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EGU GMPV ECS Campfires – Thursday 18th January 10am CET

EGU GMPV ECS Campfires – Thursday 18th January 10am CET

Welcome to 2024, we hope you all had some nice and relaxing holidays! In the meantime we have prepared the first edition of the Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology and Volcanology division’s ECS talks – the Campfires – of the new year, which will take place on Thursday 18th January at 10am CET on Zoom. This edition will be a Scientific Campfire, during which three early career scientists will pres ...[Read More]

EGU GMPV Campfires – Thursday 14th December 4 pm CET

EGU GMPV Campfires – Thursday 14th December 4 pm CET

Mark your calendar! The next edition of the Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology and Volcanology division’s ECS talks – the Campfires – will be back on Thursday 14th December at 4pm CET on Zoom. This edition will be a Scientific Campfire, during which three early career scientists will present their latest work to the community.  Our speakers for this edition are:  Shreya Kanakiya ̵ ...[Read More]

Call for new blog editors!

Call for new blog editors!

The Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology and Volcanology division of the European Geosciences Union is looking for two new blog writers that can join our team! We are a group of 16 early career scientists, coming from all over the world, and with different backgrounds. If you wanna know more about our team, and what we do during the year, have a look here! We are looking for individuals that like s ...[Read More]

Revisiting the roots of minerals’ names: A journey to mineral etymology

Revisiting the roots of minerals’ names: A journey to mineral etymology

Hello everyone!! In an earlier blog, my colleague Eliot Carter discussed the etymology of elements.  As a PhD student in geochemistry, mineralogy, Petrology and Volcanology, we all regularly deal with a large number of minerals. Among them, some are very common and a few are hardly known. However, sometimes we forget the basics to deal with the complicated things. In fact, PhD students mostly face ...[Read More]