Richard Shaw

Richard Shaw’s Biography

• 2010 – ongoing : Economic Geologist, British Geological Survey
• 2009 –2010 : MSc Camborne School of Mines, Mining Geology
• 2002 –2009 : Analytical Geochemist, British Geological Survey
• 1999 –2002 : BSc (Hons) University of Derby, Geology

Research interests

• Critical metals
• Metallogenesis of lithium pegmatites
• Mineral resources and sustainable development
• Criticality assessment

Current projects and collaborations

• Lithium for Future Technology (LiFT) – a NERC-funded project, studying natural resources of lithium
• Met4Tech – a project focused on the circular economy of critical metals in the United Kingdom

ORCID

0000-0002-7691-4568

Published outputs

NERC Open Research Archive — Richard Shaw

Key papers

Shaw, R A, Goodenough, K M, Deady, E A, Nex, P, Ruzvidzo, B, Rushton, J C and Mounteney, I. 2021. The Magmatic–Hydrothermal Transition in Lithium Pegmatites: Petrographic and Geochemical Characteristics of Pegmatites from the Kamativi Area, Zimbabwe. The Canadian Mineralogist. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3749/canmin.2100032

Horn, S, Gunn, A G, Petavratzi, E, Shaw, R A, Eilu, P, Törmänen, T, Bjerkgård, T, Sandstad, J S, Jonsson, E, Kountourelis, S and Wall, F. 2021. Cobalt resources in Europe and the potential for new discoveries. Ore Geology Reviews. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103915

Deady, E A, Lacinska, A M, Goodenough, K M, Shaw, R A, and Roberts, N M W. 2019. Volcanic-derived placers as a potential resource of rare earth elements: the Aksu Diamas case study, Turkey. Minerals. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/min9040208

Honour, V C, Goodenough, K M, Shaw, R A, Gabudianu, I, and Hirtopanu, P. 2018. REE mineralisation within the Ditrău Alkaline Complex, Romania: Interplay of magmatic and hydrothermal processes. Lithos. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2018.05.029

Gunn, A G, Dorbor, J K, Mankelow, J M, Lusty, P A J, Deady, E A, Shaw, R A and Goodenough, K M. 2018. A review of the mineral potential of Liberia. Ore Geology Reviews. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.07.021

Shaw, R A, Goodenough, K M, Roberts, N M R, Horstwood, M S A, Chenery, S R and Gunn, A G. 2016. Petrogenesis of rare-metal pegmatites in high-grade metamorphic terranes: A case study from the Lewisian Gneiss Complex of north-west Scotland, Precambrian Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2016.06.008

Skills

• Igneous petrology and geochemistry
• Metallogenesis and ore deposits, particularly of the critical metals
• Criticality assessment
• Analysis of global mineral commodities
• Geochemical sampling and analysis

• Treasurer, Applied Mineralogy Group