Chi Ma
Publications
(including conference presentations)

  • Ma C (2008) Discovering new minerals: an EBSD approach. MAS Topical Conference - EBSD 2008, Abs.
 
  • Ma C, Rossman GR (2008) Discovery of tazheranite (cubic zirconia) in the Allende meteorite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72, 12S, A577. [html]
 
  • Ma C, Rossman GR (2008) Barioperovskite, BaTiO3, a new mineral from the Benitoite Mine, California. American Mineralogist, 93, 154-157. [html]
 
  • Ma C, Beckett JR, Connolly HC, Rossman GR (2008) Aluminous spinels in ferromagnesian chondrules from Allende. Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIX, Abs 2030. [html]
 
  • Ertl A, Rossman GR, Hughes JM, Ma C, Brandstatter F (2008) V3+-bearing, Mg-rich strongly disordered olenite from a graphite deposit near Amstall, Lower Austria: A structural, chemical and spectroscopic investigation. Neues Jarhbuch fur Mineralogie,184, 243-353.
 
  • Ma C, Rossman GR (2007) Challenge to electron microprobe analysis by nano-features in geo-materials. Eos Trans. AGU, 88 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V51A-0323. [html]
 
  • Ma C, Rossman GR (2007) Nano-mineralogy studies by advanced electron microscopy. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 13, Suppl 2, 164-165.
 
  • Ma C, Rossman GR, Miller JA (2007) The origin of color in "fire" obsidian. Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 551-557. [html] [PDF]
 
  • Luo SN, Peralta PD, Ma C, Paisley DL, Greenfield SR, Loomis EN (2007) Sapphire (0001) surface modifications induced by long pulse 1054-nm laser irradiation. Applied Surface Science, 253, 9457-9466.
 
  • Luo SN, Swadener JG, Ma C, Tschauner O (2007) Examining crystallographic orientation dependence of hardness of silica stishovite. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 399, 138-142.
 
  • Peralta PD, Luo SN, Ma C, Paisley DL (2007) Laser-induced damages to sapphire single crystals. The 15th Biennial American Physical Society Topical Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter (SCCM-07), June 23-29, 2007, Kohala Coast, HI.
 
  • Ma C, Rossman GR (2006) Ganterite, the barium mica Ba0.5K0.5Al2(Al1.5Si2.5)O10(OH)2, from Oreana, Nevada. American Mineralogist, 91, 702-705. [html]
 
  • Ma C, Rossman GR (2006) Low voltage FESEM of geological materials. Microscopy Today, 14 (1). (Invited re-publication of our MM2003 presentation) [PDF]
 
  • Ma C, Rossman GR (2005) Microanalysis of hafnian zircon. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 11, Suppl 2, 1304-1305. [PDF]
 
  • Ma C, Rossman GR (2003) Low voltage FESEM of geological materials. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 9, Suppl 2, 990-991.
 
  • Ma C, Goreva JS, Rossman GR (2002) Fibrous nanoinclusions in massive rose quartz: HRTEM and AEM investigations. American Mineralogist, 87, 269-276. [html] [PDF]
 
  • Piere D, Ma C, Simpson JJ, Hufford GL, Grindle T, Grove C (2002) Analyses if in-situ airborne volcanic ash from the February 2000 eruption of Hekla Volcano, Iceland. Geophysical Research Letters, 29, 16, 10.1029/2001GL013688. [PDF]
 
  • Ma C, Gresh J, Rossman GR, Ulmer GC, Vicenzi EP (2001) Micro-analytical study of optical properties of Mexican rainbow and sheen obsidians. Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 57-71. [html][html2] [PDF]
 
  • Goreva JS, Ma C, Rossman GR (2001) Fibrous nanoinclusions in massive rose quartz: The source of rose coloration. American Mineralogist,86, 466-472. [html] [PDF]
 
  • Ma C, Eggleton RA, Rossman GR (2001) Electron microscopic investigation of Fe-rich phyllosilicates. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 7, Suppl 2, 538-539.
 
  • Ma C, Goreva JS, Rossman GR (2001) Colored varieties of quartz arising from inclusions. The 11th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference.
 
  • Yang K, Huntington J, Browne PRL, Ma C (2000) An infrared spectral reflectance study of hydrothermal alteration minerals from the Te Mihi sector of the Wairakei geothermal system, New Zealand. Geothermics, 29, 377-392.
 
  • Ma C, Eggleton RA (2000) High-resolution TEM investigation of halloysite. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 6, Suppl 2, 416-417.
 
  • Ma C, Eggleton RA (1999) Surface layer types of kaolinite: a high-resolution transmission electron microscope study. Clays and Clay Minerals, 47, 181-191. [html] [PDF]
 
  • Ma C, Eggleton RA (1999) Cation exchange capacity of kaolinite. Clays and Clay Minerals, 47, 174-180. [html] [PDF]
 
  • Ma C, Rossman GR (1999) Complex layer stacking in muscovite: a HRTEM study. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 5, Suppl 2, 152-153.
 
  • Ma C, FitzGerald JD, Eggleton RA, Llewellyn DJ (1998) Analytical electron microscopy in clays and other phyllosilicates: Loss of elements from a 90-nm stationary beam of 300-keV electrons. Clays and Clay Minerals, 46, 301-316. [html] [PDF]
 
  • Ma C, Rossman GR (1997) Fibers in rose quartz: HRTEM and AEM investigations. Geological Society of America, Abstract Program, 29, No.6, p459.
 
  • Ma C, Eggleton RA (1996) The nature of glauconitic smectite. The 14th Australian Geological Convention, Canberra. Geological Society of Australian, Abstracts No.41, p263.
 
  • Ma C, FitzGerald JD, Eggleton RA (1996) Analytical electron microscopy: loss of elements in clays and other phyllosilicates. The 14th Australian Conference on Electron Microscopy and the 1st International Conference of IUMAS (International Union of Microbeam Analysis Societies). Cox, G.(Ed.), p115.
 
  • Ma C, Eggleton RA (1996) Surface layer type of kaolinite. The 15th Australian Clay Conference, Melbourne. Abstract, p9.
 
  • Ma C, Eggleton RA (1996) Cation exchange capacity and the surface charge of kaolinite. The 2nd Australian Conference on Landscape Evolution & Mineral Exploration, Brisbane. Abstract.
 
  • Eggleton RA, Ma C (1996) Toward a mineralogical weathering index. The 2nd Australian Conference on Landscape Evolution & Mineral Exploration, Brisbane. Abstract.
 
  • Ma C, Browne PRL, Harvey CC (1995) Clay mineralogy of sedimentary rocks in the Wairakei geothermal system, New Zealand. In: Clays Controlling the Environment. Churchman GJ, Fitzpatrick RA & Eggleton RA (Eds.), 399-404.
 
  • Ma C, Eggleton RA (1995) Kaolin formation by tropical weathering at Weipa, north Queensland. The 17th International Geochemical Exploration Symposium. Camuti, K.S. (Ed.), 139-140.
 
  • Ma C, Eggleton RA (1994) An electron microscopic study of kaolin minerals from eastern Australia. The 14th Australian Clay Conference, Kalgoorlie. Roberts I (Ed.), p16.
 
  • Ma C, Eggleton RA (1994) HRTEM image simulations of kaolinite and mixed-layer kaolinite/smectite. The 14th Australian Clay Conference, Kalgoorlie. Roberts I (Ed.), p25.
 
  • Ma C, Eggleton RA (1994) Structural characteristics of kaolin minerals from eastern Australian regolith. Australian Regolith Conference '94, Broken Hill, CP Pain, MA Craig and ID Campbell (Eds.), p40.
 
  • Ma C, Browne PRL (1993) Hydrothermal metamorphism of sediments of the active Wairakei geothermal system, New Zealand. Proc. IGCP 294 International Symposium: Very Low Grade Metamorphism, 64-75.
 
  • Ma C, Browne PRL, Harvey CC (1993) Clay mineralogy of sedimentary rocks in the Wairakei geothermal system, New Zealand. The 10th International Clay Conference. Abstract.
 
  • Ma C, Sang LK, Kang JX (1993) The metamorphic petrology of the Hong'an group rocks in Dawu area, central China. IGCP 294 International Symposium: Very Low Grade Metamorphism. Abstract.
 
  • Ma C, Browne PRL, Harvey CC (1992) Crystallinity of subsurface clay minerals in the Te Mihi sector of the Wairakei geothermal system, NZ. Proc. 14th New Zealand Geothermal Workshop, 267-272.
 
  • Ma C, Browne PRL (1992) Clay minerals in the Wairakei geothermal field. The 28th International Geological Congress, Japan. Abstract.
 
  • Ma C, Browne PRL (1991) Alteration mineralogy of sediments in the Huka Falls Formation of the Te Mihi area, Wairakei. Proc. 13th New Zealand Geothermal Workshop, 185-190.