List of Publications

1

De Villiers J.P.R.,

Verryn S.M.C.

Modern X-ray diffraction methods for

process optimisation in the minerals industry

- Case studies

2008

Australasian Institute of Mining

and Metallurgy Publication Series

265-275

2

Spicer E.,

Verryn S.M.C.,

Deysel K.

Analysis of heavy mineral sands by quantitative X-ray

powder diffraction and mineral liberation analyser -

Implications for process control

2008

Australasian Institute of Mining

and Metallurgy Publication Series

165-172

3

Mogoru J.T.,

Verryn S.M.C.

The potential use of various metallurgical

slag and fly ash from South Africa as cement

extenders

2008

Australasian Institute of Mining

and Metallurgy Publication Series

233-238

4

Verryn S.M.C.

X-ray powder diffraction data for chromite

from the UG-2 of the Bushveld Complex, South Africa

2008

South African Journal of Geology

111

225-228

5

Loubser M.,

Verryn S.M.C.

Combining XRF and XRD analyses and sample

preparation to solve mineralogical problems

2008

South African Journal of Geology

111

229-238

6

Labuschagne P.W.,

Germishuizen W.A.,

Verryn S.M.C.,

Moolman F.S.

Improved oxygen barrier performance of

poly(vinyl alcohol) films through hydrogen

bond complex with poly(methyl vinyl

ether-co-maleic acid)

2008

European Polymer Journal

44

7

2146-2152

7

Nhlapo N.,

Motumi T.,

Verryn S.M.C.,

Focke W.W.

Surfactant-assisted fatty acid intercalation

of layered double hydroxides

2008

Journal of Materials Science

43

3

1033-1043

8

De Villiers J.P.R.,

Verryn S.M.C.

Modern techniques in X-ray diffraction

applied to metallurgy

2007

Journal of The South African

Institute of Mining and

Metallurgy

107

2

83-86

9

Prinsloo L.C.,

Wood N.,

Loubser M.,

Verryn S.M.C.,

Tiley S.

Re-dating of Chinese celadon shards excavated

on Mapungubwe Hill, a 13^th century Iron Age site

in South Africa, using Raman spectroscopy, XRF

and XRD

2005

Journal of Raman Spectroscopy

36

8

806-816

10

De Villiers J.P.R.,

Verryn S.M.C.

Fernandes M.A.

Disintegration in high-grade titania slags:

Low temperature oxidation reactions of

ferro-pseudobrookite

2004

Transactions of the Institutions

of Mining and Metallurgy, Section

C: Mineral Processing and

Extractive Metallurgy

113

2

11

Madivate C.M.D.O.,

Malate A.M.,

Verryn S.,

Loubser M.

Energy requirement for firing porcelain

2004

Bulletin of the Chemical Society

of Ethiopia

18

1

73-80

12

Manoun B.,

Popovic L.,

De Waal D.,

Verryn S.M.C.

Rietveld refinements of a new solid solution

Ba_(3-x)Srx(PO₄)₂

2003

Powder Diffraction

18

2

122-127

13

Labuschagne F.J.W.J.,

Verryn S.M.C.,

Focke W.W.

X-ray powder diffraction data for ammonium

D-gluconate, (C₆H₁₁O₇) ^-(NH₄)⁺

2003

Powder Diffraction

18

2

162-164

14

Merkle R.K.W.,

Verryn S.M.C.

Cooperite and braggite from the Bushveld Complex:

Implications for the miscibility gap and identification

2003

Mineralium Deposita

38

3

381-388

15

Merkle R.K.W.,

Franklyn C.B.,

Przybylowicz W.,

Verryn S.M.C.

Intercomparison of electron probe micro-analyses

and particle induced X-ray emission analyses of

Pt-Pd-Ni-S matrices

2002

Nuclear Instruments and

Methods in Physics Research,

Section B: Beam Interactions

with Materials and Atoms

190

821-825

16

Verryn S.M.C.,

Merkle R.K.W.

The system PtS-PdS-NiS between 1200°C and 700°C

2002

Canadian Mineralogist

40

2

571-584

17

Smit E.,

Manoun B.,

Verryn S.M.C.,

De Waal D.

Improvement of X-ray powder diffraction patterns

of the spin transition polymer

[Fe(Htrz)₃](CIO₄)₂·1.85H₂O

2001

Powder Diffraction

16

1

37-41

18

Verryn S.M.C.,

Meulenbeeld P.M.P.B.

A new locality for Chapmanite (Sb(OH)Fe₂(SiO₄)₂)

at a lead-silver-zinc deposit near Argent Station,

Mpumalanga, South Africa

2000

Neues Jahrbuch fur

Mineralogie, Monatshefte

2

85-90

19

Verryn S.M.C.,

Merkle R.K.W.

Synthetic "Cooperite", "Braggite", and "Vysotskite"

in the system PtS-PdS-NiS at 1100°C, 1000°C,

and 900°C

2000

Mineralogy and Petrology

68

63-73

20

Pikl R.,

De Waal D.,

Merkle R.K.W.,

Verryn S.M.C.

Raman spectroscopic identification of synthetic

'braggite' (Pt, Pd, Ni)S samples in comparison

with synthetic 'cooperite'

1999

Applied Spectroscopy

53

8

927-930

21

Merkle R.K.W.,

Pikl R.,

Verryn S.M.C.,

De Waal D.

Raman spectra of synthetic 'braggite', (Pd,Pt,Ni)S

1999

Mineralogical Magazine

63

3

363-367

22

Merkle R.K.W.,

Pikl R.,

Verryn S.M.C.,

De Waal D.

A raman spectroscopic investigation of

synthetic "cooperite", (Pt,Pd,Ni)S

1997

Neues Jahrbuch fur

Mineralogie, Monatshefte

11

518-528

23

Verryn S.M.C.,

Merkle R.K.W.

Observations on factors affecting the

compositional variation of synthetic "cooperite"

in the system Pt-Pd-Ni-S at 1000°C

1996

Neues Jahrbuch fur

Mineralogie, Monatshefte

10

471-482

24

Verryn S.M.C.,

Merkle R.K.W.

Compositional variation of cooperite, braggite,

and vysotskite from the Bushveld Complex

1994

Mineralogical Magazine

58

2

223-234

25

Verryn S.M.C.,

Von Gruenewaldt G.,

Merkle R.K.W.

Petrogenetic implications of mineralogical and

geochemical features of rocks hosting the Waaikraal

gold deposit, northwest of Brits, Transvaal

1991

South African Journal of Geology

94

204-211

26

Verryn S.M.C.,

Merkle R.K.W.,

Von Gruenewaldt G.

Gold- and associated ore minerals of the Waaikraal

deposit northwest of Brits, Bushveld Complex

1991

European Journal of Mineralogy

3

2

451-466