Biogeochemistry, Medical and Environmental Mineralogy of Fibrous Minerals
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 13 October 2024 | Viewed by 1605
Special Issue Editor
Interests: medical mineralogy; electron microscopy; biogeochemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The purpose of this Special Issue is to collect contributions on the nomenclature of fibrous minerals, their characterization and the development of analytical techniques, and their interaction with the biosphere and the environment.
According to mineralogists, fibrous minerals are those minerals that appear as composed of fibers. The term “fiber” is a qualitative mineralogical definition identifying minerals with a highly elongated morphology. This Special Issue welcomes any contribution related to those minerals that might be qualitatively identified as fibrous (including “elongate mineral particles,” asbestiform minerals, and so on). The interaction between asbestos and the human body was largely investigated for decades in the scientific literature. On the other hand, many other minerals that are not identified as asbestos are poorly investigated, despite sharing similar properties with it. In this Special Issue, we hope to gather contributions dealing with:
- Fibrous minerals’ nomenclature, terminology and parametrization issues, inaccuracies, and possible solutions;
- The characterization of fibrous minerals using multi-instrumental and multi-scale approaches;
- The physicochemical state of fibrous minerals in different matrices, including both organic and inorganic matrices;
- The physicochemical transformation of fibrous minerals in the environment, in simulated body fluids, and in cell cultures or other matrices of interest;
- The application and development of advanced or unusual characterization techniques in the investigation of the state or transformation of fibrous minerals.
Dr. Ruggero Vigliaturo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fibrous minerals
- fibers
- elongate mineral particles
- asbestos
- asbestiform
- fibers’ physico-chemistry
