HM School

We are very pleased to announce the 4th School of Heavy Mineral Analysis, organized at the University of Milano-Bicocca (Milan, Italy) from the 30th of June to the 3rd of July 2025

Please, register at the most appropriate of the two links below

Registration form for NOT Italy-residents

Registration form for Italy-residents only

Details:

Registration opening: 1st April 2025

Registration closing: 31st May 2025

M.Sc. and PhD students: 200 €

Postdoc students: 300 €

Professionals from the industry: 700 €

Registration fee includes HM-School participation, coffee breaks and the 'ice-breaker' party (on June 30th evening).

For further information, please contact:

sergio.ando@unimib.it

marta.barbarano@unimib.it

The purpose of this school is to introduce young researchers and professionals to heavy mineral identification by optical methods and Raman spectroscopy and to illustrate how to apply analytical results to provenance studies.

The course aims at improving student’s capability to extract mineralogical information from sediments and sedimentary rocks in silt and sand fractions.

We will share with attendees the state-of-the-art protocol for sample preparation in the laboratory. After an introduction on heavy mineral optical properties, participants will be able to practice with the polarising microscope, exploring the commonest HM encountered in sediments. Chemical composition and crystallographic structure of selected HM will be furtherly explored by Raman spectroscopy. We will also explain how to tackle problems related to hydraulic sorting, chemical weathering and diagenesis through a wide range of case histories from different geological settings.

Researchers, students and professionals are invited to join the school.