| Position | Associate Professor |
| Room | G-348 |
| Phone: | +421 2 9014 9294 |
| E-mail: | peter.bacik@uniba.sk |
| Publications | link |
Scientific interests
- silicate mineralogy
- crystal chemistry
- structural topology
- crystallography
- diffractometric a spectroscopic analytical methods
- experimental mineralogy
- environmental mineralogy
- gemmology
Teaching activities
My teaching activities are focused on mineralogy, crystallography, crystal chemistry a analytical methods in mineralogy.
Bachelor degree
- Mineralogy 1
- Morphological and structural crystallography
- Laboratory methods in geology
Master degree
- Crystal chemistry of silicates
- X-ray diffractometry
- Crystal-chemical calculations
- Laboratory methods in mineralogy a petrology
- Cosmogenic geology
- Environmental mineralogy
- Crystal-chemical seminary
- Mineralogy of dust particles in atmosphere
PhD. degree
- Crystal chemistry of silicate minerals
- Crystal chemistry of non-silicate minerals
- Mineralogy of rocks
- Laboratory methods of mineral research
- Mineralogy of environment
The most significant publications
- Bačík P., Miyawaki R., Atencio D., Cámara F., Fridrichová J., 2017: Nomenclature of gadolinite supergroup. European Journal of Mineralogy, 29, 1067-1082
- Bačík P., Cempírek J., Uher P., Ozdín D., Filip J., Novák M., Škoda R., Breiter K., Klementová M., Ďuďa R., Groat L., 2013: Oxy-schorl, Na(Fe2+2Al)Al6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)3O, a new mineral species from Zlatá Idka, Slovak Republic: Description and crystal structure. American Mineralogist, 98, 485-492.
- Bačík P., Uher P., Ertl A., Jonsson E., Nysten P., Kanický V. & Vaculovič T., 2012: Zoned REE-enriched dravite from a granitic pegmatite in Forshammar, Bergslagen province, Sweden: An EMPA, XRD and LA-ICP-MS study. Canadian Mineralogist, 50, 825-841.
- Bačík P., Ozdín D., Miglierini B., Kardošová P., Pentrák M. & Haloda J., 2011: Crystallochemical effects of heat treatment on Fe-dominant tourmalines from Dolní Bory (Czech Republic) and Vlachovo (Slovakia). Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 38, 599-611.
- Bačík P., Uher P., Sýkora M. & Lipka J., 2008: Low-Al tourmalines of the schorl-dravite – povondraite series in redeposited tourmalinites from the Western Carpathians, Slovakia. Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 1117-1129.
The newest publications
- Malíčková I., Bačík P., Fridrichová J., Hanus R., Illášová Ľ., Štubňa J., Milovská S., Furka D., Furka S., Škoda R., 2020: Optical and luminescence spectroscopy of varicolored gem spinel from Lục Yên, Vietnam and Mogok, Myanmar. Minerals, 11 (2), 169
- Nemec O., Putiš M., Bačík P., Ružička P., Németh Z., 2020: Metamorphic Conditions of Neotethyan Meliatic Accretionary Wedge Estimated by Thermodynamic Modelling and Geothermobarometry (Inner Western Carpathians). Minerals, 10(12), 1094
- Bačík P., Fridrichová J., Bancík T., Štubňa J., Illášová Ľ, Pálková H., Škoda R., Vaculovič T., Sečkár P., 2020: The REE-induced absorption and luminescence in yellow hydroxylapatite from Muránska Dlhá Lúka, Slovakia. Minerals, 10(11), 100
- Ertl A., Bačík P., 2020: Considerations About Bi and Pb in the Crystal Structure of Cu-Bearing Tourmaline. Minerals, 10(8), 706
- Štubňa J., Pulišová Z., Fridrichová J., Bačík P., 2020: Properties of Green Fluorite from England Showing Daylight Fluorescence. The Journal of Gemmology, 37, 128-130
- Aubrecht R., Bačík P., Mikuš T., Bellová S., 2020: Detritic poikiloblastic tourmaline grains in the Cretaceous exotic flysches of the Western Carpathians: do they indicate a source from HP/UHP rocks, or from hydrothermal veins? Lithos, 362, 1-14
- Ondrejka M., Mikuš T., Luptáková J., Bačík P., Putiš M., Uher P., Ferenc Š., 2020: Carbonate-bearing phosphohedyphane–“hydroxylphosphohedyphane” and cerussite: supergene products of galena alteration in Permian aplite (Western Carpathians, Slovakia). Can. Mineral., 58, 347-365
- Fridrichová J., Bačík P., Štubňa J., Illášová Ľ., 2020: Sphalerite from Slovakia. The Journal of Gemmology, 37, 12-13
Current Projects
APVV-18-0065 – principal investigator (2018-2023) „Light litophile elements (Li, Be, B) in selected minerals: from crystal structure to geological processes”
The project includes mineralogical and crystal-chemical studies of minerals that contain light cations from the second period of the periodic system – lithium, beryllium and boron in their structure. Research is focused on two areas and two types of minerals will be examined. The first area of research will focus on crystal-chemical patterns down to the subatomic level using state-of-the-art analytical methods. The second area will be focused on the behaviour of these elements in the mineral and rock environment. Firstly, minerals containing Be, B and Li directly in their crystal-chemical formula (these elements are dominant at least at one structural site) will be studied. These include silicates (tourmaline supergroup, gadolinite supergroup, beryl and cordierite, Li mica, spodumen, bertrandite, phenakite), borates (whole class), phosphates (herderite) and oxides (chrysoberyl). However, we will focus also on the minerals in which Be, B and Li substitute for the other cations, but are not dominant. In this context, the distribution of studied elements in various minerals in variable rock environments will be studied..
VEGA 1/0137/20 – principal investigator (2020-2022) „Experimental study of physico-chemical properties of selected minerals (oxides, phosphates and silicates).”
The experimental mineralogical approach is suitable for detailed crystal-chemical study of properties and processes within the crystal structure and its stability, but also for the precious stones treatment within the gemmology. Some of these experiments are not sufficiently described and the colour changing mechanisms are similarly not clearly known as well as the processes leading to the mineral structure breakdown. The crystal-chemical properties of selected minerals (oxides, phosphates and silicates) will be studied by thermal, thermal-pressure and radiation experiments, especially the oxidation or reduction of cations, the formation or disappearance of colour centres and structural defects. The mineral decomposition processes and new phase formation will also be studied under experimental conditions.
VEGA-1/0151/19 – member of the research team (2019-2021, principal investigator prof. M. Putiš) „Petrology and geochronology of crustal and mantle dyke systems in Cretaceous accretionary wedge of the Western Carpathians and eastern Austroalpine margin”
Cretaceous accretionary wedges of the Western Carpathians and the Austro-Alpine unit of the eastern Alps contains dykes of the crustal and mantle rocks. These rocks are significant indicator of Permian-Triassic or Jurassic-Cretaceous extension and the opening of the Neotethys and Atlantic Tethys respectively. They are of the key importance for the reconstruction of palaeotectonic and geodynamic evolution of the Carpathians and Alps. The mineral rock composition (EPMA, LA-ICP-MS) and their whole-rock chemistry (ICP-MS) will be used for definition of their palaeotectonic origin. The isotopic study (Rb/Sr, Lu/Hf, Sm/Nd. U/Pb) of the rocks and minerals, and their isotopic dating (U-Pb SIMS, nano-SIMS, LA-MC-ICP-MS, K-Ar) will enhance creation of geodynamic evolution model of mentioned accretionary complexes. Their occasional economic potential can be estimated. We will utilize possibilities of our broad international co-operation particularly in isotope geochronology.