LOCATION: Palazzo delle Scienze, 1st Floor, Room  I.013

RESEARCH TOPICS/BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
The research topics are focused on applied and environmental mineralogy with particular reference to: a) physico-chemical properties of minerals; b) interactions between minerals and supergenic/hypogenic fluids; c) environmental impact and geoheritage values of abandoned mining sites; d) Acid Mine Drainage processes; e) asbestos and other fibrous minerals; f) relationships between mineralogical composition and ecotoxic metals in rocks, soils and sediments; g) minerals-biosphere interactions; h) mineralogy and cultural heritage with particular reference to cements, mortars, concretes and pigments.

ESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS: Prof. Pietro Marescotti, Prof.ssa Cristina Carbone, Dott.ssa Fedra Gianoglio

LINK TO RESEARCH LINES, PROJECTS AND PUBLICATIONS: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pietro-Marescotti https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9460-1688

LABORATORY EQUIPMENT: 
- OLYMPUS BX-41 polarizing microscope equipped with 2x, 4x, 10x, 20x, 40x objectives and OLYMPUS COLOR VIEW II-SET camera.
- MIRAZOOM MZ902 USB digital microscope (20-200x).
The laboratory also uses DISTAV laboratories (core facilities) for electron microscopy and microanalysis (SEM-EDS), X-ray diffractometry on powders (XRPD), and mineral/rock samples preparation.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
In the Laboratory, teaching activities are carried out for the following  courses of the Master's Degree Courses in Geological Sciences and in Methodologies for the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage: a) "Methods of Investigation of Geomaterials"; b) "Mineralogy and Environmental Risk; c) Principles of Mineralogy Applied to Cultural Heritage; d) Laboratory of Mineralogy and Petrography