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Once upon a time: looking for minerals at the end of the 1980s with my father.Â
I have been fond of Mineralogy since I was a child, collecting dendrites of Mn oxides on the surfaces of limestones in Northern Apennines.Â
Following my passion, I studied Earth Sciences and I became a mineralogist. My research activity is mainly related to the crystal-chemical characterization of minerals, with a special focus on S-bearing minerals (both sulfides and sulfates).Â
As a result of my activity, I contributed to the description of several new mineral species as well as to the proposal of the classification of some mineral groups.Â
In addition, the study of selected localities (usually from Tuscany) improved the knowledge of topographical mineralogy.Â
New minerals
New minerals
New mineral species give us a better description of how Earth works. Even though several of them play a minimal role in the bulk properties and dynamics of our Planet, they are crucial to understand the complexity of the mineralogical realm. They can be considered details of the Earth's picture and, following Leonardo da Vinci, "details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail".
Scorticoite
(Scortico, Apuan Alps, Tuscany)
IMA 2018-159
Kenoargentotennantite-(Fe)
(Pollone mine, Apuan Alps, Tuscany)
IMA 2020-062
Selenodantopaite
(Potucky, Czech Republic)
IMA 2023-092
Nipeiite-(Ce)
(Taiping REE deposit, China)
IMA 2022-106a
Argentotennantite-(Fe)
(San Genaro mine, Peru)
IMA 2023-126
Belmonteite
(Gambatesa mine, Genoa, Liguria)
IMA 2024-040
Boevskite
(Boevskoe, Russia)
IMA 2024-041
Zanelliite
(Grosses Chalttal, Switzerland)
IMA 2024-061
Bonaccorsiite
(Waldheim, Germany)
IMA 2025-028
Abelloemringerite
(Renéville, Republic of Congo)
IMA 2025-036
Elramlyite-(Ce)
(Um Safi area, Egypt)
IMA 2025-057
Delchiaroite
(Carrara, Massa-Carrara, Tuscany)
IMA 2025-076
Mineral classification
Mineral classification
Mineral classification follows a series of guidelines established by the IMA-CNMNC and should be used by all the Geoscience community. Achieving a deep crystal-chemical knowledge of different mineral groups is crucial for an accurate classification, aiming at stressing the wide variability of mineral phases.
Simonellite
(Fognano, Siena, Italy)
Definition of neotype material
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