Mineralogical Society of America
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Founded in 1919, the MSA’s mission is to diligently work on the advancement of mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, petrology, and promotion of their uses in other sciences, industry, and the arts. Website: msaweb.org
Mineral Monday!
Is it glaucophane, chloritoid, or blue-green amphibole in Dutchess Co. NY? See our other social media feeds for more. By Donna Whitney et al.
#MSACommunications #MineralMonday #thinsection
#glaucophane #chloritoid #amphibole #DutchessCounty
Is it glaucophane, chloritoid, or blue-green amphibole in Dutchess Co. NY? See our other social media feeds for more. By Donna Whitney et al.
#MSACommunications #MineralMonday #thinsection
#glaucophane #chloritoid #amphibole #DutchessCounty
December 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Mineral Monday!
Is it glaucophane, chloritoid, or blue-green amphibole in Dutchess Co. NY? See our other social media feeds for more. By Donna Whitney et al.
#MSACommunications #MineralMonday #thinsection
#glaucophane #chloritoid #amphibole #DutchessCounty
Is it glaucophane, chloritoid, or blue-green amphibole in Dutchess Co. NY? See our other social media feeds for more. By Donna Whitney et al.
#MSACommunications #MineralMonday #thinsection
#glaucophane #chloritoid #amphibole #DutchessCounty
American Mineralogist:
Using multimodal X-ray computed tomography to advance 3D petrography: A non-destructive investigation of olivine inside a carbonaceous chondrite
Matthew J. Pankhurst, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
3D data of rocks allows for true shape, size, and spatial characteristics.
Using multimodal X-ray computed tomography to advance 3D petrography: A non-destructive investigation of olivine inside a carbonaceous chondrite
Matthew J. Pankhurst, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
3D data of rocks allows for true shape, size, and spatial characteristics.
December 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
American Mineralogist:
Using multimodal X-ray computed tomography to advance 3D petrography: A non-destructive investigation of olivine inside a carbonaceous chondrite
Matthew J. Pankhurst, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
3D data of rocks allows for true shape, size, and spatial characteristics.
Using multimodal X-ray computed tomography to advance 3D petrography: A non-destructive investigation of olivine inside a carbonaceous chondrite
Matthew J. Pankhurst, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
3D data of rocks allows for true shape, size, and spatial characteristics.
T.S. Thursday!
Mantle xenolith (dunite) infiltrated by mafic melt on the left side. The melt has crystallized clinopyroxene, as shown by this electron backscattered diffraction image. Each pixel's data is a diffraction pattern that can determine mineral. By Bill Menarik. #thinsectionthursday
Mantle xenolith (dunite) infiltrated by mafic melt on the left side. The melt has crystallized clinopyroxene, as shown by this electron backscattered diffraction image. Each pixel's data is a diffraction pattern that can determine mineral. By Bill Menarik. #thinsectionthursday
December 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
T.S. Thursday!
Mantle xenolith (dunite) infiltrated by mafic melt on the left side. The melt has crystallized clinopyroxene, as shown by this electron backscattered diffraction image. Each pixel's data is a diffraction pattern that can determine mineral. By Bill Menarik. #thinsectionthursday
Mantle xenolith (dunite) infiltrated by mafic melt on the left side. The melt has crystallized clinopyroxene, as shown by this electron backscattered diffraction image. Each pixel's data is a diffraction pattern that can determine mineral. By Bill Menarik. #thinsectionthursday
American Mineralogist:
Structural behavior and magnetic properties of coquimbite AlFe3(3+)(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O over a wide temperature range
Veronika Abdulina, Artem Borisov, Oleg Siidra, Victoria Ginga, Nicolas Sanchez, Annette Setzer, Astrid Holzheid
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Structural behavior and magnetic properties of coquimbite AlFe3(3+)(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O over a wide temperature range
Veronika Abdulina, Artem Borisov, Oleg Siidra, Victoria Ginga, Nicolas Sanchez, Annette Setzer, Astrid Holzheid
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
December 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
American Mineralogist:
Structural behavior and magnetic properties of coquimbite AlFe3(3+)(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O over a wide temperature range
Veronika Abdulina, Artem Borisov, Oleg Siidra, Victoria Ginga, Nicolas Sanchez, Annette Setzer, Astrid Holzheid
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Structural behavior and magnetic properties of coquimbite AlFe3(3+)(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O over a wide temperature range
Veronika Abdulina, Artem Borisov, Oleg Siidra, Victoria Ginga, Nicolas Sanchez, Annette Setzer, Astrid Holzheid
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
American Mineralogist:
Nb-Ta mineralization in a metaluminous-weakly peraluminous magmatic system: Constraints from the chemical compositions and Hf isotopes of columbite-group minerals in China
Zhi-Min Tang, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Nb-Ta mineralization in a metaluminous-weakly peraluminous magmatic system: Constraints from the chemical compositions and Hf isotopes of columbite-group minerals in China
Zhi-Min Tang, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
December 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
American Mineralogist:
Nb-Ta mineralization in a metaluminous-weakly peraluminous magmatic system: Constraints from the chemical compositions and Hf isotopes of columbite-group minerals in China
Zhi-Min Tang, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Nb-Ta mineralization in a metaluminous-weakly peraluminous magmatic system: Constraints from the chemical compositions and Hf isotopes of columbite-group minerals in China
Zhi-Min Tang, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Mineral Monday: the MSA You Tube channel
MSA has a You tube channel:
www.youtube.com/channel/UC43D1PLrmBkChtrsNi2y7YQ
Featured in this post are images from Jeff Scovil’s video on photographing minerals: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EgvXuBibuA&t=711s
#MSACommunications #MineralMonday #mineral #Youtube
MSA has a You tube channel:
www.youtube.com/channel/UC43D1PLrmBkChtrsNi2y7YQ
Featured in this post are images from Jeff Scovil’s video on photographing minerals: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EgvXuBibuA&t=711s
#MSACommunications #MineralMonday #mineral #Youtube
December 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Mineral Monday: the MSA You Tube channel
MSA has a You tube channel:
www.youtube.com/channel/UC43D1PLrmBkChtrsNi2y7YQ
Featured in this post are images from Jeff Scovil’s video on photographing minerals: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EgvXuBibuA&t=711s
#MSACommunications #MineralMonday #mineral #Youtube
MSA has a You tube channel:
www.youtube.com/channel/UC43D1PLrmBkChtrsNi2y7YQ
Featured in this post are images from Jeff Scovil’s video on photographing minerals: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EgvXuBibuA&t=711s
#MSACommunications #MineralMonday #mineral #Youtube
American Mineralogist:
Crystal chemistry and high-temperature behavior of Al-bearing stishovite and Al-rich phase D: Implications for water storage in the deep mantle
Li Zhang, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Al-rich silicate glasses may serve as potential reservoirs of H in the lower mantle.
Crystal chemistry and high-temperature behavior of Al-bearing stishovite and Al-rich phase D: Implications for water storage in the deep mantle
Li Zhang, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Al-rich silicate glasses may serve as potential reservoirs of H in the lower mantle.
November 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
American Mineralogist:
Crystal chemistry and high-temperature behavior of Al-bearing stishovite and Al-rich phase D: Implications for water storage in the deep mantle
Li Zhang, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Al-rich silicate glasses may serve as potential reservoirs of H in the lower mantle.
Crystal chemistry and high-temperature behavior of Al-bearing stishovite and Al-rich phase D: Implications for water storage in the deep mantle
Li Zhang, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Al-rich silicate glasses may serve as potential reservoirs of H in the lower mantle.
American Mineralogist:
In situ observation of the subsolidus reactions between petalite and spodumene + quartz in a hydrothermal diamond-anvil cell
Qiang Liu, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Spodumene and petalite are mined from pegmatites, the most important sources of hard-rock Li resources.
In situ observation of the subsolidus reactions between petalite and spodumene + quartz in a hydrothermal diamond-anvil cell
Qiang Liu, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Spodumene and petalite are mined from pegmatites, the most important sources of hard-rock Li resources.
November 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
American Mineralogist:
In situ observation of the subsolidus reactions between petalite and spodumene + quartz in a hydrothermal diamond-anvil cell
Qiang Liu, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Spodumene and petalite are mined from pegmatites, the most important sources of hard-rock Li resources.
In situ observation of the subsolidus reactions between petalite and spodumene + quartz in a hydrothermal diamond-anvil cell
Qiang Liu, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Spodumene and petalite are mined from pegmatites, the most important sources of hard-rock Li resources.
Thin Section Thursday!
Ophitic texture of plagioclase laths encased in clinopyroxene in a gabbro from the Glen Mtns. Layered Complex in southwestern Oklahoma. Contributed by Robert Puckett. You can contribute too! Send images to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
Ophitic texture of plagioclase laths encased in clinopyroxene in a gabbro from the Glen Mtns. Layered Complex in southwestern Oklahoma. Contributed by Robert Puckett. You can contribute too! Send images to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Thin Section Thursday!
Ophitic texture of plagioclase laths encased in clinopyroxene in a gabbro from the Glen Mtns. Layered Complex in southwestern Oklahoma. Contributed by Robert Puckett. You can contribute too! Send images to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
Ophitic texture of plagioclase laths encased in clinopyroxene in a gabbro from the Glen Mtns. Layered Complex in southwestern Oklahoma. Contributed by Robert Puckett. You can contribute too! Send images to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
American Mineralogist:
Wangyanite, PdNi8S8, a new Pd end-member mineral of the pentlandite group from the J-M reef, Stillwater Complex, Montana, U.S.A.
Chen Chen, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
The octahedrally coordinated site in wangyanite is mainly occupied by Pd, but not by Ni and Fe.
Wangyanite, PdNi8S8, a new Pd end-member mineral of the pentlandite group from the J-M reef, Stillwater Complex, Montana, U.S.A.
Chen Chen, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
The octahedrally coordinated site in wangyanite is mainly occupied by Pd, but not by Ni and Fe.
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
American Mineralogist:
Wangyanite, PdNi8S8, a new Pd end-member mineral of the pentlandite group from the J-M reef, Stillwater Complex, Montana, U.S.A.
Chen Chen, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
The octahedrally coordinated site in wangyanite is mainly occupied by Pd, but not by Ni and Fe.
Wangyanite, PdNi8S8, a new Pd end-member mineral of the pentlandite group from the J-M reef, Stillwater Complex, Montana, U.S.A.
Chen Chen, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
The octahedrally coordinated site in wangyanite is mainly occupied by Pd, but not by Ni and Fe.
American Mineralogist:
Origin and evolution of granitic pegmatite rare metal deposits in the northern Mufushan batholith, South China: Insights from muscovite chemistry
Shuai Zheng, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
pegmatites may represent distinct degrees of Rayleigh fractionation & zone refinement.
Origin and evolution of granitic pegmatite rare metal deposits in the northern Mufushan batholith, South China: Insights from muscovite chemistry
Shuai Zheng, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
pegmatites may represent distinct degrees of Rayleigh fractionation & zone refinement.
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
American Mineralogist:
Origin and evolution of granitic pegmatite rare metal deposits in the northern Mufushan batholith, South China: Insights from muscovite chemistry
Shuai Zheng, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
pegmatites may represent distinct degrees of Rayleigh fractionation & zone refinement.
Origin and evolution of granitic pegmatite rare metal deposits in the northern Mufushan batholith, South China: Insights from muscovite chemistry
Shuai Zheng, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
pegmatites may represent distinct degrees of Rayleigh fractionation & zone refinement.
Mineral Monday!
Presented here is a selection from Steinbilder (“Rock Pictures”), a series of digitally-worked abstract artworks by Roger Mitchell, using petrological images as a starting point.
#MSACommunications #MineralMonday #thinsection #art #abstractart
Presented here is a selection from Steinbilder (“Rock Pictures”), a series of digitally-worked abstract artworks by Roger Mitchell, using petrological images as a starting point.
#MSACommunications #MineralMonday #thinsection #art #abstractart
November 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Mineral Monday!
Presented here is a selection from Steinbilder (“Rock Pictures”), a series of digitally-worked abstract artworks by Roger Mitchell, using petrological images as a starting point.
#MSACommunications #MineralMonday #thinsection #art #abstractart
Presented here is a selection from Steinbilder (“Rock Pictures”), a series of digitally-worked abstract artworks by Roger Mitchell, using petrological images as a starting point.
#MSACommunications #MineralMonday #thinsection #art #abstractart
American Mineralogist:
Contribution of Te-Bi melts in gold enrichment at the giant Jiaodong gold province, North China Craton: Insights from the Taishang deposit
Zhong-Zheng Yuan, Zhan-Ke Li, Andrew G. Tomkins, Xiao-Ye Jin, Shao-Rui Zhao, Gao-Hua Fan, and Hua-Shan Sun
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Contribution of Te-Bi melts in gold enrichment at the giant Jiaodong gold province, North China Craton: Insights from the Taishang deposit
Zhong-Zheng Yuan, Zhan-Ke Li, Andrew G. Tomkins, Xiao-Ye Jin, Shao-Rui Zhao, Gao-Hua Fan, and Hua-Shan Sun
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
November 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
American Mineralogist:
Contribution of Te-Bi melts in gold enrichment at the giant Jiaodong gold province, North China Craton: Insights from the Taishang deposit
Zhong-Zheng Yuan, Zhan-Ke Li, Andrew G. Tomkins, Xiao-Ye Jin, Shao-Rui Zhao, Gao-Hua Fan, and Hua-Shan Sun
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Contribution of Te-Bi melts in gold enrichment at the giant Jiaodong gold province, North China Craton: Insights from the Taishang deposit
Zhong-Zheng Yuan, Zhan-Ke Li, Andrew G. Tomkins, Xiao-Ye Jin, Shao-Rui Zhao, Gao-Hua Fan, and Hua-Shan Sun
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
T.S. Thursday!
Large rounded grains of garnet surrounded by masses of muscovite mica and biotite mica. Also found are small, brown oval-shaped grains of tourmaline. By Larry Tuttle, U Maine Farmington. Send images and short caption to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
Large rounded grains of garnet surrounded by masses of muscovite mica and biotite mica. Also found are small, brown oval-shaped grains of tourmaline. By Larry Tuttle, U Maine Farmington. Send images and short caption to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
November 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
T.S. Thursday!
Large rounded grains of garnet surrounded by masses of muscovite mica and biotite mica. Also found are small, brown oval-shaped grains of tourmaline. By Larry Tuttle, U Maine Farmington. Send images and short caption to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
Large rounded grains of garnet surrounded by masses of muscovite mica and biotite mica. Also found are small, brown oval-shaped grains of tourmaline. By Larry Tuttle, U Maine Farmington. Send images and short caption to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
American Mineralogist:
High-energy resolution X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of the state of Pt in pyrite
Olga Filimonova, Elena Bazarkina, Ruben Piña Garcia, Mauro Rovezzi, and Didier Wermeille
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Platinum replaces Fe in pyrite equivalent to synthetically Pt-doped pyrite.
High-energy resolution X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of the state of Pt in pyrite
Olga Filimonova, Elena Bazarkina, Ruben Piña Garcia, Mauro Rovezzi, and Didier Wermeille
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Platinum replaces Fe in pyrite equivalent to synthetically Pt-doped pyrite.
November 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
American Mineralogist:
High-energy resolution X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of the state of Pt in pyrite
Olga Filimonova, Elena Bazarkina, Ruben Piña Garcia, Mauro Rovezzi, and Didier Wermeille
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Platinum replaces Fe in pyrite equivalent to synthetically Pt-doped pyrite.
High-energy resolution X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of the state of Pt in pyrite
Olga Filimonova, Elena Bazarkina, Ruben Piña Garcia, Mauro Rovezzi, and Didier Wermeille
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Platinum replaces Fe in pyrite equivalent to synthetically Pt-doped pyrite.
American Mineralogist:
The transformation of magnesium phosphate minerals at atmospheric conditions: Mechanisms, kinetics, and environmental applications
Rebecca Volkmann, Roberts Blukis, Christian Schmidt, Pablo Forjanes, and Liane G. Benning
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
The transformation of magnesium phosphate minerals at atmospheric conditions: Mechanisms, kinetics, and environmental applications
Rebecca Volkmann, Roberts Blukis, Christian Schmidt, Pablo Forjanes, and Liane G. Benning
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
American Mineralogist:
The transformation of magnesium phosphate minerals at atmospheric conditions: Mechanisms, kinetics, and environmental applications
Rebecca Volkmann, Roberts Blukis, Christian Schmidt, Pablo Forjanes, and Liane G. Benning
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
The transformation of magnesium phosphate minerals at atmospheric conditions: Mechanisms, kinetics, and environmental applications
Rebecca Volkmann, Roberts Blukis, Christian Schmidt, Pablo Forjanes, and Liane G. Benning
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
No Mineral Monday post today
Without contributions from people like you, there is no Mineral Monday (or Thin Section Thursday) posts.
Please consider contributing.
Send information (200 - 300 words max) to akoziol1 (at) udayton dot edu.
Without contributions from people like you, there is no Mineral Monday (or Thin Section Thursday) posts.
Please consider contributing.
Send information (200 - 300 words max) to akoziol1 (at) udayton dot edu.
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
No Mineral Monday post today
Without contributions from people like you, there is no Mineral Monday (or Thin Section Thursday) posts.
Please consider contributing.
Send information (200 - 300 words max) to akoziol1 (at) udayton dot edu.
Without contributions from people like you, there is no Mineral Monday (or Thin Section Thursday) posts.
Please consider contributing.
Send information (200 - 300 words max) to akoziol1 (at) udayton dot edu.
American Mineralogist:
Genetic types of Zn-Pb deposits revealed by sphalerite geochemistry
Qingwen Zeng, Qihai Shu, Qingfei Wang, Qian Zhang, Zhonghai Zhao, Xudong Niu, Fan Yu, Litian Zhang, and Jun Deng
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Genetic types of Zn-Pb deposits revealed by sphalerite geochemistry
Qingwen Zeng, Qihai Shu, Qingfei Wang, Qian Zhang, Zhonghai Zhao, Xudong Niu, Fan Yu, Litian Zhang, and Jun Deng
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
November 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
American Mineralogist:
Genetic types of Zn-Pb deposits revealed by sphalerite geochemistry
Qingwen Zeng, Qihai Shu, Qingfei Wang, Qian Zhang, Zhonghai Zhao, Xudong Niu, Fan Yu, Litian Zhang, and Jun Deng
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Genetic types of Zn-Pb deposits revealed by sphalerite geochemistry
Qingwen Zeng, Qihai Shu, Qingfei Wang, Qian Zhang, Zhonghai Zhao, Xudong Niu, Fan Yu, Litian Zhang, and Jun Deng
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
American Mineralogist:
Native tin as solidified molten-metal droplets in a hydrothermal fluid from the epithermal Pukanec deposit (Slovakia)
Juraj Majzlan, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Tin (Sn) can be transported as droplets of metallic melt & deposited with more common ore minerals.
Native tin as solidified molten-metal droplets in a hydrothermal fluid from the epithermal Pukanec deposit (Slovakia)
Juraj Majzlan, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Tin (Sn) can be transported as droplets of metallic melt & deposited with more common ore minerals.
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
American Mineralogist:
Native tin as solidified molten-metal droplets in a hydrothermal fluid from the epithermal Pukanec deposit (Slovakia)
Juraj Majzlan, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Tin (Sn) can be transported as droplets of metallic melt & deposited with more common ore minerals.
Native tin as solidified molten-metal droplets in a hydrothermal fluid from the epithermal Pukanec deposit (Slovakia)
Juraj Majzlan, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Tin (Sn) can be transported as droplets of metallic melt & deposited with more common ore minerals.
Thin Section Thursday!
This megacryst of orthopyroxene shows high relief and faint pleochroism in PPL. Cross the polars, & the crystal comes alive with abundant thin bands of exsolution lamellae of clinopyroxene. Contributed by Matt Kohn. #thinsectionthursday
This megacryst of orthopyroxene shows high relief and faint pleochroism in PPL. Cross the polars, & the crystal comes alive with abundant thin bands of exsolution lamellae of clinopyroxene. Contributed by Matt Kohn. #thinsectionthursday
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Thin Section Thursday!
This megacryst of orthopyroxene shows high relief and faint pleochroism in PPL. Cross the polars, & the crystal comes alive with abundant thin bands of exsolution lamellae of clinopyroxene. Contributed by Matt Kohn. #thinsectionthursday
This megacryst of orthopyroxene shows high relief and faint pleochroism in PPL. Cross the polars, & the crystal comes alive with abundant thin bands of exsolution lamellae of clinopyroxene. Contributed by Matt Kohn. #thinsectionthursday
American Mineralogist:
Nanogeochemistry of Ni, Co, and Cu in zoned marcasite-pyrite crystals
Amira R. Ferreira, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Highlights the economic potential of pyrite in ore deposits, emphasizing the importance of nanoscale studies in improving metal recovery.
Nanogeochemistry of Ni, Co, and Cu in zoned marcasite-pyrite crystals
Amira R. Ferreira, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Highlights the economic potential of pyrite in ore deposits, emphasizing the importance of nanoscale studies in improving metal recovery.
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
American Mineralogist:
Nanogeochemistry of Ni, Co, and Cu in zoned marcasite-pyrite crystals
Amira R. Ferreira, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Highlights the economic potential of pyrite in ore deposits, emphasizing the importance of nanoscale studies in improving metal recovery.
Nanogeochemistry of Ni, Co, and Cu in zoned marcasite-pyrite crystals
Amira R. Ferreira, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Highlights the economic potential of pyrite in ore deposits, emphasizing the importance of nanoscale studies in improving metal recovery.
American Mineralogist:
Nanoscale mapping of ZrSiO4 phases in naturally shocked zircon using electron energy loss spectroscopy
Vladimir Roddatis, Elizaveta Kovaleva, Marcin D. Syczewski, Anja Schreiber, and Richard Wirth
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Nanoscale mapping of ZrSiO4 phases in naturally shocked zircon using electron energy loss spectroscopy
Vladimir Roddatis, Elizaveta Kovaleva, Marcin D. Syczewski, Anja Schreiber, and Richard Wirth
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
American Mineralogist:
Nanoscale mapping of ZrSiO4 phases in naturally shocked zircon using electron energy loss spectroscopy
Vladimir Roddatis, Elizaveta Kovaleva, Marcin D. Syczewski, Anja Schreiber, and Richard Wirth
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Nanoscale mapping of ZrSiO4 phases in naturally shocked zircon using electron energy loss spectroscopy
Vladimir Roddatis, Elizaveta Kovaleva, Marcin D. Syczewski, Anja Schreiber, and Richard Wirth
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
Mineral Monday!
New Museum Exhibit: Unearthed: Raw Beauty
By Aaron Celestian
"UnEarthed: Raw Beauty” will open at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
More info: nhm.org/unearthed-rare-mineral-exhibition
#MSACommunications #MineralMonday #Museum #NaturalHistoryMuseum #rareminerals
New Museum Exhibit: Unearthed: Raw Beauty
By Aaron Celestian
"UnEarthed: Raw Beauty” will open at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
More info: nhm.org/unearthed-rare-mineral-exhibition
#MSACommunications #MineralMonday #Museum #NaturalHistoryMuseum #rareminerals
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Mineral Monday!
New Museum Exhibit: Unearthed: Raw Beauty
By Aaron Celestian
"UnEarthed: Raw Beauty” will open at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
More info: nhm.org/unearthed-rare-mineral-exhibition
#MSACommunications #MineralMonday #Museum #NaturalHistoryMuseum #rareminerals
New Museum Exhibit: Unearthed: Raw Beauty
By Aaron Celestian
"UnEarthed: Raw Beauty” will open at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
More info: nhm.org/unearthed-rare-mineral-exhibition
#MSACommunications #MineralMonday #Museum #NaturalHistoryMuseum #rareminerals
American Mineralogist:
High-resolution analysis of clay minerals and amorphous materials in martian analog environments
Michael T. Thorpe, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
The secondary amorphous assemblage is dynamic within the journey of sediment from the mountains to the ocean.
High-resolution analysis of clay minerals and amorphous materials in martian analog environments
Michael T. Thorpe, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
The secondary amorphous assemblage is dynamic within the journey of sediment from the mountains to the ocean.
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
American Mineralogist:
High-resolution analysis of clay minerals and amorphous materials in martian analog environments
Michael T. Thorpe, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
The secondary amorphous assemblage is dynamic within the journey of sediment from the mountains to the ocean.
High-resolution analysis of clay minerals and amorphous materials in martian analog environments
Michael T. Thorpe, et al.
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
The secondary amorphous assemblage is dynamic within the journey of sediment from the mountains to the ocean.
Thin Section Thursday!
Blue yoderite Mg2Al5.7Fe0.3Si4O18(OH)2, is found only in two locations: Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
Formed by the reaction of talc + kyanite to yoderite + quartz.
Plane light and Cross polars view.
Submitted by Bill Minarik.
Blue yoderite Mg2Al5.7Fe0.3Si4O18(OH)2, is found only in two locations: Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
Formed by the reaction of talc + kyanite to yoderite + quartz.
Plane light and Cross polars view.
Submitted by Bill Minarik.
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Thin Section Thursday!
Blue yoderite Mg2Al5.7Fe0.3Si4O18(OH)2, is found only in two locations: Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
Formed by the reaction of talc + kyanite to yoderite + quartz.
Plane light and Cross polars view.
Submitted by Bill Minarik.
Blue yoderite Mg2Al5.7Fe0.3Si4O18(OH)2, is found only in two locations: Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
Formed by the reaction of talc + kyanite to yoderite + quartz.
Plane light and Cross polars view.
Submitted by Bill Minarik.