09/03/2021 - ONLINE SEMINAR ON MAGMATIC Ni-Cu-PGE DEPOSITS GIVEN BY DR. DAVID A. HOLWELL

On March 9th took place the last activity organized by the BCN SGA-SEG Student Chapter, an online seminar on Magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE deposits, given by Dr. David A. Holwell, Regional SGA Vicepresident for Europe.

The activity consisted of three main parts:

  1.    1- First, an introductory/theoretical part I in which Dr. David Holwell introduced us to the topic and to the fundamentals of Magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE deposits. During this part, he explained the main “ingredients” needed in order to form these type of deposits.
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  5.    2- Afterwards, we proceeded to an interactive part, where we had the chance to look at several digitized 3D samples related to the topic of the Seminar. Dr. Holwell made available for the assistants to the seminar a document with all the links to the digitized samples and a short introduction to this interactive part, so that they could “play” on their own and look at them whenever they want. During this part, he explained the different samples, the main textures observed in each of them and their main mineralogy.
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  8.    3- Finally, Dr. Holwell did a presentation in which he explained two different real case studies of Magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE deposits, Skaergaard intrusion and a mine in Zambia.
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The assistants to the talk agree that it has been a very interactive and easy-to-follow talk, thanks to the interactive part Dr. Holwell suggested to add in the seminar, and also thanks to the entertaining and comprehensive presentation that he gave.

We want to thank you, David, for such an interesting seminar. We would be pleased to welcome you in our Faculty to give a short course on Magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE deposits, once the situation permits it.