MinPet 2017
Innsbruck, September 6-9
Mineralogy and PetrologySeptember 6-9, 2017
Innsbruck, Austria
Biannual Meeting of the Austrian Mineralogical Society
News
Session 2 programme changed, details see belowMeeting
The MinPet2017 meeting will be held September 6th to 9th, 2017 at the University of Innsbruck. The scientific programme covers a broad spectrum from basic to applied research in mineralogical and petrological sciences and related disciplines. Topics will be presented as oral or poster contributions. The conference languages are German and English. The scientific programme will be complemented by excursions. The conference is organized by the Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography at the University of Innsbruck.Organizers
Organizing committee| Angelika Mair | Angelika.Mair@uibk.ac.at | +43-512-507-54601 |
| Volker Kahlenberg | Volker.Kahlenberg@uibk.ac.at | +43-512-507-54603 |
| Hannes Krüger | Hannes.Krueger@uibk.ac.at | +43-512-507-54602 |
T. Angerer, G. Goldenberg, C. Hejny, B. Joachim, V. Kahlenberg, J. Konzett, B. Krüger, H. Krüger, R. Stalder & P. Tropper
Dates and Deadlines
| abstract submission / registration for authors | closed |
| field trip registration | closed |
| final programme | August 4 |
| end of online registration on-site registration is still possible | August 20 |
Conference Venue
The conference will take place at the Madonnen-Saal (University of Innsbruck, School of Catholic Theology), Karl-Rahner-Platz 3, 6020 Innsbruck. The historic Old Town, the shopping areas and many museums can be reached comfortably by foot or by public transport.
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Accomodation
The conference venue is located in a central part of Innsbruck, offering the participants a wide range of hotels and guest houses. The website of Innsbruck Tourismus may help to find a suitable accomodation.Scientific programme
| session | topics | conveners |
| 1 | Crystallography and Applied Mineralogy |
C. Hejny, V. Kahlenberg, B. Krüger & H. Krüger
key note speaker: Roland Nilica (RHI-Technology Center Leoben) |
| 2 | Magmatic and Metamorphic Petrology |
J. Konzett & P. Tropper
key note speaker: Christoph Hauzenberger (University of Graz) |
| 3 | Experimental Petrology and Mineral Spectroscopy |
J. Konzett, B. Joachim & R. Stalder
key note speaker: Edgar Dachs (University of Salzburg) |
| 4 | Ore Geology, Archeometry, Archeometallurgy, Open Session |
T. Angerer, P. Tropper & G. Goldenberg
key note speaker: Johann Raith (Montan-University of Leoben) |
Field trips
| no. | date | title |
| 1 | Wednesday, September 6 | Recent and ancient copper production in the Lower Inn Valley. Montanwerke Brixlegg and pre-historic mining at Brixlegg/Mauken (Gerd Goldenberg & Peter Tropper)
The excursion will lead to the remains of the pre-historic fahlore mining activities near Brixlegg. In a first stop the recent electrolytic copper production at the Montanwerke Brixlegg will be visited. The excursion is limited to 15 persons. Excursion fee is €20 (bus transportation) |
| 2 | Saturday, September 9 |
cancelled Walking on Jurassic ocean floor at the Idalpe (Engadin Window) near Ischgl/Tyrol (Karl Krainer & Peter Tropper) The excursion will lead to the Idalpe-Ophiolite-Complex (meta-gabbros, pillow-basalts), radiolarites and various sedimentary rocks of the Engadine Window. The excursion is limited to 16 persons. Excursion fee is €55 (bus & cable car transportation) |
Conference schedule
| Wednesday, September 6 | to be announced | field trip 1: Brixlegg |
| 16:00-17:30 | registration | |
| 17:30-18:30 | opening ceremony | |
| 18:30-19:30 | public lecture: Johann Wolfgang Goethe und die Mineralogie Prof. em. T. Armbruster (Universität Bern) | |
| 19:30 | ice-breaker party | |
| Thursday, September 7 | 08:45-09:30 | Keynote, session 1 Periclase an important industrial mineral for refractories R. Nilica (RHI-AG) |
| 09:30-10:00 | coffee break | |
| 10:00-12:00 | session 1: Crystallography and Applied Mineralogy | |
| 10:00 | Kaindl, et al. Microstructure and physical properties of thermally sprayed mullite barrier coatings | |
| 10:20 | Talla & Wildner Crystal chemical and IR-spectroscopic investigation of the kieserite-szomolnokite solid solution series with relevance to Mars | |
| 10:40 | Krüger, B., et al. A potentially new mineral with a modular structure based on antiperovskite layers | |
| 11:00 | Stöber, et al. Temperature driven phase transitions of perovskites with the chemical composition Ca(Fe,Mn,Ti)O3-d | |
| 11:20 | Kahlenberg, et al. The system Na2O-CaO-SiO2: 90 years of research, but do we really know everything? | |
| 11:40 | Wiessner, et al. Bayesian statistics applied to the Rietveld method | |
| 12:00-13:30 | lunch break | |
| 13:30-16:40 | session 2: Magmatic and Metamorphic Petrology | |
| 13:30 | Schantl, et al. Two stage metamorphic history of HP-UHT granulites from the Moldanubian Zone (Bohemian Massif) revealed by garnet zoning and mineral inclusions | |
| 13:50 | Sorger, et al. Multistage P-T evolution recorded in garnet-bearing migmatites from the Bavarian Unit, Bohemian Massif, Upper Austria | |
| 14:15-15:40 | poster session | |
| 15:40 | Tropper, et al. Geothermobarometry of extreme events: the Köfels Rockslide | |
| 16:00 | Sami, et al. Petrogenesis of highly fractionated A-type granites in the North Arabian-Nubian Shield; Egypt: constraints from whole-rock geochemistry and Sr-Nd isotopes | |
| 16:20 | Bernabè, et al. The polymetamorphic evolution of the Austroalpine Basement Units (Matsch Nappe, Ötztal Complex) in the Vinschgau/South Tyrol | |
| 19:00 | conference dinner, Villa Blanka | |
| Friday, September 8 | 08:45-09:30 | Keynote, session 3 Standard entropy and enthalpy values for petrological calculations: results from relaxation calorimetry and from density functional theory E. Dachs (University of Salzburg) |
| 09:30-10:00 | coffee break | |
| 10:00-12:00 | session 3: Experimental Petrology and Mineral Spectroscopy | |
| 10:00 | Gamsjäger & Wiessner Debye-Einstein models for heat capacities of crystalline solids | |
| 10:20 | Meusburger, et al. High-pressure compression behaviour of orthorhombic LiScGe2O6 | |
| 10:40 | Mair, et al. OH-incorporation in synthetic fluorapatite in aqueous fluids at lower crustal conditions | |
| 11:00 | Stalder, et al. OH-defects in quartz as monitor for provenance | |
| 11:20 | Joachim, et al. The effect of water on the fluorine partitioning behavior between olivine and silicate melt, fluorine concentrations and F/H2O ratios during partial melting in the upper mantle | |
| 12:00-13:30 | lunch break | |
| 13:30-14:15 | Keynote, session 4 Strata-bound scheelite deposits revisited - 50 years of Felbertal J. Raith (Montan-University of Leoben) | |
| 14:15-15:40 | poster session | |
| 15:40-17:40 | session 4: Ore Geology, Archeometry, Archeometallurgy, Open Session | |
| 15:40 | Hakim & Melcher Magmatic chromian spinel in metabasite from the Latimojong Mountains, Sulawesi, Indonesia | |
| 16:00 | Raič, et al. Fluid evolution of the Cu-Ni±PGE-sulfide mineralized bathtub intrusion (Duluth Complex, Minnesota, USA) | |
| 16:20 | Wallner, et al. Gold and silver at Rotgülden deposit - where are they hosted? | |
| 16:40 | Melcher, et al. New Sc-rich phosphate minerals from the Trutzhofmühle Aplite, NE Bavaria, Germany | |
| 17:00 | Goldenberg, et al. Experimental reconstruction of Bronze Age chalcopyrite smelting | |
| 17:20 | Klammer, et al. Archeometric investigations on selected Roman domestic pottery of the Villa Grünau, Styria, Austria - a multi technique approach | |
| 18:00 | closing ceremony |
Abstracts
Abstract submission is closedParticipants are invited to submit presentations (oral or poster) in the fields of the scientific programme. It is planned to publish the abstracts in Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, volume 163, 2017. Abstracts for oral and poster presentations are limited to one page. Detailed instructions are given in this template.
Please note, that first authors must be registered as participants of the conference by end of the abstract deadline.
Conference fees & Payment
| Registration | Conference dinner | field trip 1 | |
| ÖMG member | 140 | 60 | 20 |
| Regular | 160 | 60 | 20 |
| Student | 60 | 40 | 20 |
| Accompanying person | 60 | 60 | 20 |