Andreas Ertl
Washington, D.C., 2007
Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallographie
Geozentrum – Universität Wien
Althanstrasse 14
1090 Vienna
Austria
Research Interests:
Mineralogy; crystallography and crystal chemistry;
X-ray diffractometry; crystal chemistry of
tourmaline, boron-rich minerals, manganese oxides/hydroxides, sulfosalts.
Tourmaline (olenite) with tetrahedrally-coordinated boron:
Colorless boron-rich olenite with the formula: Zoned
Fe-bearing B-rich olenite from Koralpe,
(Na0.4 Ca0.3[]0.3)
(Al2.4 Li0.4[]0.2)
Al6 (BO3)3 Styria, Koralpe (Hughes
et al. 2004)
(Si4.9 B0.8 Al0.3 O18)
(OH)3 [O0.6(OH)0.3F0.1]
Eo-alpine
Pegmatite (with bluish-greenish boron-rich olenite)
crosscuts a mylonitic
garnet-bearing micaschist.
Locality: Koralpe,
Germany Tour 2008
Andreas Ertl with RAINER ALTHERR, RONALD MILETICH, HORST
MARSCHALL, THOMAS LUDWIG, HANS-PETER MAYER,
WALTER MARESCH, HEINZ-JÜRGEN BERNHARDT, BERND MARLER,
KLAUS-DIETER GREVEL, HANS-JOACHIM MASSONNE & THOMAS
REINECKE.
U.S.A. & Canada Tour 2007
Andreas
Ertl with John M. Hughes, DENNIS MAHONEY, SYLVIA PARKER, ROBERT F. MARTIN,
EDWARD S. GREW,
Martin G.
Yates, Félice
Naus-Thijssen, Eva R. Wadoski-McClelland, Jeffrey E. Post, Michael
A. Wise, &
Eloise Gaillou.
U.S.A. Tour 2004
ANDREAS
ERTL visiting John M. Hughes, John Rakovan, M. Darby Dyar, Carl A. Francis,
George E. Harlow, Jeffrey E. Post, Darrell Henry & Barbara Dutrow, David
London, George R. Rossman, Brendan M. Laurs,
Bill
Larson, Anthony R. Kampf, and the Mineralogical
Society of
http://home.tele2.at/andreasertl/
Most important publications (Last update:
1994
Ertl, A., Libowitzky, E. & Pertlik, F. (1994): Chemische und röntgenographische Untersuchungen an Eskimoit (~Ag7Pb10Bi15S36) und Heyrovskyit (~AgPb10Bi5S18) vom „Rauriser Goldberg“, Hüttwinkeltal, Land Salzburg. Mitt. Österr. Miner. Ges., 139, 135-142, Wien. http://members.a1.net/andreas.ertl/ertl_et_al.(1994).pdf
1995
Ertl, A. (1995): Elbait, Olenit, Dravit-Buergerit-Mischkristalle,
Dravit, Uvit und ein neuer
Al-Turmalin (?) von österreichischen Fundstellen. Mitt. Österr. Miner. Ges., 140, 55-72, Wien.
1997
Ertl, A., Pertlik, F. & Bernhardt, H.-J. (1997): Investigations on olenite with excess boron from the Koralpe, Styria, Austria. Österr. Akad. Wiss., Math.-naturw. Kl., Abt. I, Anzeiger, 134, 3-10, Wien. http://hw.oeaw.ac.at/buecher/files/1997/pdffile/01-A05I.pdf http://webmineral.com/specimens/picshow.php?id=%20859
1998
Ertl, A. & Brandstätter, F. (1998): Olenit mit Borüberschuß aus einem Metapegmatit östlich der Stoffhütte, Koralpe, Steiermark, Österreich. Mitt. Abt. Miner. Landesmuseum Joanneum, 62/63, 3-21, Graz. http://members.a1.net/andreas.ertl/ertl&brandstätter(1998).pdf
Ertl,
A. & Pertlik, F. (1998): Replacement of silicon
by boron in the tetrahedral positions of phyllosilicate
structures. Scripta Fac. Sci. Nat. Univ. Masaryk. Brun., 26
(1996), 67-68,
1999
Bernhardt, H.-J., Brandstätter, F., Ertl, A., Körner, W., Mikenda, W. & Pertlik, F. (1999): Untersuchungen an einem borhaltigen Muskovit-2M1 von der Koralpe, Steiermark. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 100 A (1998), 1-11, Wien. http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/d/verlag/annalenA.html
http://members.a1.net/andreas.ertl/bernhardt_et_al.(1999).pdf
Ertl, A. (1999): Nachruf auf Hofrat Dr. Peter Beck-Mannagetta. Mitt. Österr. Geol. Ges., 90 (1997), 207-212, Wien. http://www.geol-ges.at/mitt-90.htm http://members.a1.net/andreas.ertl/ertl(1999).pdf
2000
Ertl, A. & Heede, H.-U. (2000): Haben einige Eklogite der Typuslokalität in der Sau- und Koralpe außer der eo-Alpinen Metamorphose auch eine permische und eine variszische Metamorphose erlebt? Mitt. Abt. Miner. Landesmuseum Joanneum, 64/65, 5-22, Graz. http://members.a1.net/andreas.ertl/ertl&heede(2000).pdf
Hughes, J.M., Ertl, A., Dyar, M.D., Grew, E.S., Shearer, C.K., Yates, M.G. & Guidotti, C.V. (2000): Tetrahedrally
coordinated boron in a tourmaline: boron-rich olenite from Stoffhütte, Koralpe, Austria.
Ertl, A. (2000): Druckabschätzungen in Metabasiten und Metapeliten mittels des Pyropanteiles in Granaten (engl. transl.: Pressure determination from metabasites and metapelites by using the pyrope component of garnets). 21 pp., Eigenverlag, Wien. http://members.a1.net/andreas.ertl/ertl(2000).pdf
2001
Ertl, A., Hughes, J.M. & Marler, B.
(2001): Empirical formulae for the calculation of <T-O> and X-O2 bond
lengths in tourmaline and relations to tetrahedrally-coordinated
boron. N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 2001(12), 548-557.
Ertl, A., Pertlik, F.
& Bernhardt, H.-J. (2001): Hellblaue Olenit-Schörl-Dravit
Mischkristalle von Ebersdorf, Niederösterreich: Chemismus
und Kristallstruktur. Mitt. Österr.
Miner. Ges., 146, 75-77.
Kalt, A., Schreyer, W., Ludwig, T., Prowatke, S., Bernhardt, H.-J. & Ertl, A. (2001): Complete solid solution between magnesian schorl and lithian excess-boron olenite in a pegmatite from Koralpe (eastern Alps, Austria). Eur. J. Mineral., 13,
1191-1205.
2002
Ertl,
A. & Hughes, J.M. (2002): The crystal structure of an aluminum-rich
schorl overgrown by boron-rich olenite
from Koralpe,
Ertl,
A., Hughes, J.M., Pertlik, F., Foit F.F. Jr., Wright, S.E., Brandstätter, F. & Marler, B. (2002): Polyhedron distortions in tourmaline.
Marler, B. & Ertl, A. (2002): Nuclear magnetic resonance and infrared
spectroscopic study of excess-boron olenite from Koralpe,
Schreyer, W., Hughes, J.M.,
Bernhardt, H.-J., Kalt, A., Prowatke,
S. & Ertl, A. (2002): Reexamination of olenite from the type locality: detection of boron in
tetrahedral coordination. Eur. J. Mineral., 2002, 14,
935-942. http://www.ingenta.com/isis/searching/ExpandTOC/ingenta?issue=pubinfobike://schweiz/ejm/2002/00000014/00000005&index=8
2003
Pertlik, F., Ertl, A., Körner, W., Brandstätter, F. & Schuster, R. (2003): Na-rich dravite in the marbles from Friesach,
Carinthia, Austria: Chemistry and crystal structure. N. Jb. Miner.
Mh., 2003(6), 277-288. http://titania.ingentaselect.com/vl=9499528/cl=16/nw=1/rpsv/cw/schweiz/00283649/v2003n6/s3/p277
Ertl, A., Hughes, J.M., Prowatke, S., Rossman, G.R., London, D. & Fritz, E.A. (2003): Mn-rich tourmaline
from Austria: structure, chemistry, optical spectra, and relations to synthetic
solid solutions. Am. Mineral., 88, 1369-1376. http://pegmatopia.ou.edu/Recent%20Publications/docs/Mn-rich%20tourmaline%20Am%20Min.pdf http://minerals.gps.caltech.edu/Manuscripts/2003/Austrian_Mn_olenite/Index.htm
Prowatke, S., Ertl, A. & Hughes, J.M. (2003): Tetrahedrally-coordinated
Al in Mn-rich, Li- and Fe-bearing olenite
from Eibenstein an der Thaya, Lower Austria: A chemical and structural
investigation. N.
Jb. Miner. Mh., 2003(9), 385-395. http://www.ingenta.com/isis/searching/ExpandTOC/ingenta?issue=pubinfobike://schweiz/njmm/2003/00002003/00000009&index=1
Ertl,
A., Hughes, J.M., Brandstätter, F., Dyar, M.D. & Prasad, P.S.R. (2003): Disordered
Mg-bearing olenite from a granitic
pegmatite from
2004
Hughes, J.M., Ertl, A., Dyar, M.D., Grew,
E.S., Wiedenbeck, M. & Brandstätter,
F. (2004): Structural and chemical response to varying [4]B
content in zoned Fe-bearing olenite from
Ertl, A., Schuster, R., Prowatke, S., Brandstätter, F., Ludwig, T., Bernhardt,
H.-J., Koller, F. & Hughes J.M. (2004): Mn-rich
tourmaline and fluorapatite
in a Variscan pegmatite from Eibenstein an der Thaya, Bohemian massif, Lower Austria. Eur. J. Mineral., 16, 551-560. http://www.ingenta.com/isis/searching/ExpandTOC/ingenta?issue=infobike://schweiz/ejm/2004/00000016/00000003&index=17
Hughes, J.M., Ertl, A., Bernhardt, H.-J., Rossman,
G.R. & Rakovan, J. (2004): Mn-rich
fluorapatite from Austria: Crystal structure,
chemical analysis, and spectroscopic investigations. Am. Mineral., 89, 629-632.
http://www.users.muohio.edu/rakovajf/Mn%20rich%20fluorapatite%20from%20Austria.pdf http://minerals.gps.caltech.edu/Manuscripts/2004/Mn_apatite/Index.htm
Ertl, A., Hughes, J.M. & Wagner, A. (2004): Mn-reicher
Olenit, Mn-reicher Fluorapatit, Topas, Kassiterit
und rosa Muskovit aus einem Pegmatit
bei Eibenstein an der Thaya, NÖ. – MEFOS (Vereinsmitteilungen VOÖM), 28, 6-9, Wien. http://members.a1.net/andreas.ertl/ertl_et_al.(2004).pdf
Marschall, H.R., Ertl, A.,
Hughes, J.M. & McCammon, C. (2004): Metamorphic
Na- and OH-rich disordered dravite with tetrahedral
boron, associated with omphacite, from Syros, Greece: chemistry and structure. Eur. J. Mineral., 16, 817-823.
Ertl, A., Pertlik, F., Dyar, M.D., Prowatke, S.,
Hughes, J.M., Ludwig, T. & Bernhardt, H.-J. (2004): Fe-rich Olenite with tetrahedrally
coordinated Fe3+ from Eibenstein, Austria:
Structural, chemical, and Mössbauer data. Can. Mineral.,
42, 1057-1063. http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/mineral/tcm-105742-4.html
2005
Ertl, A., Rossman, G.R., Hughes, J.M., Prowatke, S. & Ludwig, T. (2005): Mn-bearing
“oxy-rossmanite” with tetrahedrally-coordinated
Al and B from Austria: structure, chemistry, and infrared and optical
spectroscopic study. Am. Mineral., 90,
481-487.
http://ammin.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/full/90/2-3/481#GILLER-2003
http://131.215.067.048/rossmanite/Austria_Eibenstein/Austria-index.htm
Fuchs,
Y., Ertl, A., Hughes, J.M., Prowatke, S., Brandstätter, F. & Schuster, R. (2005): Dumortierite from the Gföhl unit,
Ertl, A., Pertlik, F., Prem, M., Post,
J.E., Kim, S.J., Brandstätter, F. & Schuster, R.
(2005): Ranciéite crystals from Friesach,
2006
Ertl, A. & Wagner, A. (2006): Topas, Beryll und Ferrotantalit aus einem Pegmatit bei Heidenreichstein, Niederösterreich. Eigenverlag, Wien.
http://members.a1.net/andreas.ertl/ertl&wagner(2006).pdf
Cempírek, J., Novák, M.,
Ertl, A., Hughes, J.M., Rossman, G.R. & Dyar, M.D. (2006): Fe-bearing olenite
with tetrahedrally coordinated Al from an abyssal
pegmatite of the Bohemian massif at Kutná Hora: Structure, crystal chemistry, and optical spectra.
http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/mineral/tcm-02344-1.html
Ertl, A. (2006): Über die Etymologie und die Typlokalitäten des Minerals Schörl. Mitt. Österr. Miner. Ges., 152, 7-16.
http://www.uibk.ac.at/mineralogie/oemg/bd_152/152_07-16.pdf
Ertl, A., Hughes, J.M., Prowatke, S., Ludwig, T., Prasad, P.S.R., Brandstätter, F., Körner, W., Schuster, R., Pertlik, F. & Marschall, H. (2006): Tetrahedrally-coordinated boron in tourmalines from the liddicoatite-elbaite series from Madagascar: Structure, chemistry, and infrared spectroscopic studies. Am. Mineral., 91, 1847-1856. http://www.minsocam.org/msa/ammin/toc/Abstracts/2006_Abstracts/ND06_Abstracts/Ertl_p1847_06.pdf
Ertl,
A., Kolitsch, U., Prowatke,
S., Dyar, M.D. & Henry, D.J. (2006): The
F-analogue of schorl from Grasstein,
Trentino – South Tyrol, Italy: crystal structure and
chemistry. Eur. J. Mineral., 18, 583-588. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/schweiz/ejm/2006/00000018/00000005/art00006
Ertl,
A., Rossman, G.R., Hughes, J.M., Wang, Y., O’Leary,
J., Dyar, M.D., Prowatke,
S. & Ludwig, T. (2006): Elbaite
from the
2007
Ertl, A. (2007): Über die Typlokalität und die Nomenklatur des Minerals Dravit (About the type locality and the nomenclature of dravite). Mitt. Österr. Miner. Ges., 153, 265-271. http://www.uibk.ac.at/mineralogie/oemg/bd_153/153_265-271x.pdf
Ertl, A. & Prem, M. (2007): Late-stage hydrothermal alteration products occurring in the Stewart Mine, San Diego Co., California, U.S.A. Mitt. Österr. Miner. Ges., 153, 273-274. http://www.uibk.ac.at/mineralogie/oemg/bd_153/153_273-274x.pdf
Ertl, A., Hughes, J.M., Prowatke,
S., Ludwig, T., Brandstätter, F., Körner, W. & Dyar,
M.D. (2007): Tetrahedrally-coordinated boron in Li-bearing olenite from “mushroom”
tourmaline from Momeik, Myanmar.
Ertl,
A. & Rossmann, G.R. (2007): Preliminary study of
higher-temperature treatment of canary tourmaline. Gems &
Gemol., 44, 322.
2008
Ertl,
A., Rossman, G.R., Hughes, J.M., Ma, C. & Brandstätter, F. (2008): V3+-bearing, Mg-rich, strongly disordered olenite
from a graphite deposit near Amstall,
Hughes,
J.M., Ertl, A., Bernhardt, H.-J., Rakovan, J. & Rossman, G.R. (2008):
Vanadium-rich muscovite from
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Lectures and
Posterpresentations
1987, 31. Aug. Lecture (in English) at the
At the
1998, 13. Nov. Lecture
(in German) at the
1999, 22. Sept. Lecture
(in English) at the Université
Pierre et Marie Curie,
2000, 28. Sept. Lecture
(in German) and posterpresentation at the
2001, 27. May
Lecture (in German) at the University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria,
Geozentrum, Room 2A122, about „Pegmatite in der Koralpe
– Vierkoordiniertes Bor im Turmalin“ (Pegmatites
from the Koralpe – four-coordinated boron in
tourmaline).
2001, 25. Sept. Posterpresentation at the
2002, 25. Mar. Posterpresentation at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich, Schweiz, for the Ninth International Symposium on
Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry – EMPG IX about “Tetrahedral boron in olenite
from the type locality“ (Schreyer,
Ertl, Hughes, Bernhardt, Kalt & Prowatke) and co-author of the poster “Structural and chemical response to varying [4]B content in
olenite from the Koralpe“ (Hughes,
Ertl, Dyar, Grew & Brandstätter).
http://www.the-conference.com/JConfAbs/7/pdfs/92.pdf
2002, 13. Nov. Lecture (in English) at the
2003, 20.-23. June Posterpresentation at the International Symposium on Light Elements
in Rock-forming
Minerals – LERM 2003 in Nové Město na Moravě,
Moravia, Czech Republic, about “Tetrahedrally-coordinated boron in liddicoatite from Madagascar”
(Ertl & Hughes) and co-author of the poster “Mn-rich tourmaline from the Moldanubicum in Austria: Structure and chemistry” (Hughes, Ertl, Prowatke
& Rossman).
2003, 20. Nov. Lecture
(in English) at the Comenius University, Bratislava,
Slovakia, Mlynská dolina,
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Room B1-501, about “Tourmaline – unusual compositions and interesting structural details”.
2004, 30. Mar. Lecture (in English) at the
2004, 5. April Lecture (in English) at the University
of Massachusetts, South Hadley, Massachusetts, U.S.A., Morrell Science
Building (10:10 am), about “Tourmaline –
News from the tourmaline group”.
2004, 12. April Lecture (in English)
at the
2004, 14. April Lecture (in English) at the Smithsonian
Institution, National
Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., Fourth Floor East Wing, Mineral
Sciences Seminar Room, E410 (10:00 am), about “Tourmaline – News from the tourmaline group”.
2004, 20. April Lecture (in English) at the Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
U.S.A., Howe-Russell
Geoscience Complex, E208 (3:30 pm), about “Tourmaline – News from the
tourmaline group”.
2004, 23. April Lecture (in English) at the
2004, 30. April Lecture
(in English) at the Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California, U.S.A., 1570 E. Colorado Blvd., Geology Department, Building E,
Room 220 (7:30 pm), for the Mineralogical Society of Southern California, about
“Tourmaline – News from the tourmaline
group”. http://www.mineralsocal.org/bulletin/2004_apr.htm
http://www.mineralsocal.org/bulletin/2004_june.htm
2005, 3. June Lecture
(in German) at the
2006, 5. May Lecture (in German) at the
2006, 26. Aug. Lecture (in English) at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego Hotel, San
Diego, California, U.S.A., Randle Ballroom A/B (11:50 am), for the Gemological Research Conference (GRC) (hosted by GIA) about
“Elbaite from the Himalaya Mine, Mesa
Grande, California” (General Gemology).
http://lgdl.gia.edu/pdfs/grcprogram.pdf
2006, 1. Dec. Lecture
(in German) at the
2007, 31. May Lecture (in German) at the
2007, 23. Aug. Lecture (in English) at the