GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 136
Monday, 26 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 207 (Colorado Convention Center)

T128. Gemological Research in the Twenty-First Century: Characterization, Exploration, and Geological Significance of Diamonds and Other Gem Minerals

Gemological Institute of America; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division
James E. Shigley, Dona Dirlam, Wuyi Wang, Barbara L. Dutrow, Jeffrey E. Post, Steven B. Shirey, William B. Simmons and John Valley, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE LUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES AND COMPOSITIONS OF COLORED DIAMONDS (Invited Presentation)
POST, Jeffrey E.1, GAILLOU, Eloïse2, BUTLER, James E.1 and BYRNE, Keal S.1, (1)Dept. of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (2)Musee de mineralogie, Mines ParisTech, 60, Bd St. Michel, Paris, 75006, France, postj@si.edu
1:55 PM
THE ART AND SCIENCE OF DIAMOND FLUORESCENCE: WHAT IT TELLS US ABOUT THE GROWTH HISTORY OF NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC GEM DIAMONDS
BREEDING, Christopher M., Gemological Institute of America, 5355 Armada Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008, christopher.breeding@gia.edu
2:10 PM
UNUSUAL GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF RARE TYPE IB DIAMONDS AND THE REASONS FOR THEIR SPECIAL COLOUR
SMIT, Karen V., Gemological Institute of America, 50 West 47 Street, New York, NY 10036, STERN, Richard A., Canadian Centre for Isotopic Microanalysis, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, SHIREY, Steven B., Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015 and WANG, Wuyi, Gemological Institute of America, 50 west 47 Street, New York, NY 10036, ksmit@gia.edu
2:25 PM
DIAMOND-FORMING FLUIDS – THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING SALTY
PEARSON, D. Graham, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada and WEISS, Yakov, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Palisades, NY 10964-800, gdpearso@ualberta.ca
2:40 PM
A SUBLITHOSPHERIC MANTLE, METALLIC LIQUID ORIGIN FOR THE WORLD'S LARGEST GEM-QUALITY DIAMONDS
SMITH, Evan M., Gemological Institute of America, 50 W 47th Street, New York, NY 10036, WANG, Wuyi, Gemological Institute of America, 50 west 47 Street, New York, NY 10036, SHIREY, Steven B., Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015 and NESTOLA, Fabrizio, Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Universita di Padua, Via Giotto 1, Padova, 35137, Italy, evan.smith@gia.edu
2:55 PM
ARE NEAR-COLORLESS SYNTHETIC DIAMONDS TRULY DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY?
FRITSCH, Emmanuel, Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, University of Nantes, Nantes, 44322, France, emmanuel.fritsch@cnrs-imn.fr
 
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF AQUAMARINES AND EMERALDS FROM NAMIBIA AND SOUTH AFRICA
LUM, Jullieta Enone, Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, P.O Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, Johanneburg, 2006, South Africa, VILJOEN, Fanus, Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, South Africa, CAIRNCROSS, Bruce, Geology, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 524, Aukland Park, 2006, South Africa and FREI, Dirk, Central Analytical Facility, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, Stellenbosch, 7602, South Africa; Department of Earth Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville, 7530, South Africa, jullieta.lum@gmail.com
3:45 PM
REVIEW OF FLUID AND MELT INCLUSIONS IN GEM MINERALS
KLYUKIN, Yury I. and BODNAR, Robert J., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, yury84@vt.edu
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4:15 PM
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4:00 PM
MICROANALYSIS OF IRIDESCENT METAMORPHIC HEMATITE FROM MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL
LIN, Xiayang, Dept. of Geosciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, HEANEY, Peter J., Dept. of Geosciences, Penn State University, 540 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802 and POST, Jeffrey E., Dept. of Mineral Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, pjheaney@psu.edu
4:30 PM
CONSTRAINING RUBY PROVENANCE USING SR - PB ISOTOPES AND TRACE ELEMENTS AND DATING RUBY CRYSTALLISATION USING PB-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY: A NEW APPROACH
KREBS, Mandy Y., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G2E3, Canada, PEARSON, D. Graham, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada and FAGAN, Andrew J., True North Gems Inc., Suite 700, 1055 W Georgia St, Vancouver, BC V6E 3P3, Canada, krebs@ualberta.ca
4:45 PM
A COMBINED GENESIS FOR EMERALD FORMATION: A FIELD AND ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE EMERALDS DEPOSIT OF IRONDRO, MANANJARY AREA, MADAGASCAR
ALONSO-PEREZ, Raquel, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 and GARAPIC, Gordana, Geology Department, SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY 012561, ralonso@fas.harvard.edu
5:00 PM
THE NATURE AND ORIGINS OF INTERNAL ZONATION WITHIN GRANITIC PEGMATITES (Invited Presentation)
LONDON, David1, MORGAN, George B.1, ACOSTA-VIGIL, Antonio2 and EVENSEN, Joseph M.3, (1)School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd Street, SEC 710, Norman, OK 73019-1009, (2)Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Universita di Padova, Via Giovanni Gradenigo 6, Padova, 351, Italy, (3)Breakthrough Research Institute & Labs, 1645 Kipling Street, Houston, TX 77006-4113, dlondon@ou.edu
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