228 Mineralogy/Crystallography (Posters)

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  DETERMINING GEOLOGICAL PROVENANCE OF BERYLS USING PORTABLE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (PXRF) SPECTROMETRY
  Tori L. Gomez, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM and Nancy J. McMillan, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM and Catherine E. McManus, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM and David Daniel, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM and Michael A. Wise, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC and Russell S. Harmon, Research Triangle Park, NC
  113071 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  WHAT LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY CAN TELL US ABOUT MINERAL COMPOSITION: THE BERYL CASE STUDY
  Nancy J. McMillan, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM and Catherine E. McManus, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM and Russell S. Harmon, U.S. Army Rsch Office, Durham, NC and Tori L. Gomez, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM and Michael A. Wise, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC and Frank DeLucia, Aberdeen, MD and Andrzej Miziolek, Aberdeen, MD and David Daniel, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
  113431 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  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
  J. Michelle Kotler, University of Montana, Missoula, MT and Nancy W. Hinman, University of Montana, Missoula, MT and Jill R. Scott, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID
  114865 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  DIAGENESIS AND POLYTYPISM OF ILLITES IN SOME K-BENTONITES AND SHALES FROM THE MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN UTICA SHALE, MOHAWK VALLEY, NEW YORK
  Anja Dosen, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY and James J. Zambito, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH and Rossman F. Giese, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
  115713 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  MAKING DIOPSIDE CRYSTALS AND GLASS UNDER CONTROLLED OXIDATION STATES: AN ADVENTURE IN EXPERIMENTAL PETROLOGY
  Linda L. Davis, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ and Emily McDowell, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA and Henry D. Schreiber, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA
  116197 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  FROM ATOM TO CRYSTAL: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY EFFORT TO UNDERSTAND THE PRECIPITATION OF SOIL-FORMING MINERALS IN AQUEOUS SYSTEMS
  P.J. Heaney, Penn State University, University Park, PA and A.J. Wall, Penn State University, University Park, PA and C.E. Martinez, Penn State University, University Park, PA and R. Mathur, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA and K. Osseo-Asare, Penn State University, University Park, PA and G.A. Waychunas, Earth Sciences, LBNL, Berkeley, CA and C.F. Conrad, Penn State University, University Park, PA and K. Basilevskaya, Penn State University, University Park, PA and T.B. Fischer, Penn State University, University Park, PA and D.R. Hummer, Penn State University, University Park, PA
  116204 (Technical Sessions)