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A newly recognised mafic sill-hosted Ni-sulfide deposit in WA [publication]

The Cathedrals Ni-Cu prospect, located at the western margin of the Eastern Goldfields of the Yilgarn Craton, is hosted within […]

How useful is pyroxene for exploring for nickel? [publication]

Chromium-zoning patterns in pyroxene from the economically significant Ni-Cu sulfide deposits at Nova-Bollinger (Western Australia) and Kevitsa (Northern Finland) were […]

Postcumulus processes recorded in whole-rock geochemistry – [publication]

According to the ‘trapped liquid’ paradigm, whole-rock chemical compositions of cumulate rocks in layered intrusions can be represented as closed-system […]

Transport and deposition of an olivine crystal cargo in the Moinui Flow, Hawai’i – [publication]

Lavas are commonly erupted carrying cargos of crystals that formed somewhere in the plumbing system beneath the volcano, and these […]

Interpreting sulfide textures – workshop [presentation]

The biennial International Platinum Symposium was held virtually in May 2022. The following workshops, presented by Steve Barnes are available […]

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 […]

The Origin of Pentlandite Loops in Magmatic Sulfide Ores – [publication]

Pentlandite is the dominant Ni-hosting ore mineral in most magmatic sulfide deposits and has conventionally been interpreted as being entirely […]