ORAL SESSIONS
Tuesday 16 September 2025 [09.00-10.30]
Sala Mantegna
3-1
09.00 - 09.20
[KEYNOTE] Boffa Ballaran T.*, Criniti G., Huang R. & Kurnosov A.
: Relationship between the crystal chemistry of mantle minerals and their elastic properties
3-2
09.20 - 09.30
Ardit M.*, Belmonte D., Menescardi F., Conte S., Dondi M. & Cruciani G.
: Structural response of orthorhombic perovskites to non-ambient conditions
3-3
09.30 - 09.40
Comboni D., Garbarino G., Hanfland M. & Nazzareni S.*
: High-pressure and phase transitions in dalyite, a Zr-silicate
3-4
09.40 - 09.50
Cerantola V.*, Frulla F., Sahle Ch.J., Longa C., Muller H., Aslandukova A., Bykov M., Campione M., Capitani G., Dubrovinsky L., Hanfland M., Malaspina N. & Bykova E.
: Structural complexity of humboldtine (FeC
2O
4·2H
2O) at high pressures
3-5
09.50 - 10.00
Zucchini A.*, Pennacchioni L., Masotta M., Boffa Ballaran T., Fastelli M., Gallego Perra S., Figueiredo Eoares Rodrigues J.O., Garbarino G. & Comodi P.
: Effect of cation disorder on the high pressure behavior of ankerite
3-6
10.00 - 10.10
Ranellucci F.*, Ulian G. & Valdrè G.
: Calculation of elastic moduli and equation of state of dolomite through a Density Functional theory model. A benchmark study of the Hamiltonians.
3-7
10.10 - 10.20
Miletich R.*, Miloš S., Romanenko A.V., Rashchenko S.V., Shatskiy A.F. & Likhacheva A.Y.
: Transformation mechanism of the isosymmetric high-pressure transition in rhombohedral K
2Ca
2(CO
3)
3
3-8
10.20 - 10.30
Angel R.J.*, Mazzucchelli M., Baratelli L., Schweinle C.F., Gonzalez-Platas J., Balic-Zunic T., Alvaro M.
: Crystal Palace: new program for organising crystal structure data
Tuesday 16 September 2025 [11.30-13.00]
Sala Mantegna
3-9
11.30 - 11.50
[KEYNOTE] Carpenter M.*
: Strain and elasticity as critical determinants of trace element partitioning, solid solution formation and phase transitions
3-10
11.50 - 12.00
Kahlenberg V.* & Merlino S.
: On the incorporation of the larger alkali ions (Rb,Cs) into tobermorite related phases
3-11
12.00 - 12.10
Malcherek T.* & Husdal T.
: Unusual coordination in novel polyoxometallate-like crystal structures
3-12
12.10 - 12.20
Morana M.*, Minelli A., Bulled J., Bindi L. & Lepore G.O.
: Exploring disorder via X-ray diffuse scattering in cupropearceite, [Cu
6As
2S
7][Ag
9CuS
4], a member of the pearceite-polybasite group
3-13
12.20 - 12.30
Barbaro A.*, Nestola F., Singerling S., Nava J. & Brenker F.E.
: Ureilitic carbon defects at the nanoscale
3-14
12.30 - 12.40
Belmonte D.*, Menescardi F. & Ceresoli D.
: Molecular dynamics study of high-pressure melting of CaO: simple structure, complex behavior
3-15
12.40 - 12.50
Curetti N. & Tribaudino M.*
: Lead and Sr-feldspar revisited: new room and high pressure Raman data
3-16
12.50 - 13.00
Schorn S.*, Yang Z., Buhre S., Botcharnikov R. & Moulas E.
: Experimental constraints on the kinetics of the albite = jadeite + quartz reaction depending on grain size and reaction overstepping
Tuesday 16 September 2025 [15.30-17.00]
Sala Mantegna
3-17
15.30 - 15.50
[KEYNOTE] Welch M.* & Najorka J.
: Amphiboles under extreme pressure: potassic-richterite, eckermannite and the role of polysomatism
3-18
15.50 - 16.00
Perna M.G.*, Rodriguez Vega A., Parlapiano F., Humpreys-Williams E., Nestola F., Biagioni C., Rosatelli G. & Stoppa F.
: Interconnectivity between crystal chemistry and crystallography in Eudialyte-Group Minerals: A new discovery from the Sierra La Vasca Alkaline Volcanic Complex, Coahuila, Mexico
3-19
16.00 - 16.10
Magnani N.* & Capitani G.
: Columbite-tantalite minerals from Val Vigezzo (VCO province, Piedmont, Italy): a preliminary study
3-20
16.10 - 16.20
Baratelli L.*, Cámara F., Murri M. & Alvaro M.
: Omphacite in host-inclusion systems: a new tool for elastic geothermobarometry
3-21
16.20 - 16.30
Gilio M.*, Mazzucchelli M.L. & Alvaro M.
: The pressure-induced stiffening of quartz and its effect on the strain-stress relationship. Implications for elastic geobarometry
3-22
16.30 - 16.40
Campomenosi N.*, Oliveri S., Belmonte D., Carbone C., Prencipe M. & Mihailova B.
: Coesite under non-ambient conditions via in situ Raman spectroscopy and first principles calculations
3-23
16.40 - 16.50
Alvaro M.*, Campomenosi N. & Gilio M.
: Crystallography tools for Investigating mineral rheology through host-inclusion systems
3-24
16.50 - 17.00
Nestola F., Alvaro M.* & Angel R.J.
: Celebrating the career of Prof. Chiara Domeneghetti: a legacy of research in mineralogical sciences
POSTER SESSION
Tuesday 16 September 2025
Poster Area 1
3-25
Booth 1
Adami L.*, Ardit M., Bonadiman C., Dondi M., Mancinelli M., Lepore G.O., Spagnoli E., Nodari L., Tassinari R., Zoleo A., Montegrossi G. & Di Benedetto F.
: When colour makes minerals unique: the case of the green dolomite from Malentrata (Pomarance, Tuscany, Italy)
3-26
Booth 2
Cámara F.*, Belmonte D. & Comboni D.
: Thermoelastic behavior and temperature induced structural evolution of grossite; experimental and
ab-initio calculation data
3-27
Booth 3
Chrappan Soldavini B. & Merlini M.*
: Crystal-chemistry and thermo-elastic behavior of chlorite: implications for shear accommodation in subduction zones
3-28
Booth 4
Illuminati G.*, Mesto E., Bellatreccia F. & Schingaro E.
: Determination of Al/Si Ordering in K-feldspars: comparison of methods
3-29
Booth 5
Lotti P.*, Comboni D., Chrappan Soldavini B., Merlini M. & Gatta G.D.
: Polymorphic behavior of leucite under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions: insights from synchrotron single-crystal diffraction
3-30
Booth 6
Mazzucchelli M.L.*, Moulas E. & Schmalholz S.M.
: Mechanisms of growth of unstrained crystals under stress: implications for mineral equilibria in deforming rocks
3-31
Booth 7
Mingardi G.*, Gasc J., Crichton W.A., Boffa Ballaran T., Kurnosov A., Schubnel A. & Alvaro M.
: Experimental insights into the α–β quartz transition at high-pressure and high-temperature
3-32
Booth 8
Murri M.*
: Unravelling the thermal history of rocks using pyroxene intracrystalline geothermometry
3-33
Booth 9
Nestola F.*, Anzolini C., Curtolo A., Gilio M., Alvaro M., Pearson G., Novella D., Pamato M.G., Day M.C., Timmerman S. & Harris J.W.
: Corundum inclusions in diamonds: a new tool for diamond geobarometry
3-34
Booth 10
Novais-Rodrigues E.*, Nestola F., Boffa Ballaran T. & Withers A.C.
: The high-pressure conversion of merrillite to tuite in the upper mantle
3-35
Booth 11
Perchiazzi N.*, Ferraris C. & Vignola P.
: Crystal-chemical studies on zirconosilicates from Tamazeght intrusive complex, Morocco