Research Activities | Minerals & Rocks Research Laboratory
- Basic research integrating various fields of mineralogy, petrology and geochemistry
- Development of quarries of industrial minerals and aggregates and environmental impacts.
- Study of asbestos in aggregates
- Petrogenetic evolution of ophiolitic rocks, chromites and Platinum Group Metals
- Applications of Mineralogy and Petrology to Archaeometry (e.g. provenance of ancient stone implements and shipwreck ballasts, restoration of stone monuments, provenance and technology issues on archaeological ceramics)
- Metamorphic processes in geological and anthropogenic systems
- Mineral equilibrium and thermobarometry
- The development of innovative applications of industrial minerals (eg. magnesite, perlite, zeolites) for environmental protection
- Industrial applications of carbonate rocks
- Sustainable development and earth materials
