MS22A:
Mineral Structure, Electron Microscopy, Element Partitioning, and Mobility I

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Session ID#: 6966

Session Description:
This is a general session for a broad range of mineralogy sessions, including crystallography, petrology, microscopy, mineral structures, as well as element partitioning and mobility.
OSPA Liaison:  Kim Tait, Royal Ontario Museum, Natural History, Mineralogy, Toronto, ON, Canada
Chairs:  Kim Tait, Royal Ontario Museum, Natural History, Mineralogy, Toronto, ON, Canada, Robert François Martin, McGill University, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada and Hojatollah Vali, McGill University, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Montreal, QC, Canada
Primary Convener:  Felix Gervais, École Polytechnique, Montreal, QC, Canada
Convener:  Kim Tait, Royal Ontario Museum, Natural History, Mineralogy, Toronto, ON, Canada
Index Terms:

3620 Mineral and crystal chemistry [MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY]
3625 Petrography, microstructures, and textures [MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY]
3660 Metamorphic petrology [MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY]
3694 Instruments and techniques [MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY]
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • EP - Element Partitioning and Mobility
  • VGP - Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

MS22A-01
Crystal and Electronic Structure of (Fe,Ni,PGE)-Pentlandites: Planetary and Economic Implications (36154)
Jacques Kontak Desmarais1, Yuanming Pan1, Andy McDonald2 and John S Tse1, (1)University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, (2)Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada
MS22A-02
The Relationship between Structural and Chemical Complexity of Boron Minerals with Geological Time (34413)
Edward S Grew, Univ Maine, Orono, ME, United States, Sergey V Krivovichev, St. Petersburg State University, Department of Crystallography, St. Petersburg, Russia and Robert M Hazen, Carnegie Inst, Washington, DC, United States
MS22A-03
Reassessment of the Parameterization of the Bond-Valence Model: Results and Applications (35719)
Olivier C. Gagné and Frank C Hawthorne, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
MS22A-04
The Effect of Growth Rate on Uranium Partitioning Between Calcite and Fluid  (35524)
Jeremy M Weremeichik1, Bruno Thien2, Aleksey Sadekov3 and Rinat I Gabitov1, (1)Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States, (2)Paul Scherrer Institute, Villingen, Switzerland, (3)University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
MS22A-05
Characterization of Interfacial Processes in Soils with High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy and Focused Ion Beam Technology (34917)
Michael Schindler, Laurentian University, Earth Sciences, Sudbury, ON, Canada and Michael F Hochella Jr, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
MS22A-06
Metals partitioning in soils by SEM-EDS-SDD mapping of the elements distribution: Applications for geochemical exploration and environmental sciences (34308)
Valerie Lecomte1,2, Réjean Réjean1 and Hubert Cabana2, (1)IOS Services Géoscientifiques, Saguenay, QC, Canada, (2)University of Sherbrooke, Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
MS22A-07
In situ characterization of gold in arsenopyrite combining large area SEM imaging and nano-scale HRTEM studies: an example from the Dome Mine, Timmins, Ontario (35190)
Dirk Schumann1,2, Jessica Maarit Stromberg3, Alexandre Laquerre2, Dave Mayer2, Mike W Phaneuf2, Hojatollah Vali4 and Neil Banerjee3, (1)Fibics Incorporated, Ottawa, ON, Canada, (2)Fibics Inc, Ottawa, ON, Canada, (3)Western University, Department of Earth Sciences, London (Ontario), ON, Canada, (4)McGill University, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Montreal, QC, Canada
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