Synthetic Minerals Catalog

From 2006 to present, several methods to produce mineral and mineral composites under mild and hydrothermal conditions, including the synthesis of nonoparticles, mesocrystals and nanostructured materials were developped at ISTerre (in-house methods). At the present time, the synthesis of more of 40 mineral and crystal phases are handled. In addition to fundamental research on their nucléation processes monitored in real-time, with relevance on the natural and engineered systems. Several of these crystalline phases could offer interesting applications as adsorbents, catalysts (photo-), mineral additives, excipients, permanent storage of carbon dioxide, etc.. In this way, my expertise (supported by about 30% of my research (30 scientific publications and 5 patents)) is open for R&D collaborations with academic and industrial sectors.

See here some images for each mineral CATALOG and summary below :
See also : - My experimental setups

Mineral and crystals list :

Hematite (Fe2O3) Real-time monitoring of nucleation
Goethite (FeO(OH) Real-time monitoring of nucleation
Ferrihydrite 6L (Fe2O3.2FeO(OH)• 2.6H2O) Ex-situ Identification
Magnetite (Fe3O4) Real-time monitoring of nucleation
Calcite (CaCO3) Real-time monitoring of nucleation
SeNPs-Calcite (Se-CaCO3) Ex-situ Identification
Vaterite (CaCO3) Real-time monitoring of nucleation
Aragonite (CaCO3) Ex-situ Identification
Goethite-Calcite composite (FeO(OH)-CaCO3) Ex-situ Identification
Nesquehonite (MgCO3.3H2O) Real-time monitoring of nucleation
Dypingite (4(MgCO3)(Mg(OH)2)•5 H2O) Real-time monitoring of nucleation
Hydromagnesite (4(MgCO3)(Mg(OH)2)•4 H2O) Real-time monitoring of nucleation
Magnesite (MgCO3) Real-time monitoring of nucleation
Siderite (FeCO3) Real-time monitoring of nucleation
Eitelite (Na2Mg(CO3)2 Real-time monitoring of nucleation
Protodolomite (Ca0.5Mg0.5CO3) Real-time monitoring of nucleation
Dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) Real-time monitoring of nucleation
Ca-Mg carbonate solid solution (Ca1-xMgxCO3 (0≤x≤1)) Ex-situ Identification
Fe-Magnesite (Mg1-xFexCO3 (x<0.1)) Real-time monitoring of nucleation
Fe-Ca carbonate solid solution (Ca1-xFexCO3 (0≤x≤1))
Bastnäsite (CeCO3F)
Brushite (CaHPO4.2H2O) Real-time monitoring of nucleation
Hydroxyapatite (Ca5(PO4)3(OH)) Real-time monitoring of nucleation
Struvite (NH4MgPO4.6H2O)
Newberyite (MgHPO4.3H2O)
Calcium Oxalate (CaC2O4) Real-time monitoring of nucleation
Ceria (CeO2) Calcination method
Ceria with oxygen vacancies (CeO2-x) Calcination method
Ceria-Magnetite composite (CeO2-Fe3O4) Calcination method
Siderite-Magnetite (FeCO3-Fe3O4)
Chrysotile (Mg3Si2O5(OH)4) Ex-situ Identification
Xonotlite (Ca6Si6O17(OH)2) Ex-situ Identification
Mg-Clay (in investigation) Ex-situ Identification
Silver nanocrystals and sub-micrometric crystals (Ag(0))
Gold Nanocrystals (Au(0))
Gypsum (CaSO4.2H2O) Real-time monitoring of nucleation
Bassanite (CaSO4.0.5H2O) Real-time monitoring of nucleation
Anhydrite (CaSO4) Real-time monitoring of nucleation
Cerusite (PbCO3)
Smithsonite (ZnCO3)
Iron oxide chloride hydrate (not identified with care)
Calcium arsenite (CaHAsO3)