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A
new book on Systematic Mineralogy
""This book describes one by one all the 264 mineral
species first discovered in Italy, from 1546
up to the end of 2008. Moreover, 28 minerals
discovered elsewhere and named after Italian
individuals and institutions are included in a parallel
section. Both chapters are alphabetically
arranged. The two catalogues are preceded by
a short presentation which includes some bits of
information about how the volume is organized
and subdivided, besides providing some other
more general news. For each mineral all basic
data (chemical formula, space group symmetry,
type locality, general appearance of the species,
main geologic occurrences, curiosities, references,
etc.) are included in a full page, together
with one or more high quality colour photographs
from both private and museum collections,
and with small snapshots either of people or of
places, after which each mineral took its name.
As appendices, lists of Italian mineral sorted by
crystal chemical classifications, by region, by mineralogical
district, and by year of discovery, a
list of authors who first described each mineral,
besides general references are given, too.""
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THE AUTHORS
Marco E. Ciriotti
was born in Calosso (Asti) in 1945.
He is an amateur mineralogist-crystallographer, a
“grouper”, and a systematic collector. He graduated
in Natural Sciences but pursued his career in the
industrial business until 2000 when, being General
Manager, he retired.
Then time had come to finally devote himself to his
main interest and passion: mineral collecting and
related studies. He was the promoter and is now the
President of the AMI (Italian Micromineralogical Association),
Associate Editor of Micro (the AMI magazine),
and fellow of many organizations and mineralogical
associations. He is the author of papers on
topological, structural and general mineralogy, and
of a mineral classification. He was awarded the “Micromounters’
Hall of Fame” 2008 prize. Etymology,
geoanthropology, music, and modern ballet are his
other keen interests.
Lorenza Fascio
was born in La Spezia. She graduated
in Geological Sciences at the University of Pisa,
with a thesis on the crystal chemistry of tobermorites.
Afterwards, she carried out a detailed study on natural
and synthetic calcium silicates hydrated through
chemical and X-ray analyses. At the same time, she
started the collaboration with the SIMP secretariat,
where she is currently employed with administrative
duties and as webmaster of the SIMP website.
Besides, her greatest passion is 4x4 off-road; in the
last ten years she has repeatedly crossed the African
deserts and various US trails, and took part in Italian
and European championships gathering a considerable
amount of trophies, to her great satisfaction.
Marco Pasero was
born in Pisa in 1958. After graduating
in Geological Sciences in 1982, he got his
Ph.D. in Mineralogy in 1988. Currently, he is associate
professor of Mineralogy at the University of
Pisa. He authored more than 75 papers on mineralogy
and crystallography and a book on “Minerals
and stamps”, and described 19 new mineral species.
Since 1998 he served as the Italian representative
within the Commission on New Minerals and
Mineral Names, then Commission on New Minerals,
Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) of the
International Mineralogical Association. He is now
vice-chairman of the CNMNC.
Besides mineralogy, he is deeply fond of jazz music,
both as a listener and a musician. He’s got a
collection of more than 6,000 jazz LPs and CDs of
which he is very proud, and plays acoustic bass in
an amateur jazz combo. In 2008, to celebrate his
50th birthday, he run a marathon for the first time
in his life.""
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Partita
IVA 03516150103