Anthony J. Naldrett

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Anthony James "Tony" Naldrett,

In 1957, he obtained a degree in geology from the University of Cambridge. Later that year he moved to Canada, where he worked in Sudbury as a geologist for Falconbridge Nickel Mines. In 1959 he moved to Kingston, Ontario to attend Queen's University. He received an MSc (1961) and a PhD degree (1964) for his research on nickel deposits.

Career

Naldrett took a position working in the Geophysical Laboratory of the

• 1982–1983, President of the Mineralogical Association of Canada
• 1991–1992, President of the Society of Economic Geologists
• 1998–2002, President of the International Mineralogical Association
• 2001–2002, President of the Geological Society of America
• 1987–1992, Chairman of the Board of the International Geological Correlation Programme
• 2005–2009, Visiting Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London
• 2005–2020; Honorary Professorship at the University of the Witwatersrand
• 2009–2020; Honorary Research Fellow, Natural History Museum, London

Honours and awards

• 1974, awarded the
  Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
• 1980, awarded the Duncan Derry Medal by the Geological Association of Canada
• 1982, awarded the Society Medal by the Society of Economic Geologists
• 1983, bestowed an Honorary Life Fellowship in the European Union of Geosciences
• 1984, elected to the Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada
• 1986, awarded the Bownocker Gold Medal by Ohio State University
• 1991, awarded the Past-Presidents' Medal by the Mineralogical Association of Canada
• 1994, awarded the Logan Medal by the Geological Association of Canada
• 1999, bestowed an Honorary Life Fellowship in the Russian Mineralogical Society
• 2000, awarded the Wardell Armstrong Prize from the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy
• 2000, received D.Sc. (honoris causa) from Laurentian University
• 2001, received D.Sc. (honoris causa) from the University of Pretoria
• 2002, bestowed an Honorary Life Fellowship in the Mineralogical Society
• 2002, awarded the Penrose Gold Medal by the Society of Economic Geologists
• 2008, elected the 30th de Beers Alex du Toit Memorial Lecturer by the Geological Society of South Africa
• 2011, bestowed Honorary Life Fellow, Geological Society of South Africa
• 2012, awarded the Haddon Forrester King medal by the Australian Academy of Science
• 2013, creation of the Naldrett graduate scholarship, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto

Frequently cited publications

• 2004 Naldrett, A.J., Magmatic Sulfide Deposits: Geology, Geochemistry and Exploration, Springer Verlaag, 728 pp
• 2003 Naldrett, A.J., Magmatic Sulfide Deposits of Nickel-Copper and Platinum Metal Ores,
  ISBN 5-902260-02-7
  , St Petersburg University 400 pp (in Russian)
• 2001 Li, C., Naldrett, A.J. and Ripley, E.M., Critical factors for the formation of a Ni-Cu deposit: Lessons from a comparison of the Pants Lake and Voisey's Bay deposits, Labrador, Mineralium Deposita 36, 85–92.
• 2000 Li, Chusi and Naldrett, Anthony J., Melting reactions of gneissic inclusions with enclosing magma at Voisey's Bay: Implications with respect to ore genesis. Economic Geology, 95, 801-814

• University of Toronto- Bio
• Precambrian Research Center- Bio
• Naldrett Will Deliver Convocation Address^{[permanent dead link]}
• Geology Alumni News- February 2006

External links

• Society of Economic Geologists- Penrose Award

See also

• Ore genesis
• Kambalda type komatiitic nickel ore deposits