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Minerals, Volume 11, Issue 7

July 2021 - 130 articles

Cover Story: Garnet is cubic and optically isotropic par excellence. However, some garnets are optically anisotropic. Oscillatory compositional zoning occurs in some garnet samples. Monochromatic synchrotron high-resolution powder X-ray diffraction traces of grossular garnet samples show single cubic phases for isotropic samples, and two or more different cubic phases in anisotropic samples. The different phases in a crystal are resolved using X-ray elemental line scans, backscattered electron images, and elemental maps. Structural mismatch from the two cubic phases intergrown in the birefringent samples gives rise to strain-induced optical anisotropy. The formation of intergrowths in grossular occurs because of changes in the physical and chemical conditions during crystal growth. View this paper
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Articles (130)

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,890 Views
19 Pages

Phosphorus-Rich Ash from Poultry Manure Combustion in a Fluidized Bed Reactor

  • Zdzisław Adamczyk,
  • Magdalena Cempa and
  • Barbara Białecka

20 July 2021

The aim of this study was to examine the physico-chemical and phase characteristics of ash obtained in the process of the combustion of Polish poultry manure in a laboratory reactor with a bubbling fluidized bed. Three experiments, differing in the g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,818 Views
19 Pages

Distribution, Separation and Characterisation of Valuable Heavy Minerals from the Brahmaputra River Basin, Kurigram District, Bangladesh

  • Aminur Rahman,
  • Mark I. Pownceby,
  • James Tardio,
  • Graham J. Sparrow,
  • Nawshad Haque and
  • Fuad Hasan

20 July 2021

Bangladesh’s heavy minerals deposits in river systems remain largely unexplored with past research restricted to beach placer deposits along the south-eastern coastline of the country. In this study, 64 samples were collected from stable sand bars fr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,780 Views
21 Pages

20 July 2021

The Terra Nova Intrusive Complex (TNIC) in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica, results from widespread magmatism during the Early Paleozoic Ross Orogeny. According to field relationships, geochemistry, and geochronology data, the northern part of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,190 Views
16 Pages

Estimation of Mining-Induced Horizontal Strain Tensor of Land Surface Applying InSAR

  • Wojciech T. Witkowski,
  • Magdalena Łukosz,
  • Artur Guzy and
  • Ryszard Hejmanowski

20 July 2021

Horizontal strains related to mining-induced subsidence may endanger infrastructure and surface users’ safety. While directional horizontal strains should be well determined, appropriate solutions for a complete assessment of the terrain surface defo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,471 Views
12 Pages

Characterization and Analysis of the Mortars in the Church of the Company of Jesus—Quito (Ecuador)

  • M. Lenin Lara,
  • David Sanz-Arauz,
  • Sol López-Andrés and
  • Inés del Pino

19 July 2021

The Church of the Company of Jesus in Quito (1605–1765) is one of the most remarkable examples of colonial religious architecture on the World Heritage List. This church has multiple constructive phases and several interventions with no clear record...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,215 Views
16 Pages

19 July 2021

The degradation effects of artificial aging on the “true” pigment color of Byzantine iconography are thoroughly investigated in this work. For this purpose, a multi-material palette is fabricated, consisting of various popular egg-tempera pigments, w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,217 Views
15 Pages

19 July 2021

Precipitation of calcium carbonates in aqueous systems is an important factor controlling various industrial, biological, and geological processes. In the first part of this study, the well-known titration approach introduced by Gebauer and coworkers...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,413 Views
25 Pages

Worth from Waste: Utilizing a Graphite-Rich Fraction from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries as Alternative Reductant in Nickel Slag Cleaning

  • Anna Dańczak,
  • Ronja Ruismäki,
  • Tommi Rinne,
  • Lassi Klemettinen,
  • Hugh O’Brien,
  • Pekka Taskinen,
  • Ari Jokilaakso and
  • Rodrigo Serna-Guerrero

19 July 2021

One possible way of recovering metals from spent lithium-ion batteries is to integrate the recycling with already existing metallurgical processes. This study continues our effort on integrating froth flotation and nickel-slag cleaning process for me...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,314 Views
20 Pages

18 July 2021

Coal fly ash (CFA), which is generated in huge quantities in coal-fired power plants, is a problem worldwide. Mixtures with ash and sewage sludge alter morphological and biochemical characteristics of plants. In this experiment, the response of pine,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,971 Views
22 Pages

Damage Evolution of Granodiorite after Heating and Cooling Treatments

  • Mohamed Elgharib Gomah,
  • Guichen Li,
  • Salah Bader,
  • Mohamed Elkarmoty and
  • Mohamed Ismael

18 July 2021

The awareness of the impact of high temperatures on rock properties is essential to the design of deep geotechnical applications. The purpose of this research is to assess the influence of heating and cooling treatments on the physical and mechanical...

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