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Minerals, Volume 12, Issue 10

October 2022 - 157 articles

Cover Story: The geochemical affinity of Ti with HFSE (Nb, Ta, Zr, Hf) and other transition and base metals (Fe, Cr, V, Sn, Sb, Mo, W) makes TiO2 polymorphs potential minerals to exhibit anomalous metal enrichments related to ore-forming systems. The main compositional differences are related to intrinsic (structural) factors, and to the P–T–X extrinsic parameters of their forming environments. Alluvial heavy mineral analysis combined with the geochemical characterization of TiO2 polymorphs was found to be a good proxy for magmatic and/or metasomatic hydrothermal processes, enabling discrimination between Sn-dominant and W-dominant systems. This approach can be a robust, cost- and time-effective exploration tool for Sn(W) and W(Sn) ore deposit systems. View this paper
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Articles (157)

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,687 Views
13 Pages

18 October 2022

Phosphatic biomineralization is unknown in modern species of Scyphozoa (Cnidaria). However, some extinct groups of Scyphozoa, such as conulariids and Sphenothallus, were capable of secreting phosphatic exoskeletons. Both conulariids and Sphenothallus...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,313 Views
16 Pages

18 October 2022

Asphaltene precipitation and deposition can occur at both the surface and subsurface levels, leading to the formation of organic-based scales. Asphaltene precipitation can also lead to changes in petrophysical properties such as wettability, which af...

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
7,412 Views
27 Pages

Review of Filters for Air Sampling and Chemical Analysis in Mining Workplaces

  • Judith C. Chow,
  • John G. Watson,
  • Xiaoliang Wang,
  • Behrooz Abbasi,
  • Wm. Randolph Reed and
  • David Parks

18 October 2022

This review considers the use of filters to sample air in mining workplace environments for dust concentration measurement and subsequent analysis of hazardous contaminants, especially respirable crystalline silica (RCS) on filters compatible with we...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,137 Views
10 Pages

18 October 2022

In the process of underground gasification of coal, the top rock of coal seam will experience a certain high temperature action and be in a complex stress environment. Therefore, it is of great theoretical and engineering significance to study the ef...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,909 Views
16 Pages

18 October 2022

This study presents Pb(II) recovery/removal from water solutions using two different commercial ion-exchange resins, i.e., Dowex G-26 with sulfonic functional group and Puromet™ MTS9570 with sulfonic and phosphonic functional groups. Overall, 1...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,718 Views
15 Pages

Mineralogical Factors Affecting the Dense Medium Separation of Nickel Sulfide Ores

  • Keshree Pillay,
  • Aubrey Njema Mainza,
  • Deshenthree Chetty and
  • Megan Becker

18 October 2022

Dense medium separation (DMS) is often used to reject a large portion of gangue material upfront to create cost and energy savings during processing. As lower-grade ores with complex mineralogy are being increasingly exploited, the properties of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,196 Views
14 Pages

17 October 2022

The gold contained in copper ores is an important resource for the gold industry. In some cases, elemental gold is present and can be recovered by selective flotation. It has been reported that the gold grade and recovery can be increased, without sa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,058 Views
19 Pages

Mineralogical, Geochronological, and Geochemical Characteristics of Early Cretaceous Granite in South China: Implications for Tectonic Evolution and REE Mineralization

  • Yue Qin,
  • Yongfeng Cai,
  • Wei Fu,
  • Zhixuan Han,
  • Panfeng Liu,
  • Changling Lao,
  • Yongshan Zhao,
  • Zhengchao Han and
  • Yun Zhou

17 October 2022

One of the most important geological features of South China are the widespread Mesozoic igneous rocks that play a key role in revealing the tectonic evolution of South China. Due to the thick covering of vegetation and Quaternary sediments, the earl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,899 Views
25 Pages

17 October 2022

In Qinglong ore field, the paleo-oil reservoir is found to be associated with antimony deposits, and they have a close genetic relationship. In this study, the aromatics geochemistry of paleo-oil reservoir bitumen was studied to further discuss the t...

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