Maryse OHNENSTETTER CNRS Research Director Petrology group CRPG, BP 20, 54501 Vandoeuvre-Les-Nancy Cedex, France Tel: (33) 3 83 59 42 46; Fax: (33) 3 83 51 17 98 e-mail: mohnen@crpg.cnrs-nancy.fr

Research interests and active projects

Genesis of chromite and platinum mineralization

Evolution of the intercumulus minerals in the Merensky Reef

Platinum Group Minerals (PGM) in basic-ultrabasic complexes

Chemical evolution of chromite in ophiolites

Teaching and supervision

Teaching: Masters level courses

 

Education and career

1975: Thesis in Petrology and Geochemistry: "Le puzzle ophiolitique corse. Un bel exemple de paléodorsale océanique."

1977: CNRS position at the University of Nancy

1982: Thèse de Doctorat d'Etat ès Sciences Naturelles: "Importance de la nature et du rôle des discontinuités au sein des ophiolites lors du développement d'une orogène."

1983: CNRS researcher at Johan's CNRS lab in Orléans

1989-95: Project leader in BRGM on chromite and PGE mineralization

1995 - present: CNRS researcher at CRPG, Nancy

2002 - present: Permanent Secretary, International Mineralogical Association

Selected recent publications

MCDONALD I., OHNENSTETTER D., OHNENSTETTER M., VAUGHAN D.J. (1999) Palladium oxides in ultramafic complexes near Lavatrafo, Western Andriamena, Madagascar. Min. Mag., 63, 345-352.

PEREGOEDOVA A., OHNENSTETTER M. (2002) Collectors of Pt, Pd and Rh in a S-poor Fe-Ni-Cu-sulfide system at 760°C: experimental data and application to ore deposits. Canad Min., 40, 527-561.

NERADOVSKY Yu. N., OHNENSTETTER M., OHNENSTETTER D. (2004) Cu-Ni and PGE-bearing sulphide deposits of the Monchepluton. in "Layered intrusions of the Monchegorsk ore region: petrology, mineralization, isotopy, deep structure." SMOLKIN V.F., FEDOTOV Zh.A., NERADOVSKY Yu. N., BAYANOVA T.B., BORISOVA V.V., GLAZNEV V.N., DEDYUKHIN A.N., ORSOEV D.A., OHNENSTETTER M., OHNENSTETTER D., RAEVKY A.B., TOLSTIKHIN I.N., CHASCHIN V.V., MOKRUSHIN A.V., NOVIKOV D.D., IKORCKY S.V., KAMENSKY I.L., DELENITZIN A.A. editors. Russian Academy of Sciences Apatity, Kola Centre, vol. 2, 71-94. (en Russe)

NERADOVSKY Yu. N., OHNENSTETTER M., OHNENSTETTER D. (2004) Mineral composition of the noble-metal mineralization in the Monchepluton. in " Layered intrusions of the Monchegorsk ore region: petrology, mineralization, isotopy, deep structure." SMOLKIN V.F., FEDOTOV Zh.A., NERADOVSKY Yu. N., BAYANOVA T.B., BORISOVA V.V., GLAZNEV V.N., DEDYUKHIN A.N., ORSOEV D.A., OHNENSTETTER M., OHNENSTETTER D., RAEVKY A.B., TOLSTIKHIN I.N., CHASCHIN V.V., MOKRUSHIN A.V., NOVIKOV D.D., IKORCKY S.V., KAMENSKY I.L., DELENITZIN A.A. editors. Russian Academy of Sciences Apatity, Kola Centre, vol. 2, 95-101. (en Russe)

ARNDT N., JENNER G., OHNENSTETTER M., DELOULE E., and WILSON A.H. (2005) Trace elements in the Merensky Reef and adjacent norites, Bushveld Complex, South Africa (Fermor Congress), Mineralium Deposita., 40, 550-575.