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		Alessandra Costanzo, PhD, C. Geol., FGA, DGA Lecturer & Postdoctoral Research Fellow Expertise: Fluid Inclusions, Igneous Petrology, Gemmology Phone: +353 (0)91 49-5157 Email:  alessandra.costanzonuigalway.ie
Education BSc, Geological Science, University of Study of Calabria, Italy PhD, Dept. Earth & Ocean Sciences National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland FGA, Diploma in Gemmology and Diploma Practical Certificate – Fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain, GEM-A. DGA, Diamond Diploma and Diploma Practical Certificate, GEM-A.
General Research Interests Mineralogy, Petrology and petrogenesis of carbonatites and related rocks Fluid Inclusion and Petroleum Inclusion Studies Gemmology Inclusions in Gemstones
Teaching 2011 – present: Diploma in Scientific Studies – Gemmology 2011 and 2013: The Irish Geoscience Graduate Programme (IGGP), module NUIG 001: Fluid Inclusions: study methods and interpretations.   Participation in Research Projects   Oct 2012  – Oct 2014. BP funded project in collaboration with the University of Durham. Re-Os geochronology off the Clair Field, North Sea. Jan 2012  – Jan 2014. National Science Foundation in collaboration with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A quantitative method for measuring temperature-time histories in hydrothermal magmatic ore system. Sept 2009 – Dec 2012. Suport als Grups de Recerca Generalitat de Catalunya SGR 444. Recursos minerals: jaciments, aplicacions i sostenibilitat. Sept 2009 – Dec 2012. Plan General del Conocimiento CICYT Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia CGL2009-13758/BTE. Metalogenia de Kimberlitas y Carbonatitas en Angola: Aplicaciones en Exploracion Minera. Aug 2007 – Aug 2010. Suport als Grups de Recerca Generalitat de Catalunya SGR 00589. Recursos minerals: jaciments, aplicacions i sostenibilitat. Aug 2007 – Aug 2010. Plan General del Conocimiento CICYT Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia CGL2006-12973/BTE. Kimberlitas y carbonatitas del graben de Lucapa, Angola. Nov 2007. SYNTHESIS: the European Union-funded Integrated Infrastructure Initiative grant. Project GB-TAF-3835. Establishing a model for the rare elements behaviour from plutonic to volcanic carbonatite systems: carbonatites of the Lucapa graben, Angola. Jan 2007 – Sept 2009. INTAS European Project, Project 05-1000008-7938. Diamond and graphite in carbonatite magma. Oct 2006 – Jun 2007. Italian Ministry of Foreign Affair and Department of Education and Science (Ireland). Categorisation of a carbonate body in the Beara Peninsula, County Cork, Ireland. Jan – May 2005. ACCORD Marie Curie. Analysis of fluid inclusion bearing apatites in phosphate deposits of the Jacupiranga Carbonatite Comple, São Paulo, Brazil.   Research Publications Jian Wang, J., Cao, Y., Costanzo, A., Feely, M., Song, G. 2013. Evolution of diagenetic fluids in red-bed reservoirs of Eocene Dongying depression of Bohai Bay Basin, China: Evidence from fluid inclusions. (Submitted to The Journal of Asian Earth Sciences). Melgarejo i Draper, J.C., Costanzo, A., Bambi, A., Olimpio, A., 2012. Subsolidus processes as a key factor on the distribution of Nb species in plutonic carbonatites: the Tchivira case, Angola. Lithos, 152, 187-201. Costanzo, A., Feely, M., Lynch, E., and Lavin, P. The Piteiras Mine, Brazil: geological and gemmological perspectives (Accepted to The Journal of Gemmology). Bambi, A., Costanzo, A., Olimpio, A., Melgarejo i Draper, J.C., 2012. Tracing chemical evolution of primary pyrochlore from plutonic to volcanic carbonatites: the role of F. Mineralogical Magazine, 76(2), 377-392. Wright, A.J., Blamey, N.J.F., Conliffe, J., Costanzo, A., Parnell J., 2012. Origin of vein-graphite derived from metamorphic fluids in Moine (Glenfinnan Group) rocks, NW Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology 48(1), 1–14. Costanzo, A., Moore, K.R., Wall, F., Feely, M., 2006. Fluid inclusions in apatite from Jacupiranga calcite carbonatites: evidence for a fluid-stratified carbonatite magma chamber. Lithos, 91, 208-228. Costanzo, A., Feely, M, Moore, K.R., 2005. The application of Laser Raman Spectroscopy to fluid inclusion studies: a case study from Poços de Caldas alkaline Massif, São Paulo State, Brazil. Proceeding of International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Vol. 5826, 110-118, Europe International Symposium OPTO Ireland.
Links If you are interested in studying Gemmology, please refer to the Adult and Continuing Education website. Diploma in Gemmology (PDF 188KB) Gemmology Poster (PDF 176KB)   Policy and Procedures for the Rock and Mineral Thin Section Lab Rock and Mineral Thin Section Request Form
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