dominik-talla

Mgr. Dominik Talla, PhD
dominik.talla(a)univie.ac.at
Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2 (UZA II),
1090 Vienna
Room number: 2B376
T: +43-1-4277-53255

Curriculum vitae [pdf]

Research Focus

Hydrothermal synthesis of single crystals of representatives of the kieserite group (kieserite, MgSO₄·H₂O)

Hydrothermal synthesis of single crystals of representatives of the kieserite group (kieserite, MgSO₄·H₂O), for investigations by FTIR spectroscopy, electron beam microprobe and powder as well as single crystal X-ray diffraction. The investigations take place at ambient as well as at low temperature and high pressure conditions. Possible structural transformations or polytypy at temperature and pressure conditions similar to those on Mars and the interior of the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn will be detected. The influence of solid solution formation (partial replacement of Mg by Fe, Ni, Mn, etc.) on IR spectra, cell metrics and crystal structures will be determined and compared with remote sensing results (Mars rover and orbiter).

Fig. 1: Typical appearance of hydrothermally synthesized kieserite crystals (MgSO₄·H₂O).

Research on nominally anhydrous minerals

Research on nominally anhydrous minerals, e.g. studies on wulfenite, wolframite and halogen compounds (sellaite, villiaumite, halite, fluorspar); IR spectra of natural samples, as well as synthetically produced single crystal analogs are studied and compared.

Fig. 2: Synthetic Mn-doped single crystals of MgWO₄ (Huanzalaite).

Fig. 3: Absorption bands in the IR spectrum of sellaite indicating the presence of hydrogen-containing structural defects.

Crystal synthesis for REE photoluminescence studies

Crystal synthesis for REE photoluminescence studies on selected accessory minerals (zircon, xenotime/monazite, titanite) to determine structure distortion and amorphization due to chemical heterogeneity and radiation damage.

Fig. 4: Synthetic Eu-doped YPO₄ single crystal for photoluminescence
investigations.

Fig. 5: Hyperspectral photoluminescence map of a zoned monazite crystal. The outer zone is strongly enriched in Th and Ca.

Experimental iron smelting in racing furnaces from the early Middle Ages

Investigation of both the role of the chemism, structure and mineralogy of the starting ore, as well as the type of charcoal, blower and wind supply of the furnace on the quality of the resulting metal product. The handling of ores rich in phosphorus (Lorraine minette), from which often only brittle and unforgeable steel is obtained, is extremely topical.

Fig. 6: Extraction of a dense iron lobe prepared from the limonite ore from Olomučany, Moravian Karst, Czech Republic.

Fig. 7: Skeletal melilite crystals in a CaO-contaminated slag cake from the bottom of the racing furnace.

Publications

2019

Ende, M., Kirkkala, T., Loitzenbauer, M., Talla, D., Miletich, R., & Wildner, M. (2019). Pressure induced phase transitions of dwornikite. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Supplement Issue, 39, 60-61.

Wildner, M., & Talla, D. (2019). Comparative crystal chemistry of the solid solution systems between kieserite (MgSO₄·H₂O) and transition metal kieserite-type compounds (Me²⁺SO₄•H₂O, Me²⁺ = Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn). In ECM 32 - Book of Abstracts (Vol. 75, pp. E216-E216) https://doi.org/10.1107/S2053273319093409

2018

Talla, D., & Wildner, M. (2018). Structural and molecular spectroscopic behaviour of the Mg- Mn kieserite solid solution, (Mg,Mn)SO₄•H₂O, with relevance to icy satellites of Jupiter and Saturn. Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, 128, 153.

Ende, M., Loitzenbauer, M., Matzinger, P., Meusburger, J., Talla, D., Miletich, R., & Wildner, M. (2018). Pressure induced phase transition in CoSO₄•H₂O. In ECM 32 - Book of Abstracts (pp. 284) https://journals.iucr.org/a/issues/2019/a2/00/a58548/a58548.pdf

Talla, D., & Wildner, M. (2018). IR-spectroscopic investigation of the kieserite-szomolnokite solid solution series under ambient and low temperature conditions with relevance to Mars. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20, Article EGU2018-12214-1.

Meusburger, J., Ende, M., Talla, D., Miletich, R., & Wildner, M. (2018). Pressure induced second order phase transition in monohydrated magnesium sulphate (MgSO₄•H₂O): A new polymorph potentially occurring on icy satellites. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20, Article EGU2018-8136. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018EGUGA..20.8136M/abstract

Ende, M., Meusburger, J., Talla, D., Miletich, R., & Wildner, M. (2018). First evidence of a displacive transformation in MgSO₄•H₂O under high pressures. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Supplement Issue, 38, 81. Article P029. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110595994-031

Talla, D., & Wildner, M. (2018). Structural and molecular spectroscopic behaviour of the Mg-Ni kieserite solid solution, (Mg,Ni)SO₄•H₂O, with relevance to icy satellites of Jupiter and Saturn. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Supplement Issue, 38, 52. Article S20-03.

2017

Talla, D., & Wildner, M. (2017). Crystal chemical and IR-spectroscopic investigation of Kieserite-szomolnokite solid solution series with relevance to Mars. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, 163, 86.

Talla, D., & Wildner, M. (2017). Sructure and IR-spectra of MHSH (~3/5) (Magnesium hydroxide sulfate hydrate), a possible candidate to represent the presumed second kieserite polytype on the surface of Mars. Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft, 163, 87.

Talla, D., Beran, A., Skoda, R., & Losos, Z. (2017). Polarized FTIR spectroscopic examination on hydroxylation in the minerals of the wolframite group, (Fe,Mn,Mg)[W,(Nb,Ta)][O,(OH)]₄. American Mineralogist: an international journal of earth and planetary materials, 102(4), 867-875. https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2017-5664

2015

Lenz, C., Nasdala, L., Talla, D., Seitz, R., Hauzenberger, C., & Kolitsch, U. (2015). Laser-Induced REE³⁺ photoluminescence of selected accessory minerals - an "advantageous artefact" in Raman spectroscopy. Chemical Geology, 415, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.09.001

2014

Talla, D., Pristacz, H., Giester, G., Wildner, M., Niemetz, W., Schneider, G. I. C., & Lehrl, M. (2014). Die blauen Opale aus Khorixas. Extra-Lapis, 47, 42-45.

Nasdala, L., Stoyanova Lyubenova, T., Gaft, M., Wildner, M., Diegor, W., Petautschnig, C., Talla, D., & Lenz, C. (2014). Photoluminescence of synthetic titanite-group pigments: A rare quenching effect. Chemie der Erde / Geochemistry, 74(3), 419-424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2014.04.004

Artac, A., Jachs, B., Lenz, C., Akhmadaliev, S., Habler, G., Talla, D., & Nasdala, L. (2014). Surface swelling and spectroscopic investigations of Au-irradiated monazite-(Ce) crystals. In IBMM LEUVEN 2014 - Program and Abstracts (pp. PB 64)

Plasil, J., Skoda, R., Fejfarová, K., Cejka, J., Kasatkin, A. V., Dusek, M., Talla, D., Lapčák, L., Machovic, V., & Dini, M. (2014). Hydroniumjarosite, (H₃O)⁺ Fe₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆, from Cerros Pintados, Chile: Single-crystal X-ray diffraction and vibrational spectroscopic study. Mineralogical Magazine, 78(3), 535-547. https://doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2014.078.3.04

Pristacz, H., Talla, D., Preuschl, F., Giester, G., & Wildner, M. (2014). Crystal structures of three CaSeO₄ polymorphs and their mineralogical relationships. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie. Abhandlungen, 191(2), 215-223.

2013

Talla, D., Wildner, M., Beran, A., Skoda, R., & Losos, Z. (2013). On the presence of hydrous defects in differently coloured wulfenites (PbMoO4): an infrared and optical spectroscopic study. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 40(10), 757-769. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-013-0610-8

Lenz, C., Talla, D., Ruschel, K., Skoda, R., Götze, J., & Nasdala, L. (2013). Factors affecting the Nd³⁺ (REE³⁺) luminescence of minerals. Mineralogy and Petrology, 107(3), 415-428. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-013-0286-2

Gadas, P., Novak, M., Talla, D., & Galiova, M. V. (2013). Compositional evolution of grossular garnet from leucotonalitic pegmatite at Ruda nad Moravou, Czech Republic; a complex EMPA, LA-ICP-MS, IR and CL study. Mineralogy and Petrology, 107(2), 311-326. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00710-012-0232-8