Michelle Brits

MSc candidate

Thesis title: Diamond morphology from Kaapvaal lamproites in comparison with diamonds from kimberlites with implications for the volatile contents of diamond-aggressive fluids

Research interests: Petrology (Igneous and metamorphic), mantle petrology and geochemistry, kimberlites and lamproites, high-grade metamorphism, structural geology, Archean magmatism 

Supervisors: Dr Geoff H. Howarth & Dr Sara Burness

Degrees

  1. BSc (Hons) Applied Geology, University of the Western Cape 
  2. BSc Applied Geology, University of the Western Cape 

Awards

  1. The John J. Gurney Postgraduate Scholarship