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Ni-Cu-PGE Tenors of the Ores within Nova-Bollinger with implications for Pt Anomalies [publication]

short abstract: The Nova-Bollinger Ni-Cu-platinum group element (PGE) deposit is located in the Albany-Fraser orogen of Western Australia. It consists […]

The massive Norilsk ore body & P-T mass extinction – Discovery to Recovery [Podcast]

The Discovery to Recovery podcast is produced by the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG), bringing you geoscience and technology stories […]

Indicator Minerals – a chat with GSSA [podcast]

Louise Schoneveld chats with Anthony Reid of the Geological Survey of South Australia about indicator minerals and how they could […]

symplectite textures in Nova ores

Wormy textures in Nova-Bollinger: Evidence of a Magmatic to Metamorphic Continuum [Publication]

The following work was the product of a vacation studentship at CSIRO. Abstract A prominent feature of the cumulate rocks […]

Inspiring the next generation of scientists

On the 16th June, Louise and Coralie travelled to Comet Bay College in Secret Harbour, WA to talk to the […]

XRF applications for earth sciences – [presentation]

Recently, a team of CSIRO scientists presented at the XFM microscopy workshop hosted by the Australian Synchrotron. The technology was […]

Sample of Merensky Reef with Pt hot-spots circled

PGMs imaged with the Maia (XRF) Mapper – implications for the origin of the chromite-sulfide-PGE association – [Publication]

Abstract: The spatial association between Pt minerals, magmatic sulfides, and chromite has been investigated using microbeam X-ray fluorescence (XRF) element […]

Pointing the way. Using new indicator minerals in the nickel hunt

Recently the magmatic sulfide team's research on indicator minerals was shared in Resourceful; CSIRO Mineral Resources magazine. Check out the […]

CSIRO internships 2021 – Apply Now!

Applications for the CSIRO Mineral Resources Discovery Internship Program are now open!! CSIRO is seeking applicants for its Mineral Resources […]

Data cloud for Archean mantle melts compared with Phanerozoic continental flood basalts

Mantle Magmas Through Time – [publication]

A new paper by the team has recently appeared online. The paper uses trace element geochemistry to look at how […]