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Franco Pirajno

Dr

  • The University of Western Australia (M004), 35 Stirling Highway,

    6009 Perth

    Australia

  • 4401 Citations
  • 37 h-Index
19982019
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Personal profile

Industrial relevance

Worked in mining and mineral exloration with Anglo-American Corp of South Africa for 19 years in Africa, Australia, SW Pacific and New Zealand

Teaching overview

Economic Geology; geology of ore deposits; meteorite impact structures

Research

geology of ore deposits;

Languages

Italian; knowledge of Spanish
Portuguese and French

Keywords

  • Economic geology
  • Regional metallogeny
  • Ore genesis
  • Tectonics
  • Large igneous provinces
  • Mineral systems of China

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Research Output 1998 2019

1 Citation (Scopus)

Ni-Co enrichment and High-Tech metals geochemistry in the Wingellina Ni-Co oxide-type laterite deposit (Western Australia)

Putzolu, F., Boni, M., Mondillo, N., Maczurad, M. & Pirajno, F., Jan 2019, In : Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 196, p. 282-296 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Supergene remobilization of Au in Au-bearing regolith related to orogenic deposits: A case study from Kazakhstan

Kalinin, Y. A., Palyanova, G. A., Naumov, E. A., Kovalev, K. R. & Pirajno, F., 1 Jun 2019, In : Ore Geology Reviews. 109, p. 358-369 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Bearings (structural)
remobilization
regolith
Gold
Deposits
1 Citation (Scopus)

Widespread occurrences of variably crystalline C-13-depleted graphitic carbon in banded iron formations

Dodd, M. S., Papineau, D., She, Z-B., Manikyamba, C., Wan, Y-S., O'Neil, J., Karhu, J. A., Rizo, H. & Pirajno, F., 15 Apr 2019, In : Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 512, p. 163-174 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Asteroid Impacts

Glikson, A. Y. & Pirajno, F., 2018, ASTEROIDS IMPACTS, CRUSTAL EVOLUTION AND RELATED MINERAL SYSTEMS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO AUSTRALIA. Pirajno, F. (ed.). Switzerland: Springer, Vol. 14. p. 1-30 30 p. (Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences; vol. 14).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter

Asteroids and Associated Mineral Systems

Glikson, A. Y. & Pirajno, F., Mar 2018, ASTEROIDS IMPACTS, CRUSTAL EVOLUTION AND RELATED MINERAL SYSTEMS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO AUSTRALIA. Pirajno, F. (ed.). Switzerland: Springer, p. 173-205 33 p. (Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences; vol. 14).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter

Projects 2019 2019

Geology of the Lucky Strike Gold Prospect, Mt Monger, Eastern Goldfields WA

Rowins, S. & Pirajno, F.

Lefroy Exploration Limited

1/04/19 → 30/11/19

Project: Research