Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

PlanetGeo – a science podcast

Dr. Jesse Reimink and Chris Bolhuis March 31, 2021

Many geoscientists have a distinct moment when they fell in love with the discipline. Jesse Reimink and Chris Bolhuis are no exception; they both have very clear moments in their lives when they knew that studying the Earth was the path for them. For Jesse, Chris actually was that moment. Chris Bolhuis has been teaching high school students the basics of geoscience for nearly three decades and ...[Read More]

The real mineral cup: wavellite vs. kernowite / devon versus cornwall

Mike Jollands March 24, 2021

Kernowite: In November 2020, approximately two major world events occurred. Firstly, Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his dog Major were elected as the 46th president and president’s dog of the United States of America. Secondly, the International Mineralogical Association approved a new mineral, kernowite, Cu2Fe3+(AsO4)(OH)4⋅4H2O, which was described by M. Rumsey from the Natural History Museum in L ...[Read More]

Gneiss Chats Podcast, fun geoscience learning for all!

Dr. Vitor Barrote (Dr. B), Dr. Silvia Volante, Dr. Bryant Ware, Dr. Francesca Miozzi and Mikaela Moore March 10, 2021

The Gneiss Chats podcast is an interview podcast where the host (under the secret identity of Dr.B, because most people can’t pronounce Barrote) interviews an expert and asks them a bunch of questions about a certain theme in the field of geosciences including Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology and Volcanology. The idea behind the show is to teach the listener about an interesting topic tha ...[Read More]

We are upgrading the GMPV blog!!

Franziska Keller March 8, 2021

We are looking back to almost 4 years of GMPV blog history which covered a wide range of very interesting GMPV related topics from how experiments can help to understand volcanic eruptions to what role GMPV scientists can play in sustainable development. Within the last year, however, our blog team grew significantly (you can see part of our members here) allowing us to restructure the blog a litt ...[Read More]