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

Publications

2023

M. Lupulescu, D.G. Bailey, J.R. Chiarenzelli, R.M. Conrey, J.W. Wuebber, M.H. Anders 2023, Age and origin of the Cortlandt intrusive complex, New York State: A detailed look at the Stony Point and Rosetown plutons, Results in Geochemistry 10, 100024. 10.1016/j.ringeo.2023.100024
J. Chiarenzelli, M. Lupulescu, C. Fisher, J.M. Hanchar, D. Bailey 2023, Xenocrystic zircon in Central New York State Kimberlites record Neoproterozoic disturbance of Grenville Basement rocks, Lithos 456-457, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2023.107303

2022

J. Chiarenzelli, M. Lupulescu, D. Bailey, S. Chamberlain, M. Walter, C. Emproto, G. Robinson 2022, The Rose Road Localities, Town of Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County New York: Part 5—Special Topics, Rocks \& Minerals 97, 434-444. 10.1080/00357529.2022.2074253
M. Lupulescu, Marc Maderazzo, John Hughes, Darby Dyar, George Rossman, Brandon Ackley, Elizabeth Sklute, Jeffrey Chiarenzelli 2022, The atomic arrangement and electronic interactions in vonsenite at 295, 100, and 90 K, American Mineralogist 107, 92-99. 10.2138/am-2021-7851

2021

M. Lupulescu, Steven Chamberlain, Michael Walter, George Robinson, David Bailey, Christopher Emproto, Jeffrey Chiarenzelli 2021, The Rose Road Localities, Town of Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County, New York: Part 3–Minerals of the Wollastonite Skarn, Rocks \& Minerals 95, 516-529. 10.1080/00357529.2020.1791623
J. Chiarenzelli, M. Lupulescu, D. Bailey, S. Chamberlain, M. Walter, C. Emproto, G. Robinson 2021, The Rose Road Localities, Town of Pitcairn, St. Lawrence County New York: Part 4—Minerals of the Purple Diopside Mound, Rocks \& Minerals 96, 544-552. 10.1080/00357529.2021.1945385
M. Lupulescu, John Hughes, David Bailey, Alexandra Gilland, Laurel Hebert, Diego Javier-Jimenez, Janey Masi, Shannon Meyler, Spencer Schwartz, Emily Verhaeg, Emily Lincoln, Griffin O\textquoterightBrien, Sarah Powers, Raymond Schireman 2021, Chlorine-Rich Amphiboles from the Grenville-Age Hudson Highlands of New York State, The Canadian Mineralogist 59, canmin.2000052. 10.3749/canmin.2000052

2020

M. Lupulescu, John Hughes, David Bailey, Alix Ehlers 2020, Warwickite from St. Lawrence County, New York: Mineral association, chemical composition, cation ordering, and splitting of the warwickite M1 site, The Canadian Mineralogist 58, 183-190. 10.3749/canmin.1900046
J. Chiarenzelli, M. Lupulescu, G. Robinson 2020, Editorial for Special Issue “Minerals of the Southern Grenville Province”, Minerals 10, 252. 10.3390/min10030252
M. Lupulescu, J. Singer 2020, Matrix-Bracketing Blanks \& Peak Overlap Correction for Ti-V-Cr in Diverse Tourmalines, Microscopy and Microanalysis , 1-2. 10.1017/S1431927620019340