Boris Chauviré
Dr Boris Chauvire has contributed much research regarding opal in particular his specialties have bee discussing opal in Ethiopia. Boris’s Phd Thesis provides relevant in formation regarding the current space programs to determine if there is opal on Mars as a part of ongoing space investigation.
More recently Boris visited Australia as a guest of the Gemmological Association of Australia to discuss and lecture his views regarding opal formation, more specifically on his experience and geological field work in Ethiopia.
During Boris’ visit to australia he travelled through many important Australian opal fields, Coober Pedy, Lightning Ridge, and the boulder fields near Quilpie in Queensland .
Chauviré, B., Rondeau, B. et al. (2017) The Precious opal deposit at Wegel Tena, Ethiopia: formation via successive pedogenic events. Canadian Mineralogist. Volume 55, p701-723.
Chauviré, B. (2016). Phd Thesis. Genesis of supergene silica on Earth and implications on Mars. University of Nantes. https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel.01277641.
Chauviré, B (2018),. The opal industry enigma: A key from water and microstructure. Dr Eduard Gubelin Association, Research Scholarship 2016.
Chauviré, B., Houadria, M., Donini, A., Berger., BT., Rondeau, B., Kritsky., Lhuissier, P., (2020). Anthropod entombment in weathering-formed opal: new horizons for recording life in rocks. Scientific Reports. Nature Research., https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-20-67412-9.
Chauviré, B Molle, V., Guichard, F., Rondeau, B., Thomas, PS., Fritsch. (2023),. Cracking of Gem Opals. Minerals , 13, 356. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13030356.
A video presentation by Boris Chauvire given at the Science of opal symposium.