Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

DETERMINATION OF VALENCE STATES FOR THE MINERALS

Robert Downs, Tucson, AZ and Robert Downs, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Nicholas G. Hillemeyer, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Jackson K. Lindsay, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Richard Thompson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

288020 (Technical Sessions)

8:15 AM

EMPIRICALLY TESTING VATERITE STRUCTURAL MODELS USING NEUTRON DIFFRACTION AND THERMAL ANALYSIS

Bryan Chakoumakos, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN and Brenda M. Pracheil, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN and Ryan P. Koenigs, Division of Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Oshkosh, WI and Ronald M. Bruch, Division of Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Oshkosh, WI and Mikhail Feygenson, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich

279320 (Technical Sessions)

8:30 AM

UNUSUAL CARBONATE CRYSTAL FABRICS AS INDICATORS OF OCEAN CHEMICAL EVOLUTION

Linda C. Kah, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

283209 (Technical Sessions)

8:50 AM

MINERALS WITH METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK STRUCTURES

Sergey V. Krivovichev, Saint-Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg and Igor Huskić, McGill University, Montreal, QC and Igor V. Pekov, Moscow State University, Moscow and Tomislav Friščić, McGill University, Montreal, QC

281960 (Technical Sessions)

9:10 AM

QUANTIFYING AND VISUALIZING EARTH’S MINERAL CHEMISTRY THROUGH GEOLOGIC TIME

Daniel R. Hummer, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL and Robert Hazen, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC and Xiaogang Ma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY and Joshua J. Golden, University of Arizona, Arizona, AZ and Robert T. Downs, University of Arizona, Arizona, AZ and Chao Liu, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC and Shaunna M. Morrison, University of Arizona, Arizona, AZ and Michael Meyer, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC

287283 (Technical Sessions)

9:25 AM

MINERAL DIVERSITY THROUGH TECTONIC CYCLES: THE ROLE OF ALKALINE INTRUSIONS

Derek R. Hoffman, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Joshua J. Golden, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Mihai N. Ducea, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Robert T. Downs, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington DC

281550 (Technical Sessions)

9:40 AM

SOCIAL NETWORK OF COPPER MINERALS: A MINERAL ECOLOGY STUDY

Shaunna M. Morrison, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Daniel R. Hummer, Carnegie Institution of Science, Washington, DC, DC and Chao Liu, Carnegie Institution of Science, Washington, DC, DC and Michael Meyer, Carnegie Institution of Science, Washington, DC, DC and Jolyon Ralph, Surrey and Grethe Hystad, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN and Robert Hazen, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC and Robert T. Downs, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Joshua J. Golden, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Alexander J. Pires, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Peter Fox, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY and Xiaogang Ma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY and Stephan Zednik, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY and Ahmed Eleish, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY and Sophia Kolankowski, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

279379 (Technical Sessions)

10:10 AM

THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF CONTROLLED EUKARYOTIC BIOMINERALIZATION IN THE NEOPROTEROZOIC FOSSIL RECORD

Phoebe Cohen, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and Justin Strauss, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH and Alan D. Rooney, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA and Mukul Sharma, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH and Nicholas Tosca, University of Oxford, Oxford

281467 (Technical Sessions)

10:25 AM

THE CO-EVOLUTION OF MINERALS AND LIFE

Paul G. Falkowski, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

280596 (Technical Sessions)

10:45 AM

CHROMIUM AND VANADIUM MINERAL ECOLOGY

Chao Liu, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington DC and Robert M. Hazen, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC and Grethe Hystad, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN and Joshua J. Golden, University of Arizona, Arizona, AZ and Daniel R. Hummer, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington DC and Robert T. Downs, University of Arizona, Arizona, AZ and Shaunna M. Morrison, University of Arizona, Arizona, AZ and Jolyon Ralph, Surrey

279329 (Technical Sessions)

11:00 AM

COUNTING BORON MINERALS IN EARTH'S CRUST: CAN CONTRADICTORY EVIDENCE BE RECONCILED?

Edward Grew, Christy Mineralogical Consulting, Hamilton, QLD and Grethe Hystad, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN and Robert M. Hazen, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington DC and Sergey V. Krivovichev, St.Petersburg State University, St.Petersburg, N/A and Liudmila A. Gorelova, St.Petersburg State University, St.Petersburg

278913 (Technical Sessions)

11:15 AM

PREDICTION OF EARTH'S MISSING MINERALS AND THE RELATIVE ABUNDANCES FOR THE MINERAL SPECIES ON EARTH; A STATISTICAL MEASURE TO CHARACTERIZE EARTH-LIKE PLANETS

Grethe Hystad, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN and Robert Hazen, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC and Robert T. Downs, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Joshua J. Golden, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

284145 (Technical Sessions)

T191 Mineralogical Evidence for the Co-Evolution of the Geosphere and Biosphere: In Honor of Robert M. Hazen, 2016 Roebling Medalist

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