Welcome

On these pages you will find information about me (Henrik Friis), both professional and personal. As I am a conscious mineralogist, I must warn you that some rocks were harmed in the process of making some of the pictures found on these pages!!!! In the "Professional" section you will find things like CV, publications and research interests. Whereas, the "Personal" section contains miscellaneous information about me and mineralogy.

Briefly About Me

• I am in my early 30's
• I have been interested in minerals since the age of 11 and I have a degree in Mineralogy
• I am especially interested in alkaline, beryllium and REE mineralogy
• I am also interested in the physical properties of minerals, especially their luminescence
• Luckily minerals are found all over the world, giving me a great excuse to travel

News

My sodalite paper has now been published in the Minerals Explained serie of Geology Today.

On June 1^st 2011 I became a Honorary Research Fellow of the Department of Earth Sciences, University of St Andrews.

I have started my Post Doc Fellowship at MDRU, University of British Columbia, Canada on the mineralogy of the REE and U minerals of the lujavrites of the Ilímaussaq Alkaline Complex. The project is funded by Greenland Minerals & Energy Ltd.