S2. Advances in mineral sciences: exploring Earth and rocky bodies’ building blocks

Conveners and Chairpersons: Cristian Biagioni (Università di Pisa), Ferdinando Bosi (Sapienza Università di Roma), Fernando Cámara (Università di Milano), Giorgia Cametti (Università di Berna)

 

 

ORAL SESSIONS

Wednesday 17 September 2025 [09.00-10.30]

Sala Antenore

2-1     09.00 - 09.20
[KEYNOTE] Welch M.* & Najorka J. : Hydroxyperovskites: an overlooked group of potential functional materials

2-2     09.20 - 09.30
Bellucci L., Cassetta M., Henrik Skogby H. & Nazzareni S.* : Pure and Sc-doped diopside (CaMgSi2O6) vibrational spectra: modelling and experiments

2-3     09.30 - 09.40
Petris D. & Princivalle F.* : Crystal chemistry of clinopyroxenes enclosed in mantle xenoliths from Assab (Ethiopia)

2-4     09.40 - 09.50
Ouladmansour A.*, Millán J.J., Abad Martìnez M.I. , Mesto E., Lacalamita M., Agrosì G., Mongelli G., Mameli P. & Schingaro E : Nanoscale analysis of  Red Muds from Portovesme (Sardinia)

2-5     09.50 - 10.00
Monico S.*, Marinoni N., Gatta G.D., Adamo I., Prosperi L., Conconi R., Capitani G. & Bernasconi A. : A multi-scale approach to partially crystalline gem materials: unravelling the complexity of chrysocolla

2-6     10.00 - 10.10
Tempesta G.*, Elettivo G.E. & Agrosì G. : Advances in the study by LIBS of topaz from different origins

2-7     10.10 - 10.20
Luppi R.*, Pezzotta F., Skogby H. & Bosi F. : Color mechanisms in natural and heated Paraíba tourmalines from Mozambique

2-8     10.20 - 10.30
Andreozzi G.B.*, Bosi F., Hålenius U., Altieri A. & Ciriotti M.E. : Crystal chemistry of tinzenite and relations with axinite group minerals

Wednesday 17 September 2025 [11.30-13.00]

Sala Antenore

2-9     11.30 - 11.50
[KEYNOTE] Dini A.* : Relationships between boron coordination in LCT pegmatite fluids and boron isotope record of tourmalines

2-10     11.50 - 12.00
Belmonte D. & Bosi F.* : Dominant valency/charge rule vs. chemical endmember approach: a thermodynamic perspective on mineral identification

2-11     12.00 - 12.10
Agakhanov A.A., Nestola F.*, Sokolova E., Škoda R., Pautov L.A., Karpenko V.Y., Hawthorne F.C., Pekov I.V., Kasatkin A.V., Аgakhanova V.A., Britvin S.N. & Molinari S. : Guastoniite-(Y): a new pegmatitic mineral from Tajikistan

2-12     12.10 - 12.20
Cámara F.*, Conforti V., Baratelli L., Bracco R., Ciriotti M.E. & Nestola F. : Alluaudite-type arsenates from Valletta mine (Canosio, Cuneo, Italy)

2-13     12.20 - 12.30
Biagioni C.*, Sejkora J., Perchiazzi N., Mugnaioli E., Mauro D., Belmonte D., Škoda R. & Dolníček Z. : Marioantofilliite, [Cu4Al2(OH)12](CO3)·3H2O, a new LDH mineral from Liguria (Italy)

2-14     12.30 - 12.40
Taddei A.*, Atencio D. & Bindi L. : Kenomicrolite, □₂Ta₂[O₄(OH)₂], the first vacancy-dominated pyrochlore-supergroup mineral from Nazareno, Minas Gerais, Brazil: crystal chemistry and ion-exchange properties

2-15     12.40 - 12.50
Pasero M.* : Prelude to the establishment of the crichtonite group: crystal-chemical intricacies and end-member formulae

2-16     12.50 - 13.00
Illuminati G.* : Focus stacking photomicrography: a tool for Earth sciences


POSTER SESSION

Wednesday 17 September 2025

Poster Area 1

2-17     Booth 1
Belmonte D.*, Biagioni C., Mauro D., D’Orazio M., Sejkora J. & Dolníček Z. : New crystal chemical data on morimotoite, Ca3(Ti4+Fe2+)(SiO4)3

2-18     Booth 2
Biagioni C.* & Belmonte D. : A first structural model for nakauriite

2-19     Booth 3
Bonaccorsi E.* & Biagioni C. : Crystal structure of truscottite

2-20     Booth 4
Bosi F.*, Altieri A., Skogby H., Pezzotta F., Hålenius U., Tempesta G., Ballirano P., Iommazzo F., Flégr T. & Cempírek J. : Ferro-bosiite from the Marina pegmatite, Mozambique: composition, crystallography, and genesis

2-21     Booth 5
Gu X., Nestola F., Ardit M.*, Liu G., Ke Z., Kasatkin A., Wang Y. & Qu K. : A new very high-pressure natural polymorph of SiO₂ from the Muonionalusta meteorite

2-22     Booth 6
Illuminati G.*, Musetti S., Bellatreccia F., Biagioni C., Caprilli E., Rabiee A. & Ciriotti M. : Chrysoberyl from the Sabatini Volcanic Complex (Latium, Italy): chemical and petrological peculiarities

2-23     Booth 7
Lacalamita M.*, Hairapetian V., Spiess R., Schingaro E., Mesto E. & Namnabat E. : Zunyite, Al13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl, from Larak Island (Iran): mineralogical insights    

2-24     Booth 8
Mauro D.*, Biagioni C., Sejkora J. & Dolníček Z. : (V,Cr)-rich grossular from the Peloritani Mountains, (northeastern Sicily, Italy): occurrence and crystal structure

2-25     Booth 9
Mauro D.* & Biagioni C. : Definition of neotype material of the hydrocarbon mineral simonellite, C19H24

2-26     Booth 10
Morana M.*, Pasek M. & Bindi L. : Natural versus artificial: exploring the exotic mineralogy of fulgurites

2-27     Booth 11
Rizzo F., Bosi F., Tempesta G., Iommazzo F. & Agrosì G.* : Pink tourmalines from three distinct Pegmatite provinces: crystal chemistry and genetic implications

2-28     Booth 12
Schingaro E.*, Lacalamita M., Mesto E., Reza Hosseinzadeh M., Asadi A., Mehdi Asadi M. & Mongelli G. : Zunyite from Qalat-e Payeen salt dome at the Hormuz Complex (Southern Iran): mineralogy and geochemistry   

2-29     Booth 13
Taddei A.* & Bindi L. : Tl⁺ incorporation in hydropyrochlore and hydrokenopyrochlore: Insights into the reaction kinetics

2-30     Booth 14
Wang Y., Nestola F.*, Day M.C., Jalowitzki T., Novais-Rodrigues E., Gervasoni F., Grings Cedeño D., da Silva S.W., Fuck R.A., Nava J., Santello L., Pamato M.G., Novella D., Innocenzi F., Curtolo A., La Fortezza M. & Qu K. : Ca2P2O7: a new mineral found in super-deep diamond from Juína, Brazil