Center of characterization of new mineral species: Raman spectroscopy, electron microprobe and X-ray and neutron diffraction

• Grant number: 13/03487-8
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
• Start date: July 01, 2014
• End date: June 30, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Marcelo Barbosa de Andrade
• Grantee: Marcelo Barbosa de Andrade
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Alejandro Pedro Ayala ; Daniel Atencio ; Javier Alcides Ellena
• Associated research grant(s): 14/10887-5 - Multi-user equipment approved in grant 2013/03487-8: LabRAM HR UV-Visible-NIR (200 - 2100 nm), AP.EMU
• Associated scholarship(s): 14/23348-5 - Mineralogy study of Volta Grande pegmatite - Nazareno, MG, BP.IC; 14/17346-0 - Center of characterization of new mineral species: Raman Spectroscopy, electron microprobe and X-ray and neutron diffraction, BP.JP

Abstract

This research proposal is devoted to characterize new mineral species from Brazil and other countries through the techniques of Raman spectroscopy, X-ray and neutron diffraction and electron microprobe analysis. The Commission on New Minerals and Nomenclature (CNMNC) of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA) has being officially approved approximately 100 new species per year. Currently, there are about 5,000 valid mineral species listed by IMA. These results have an important impact on the synthesis of new inorganic compounds and in the mining industry, which has received billions of dollars of investment in Brazil. However, just 60 new Brazilian mineral species (0.01%) were validated by IMA. The aim of this project is to characterize new mineral species and through essential techniques and make this Centre a reference for formation of highly qualified scientific personnel, production of world-class scientific publications with long-lasting impact, consolidation of national and international long-term scientific interdisciplinary collaborations with qualified institutions and providing support for researchers and mining companies. The Raman spectroscopy infrastructure to be installed will allow the identification of mineral species directly from natural rocks, as well as to obtain the characteristic Raman spectrum of new minerals, which will be correlated to the crystal structure, chemical composition and mineral phases. These spectra obtained will also contribute to the development and expansion of integrated mineral databases. Single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction, electron microprobe (chemical composition) and single-crystal neutron diffraction, which allow more detailed investigation of the lighter atoms and water molecules in the presence of heavier atoms, will provide the additional information to register new mineral species at the IMA. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

HENRIQUE, FRANCIELE RENATA; BRITO DE ALMEIDA, GUSTAVO FORESTO; MARTINS, RENATO JULIANO; TEIXEIRA ROSA, RAMON GABRIEL; SIQUEIRA, JONATHAS DE PAULA; DE ANDRADE, MARCELO BARBOSA; RENATO MENDONCA, CLEBER. Nonlinear characterization of fs-laser written Gorilla Glass waveguides. OPTICAL MATERIALS EXPRESS, v. 8, n. 8, p. 2222-2228, AUG 1 2018. (15/22392-3, 13/03487-8)

AVILA, ORIANA INES; TOMAZIO, NATHALIA BERETTA; OTUKA, ADRIANO JOSE GALVANI; STEFANELO, JOSIANI CRISTINA; ANDRADE, MARCELO BARBOSA; BALOGH, DEBORA TEREZIA; MENDONCA, CLEBER RENATO. Femtosecond laser writing of PPV-doped three-dimensional polymeric microstructures. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS, v. 56, n. 6, p. 479-483, MAR 15 2018. (11/12399-0, 16/20094-8, 13/03487-8, 13/20884-0)

YANG, HEXIONG; ANDRADE, MARCELO B.; DOWNS, ROBERT T.; GIBBS, RONALD B.; JENKINS, ROBERT A.. RAYGRANTITE, Pb10Zn(SO4)(6)(SiO4)(2)(OH)(2), A NEW MINERAL ISOSTRUCTURAL WITH IRANITE, FROM THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, USA. CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, v. 54, n. 3, p. 625-634, MAY 1 2016. (13/03487-8)

GUTIERREZ, EDUARDO L.; SOUZA, MATHEUS S.; DINIZ, LUAN F.; ELLENA, JAVIER. Synthesis, characterization and solubility of a new anthelmintic salt: Mebendazole nitrate. Journal of Molecular Structure, v. 1161, p. 113-121, JUN 5 2018. (15/25694-0, 13/03487-8)

SOUZA, MATHEUS S.; DA SILVA, CECILIA C. P.; ALMEIDA, LEONARDO R.; DINIZ, LUAN F.; ANDRADE, MARCELO B.; ELLENA, JAVIER. Protonation of inorganic 5-Fluorocytosine salts. Journal of Molecular Structure, v. 1161, p. 412-423, JUN 5 2018. (13/03487-8, 16/09152-6, 15/25694-0)

ANDRADE, MARCELO B.; ATENCIO, DANIEL; MENEZES FILHO, LUIZ A. D.; SPRATT, JOHN. Melcherite, trigonal Ba2Na2Mg[Nb6O19]center dot 6H(2)O, the second natural hexaniobate, from Cajati, Sao Paulo, Brazil: Description and crystal structure. MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE, v. 82, n. 1, p. 111-120, FEB 2018. (11/22407-0, 13/03487-8)

MENEZES FILHO, LUIZ A. D.; CHAVES, MARIO L. S. C.; CHUKANOV, NIKITA; ATENCIO, DANIEL; SCHOLZ, RICARDO; PEKOV, IGOR; DA COSTA, GERALDO MAGELA; MORRISON, SHAUNNA M.; ANDRADE, MARCELO B.; FREITAS, ERICO T. F.; et al. Parisite-(La), ideally CaLa2(CO3)(3)F-2, a new mineral from Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil. MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE, v. 82, n. 1, p. 133-144, FEB 2018. (14/50819-9, 13/03487-8)

ANDRADE, M. B.; YANG, H.; ATENCIO, D.; DOWNS, R. T.; CHUKANOV, N. V.; LEMEE-CAILLEAU, M. H.; PERSIANO, A. I. C.; GOETA, A. E.; ELLENA, J.. Hydroxycalciomicrolite, Ca1.5Ta2O6(OH), a new member of the microlite group from Volta Grande pegmatite, Nazareno, Minas Gerais, Brazil. MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE, v. 81, n. 3, p. 555-564, MAY 2017. (11/22407-0, 13/03487-8)

ATENCIO, DANIEL; ANDRADE, MARCELO B.; BASTOS NETO, ARTUR C.; PEREIRA, VITOR P.. RALSTONITE RENAMED HYDROKENORALSTONITE, COULSELLITE RENAMED FLUORNATROCOULSELLITE, AND THEIR INCORPORATION INTO THE PYROCHLORE SUPERGROUP. CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, v. 55, n. 1, p. 115-120, JAN 1 2017. (14/50819-9, 13/03487-8)

LOPES, G. A. DE C.; ATENCIO, D.; DE ANDRADE, M. B.. Raman, crystallographic and chemical characterization of romeite-group minerals. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA A-FOUNDATION AND ADVANCES, v. 77, p. 1-pg., 2021-08-01. (13/03487-8)

NUNES, PAULO; SANTIAGO, PEDRO HENRIQUE DE OLIVEIRA; DA SILVA, CECILIA CAROLINA PINHEIRO; ELLENA, JAVIER. Drug Repurposing of the Antiviral Drug Acyclovir: New Pharmaceutical Salts. CRYSTALS, v. 13, n. 5, p. 15-pg., 2023-05-08. (13/03487-8, 21/10066-5)

ALENCAR EXPOSITO DE QUEIROZ, ALFREDO ANTONIO; ANDRADE, MARCELO B.. Prospection of pyrochlore and microlite mineral groups through Raman spectroscopy coupled with artificial neural networks. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, v. 53, n. 11, p. 7-pg., 2022-08-19. (13/03487-8)

ATENCIO, DANIEL; BASTOS NETO, ARTUR C.; PEREIRA, VITOR P.; FERRON, JOSE T. M. M.; HOSHINO, M.; MORIYAMA, T.; WATANABE, Y.; MIYAWAKI, R.; COUTINHO, JOSE M. V.; ANDRADE, MARCELO B.; et al. Waimirite-(Y), orthorhombic YF3, a new mineral from the Pitinga mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil and from Jabal Tawlah, Saudi Arabia: description and crystal structure. MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE, v. 79, n. 3, p. 767-780, JUN 2015. (11/22407-0, 13/03487-8)

YANG, HEXING; BARTON, ISABEL F.; ANDRADE, MARCELO B.; DOWNS, ROBERT T.. Crystal structure of a new compound, CuZnCl(OH)(3), isostructural with botallackite. AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, v. 101, n. 3-4, p. 986-990, MAR 2016. (13/03487-8)

PAULA, KELLY T.; SANTOS, V, MOLIRIA; FACURE, MURILO H. M.; ANDRADE, MARCELO B.; ARAUJO, FRANCINEIDE L.; CORREA, DANIEL S.; RIBEIRO, SIDNEY J. L.; MENDONCA, CLEBER R.. Laser patterning and induced reduction of graphene oxide functionalized silk fibroin. Optical Materials, v. 99, JAN 2020. (16/11591-8, 13/03487-8, 17/10582-8, 17/12174-4)

MENEZES FILHO, LUIZ A. D.; ATENCIO, DANIEL; ANDRADE, MARCELO B.; DOWNS, ROBERT T.; CHAVES, MARIO L. S. C.; ROMANO, ANTONIO W.; SCHOLZ, RICARDO; PERSIANO, ABA I. C.. Pauloabibite, trigonal NaNbO3, isostructural with ilmenite, from the Jacupiranga carbonatite, Cajati, Sao Paulo, Brazil. AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, v. 100, n. 2-3, p. 442-446, FEB-MAR 2015. (11/22407-0, 13/03487-8)

MARTUCCI, DIEGO H.; TODAO, FAGNER R.; SHIMIZU, FLAVIO M.; FUKUDOME, TIAGO M.; SCHWARZ, STEPHANE DE F.; CARRILHO, EMANUEL; GOBBI, ANGELO L.; OLIVEIRA, JR., OSVALDO N.; LIMA, RENATO S.. Auxiliary electrode oxidation for naked-eye electrochemical determinations in microfluidics: Towards on-the-spot applications. Electrochimica Acta, v. 292, p. 125-135, DEC 1 2018. (13/14262-7, 13/03487-8, 14/24126-6)

LOPES, GERSON A. C.; ATENCIO, DANIEL; ELLENA, JAVIER; ANDRADE, MARCELO B.. Romeite-Group Minerals Review: New Crystal Chemical and Raman Data of Fluorcalcioromeite and Hydroxycalcioromeite. MINERALS, v. 11, n. 12, DEC 2021. (19/23498-0, 13/03487-8)

ADRIELE R. SANTOS; DENISE B. MENEZES; JAVIER ELLENA; MARCELO B. ANDRADE. APLICAÇÃO DA ESPECTROSCOPIA RAMAN NA CARACTERIZAÇÃO DE MINERAIS PERTENCENTES A UMA GEOCOLEÇÃO. Química Nova, v. 42, n. 5, p. 489-496, 2019-07-18. (13/03487-8)

ANDRADE, MARCELO B.; YANG, HEXIONG; DOWNS, ROBERT T.; FARBER, GUNNAR; CONTREIRA FILHO, REYNALDO R.; EVANS, STANLEY H.; LOEHN, CLAYTON W.; SCHUMER, BENJAMIN N.. Fluorlamprophyllite, Na-3(SrNa)Ti-3(Si2O7)(2)O2F2, a new mineral from Pocos de Caldas alkaline massif, Morro do Serrote, Minas Gerais, Brazil. MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE, v. 82, n. 1, p. 121-131, FEB 2018. (13/03487-8)

PAULA, KELLY T.; GAAL, GABRIEL; ALMEIDA, G. F. B.; ANDRADE, M. B.; FACURE, MURILO H. M.; CORREA, DANIEL S.; RIUL JR, ANTONIO; RODRIGUES, VARLEI; MENDONCA, CLEBER R.. Femtosecond laser micromachining of polylactic acid/graphene composites for designing interdigitated microelectrodes for sensor applications. OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY, v. 101, p. 74-79, MAY 2018. (11/12399-0, 14/16789-5, 15/13140-0, 13/03487-8)