2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)

Session No. 228
Wednesday, 25 October 2006: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Mineralogy/Crystallography (Posters)

Authors will be present from .

 

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DETERMINING GEOLOGICAL PROVENANCE OF BERYLS USING PORTABLE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (PXRF) SPECTROMETRY
GOMEZ, Tori L.1, MCMILLAN, Nancy J.1, MCMANUS, Catherine E.1, DANIEL, David2, WISE, Michael A.3 and HARMON, Russell S.4, (1)Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Box 30001, MSC 3AB, Las Cruces, NM 88003, (2)Economics and International Business, New Mexico State University, Box 30001, MSC 3CQ, Las Cruces, NM 88003, (3)Dept. of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, NHB-119, Washington, DC 20560-0119, (4)Army Research Office, PO Box 12211, Research Triangle Park, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, torgomez@nmsu.edu, torgomez@nmsu.edu
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WHAT LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY CAN TELL US ABOUT MINERAL COMPOSITION: THE BERYL CASE STUDY
MCMILLAN, Nancy J.1, MCMANUS, Catherine E.2, HARMON, Russell S.3, GOMEZ, Tori L.1, WISE, Michael A.4, DELUCIA, Frank5, MIZIOLEK, Andrzej5 and DANIEL, David6, (1)Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Box 30001, MSC 3AB, Las Cruces, NM 88003, (2)Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, BOX 30001, MSC 3AB, Las Cruces, NM 88003, (3)U.S. Army Rsch Office, PO Box 12211, Durham, NC 27709-2211, (4)Dept. of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, NHB-119, Washington, DC 20560-0119, (5)Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, MD 21005, (6)Economics and International Business, New Mexico State University, Box 30001, MSC 3CQ, Las Cruces, NM 88003, nmcmilla@nmsu.edu, nmcmilla@nmsu.edu
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FIRST PRINCIPLES MOLECULAR MODELING OF THE JAROSITE MINERAL GROUP: THERMODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS USING VARIABLE SPACE GROUP DESIGNATIONS TO DETERMINE THE SYMMETRY RELATION TO STABILITY FROM AB INITIO QUANTUM MECHANICAL DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY TECHNIQUES
KOTLER, J. Michelle, Geosciences Department, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812, HINMAN, Nancy W., Geology, University of Montana, 32 Campus Dr., MC 1296, Missoula, MT 59812 and SCOTT, Jill R., Chemical Sciences, Idaho National Laboratory, 1765 N. Yellowstone Hwy, P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415, julia.kotler@umontana.edu, julia.kotler@umontana.edu
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DIAGENESIS AND POLYTYPISM OF ILLITES IN SOME K-BENTONITES AND SHALES FROM THE MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN UTICA SHALE, MOHAWK VALLEY, NEW YORK
DOSEN, Anja, Geology, SUNY Buffalo, 876 Natural Science Complex, Buffalo, NY 14260, ZAMBITO IV, James J., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 0013, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 and GIESE, Rossman F., Geology, SUNY at Buffalo, NSC 711, Buffalo, NY 14260, adosen@buffalo.edu, adosen@buffalo.edu
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MAKING DIOPSIDE CRYSTALS AND GLASS UNDER CONTROLLED OXIDATION STATES: AN ADVENTURE IN EXPERIMENTAL PETROLOGY
DAVIS, Linda L., Geology, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Jimmie Leeds Road, Pomona, NJ 08240, MCDOWELL, Emily, Geology, Washington and Lee University, Science Building Addition, Lexington, VA 24450 and SCHREIBER, Henry D., Chemistry, Virginia Military Institute, 303A Science Building, Lexington, VA 24450, mcdowelle@wlu.edu, mcdowelle@wlu.edu
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FROM ATOM TO CRYSTAL: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY EFFORT TO UNDERSTAND THE PRECIPITATION OF SOIL-FORMING MINERALS IN AQUEOUS SYSTEMS
HEANEY, P.J.1, MARTINEZ, C.E.2, MATHUR, R.3, OSSEO-ASARE, K.2, WAYCHUNAS, G.A.4, CONRAD, C.F.2, BASILEVSKAYA, K.2, FISCHER, T.B.2, HUMMER, D.R.2 and WALL, A.J.2, (1)Center for Environmental Kinetics Analysis (CEKA), Penn State University, 309 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802, (2)Center for Environmental Kinetics Analysis (CEKA), Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, (3)CEKA and Dept. of Geology, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA 16652, (4)CEKA, Earth Sciences, LBNL, Berkeley, CA 94720, heaney@geosc.psu.edu, heaney@geosc.psu.edu