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Minerals - Gemstones - Geology
Our group realized a database of Raman spectra of Minerals containing 200 spectra. The database is freely available on this web site following the link "Raman DB".
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Moreover, we collaborate with many private and public institution for the study of minerals, rocks and inclusions.
In the following some of our research arguments in the mineralogical-petrographic field are reported.
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Determination of the formation temperature of graphite from the pyroxenite of Rio Bargolo (Parma , Italy) by means or Raman spectroscopy.
Study of the solid and fluid inclusions in the minerals of rodingites present in the province of Parma . |
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Determination of the mineral species present in the "Riserva Naturale Orientata Rupe di Campotrera", commune di Canossa (Reggio Emilia, Italy). Identification of the heavy minerals contained in fluvial deposits by means of micro-Raman spectroscopy and SEM-EDS. One of the aims of this work is to identify standard quick procedures to identify the mineral species between collections of many grains of specific minerals families (e. g. garnets, spinels, .).
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Micro-Raman / fission tracks combined study of apatite crystals, in order to determine the thermal history of the host rocks.
Realization of a database containing visible reflectance and Raman spectra of gemstones. Optimization of a commercial compact reflectance spectrometer.
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Study of the volatile content of the inclusions present in the lamproite from Gaussberg (Antarctica).
Study of the structure and of the fluid inclusions present in the melanophlogite from Varano Marchesi ( Parma , Italy ) by means of X-ray and micro-Raman.
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Collaborations
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra - Università di Parma
- Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche e Geotecnologie dell'Università degli Studi di Milano- Bicocca
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geologico-Ambientali, Università di Bologna
- Comune di Canossa (Reggio Emilia - Italy) - Riserva Naturale Orientata Rupe di Campotrera
- Istituto Gemmologico Ligure (Genova - Italy)
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Recent Papers on Mineralogy-Geology
- A. MONTANINI, R. TRIBUZIO, D. BERSANI Graphite-Bearing Garnet Pyroxenite Layers Within Mantle Peridotites From The Northern Apennine ( Italy ), GEOCHIM COSMOCHIM AC 67 (18): A302-A302 Suppl. 1 SEP 2003
- E. SALVIOLI-MARIANI, L. TOSCANI, D. BERSANI Magmatic evolution of the Gaussberg lamproite: volatile content and glass composition Miner. Mag. 68, 83-100 (2004)
- M. ZATTIN, L. ALDEGA, D. BERSANI, S. CORRADO, C. INVERNIZZI, S. MAZZOLI, Multisciplinary constraints to the apatite annealing temperatures: a case history from the southern Apennines , Fission Track 2004, Amsterdam, August 2004.
- A. MONTANINI, R. TRIBUZIO, M. BENEVENTI, D. BERSANI Origin of graphite in lithospheric mantle: insights from a new occurrence in garnet pyroxenites from an ophiolitic mantle sequence (Northern Apennine , Italy ) Geoitalia 2005, Spoleto 21-23 settembre 2005
- A. MONTANINI, R. TRIBUZIO , M. BENEVENTI, D. BERSANI Insights into the origin of mantle graphite from a new occurence in garnet pyroxenites from the external liguride peridotites (Northern Apennine, Italy) Ofioliti 2005 30(2), 213
- M.TRIBAUDINO, A. ARTONI, C. MAVRIS, D. BERSANI, P. P. LOTTICI, D. BELLETTI, Single crystal X-ray and Raman investigation on melanophlogite from Varano Marchesi (Parma, Italy) , subm. to Amer. Mineralogist
- M. ZATTIN, D. BERSANI, A. CARTER, Raman microspectroscopy: a non-destructive tool for routine calibration of apatite composition for fission-track analyses, submitted to Chemical Geology
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