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Rainer Thomas is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on Geophysics and Geochemistry and Petrology. Their research spans several subfields, including Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Mechanical Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's work primarily addresses geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, and mineralogy and gemology studies. Other notable research areas include crystal structures and properties, earthquake and tectonic studies, geochemistry and geologic mapping, and metallurgical processes and thermodynamics.

Rainer Thomas has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Discovery of Stishovite in the Prismatine-Bearing Granulite from Waldheim, Germany: A Possible Role of Supercritical Fluids of Ultrahigh-Pressure Origin (2022, Geosciences)
  • WATER-RICH MELT INCLUSION AS "FROZEN" SAMPLES OF THE SUPERCRITICAL STATE IN GRANITES AND PEGMATITES REVEAL EXTREME ELEMENT ENRICHMENT RESULTING UNDER NON-EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS (2022, Mineralogical Journal)
  • Emerald from the Habachtal: new observations (2020, Mineralogy and Petrology)
  • Ultrahigh-Pressure Mineral Inclusions in a Crustal Granite: Evidence for a Novel Transcrustal Transport Mechanism (2023, Preprints.org)
  • EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL FOR RARE EARTH ELEMENT (REE) DEPOSITS RELATED TO THE BORBOREMA PEGMATITE PROVINCE IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL (2020, Estudos Geológicos)

The frequent publication venues where Rainer Thomas's work appears include:

  • Aspects in Mining & Mineral Science
  • Geosciences
  • Estudos Geológicos
  • Mineralogical Journal
  • Mineralogy and Petrology

Among frequent collaborators, Thomas has worked with Adolf Rericha, Paul Davidson, Ulrich Recknagel, and Hartmut Beurlen on multiple occasions.

The research focus and diverse subfields indicate interdisciplinary engagement, combining aspects of geophysics with materials science and engineering principles to address complex geological phenomena and mineralogical processes.

Best Publications

  • Kimberlite melts rich in alkali chlorides and carbonates: A potent metasomatic agent in the mantle

    Maya B. Kamenetsky;Alexander V. Sobolev;Vadim S. Kamenetsky;Roland Maas

  • Melt inclusions in pegmatite quartz: complete miscibility between silicate melts and hydrous fluids at low pressure

    R. Thomas;J. D. Webster;W. Heinrich

  • Formation of extremely F-rich hydrous melt fractions and hydrothermal fluids during differentiation of highly evolved tin-granite magmas: a melt/fluid-inclusion study

    Rainer Thomas;Hans-Jürgen Förster;Karen Rickers;James D. Webster

  • Melt inclusions in quartz from an evolved peraluminous pegmatite: Geochemical evidence for strong tin enrichment in fluorine-rich and phosphorus-rich residual liquids

    James D. Webster;Rainer Thomas;Dieter Rhede;Hans-Jürgen Förster

  • Geochemical evolution of halogen-enriched granite magmas and mineralizing fluids of the Zinnwald tin-tungsten mining district, Erzgebirge, Germany

    Jim Webster;Rainer Thomas;Hans-Jürgen Förster;Reimar Seltmann

  • The behaviour of boron in a peraluminous granite-pegmatite system and associated hydrothermal solutions: a melt and fluid-inclusion study

    Rainer Thomas;Hans-Jürgen Förster;Wilhelm Heinrich

  • Revisiting complete miscibility between silicate melts and hydrous fluids, and the extreme enrichment of some elements in the supercritical state — Consequences for the formation of pegmatites and ore deposits

    R. Thomas;P. Davidson

  • The competing models for the origin and internal evolution of granitic pegmatites in the light of melt and fluid inclusion research

    Rainer Thomas;Paul Davidson;Hartmut Beurlen

  • Water in granite and pegmatite-forming melts

    R. Thomas;P. Davidson

  • Nyerereite and nahcolite inclusions in diamond: evidence for lower-mantle carbonatitic magmas

    F. Kaminsky;R. Wirth;S. Matsyuk;A. Schreiber

  • Immiscible hydrous Fe–Ca–P melt and the origin of iron oxide-apatite ore deposits

    Tong Hou;Bernard Charlier;François Holtz;Ilya Veksler

  • Experimental evidence of three coexisting immiscible fluids in synthetic granitic pegmatite

    Ilya V. Veksler;Rainer Thomas;Christian Schmidt

  • An experimental study of B-, P- and F-rich synthetic granite pegmatite at 0.1 and 0.2 GPa

    Ilya V. Veksler;Rainer Thomas

  • Magmatic evolution of Li–F, rare-metal granites: a case study of melt inclusions in the Khangilay complex, Eastern Transbaikalia (Russia)

    E.V. Badanina;I.V. Veksler;R. Thomas;L.F. Syritso

  • Dating multiply overprinted Sn-mineralized granites—examples from the Erzgebirge, Germany

    Rolf L. Romer;Rainer Thomas;Holly J. Stein;Dieter Rhede

  • The transition from peraluminous to peralkaline granitic melts: Evidence from melt inclusions and accessory minerals

    R. Thomas;J.D. Webster;D. Rhede;W. Seifert

  • Boron speciation in aqueous fluids at 22 to 600°C and 0.1 MPa to 2 GPa

    C. Schmidt;R. Thomas;W. Heinrich

  • The behavior of trace elements during the chemical evolution of the H 2 O-, B-, and F-rich granite-pegmatite-hydrothermal system at Ehrenfriedersdorf, Germany: a SXRF study of melt and fluid inclusions

    Karen Rickers;Rainer Thomas;Wilhelm Heinrich

  • IR calibrations for water determination in olivine, r-GeO2, and SiO2 polymorphs

    Sylvia-Monique Thomas;Monika Koch-Müller;Patrick Reichart;Dieter Rhede

  • Magmatic origin of low-Ca olivine in subduction-related magmas: Co-existence of contrasting magmas

    Vadim S. Kamenetsky;Marlina Elburg;Richard Arculus;Rainer Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Dieter Rhede
Dieter Rhede Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Hans-Jürgen Förster
Hans-Jürgen Förster University of Potsdam
Ilya V. Veksler
Ilya V. Veksler Perm State University
James D. Webster
James D. Webster American Museum of Natural History
Vadim S. Kamenetsky
Vadim S. Kamenetsky Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Reimar Seltmann
Reimar Seltmann Natural History Museum
Richard Wirth
Richard Wirth Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Axel H. E. Müller
Axel H. E. Müller Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Robert B. Trumbull
Robert B. Trumbull University of Potsdam
Marie-Christine Boiron
Marie-Christine Boiron University of Lorraine

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