Videos
Morris Viljoen 1 - Recognition of Komatiite in the Barberton...
Morris Viljoen describes the work he and his brother, Richard, undertook in the Barberton Mountain Land of South Africa that led to the first recognition of ultramafic lavas, an important host rock for nickel mineralisation.
Morris Viljoen 2 - Metallogeny of gold in the Witwatersrand
In the 1970s, Morris Viljoen and his brother Richard were employed by JCI in Johannesburg. The Witwatersrand gold deposit was one of the projects they worked on while at JCI. Here Morris discusses the controversies around the origin of the mineralisation: placer versus hydrothermal replacement.
Morris Viljoen 3 - Advice for students
Morris Viljoen provides some advice for young geoscientists who are entering the profession.
John J. Gurney: Diamonds research Part I - the beginning
John Gurney describes his early research into garnet and kimberlite at The Smithsonian Institution.
John Gurney: Diamonds Part 2
John Gurney describes commencing exploration work with Falconbridge in Botswana, applying his geochemical techniques for assessing the diamond potential of kimberlite pipes.
John J. Gurney: Diamonds Part 3
Work commences with Hugo Dummett & Chuck Fipke.
John Gurney: Part 4 - Discovery of the Ekati Mine & working with BH
John Gurney discusses the exploration program that led to the discovery of the Ekati Diamond Mine in Northern Canada and working with BHP.
John J. Gurney: Discovery of the Rosh Pinah and Aggenys (Black Mountain) Mines
John Gurney describes the discovery of the Rosh Pinah and Aggenys (Black Mountain) Mines in Namibia and South Africa.
Richard (Dick) L. Stanton– Early Work (1948) – Part I
Dick Stanton: The Island Arc Ore Formation Hypothesis, Canberra, Australia, June 3, 2010.
Richard (Dick) L. Stanton - Early Work (1949-1950) - Part II
Dick Stanton describes work in the Solomon Islands where he first realised he was looking at modern analogues of rocks he had worked on previously in NSW.
Richard (Dick) L. Stanton - VMS Research Challenges - Part III
The next "Big Thing" in VMS research.
Richard (Dick) L. Stanton - Advice for young geoscientists - Part IV
Dick passes on some advice for young geoscientists.
Alberto Benavides de la Quintana
Don Alberto, founder and Chairman of the Board, Cia de Minas Buenaventura, discusses his views on geology, mineral exploration, economic evalutions of prospects, and some of his philosophies (en Español, with English captions).
Proffett and Einaudi on Mapping, and Rosario
John Proffett, consultant, talks with Marco Einaudi, Emeritus Professor of Stanford University, about mapping during exploration, questions that come up, and the discovery results.
Marco T. Einaudi and John M. Proffett: Discovery of the Carr Fork Skarn
Marco Einaudi talks with John Proffett, both with the Anaconda Mining Company at the time, about the mapping that led to the 1970s discovery of the Carr Fork skarn deposit, Bingham Canyon district, Utah.
Tony Naldrett Johannesburg March 14, 2010 Advice for Geoscientists
Tony Naldrett, Emeritus Professor of the University of Toronto, offers his advice to young geologists and other scientists.
Tony Naldrett: PhD Research, Ultramafic Lavas (Komatiite) & Ni deposit
Tony Naldrett describes early work in the Abitibi Belt (Ontario) investigating ultramafic lavas and comments on work undertaken around the same time in South Africa and Western Australia.
Tony Naldrett: Post Doc work and the Zenith of the USGS
Post Doc work in Washington; discusses colleagues and the USGS' zenith.
Misac Nabighian: Misac Nabighian on geophysicists and geologists
Misac Nabighian, geophysicist; Distinguished Senior Scientist, Colorado School of Mines, and previously of Newmont Exploration (1967-1998), speaks of the relationship between geophysicists and geologists.
Phil Bethke and Paul Barton
Phil Bethke and Paul Barton, both Emeritus Scientists, US Geological Survey, discuss the scientific method and ore deposit study.
Paul Barton and Phil Bethke
Paul Barton and Phil Bethke, both Emeritus Scientists, US Geological Survey, discuss the inception and evolution of experimental geochemistry studies in the USGS.
Brian Skinner and Larry Meinert
Brian Skinner (editor of Economic Geology, 1969 to 1996), and Larry Meinert (editor, 2009 to present) discuss the art of scientific writing, and incorporating constructive criticism.
Richard H. Sillitoe and Francisco Camus: Early Porphyry Days
Francisco (Pancho) Camus and Richard (Dick) Sillitoe discuss the development of understanding of porphyry Cu deposits, from the late 1960s. Note: This is a pre-beta video of a conversation in a poorly lit, noisy restaurant in Lima, May 2009, as an example of how not to record an oral history.