ECM-25 (Istanbul, Turkey, 16-21 August 2009) - Invited speaker and Chair of Plenary Lecture.
CMLM (Clays, clay minerals and layered materials - Moscow 21-25 September 2009) - Member of the Scientific Committee.
Invited speaker - 70th Anniversary of Prof. Dr. Emil Constantinescu - 30-31 October 2009, University of Bucharest
Scientific Activity
Main fields of research are as follows.
Characterisation of rare and new minerals, in particular titanosilicates and other minerals from hyperalkaline rocks. Synthesis of porous mineral phases; pillaring of heterophyllosilicates.
Crystal-chemistry and crystal-physics of inorganic compounds.
Structural and general crystallography.
Modular crystallography; polysomatism, polytypism and twinning.
Results have been obtained mainly by diffraction (X-rays, neutrons, electrons) and electron microscopy. The main results can be grouped as follows.
Characterisation
of some 80 mineral species; most of them with crystal structure determinations; 33 are new species [altisite, balangeroite, bykovaite, canavesite, carbokentbrooksite-(Ce), carlosturanite, caryochroite, cattiite, eveslogite, ferriallanite-(Ce), gjerdingenite-Fe, hydroxylclinohumite, kalifersite, kanonerovite, kapitsaite-(Y), kristiansenite, labuntsovite-Fe, labuntsovite-Mg, magnesiocloritoid, magnesiodumortierite, manganonaujakasite, nabalamprophyllite, nafertisite, nechelyustovite, neskevaaraite-Fe, phaunoxite, potassicarfvedsonite, raadeite, seidite-(Ce), shirokshinite, stoppaniite, tsepinite-Ca, zirsilite-(Ce)]. Some new species are connected with asbestos (balangeroite, carlosturanite), very high pressure metamorphism (magnesiochloritoid, magnesiodumortierite) and hyperalkaline rocks (e.g., Kola Peninsula).
Evolution
with temperature and pressure of the crystal structure and equation of state of rock-forming layer minerals, in particular micas.
Development
and applications of the theory of polysomatism [inophites (carlosturanite), heterophyllosilicates (nafertisite) and palysepioles (kalifersite) series have been defined].
Theoretical studies
of twinning (merohedry; definition of allotwins, plesiotwins, metric merohedry, selective merohedry, hybrid twins, and polyholohedry) and diffraction methods.
Contributions
to bond valence and charge distribution theory; crystal-chemistry of the hydrogen bond.
Books (and contributions to)
NESPOLO M., TAKEDA H., FERRARIS G.
Crystallography of mica polytypes. In Merlino S. (Ed.): Modular aspects of minerals. Eötvös University Press, Budapest, 81-118 (1997).
http://www.univie.ac.at/Mineralogie/EMU/
FERRARIS G.
Polysomatism as a tool for correlating properties and structure. In Merlino S. (Ed.): Modular aspects of minerals. Eötvös University Press, Budapest, 275-295 (1997).
http://www.univie.ac.at/Mineralogie/EMU/
FERRARIS G.
Mineral and inorganic crystals. In Giacovazzo C. (Ed.) Fundamentals of Crystallography, Oxford University Press, 503-584 (2002) http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-850958-8
FERRARIS G., IVALDI G. Structural aspects of micas. In Mottana A., Sassi F.P, Thompson J.B. & Guggenheim S. (Eds.) Micas: Crystal Chemistry & Metamorphic Petrology. Reviews Miner. Geochem., 46, 117-153 (2002).
http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/RIM/Rim46.html
CHOPIN C.,
FERRARIS G.
Mineral chemistry and mineral reactions in UHPM rocks. In D.A. Carswell and R. Compagnoni. (Eds.): Ultra-High pressure metamorphism. EMU Notes in Mineralogy, 5, 191-227 (2003).
http://www.univie.ac.at/Mineralogie/EMU/
FERRARIS G., GULA A. (2005). Polysomatic aspects of microporous minerals - Heterophyllosilicates, palysepioles and rhodesite-related structures. In G. Ferraris and S. Merlino (Eds.). Micro- and Mesoporous Mineral Phases. Rev. Mineral. Geochem., 57, 57, 69-104. .
http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/RIM/Rim57.html
FERRARIS G., MERLINO S. (Eds.) (2005). Micro- and mesoposorous mineral phases. Vol. 57 of Rev. Mineral. Geochem. Mineralogical Soc. America, Washington DC.
http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/RIM/Rim57.html
FERRARIS G. (2006). Heterophyllosilicates: prospects of technological applications. In A. M. Pystin (ed.): Problems of geology and mineralogy, Komy Institute of Geology, Syktyvkar, Russia, pp. 65-75 http://www.komisc.ru/en/ig/
FERRARIS G., CADONI, M. (2008). Recurrent complex modules instead of molecules in non-molecular compounds - describing and modelling modular inorganic structures. In J.C.A. Boeyens and J.F. Ogilvie (eds) Models, mysteries and magic of molecules. Springer, pp. 365-390. http://www.springer.com/chemistry/analytical/book/978-1-4020-5940-7
FERRARIS G.,(Ed., Special Issue) (2009). Layered materials: structure and properties. Zeit. Kristallogr. 224 (5-6), IV + 241 - 324.
Recent papers
NESPOLO M.,
FERRARIS G. (2004).
Applied geminography - Symmetry analysis of twinned crystals and definition of twinning by reticular polyholohedry. Acta Cryst., A60, A60, 89-95
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CHUKANOV N.V., MOISEEV M.M., PEKOV I.V., LAZEBNIK K.A., RASTSVETAEVA R.K., ZAYAKINA N.V.,
FERRARIS G., IVALDI G. Nabalamprophyllite Ba(Na,Ba){Na3Ti[Ti2O2Si4O14](OH,F)2}, a new layer titanosilicate of the lamprophyllite group from Inagli and Kovdor alkaline-ultramafic massifs, Russia. Zapiski VMO, 133(1), 59-72. (In Russian).
NESPOLO M,, FERRARIS G. (2004). The oriented attachment mechanism in the formation of twins - a survey. Eur. J. Mineral., 16, 401-406.
PEKOV I.V., CHUKANOV N.V., LEBEDEVA, Yu. S., PUSHCHAROVSKY, D.Yu., FERRARIS G., GULA A., ZADOV A.E., NOVAKOVA A.A., PETERSEN, O.V. (2004). Potassicarfvedsonite, KNa2Fe2+4Fe3+Si8O22(OH)2, a K-dominant amphibole of the arfvedsonite series from the agpaitic pegmatites: mineral description and refinement of the crystal structure. N J. Miner. Mh., 555-574
Electronic reprint.
BURKE, E.A.J., FERRARIS, G. (2004). New minerals approved in 2003 nomenclature modifications approved in 2003 by the commission on new minerals and mineral names international mineralogical association. Can. Min., 42, 905-913
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FERRARIS, G., GULA, A., ZUBKOVVA N.V., PUSHCHAROVSKY, D. YU., GOBETCHIYA, E.R., PEKOV, I.V. (2004). The crystal structure of ilímaussite-(Ce),
(Ba,Na)10K3Na4.5Ce5(Nb,Ti)6[Si12O36][Si9O18(O,OH)24]O6, and the
"ilímaussite" problem. Can. Min., 42, 787-795.
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PISCHEDDA, V., FERRARIS, G., RAADE, G. (2004). (2005). Single-crystal X-ray diffraction study on neighborite (NaMgF3) from Gjerdingselva, Norway. N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 182, 23-29.
NÉMETH, P., FERRARIS, G., RADNÓCZI, G., AGEEVA, O.A. (2005). TEM and X-ray study of syntactic intergrowths of epistolite, murmanite and shkatulkalite. Can. Min., 43, 45, 973-987.
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KHOMYAKOV, A.P., MENSHIKOV, YU.P., FERRARIS, G., NÉMETH, P., NECHELYUSTOV, G.N. (2005).
Bykovaite, BaNa{(Na,Ti)4[(Ti,Nb)2(OH,O)3Si4O14](OH,F)2}·3H2O,
a new heterophyllosilicate from the Lovozero alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Zapiski VMO, 134(5), 40-49 (in Russian).
FERRARIS, G. (2005) - Micro- and Mesoporous Mineral Phases - Episodes, 28, 218-219.
FERRARIS, G. (2006). Pillared materials from layer titanosilicates? Solid State Phenomena, 111, 47-50.
BURKE, A.J., FERRARIS, G. (2006). New minerals approved in 2005 - Nomenclature modifications approved in 2005 by the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names - International Mineralogical Association. Can. Mineral., 44, 547-552.
BELLUSO, E., BELLIS, D., FORNERO, E., CAPELLA, S., FERRARIS, G., COVERIZZA, S. (2006). Assessment of inorganic fibre burden in biological samples by SEM-EDS. Microchim. Acta, 155, 95-100.
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KARTASHOV, P.M., FERRARIS, G.., SOBOLEVA, S.V., CHUKANOV, N.V. (2006). Caryochroite, a new heterophyllosilicate mineral species related to nafertisite from the Lovozero massif (Kola Peninsula, Russia). Can. Min., 44, 1331-1339.
KRIVOVICHEV, S.V., CHERNYSHOV, D. YU., DOBELIN, N., ARMBRUSTER, TH., KAHLENBERG, V., KAINDL, R., FERRARIS, G., TESSADRI, R., KALTENHAUSER, G. (2006). Crystal chemistry and polytypism of tyrolite. Am. Mineral., 91, 1378-1384.
NESPOLO, M., FERRARIS, G. (2006). The derivation of twin laws in non-merohedric twins - Application to the analysis of hybrid twins. Acta Cryst. A62, 336-349.
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BELLUSO, E., BELLIS, D., BRUNI B.M., CAPELLA, S., COVERIZZA, S., FERRARIS, G., FORNERO, E., PALETTI, L., RINAUDO C. (2006). Studio preliminare sulla valutazione indiretta delle fibre inorganiche respirabili aerodisperse in Valle di Susa (Piemonte - Alpi Occidentali). Rend. Soc. Geol. It., 3, 41-45.
NESPOLO, M., FERRARIS, G. (2007). Overlooked problems in manifold twins: twin misfit in zero-obliquity TLQS twinning and twin index calculation. Acta Cryst. A63, 278-286.
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CADONI, M., FERRARIS, G. (2007). Microporous titanosilicates - Synthesis and structural characterization of a new orthorhombic-type labuntsovite. Eur. J. Mineral., 19, 217-222.
FERRARIS, G., BLOISE, A., CADONI, M. (2008)). Layered titanosilicates -A review and some results on the hydrothermal synthesis of bafertisite. Micropor. Mesopor. Materials, 107, 108-112.
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BLOISE, A., BARRESE, E., FERRARIS, G. (2008). Flux growth of straw-like rutile monocrystals. Cryst. Res. Technol., 43, 121-126; DOI 10.1002/crat.200711069 .
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CURETTI, N., FERRARIS, G., IVALDI, G. (2008). Correlation between crystallization pressure and structural parameters of phengites. Am. Min., 93, 451-455
NÈMETH, N., KHOMYAKOV, A.P., FERRARIS, G., MENSHIKOV, YU. P. (2008). Nechelyustovite, a new heterophyllosilicate mineral, and new data on bykovaite: A comparative TEM study. Eur. J. Mineral., 21, 251-260. http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1864.
CADONI, M., FERRARIS, G. (2009). Synthesis and crystal structure of two new members of the rhodesite mero-plesiotype series close to delhayelite and hydrodelhayelite. Eur. J. Mineral., 21, 485-493. 10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1918.
NESPOLO M., FERRARIS, G. (2009). A survey of hybrid twins in non-silicate minerals. Eur. J. Mineral., in press 10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1937.
FERRARIS, G. (2009). Book review: Structural crystallography of inorganic oxysalts, by Sergey V. Krivovichev. Crystallography Reviews, in press.
Selected Older Papers
CALLERI M.,
FERRARIS G., VITERBO D. The crystal and molecular structure of glyoxime. Acta Cryst. 20, 73-80 (1966).
FERRARIS G.
The crystal structure of pharmacolite, CaH(AsO4).2H2O. Acta Cryst. B25, 1544-1550 (1969).
CATTI M..
FERRARIS G.
Twinning by merohedry and X-ray crystal structure determination. Acta Cryst. A32, 163-165 (1976).
CATTI M.,
FERRARIS G.
Very short hydrogen bonds and crystallographic symmetry. Acta Cryst. B32, 2754-2756 (1976).
FERRARIS G., FRANCHINI-ANGELA M., ORLANDI P. Canavesite a new carboborate mineral from Brosso, Italy. Can. Mineral. 16, 69-73 (1978).
CATTI M., CHIARI G.,
FERRARIS G.
The structure of ferrarisite, Ca5(HAsO4)2(AsO4)2.9H2O: disorder, hydrogen bonding, and polymorphism with guerinite. Bull. Minéral. 103, 541-546 (1980).
CHIARI G.,
FERRARIS G.
The water molecule in crystalline hydrates studied by neutron diffraction. Acta Cryst. B38, 2331-2341 (1982).
COMPAGNONI R.,
FERRARIS G., FIORA L. Balangeroite, a new fibrous silicate related to gageite from Balangero, Italy. Amer. Mineral. 68, 214-219 (1983).
FERRARIS G., IVALDI G. X-OH and O-H...O bond lengths in protonated oxoanions. Acta Cryst. B40, 1-6 (1984).
COMPAGNONI R.,
FERRARIS G., MELLINI M. Carlosturanite, a new asbestiform rock-forming silicate from Val Varaita, Italy. Amer. Mineral.70, 767-772 (1985).
FERRARIS G., MELLINI M., MERLINO S. Polysomatism and the classification of minerals. Rend. Soc. Ital. Miner. Petr. 41, 181-192 (1986).
FERRARIS G., IVALDI G. Bond valence vs bond length in O-O hydrogen bonds. Acta Cryst B44, 341-3444 (1988).
CATTI M.,
FERRARIS G., HULL S., PAVESE A. Powder neutron diffraction study of 2M1
muscovite at room pressure and at 2 GPa. Eur. J. Mineral. 6, 171-178 (1994).
CATTI M.,
FERRARIS G., HULL S., PAVESE A. Static compression and H disorder in Mg(OH)2 (brucite) to 11 GPa: a powder neutron diffraction study. Phys.Chem. Mineral., 22, 200-206 (1995).
FERRARIS G., IVALDI G., KHOMYAKOV A.P., SOBOLEVA S.V., BELLUSO E. & PAVESE A. Nafertisite, a layer titanosilicate member of a polysomatic series including mica. Eur. J. Mineral., 8, 241-249 (1996).
NESPOLO M., TAKEDA H.,
FERRARIS G., KOGURE T. Composite twins of 1M mica - Derivation and identification. Mineral. J., 19, 173-186 (1997).
FERRARIS G., KHOMYAKOV A.P., BELLUSO E., SOBOLEVA S.V. Kalifersite, a new alkaline silicate from Kola Peninsula (Russia) based on a palygorskite-sepiolite polysomatic series. Eur. J. Mineral., 10, 865-874 (1998).
NESPOLO M., KOGURE T.,
FERRARIS G.
Allotwinning: oriented crystal association of polytypes - Some warnings on consequences. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 214, 5-8 (1999).
NESPOLO M.,
FERRARIS G., TAKEDA H., TAKÉUCHI Y. Plesiotwinning: oriented associations based on a large coincidence-site lattice. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 214, 378-382 (1999).
NESPOLO M.,
FERRARIS G., ĎUROVIČ S. OD character and twinning - Selective merohedry in class II merohedric twins of OD polytypes. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 214, 776-779 (1999).
NESPOLO M.,
FERRARIS G., TAKEDA H. Twins and allotwins of basic mica polytypes: theoretical derivation and identification in the reciprocal space. Acta Cryst., A56, 132-148 (2000).
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NESPOLO M.,
FERRARIS G.
Twinning by syngonic and metric merohedry. Analysis, classification and effects on the diffraction pattern. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 215, 77-81 (2000).
NESPOLO M., FERRARIS G., IVALDI G., HOPPE R. Charge distribution as a tool to investigate structural details. II. Extension to hydrogen bonds, distorted and hetero-ligand polyhedra. Acta Crystallogr., B57, 652-664 (2001).
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NESPOLO M., FERRARIS G. Effects of the stacking faults on the calculated electron density of mica polytypes - The ?urovi? effect. Eur. J. Miner., 13, 1035-1045 (2001).
BRITVIN S.N., FERRARIS G., IVALDI G., BOGDANOVA A.N., CHUKANOV N.V. Cattiite, Mg3(PO4)2×22H2O, a new mineral from Zhelezny Mine (Kovdor massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia). N. Jb. Miner., 160-168 (2002).
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RAADE G.,
FERRARIS G., GULA A., IVALDI G., BERNHARD F. Kristiansenite, a new calcium-scandium-tin sorosilicate from granite pegmatite in Tördal, Telemark, Norway. Min. Petr., 75, 89-99 (2002).
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RAADE G.,
FERRARIS G., GULA A., IVALDI G. Gjerdingenite-Fe from Norway, a new mineral species in the labuntsovite group: description, crystal structure and twinning. Can. Min., 40, 1629-1639 (2002).
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POPOVA V.I.., POPOV V.A., SOKOLOVA E.V.,
FERRARIS G., CHUKANOV N.V. Kanonerovite MnNa3P3O10×12H2O, first triphosphate mineral (Kazennitsa pegmatite, Middle Urals, Russia). N. Jb. Mineral. Mh., 117-127 (2002).
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KARTASHOV P.M.,
FERRARIS G., IVALDI G., SOKOLOVA E., McCAMMON C. Ferriallanite-(Ce), CaCeFe2+AlFe3+(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH), a new member of the epidote group: description, X-ray and Mössbauer study. Can. Miner., 40, 1641-1648 (2002).
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+ Erratum in Can. Min., 41, 829,830 (2003).
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NESPOLO M.,
FERRARIS G.
Geminography - The science of twinning applied to the early-stage derivation of non-merohedric twin laws. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 218, 178-181 (2003).
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PAVESE A., CURETTI N.,
FERRARIS G., IVALDI G., RUSSO U., IBBERSON R. Deprotonation and order-disorder reactions as a function of temperature in a phengite 3T
(Cima Pal, western Alps) by neutron diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy. Eur. Miner. J., 15, 357-363 (2003).
PEKOV I.V., CHUKANOV N.V.,
FERRARIS G., IVALDI G., PUSHCHAROVSKY D.Yu., ZADOV A.E. Shirokshinite, K(NaMg2)Si4O10F2, a new mica with octahedral Na from Khibiny massif, Kola Peninsula: descriptive data and structural disorder. Eur. J. Mineral., 15, 447-454 (2003).
JOHNSEN O.,
FERRARIS G., GAULT R.A., GRICE J.D., KAMPF A.R., PEKOV I.V. Nomenclature of eudialyte-group minerals - Report from the Eudialyte Nomenclature Subcommittee (ENS) of the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN). Can. Min., 41, 785-794 (2003).
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FERRARIS G., CIRIOTTI M.. From anorthite to vesuvianite: an excursion through the minerals first discovered in Italy. Episodes, 26(3), 256-258 (2003).
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PEKOV I.V., CHUKANOV N.V.,
FERRARIS G., GULA A., PUSHCHAROVSKY D.YU., ZADOV A.E. Tsepinite-Ca, (Ca,K,Na,□)2(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)(OH,O)2×4H2O, a new mineral of the labuntsovite group from the Khibiny massif, Kola Peninsula - Novel disordered sites in the vuoriyarvite subgroup structure. - N. Jb. Miner. Mh., pp. 461-480 (2003).
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GOBETCHIA E.R., PEKOV I.V., PUSHCHAROVSKY D.YU.,
FERRARIS G., GULA A., ZUBKOVA N.V., CHUKANOV N.V. New data on vlasovite: refinement of the crystal structure and radiation damage during the X-ray experiment. Cryst. Reports, 48, 750-754 (2003).
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FERRARIS G., BELLUSO, E., GULA, A., KHOMYAKOV, A.P., SOBOLEVA, S.V. (2003). The crystal structure of seidite-(Ce), Na4(Ce,Sr)2{Ti(OH)2(Si8O18)}(O,OH,F)4×5H2O, a modular microporous titanosilicate of the rhodesite group. Can. Min., 41, 1183-1192 (2003).
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CHUKANOV, N.V., SUBBOTIN, V.V., PEKOV, I.V., ZADOV, A.E., TSEPIN, A.I., ROZENBERG, K.A., RASTSVETAEVA, R.K., FERRARIS, G. (2003). Neskevaaraite-Fe, NaK3Fe(Ti,Nb)4(Si4O12)2(OH,O)4´6H2O - a new labuntsovite group mineral. New data on minerals, 38, 9-14.
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KHOMYAKOV A.P., DUSMATOV V.D.,
FERRARIS G., GULA A., IVALDI G., NECHELYUSTOV G.N. Zirsilite-(Ce), (Na,□)12(Ce,Na)3Ca6Mn3Zr3Nb(Si25O73)(OH)3(CO3)×H2O, and carbokentbrooksite, (Na,□)12(Na,Ce)3Ca6Mn3Zr3Nb(Si25O73)(OH)3(CO3)×H2O, two new eudialyte-group minerals from the Dara-i-Pioz alkaline massif, Tajikistan. Zapiski VMO, 132(5), 40-51. (In Russian).
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