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Crystal chemistry of K-tourmalines from the Kumdy-Kol microdiamond deposit, Kokchetav Massif, Kazakhstan
Beatrice Celata
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Department of Earth Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
Department of Energy Technologies and Renewable Sources, ENEA Casaccia Research Center, S. Maria di Galeria, 00123 Rome, Italy
Ferdinando Bosi
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Department of Earth Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
Kira A. Musiyachenko
Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T, Canada
Andrey V. Korsakov
Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Giovanni B. Andreozzi
Department of Earth Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 505–516, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-505-2025, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-505-2025, 2025
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This study describes the elbaite neotype, found in crystals from a site on Elba island, Italy. Researchers analyzed these nearly colorless crystals and found that their formation was influenced by earlier changes in the surrounding rock. As different minerals formed first, they set the stage for elbaite to develop later in deeper spaces. This work helps us understand how changes in the local environment affect how and when certain minerals grow.
Giovanni B. Andreozzi, Dario Di Giuseppe, Alessandro F. Gualtieri, Valentina Scognamiglio, Laura Fornasini, Danilo Bersani, Tommaso Giovanardi, Federico Lugli, and Federico Pezzotta
Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 437–453, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-437-2025, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-437-2025, 2025
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An unusual tourmaline was studied using a multi-analytical approach. The sample comes from a granitic pegmatite on the island of Elba and consists of three generations of tourmaline: green prismatic tourmaline, a dark fibrous cap, and colourless acicular single crystals. The most likely scenario for its formation involves the miarolitic cavity fracturing due to mechanical shock, the subsequent circulation of the highly reactive cavity fluids, and the leaching of accessory biotite in the surrounding pegmatite.
Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills
Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 337–342, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-337-2025, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-337-2025, 2025
Erik Jonsson, Ulf Hålenius, Jaroslaw Majka, and Ferdinando Bosi
Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 269–277, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-269-2025, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-269-2025, 2025
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Skogbyite, with the chemical formula Zr(Mg2+2Mn3+4)SiO12, is a new species in the braunite group of minerals. It was discovered in a complex mineral assemblage, essentially a very poor manganese ore, from the Långban Fe–Mn oxide deposit, Värmland County, Bergslagen ore province, Sweden. It is named after the Swedish mineralogist Henrik Skogby (b. 1956). It is a new mineral attesting to the localised mobility and reactivity of zirconium under very special geological conditions.
Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills
Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 249–255, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-249-2025, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-249-2025, 2025
Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills
Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 75–78, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-75-2025, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-75-2025, 2025
Giovanni B. Andreozzi, Claudia Gori, Henrik Skogby, Ulf Hålenius, Alessandra Altieri, and Ferdinando Bosi
Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 1–12, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-1-2025, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-1-2025, 2025
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The compositional variation in a multi-coloured, zoned tourmaline from the Cruzeiro pegmatite, Brazil, reflects melt chemical evolution during the entire pegmatite differentiation. In uncontaminated granitic pegmatite systems such as that of Cruzeiro, the compositional evolution of tourmaline progresses from schorl to fluor-elbaite, rather than directly from schorl to elbaite, to reflect co-enrichment in Li and F during fractional crystallization.
Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 1005–1010, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-1005-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-1005-2024, 2024
Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 917–923, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-917-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-917-2024, 2024
Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 599–604, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-599-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-599-2024, 2024
Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 525–528, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-525-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-525-2024, 2024
Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 361–367, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-361-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-361-2024, 2024
Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills
Eur. J. Mineral., 36, 165–172, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-165-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-36-165-2024, 2024
Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 1073–1078, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-1073-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-1073-2023, 2023
Daniel Atencio, Andrezza A. Azzi, Kai Qu, Ritsuro Miyawaki, Ferdinando Bosi, and Koichi Momma
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 1027–1030, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-1027-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-1027-2023, 2023
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Ian E. Grey, Stephanie Boer, Colin M. MacRae, Nicholas C. Wilson, William G. Mumme, and Ferdinando Bosi
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 909–919, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-909-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-909-2023, 2023
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Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 891–895, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-891-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-891-2023, 2023
Alessandra Altieri, Federico Pezzotta, Giovanni B. Andreozzi, Henrik Skogby, and Ferdinando Bosi
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 755–771, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-755-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-755-2023, 2023
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Ferdinando Bosi, Frédéric Hatert, Marco Pasero, and Stuart J. Mills
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 659–664, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-659-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-659-2023, 2023
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Cristian Biagioni, Ferdinando Bosi, Daniela Mauro, Henrik Skogby, Andrea Dini, and Federica Zaccarini
Eur. J. Mineral., 35, 81–94, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-81-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-35-81-2023, 2023
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Short summary
The discovery of the K-dominant tourmaline maruyamaite with microdiamond inclusions suggested its ultrahigh-pressure formation. We analyzed the role of K in the tourmaline structure, with a special focus on its stability. High pressure is necessary to squeeze the large cation K+ in the stiff framework of tourmaline, although K is the underdog component if Na+ is present in the mineralizing fluid. K-tourmaline is stable at high pressure, overcoming the stereotype of a mere crustal component.
The discovery of the K-dominant tourmaline maruyamaite with microdiamond inclusions suggested...
