Rosa Bernstein Scorzelli, Brazilian geochemist and meteoricist (1940 -
CONTRIBUTIONS
Named tektoids
With J. Gattacceca, B. Devouard, J. Barrat, P. Rochette, M.L. Balestrieri et al. A 650 km2 Miocene strewnfield of splash-form impact glasses in the Atacama Desert, Chile. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 569:117049-59, 2021
First observation of low moment Fe-Ni phases (αLS-phase or antitaenite) and first to report two minerals with same crystal structure and same composition but differing only in electronic structure and associated properties
With D.G. Rancourt, K.Lagarec, A. Densmore, R.A. Dunlap, J.I. Goldstein & R.J. Reisner. Experimental proof of the distinct electronic of a new meteoritic Fe-Ni alloy phase. J. Magn. Magnet. Materials 191:255-60, 1999
With A.B. Domínguez & E.B. Saitovich. New iron species observed by Mossbauer spectroscopy in Y-SR-Cu-O compounds containing oxyanions. Hyperf. Inter. 2:245-9, 1997
With D.G. Rancourt. Low-spin gamma Fe-Ni proposed as a new mineral in Fe-Ni bearing meteorites: epitaxial intergrowth of gamma LS and tetrataenite as a possible equilibrium state at 20-40% Ni. J. Magn. Magnet. Materials 150:30-6, 1995
Papers in Nature
With J. Danon, I.S. Azevedo, J. Laugier & A. Chamberod. Santa Catharina meteorite and phase composition of irradiated Fe-Ni invar alloys. Nature 284:537-8, 1980
With J. Danon, I.S. Azevedo, W.C. Curvello, J.F. Albertsen & J.M.Knudsen. Iron-nickel 50-50 Superstructure in the Santa Catharina meteorite. Nature 277:283-4, 1979
With J. Danon, I.S. Azevedo & M.C. Michel-Levy. Iron-nickel superstructure in metal particles of chondrites. Nature 281:469-71, 1979
HONORS
7735 Scorzelli (Asteroid)