Research

Here you will find research projects at the Department of Mineralogy.

Research projects

Crystal chemistry of oxide spinels
Ulf Hålenius & Henrik Skogby

Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) on minerals
Susanne Nyquist & Ulf Hålenius

Geochemistry, origin and tectonic setting of the Jotnian basalts in central Sweden
Jan Olov Nyström

Incorporation of boron in rock-forming chain silicates
Ulf Hålenius

Linking a Cambrian LIP to mass extinction
Lena Z Evins & Henrik Skogby

Magmatic iron ores in Chile and Sweden
Jan Olov Nyström

Mineral systematics and new minerals
Ulf Hålenius

Tertiary volcanism in central Chile
Jan Olov Nyström

Water in upper mantle minerals
Henrik Skogby & Rickard Sundvall

Photo: Staffan Waerndt

Smokey-quartz
Water-colour: Caroline Pettersson