I have vast experience working on granitic pegmatites and have visited over 100 of them. I have conducted geochemical and petrographical research on granitic pegmatites in California, Maine, North Carolina and Virginia.
Wise, Michael A. and Brown, Cathleen D. 2011. "Chemical composition of coexisting columbite-group minerals and cassiterite from the Black Mountain pegmatite, Maine." European Journal of Mineralogy 23 (5):817-828. https://doi.org/10.1127/0935-1221/2011/0023-21022011
Wise, Michael A. and Brown, Cathleen D. 2010. "Mineral chemistry, petrology and geochemistry of the Sebago granite-pegmatite system, southern Maine, USA." Journal of Geosciences 55 (1):3-26. https://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.0612010
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National Rock and Ore Collection, Smithsonian Institution
outreach overview
Was co-leader in several "PEGCAMPS" in Maine, Colorado and Southern California. Pegcamps are a one week, intensive field camp to instruct students on aspects of pegmatite mineralogy, petrology, formation, field identification and exploration.