FIRST CIRCULAR
OCTOBER 1999
INTERNATIONAL MINERALOGICAL ASSOCIATION
COMMISSION ON ORE MINERALOGY
Announces a short course on
"MODERN APPROACHES TO ORE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MINERALOGY"
To be held at the Geological Survey of Finland &
Helsinki University of Technology ,
Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland , 11-18 June, 2000
LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Kari Kojonen, Tegist Chernet, Bo Johanson, Pentti Hölttä, Seppo Lahti,
Hugh O'Brien,
Lassi Pakkanen, Tuija Mäkinen, Bengt Söderholm, Jalle Tammenmaa
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Alan J.Criddle Dept. of Mineralogy Natural History Museum United Kingdom
H.-J. Bernhardt Zentrale EMS Ruhr Universitaet-Bochum Germany
Nigel J. Cook Mineral Resources Geological Survey of Norway Norway
Örjan Amcoff Institute of Earth Sciences University of Upsala Sweden
Emil Makovicky Mineralogical Dept. University of Copenhagen Denmark
Roland Merkle Department of Geology University of Pretoria South Africa
Nadejda N. Mozgova IGEM, Moskow, Russia
SCIENTIFIC SPONSORS
International Mineralogical Association,
Commission on Ore Mineralogy
Mineralogical Association of Canada
Mineralogical Society of Finland
Geological Survey of Finland
Helsinki University of Technology
TECHNICAL SPONSORS
Outokumpu Mining Oy,
N.N.
PRELIMINARY SHORT COURSE PROGRAMME
Monday, June 12
ORE MICROSCOPY AND PHOTOMETRY A.J. Criddle
ORE TEXTURES AND ORE DEPOSITS C.J. Stanley & A.J. Criddle
TEXTURAL ASPECTS OF METAMORPHOSED SULFIDE ORES F.M. Vokes
TEXTURES OF SKARN ORE DEPOSITS N.J. Cook
OPTICAL MICROSCOPY IN STUDYING ORES AND MINERAL PROCESSING SAMPLES B. Grguric
Tuesday, June 13
ENVIRONMETAL INFLUENCE OF SULFIDE-RICH FORMATIONS K. Loukola-Ruskeeniemi
MINERALOGY OF OCHREOUS PRECIPITATES FORMED FROM MINE EFFLUENTS L Carlson
ENVIRONMETAL MINERALOGY; MINERAL CHANGES DURING WEATHERING R.Herbert
THEORY AND APPLICATIONS OF MINERALOGY IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES OF
SULFIDE-BEARING MINE WASTES J. L. Jambor
THE LOW-VACUUM SEM: A PRACTICAL TOOL FOR ORE MINERALOGY B. Robinson
IMAGE-ANALYSIS APPLICATIONS TO MINERAL PROCESSING R. Lastra
Wednesday June 14
OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY-ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS AND INTERPRETATION U.
Hålenius
IR AND MÖSSBAUER STUDIES IN ORE MINERALOGY H. Skogby
MODERN ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS - PRINCIPLES AND PRACTISE B. Robinson.
THE PROTON MICROPROBE IN ORE MINERALOGY (MICRO-PIXE TECHNIQUE) L.J. Cabri
THE SIMS TECHNIQUES IN ORE MINERALOGY L.J. Cabri
HRTEM, AFM AND STEM TECHNIQUES IN MINERALOGICAL STUDIES D.Vaughan
OPEN- DAY PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS
Thursday, June 15, will be reserved for the participants oral and poster
presentations. Please indicate in your reply whether you would like to make
a contribution and give your preliminary title. In addition, an opportunity
will be given to companies and exhibitors of instrumentation to present
their products.
PRACTICAL SESSIONS
Practical sessions will be organised during the afternoons 12-14. June 2000
in ore microscopy. Visits to various research laboratories in the Otaniemi
campus area will be arranged during the practical sessions for those who
cannot be accommodated because of limited number of ore microscopes.
FIELD TRIP
A one-day excursion on Friday, 16 June 2000 will be arranged in Tampere
area, Southern Finland to the Proterozoic Kutemajärvi telluride-gold mine
operated by Outokumpu Mining Oy and to the Viitaniemi complex pegmatite
quarry in Orivesi.
WORKSHOPS
On Saturday, June 17 special workshops will be arranged on:
1. DIAMOND INDICATOR MINERALOGY; FROM THEORY TO PRACTICAL STUDIES
2. PLATINUM GROUP MINERALOGY: FROM EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS TO PROCESSING OF
PGE ORES
3. IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS
The workshops include lectures, practical specimen preparation and
separation techniques, microscopy EPMA-SEM analysis and practical image
analysis with computers. The participants may attend one or more workshops
during the same day. Please indicate in the reply slip which workshop you
would like most to attend
GENERAL INFORMATION
FEES
Registration fee for the Short Course (including meals)
$ 500 (US)
Field trip participation fee (one day)
$ 150 (US)
Workshops
$ 150 (US)
One day participation (lectures/open day sessions/workshops)
$ 150 (US)
Hotel accommodation including breakfast /night single
$ 65 (US)
double room (two single beds), per person/night
$ 45 (US)
Short course dinner cruise
$ 50 (US)
LANGUAGE
The official Short-Course language will be English. No simultaneous
translation will be offered.
DEADLINES
To receive the Second Circular, please return your early registration form
before February 1st , 2000.
Extended Abstracts (maximum four pages) of the presentations on the open
day of the Short Course should be submitted to the Short
Course Organisers by March 15th, 2000.
ENQUIRIES
Dr. Kari K. Kojonen
Geological Survey of Finland
Betonimiehenkuja 4
FIN 02150 Espoo
Finland
Phone +358 205 50 2483
Mobile phone +358 40 7532021
Home phone +358 9 8015709
Fax + 358 205 5012
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Web page http://www.hut.fi/Units/Geophysics , http://www.gsf.fi
REGISTRATION FORM FOR IMA COM SHORT COURSE, ESPOO, FINLAND
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Kari K. Kojonen Ph.D
Senior research scientist, docent (Helsinki University of Technology)
Secretary of Commission on Ore Mineralogy, IMA
Geological Survey of Finland
Betonimiehenkuja 4
FIN 02150 Espoo
Finland
Phone +358 205 50 2483
Mobile phone +358 40 7532021
Home phone +358 9 8015709
Fax + 358 205 5012
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home page http://www.gsf.fi/explor/applmine.htm
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