{"id":1688,"date":"2025-09-26T11:38:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T09:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2igg.cnr.it\/?page_id=1688"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:26:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:26:03","slug":"laboratorio-di-mineralogia-e-petrologia-sperimentale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.igg.cnr.it\/en\/laboratorio-di-mineralogia-e-petrologia-sperimentale\/","title":{"rendered":"Laboratory of Experimental Mineralogy and Petrology"},"content":{"rendered":"
The laboratory is in the Florence Unit of the IGG.
Laboratory simulation of the P\/T conditions present in the Earth's crust and upper mantle is important because it allows us to better understand some of the key geological processes, such as the generation and evolution of magma, the formation and growth of minerals, and the interaction between fluids and rocks in various geological contexts, such as geothermal areas or the Earth's mantle (metasomatism).<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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The Laboratory<\/h3><\/div><\/div>
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Mineralogy, Petrology, and Experimental Geochemistry allow us to simulate the typical processes of these geodynamic environments in the laboratory through experiments conducted both with natural materials and simplified synthetic systems, using solid and\/or fluid phases. These experiments may also be of interest to the field of Materials Science, as they enable the synthesis of materials with high technological and economic potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Left: Garnets and clinopyroxenes synthesized with the piston-cylinder from a mixture of oxides and carbonates at 2.5 GPa and 1400\u00b0C. Right: Gold capsule used in hydrothermal autoclave experiments.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Left: Growth edge formed during an experiment in a clinopyroxene from a lava from Etna (1180 \u00b0C, 0.1 MPa). Right: Welding of an \u201cS\u201d thermocouple using an arc welder with a graphite electrode.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Instruments<\/h3><\/div><\/div>
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The laboratory is equipped with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n