASBESTOS FROM LIBBY, MONTANA: IMPLICATIONS FOR ASBESTOS CLASSIFICATION
DYAR, M. Darby, Dept. of Earth and Environment, Mount Holyoke College, 50 College St, South Hadley, MA 01075 and GUNTER, Mickey E., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, mddyar@amherst.edu, mddyar@amherst.edu
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10:00 AM
OBSERVATION OF EXSOLUTION IN CLINOZOISITE
GRIFFEN, Dana T. and FLUCKIGER, Elise, Department of Geology, Brigham Young Univ, Provo, UT 84602, dana_griffen@byu.edu, dana_griffen@byu.edu
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10:15 AM
STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF OSCILLATORY ZONING OF CAVE CALCITE - POPCORN FROM HUNGARY
BRYXINA, Natalia A.1, DUBLYANSKY, Yu V.1 and HALDEN, Norman M.2, (1)Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, Pr. ak. Koptyuga, 3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia, (2)Department of Geological Science, University of Manitoba, 337 Wallace Building, Winnipeg, R3T, Canada, bryxina@uiggm.nsc.ru, bryxina@uiggm.nsc.ru
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10:30 AM
CALCINATION OF CALICHE FROM EASTERN NEW MEXICO: PRELIMINARY XRD RESULTS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS
CONSTANTOPOULOS, James and CHAPMAN, Joseph E., Physical Sciences, Eastern New Mexico Univeristy, Portales, NM 88130, jim.constantopoulos@enmu.edu, jim.constantopoulos@enmu.edu