Prírodovedecká fakulta Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave

Assoc. Prof. Peter Bačík, PhD.

Position Associate Professor
Room G-348
Phone: +421 2 9014 9294
E-mail: peter.bacik@uniba.sk
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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

  • Ondrejka M., Bačík P., Majzlan J., Uher P., Ferenc Š., Števko M., Čaplovičová M., Milovská S., Mikuš T., Rößler C., Matthes C., Molnárová A., 2024: Xenotime-(Gd), a new Gd-dominant mineral of the xenotime group from the Zimná Voda REE-U-Au quartz vein, Prakovce, Western Carpathians, Slovakia. Mineralogical Magazine, 88, 613-622
  • Bačík P., Kardošová P., Fridrichová J., Rybnikova O., Škoda R., 2024: Crystal-chemical effects of heat treatment on Cr- and V-bearing Ca-dominant green tourmalines (fluor-uvite, magnesio-lucchesiite). Periodico di Mineralogia, 93, 147-164
  • Chládek Š., Novák M., Uher P., Gadas P., Matýsek D., Bačík P., Škoda R., 2024: Evolution of beryllium minerals in granitic pegmatite Maršíkov D6e, Czech Republic: Complex breakdown of primary beryl by internal and external hydrothermal-metamorphic fluids. Geochemistry, 84, 126092
  • Bačík P., Wildner M., Cempírek J., Škoda R., Cibula P., Vaculovič T., 2023: The position of vanadium in the crystal structure of zoisite, variety tanzanite: Structural refinement, optical absorption spectroscopy and bond-valence calculations. Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 599-610
  • Rybnikova O., Bačík P., Uher P., Fridrichová J., Lalinská-Voleková B., Kubernátová M., Hanus R., 2023: Characterization of chrysoberyl and its gemmological varieties by Raman spectroscopy. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 54, 857-870
  • Ondrejka M., Uher P., Ferenc Š., Majzlan J., Pollok K., Mikuš T., Milovská S., Molnárová A., Škoda R., Kopáčik R., Orovčík Ľ., Bačík P., 2023: Monazite-(Gd), a new mineral of the monazite group from Prakovce-Zimná voda REE-U-Au quartz vein, Western Carpathians, Slovakia. Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 568-574
  • Rybnikova O., Uher P., Bačík P., Novák M., Chládek Š., Kurylo S., Vaculovič T., 2023: Chrysoberyl and associated beryllium minerals resulting from metamorphic overprinting of the Maršíkov–Schinderhübel III pegmatite, Czech Republic. Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 369–381
  • Ondrejka M., Uher P., Ferenc Š, Milovská S., Mikuš T., Molnárová A., Škoda R., Kopáčik R., Bačík P., 2023: Gadolinium-dominant monazite and xenotime: Selective hydrothermal enrichment of middle REE during low-temperature alteration of uraninite, brannerite, and fluorapatite (the Zimná Voda REE-U-Au quartz vein, Western Carpathians, Slovakia). American Mineralogist, 108, 754-768
  • Bačík P., Fridrichová J., Rybnikova O., Štubňa J., Illášová Ľ., Škoda R., Vaculovič T., Pulišová Z., Sečkár P., 2023: Crystal-Chemical and Spectroscopic Study of Gem Sphalerite from Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia. Minerals, 13(1), 109

Current Projects

09I03-03-V04-00060 TheoCrystMin – main researcher (2024-2026) „„Application of modern analytical and theoretical methods in the crystal-chemical study of minerals“”(Click for project details)

within the framework of the Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Slovak Republic, component 9. More efficient management and strengthening of funding for research, development and innovation of the Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Slovak Republic, Investment 3. Excellent science, calls with code 09I03-03-V04 “Scholarships for excellent researchers R2-R4”, category R4

VEGA 1/0189/23 – hlavný riešiteľ (2023-2025) „Experimental mineralogical study of crystallochemical changes, structural stability and decomposition products of selected oxides, phosphates and silicates under the influence of high temperature, radiation and the biosphere” (Click for project details)

Experimental research of minerals is suitable for detailed crystallochemical study of properties and processes within the structure and its stability, but also for modification of the properties of precious stones within gemology. The aim of this project is a detailed crystallochemical description of experiments, the mechanism causing color change, or the processes leading to the breakdown of the mineral structure. Using thermal, radiation and biomineralogical experiments, crystallochemical processes in selected minerals (oxides, phosphates and silicates) will be studied. In experimental biomineralogical research of the stability of phosphates and silicates of REE, their interaction with the biosphere, fungi will be studied. Standard mineralogical methods will be used for the study, especially electron microanalysis, x-ray diffraction analysis, HRTEM, LA-ICP-MS, but also a diverse spectrum of spectroscopic methods such as infrared absorption, Raman, optical absorption and Mössbauer spectroscopy.