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Glenn Poirier

Glenn Poirier

Glenn Poirier

Senior Research Assistant, Earth Sciences (Mineralogy)
Research Services
Tel.: 613.364.4088
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: gpoirier@mus.nature.ca

Education

  • M.Sc., Geology, McGill University, 1989.
  • B.Sc. (Hons), Geology, University of New Brunswick, 1984.

Specialties

  • Microanalysis and imaging of minerals and materials using a variety of techniques.
  • Image analysis and processing.
  • Sample preparation.

Projects

  • Garnets of the world (ongoing).
  • A survey of Mont Saint-Hilaire amphiboles (in collaboration with the Royal Ontario Museum).
  • Selenide minerals of the Kidd Creek mine bornite zone.
  • Various new mineral studies.

Professional Services

  • Microanalysis and imaging of minerals and materials (See Microscopy Laboratory Pages).
  • Co-editor, American Mineralogist New Mineral Names.

Links

Publications

  • Grice, J. D., Rowe, R, Poirier, G., Pratt, A and Francis, J. (in prep). Bussyite-(Ce), A New Beryllium-Silicate Mineral From Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec.

  • Grice , J. D., Rowe, R, Poirier, G. and Wight, Q. (in press). Tundrite-(Ce) From Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec: New Data and Corrections to the Species Description, The Canadian Mineralogist.

  • Tait, K., Poirier, G., Rowe, R. and Piilonen, P.C. (2008). New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist 93: 253-256.

  • Poirier, G. and Piilonen, P.C. (2007). New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist 92: 1776-1779.

  • Chen, T.T., Dutrizac, J.E., Poirier, G., Kerfoot, D. G. and Singhal, A. (2006). Characterization of Iron-Rich Residues Generated During the Pressure Oxidative Leaching of Voisey's Bay Nickel Sulphide Concentrate In Iron Control in Hydrometallurgy 36th Annual Hydrometallurgical Meeting, The Hydrometallurgy Section, The Metallurgical Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum , Montreal, Canada.

  • Chen, T.T., Sasov, A., Dutrizac, J., Kondos, P. and Poirier, G. (2006). The X-Ray Tomography of Siliceous Silver Ore. JOM 58: 41-44.

  • Cabri, L.J., McDonald, A.M., Stanley, C.J., Rudashevsky, N.S., Poirier, G., Durham, B.R., Mungall, J.E. and Rudashevsky, V.N. (2005). Naldrettite, Pd2Sb, a New Intermetallic Mineral from the Mesamax Northwest Deposit, Ungava Region, Quebec, Canada. Mineralogical Magazine 69: 89-97.

  • Chen, T.T., Dutrizac, J.E. and Poirier, G. (2005). Water and Sodium Carbonate Leaching of EAF dust and Waelz oxide. pp. 961-975 In Fujisawa, T., Dutrizac, J.E., Fuwa, A., Piret, N.L. and Siegmund, A.H.J. (eds.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Lead and Zinc Processing, October 17-19, Tokyo (Japan). The Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan (MMIJ).

  • Labrie, D., Conlon, B. and Poirier, G. (2005). Capabilities and Experiments in Permeability Testing at CANMET Mining and Mineral Sciences Laboratories. Presented at the 4th Decovalex THM-C Workshop, October 4-6, Ottawa (Ontario), Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). 14 pp.

  • McDonald, A.M., Cabri, L.J., Stanley, C.J., Rudashevsky, N. S., Poirier, G., Mungall, J.E., Ross, K.C., Durham, B. R. and Rudashevsky, V. N. (2005). Ungavaite, Pd4sb3, A New Intermetallic Mineral Species from the Mesamax Northwest Deposit, Ungava Region, Quebec, Canada: Description And Genetic Implications. The Canadian Mineralogist 45: 1734-1744.

  • Chen, T.T., Dutrizac, J.E. and Poirier, G. (2004). A Mineralogical Study of Lead and Zinc in Cement-Stabilized Jarosite Residues. pp. 2309-2324 In Gaballah, I., Mishra, B., Solozabal, R. and Tanaka, M. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Global Symposium on Recycling, Waste Treatment and Clean Technology (REWAS '04), Madrid (Spain). The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, Volume 3.

  • Chen, T.T., Dutrizac, J.E. and Poirier, G. (2004). Mineralogical Characterization of Waelz Kiln Products. pp. 681-696 In Rao, S.R., Harrison, F.W., Kozinski, J.A., Amaratunga, L.M., Cheng, T.C. and Richards, G.G. (eds.), Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium Waste Processing and Recycling in Mineral and Metallurgical Industries, Hamilton (Ontario). The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM).

  • Chen, T.T., Poirier, G. and Dutrizac, J.E. (2004). Mineralogical Characterization of Waelz Kiln Products from the Recycling of EAF Dust. pp. 437-451 In Adjemian, A., Dutrizac, J.E., Negré, P. and Yurramendi, L. (eds). Proceedings of the EU Commission-CANMET Workshop 2004 on Clean Production Technologies, Madrid (Spain). European Commission, Directorate General Research.

  • Barkov, A.Y., Martin, R.F., Tarkian, M., Poirier, G. and Thibault, Y. (2001). Pd-Ag Tellurides from a Cl-Rich Environment in the Lukkulaisvaara Layered Intrusion, Northern Russian Karelia. The Canadian Mineralogist 39: 639-653.

  • Barkov, A.Y., Martin, R.F., Halkoako, T.A.A. and Poirier, G. (2000). The Mechanism of Charge Compensation in Cu-Fe-PGE Thiospinels from the Penikat Layered Intrusion, Finland. American Mineralogist. 85: 694-697.

  • Barkov, A.Y., Martin, R.F., Poirier, G., Tarkian, M., Pakhomovskii, Y.A., and Men'shikov, Y.P. (2000). Tatyanaite, a New Platinum-Group Mineral, the Pt Analogue of Taimyrite, from the Norilsk Complex (Northern Siberia, Russia). European Journal of Mineralogy 12: 391-396.

  • Barkov, A.Y., Martin, R.F., Poirier, G. and Men'Shikov, Y.P. (2000). Zoned Tungstenoan Molybdenite from a Fenitized Megaxenolith in the Khibina Alkaline Complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. The Canadian Mineralogist 38: 1377-1385.

  • Barkov, A.Y., Martin, R.F., Poirier, G. and Yakovlev, Yu.N. (2000). The Taimyrite Tatyanaite Series and Zoning in Intermetallic Compounds of Pt, Pd, Cu, and Sn from Noril'sk, Siberia, Russia. The Canadian Mineralogist 38: 599-609.

  • Poirier, G. and Trzcienski, W. E., Jr. (1997). Mineralogy of the St. Robert Meteorite GAC/MAC Annual Meeting, Program with Abstracts. Ottawa, Ontario.

  • Trzcienski, W.E., Hofmann, H.J. and Poirier, G. (1997). Inquest of the Metamorphic Pseudofossil "Eozoon Canadense" In Marbles of the Grenville Supergroup, Quebec: Pressure-Temperature Conditions for the Formation of the So-Called "Canals". GAC/MAC Annual Meeting, Program with Abstracts, Ottawa, Ontario.