Cobalt’s Hidden Threat: Century-Old Mine Waste Could Poison Water and Food Chains
New research reveals cobalt in century-old mine wastes from Canada and Cornwall shows consistently high mobility and poses medium to ...
Tag: mineralogy
Iron-Rich Olivine Emerges as the Key to Making Hydrogen Underground
A combined experimental and modeling study identifies iron-rich olivine as the dominant control on hydrogen generated during serpentinization, while showing ...
Zircon, the ‘Indestructible’ Timekeeper, Begins to Break Down Far Earlier Than Thought
Nanoscale examination of saprolite shows that even crystalline zircon begins to dissolve and reprecipitate as uranium- and thorium-bearing amorphous zircon ...
Seven New Minerals Join the Official Record as Mineralogy’s Naming Authority Cleans House
The IMA-CNMNC's Newsletter 91 approves seven new mineral species, including one from a lunar meteorite and one found inside a ...
Rare New Neodymium Mineral Unearthed at Canada’s Legendary Mont Saint-Hilaire
A new neodymium-dominant carbonate mineral, piilonenite-(Nd), has been described from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, revealing a unique crystal structure and rare ...
Bat Guano Minerals Reveal a Surprisingly Easy Way to Lose Their Water
A multi-analytical study shows that guano-derived taranakite transforms into the rare cave mineral francoanellite at low activation energy, driven by ...
X-ray fingerprints turn river sediment into maps of erosion
Researchers have developed a fast, low-cost method that converts X-ray diffraction fingerprints of river sediment into spatially resolved erosion rate ...
New Mineral Bainbridgeite-(NdCe) Reveals Rare-Earth Element Sorting in Canadian Alkaline Complex
A newly approved mineral from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada, is the first known species in which cerium and neodymium atoms preferentially ...
New Mineral Xianhuaite-(Ce) Reveals Hidden Niobium Story at Bayan Obo
Researchers have identified xianhuaite-(Ce), K2CeNb5O15, the first natural mineral with a tetragonal tungsten bronze structure, in China's Bayan Obo deposit, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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