Minerals, Volume 14, Issue 12

Niobium (Nb) and tantalum (Ta) are quoted as “strategic” or “critical” elements for contemporaneous society. The main sources of Nb and Ta are minerals of the pyrochlore supergroup (PSGM) and the columbite group (CGM) mined fr...

Silicocarnotite, Ca5[(PO4)(SiO4)](PO4), was first described from slag over 140 years ago. In 2013, it was officially recognised as a mineral after being discovered in the larnite–gehlenite hornfels of the pyrometamorphic Hatrurim Complex. This...

This study examined the appropriate hematite (Fe2O3) collector for the concentration of pyrolusite (MnO2) in a reverse flotation. Actual ore flotation studies were performed to determine how sodium oleate, sodium dodecyl sulfonate, and oxidized paraf...

This paper evaluates the performance of four ethoxylated nonionic surfactants (nonyl phenol vs. C13 alcohols) to act as ancillary collectors with Alkyl Amidoamine (AAA) in the reverse flotation of quartz at pH8 to concentrate iron ores. Compared to 1...

The Boda Claystone Formation (BCF) is considered to serve as a natural barrier to the potential high-level radioactive waste repository in Hungary. In order to evaluate the radionuclide retention capacity of the albitic claystone of the BCF, the adso...

The Changbaishan volcano is well known for its major caldera-forming Millennium Eruption (ME) in 946 CE (Common Era). We report Hf–O isotopes of zircon grains from pre-caldera Qixiangzhan (QXZ) and syn-caldera eruptions of the Changbaishan (Bai...

With the development of technology, Earth Science has entered a new era. Continuous research has generated a large amount of Earth Science data, including a significant amount of semi-structured and unstructured data, which contain information about...

The Lintan gold deposit, located in the “gold triangle” of Qianxinan, Guizhou Province, has become a focal point for implementing the “exploring near existing deposits” strategy, aiming to identify another large-scale gold dep...

Discovered within the North Himalayan Metallogenic Belt (NHMB), the Zhaxikang Pb–Zn–Ag–Sb deposit stands as the sole super-large scale ore deposit in the region. This deposit holds significant quantities of Pb and Zn (2.066 million...

The Neoarchean diorite- and tonalite-dominated Chibougamau pluton (Canada) is ideal for case studies dedicated to the petrogenesis and timing of emplacement of fertile magmatic systems and associated Cu-Au porphyry systems. Using whole-rock analyses,...