In her latest study Claudia Stangarone carried out ab initio hybrid Hartree-Fock/Density Functional Theory simulations to determine the structure and vibrational modes of zircon, ZrSiO4, as a function of different applied strains. In her...
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In this new nice chapter of the saga of the orientation of inclusions in diamonds Paolo Nimis proposes the mechanical interaction between euhedral crystals in a fluid-rich environment as the most likely mechanism to produce the observed...
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This short course, organized by Silvio Ferrero and Pierre Lanari aims to offer to PhD students and early carrier scientists working in the fields of metamorphic petrology, petrochronology and geochemistry a detailed overview of the most recent...
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Mara Murri marks the beginning of the new year with an incredibly nice paper showing the effect of non-hydrostatic stresses on the structure of alpha-quartz. This investigation carried out through ab initio hybrid Hartree–Fock/DFT simulations...
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METEORITI, CRATERI DA IMPATTO E TUNNEL DI LAVA: IL CONTRIBUTO DELLE SCIENZE GEOLOGICHE ALLO STUDIO DEI MATERIALI EXTRATERRESTRI E DEGLI ANALOGHI PLANETARI E ALLA PREPARAZIONE DELLE FUTURE MISSIONI ESPLORATIVE PLANETARIE Mara Murri gave a really...
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Mara Murri’s proposal “Cathodoluminescence as a tool for unravelling shock features of diamonds from impact craters” has been supported for 5 days of facility time by Europlanet 2020 Research Infrastructure funding scheme for a...
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In this paper, we test the available experimental calibrations for clino and orthopyroxenes as geothermometer by determining their site in synthetic samples grown from a hydrous nepheline basanite in a piston-cylinder apparatus at 1050 °C at...
Read moreWe are pleased to announce the fourth international diamond school, which will be held in Bressanone (Italy) between January 29th and February 2nd 2018. The school will provide a general overview of the recent advances in diamond research. In...
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To mark the occasion of the second International Diamond School (IDS) held in January 2015 at Bressanone (Italy), it is appropriate to publish a special issue of Lithos on diamond research entitled “The nature of diamonds and their use in Earth’s...
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Our Ph.D. student Mattia Mazzucchelli has been awarded the “Ph.D. Student Award 2016” by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA). Since 2016, IMA inaugurated its Ph.D. Student Award, aimed at supporting outstanding students in...
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Mara Murri, our master degree student, just got awarded a research grant from the “Barringer Family Fund for meteorite impact research” to carry out a project that is aimed at understanding the possible mechanisms of micro-diamonds retrieved in...
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Monday 14.00 – 14.15 Adrian Jones “DIAMOND: MESSENGERS FROM DEEP SPACE AND DEEP TIME AND OLDER THAN THE EARTH?” (Room – Tempio) Monday 14.15 – 14.30 Paolo Nimis “HYDROUS SILICIC FLUID FILMS AROUND SOLID INCLUSIONS IN GEM-QUALITY DIAMONDS” (Room –...
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