Mineralogy Research in George Rossman's Group

2007  - 2008 acdemic year


Caltech Students, Staff and Collaborators

GRR
Jed
Photo of Steven M. Chemtob
Tim
George Rossman
mineralogy
Liz Miura
analytical mineralogy
Jed Mosenfelder
OH studies
Steve Chemtob
Planetary Minerals
Tim Shu
The RRUFF project
Jojo
  Hayes
Sarvesh
Ying Wang
OH studies
Ma Chi
nanomineralogy
Laura Baker
quartz
Alex Hayes
Planetary Surfaces
Sarvesh Garimella
Clay Minerals



Current Projects in Mineralogy

  1. Hydrous Components in Nominally Anhydrous Minerals
  2. Analytical Calibration of the Spectrum of OH in Minerals
  3. Spectroscopy of Minerals
         The RRUFF project
  4. Nano-mineralogy
    1. Nano-phases in Rose Quartz
    2. New mineral characterization
  5. The OH content of synthetic olivine
  6. The origin of green color in quartz from amethyst deposits


Recent Projects in Mineralogy

  1. Undergraduate Research: Temperature dependence of OH in minerals
  2. Undergraduate Research: OH in tourmaline
  3. OH in crustal minerals - feldspars and pyroxenes
  4. Martian Surface Mineralogy
  5. Instrumentation development - tunable laser spectrometer
  6. Undergraduate Research: nano-inclusions in minerals
  7. Undergraduate Research: thermochromic garnets
  8. Undergraduate Research: Studies of the rare mineral painite

Most-recent postdocs

Former graduate students

Visitors

Our laboratory facilities


List of selected publications from the group

Publication list including data files and figures from recent publications


The Mineral Spectroscopy Server

On-line information on the absorption spectra and color of minerals.

Go to the Mineral Spectroscopy Server 


RRUFF PROJECT

Raman Spectra on the Mineral Spectroscopy Server have been placed with the RRUFF Project, a project under the direction of Professor Robert Downs at the University of Arizona, in collaboration with Caltech Mineralogy. Caltech infrared ATR spectra of minerals are also being placed on this site. The RRUFF Project contains the largest collection of quality Raman spectra of minerals available from any source

Other Mineral-related science at Caltech:

high pressure mineralogy mineral magnetics zeolite chemistry


See a journey down a tourmaline crystal:  animation through slices of Madagascar liddicoatite


last updated 15-May-2008