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Collaborators

COUNTRY	SAMPLES	CURRENT USGS CONTACT	FOREIGN COLLABORATOR
Afghanistan	118	John SanFilipo	Ministry of Mines and Industries
Antarctica	16	Susan Tewalt	Tim Moore – CRL Energy Ltd. (New Zealand); Guy Holdgate - School of Earth Sciences, Univ. of Melbourne (Australia)
Argentina	7	Paul Hackley	Luis Gadea - Servicio Geologico Minero Argentino (SEGEMAR)
Armenia		Brenda Pierce	Ministry of Mineral Resources
Australia	7	Susan Tewalt	Rob Williams - NRG Flinders; Richard Sakurovs - CSIRO
Austria	1	John Repetski
Bangladesh	41	Bob Milici; Ed Landis	Geological Survey of Bangladesh
Belgium	10	Ron Affolter	Michael Dusar – Geological Survey of Belgium
Bhutan	0	John SanFilipo	Dept. of Geology and Mines
Bolivia	1	Paul Hackley	none
Bosnia	0
Botswana	13	Susan Tewalt	M. Zhai – Dept. of Geological Survey
Brazil	57	Alex Karlsen,	Wolfgang Kalkreuth - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Luis Felipe Silva Oliveira – UFRGS, Centro de Tecnologia
Bulgaria	7	Mick Brownfield
Burma (Myanmar)	0	John SanFilipo
Canada	11	Susan Tewalt	Geological Survey of Canada; Dr. Faribroz Goodarzi – Inst. Of Sedimentary and Petroleum Geology
Chile	23	Peter Warwick, Paul Hackley	Guillermo Alfaro - Universidad de Concepcion
Columbia	16	Susan Tewalt	Lucy Barros de Ferreira - INGEOMINAS
Congo	0	Curtis Palmer
Costa Rica	2 (archival)	Susan Tewalt
Croatia	0	Susan Tewalt
Czech Republic	41	Ron Affolter	Zednik Klika - Technical University
Egypt	21	Susan Tewalt	Central Metallurgical R&D Institute and R.I. Rifai - Desert Environmental Research Institute
France	3	Ron Affolter	Bernard Lengert?? - HBL (Houilleres du Bassin de Lorraine)
Germany	0	Ron Affolter	Bundesanstalt for the Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe
Georgia	1	Susan Tewalt	Neli Verulava - Ministry of Fuel and Energy, Environment Protection Division??
Greece	2	Susan Tewalt	Dr. Slobodan Djekic - Interkontakt Energo
Greenland	0	Susan Tewalt	Geological Survey of Denmark & Greenland
Guatemela	1	Susan Tewalt	Michael Realini - MexPetrol Guatemala Corp.
Hungary	35	Ron Affolter	USGS
India, Eastern	93	Peter Warwick, Bob Milici	Central Fuels Research Institute; Geological Survey of India
India, Western	8	John SanFilipo	Central Arid Zone Reclamation Institute; Rajistan State Mineral Development Corp.
Indonesia	8	Harvey Belkin	Dr. Yo Sumartojo
Iran	38	John SanFilipo	Mosi Shahrabi - Geological Survey of Iran
Ireland	1	Susan Tewalt	USGS
Italy	0	Harvey Belkin	Prof. Maria Boni – University of Naples
Japan	2	John SanFilipo	Kiyofumi Okada - Japan Coal Corporation (JCOAL)
Kazakhstan	18	John SanFilipo	Mikhail Y. Povarennykh – IGEM Russian Academy of Sciences
Korea, South	16	John SanFilipo	Korea Institute of Geology, Mining, & Materials
Korea, North	50	John SanFilipo	Baoshan (China)
Kyrgyzstan	16	Ron Affolter
Laos	0	John SanFilipo	Dept. of Geology and Mines via Electricitie De Laos
Macedonia	0
Malawi	4 (archival)	Susan Tewalt
Malaysia	2	John SanFilipo
Mauritania	2	Susan Tewalt
Mexico	2	Peter Warwick
Mongolia	37	John SanFilipo	Dept. of Fuels and Energy
Morocco	0	John Repetski	Directeur de la Geoologie, Ministere de L'Energie et des Mines
Mozambique	1	Susan Tewalt	Lopo Vasconcelos – Departamento de Geologia, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
Nepal	0	John SanFilipo	Dept. of Geology and Mines
New Zealand	17	Susan Tewalt	CRL, Inc.
Niger	0	Curtis Palmer
Nigeria	22	Curtis Palmer	Oke Adeleke - Dept. of Geology, Federal University of Technology
Norway (Spitsbergen)	28	Ron Affolter	Alv Orheim - Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani
Pakistan	1000 (archival)	John SanFilipo	Pakistan Geological Survey
P.R. China	328	Harvey Belkin,	Baoshan Zheng, BinBin Wang, Wu Daishe, Li Shehong, Zhu Jianming - Institute of Geochemistry - Academia Sinica,
Peru	18	Susan Tewalt	None
Philippines	6	John SanFilipo	Dept. of Energy, Coal and Nuclear Minerals Division
Poland	5 (archival)	Susan Tewalt	Polish Institute of Geology
Portugal	2	Susan Tewalt	Deolinda Flores - Departamento de Geologia, Universidade do Porto
Romania	12	Susan Tewalt	Doria Diaconita - Geological Survey of Romania; Calin Tatu – Romania Ministry of Health
Russia	12	Mick Brownfield	Mihail Povarennykh - Vernadsky State Geological Museum for the Russian Academy of Sciences; Vladimir Seredin - IGEM Russian Academy of Sciences; Moscow State Mining University
Serbia	5 (archival); 2	Jingle Ruppert	Emilija Boti, Milan Milosavljevic - INKOS; Calin Tatu - Geological Survey of Romania; Romania Ministry of Health
Slovakia	See Czech Rep.
Slovenia	0	John Repetski	Geological Survey of Slovenia
South Africa	40	Susan Tewalt	Nikki Wagner – SASOL; South African Bureau of Standards; Ricky Pinheiro
Spain	10	Susan Tewalt	Silvia Rico – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas; Rosa Martinez Tarazona – Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnologia
Swaziland	0	Susan Tewalt	South African Bureau of Standards
Taiwan	4	John SanFilipo	Louis Tsai - National Central University
Tajikstan	0	Brenda Pierce
Tanzania	24	Curtis Palmer	Jordan Tuntufye, Melkzedeck Koddy – Muhimbili University College
Thailand	23	John SanFilipo	Chiang Mai University
Trinidad	1 (archival)	Susan Tewalt
Turkey	160	Curtis Palmer	Ertem Tuncali – Directorate of Mineral research and Exploration
Turkmenistan	0	John SanFilipo
Ukraine	35 (4 from high-Hg mines)	Allan Kolker	Dr. Boris Panov, Academician, Donetsk State Technical University; Dr. Tatiana Shendrick, Institute of Physical Organic & Coal Chemistry
United Kingdom	84 composite, 232 bench samples	Susan Tewalt	Alan Spears, University of Sheffield
USA	7500 (archival)	Curtis Palmer
Uzbekistan	0	John SanFilipo
Venezuela	16	Paul Hackley	Manuel Martínez Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Central de Venezuela; INGEOMIN
Vietnam	6	Curtis Palmer	Coalimax (marketed coal blends)
Zambia	15	Susan Tewalt	Imasiku Nyambe – Dept. of Geology, School of Mines, Univ. of Zambia
Zimbabwe	6	Curtis Palmer	Ben S. Mapani - Geology Dept., University of Zimbabwe

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