Something that I do not hear much about, it that minerals on earth formed via geolocial processes and the water cycle. Since many places in the solar system seem to not have geological processes for ...

Dolomite, a calcium-magnesium carbonate, plays a crucial role in the global carbon cycle and sedimentary geology. Despite its widespread occurrence in ancient rocks, modern formation processes have ...

Researchers have unveiled that myriad, intricate factors influence the genesis and chemistry of bastnasite and rare earth carbonates, which are critically needed for today's tech industry and its ...

There’s a saying in mine country, the kind that sometimes shows up on bumper stickers: “If it can’t be grown, it has to be mined.” Before mining can ever start, though, there has to be ore in the ...

Minerals are the fundamental components of Earth. Microbes occupy the majority of the tree of life. In near surficial environments, minerals and microbes co-exist and interact. The studies of ...

An international research team involving scientists from the University of Vienna, the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw and Univeristy of Edinburgh has described the process of growing ...