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Petrology & Mineralogy Center

Simulates the crystallization and metamorphic pathways of rocks and minerals through Bowen's reaction series and phase-equilibrium thermodynamic modeling to characterize magmatic evolution and metamorphic processes.

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Research Fields 12

🌋 Igneous Petrology

Igneous petrology is the study of rocks solidified from melt, from vast granite batholiths…

Metamorphic Petrology & Barrovian Zones

⛰️ Metamorphic Petrology & Barrovian Zones

Metamorphic petrology is the study of rocks recrystallized in the solid state by heat and …

Mineral Classification & Chemical Substitution

💎 Mineral Classification & Chemical Substitution

Mineral classification is the systematic ordering of the several thousand natural crystall…

🔬 Optical Mineralogy & Petrography

Optical mineralogy is the identification and study of minerals by their interaction with p…

✨ X-ray Crystallography & Mineral Structure

X-ray crystallography determines the atomic arrangement of crystalline solids by diffracti…

🔥 Experimental Petrology & Phase Equilibria

Experimental petrology reproduces rock-forming processes in the laboratory, melting and cr…

💥 Volcanology & Eruptive Rock Petrology

Volcanology is the study of volcanoes and eruptions: how magma rises, degasses, fragments,…

Metamorphic Facies & Pressure-Temperature Classification

🌡️ Metamorphic Facies & Pressure-Temperature Classification

The metamorphic facies is the classification of metamorphic rocks by the pressure-temperat…

Gemology & Gem Mineral Formation

💍 Gemology & Gem Mineral Formation

Gemology is the study of gem materials, the rare transparent or vividly coloured minerals …

Petrochemistry & Rock Classification

🧪 Petrochemistry & Rock Classification

Petrochemistry is the use of chemical composition to describe, classify, and interpret roc…

Structural Petrology & Rock Fabric Analysis

🧭 Structural Petrology & Rock Fabric Analysis

Structural petrology, in the tradition of Bruno Sander's Gefügekunde der Gesteine (1930), …

🔎 Petrographic Microscopy & Mineral Identification

Petrographic microscopy is the practice of identifying minerals in thin section by the beh…