09.00 (CET)
S6. Emerging Frontiers in Mineral Science: Breakthrough Areas and Future Directions

CET
(Central European Time)

Speaker

Title

9:00 – 9:05

Prof. Dr. Leonid Dubrovinsky
Event Chair

Welcome from the Event Chair

9:05 – 9:10

Dr. Ilya Kupenko
Session Chair

Welcome from the Session Chair

9:10 – 9:40

Prof. Dr. David Avnir
Keynote Speaker

On Left and Right - the World of Chiral Minerals

9:40 – 10:00

Dr. Anna Pakhomova
Invited Speaker

Mineralogy of extraterrestrial icy environments

10:00 – 10:20

Dr. Xiang Li
Invited Speaker

New Iron oxides and carbides in the earth's out core conditions

10:20 – 10:35

Bioantika
Selected Speaker

Quantifying an Alternative Sand from Metal Ores Essential for the Energy Transition: The Case of Ore-sand

10:35 – 10:50

Maria Elisa Rabago Refugio
Selected Speaker

Transforming Agro-Industrial Waste into Synthetic Minerals: Rapid Sol–Gel–Derived Alkali Feldspar particles for Thermal Management Applications

10:50 – 11:05

Dmitry Pushcharovsky
Selected Speaker

Ion transport in the structures of conducting mineral-like crystals

11:05 – 11:20

11:20 – 11:40

CET
(Central European Time)

Speaker

Title

14:00 – 14:05

Prof. Dr. Theodore J. Bornhorst
Prof. Dr. Stanisław Mazur
Session Chairs

Welcome from the Session Chair

14.05 – 14.35

Dr. Pete Hollings
Keynote Speaker

Mineral chemistry as a tool for porphyry exploration: PIMS, PVFTS and other acronyms

14:35 – 14:55

Prof. Dr. Huan Li
Invited Speaker

Zircon and Apatite: Key Minerals for Ore Exploration

14:55 – 15:15

Dr. Michel Cathelineau
Invited Speaker

Hypogene and supergene Au-enrichments at the origin of the Ity world-class deposit (Ivory Coast)

15:15 – 15:35

Dr. Pura Alfonso
Invited Speaker

The central Andean Tin belt: insights from mineral chemistry and sulphur isotopes

15:35 – 15:50

Zsuzsanna P Allerton
Selected Speaker

Iron stable isotope analysis to decipher hematite ore formation in the Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park, Minnesota, USA

15:50 – 16:05

Abigail Jiménez-Franco
Selected Speaker

Structural and compositional characterization of fehrite from Les Ferreres Mine (Ripollès, Catalonia)

16:05 – 16:20

Swarnendu Bhuyan
Selected Speaker

Quartz microfracture Sealing in Orogenic Gold Systems: Coupling Experimental Observations with Reactive Transport Modelling

16:20 – 16:35

Nadezhda Krivolutskaya
Selected Speaker

Olivine and pyroxene as an evidences of petrology and mineral resource of the basic-ultrabasic intrusions in the Norilsk area, Siberian Traps Province

16:35 – 16:50

Juan David Solano Acosta
Selected Speaker

Critical-Metal Potential and Mineral Systems of the NE Estonian Basement: Insights from Geochemistry, Geostatistics, and Geophysics

16:50 – 17:00

Flash Poster Presentation
(5 mins per person)

Antonia Cepedal
Multi-Technique characterization of fluorite from the mining districts of Asturias, Spain

Anastasia Vital'evna Kuzyura
Mineralogical Peculiarities of Garnet and Magnesiochromite Compositions in Diamond Inclusions from the Zapolyarnaya Kimberlite Pipe (Yakutia)

CET
(Central European Time)

Speaker

Title

9:00 – 9:05

Prof. Dr. Leonid Dubrovinsky
Session Host/ Event Chair

Welcome from the Event Chair

9:05 – 9:25

Dr. Jordi Ibáñez-Insa
Invited Speaker

Nanoindentations to probe the porosity and mechanical properties of extraterrestrial olivines

9:25 – 9:45

Dr. Olga Yakubovich
Invited Speaker

Structural state of vanadium in mineralogically probable oxosalts: experimental data and crystal chemical correlations

9:45 – 10:05

Prof. Dr. José António de Almeida
Invited Speaker

From Field to Data: Calibration and Application of LIBS for Lithium and Ore Exploration

10:05 – 10:20

Amin Beiranvand Pour
Selected Speaker

A Hybrid Dimensionality Reduction and Spectral Classification Workflow for Mineral Mapping in Polar Terrains

10:20 – 10:35

Galina Kiriukhina
Selected Speaker

Crystal structure flexibility and magnetic behavior of a new shchurovskyite-related phosphate K2CaCu6O2(PO4)4

10:35 – 10:50

Flash Poster Presentation
(5 mins per person)

Olga S. Burakova
Transmission Electron Microscopy Highlighted the Importance of Clay Minerals in the Dolomitization of Ca-Mg Carbonates in a Hypersaline Soda Lake

Anastasiia Iskrina
Experimental investigation of new post-spinel phases Mg(Cr,Al)2O4 and Mg2(Al,Cr)2O5 at conditions of transition zone and lower mantle of the Earth

Tatyana Bushneva
Comparative crystal chemistry of KCu7BiO4(SO4)5 and nabokoite-like KCu7TeO4(SO4)5Cl sulfates

CET
(Central European Time)

Speaker

Title

11:00 – 11:05

Prof. Dr. Urs Klötzli
Prof. Dr. Rafael Santos
Session Chairs

Welcome from the Session Chair

11:05 – 11:20

Harvey Melendrez
Selected Speaker

Physicomechanical Properties of Non-Fired Ceramics Derived from Philippine Nickel Mining Waste Using Claver Clay Binder

11:20 – 11:35

Seigfreid Kempis
Selected Speaker

Assessing the Moisture Retention Capacity of Saline Water (Seawater) as a Watering Material for Limestone Haulage Roads

CET
(Central European Time)

Speaker

Title

14:00 – 14:05

Prof. Dr. Urs Klötzli
Prof. Dr. Rafael Santos
Session Chairs

Welcome from the Session Chair

14:05 – 14:25

Dr. Saglara Mandzhieva
Invited Speaker

DIAGNOSTICS OF CONTAMINATED SOILS: METHODS AND APPROACHES

14:25 – 14:40

Stephanie Carvalho da Silva
Selected Speaker

Old Tool, New Purpose: Rock-Eval Analysis for CO₂ Mineralization Screening in Basalts

14:40 – 14:55

Quentin Wehrung
Selected Speaker

Pb–(Sn)–(Sb) Oxides in Incineration Bottom Ash: Characterization, Carbonation Behavior, and Antimony Treatment Implications

14:55 – 15:10

Luca Adami
Selected Speaker

Zeolite-Based Removal of Thallium from Synthetic and Real Waters: Comparative Study of L, 13X, and Protonated Ferrierite

15:10 – 15:25

Ruggero Vigliaturo
Selected Speaker

Mineralogical and physicochemical characterization of the Pb and magnetite interaction in a simulated biofluid

15:25 – 15:40

Isabela Dantas de Albuquerque
Selected Speaker

Paleoenvironment and sediment provenance of the Atafona Formation in the southwestern Campos Basin, Brazil: insights from a pre-salt well

15:40 – 15:55

Pavel Nekhoroshkov
Selected Speaker

The environmental distribution and sources of strontium in the case of natural anomaly within the river floodplains

15:55 – 16:10

Alessandra Passarella
Selected Speaker

Mineralogical characterization of Al2O3 and MgO powders as possible energy carriers

16:10 – 16:25

Georgy Lazorenko
Selected Speaker

Fresh and hardened state properties, reaction kinetics and microstructure of potassium, ammonium and sodium magnesium phosphate cements: A comparative study

16:25 – 16:40

Flash Poster Presentation
(5 mins per person)

Christomir Christov
Development of Accurate, Non-Concentration-Restricted Models for Predicting Solution Properties and Solid–Liquid Equilibrium in Binary Nitrate Systems from Low to Very High Concentrations (up to ≈ 30 mol.kg-1) at 25oC

CET
(Central European Time)

Speaker

Title

9:00 – 9:05

Prof. Dr. Jianhua Chen
Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Zhitao Feng
Session Host

Welcome from the Session Chair

9:05 – 9:25

Prof. Dr. Qicheng Feng
Invited Speaker

Flotation separation theory and technology for refractory and complex zinc oxide ores

9:25 – 9:45

Prof. Dr. Lixia Li
Invited Speaker

Comparison of Surface Properties and Flotation Performance of Products of SAG + Ball Mill and HPGR + Tower Mill

9:45 – 10:00

Hongcheng Mi
Selected Speaker

Optimization of Ultrafine Grinding Parameters Guided by Process Mineralogy to Improve Iron Separation Efficiency of titano-magnetite in Magnetic Separation

10:00 – 10:15

Ye Chen
Selected Speaker

Influence of iron impurity on floatability of iron-bearing sphalerite

10:15 – 10:30

Felipe eduardo Olea chandía
Selected Speaker

Effect of Extracting Phase Composition on Cobalt Recovery from Chloride-Rich Media: Transition from Molecular to Ionic and Eutectic Solvents

10:30 – 10:45

Stoyan Karakashev
Selected Speaker

Ion-specific effects on bubble coalescence and foams

10:45 – 11:00

Sameera Mohamed
Selected Speaker

Utilisation of Plagioclase in Mine Residues as a Silica Source for the Synthesis of High-Purity Silica Nanoparticles

11:00 – 11:15

Itumeleng Kohitlhetse
Selected Speaker

Optimization of Reagent Efficiency in Copper Flotation Circuit at Varying Slurry Densities

11:15 – 11:35

Prof. Dr. Luis Alberto Cisternas
Invited Speaker

Toward Circular Mining: The SOS (Solid without Sulfide) Framework for Integrated Waste Rock and Tailings Management

11:35 – 11:45

Flash Poster Presentation
(5 mins per person)

Turan Uysal
Novel Sustainable Process for the Recovery of Aluminium and Rare Earth Elements from High-Silica Bauxite

Coupling breakage with liberation models to predict mineral exposure in the crushing stage of Critical Raw Materials

CET
(Central European Time)

Speaker

Title

14:00 – 14:05

Dr. Andrey G. Kalinichev
Session Chair

Welcome from the Session Chair

14:05 – 14:25

Prof. Dr. Lucas Meili
Invited Speaker

Tailoring MgFe-Layered Double Hydroxides: from Advanced Synthesis to Efficient Nitrate Removal from Water

14:25 – 14:45

Dr. Marina Massaro
Invited Speaker

Modification of clay minerals for development of innovative nanomaterials for several applications

14:45 – 15:00

15:00 – 15:15

15:15 – 15:30

15:30 – 15:45

15:45 – 16:00

16:00 – 16:15

16:15 – 16:25

Flash Poster Presentation
(5 mins per person)

Vilma Snapkauskienė
Reactivity and structural characteristics of plasma-derived wind turbine blade slag in geopolymer systems

A Computational Study on Geochemical Stability of Natural and Engineered Sesquioxide Nanominerals