Publications
(reverse chronological order)
Mantle and Diamonds
SB, P, DJ, S, F, P, DG, NV, Diamonds and the Geology of Mantle Carbon. In R.M. Hazen, A.P. Jones and J.A. Baross, Eds., Carbon in Earth, Rev. Mineral. Geochem. 75: 355-421 (open access book)
Howell D, Wood IG, Nestola F, Nimis P, Nasdala L (2012) Inclusions under remnant pressure in diamond: a multi-technique approach. Eur. J. Mineral. 24: 563-573
Nestola F, Merli M, Nimis P, Parisatto M, Kopylova M, De Stefano A, Longo M, Ziberna L, Manghnani M (2012) In situ analysis of garnet inclusion in diamond using single-crystal X-ray diffraction and X-ray micro-tomography. Eur. J. Mineral. 24: 599-606
Nestola F, Nimis P, Angel RJ (2012) Diamonds, the mantle petrologist's best friends Preface. Eur. J. Mineral. 24: 561-562
Nestola F, Nimis P, Ziberna L, Longo M, Marzoli A, Harris JW, Manghnani MH, Fedortchouk Y (2011) First crystal-structure determination of olivine in diamond: Composition and implications for provenance in the Earth's mantle. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 305: 249-255
Nimis P, Zanetti A, Dencker I, Sobolev NV (2009) Major and trace element composition of chromian diopsides from the Zagadochnaya kimberlite (Yakutia, Russia): Metasomatic processes, thermobarometry and diamond potential. Lithos 112, 397-412
Nimis P (2002) The pressures and temperatures of formation of diamond based on thermobarometry of chromian diopside inclusions. Canadian Mineral. 40: 871-884
Nimis P (2002) Diamonds, kimberlites and lamproites. In: Geology, edited by K Stüwe, AM Celal Şengör, B Grasemann, B De Vivo, in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK, [[http://www.eolss.net]]
Nimis P (1998) Evaluation of diamond potential from the composition of peridotitic chromian diopside. Eur. J. Mineral. 10: 505-519
Thermobarometry
Nimis P, Grütter H (2012) Discussion of "The applicability of garnet-orthopyroxene geobarometry in mantle xenoliths", by Wu C.-M. and Zhao G. (Lithos, v. 125, p. 1-9). Lithos 142: 285-287
Nimis P, Grütter H (2010) Internally consistent geothermometers for garnet peridotites and pyroxenites. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 159: 411-427
Nimis P, Taylor WR (2000) Single clinopyroxene thermobarometry for garnet peridotites. Part I. Calibration and testing of a Cr-in-Cpx barometer and an enstatite-in-Cpx thermometer. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 139: 541-554
Nimis P (1999) Clinopyroxene geobarometry of magmatic rocks, Part 2: Structural geobarometers for basic to acid, tholeiitic and mildly alkaline magmatic systems. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 135: 62-74
Nimis P, Ulmer P (1998) Clinopyroxene geobarometry of magmatic rocks: Part 1. An expanded structural geobarometer for anhydrous and hydrous, basic and ultrabasic systems. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 133: 122-135
Nimis P (1995) A clinopyroxene geobarometer for basaltic systems based on crystal-structure modeling. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 121: 115-125
Ore deposits
Melekestseva IYu, Zaykov VV, Nimis P, Tret'yakov GA, Tessalina SG (2013) Cu–(Ni–Co–Au)-bearing massive sulfide deposits associated with mafic–ultramafic rocks of the Main Urals Fault, South Urals: Geological structures, ore textural and mineralogical features, comparison with modern analogs. Ore Geol. Rev. 52: 18-36
Nimis P, Omenetto P, Giunti I, Artioli G, Angelini I (2012) Lead isotope systematics in hydrothermal sulphide deposits from the central-eastern Southalpine (northern Italy). Eur. J. Mineral. 24: 23-37
Nimis P, Omenetto P, Artioli G (2011) La miniera di rame del Sasso Negro (Valle di Garés): studio preliminare e prime implicazioni storiche. In B. Aldighieri and B. Testa, Eds., L'Armonia Fra Uomo e Natura Nelle Valli Dolomitiche. Atti delle Giornate di Studio, Agordo, 12-13 Novembre 2010, 305-313. Aracne editrice S.r.l.
Melekestseva IY, Kotlyarov VA, Ivanov VN, Beltenev VE, Dobretsova IG, Nimis P (2010) Massive sulfides of the new hydrothermal sulfide cluster Semyenov (13°31' N), Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Litosfera 2(2010): 47-61
Nimis P (2010) Some remarks on the use of geochemical tracers for metal provenancing. In C. Magrini and F. Sbarra, Eds., Late Roman Glazed Pottery in Carlino and in Central-East Europe. Production, Function and Distribution, British Archaeological Reports BAR S2068, 3-9. Hadrian Books Ltd., Oxford
Nimis P, Omenetto P, Buschmann B, Jonas P, Simonov VA (2010) Geochemistry of igneous rocks associated with ultramafic–mafic-hosted Cu (Co, Ni, Au) VMS deposits from the Main Uralian Fault (Southern Urals, Russia). Mineral. Petrol. 100: 201-214
Artioli G, Nimis P, Gruppo ARCA, Recchia S, Marelli M, Giussani B (2009) Geochemical links between copper mines and ancient metallurgy: the Agordo case study. Rend. Online Soc. Geol. It. 4: 15-18
Artioli G, Baumgarten B, Marelli M, Giussani B, Recchia S, Nimis P, Giunti I, Angelini I, Omenetto P (2008) Chemical and isotopic tracers in Alpine copper deposits: geochemical links between mines and metal. Geo. Alp. 5: 139-148
Nimis P, Zaykov VV, Omenetto P, Melekestseva IY, Tesalina SG, Orgeval J-J (2008) Peculiarities of some mafic-ultramafic- and ultramafic-hosted massive sulfide deposits from the Main Uralian Fault Zone, southern Urals. Ore Geol. Rev. 33: 49-69
Herrington R, Maslennikov V, Zaykov V, Seravkin I, Kosarev A, Buschmann B, Orgeval J-J, Holland N, Tesalina S, Nimis P, Armstrong R (2005) 6: Classification of VMS deposits: Lessons from the South Uralides. Ore Geol. Rev. 27: 203-237
Nimis P, Tesalina SG, Omenetto P, Tartarotti P, Lerouge C (2004) Phyllosilicate minerals in the hydrothermal mafic–ultramafic-hosted massive-sulfide deposit of Ivanovka (southern Urals): comparison with modern ocean seafloor analogues. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 147: 363-383
Tesalina S, Nimis P, Augé T, Zaykov VV (2003) Origin of chromite in mafic–ultramafic-hosted hydrothermal massive sulfides from the Main Uralian Fault, South Urals, Russia. Lithos 70: 39-59
Nimis P (1996) Weathering of ilmenite grains from southern Mozambique beach sands. Per. Mineral. 65: 317-325
Orogenic peridotites
Tumiati S, Godard G, Martin S, Nimis P, Mair V, Boyer B (2005) Dissakisite-(La) from the Ulten zone peridotite (Italian Eastern Alps): A new end-member of the epidote group. Am. Mineral. 90: 1177-1185
Morten L, Nimis P, Rampone E (2004) Records of mantle–crust exchange processes during continental subduction–exhumation in the Nonsberg–Ultental garnet peridotites (Eastern Alps). Per. Mineral. 73: 119-129
Tumiati S, Thoeni M, Nimis P, Martin S (2003) Mantle–crust interactions during Variscan subduction in the Eastern Alps (Nonsberg–Ulten Zone): geochronology and new petrological constraints. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 210: 491-508
Nimis P, Trommsdorff V (2001) Comment to “New Constraints on the P–T Evolution of the Alpe Arami Garnet Peridotite Body (Central Alps, Switzerland)” by Paquin & Altherr (2001). J. Petrol. 42: 1773-1779
Nimis P, Trommsdorff V (2001) Revised thermobarometry of Alpe Arami and other garnet peridotites from the Central Alps. J. Petrol. 42: 103-115
Nimis P, Morten L (2000) P-T evolution of "crustal" garnet peridotites and included pyroxenites from Nonsberg area (Upper Austroalpine), NE Italy: from the wedge to the slab. J. Geodyn. 30: 93-115
Crystal-chemistry of clinopyroxenes
Nimis P (1998) Clinopyroxene geobarometry of pyroxenitic xenoliths from Hyblean Plateau (SE Sicily, Italy). Eur. J. Mineral. 10: 521-533
Nimis P, Bertolo S, Dal Negro A, Mellini M (1996) Crystal chemistry and geobarometry of clinopyroxene in ancient and historical basic volcanic rocks from Mt. Etna (Sicily, Italy). Acta Vulcanologica 8: 63-71
Bertolo S, Nimis P, Dal Negro A (1994) Low-Ca augite from experimental alkali basalt at 18 kbar: structural variation near the miscibility gap. Am. Mineral. 79: 668-674
Nimis P (1995) Clinopyroxenes from plagioclase peridotites (Zabargad Island, Red Sea) and comparison between high- and low-pressure mantle clinopyroxenes. Mineral. Petrol. 53: 49-61
Nimis P (1994) Crystal chemistry of diopsides from garnet lherzolites (Cima Lunga/Adula Nappe, Central Alps). Schweiz. Mineral. Petrograph. Mitt. 74: 171-180
Bertolo S, Nimis P, Dal Negro A (1994) Low-Ca augite from experimental alkali basalt at 18 kbar: structural variation near the miscibility gap. Am. Mineral. 79: 668-674
Bertolo S, Nimis P (1993) Crystal-chemical and structural variations in orthopyroxenes from different petrogenetic environments. Eur. J. Mineral. 5: 707-719
Others
Guastoni A, Carbonin S, Nimis P, Zorzi F (2006) Mesolite, pectolite, thomsonite - studio sui campioni della collezione Gasser, Museo di Mineralogia dell'Università di Padova. Riv. Min. It. 3/2006: 186-189
Bondi M, Morten L, Nimis P, Rossi PL, Tranne CA (2002) Megacrysts and mafic–ultramafic xenolith-bearing ignimbrites from Sirwa volcano, Morocco: phase petrology and thermobarometry. Mineral. Petrol. 75: 203-221.
Tartarotti P, Susini S, Nimis P, Ottolini L (2002) Melt migration in the upper mantle along the Romanche Fracture Zone (Equatorial Atlantic). Lithos 63: 125-149
Nimis P, Molin G, Visonà D (1996) Crystal chemistry of danalite from Daba Shabeli Complex (Somalia). Mineral. Mag. 60: 375-379
Nimis P, Vannucci R (1994) An ion microprobe study of clinopyroxenes in websteritic and megacrystic xenoliths from Hyblean Plateau (SE Sicily, Italy): constraints on HFSE/REE/Sr fractionation at mantle depth. Chem. Geol. 124: 185-197