2012/2014 Season:
Date | Speaker | Title of the talk |
March 17, 2015 | Dr. John Chapman, Research Scientists, Rio Tinto, Australia | Why aren't all natural diamonds larger than 10 carat - they've had millions of years to grow! |
February 20, 2015 | Dr. Jarek Jakubec, Michael Johnson, SRK Consulting | The Jericho Diamond Mine - What Happened? |
Nov 26, 2014, Double Bill | Dr. Kelly Russell, Professor, UBC | Kimberlite Ascent from Mantle to Moho |
David Newton, M.Sc. Candidate, UBC | Kimberlite Emplacement: Investigating the Effect of Country Rock Competence | |
October 21, 2014 | Dr.Richard Wirth, Professor, GFZ-Potsdam, Germany | Nanoinclusions in diamonds as indicators for diamond genesis |
April, 2014 | Branko Deljanin, Canadian Gemological Lab | Argyle mine - Major source of Coloured Diamonds |
March 7, 2014 | Dr. Mike De Wit, CEO, Tsodilo Resources Ltd., | Mining Marange diamonds |
Jan 24, 2014 | Dr. Tony George and Dr. John Armstrong, Lucara Diamond Corp. | Karowe Mine - A Diamond Development Success Story |
Dec 6, 2013 | Dr. Maya Kopylova, Professor, UBC | Yakutian kimberlites: From discovery to 55 years of mining |
Nov 8, 2013 | Dr. Tom Nowicki, Consultant, Mineral Services | Geology and evaluation of the Mothae kimberlite: another source of unusually large, high-value diamonds in northern Lesotho, southern Africa |
Oct 18, 2013 | Dr. Jennifer Pell, Geologist, Peregrine Diamonds | Kimberlite emplacement temperatures from conodont geothermometry; hotter than you might think |
April 10, 2013 | Dr. Tom McCandless, Consultant, MCC Geoscience Inc. | The Mystery of Microdiamonds |
Feb 22, 2013 | Dr. Graham Pearson, Professor, U of Alberta | "Where is Earth's deep water? Evidence from an ultra-deep diamond |
Jan 25, 2013 | Dr. Herman Grütter, BHP Diamonds | Evolution of the G10 paradigm in diamond exploration: reflections from the field |
Dec 10, 2012 | George Read, VP Exploration and Development, Shore Gold | The Diamond Industry: Tales from 2012 and the Fort a la Corne |
Nov 19, 2012 | Kim Webb, Dr. Steve Moss, Mineral Services | Maar-diatreme volcanoes of the Hopi Buttes volcanic field: Modern analogues for kimberlites? |
Oct 11, 2012 | Evan Smith, PhD candidate, UBC | Liquid nitrogen and diamond-forming melts |
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