2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 300
Wednesday, 4 November 2015: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)

T131. Gemological Research in the 21st Century: Exploration, Geology, and Characterization of Diamonds and other Gem Minerals (Posters)

Gemological Institute of America
Authors will be present from 4:30 to 6:30 PM.
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SURFACE SOURCE OF COROMANDEL DIAMONDS (MINAS GERAIS STATE, BRAZIL) AND THEIR POSSIBLE ORIGIN FROM THE SERRA NEGRA/SALITRE SUPERVOLCANO
MICHELFELDER, Gary S.1, KARFUNKEL, Joachim2, FERNANDES, Augusto Fonseca2, SGARBI, Geraldo Norberto Chavez2, HOOVER, Donald B.3, KRAMBROCK, Klaus4 and WALDE, Detlef5, (1)Department of Geography, Geology and Planning, Missouri State University, 901 S. National Ave, Springfield, MO 65897, (2)Instituto de Geciências, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antonio Carlos 6627, Minas Gerais, 31270, Brazil, (3)Springfield, MO 65897, (4)Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antonio Carlos 6627, Minas Gerais, 31270, Brazil, (5)Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia, 70910-900, Brazil, garymichelfelder@missouristate.edu
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THE GIA LIBRARY’S DIGITIZATION PROJECT: PROVIDING ACCESS IN A DIGITAL WORLD
OSTRYE, Sarah, JONATHAN, Cathleen, TOZER, Rose and DIRLAM, Dona Mary, Richard T. Liddicoat Gemological Library and Information Center, Gemological Institute of America (GIA), The Robert Mouawad Campus, 5345 Armada Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008, sostrye@gia.edu
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CARBON ISOTOPE INVESTIGATION OF CHANNEL CARBON DIOXIDE IN RING SILICATES: CORDIERITE AND BERYL
PECK, William H. and DAWSON, Taylor L., Department of Geology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13346, wpeck@colgate.edu
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DETERMINATION OF DIAMOND PROVENANCE IS POSSIBLE WITH MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF LIBS SPECTRA
MCMANUS, Catherine E., Materialytics, LLC, P.O. Box 10988, Killeen, TX 76547, DOWE, James, Materialytics, PO Box 10126, Killeen, TX 76547 and MCMILLAN, Nancy J., Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Box 30001 MSC 3AB, Las Cruces, NM 88003, c.mcmanus@materialytics.com
237
MICRO-DIAMONDS IN CHROMITITE AND PERIDOTITE
MOE, Kyaw Soe1, YANG, Jing-Sui2, JOHNSON, Paul1, XU, Xiangzhen2 and WANG, Wuyi1, (1)Gemological Institute of America, New York, NY 10036, (2)State Key Laboratory of Continental Tectonics and Dynamics, Center for Advanced Research on Mantle (CARMA), Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, 26 Baiwanzhuiang Road, Beijing, 100037, China, kmoe@gia.edu
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COLOR SHIFT AND PLEOCHROISM IN TANZANITE
YU, Jinding, Gemmological Institute, China University of Geosciences, No. 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, P.R. China, Wuhan, 430074, China and LU, Ren, Gemmological Institute, China University of Geosciences, No. 388 Lumo Road,Wuhan, P.R. China, Wuhan, 430074, China, jinding_yu@hotmail.com
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PREFERENCE IN FORMATION OF H3 OVER H4 AND ITS IMPLICATION IN GEM DIAMOND IDENTIFICATION
WANG, Wuyi, Gemological Institute of America, New York, NY 10036, wwang@gia.edu
240
STRUCTURE AND TWINNING IN MG-AND MN-RICH ZONED GARNET FROM THE TOCANTINS RHODOLITE GARNETS, TOCANTINS STATE, BRAZIL
SHOLTIS, Michael J.1, COUSINS, Jeremiah1, MICHELFELDER, Gary S.1 and HOOVER, Donald B.2, (1)Department of Geography, Geology and Planning, Missouri State University, 901 S. National Ave, Springfield, MO 65897, (2)Springfield, MO 65897, Sholtis82@live.missouristate.edu
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RUBY AND SAPPHIRE FROM MULING , NORTHEASTERN CHINA
LIU, Yimiao and LU, Ren, Gemmological Institute, China University of Geosciences, No. 388 Lumo Road,Wuhan, P.R. China, Wuhan, 430074, China, yim2015@163.com
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EFFECT OF LPHT TREATMENT ON NATURAL TYPE IA DIAMONDS
EATON-MAGANA, Sally, Gemological Institute of America, Carlsbad, CA 92653 and ARDON, Troy, Gemological Institute of America, Carlsbad, CA 92008, tardon@gia.edu
243
A STUDY OF SYNTHETIC PYROXENES USING NON-DESTRUCTIVE MID-INFRARED EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY
LANE, Melissa D., Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, KLIMA, Rachel L., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, GLOTCH, Timothy D., Geosciences, Stony Brook University, 255 Earth and Space Sciences, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100 and DYAR, M. Darby, Dept. of Astronomy, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, lane@psi.edu
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DISCOVERY AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE [SI-V]DEFECT IN HPHT-GROWN GEM-QUALITY DIAMONDS
JOHNSON, Paul1, MOE, Kyaw Soe1, D'HAENENS-JOHANSSON, Ulrika2 and RZHEVSKII, Alexander3, (1)Gemological Institute of America, New York, NY 10036, (2)Gemological Institute of America, 50 West 47 Street, New York, NY 10036, (3)Thermo Fisher Scientific, Boston, MD 02108, paul.johnson@gia.edu
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