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Dr Sourav Bhattacharjee

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Glencore Postdoctoral Research Fellow

MSc: Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

PhD: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati

 
e:  sourav.bhattacharjee(at)ru.ac.za
 
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RESEARCH 

Currently working on the source characterization and genesis of rare-metal pegmatites in South Africa. Research support is provided by Glencore and CIMERA. 

 
PUBLICATIONS
Peer reviewed journal articles

  1. Bhattacharjee, S., Chakrabarty, A., Mitchell, R.H., Araoka, D., Kon, Y., Hoshino, M., Satori, S., Jiang, G. (2026) Mineralogy, in situ trace element geochemistry, and C–O isotopic composition of contaminated allanite-bearing Khaderpet carbonatite: insights regarding magmatic and supergene processes. Mineralogical Magazine, 1–50.

  2. Bhattacharjee, S., Chakrabarty, A., Brenna, M., Xu, C., Mitchell, R.H., Kozlov, E.N., Fomina, E.N. and Sidorov, M., (2025). Decoding the Carbonatite and Clinopyroxenite Association at Hogenakkal, India: Insights from U-Pb Monazite Geochronology, In situ Trace Element, and Sr-C-O isotope Geochemistry. Journal of Petrology 66, 065.

  3. Imran, S., Bhattacharjee, S., Goswami, A., & Chakrabarty, A. (2025). Lithological Mapping and Spectroscopic Studies of Carbonatite and Clinopyroxenite from Hogenakkal Carbonatite Complex, India. Applied Computing and Geosciences, 100269.

  4. Dey, , Chakrabarty, A., Mitchell, R.H., Bhattacharjee, S., Pal, S., Kynicky, J., & Drüppel, K. (2024). Unraveling the Magmatic-to-Carbothermal Processes in the Ba-Sr-REE Mineralization of the Sevattur Carbonatites, India. Journal of Petrology 65, 096.

  5. Bhattacharjee, S., Chakrabarty, A., Mitchell, R.H., Patel, S.C., Kozlov, E.N., Fomina, E.N., Dey, , & Pal, S. (2024). The Role of Magmatic-to-Carbohydrothermal Processes in Rare Earth Mineralization in Hogenakkal Carbonatites, India. Lithos 464, 107431.

  6. Bhattacharjee, S., Dey, M., Chakrabarty, A., Mitchell, R.H., & Ren, M. (2022). Zero-Valent- Dominant Pyrochlores: Endmember Formula Calculation and Petrogenetic Significance. The Canadian Mineralogist 60, 469–484.

  7. Dey, M., Bhattacharjee, S., Chakrabarty, A., Mitchell, R.H., Pal, S., Pal, S., & Sen, A.K. (2021). Compositional Variation and Genesis of Pyrochlore, Belkovite, and Baotite from the Sevattur Carbonatite Complex, India. Mineralogical Magazine 85, 588–606.

 

Conference abstracts

  1. Bhattacharjee, S., Chakrabarty, A., Mitchell, R.H., Araoka, D., Kon, Y., Hoshino, M., Satori, S., Jiang, G. (2026) Mineralogy, in-situ trace-element and C–O isotope geochemistry of the Khaderpet carbonates, Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, southern India: Insights into magma and supergene processes. 14th Igneous and Metamorphic Studies Group of South Africa, Conference, Barberton. 

  2. Bhattacharjee, S., Chakrabarty, A., Brenna, M., Xu, C., Mitchell, R.H., Kozlov, E.N., Fomina, E.N. & Sidorov, M., 2025, July. Deciphering the Carbonatite-Clinopyroxenite Connection at Hogenakkal, India: Insights from Trace Elements, Sr Isotopes, and U-Pb Geochronology. Goldschmidt 2025 Conference.

  3. Bhattacharjee, S., Dey, M., & Chakrabarty, A. (2024). Allanite Crystallization Inhibits Economic Rare Earth Element Mineralization in Carbonatites. International Geological Congress, Busan. 2119–2120

  4. Bhattacharjee, S., Dey, M., Chakrabarty, A., Kozlov, E., & Fomina, E.N. (2023). Clinopyroxenite and Carbonatite Association: Liquid Immiscibility, Fractional Crystallization, or Reaction Rocks? Alkaline and Kimberlite Magmatism of the Earth and Associated Deposits: Strategic Metals and Diamonds, 456–460.

 

 

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