Mineral Sciences - Seminar Series
Mineral Sciences seminars are held on the 4th floor, East Wing, of NMNH. Individuals who are not members of the department need to buzz in at the entrance to the department (located just by the 4th floor East wing elevators) prior to 10am. Below the phone, just push the big red door access button and you’ll be buzzed through. Those without SI badges should call the department from the visitor services office, located at the 10th and Constitution Ave entrance to the museum, by dialing Phyllis McKenzie at 3-1808 or Liz Cottrell at 3-1859.
Refreshments served at 10 AM. Seminars run from 10:00 until 11:00 unless otherwise noted.
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September 17 |
François Farges - Stanford University & Le Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle |
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"Two new discoveries concerning the "diamant bleu de la Couronne" ("French Blue" diamond) at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris" |
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October 8 |
Jim Zimbelman - Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian Institution |
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"One Hundred Years after the Tunguska Explosion" |
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October 15 |
Tom Casadevall - U.S. Geological Survey |
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"Long-lived Mud Extrusion near Surabaya, Indonesia" |
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October 22 |
Jessica Warren - Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington |
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"Insights on mantle composition from ultra-slow spreading mid-ocean ridges" |
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October 29 |
Steve Self - The Open University, UK, & US-NRC |
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"The world's largest volcanic eruptions" |
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November 5 |
Angèle Ricolleau - Carnegie Institution/Smithsonian Institution |
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"Evidence for composition stratification between Earth’s upper and lower mantle" |
November 19 |
Richard S Fiske - Smithsonian Institution |
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"Intra-oceanic convergent margin volcanism: Volcanology’s Missing Link OR The Curse of the Island Arc!" |
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January 21 |
Mike Walter - University of Bristol |
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"Diamonds and their inclusions from Juina, Brazil: The scent of subduction" |
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