Scientific programme

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

MUSEO DI MINERALOGIA, SAPIENZA UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA

16.00-18.00  Participant registration
17.00-19.00  Icebreaker party, visit to Mineralogy Museum

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

AULA CONVEGNI, CNR

08.15-09.00  Participant registration
09.00-09.30  Opening

Convener: U. Hålenius
09.30-10.00  Keynote lecture: Short-range order in rock-forming and accessory minerals: a review of the present state of affairs and some suggestions as to what to do next – F.C. Hawthorne
10.00-10.15  Shannon information and configurational entropy of crystalline solids – S.V. Krivovichev
10.15-10.30  Order-disorder phase transitions in the minerals with antiperovskite structures – M.S. Avdontceva
10.30-10.45  Combining structure refinement and spectroscopies: hints and warnings for more efficient tools to decipher the mechanisms of deprotonation in amphiboles – R. Oberti
10.45-11.00  Crystal chemistry of amphiboles by Raman spectroscopy – B. Mihailova

11.00-11.30  Coffee break

Convener: M. Koch-Müller
11.30-11-45  Reapproval of betalomonosovite as a valid mineral species: single-crystal X-ray diffraction, HRTEM, Raman and IR spectroscopy – E. Sokolova
11.45-12.00  "Chlorellestadite" Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5Cl, a potentially new mineral of the apatite supergroup from the Shadil Khokh volcano, Kel'sky Plateau, Southern Ossetia – D. Środek
12.00-12.15  Raman investigation of new and potentially new minerals of nabimusaite supergroup – M. Dulski
12.15-12.30  Perettiite-(Y), Y3+2Mn2+4Fe2+[Si2B8O24], a new mineral from Momeik, Myanmar – R.M. Danisi
12.30-12.45  Tourmaline from the eclogite hosting gneisses in the Tso Morari UHP metamorphic terrane (Ladakh, India): characteristics and evolution – I. Broska
12.45-13.00  Bosiite, a new member of the tourmaline supergroup – A. Ertl

13.00-14.30  Lunch break

Convener: D. Bersani
14.30-15.00  Keynote lecture: Structural control of the color of minerals and glasses using spectroscopic tools – L. Galoisy
15.00-15.15  The origin of colour of red beryl by LIBS analyses – G. Tempesta
15.15-15.30  Ni-Ti co-doped hibonite ceramic pigments by combustion synthesis: crystal structure and optical properties – M. Ardit
15.30-15.45  Precious opals from the Raduzhnoe deposit (Russia): mineralogy, geochemistry – V.B. Tishkina
15.45-16.00  High-temperature crystal chemistry of astrophyllite from Kola peninsula, Russia – E.S. Zhitova
16.00-16.15  Raman spectroscopy and the inversion degree of natural Cr-bearing spinels – D. Lenaz

16.15-16.45  Coffee break

16.45-18.00  Poster session 1

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

AULA CONVEGNI, CNR

Convener: R. Oberti
09.30-10.00  Keynote lecture: Empirical electronic polarizabilities in oxides, hydroxides, oxyfluorides and oxychlorides – R.D. Shannon
10.00-10.15  Diffusion of redox-variable elements in minerals: the example of Cr diffusion in pure forsterite and natural olivine – H.St.C. O'Neill
10.15-10.30  Multicomponent solid solutions in secondary oxyminerals from a polymetallic deposit in the Sudetes, Poland – J. Ciesielczuk
10.30-10.45  As5+ incorporation into rhomboclase and its dehydration product (H3O)Fe(SO4)2 - An EXAFS study – R.M. Bolanz
10.45-11.00  Crystal chemistry of Si-deficient B-bearing vesuvianite forming epitaxial intergrowths on wiluite – T.L. Panikorovskii

11.00-11.30  Coffee break


Convener: F. Di Benedetto
11.30-11.45  Mixed uranyl sulfato-selenates: variable composition and crystal structures – V.V. Gurzhiy
11.45-12.00  Expanding knowledge on crystal chemistry of uranyl sulfate minerals – J. Plášil
12.00-12.15  Photoluminescence spectroscopy: a tool for revealing stress caused by self-irradiation damage – L. Nasdala
12.15-12.30  Turquoise zircon: new diffraction and optical data – an overview of V4+ crystal chemistry and optical spectroscopy in minerals – M. Dondi
12.30-12.45  Electron-beam irradiation of zircon: A discussion of spectroscopic phenomena – T. Váczi
12.45-13.00  Diffusion of hydrogen in zircon – J. Ingrin

13.00-14.30  Lunch break

Convener: H. Skogby
14.30-15.00  Keynote lecture: FTIR spectroscopy at HT: applications and problems – G. Della Ventura
15.00-15.15  FTIR spectroscopy of minerals with complex H-bonds network – F. Bellatreccia
15.15-15.30  Hydrogen bonding in mineral-related M2-xM12(OH)6(HXO4)2(H2x/3XO4)6 compounds: synergy of X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy – T. Đorđević
15.30-15.45  The temperature and oxygen fugacity dependence of hydroxyl incorporation in San Carlos olivine: an experimental and infrared study – P.M.E. Tollan
15.45-16.00  New tool for water calculation in Martian fluorapatite: a combined synchrotron FTIR, Raman spectroscopy, EMPA and TEM study – M. Koch-Müller
16.00-16.15  Clinopyroxenes from Pico Volcano (Azores Island, Portugal): crystal chemistry and water content – S. Nazzareni

16.15-16.45  Coffee break

16.45-18.00  Poster session 2

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

AULA CONVEGNI, CNR

Convener: S. Speziale
09.30-10.00  Keynote lecture: DFT-based calculations for the interpretation of mineral spectra – B. Winkler
10.00-10.15  Chemical bonding and radiation stability of monazite-structure orthophosphates: ab initio and spectroscopy studies – Y.V. Shchapova
10.15-10.30   Electronic high-spin to low-spin transition in siderite at high pressure and temperature – J. Müller
10.30-10.45  A combined micro-Raman spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction approach: an example on natural and synthetic garnets – M. Alvaro
10.45-11.00  Cation Order-Disorder Behavior in Silicate Garnet Solid Solutions – C.A. Geiger

11.00-11.30  Coffee break

Convener: M. Dondi
11.30-11.45  Structure of iron- and cobalt-doped ZnO as anode material for Li-ion batteries – G. Giuli
11.45-12.00  Physico-chemical properties of quartz from industrial manufacturing and its cytotoxic effects on alveolar macrophages: the case of green sand mould casting for iron production - F. Di Benedetto
12.00-12.15  Study of the asbestos bodies and chemical-physical modification of mineral fibres in rat histological tissues using electron microscopy and micro-Raman – N. Bursi Gandolfi
12.15-12.30  Exploiting XPS for clarifying toxicity of mineral fibers – M. Fantauzzi
12.30-12.45  Minerals of the bowieite–kashinite series from the Svetly Bor complex, Urals, Russia, and comparison with worldwide occurrences – F. Zaccarini
12.45-13.00  Characterization of structure and growth of electrodeposited Cu-S ultra-thin films – A. Giaccherini

13.00-14.30  Lunch break

Convener: G. Cruciani
14.30-15.00  Keynote lecture: Magnetism meets Mössbauer spectroscopy and the stories they tell – C. McCammon
15.00-15.15  Iron meteorites and their weathering products: Mössbauer spectroscopy with a high velocity resolution of the iron-bearing minerals – M.I. Oshtrakh
15.15-15.30  Spectroscopic study of Chelyabinsk LL5 meteorite: structural peculiarities of iron-bearing minerals in different fragments – A.A. Maksimova
15.30-15.45  23Na nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopic study of loparite-(Ce) – E.A. Popova
15.45-16.00  Crystal chemistry of "Li7La3Zr2O12" garnet doped with Al, Ga, and Fe: a review of NMR- and Mössbauer spectroscopy studies – G. Amthauer
16.00-16.15  Combined Mössbauer and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy approach for identification of metal substitution into nearly-amorphous secondary iron oxides emerging from advanced technologies of water treatment (iron nanoparticles/ferratesIV,V,VI) – J. Filip

16.15-16.30  ECMS 1988-2015: an overview of mineral spectroscopy in the last 30 years – G. Calas

16.30-16.40  ECMS 2015: a summary and beyond

16.40-17.00  Coffee and closing

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