2012-2015

2012/2015 Season:

DateSpeakerTitle 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, 2015Dr. 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 LabArgyle mine - Major source of Coloured Diamonds
March 7, 2014Dr. 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, UBCYakutian kimberlites: From discovery to 55 years of mining
Nov 8, 2013 Dr. Tom Nowicki, Consultant, Mineral ServicesGeology and evaluation of the Mothae kimberlite: another source of unusually large, high-value diamonds in northern Lesotho, southern Africa
Oct 18, 2013Dr. Jennifer Pell, Geologist, Peregrine DiamondsKimberlite emplacement temperatures from conodont geothermometry; hotter than you might think
April 10, 2013Dr. Tom McCandless, Consultant, MCC Geoscience Inc.The Mystery of Microdiamonds
Feb 22, 2013Dr. Graham Pearson, Professor, U of Alberta"Where is Earth's deep water? Evidence from an ultra-deep diamond
Jan 25, 2013Dr. Herman Grütter, BHP DiamondsEvolution of the G10 paradigm in diamond exploration: reflections from the field
Dec 10, 2012George Read, VP Exploration and Development, Shore GoldThe Diamond Industry: Tales from 2012 and the Fort a la Corne
Nov 19, 2012Kim Webb, Dr. Steve Moss, Mineral ServicesMaar-diatreme volcanoes of the Hopi Buttes volcanic field: Modern analogues for kimberlites?
Oct 11, 2012Evan Smith, PhD candidate, UBCLiquid nitrogen and diamond-forming melts

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