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Dr. Marian Lupulescu

Curator of Geology

marian.lupulescu@nysed.gov

518-474-1432

Research in the Mineralogy lab focuses on the systematic mineralogy, hard rock petrology, geochemistry, and mineral deposits of New York State. It unites field survey and mapping with analytical work. Mineralogy, Petrography and Geology of Ore Deposits

My Research Projects

Publications

2019

Chiarenzelli, J., Lupulescu, M.V., Robinson, G., Bailey, D., Singer, J., 2019. Age and Origin of Silicocarbonate Pegmatites of the Adirondack Region. Minerals 9, 508. doi:10.3390/min9090508

2018

Chamberlain, S.C., Lupulescu, M.V., Bailey, D.G., deLorraine, W.F., Robinson, G.W., 2018. Collector’s Guide to the Balmat Mining District: St. Lawrence County, New York. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., Atglen, Pennsylvania.

Lupulescu, M.V., 2018. An Historical–Economic Description of Several Iron Deposits from the Adirondack Region of NewYork, in: Pickands, M. (Ed.), Iron In New York. The University of the State of New York, Albany, New York, pp. 44-58.

Lupulescu, M.V., Chiarenzelli, J.R., Bailey, D.G., Regan, S.P., Singer, J.W., 2018. The Cheever and Mineville Iron Oxide-Apatite (IOA) Deposits. 110th New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference and 90th New York State Geological Association Meeting.

Lupulescu, M.V., Chiarenzelli, J.R., Pecha, M.E., Singer, J.W., Regan, S.P., 2018. Columbite-Group Minerals from New York Pegmatites: Insights from Isotopic and Geochemical Analyses. Geosciences 8, 169. doi:10.3390/geosciences8050169

Chiarenzelli, J., Lupulescu, M.V., Regan, S., Singer, J., 2018. Age and Origin of the Mesoproterozoic Iron Oxide-Apatite Mineralization, Cheever Mine, Eastern Adirondacks, NY. Geosciences 8, 345. doi:10.3390/geosciences8090345

Chamberlain, S.C., Robinson, G.W., Robinson, S., Walter, M.R., Bailey, D.G., Chiarenzelli, J.R., Lupulescu, M.V., 2018. The Rose Road Localities, Town of Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County, New York: Part 1—History. Rocks & Minerals 93, 442 - 453. doi:10.1080/00357529.2018.1477011

2017

Chiarenzelli, J.R., Kratzmann, D., Selleck, B., DeLorraine, W., Lupulescu, M.V., 2017. Sediment Provenance Utility of Detrital Zircon Grains From Upper Amphibolite Facies Rocks of the Grenville Supergroup, Adirondack Lowlands, Northeastern United States, in: Mazumder, R. (Ed.), Sediment Provenance Influences On Compositional Change From Source To Sink. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 371 - 401. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-803386-9.00014-9

Bailey, D.G., Lupulescu, M.V., Chiarenzelli, J.R., 2017. Kimberlites in the Cayuga Lake Region of Central New York: The Six Mile Creek, Williams Brook, and Taughannock Creek Dikes, in: Muller, O.H. (Ed.), Field Trip Guide, New York State Geological Association 89Th Annual Meeting. Alfred University, Alfred, New York, pp. 159-189.

Lupulescu, M.V., Hughes, J.M., Chiarenzelli, J.R., Bailey, D.G., 2017. Texture, Crystal Structure, and Composition of Fluorapatites From Iron Oxide-Apatite (Ioa) Deposits, Eastern Adirondack Mountains, New York. The Canadian Mineralogist 55, 399 - 417. doi:10.3749/canmin.1600057