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Mineralogy in Geochemistry

Mineralogy in Geochemistry

Mineralogy Research

Chi Ma
Director, Analytical Facilities

Current Projects in Mineralogy

  1. Hydrous Components in Nominally Anhydrous Minerals
  2. Analytical Calibration of the Spectrum of OH in Minerals
  3. Spectroscopy of Minerals
    The RRUFF project
  4. New minerals in meteorites and terresterial materials
  5. Spectroscopy of manganese in minerals

Previous Projects in Mineralogy

  1. Silica products of basaltic weathering
  2. OH in crustal minerals - feldspars and pyroxenes
  3. Nano-phases in rose quartz
  4. The origin of green color in quartz from amethyst deposits
  5. Martian Surface Mineralogy
  6. Instrumentation development - tunable laser spectrometer
  7. Undergraduate Research: nano-inclusions in minerals
  8. Undergraduate Research: Temperature dependence of OH in minerals
  9. Undergraduate Research: OH in tourmaline
  10. Undergraduate Research: thermochromic garnets
  11. Undergraduate Research: Studies of the rare mineral painite
  12. Undergraduate Research: OH in spodumene

Publication list including data files and figures from recent publications

Mineral Spectroscopy Server