Msaʼs 85Th Anniversary Resources for Teaching Petrology in the 21St Century

Volume 20, Number 2, May 2004

st The Newsletter of the Resources for teaching petrology in the 21 century Mineralogical Soci ety of America he NAGT On the Cut- projects, and on-line galleries excellence in science and the Subscription and mem ber ship ting Edge program of photomicrographs. training of geoscientists. information sponsored the Teaching • A collection of educational is on page three. TPetrology in the 21st Century resources used in igneous and We invite the MSA com- workshop last summer. The metamorphic petrology cours- munity to regularly use these 1015 18th St NW Ste 601 goals of this workshop were to es. The collection includes lab collections and services. In Washington, DC 20036-5212 U.S.A. explore new methods of teach- exercises, classroom activities, addition, we need your help to ISSN 1526-3746 ing igneous and metamorphic problem sets and more. The continue to grow these collec- petrology in the context of mod- purpose of this collection is to tions. We have systems in place ern advances in understanding allow for the sharing of materi- on the website to make it easy the Earth system, analytical and als within the community of for you to submit suggestions of fi eld methods, and information petrology teachers. additional web-based resources, Table of Contents technologies. The workshop in- • A registry of analytical to post your best teaching ac- equipment. This service is Presidentʼs Letter ...... p. 2 cluded a pre-meeting fi eldtrip, tivities, and to register your Notes from Washington ...... p. 4 demonstrations of laboratories provided to help: lab managers analytical equipment. Please Historical glimpse ...... p. 6 and computer-assisted learning build their user base; research- send any additional queries Am Min Stats at a Glance...... p. 9 activities, and general sessions ers, instructors and students or comments to: Dave Mogk, BioGeosciences.org launches...p. 9 addressing current issues in to gain access to analytical [email protected]. Contributors and Benefactors.. p. 10 Lattice deadline ...... p.12 teaching petrology. An out- equipment to support scholarly This project was funded by Clathrates Upcoming in Am Min! ....p. 13 growth of this workshop is an work; and build capacity by the National Science Founda- Member in the News...... p. 13 extensive array of web-mediated optimizing the use of existing tion, Division of Undergraduate Goldschmidt...... p. 13 instructional resources and ser- analytical equipment to support Education. New Members...... p. 17 vices (http://serc.carleton.edu/ Meetings calendar ...... p. 19 In Memoriam ...... p. 23 NAGTWorkshops/petrology/ index.html). On this website MSAʼs 85th Anniversary you will fi nd: 2004 is an anniversary year for MSA. MSA was founded • The workshop program on December 30, 1919, and was up and running with a pub- with activities, discussion sum- lication at the start of 1920. The timing may seem remark- maries and related documents able, but MSA did not spring up from nothing. As early as Institutional subscribers • Supporting instructional 1916 Edward H. Kraus was organizing an effort for a new are entitled to electronic resources; a digital library of society. Although delayed by the war, he corresponded with ac cess to American Min er - internet resources intended potential members and sought their advice and support. al o gist; con tact business@ to help faculty in teaching or The result was the invitational letter on December 30 to minsocam.org to give us designing petrology courses. your IP address. interested individuals for an organizational meeting. There Many of the resources are were 28 people who attended. At that meeting the fi nal offer lecture notes or PowerPoint to transfer ownership of the American Mineralogist, which presentations that are illus- had been founded in 1916, was made and accepted. trated with useful diagrams, graphs and fi gures. There are also course syllabi, petrology 2 The Lattice, May 2004 The Lattice, May 2004 3

Letter from the President

Generosity of members helps to sustain student grants and outreach programs of MSA by Michael Carpenter

ne of the pleasant community take the trouble scheme seems to appeal even American Mineralogist are duties that fall to the to send in complaints about to our newest members and, also calculated to just cover President of MSA is aspects of the activities of this year, about 25% of mem- the actual costs involved. It Oto correspond with members the society that they are not bers have given the society is the additional funds from from all over the world. Di- happy with, as this gives us a total of nearly $25,000. member donations that have verse and interesting email a chance to put things right. A full list of members who sustained the other activities messages and letters are al- Without a doubt, however, have made donations to MSA that the society undertakes ways arriving. For example, the pleasantest task involves is given elsewhere in this is- to support its members and some kind members were writing to individual mem- sue of The Lattice. I thought promote our science. Alex quick to point out that I had bers to thank them for their that their generosity should Speer put together the fol- mistaken V.M. Goldschmidt generosity in making dona- be acknowledged by explain- lowing data to show how (crystallographer) for V.M. tions to MSA over and above ing in my column how the these additional funds have Goldschmidt (geochemist) in their dues. Many members society uses the money. grown. Note that the steady my last column in The Lat- have given generously year Member dues are cal- income from donations has tice. Another senior member after year but, when Bill culated to just cover the minimized the impact of sent me some personal remi- Carlson was President, he costs accompanying indi- stock market declines, which niscences about E.H. Kraus introduced a voluntary con- vidual memberships, such have affected MSAʼs other (founder of MSA) whom he tribution scheme in which as the newsletter, ballots, long-term investments. had known at the University members were invited to and mailing. Short courses, The first of the programs of Michigan. It is also reas- donate $1 for every year RiMG volumes, and indi- that goes beyond the normal suring that members of our since they had joined. This vidual subscriptions to the publishing and member- 2 The Lattice, May 2004 The Lattice, May 2004 3

The Lattice is published quarterly (February, May, August, November) by the Mineralogical Society of America. It is distributed to MSA members and subscribers as a service. Articles and letters are welcome. The Mineralogical Society of America is composed of individuals interested in mineralogy, crystallography, and ship activities was established in the early 1970s through petrology. Founded in 1919, the Society promotes, through a donation of shares worth about $10,000 by E.H. Kraus. education and research, the understanding and application He specified that this fund, the Edward H. Kraus Crystal- of mineralogy by industry, universities, government and lographic Research Fund, should be used to provide small the public. research grants to support the work of young researchers Membership benefits include: American Mineralogist, in the field of crystallography. At first the grants were for published bi-monthly; 25% discount on volumes in the $1500 and could only be offered every few years. The grant Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry series; The Lat- tice; special subscription rates for Mineralogical Abstracts, is now worth $5000 and is awarded annually. What we un- Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, Journal of Petrology, derstand by the term “crystallography” has changed greatly Rocks and Minerals, and Mineralogical Record; reduced in the intervening years and the Kraus Crystallography Grant registration fees at MSA short courses; member rates for the committee encourages applications in crystallography in the MSA/Geological Society of America annual meeting and broadest sense of the subject. A list of recipients of grants member rates at MSAʼs spring meeting with the American from this fund and the titles of their projects is given on Geophysical Union; participation in a Society that supports the societyʼs website (www.minsocam.org/MSA/Awards/ the many facets of mineralogy. Crystallography_Award.html). Dues for 2004: professional members $55; student members The first MSA Grant for Student Research in Mineral- $5. American Mineralogist subscription: members add $40 ogy and Petrology was given in 1981 (to Bill Carlson for (paper and electronic); $10 electronic. Membership is on a an “Experimental Investigation of subsolidus equilibria in calendar year basis. Individuals who join after January 1, feldspathic peridotite and gabbro”!). Funds to sustain this 2004 will be sent all back issues of volume 89 for 2004. grant have accumulated through member generosity and Additional membership information and an application, the list of awards on the website (www.minsocam.org/ and/or a price list of the Societyʼs publications are else- MSA/Awards/Min_Pet_Award.html) again makes interest- where in this newsletter, or contact the Business Office. ing reading. MSA is now able to fund two grants of $5,000 Institutions may subscribe to the 2004 volume of American each year. Any student is eligible to apply. There are few, if Mineralogist for the annual rate of $625 in the US and $650 any, national research funding agencies that offer equivalent for non-US addresses. The subscription price includes any types of grants to researchers at this very earliest stage of new volumes of the Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochem- their careers. Anyone who has ever served on the Min/Pet istry series and issues of the Lattice published during the calendar year of the subscription. Payment must be received grant committee will certainly have been impressed by the in full before a subscription will be started. high quality of the proposals which come in and with the self- evidently bright futures of the students who submit them. 2004 President: Michael A. Carpenter, University of Cambridge Past-President: Doug Rumble, Carnegie Institution The MSA Distinguished Lecturer Program was established Vice President: George Harlow, American Museum Natural History in 1989. The Outreach Fund will eventually support it. The Secretary: David Jenkins, Binghamton Univ. original concept was that MSA should arrange visits of an Treasurer: James G. Blencoe, Oak Ridge Nat. Lab. established scientist in the field of mineralogy, petrology, Editor of The Lattice: Andrea Koziol, University of Dayton or geochemistry to small colleges or universities in North MSA Executive Director: J. Alexander Speer America, which would not usually have an opportunity to Production Managers: Rachel A. Russell, Eric T. Baker welcome an eminent scientist. The first lecturers were Edwin Mineralogical Society of America Roedder and Mary Ellen Cameron and the list of lecturers 1015 Eighteenth Street N.W., Suite 601 (http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/Lecture_Prog.html) reads Washington, D.C. 20036-5212, U.S.A. like a Whoʼs Who of our distinguished colleagues. This has Tel: (202) 775-4344; Fax: (202) 775-0018 been a very popular program and, for MSA Councilors pre- E-mail: [email protected] paring to attend council meetings, the reports of the lecturers (often including anecdotes of complicated travel arrange- Continued on page 9 4 The Lattice, May 2004 The Lattice, May 2004 5

the office has difficulty processing in a timely manner. If you Notes from Washington have never shared your current e-mail address with MSA and would like to participate in the online renewal, please send us by J. Alexander Speer, your address. As always, you can save your Society money MSA Executive Director by renewing early whether you chose to use the electronic or the traditional paper versions. As encouragement there will • Ballots for the 2004 election of 2005 MSA officers and again be a $5 discount on the professional membership dues councilors were mailed to members at the beginning of April for renewals received before December 31, 2004. 2004. They are due back in the Business Office by August If you subscribe to other journals through MSA - Journal 1, 2004. The individuals you elect to office decide on the of Petrology, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, Mineralogi- direction of the Society. Voting is an important job for all cal Abstracts, Mineralogical Record, or Rocks & Minerals, MSA members. If you have not yet received a ballot please please renew early. MSA needs to forward your renewal to contact the MSA Business Office. the those publishers before your subscription runs out.

• During its 2004 Spring Meeting, MSA Council voted to • MSA members have several subscription options for keep the 2005 professional member dues at $55. Student dues the American Mineralogist: not subscribe, subscribe to the remain at $5 to encourage members to sign up student mem- paper + online versions, or subscribe to the online version bers. Member subscriptions to the paper copy of American only. About three-quarters of MSA members subscribed to Mineralogist, which includes online access, remains at $40. the journal in some form in 2003. This is comparable to 2002, The cost of access to the online electronic version increases but a drop from previous years: to $15. Institutional subscriptions to the paper journal were increased to $650 for subscribers with U.S. addresses and year %paper %online %no journal 1995 94 6 $675 for subscribers with non-U.S. addresses. Included with 1996 94 6 the institutional subscription is Reviews in Mineralogy and 1997 92 8 1998 89 11 Geochemistry, as well as access to the electronic journal. 1999 88 12 2000 90 10 2001 78 22 • The institutional or library American Mineralogist sub- 2002 67 12 21 scription includes access to the online version. As of spring 2003 61 15 24 2004 about two-third of institutional subscribers have gained The abrupt decrease in subscriptions from 2000 to 2001 is access to the journal online. If your institution subscribes attributed to a revised membership renewal form that made it to the journal, and does not yet have electronic access, it is obvious that MSA members need not subscribe to the journal. simple to make the request. A library needs to tell us who It was also the year after the journal went online (for free). they are and their IP or range of IP addresses. The information The further drop in paper subscriptions from 2001 to 2002 should be sent to [email protected]. reflects the option for members of subscribing to the online version only. The decline in subscriptions over the years also • There are two new MSA-GS publications since the results in part from increasing numbers of senior members February Lattice. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemis- who usually do not subscribe. try; Volume 55: Geochemistry of Non-Traditional Stable Isotopes, 2004, Clark M. Johnson, Brian L. Beard, and • The lease on of the MSA office space expires in August Francis Albarede, editors and Volume 56: Epidotes, 2004, 2005. MSAʼs space needs includes office space for the Busi- Axel Liebscher and Gerhard Franz, editors, have been re- ness and Editorial Offices, as well as warehouse space for leased. These are described more fully on the MSA website its publications and order fulfillment. MSAʼs next location along with their table of contents. You can order your copy will probably be what is called flex-space, a combination using the order form elsewhere in this issue, online, or by office and warehouse. In order to keep expenses low at the mail, e-mail, phone, or fax. same time minimizing the adverse impact on the MSA staff, the location will remain in the Washington, DC area, but • MSA 2005 membership renewals will start in September likely in the more distant suburbs. The MSA Long-Term with mailing of hardcopy renewals to all members, followed Planning Committee has outlined some general criteria for by an electronic notice for online membership renewal soon the move and the next six months will be devoted to find- afterwards. This is what we did last year. We have found that ing a suitable space and planning for the move. Planning the number of members willing to renew online remains at will include determining the probability of obtaining sales about one-third, and the processing of these online renewals and use tax exemption in any new jurisdiction, telephone before preparing and sending the hard copy notices makes for system, internet access, mailing permits in the new location, tight timing. Complicating matters is that this all occurs at the identifying corporate agent in DC, and moving while still same time the office is preparing for the Fall meeting. The keeping the functions of the offices going. You will hear timing may also contribute to the large number of renewals more about the move as we know more. You should expect received in a very short time span around December 31 that occasional admonishments to anticipate and plan any needs 4 The Lattice, May 2004 The Lattice, May 2004 5

from the MSA offices about the time of the move during July “virtual” societies either by commercial firms, individuals, or August 2005. or grant-supported initiatives? The remaining challenges are the uncertainties all societies • MSA has changed the way it sends much of its non-US face today—moving from traditional to electronic publica- destination mail. Previously the journals and books were sent tions, meetings, and more members world-wide. by US Postal Service (USPS) surface mail. Overseas mail- ings of The Lattice, ballots, renewal notices, and grant and • The ad from the Geological Society London (GSL) in lecture announcements were air printed matter. A new vendor, this issue is offering Rock-Forming Minerals Volumes 3A Postal Logistics, uses a variety of postal administrations and (second edition) Micas and 4B (second edition) Framework the USPS to airlift the material to postal administration dis- Silicates, Silica Minerals, Feldspathoids, and Zeolites by tribution centers worldwide for insertion into a mail pieceʼs W. A. Deer, R. A. Howie, and J. Zussman to MSA members destination countryʼs mail stream. Postal Logistics addresses at reduced prices. MSA members can save over 50%, but and polybags The Lattice, tasks we did previously. The ser- the offer is available for a limited time. If you are interested vice is comparable to the USPS International Surface Airlift consider taking advantage of the offer now. Also included (ISAL) service, but at lower costs and with no minimum piece in this issue is an order form from the Geochemical Society and weight requirements. The cost savings is mixed, but the (GS). GS has two recent publications and MSA are entitled most important advantage is quicker delivery for the books to a 25% membership discount on GS publications if you are and journal and, because all the material is sent as printed interested in these or any previous GS publications. matter, no need for customs declaration. Delivery times for Reviews appear to have gone from 2-4 months to 4-5 weeks. • According to the MSA By-Laws, a member qualifies for Not preparing customs declaration saves the office 1-2 hours Senior Member or Senior Fellow status if they have reached per order batch. Customers are unlikely to be charged a cus- the age of 65, retired from fulltime professional employment, toms duty, but if they are, the rate ought to be 30¢ per pound and have been a member of the Society for at least 30 years. rather than some percentage of retail value. Senior Members and Fellows retain all benefits of MSA membership (receiving the newsletter, voting, etc.), but need • The Geological Society of America (GSA) hosts a meet- not pay dues. You can subscribe to the paper or electronic ing of its Associated and Allied Societies during February version of American Mineralogist or other journals, purchase of each year. GSA is updating its strategic plan and at the Society publications, and attend short courses all at member February 2004 meeting, GSA posed several questions as a rates. Senior Members and Fellows receive a membership way of obtaining ideas for that revision. One question was “renewal” form each year that they can use to update their what are the most challenging business and operational con- contact information, subscribe to journals, purchase publica- straints facing MSA. tions, donate to the Society, etc. If you are interested in senior status, select Senior Member or Fellow dues on your next MSA is a discipline-based society whose major focus is renewal and write us in the text box that you would like to its professional members. MSA likes to think that the disci- become a senior member. plines it represents are fundamental, but it does face several challenges: • Thus far this year, the MSA booth was at the 50th Anni- Can such a society remain viable when its subject matter versary Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, Tucson, AZ, Febru- is applied over a large number of diverse fields? For example, ary 12-15, 2004. MSA had a “display-only table” at the will an astronomer studying diamonds abundant in cosmic Copenhagen Goldschmidt meeting June 5-11, 2004. The dust feel enough in common with the biologists who recently MSA Awards Luncheon, MSA Presidential Address, Annual reported on the iron-sulfide hard parts of a new snail living Business Meeting, and joint MSA-Geochemical Society Re- at ocean floor hydrothermal vents for both to realize they are ception will be at the Annual Meeting with Geological Soci- doing mineralogy, join together, and support an organization ety of America (GSA) in Denver, CO will all be on Tuesday, like MSA? November 9, 2004. MSA will have a booth in the Exhibit Can we make our professional colleagues in other areas of Hall. Further information, as well as meeting and housing the earth sciences aware of the importance of natural materials? registration forms are at . Or more exactly, sufficiently aware to see the need to require understanding and competency in crystallography, geochemistry, • MSA will again have activities at the Annual Meeting mineralogy, and petrology so these are not the first to be sacrificed of the Geological Society of America (GSA) in Denver, CO, to make room for newer requirements because someone may to be held November 7–10, 2004. The MSA Awards lun- have had a traumatic crystallography experience as an under- cheon, MSA Presidential address, annual business meeting, graduate? Is there any advantage to being able to model the deep and joint MSA-Geochemical Society Reception will all be interior of terrestrial planets from remote sensing data if you are on Tuesday November 9, 2004. MSA will have a booth at clueless about high-pressure minerals? the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, Tucson, AZ (February Will people support traditional societies in an Internet age 10-13, 2005), Goldschmidt Conference, Moscow, Idaho, USA with the easy and widespread accessibility to online society (May 20-24, 2005) and GSA Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah journals through institutional libraries and the creation of (October 16-19, 2005). 6 The Lattice, May 2004 The Lattice, May 2004 7

A historical glimpse at a modern group of environmentally interesting minerals

By Juraj Majzlan, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton NJ 08544, U.S.A. ([email protected])

here are almost 4000 mineral species known today, ceives oxigen [sic] from the air, or from moisture, and and the list is steadily growing. Just as people do, is converted into sulphuric acid.” minerals also claim their “15 minutes” of fame. The It is through this process that the acid mine drainage waters Treasons for fame, or rather attention, vary among different are formed. These waters are rich in metals and sulfate, and groups of minerals. Some minerals are simply too common can precipitate a large number of secondary minerals away to be overlooked. Quartz is a good example. The status of from the original pyritic source. others owes to their beauty, guaranteeing them a steady place among the gems. Everyone knows diamond, at least GREEN WATER, GREEN MINERALS by name. Names of some minerals are found in materials In the first step of AMD formation, pyrite is oxidized and 2+ 2– + science literature much more frequently than in mineralogy Fe , SO4 , and H are released into the aqueous solutions. The texts, because they denote a specific structure type. Ever exact mechanism of this process escapes our understanding heard of delafossite? Check out the literature on transparent even today. The consequences of these reactions, however, conducting oxides or frustrated magnets. are readily observed. Concentrated Fe2+ and sulfate solu- Yet other minerals come into the spotlight because of tions typically exhibit a green color, and usually precipitate their association with ailments of the natural environment. melanterite (FeSO4·7H2O), a mineral with bluish green For example, the solids precipitating from acid mine drain- color when fresh. Other ferrous sulfates, such as rozenite age waters fall into the rubric of environmentally interesting (FeSO4·4H2O) or szomolnokite (FeSO4·H2O), are much less minerals. During my experimental work on these minerals, abundant than melanterite. Historically, melanterite turns out I found an intriguing array of historical papers and books, to be the most commonly mentioned AMD mineral. Jameson which reveal the thorny path taken by early mineralogists (1816) described this mineral as iron-vitriol, or sulphate of before the chemical composition and physical properties iron, which of these minerals had been sorted out. After accumulating “… is always associated with iron-pyrites, by the several such sources, I decided to arrange and summarize decomposition of it is formed. … The Melanteria, or them in this short manuscript that may be of interest to other Inkstone of Pliny, the pais atramentarius flavus of Wal- mineralogists and friends of minerals. lerius, appear to be varieties of this mineral.” BEGINNING OF THE STORY—PYRITE Associated with melanterite was aluminite The story of acid mine drainage (AMD) begins most com- Al2(SO4)(OH)4·7(H2O), an aluminum sulfate AMD mineral. Jameson (1816) describes that aluminite monly with the mineral pyrite (FeS2). AMD pollution is so common because of three unique characteristics of pyrite. “and the selenite [gypsum] with which is accompa- First, pyrite is the most common sulfide in the geological nied, is formed by the decomposition of iron-pyrites; material accessible to us. Already in 1816 Cleaveland no- the sulphuric acid thus formed is supposed to unite with ticed that the lime and alumina; with the lime it forms sulphate of lime or selenite, and with alumina an alum, with a “Few minerals are more universally diffused, than superabundance of alumina.” Sulphuret of iron [pyrite], especially the common variety, which extends from primitive rocks to alluvial In the American early literature, Dana (1848) makes a brief earths. … There is scarcely a metallic vein or bed, mention of minerals related to acid mine drainage. He devotes which does not contain Pyrites.” most space to melanterite under the name “copperas,” de- scribing the mineral as “monoclinate, generally pulverulent Second, as abundant as it is, pyrite is not a highly valued iron or massive”. Besides melanterite, he also mentions coquim- or sulfur ore. Pyrite is a poor choice as an iron ore because of its bite [Fe2(SO4)3·9H2O] and fibro-ferrite [Fe(SO4)(OH)·5H2O]. high sulfur content. Auriferous pyrite is of greater interest, but Dana (1848) also concluded that these minerals originate not every pyrite body contains sufficient gold. Pyrite is mostly by weathering of pyrite, and notes that about 1800 tons of considered as waste, and left on dumps and in tailing impound- copperas are used in the United States annually, for prepara- ments. Third, when exposed to oxygen in the atmosphere and tion of ink, manufacture of Prussian blue, and calcination to water, pyrite decomposes quickly, giving off soluble iron and prepare polishing powder based on hematite (“brownish-red sulfuric acid. Cleaveland (1816) stated that oxyd of iron”). Hence, acid mine drainage minerals were “[Pyrite] is chiefly valued for the sulphate of iron probably a welcome contribution of income in mining settle- (copperas) which it affords by decomposition; —a ments. Melanterite was therefore regarded as an useful, not change, which some varieties undergo much more detrimental mineral. Acid mine drainage was not all that bad readily than others. In this process, the sulphur re- in those times. 6 The Lattice, May 2004 The Lattice, May 2004 7

WHAT TO CALL RUST IN LATIN of mineralogy listed the mineral names almost in the same The aqueous ferrous iron is unstable in contact with at- form in which they are used today. mospheric oxygen, and quickly oxidizes to ferric iron. Ferric Breithaupt (1852) characterizes the physical properties of iron rapidly precipitates from solutions, and an assortment the new mineral and describes its crystal form as a rhombohe- of rusty colored minerals, from jarosite [KFe3(SO4)2(OH)6] dron (Fig. 1). The chemical analysis of jarosite by Breithaupt 0.79 3.65 0.19 to rhomboclase [(H3O)Fe(SO4)2·3H2O], can be formed (see (see Fig. 1) can be recalculated to a formula K (Fe Al ) Posnjak and Merwin 1922). (SO4)2(OH)5.68. The trivalent cation site in jarosite should not One of the most common AMD minerals is jarosite. be populated by more than 3 atoms per formula unit; the Fe2O3 Jarosite was described for the first time in the middle of concentration in Breithauptʼs analysis is too high. Particularly 19th century. The type locality is, not surprisingly, an AMD appealing is the testimonial for the precision and accuracy discharge at a sulfide ore mine in the Barranco Jaroso region of the analysis (see Fig. 1 for the original text, just above the in Spain. Besides the careful description of the mineral as- analysis): “The chemical analysis was attempted by a young, semblages in the original paper by Breithaupt (1852), it is good chemist …”. Being young and good was an assurance worth noticing that to name minerals, Breithaupt used the that the data are trustworthy. How nice! system introduced by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnæus in CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF AMD MINERALS the eighteenth century (see Table 1). Jarosite was described under the Latin name Jarosites kalicus (Fig. 1) similar to that Several years after Breithauptʼs description of jarosite, for the previously known mineral, alunite, Alunites kalicus. Rammelsberg (1860) compiled his book on systematic Not everyone was using the Linnæusʼ system at that time. mineralogy “Mineralchemie”. In contrast with Breithaupt, The binomial Latin system for mineral names was criticized Rammelsberg did not use the Latin names and kept to the much earlier, for example by Aikin (1815). Aikinʼs system mineral names in the form that we know today. In addition, he attempted to re-calculate the published chemical analyses TABLE 1. Mineral names used by Breithaupt (1852), compared to modern to chemical formulae. To do so, then and today, one needs to names. know the atomic weights of individual elements. Rammels- systematic Latin names common German names modern names Carbonites ferrosus Eisenspath siderite berg gives a list of known elements with their relative atomic Thiodinus strontosus Zölestin celestine weights (Fig. 2). Oxygen was assigned the weight of 100, and Thiodinus barytosus Schwerspat, Baryt barite Galena synthetica Antimonischer Bleiglanz, stibnite other elements were scaled to this weight. The comparison Galena plumbea Gemeiner Bleiglanz galena between modern atomic weights and those published by Ram- Tribasites bournonites Bournonit bournonite Blenda zincea Braune Zinkblende sphalerite melsberg (Fig. 3) show a number of discrepancies. The atomic Chalcopyrites vulgaris Kupferkies chalcopyrite weight of many elements is double the value it should be. Jarosites kalicus Jarosit jarosite

FIGURE 1. The definition and description of jarosite by Bre- FIGURE 2. A list of elements with their atomic weights, as given ithaupt (1852). by Rammelsberg (1860).

Fig. 2. Majzlan: A Historical Glimpse ... 8 The Lattice, May 2004 The Lattice, May 2004 9

) melanterite Au Bi 2500 a coquimbite 2000

I Sb voltaite 1500 Ag

Rammelsberg 1860

Br 1000 V Ta jarosite As Th La Ce U FIGURE 4. Chemical formulae for several AMD minerals, as 500 Y given by Rammelsberg (1860).

atomic weight ( 0 of voltaite, a mixed Fe(II)-Fe(III) mineral with a modern 2+ 3+ 0 50 100 150 200 250 nominal composition of K2Fe 5 Fe 4(SO4)12·18H2O. Rewriting 2+ 2+ 3+ 3+ atomic weight (IUPAC) the formula in Fig. 4 gives 3[(Fe 4/5K 1/5)SO4]·2[(Fe 10/6Al 2/6) (SO4)3]·12H2O. Rammelsberg considers two sites with ho- ) 600 movalent substitution. The striking substitution is the one between Fe2+ and “K2+,” created by the erroneous atomic b Fig. 4. Majzlan: A Historical Glimpse ... K weight for alkali metals, described above. Cl The problem of wrong atomic weight for potassium 400 P emerges also in the formula for jarosite (Fig. 4). Ram- melsberg used the analysis published by Breithaupt (1852)

Rammelsberg 1860 Na which, as discussed earlier, overestimated the Fe2O3 concen- F tration in jarosite. Rammelsbergʼs formula for jarosite reads 200 N KO·SO3·5Fe2O3·4SO3·7H2O (see Fig. 4), making it one of B Li the most inaccurate chemical formulae for AMD minerals in his Mineralchemie. The current formula for jarosite is

atomic weight ( 0 KFe3(SO4)2(OH)6, or K2O·3Fe2O3·2SO3·6H2O in terms of 0 10 20 30 40 50 oxides. atomic weight (IUPAC) AT THE END FIGURE 3. (a) Modern atomic weights versus atomic weights Fig. 3. Majzlan: A Historical Glimpse ... reported by Rammelsberg (1860). Rammelsberg (1860) normal- From the beneficial deposits of melanterite, collected to ized the atomic weight with respect to a weight of 100 assigned to make ink, and interesting rusty colored mineral powders, oxygen. The data point for oxygen shown shaded. The lines show acid mine drainage evolved to a serious problem at countless the ratio between the modern atomic weight of oxygen (16) and the sites (Lyon et al. 1993). The number of papers that contain deviation from Rammelsbergʼs atomic weight of oxygen (100). Only the concept “acid mine drainage” exceeds 10,000 today, with elements whose atomic weights were known without large errors are most of them being generated over the last decade or two. labeled. See Figure 2 for numerical values. (b) Detail of a. That mentioned, these papers do not even include all the experimental work on common AMD minerals such as fer- These elements notably include alkali metals and halogens. rihydrite or schwertmannite, and on the ions and molecules The discrepancies in atomic weights had interesting conse- binding on surfaces of minerals, and so on. With an ever quences. While it was correctly known that oxides of iron growing number of pages published on acid mine drainage, have the composition FeO and Fe2O3, the alkali metal oxides I think it is fascinating to look back from time to time, and were assigned the compositions, LiO, NaO, and KO. In other examine the few yellowish pages that hold information which words, alkali metals were considered divalent. We should is considered a common knowledge today. consider, however, that Rammelsbergʼs Mineralchemie was ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. I am grateful to Jean Tangeman printed nine years before Dmitriy Mendeleev published his for reading and significantly improving the manuscript. idea of the periodic arrangement of the elements and built firmer ground for detection of errors in the atomic weights. REFERENCES CITED Aikin, A. (1815) A Manual of Mineralogy. First American Edition, Solomon W. The element “didym” that is not assigned an atomic weight, Conrad, Philadelphia. was later shown to be a mixture of Nd, Pr, and Gd. Breithaupt, A. (1852) Beschreibung der zum Teil neuen Gang-Mineralien des Baranco Jaroso in der Sierra Almagrera. Berg- und hűttenmännische Zeitung, 11, 65–69. Even the symbols used are different from the chemical Cleaveland, P. (1816) An Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology, Being an formulae we are accustomed to today. The dots over metals Introduction to the Study of These Sciences. Cummings and Hilliard, Boston. · Dana, J.D. (1848) Manual of Mineralogy, Including Observations on Mines, Rocks, ions... indicate oxygen atoms, for example, the symbols Fe and Reduction of Ores, and the Applications of the Science to the Arts. Durrie & Fe mean FeO and Fe2O3, respectively. The simplest formula Peck, New Haven. Jameson, R. (1816) System of mineralogy. vol. I and II. Neill & Company, Edinburgh. to read is the one for melanterite (Fig. 4), FeO·SO3·7H2O = Lyon, J.S., Hilliard, T.J., and Bethell, T.H. (1993) Burden of Guilt. Mineral Policy FeSO4·7H2O. Another easy one is the formula of coquimbite Center, Washington, D.C. Posnjak, E. and Merwin, H.E. (1922) The system, Fe2O3–SO3–H2O. Journal of the (Fig. 4), Fe2O3·3SO3·9H2O = Fe2(SO4)3·9H2O. A complication American Chemical Society, 44, 1965–1994. is encountered when trying to understand the composition Rammelsberg, K.F. (1860) Handbuch der Mineralchemie. W. Engelmann, Leipzig. 8 The Lattice, May 2004 The Lattice, May 2004 9

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Investigation of jet breakup and droplet size distribution of liquid CO2 and water systems—implications for CO2 hydrate formation for ocean carbon sequestration DAVID RIESTENBERG, ELIZABETH CHIU, MONSURU GBORIGI, LIYUAN LIANG, OLIVIA R. WEST, AND COSTAS TSOURIS

Measurement of clathrate hydrate precipitation from CO2 solution by a nondestructive method YONGCHEN SONG, BAIXIN CHEN, MASAHIRO NISHIO, AND MAKOTO AKAI

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WELCOME! Barrat, Prof. Jean-Alix, Univ Chapman, Mr. John B. Im- versity, New Haven CT. (student- de Bretagne Occidentale, Plouzané, perial College London, London 4/7/04). MI, CC, BM, OTHER, The following individuals FRANCE. (member-3/25/04). MI, England, UNITED KINGDOM. BIOMINERALOGY joined MSA January 14, 2004 IP, MP, GE, PM, TC, BM, (student-3/9/04). MI, GE, EG, Drueppel, Ms. Kirsten, Tech- through June 18, 2004. We wel- Beard, Mr. Richardson, BM, nische Universitat Berlin, Berlin, come them to the Society. The Severna Park MD. (member-3/4/ Charrier, Ms. Amanda D. Bal- GERMANY. (member-5/21/04). areas of interest are: Mineralogy 04). MI, GE, timore MD. (student-5/student/04). Dubost, Mr. Vincent, Univ (MI), Crystallography/Crystal Beloso Jr. Mr. Abelardo D. MI, CC, IP, PE, TC, Paris Sud Orsay, Copenhagen, Chemistry (CC), Material Prop- Univ of Illinois @ Chicago, Chicago Corrie, Ms. Stacey L. Colum- DENMARK. (student-5/27/04). erties (PP), Igneous Petrology IL. (student-3/9/04). EG, EM, GE, bia SC. (student-1/15/04). MP, GE, Duff, Ms. Martine C. Savan- (IP), Metamorphic Petrology IP, MI, MP, PE, SP, TC, BM, Crummett, Ms. Courtney nah River Site, Aiken SC. (mem- (MP), Sedimentary Petrology Bennett, Dr. Philip, Univ of Doyle, Univ of Maryland, College ber-3/3/04). (SP), Geochemistry (GE), Phase Texas-Austin, Austin TX. (mem- Park MD. (student-3/25/04). MI, Eglington, Mr. Bruce Mel- Equilibria (PE), Economic Ge- ber-3/25/04). CC, PP, PE, EG, CM, IM, EM, ville, University of Saskatchewan, ology (EG), Clay Mineralogy Bergquist, Ms. Bridget A. GM, MS, OTHER, Saskatoon SK, CANADA. (mem- (CM), Industrial Mineralogy Massachusetts Inst of Technology, Davies, Dr. Rondi M. Ameri- ber-4/28/04). (IM), Environmental Mineral- Cambridge MA. (student-5/14/04). can Museum of Natural History, Farkas, Mr. Juraj, University ogy (EM), Gems (GM), Plan- Berlin, Ms. Jana, Univ of New York NY. (member-4/15/04). of Ottawa, Ottawa ON, CANADA. etary Materials (PM), Teaching New Mexico, Albuquerque NM. MI, CC, IP, MP, GE, PE, EG, EM, (student-4/28/04). (TC), Descriptive Mineralogy (student-3/4/04). MI, IP, MP, GE, GM, MS, Gautason, Dr. Bjarni, ISOR- (TP), Biological-Mineral In- PE, PM, TC, De Grave, Dr/Prof Eddy, Uni- Icelandic Geosurvey, Akureyri, ICE- teractions (BM), and others as Bice, Ms. Angela M. Adair Vil- versiteit Gent, Gent, BELGIUM. LAND. (member-5/student/04). indicated. lage OR. (student-3/25/04). (member-2/9/04). Geisler-Wierwille, Dr. Thor- If you know of someone who Bilgen, Feride S. Bogazici Deal, Ms. Kimberly S. Wash- sten, Westfälische Wilhelms-Univ would like or should join MSA, University, Istanbul, TURKEY. ington University, Saint Louis MO. Muenster, Muenster, GERMANY. give them the membership ap- (student-3/25/04). (student-3/25/04). MI, PP, IP, MP, (member-3/25/04). MI, PP, GE, plication that appears in this Biswas, Abir, Univ of Michigan, SP, CM, PM, EM, issue of The Lattice, or is avail- Ann Arbor MI. (student-4/28/04). Demouchy, Ms. Sylvie A. Giesting, Mr. Paul Arthur, able from either MSAʼs web site Borkiewicz, Mr. Olaf J. Oxford Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Bayreuth, South Bend IN. (student-5/5/04). (http://www. minsocam.org) and OH. (student-3/4/04). MI, CC, PP, GERMANY. (student-3/3/04). MI, MI, CC, PP, PE, EM, TC, the MSA Business Office, 1015 GE, PE, EM, MS, BM, CC, IP, GE, PE, GM, Goldman, Mr. Kevin A. Tempe Eighteenth St NW Ste 601, Wash- Bowles, Mr. Marshall W. Suf- DePangher, Dr. Michael, AZ. (student-3/9/04). MI, IP, MP, ington, DC 20036-5212, USA. folk VA. (student-6/9/04). MI, GE, Spectrum Petrographics Inc, Win- GE, PE, CM, PM, TC, Aggarwal, Dr. Jugdeep, Univ TC, BM, ston OR. (member-3/9/04). MI, Griffin, Mr. William R. Allen of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Brinckerhoff, Mr. William B. CC, IP, MP, SP, GE, EG, CM, IM, TX. (student-3/4/04). MI, CC, PP, Cruz CA. (member-5/3/04). Johns Hopkins University, Laurel PM, OTHER, OPTICAL MINER- IP, MP, GE, PE, TC, Akasaka, Dr/Prof Masahide, MD. (member-5/student/04). ALOGY Hahn, Mr. Brian C. Stony Shimane University, Shimane, Bryant, Mr. Jason A. Univ Deschamps, Mr. Pierre, Brook University, Stony Brook NY. JAPAN. (member-3/9/04). MI, of South Carolina, Columbia SC. CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, (student-4/7/04). MI, GE, SP, PM, CC, IP, MP, GE, PE, EG, CM, IM, (student-5/27/04). IP, GE, FRANCE. (student-4/6/04). Hamidullah, Prof. Syed, Natʼl PM, TP, Brzostowski, Dr. Matthew A. DeViney, Mrs. Mary Loose, Centre of Excellence in Geol- Alexandratos, Ms. Vasso G. Houston TX. (member-5/student/ Keswick VA. (student-4/14/04). ogy, Peshawar NWFP, PAKISTAN. Stony Brook NY. (student-3/4/04). 04). MI, EG, PM, MI, CC, PP, IP, MP, SP, GE, PE, (member-5/27/04). MI, IP, GE, EG, MI, GE, CM, EM, GM, TC, MS, Buchwaldt, Mr. Robert, Wash- EG, CM, IM, EM, GM, PM, TC, IM, EM, TC, BM, ington University, Saint Louis MO. TP, BM, OTHER, GEMOLOGY, Harvey, Ms. Elizabeth J. Banerjee, Dr. Neil R. Univer- (student-3/25/04). MI, IP, MP, GE, GEOLOGY Univ of Cambridge, Cambridge sity of Bergen, Bergen, NORWAY. TC, Dodds, Mr. John E. Columbia Cambridgeshire, UNITED KING- (member-4/14/04). MP, Cabato, Ms. Joan A. Univer- MO. (student-4/7/04). MI, IP, GE, DOM. (student-3/9/04). MI, CC, Barling, Dr. Jane, Univ of sität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, GER- PM, PP, EG, EM, Bristish Columbia, Vancouver BC, MANY. (student-2/10/04). MI, CC, Doersam, Mr. Guido, Wormer- Hatfield, Ms. Ashley K. Clin- CANADA. (member-3/25/04). IP, GE, PM, TC, veer, NETHERLANDS. (member- ton NY. (student-6/9/04). MI, CC, Barnes, Ms. Elspeth M. Caciagli, Ms. Natalie C. Uni- 5/27/04). IP, PM, TP, Vancouver BC, CANADA. (stu- versity of Toronto, Toronto ON, Douthitt, Mr. Charles B. Saf- Helbling, Ms. Angela H. Uni- dent-6/9/04). MI, CC, IP, GE, EG, CANADA. (student-3/25/04). IP, ford AZ. (member-3/25/04). versitaet Heidelberg, Heidelberg, GM, PM, MP, GE, Downs, Mr. Jason P. Yale Uni- GERMANY. (student-3/9/04). MI, 18 The Lattice, May 2004 The Lattice, May 2004 19

IP, GE, PM, Ksiezopolski, Ms. Irena, Novak, Dr. Martin, Czech Geo- SP, EM, Hinchey, Mrs. Alana M. Reseda CA. (student-3/9/04). MI, logical Survey, Prague 5, CZECH Skublov, Mr. Sergey G. St Ottawa ON, CANADA. (student- CC, MS, REPUBLIC. (member-4/28/04). Petersburg, RUSSIA. (student-3/ 3/25/04). IP, MP, GE, EG, Kulshrestha, Mr. Pankaj, Buf- Nowakowski, Mr. Marek, 15/04). MI, MP, GE, Hochstein, Ms. Joann L. falo NY. (student-5/13/04). MI, CC, Reseda CA. (member-4/28/04). Standish, Mr. Jared J. Woods University of Florida, Gainesville GE, PE, CM, EM, BM, OTHER, MI, CC, CM, Hole Oceanographic Inst, Woods FL. (student-1/15/04). CC, SP, GE, MICROBIAL-MINERAL INTER- Parenteau, Ms. Mary N. Hole MA. (student-4/7/04). MI, PE, BM, ACTIONS Portland State University, Portland IP, GE, TC, Hoff, Ms. Claire, Schenectady Kyono, Dr. Atsushi, University OR. (student-3/25/04). MI, GE, Stepro, Mr. Murray W. New NY. (student-3/25/04). of Tsukuba, Tsukuba Ibaraki, JA- CM, BM, Mexico State Univ, Las Cruces NM. Holcomb, Mr. Michael C. PAN. (member-5/27/04). MI, CC, Park, Dr. Sohyun, Muenchen, (student-4/6/04). Nampa ID. (student-3/3/04). GE, PP, IM, EM, PM, TC, MS, BM, GERMANY. (member-4/28/04). Tilden, Mr. Robert, Laramie BM, Lowitzer, Mr. Stephan, Wetz- CC, MI, PP, IM, WY. (member-3/4/04). MI, CC, Hopper, Ms. Susan F. Boonah lar, GERMANY. (student-4/7/04). Perkins, Mr. George B. Univ IP, MP, SP, PE, EG, CM, IM, EM, QLD, AUSTRALIA. (student-4/28/ MI, CC, PP, IP, MP, SP, of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM. PM, 04). SP, CM, EM, PM, Luo, Ms. Yun, Miami Univer- (student-3/9/04). MI, IP, MP, GE, Tumiati, Ms. Simone, Univ de- Hungerford, Mr. Jefferson sity, Oxford OH. (student-3/9/04). Poirier, Mr. Andre, Univ gli Studi DellʼInsubria, Como Lom- D.G. Oregon State University, MI, CC, PP, IM, EM, GM, MS, du Quebec a Montreal-McGill, bardy, ITALY. (student-3/25/04). Corvallis OR. (student-3/9/04). Macalady, Dr. Jennifer L. Montreal QC, CANADA. (student- Uvarova, Mrs. Yulia A. Uni- MI, CC, IP, MP, GE, PE, Carleton College, Northfield MN. 3/25/04). versity of Manitoba, Winnipeg Iizuka, Mr. Tsuyoshi, Tokyo, (member-3/25/04). MI, GE, CM, Pretorius, Dr. Wilma, Univ of MB, CANADA. (student-4/28/04). JAPAN. (student-4/28/04). MI, IP, EM, PM, MS, BM, British Columbia, Vancouver BC, MI, CC, IP, MP, GE, PE, CM, GM, MP, SP, GE, PM, BM, Marschall, Mr. Horst R. Uni- CANADA. (member-3/25/04). BM, Jain, Ms. Jyoti, Delhi, INDIA. versitaet Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Ren, Dr. Minghua, University Villa, Mrs. Maria Antonia, (student-3/9/04). IP, EG, GERMANY. (student-3/9/04). MI, of Texas @ El Paso, El Paso TX. Bronx NY. (student-3/29/04). EG, Jara, Prof. Gonzalo U. Bo- IP, MP, GE, (member-4/7/04). MI, IP, MP, GE, EM, gota DC, COLOMBIA. (member- Marshall, Dr. Brian, U S EM, GM, Vuletich, Ms. April, Queenʼs 3/15/04). MI, CC, PP, GE, PE, EG, Geological Survey, Denver CO. Rioux, Mr. Matthew E. Goleta University, Kingston ON, CANA- CM, EM, GM, TC, BM, OTHER, (member-3/25/04). 19, CA. (student-2/26/04). MI, IP, MP, DA. (member-3/26/04). PARAGENESIS OF MINERALS Martaus, Mr. Alexandr, GE, Weis, Dr. Dominique AM, Univ & GEMS, CRYSTALS Ostrava 8, CZECH REPUBLIC. Roy, Dr. Amitava, Louisiana of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, Johaszova, Ms. Katarina, (student-3/4/04). MI, GE, State Univ, Baton Rouge LA. (mem- CANADA. (member-3/25/04). Baltimore MD. (student-4/26/04). McKay, Dr. Jennifer L. Univ ber-4/28/04). MI, CC, PP, IP, MP, Weislogel, Ms. Amy L. Menlo MI, MP, SP, GE, TC, BM, du Québec a Montréal, Montréal GE, PE, CM, IM, EM, MS, BM, Park CA. (student-4/28/04). SP, John, Mr. Seth Greeley, Mas- QC, CANADA. (member-3/25/ Rubio Ramos, Mr. Marco A. GE, TC, OTHER, ISOTOPE GE- sachusetts Inst of Technology, Cam- 04). Mexico D.F. MEXICO. (student-3/ OLOGY bridge MA. (student-3/25/04). Mikes, Mr. Tamas, Universitaet 9/04). MI, GE, PE, EG, CM, PM, Wheatley, Mr. Patrick V. Jones, Dr. Camille Y. Natʼl Inst Gottingen, Gottingen, GERMANY. Saenz, Mr. James P. Boston Univ of Texas-Austin, Austin TX. of Standards & Technology, Gaith- (student-5/4/04). University, Boston MA. (student- (student-3/25/04). ersburg MD. (member-5/27/04). Mills, Mr. Stuart, Victoria, 3/25/04). Williams, Mr. Ross W. Law- CC, GM, PE, AUSTRALIA. (student-5/27/04). Salem, Dr. Shawky, Alexandria rence Livermore National Lab, Kavanagh, Mr. Ibis Orion, MI, CC, IP, GE, TP, University, Al-Saray Alexandria, Livermore CA. (member-3/25/04). Covington LA. (student-5/student/ Monteleone, Mr. Brian D. EGYPT. (member-6/9/04). Williamson, Dr. Mark A. 04). MI, CC, IP, MP, GE, PE, EG, Syracuse University, Syracuse Sato, Prof. Hiroki, Osaka Uni- MFG, Inc. Fort Collins CO. (mem- PM, TC, TP, MS, NY. (student-5/27/04). IP, MP, GE, versity, Osaka, JAPAN. (member- ber-3/25/04). MI, GE, IM, EM, Kinyanjui, Mr. David Mwangi, PE, TC, 5/27/04). MI, CC, PP, IP, MP, PE, Wittmann, Mr. Axel, Hum- Paris, FRANCE. (student-5/6/04). Morris, Ms. Elizabeth Jean, GM, PM, TC, boldt-Univ zu Berlin, Berlin, GER- Kirwin, Mr. John, Ivanhoe Stanford University, Stanford CA. Schaer, Mr. Andrew Nick, MANY. (student-6/18/04). MI, CC, Mines Ltd. Bangkok, THAILAND. (student-4/14/04). Hurricane WV. (member-3/4/04). IP, MP, SP, GE, CM, PM, (member-4/14/04). MI, IP, EG, GM, Mullane, Dr. Eta, Natural His- CC, GE, CM, OTHER, GEOMI- Wong, Mrs. Denise, Flushing TP, OTHER, MINERAL COLLEC- tory Museum, London ENGLAND, CROBIOLOGY NY. (member-3/4/04). TION UNITED KINGDOM. (member-4/ Shiel, Ms. Alyssa, Univ of Yamaguchi, Dr. Kosei E. Klima, Mrs. Rachel L. Provi- 14/04). British Columbia, Vancouver BC, Japan Marine Sci & Tech Center, dence RI. (student-3/4/04). CC, GE, Nagashima, Ms. Mariko, Shi- CANADA. (student-3/25/04). Yokosuka Kanagawa, JAPAN. IP, MI, MP, PE, PM, mane University, Shimane, JAPAN. Shukkoor, Mr. Abdul, Dubai, (member-3/25/04). Kondo, Dr. Tadashi, Tohoku (student-3/9/04). MI, CC, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. (stu- Zayac IV, Mr. John M. Univ University, Sendai, JAPAN. Nicolaysen, Dr. Kirsten E. dent-6/10/04). MI, of California-Santa Barbara, Santa (member-6/9/04). MI, CC, PP, GE, Kansas State University, Manhattan Singer, Mr. David Marc, Barbara CA. (student-4/7/04). MI, PE, PM, KS. (member-3/9/04). IP, GE, TC, Stanford University, Stanford CA. IP, PP, GE, PE, PM, TC, Krikorian, Ms. Lori, Amherst Norton, Mr. Michael B. Tucson (student-6/18/04). MI, CC, PP, GE, Ziemann, Ms. Tori M. Univ MA. (student-3/4/04). MP, AZ. (student-3/25/04). MI, CC, PP, EM, PM, MS, BM, of Notre Dame, Notre Dame IN. Kruber, Ms. Claudia, Bergen, GE, PE, CM, EM, PM, TC, OTHER, Skittone, Mr. Paul, Staten (student-3/25/04). MI, CC, GE, NORWAY. (student-6/17/04). PLANETARY MINERALOGY Island NY. (student-1/30/04). MI, EM, TC, 18 The Lattice, May 2004 The Lattice, May 2004 19

Meetings Calendar 2004

JUNE Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Details: ternational Conference on posium on Earth System June 27–July 2 11th Inter- Kimberly Taylor (LPI Meeting Recrystallization and Grain 2004. Istanbul, Turkey. Details: national Symposium on Wa- Coordinator), Program Services Growth. Annecy, France. Symposium Secretariat, ODS ter-Rock Interaction. Saratoga Department, Lunar and Plan- Details: Société Française de Congress Management, Sari Springs, NY, USA. Details: Dr. etary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Métallurgie et de Matériaux Asma Sok. No: 8, Yenikoy Susan Brantley, Secretary Gen- Boulevard, Houston TX 77058- (SF2M), 250 rue Saint Jacques, 34464, Sariyer, Istanbul, Tur- eral, Dept. of Geosciences, The 1113, USA. Phone: (1) (281) 486 75005 Paris. tel.: 01 46 33 08 key. Phone +90 212 299 99 Pennsylvania State University, 2151. Fax: (1) (281) 486 2160. 00–Fax: 01 46 33 08 80. E-mail 80; Fax: +90 212 299 99 77. 239 Deike Building, University E-mail: [email protected] Web : [email protected]. E-mail: secretariat@earthsyst Park PA USA 16802. Phone: page: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/ Web site: http://www.rex-gg- em2004.org. Web page: http: 814-863-1739 FAX: 814-863- meetings/metsoc2004/metsoc 2004.org/ //www.earthsystem2004.org/ 8724. E-mail: ConferenceInfo2 2004.1st.html or http://www. SEPTEMBER committee/invitation.asp @outreach.psu.edu. Web page: cbpf.br/~metsoc04/ 11–19 Tectonics, Mag- 8–13 Gordon Research 4–8 5th European Con- matism and Metallogeny of http://www.outreach.psu.edu/ ference on Mineralogy and C&I/WRI/ Conference: The Role of Active Continental Margins Water in Rock Deformation. Spectroscopy (ECMS). Vi- (Interim International Con- June 27–July 1 2004 Inter- enna, Austria. Details: Prof. national Basement Tectonics South Hadley, MA, USA. ference on Metallogeny of the Details: Andreas Kronenberg, Dr. Anton Beran, Institut für Pacific Northwest). Vladivo- Association (IBTA) Confer- Mineralogie und Kristallog- ence on the Four-D Evolu- Center for Tectonophysics, Dept stok, Russia. Details: Far East Geology and Geophysics, Texas raphie, Universität, Althanstr. Geological Institute, Far Eastern tion of Continental Crust. 14, A–1090 Wien, Österreich. Oakridge, TN, U.S.A. Details: A&M University; OR Mark Jes- Branch of Russian Academy of sell, Laboratoire des Mécanismes E-mail: mineralogie@uni Sciences, 159, Prospekt 100- R.D. Hatcher, Jr., Department of vie.ac.at. Web page: http:// Geological Sciences, University et Transferts en Géologie, Univer- letiya, Vladivostok, 690022 site Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse. E- www.univie.ac.at/Mineralogie/ Russia. Tel. +7(4232)31-87- of Tennessee, 305 Geological EMU/welcome.htm?emusch_ Sciences Building, Knoxville, mail: [email protected] OR 50; Fax: +7(4232)31-78-47. [email protected]. Web 6.htm~body E-mail: [email protected]/ TN 37996-1410 USA. E-mail: 5–8 5th International Con- [email protected]. Web page: page:http://www.tectonique.net/ or [email protected]. grc/ ference on Mineralogy and Web page:http://www.fegi.ru/ http://www.tectonics.org/ Museums. Paris, France. De- conference/index17.html 16–20 Meteoroids 2004. IAGOD/ University of Western Ontario, tails: Dr. Lydie Touret. Email: 13–14 The Mineralogi- [email protected]. Web JULY London, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.ensmp.fr/ cal Society (of Great Britain Details: Frans J.M. Rietmeijer, page: and Ireland): Environmental 17–22 American Crystal- MM5 email [email protected]. Web Mineralogy and Geochemistry lographic Association (ACA) page: http://wwwobs.univ- 6–11 Penrose Conference: Groups: Speciation and Toxic- Annual National Meeting, Mass Redistribution in Con- bpclermont.fr/ima/w3/news_ ity. Birkbeck-UCL, London. Chicago, IL. Details: Christer tinental Magmatic–Hydro- docs/meteoroids04.html E-mail: karen hudson-edwards, Aakeroy, Dept. of Chemistry, thermal Systems. Yellowstone 20–28 32nd International k.hudson-edwards@geology Kansas State Univ., Manhat- National Park and Butte, MT Geological Congress (IGC). .bbk.ac.uk or Mark Hodson, tan, KS 66506. phone (785) USA. Details: Greg B. Arehart, Florence, Italy. Details: New- [email protected] 532-6096; Fax (785) 532-6666. Department of Geological Sci- tours, Via A. Righi, 8-50019 19–22 8th International E-mail: [email protected]. Web ences, University of Nevada, Sesto Fiorentino FIRENZE–IT- Congress on Applied Miner- page: http://www.uic.edu/orgs/ Reno, Nevada 89557-0138, ALY. Tel/Fax +39 055 33611; alogy (ICAM 2004). Aguas de aca2004/ USA, phone (775) 784-6470; fax +39 055 3361350. E-mail: Lindoia, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL. 20–23 Oxygen in the Ter- or Peter I. Nabelek, Department [email protected]. Web Details: D. Paktunc, CANMET, restrial Planets. Albuquerque, of Geological Sciences, Uni- page: http://www.32igc.org/ 555 Booth Street, Ottawa, On- New Mexico. Details: John versity of Missouri, Columbia, 25–31 22nd European tario K1A 0G1 CANADA. Jones, phone: 281-483-5319. Missouri 65211, USA, phone Crystallographic Meet- Phone: +1-613-947-7061; Fax: E-mail: john.h.jones1@ (573) 884-6463, fax 573-882- ing. Eötvös Loránd Univ, +1-613-996-9673. E-mail: nasa.gov. Web page: http: 5458. : Budapest, Hungary. E-mail: E-mail [email protected] [email protected]. Web //www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/ OR . e c m 2 2 . m k e @ m t e s z . h u [email protected] page:www.icam2004.org otp2004/ Web page: Web page: http:// http://www.geo. 13–17 XVIIth Conference oregonstate.edu/users/dillesj/ AUGUST www.ecm22.mtesz.hu/ or http: on Clay Mineralogy and Petrol- //www.hwi.buffalo.edu/ACA/ Penrose.html ogy. Charles University, Prague, 2–6 67th Annual Meeting Aug. 30–Sept. 3 2nd In- 8–10 International Sym- Czech Republic. Details: Insti- of the Meteoritical Society. 20 The Lattice, May 2004 The Lattice, May 2004 21 tute of Rock Structure and Me- Origin and Modification of cmgoct04. Web page: http://www.mrs.org/ chanics, Tel +420 266009262; the Martian Crustal Dichot- 24–27 AAPG 2004 In- meetings/future_meetings.html fax +420 284680105. E-mail: omy. Houston, Texas. Details: ternational Conference and [email protected]. Web page: Thomas Watters, Smithsonian Exhibition. Cancun, Mexico. DECEMBER http://www.clays.cz/. Institution, phone: 202-633- Details: AAPG Convention 13–17 2004 AGU Fall Meet- 19–22 8th International 2483; OR Kimberly Taylor, Department, P.O. Box 979, ing. San Francisco, California, Congress on Applied Miner- LPI., phone: 281-486-2151, Tulsa, OK 74101-0979, USA. U.S.A. Details: AGU Meetings alogy (ICAM 2004). Aguas de fax: 281-486-2125. E-mail: Fax: 1-918-560-2684. E-mail: Department, 2000 Florida Ave- Lindoia, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL. [email protected] or taylor [email protected]. 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Meeting. San Francisco, CA. MAY Web page: http: Platinum Symposium. Oulu, //www.hwi.buffalo.edu/ACA/ Details: Telephone (724) 779- 15–18 GAC-MAC: Halifax Finland. Details: Dr. Tuomo futuremeetings.html 3003; Fax (724) 779-8313; E- 2005. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Alapieti, University of Oulu. [email protected] Mail: . Web page: Canada. Details: Rob Raeside. E- Phone +358-8-553 1432; mo- http://www.mrs.org/meetings/ mail: [email protected]. JUNE bile phone +358-40-504 4599; future_meetings.html 20–24 Goldschmidt 2005. 19–22 American Associa- Fax: +358-8-553 1484, Email: [email protected] Moscow, Idaho, USA. E-mail: tion of Petroleum Geologists . Web APRIL [email protected]. Web and Society for Sedimentary site: http://platinumsymposiu 10–13 107th Annual Meet- site: http://www.the-conference. Geology Joint Annual Meet- m.oulu.fi/ ing & Exposition of The com/2005/gold2005/index.php ing and Exhibition. Calgary, 8–11 Earth System Pro- American Ceramic Society. 23–27 2005 AGU Joint Alberta, Canada. Details: cesses 2. Calgary, Alberta, http: http:// Baltimore, MD. Web page: Assembly. New Orleans, AAPG Conventions Dept., Canada. Web page: //www.ceramics.org/meetings/ www.geosociety.org/meetings/ Louisiana, U.S.A. Details: P.O. Box 979, Tulsa, OK 74119, am2005/default.asp esp2/ AGU Meetings Department, USA. Phone: +1-918 560 2679. 25–29 European Geosci- 2000 Florida Avenue, NW, Fax: 1-918 560 2684. E-mail: 18–21 Society for Geology [email protected] ences Union (EGU), Second Washington, DC 20009 USA. Web page: Applied to Mineral Deposits, General Assembly. Vienna, Phone: +1-202-777-7333; Fax: http://www.aapg.org/calgary/ 8th Biennial Meeting. Bei- Austria. Details: EGU Office, +1-202-328-0566. E-mail: globalroundup.cfm jing, China. Details: 8th SGA Max-Planck-Str. 13, 37191 meetinginfo @agu.org. Web 19–28 EMU School: Miner- Biennial Meeting, Dr. Jingwen Katlenburg-Lindau, GER- page: http://www.agu.org al Behaviour at Extreme Con- Mao, Secretary, Institute of MANY. Telephone: +49-5556- May 28–June 2 Ameri- ditions. Heidelberg, Germany. Mineral Resources, Chinese 1440; Fax: +49-5556-4709; can Crystallographic As- Email: [email protected] Academy of Geological Sci- E-mail: [email protected]. sociation (ACA) Annual heidelburg.de. Web page: http:/ ences, 26 Baiwanzhuang Road, www.copernicus.org/ Web Site: Meeting. Walt Disney World, /www.univie.ac.at/Mineralogie/ Beijing 100037, China. Phone: EGU/EGU.html OR http:// FL, USA. Details: Ed Col- EMU/emusch_7.htm +86 10 68 32 73 33. Fax: www.copernicus.org/EGU/ga/ lins, Program Chair. Email: +0086 10 68 33 63 58. E-mail: [email protected] egu05/index.htm [email protected]. AUGUST . Web Site: 7–11 10th International http://www.sga2005.com.

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