In her manuscript Sula Milani provides for the first time consistent the thermo-elastic parameters for grossular garnet using simultaneous fitting of pressure-volume-temperature data combined with either adiabatic (KS) or isothermal bulk modulus...
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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