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Dr. Marian Lupulescu

Curator of Geology

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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

2013

Chamberlain, S.C., Lupulescu, M.V., Bailey, D.G., 2013. Minerals of the Scott Farm Pegmatite Near Fine St. Lawrence County, New York. Rocks & Minerals 88, 544-551. doi:10.1080/00357529.2013.826091

2012

Chamberlain, S.C., Walter, M., Lupulescu, M.V., 2012. Road-cut Mineral Occurrences of St. Lawrence County, New York. Part 5: The Prehnite Occurrence on the Russell-Hermon Road. Rocks & Minerals 87, 540-547. doi:10.1080/00357529.2011.622229

Lupulescu, M.V., Chiarenzelli, J.R., Bailey, D.G., 2012. Mineralogy, Classification, and Tectonic Setting of the Granitic Pegmatites of New York State, USA. The Canadian Mineralogist 50, 1713-1728. doi:10.3749/canmin.50.6.1713

Bailey, D., Lupulescu, M.V., 2012. Kimberlitic Rocks of New York: The Dewitt 'Kimberlite', Field Trip Guidbook for the 84th Annual Meeting of the New York State Geological Association. Clinton, New York.

2011

Lupulescu, M.V., Chiarenzelli, J.R., Pullen, A.T., Price, J.D., 2011. Using Pegmatite Geochronology to Constrain Temporal Events in the Adirondack Mountains. Geosphere 7, 23-29. doi:10.1130/GES00596.1

Lupulescu, M.V., Rowe, R., 2011. Al-rich Chromium-dravite from the #1 Mine, Balmat, St. Lawrence County, New York. The Canadian Mineralogist 49, 1189-1198.

Chiarenzelli, J.R., Lupulescu, M.V., Thern, E., Cousens, B., 2011. Tectonic Implications of the Discovery of a Shawinigan Ophiolite (Pyrites Complex) in the Adirondack Lowlands. Geosphere 7, 333-356. doi:10.1130/GES00608.1

Lou, Y., Rakovan, J., Lupulescu, M.V., Hughes, J.M., Pan, Y., 2011. Crystal Chemistry of Th in Fluorapatite. American Mineralogist 96, 23-33.

Chiarenzelli, J.R., Valentino, D., Lupulescu, M.V., Thern, J., Johnston, S., 2011. Differentiating Shawinigan and Ottawan Orogenesis in the Central Adirondacks. Geosphere 7, 2-22.

Lupulescu, M.V., 2011. Tourmaline-Group Minerals. Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum 6, 8-9.