Peer-reviewed Scientific Publications

The SOLSA analytical solutions are based on the R&D carried out in close collaboration by the SOLSA partners.   

Herbelin, M., Delchini, S., Pillière, H., Lutterotti, L., Nicco, M., Dia, M., and Riegler, T.
The pros or cons of X-ray diffraction vs electron beam techniques in the assessment of mineral assemblages: improvements of Solsa combined XRD-XRF analyses applied to the Grande Cote Operation Ti-Zr mine, Senegal.
EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-17031
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-17031

Herbelin, M.; Delchini, S.; Pillière, H.; Lutterotti, L.; Nicco, M.; Dia, M.; Le Guen, M.; Riegler, T. 
Fast and Cost-Effective Quantitative Assessment of the Chemical and Mineral Composition of Heavy Mineral Sands Ores: Application of the New SOLSA Combined XRF-XRD Analytical Solution to the Grande Cote Operation Ti-Zr Mine
Materials Proceedings 15, no. 1: 41
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/materproc2023015041

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Maestracci, B., Delchini, S., Chateigner, D., Pilliere, H., Lutterotti, L., & Borovin, E. 
Simultaneous combined XRF-XRD analysis of geological sample: New methodological approach for on-site analysis on New-Caledonian Ni-rich harzburgite
Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Volume 252, September 2023, 107250
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2023.107250

 

Kumar, A.; Cassetta, M.; Giarola, M.; Zanatta, M.; Guen, M.L.; Soraru, G.D.; Mariotto, G.
Thermal  Annealing and Phase Transformation of Serpentine-Like Garnierite.
Minerals 2021, 11, 188. February 2021
DOI : 10.3390/min11020188
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N.Maubec, B.Orberger, P.G.Blaineauad, C.Villanova-de-Benavent, A.Da Silva Alves, C.Duée, G.Wille, S.Delchini
Garnierite characterization for open mineral databases
Journal of Geochemical Exploration. Volume 231, 106874. December 2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2021.106874

M. Le Guen, Y. El Mendili, C. Duee, B. Orberger, H. Pilliere, S. Delchini, C. Bessin, E. Borovin, A. Kanzari, L. Lutterotti, M. Bortolotti, M. Secchi, D. Chateigner, A. El Mendili, T. Lefevre, S. Grazulis, G. Mariotto, H. Nolte, T. Teerlink
Increasing exploration efficiency with SOLSA Expert System
Conference paper: Mineral Exploration Symposium, Volume 2020, p.1 - 5. September 2020
DOI:10.3997/2214-4609.202089024

El Mendili, Y., Vaitkus, A., Merkys, A., Gražulis, S., Chateigner, D., Mathevet, F., Gascoin, S., Petit, S., Bardeau, J-F., Zanatta, M., Secchi, M., Mariotto, G., Kumar, A. Cassetta, M., Lutterotti L., Borovin, E., Orberger, B, Le Guen, M.
Raman Open Database: first interconnected Raman–X-ray diffraction open-access resource for material identification
Journal  of  Applied  Crystallography, 52, 618–625, March 2019
DOI: 10.1107/S1600576719004229
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Bortolotti, M., Lutterotti, L., Borovin, E., Martorelli D. 
Combined XRD-XRF cluster analysis for automatic chemical and crystallographic surface mappings.
Powder Diffraction, pages 1–6. May 2019
DOI: 10.1017/S0885715619000216
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Lutterotti, L., Pilliére, H., Fontugne, C., Boullay, P., Chateigner, D.
Full-profile search-match by the Rietveld method.
Journal of Applied Crystallography, 52(3), 587-598. June 2019
DOI: 10.1107/S160057671900342X
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El Mendili, Y., Chateigner, D., Orberger, B., Gascoin, S, Bardeau, JF., Petit, S., Le Guen, M., Pillière, H.
Combined XRF, XRD,  SEM-EDS,  and  Raman  analyses  on  serpentinized  harzburgite  (Nickel  Laterite  Mine,  New  Caledonia):  Implications for Exploration and Geometallurgy
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 3, 10, 2237-2249. August 2019
DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.9b00014
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Duée, C., Orberger, B., Maubec, N., Laperche, V., Capar, L., Bourguignon, A., Bourrat, X., El Mendili, Y., Gascoin, S., Chateigner, D., Rodriguez, C., Salaün, A., Le Guen, M., Mariotto, G., Giarola, M., Kumar, A., Daldasso, N., Zanatta, M., Lutterotti, L., Borovin, E., Bortolotti, M., Secchi, M., Montagna, M., Pillière, H., Lefevre, T., Eijkelkamp, F., Nolte, H., Koert, P., Grazulis, S., Trotet, F., Kadar,  M.,  Devaux  K.  (2019).
Impact  of heterogeneities  and  surface  roughness  on  pXRF,  pIR,  XRD  and  Raman  analyses: Challenges for on-line-real-time combined mineralogical and chemical analyses on drill cores and implication for “high speed” Ni-laterite  exploration.  
Journal  of  Geochemical  Exploration:  Special  Volume  on  Nickel  laterite,  Journal  of  Geochemical Exploration 198 1–17. December 2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2018.12.010
 

Secchi, M., Zanatta, M., Borovin, E., Bortolotti, M., Kumar, A., Giariola, M., Sanson, A., Orberger, B., Daldasso, N., Gialanella, S., Mariotto,  G., Montagna,  M., Lutterotti,  L.
Mineralogical  investigations  using  XRD,  XRF  and  Raman  Spectroscopy  in  a combined approach.
Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 1–8. April 2018
DOI: 10.1002/jrs.5386
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Gražulis, S., Merkys, A., Vaitkus, A.
Crystallography  Open  Database  (COD)
Handbook  of  Materials  Modeling,  Springer International Publishing, 2018, 1-19. September 2018
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-42913-7_66

Bortolotti, M., Lutterotti, L., Pepponi, G.
Combining  XRD  and  XRF  analysis  in  one  Rietveld-like  fitting.
Powder Diffraction, 32(S1): S225–S230. April 2017
DOI:10.1017/S0885715617000276

The SOLSA team are grateful for the funding received for activities within the framework of the projects:

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SOLSA project

01/02/2016 - 31/12/2020

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SOLSA-DEM'UP project

01/09/2022 - 31/08/2025