2026

Shock origin of the largest ureilitic microdiamond: structural observations and δ13C value

Christ O., Barbaro A., Bragaggia G., Gross S., Thomassot E., Domeneghetti M.C., Alvaro M., Brenker F.E., Nestola F.

Geochemical Perspectives Letters. https://doi.org/10.7185/geochemlet.2606

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Determination of local geometrical distortions in an ordered omphacite under high pressure

Baratelli L., Merlini M., Nestola F., Nava J., Joseph B., Prencipe M., Cámara F.

Mineralogical Magazine. https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2025.10107

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Infrared spectroscopy of natural Type Ib diamond: Insights into the formation of Y -centers and the early aggregation of nitrogen

Day M.C., Jollands M.C., Innocenzi F., Novella D., Nestola F., Pamato M.G.

American Mineralogist. https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2024-9722

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2025

Manuelarossiite, CaPbAlF 7, a new fluoride from the Vesuvius volcano, Italy

Nestola F., Kasatkin A.V., Biagioni C., Gurzhiy V.V., Škoda R., Santello L., Agakhanov A.A.

Mineralogical Magazine. https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2024.59

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Stibiosegnitite, Pb(Fe3+2.5Sb5+0.5)(AsO4)2(OH)6, a new member of the alunite supergroup from the Murzinskoe gold deposit, Altai Krai, Russia

Kasatkin A.V., Zubkova N.V., Škoda R., Chukanov N.V., Gurzhiy V.V., Nestola F., Agakhanov A.A., Belakovskiy D.I., Lednev V.S., Milshina M.D.

Mineralogical Magazine. https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2025.10150

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Onset of slab mantle melting in Earth’s lower mantle: Evidence from ferropericlase in superdeep diamonds

Ni P., Shirey S.B., Walter M.J., Czas J., Novella D., Nestola F., Kueter N., Smith E.M., Stachel T., Pearson D.G., Steele A., Gardner L.L., Jacobsen S.D., Harte B., Harris J.W., Shahar A.

Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adt9106

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Boevskite, Pb4(TeO3)2(SO4)(S2O3), the first mixed sulfate-thiosulfate mineral from the Boevskoe deposit, Southern Urals, Russia

Kasatkin A.V., Zubkova N.V., Škoda R., Gurzhiy V.V., Nestola F., Biagioni C., Agakhanov A.A., Britvin S.N., Plášil J., Kuznetsov A.M.

Mineralogical Magazine. https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2025.10143

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Diamond – garnet elastic geobarometry applied to an eclogitic system

Morana M., Barni L., Fang H., Marras G., Cinque G., Angellotti A., Nestola F., Logvinova A., Mikhailenko D., Bindi L., Stagno V.

Lithos. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2025.108205

 

The Sequoia kimberlite complex, central Slave Craton – A new superdeep diamond location

Carvalho, L.D.V., Doyle, B., Stachel, T., Stern, R.A., Steele-MacInnis, M., Nestola, F., Pearson, G.

Miner Petrol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-025-00899-0.

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Multistage diamond formation, mantle uplift and changing geothermal regimes recorded by inclusions in Kimberley diamonds

Nimis, P., Grütter, H.S. and Nestola, F.

Miner Petrol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-025-00908-2.

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The effect of inclusion-fluid fractionation on different isotopic systems used to date diamonds

Timmerman S., Stachel T., Chinn I., Nestola F., Novella D., Davies J., Pearson D.G.

Earth and Planetary Science Letters. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119635

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Cool transient lithospheric thermal conditions driven by subduction recorded by Neoarchean diamonds from Knee Lake, northwestern Superior Craton

Pezzera A., Nestola F., Stachel T., Stern R.A., Grütter H., Pearson D.G.

Mineralogy and Petrology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-025-00927-z

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RamanCrystalHunter: A new program and database for processing, analysis, and identification of Raman spectra

Nestola. F., Zhang, Q.W., Day, M.C., et al.

American Mineralogist; 110 (4): 513–524. doi: https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2024-9457

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Zavyalovite, Ag2TeS3, a new sulfotelluride from the Boevskoe deposit, Southern Urals, Russia.

Kasatkin A.V., Nestola F., Vymazalová A., Košek F., Agakhanov A.A., Kuznetsov A.M.

Mineralogical Magazine. https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2025.10142

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Nano-scale impact shock features of diamond and graphite in ureilites

Barbaro A., Nestola F., Singerling S.A., Nava J., Brenker F.E.

Carbon. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120583

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Vadlazarenkovite, Pd8Bi1.5Te1.25As0.25, a new mineral isotypic with mertieite from the Konder massif, Far East, Russia

Kasatkin A.V., Biagioni C., Nestola F., Agakhanov A.A., Stepanov S.Y., Gurzhiy V.V., Petrov S.V., Pilugin A.G. 

Mineralogical Magazine. https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2024.52

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Heimaeyite, Na3Al(SO4)3, a new mineral from the fumaroles on Eldfell volcano, Iceland

Balić-Žunić, T., Garavelli, A., Mitolo, D., Nestola, F., Pamato, M. G., Rasmussen, M. B., and Jølnæs, M. B.

Eur. J. Mineral., 37, 79–89, https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-37-79-2025.​

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Acceptance of the Dana Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America for 2024

Nestola, F.

American Mineralogist. 110 (4): 659–660. doi: https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2025-AP11045.

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H2O in nominally anhydrous mineral inclusions in diamonds and the volatile composition of diamond forming media

Andrea, C., Day, M.C., Innocenzi, F., Bolfan-Casanova, N., Pamato, M.G., Falvard, S., Nestola, F., Harris, J.W. and Novella, D.

Earth and Planetary Science Letters 658: 119311.

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Shock‐heated graphite in three IAB iron meteorites—Implications on the formation of diamond

Oliver, C., Barbaro, A., Ferrière, L., Pittarello, L., Domeneghetti, M. C., Brenker, F. E., Nestola, F., and Alvaro, M.

Meteoritics & Planetary Science 60, no. 4: 744-756.
 

Tarutinoite, Ag3Pb7Bi7S19, a new member of the lillianite homologous series from the Tarutinskoe copper-skarn deposit, Southern Urals, Russia.

Kasatkin A.V, Biagioni C, Nestola F., et al.

Mineralogical Magazine. Published online. 1-20. doi:10.1180/mgm.2025.1.

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2024

Mineralogy, petrology and geochemistry of pegmatites: Alessandro Guastoni memorial issue

Nestola F., and Molinari S.

Mineralogical Magazine. 88(6):641-641. doi:10.1180/mgm.2024.104.

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Vadlazarenkovite, Pd8Bi1.5Te1.25As0.25, a new mineral isotypic with mertieite from the Konder massif, Far East, Russia

Kasatkin AV, Biagioni C, Nestola F, et al.

Mineralogical Magazine, Published online. 1-10. doi:10.1180/mgm.2024.52

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Forged soft tissues revealed in the oldest fossil reptile from the early Permian of the Alps

Rossi, V., Bernardi, M., Fornasiero, M., Nestola, F., Unitt, R., Castelli, S. and Kustatscher, E.

Palaeontology, 67: e12690.

 

Hydrogen-related defects in diamond: A comparison between observed and calculated FTIR spectra

MC Day, MC Jollands, D Novella, F Nestola, R Dovesi, MG Pamato

Diamond and Related Materials, 110866.

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Open questions on carbonaceous matter in meteorites

O Christ, F Nestola, M Alvaro
Communications Chemistry, 7 (1), art. no. 118.

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A critique of using epitaxial criterion to discriminate between protogenetic and syngenetic mineral inclusions in diamond

M Bruno, S Ghignone, D Aquilano, F Nestola

Scientific Reports, 14 (1), art. no. 8674

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Sublithospheric diamonds extend Paleoproterozoic record of cold deep subduction into the lower mantle

ZQ Zhang, S Timmerman, T Stachel, I Chinn, RA Stern, J Davies, F Nestola, R Luth, DG Pearson

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 634, art. no. 118675

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Dense hydrated Mg-silicates in diamond: Implications for transport of H2O into the mantle

LDV Carvalho, T Stachel, RW Luth, AJ Locock, et al.

Science Advances, 10 (11), art. no. eadl4306

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Fluor-rossmanite, □(Al2Li)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F, a new tourmaline supergroup mineral from Malkhan pegmatite field, Western Siberia, Russia

AV Kasatkin, F Nestola, MC Day, LA Gorelova, et al.

Mineralogical Magazine

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Nomenclature of the ancylite supergroup

Y Wang, F Nestola, Z Hou, R Miyawaki, IV Pekov, X Gu, G Dong, K Qu

Mineralogical Magazine

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Kristjánite, KNa2H(SO4)2, a new fumarolic mineral from Iceland containing [SO4-H-SO4]3-anion in the crystal structure

T Balić-Žunić, F Nestola, MG Pamato, MB Rasmussen

Mineralogical Magazine

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