Omphacite’s Hidden Clues: A Step Forward in Raman Geobarometry Omphacite, a mineral commonly trapped inside garnet, could be a powerful tool for Raman elastic geobarometry—a technique that helps scientists determine the pressures ancient...
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Cracking Quartz: What this Phase Transition Means for Seismic Studies Quartz isn’t just one of the most common mineral—it plays a crucial role in shaping the Earth’s crust. At high temperatures and pressures, quartz undergoes a phase...
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Unlocking Diamond Secrets: How Inclusions Reveal Earth’s Deep History Diamonds do more than sparkle—they hold tiny inclusions that act as time capsules, revealing conditions deep within the Earth. But to unlock their secrets, scientists...
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Why Don’t Iron Meteorites Have Diamonds? A Cosmic Mystery Meteorites can tell us incredible stories about the history of our solar system, and some even contain diamonds! But while diamonds in ureilite meteorites formed under extreme...
Read moreJust for fun we did test notebookLM capabilities to produce simple summary of large texts in a form of a conversation using the recent paper by Nicola Campomenosi and the results without further input is incredible. certainly is not perfect but...
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New chapter for host-inclusion systems studies We finally started a new chapter on mineral host-inclusion studies by investigating processes that go beyond simple elasticity. The study of mineral rheology, how rocks and minerals deform under...
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Open questions on carbonaceous matter in meteorites Every year several tons of extraterrestrial material reach Earth’s surface but only a fraction of it ends up in the hands of geoscientists. In their recently published comment, Oliver...
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Our former postdoc Joseph P. Gonzalez funded by the United States National Science Foundation (NSF) has been appointed by The New York State Education Department’s (NYSED) Office of Cultural Education as a Museum Scientist in mineralogy and...
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Barringer Family Fund for Meteorite Impact Research to Oliver Christ Congratulations to our postdoctoral fellow Oliver Christ that has been awarded the Barringer Family Fund for Meteorite Impact Research! We wish you the best for your research!!...
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Watch the video of the talk given by Giulia Mingardi at the “3MT 2024 Edition @UniPv”
Read more Giulia Mingardi is the winner of the “3MT 2024 Edition @UniPv” The 3MT is an academic competition that challenges PhD students to describe their research to a general audience in English in less than three minutes. The Three Minute...
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First evaluation of stiff-in-soft host–inclusion systems We all have been habit to work and think about inclusions being preserved by their very stiff host. But have you ever wondered what would happen when a stiff inclusion has been entrapped...
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