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Minerals, Volume 15, Issue 10

October 2025 - 92 articles

Cover Story: The submarine trachytic lobe–hyaloclastite complex of the Caldera of Taburiente (La Palma, Canary Islands) is the first lobe–hyaloclastite felsic complex to be described on an oceanic island in an intraplate setting. The felsic formation comprises three facies associations—(1) coherent facies: trachytic lobes with porphyritic, aphanitic, or glass trachytes; (2) autoclastic facies: hyaloclastites and autobreccias; and (3) syn-eruptive resedimented facies: mono- and polymictic breccias (massive or graded)—and volcaniclastic sandstones and breccias. Given that the submarine trachytic lobe–hyaloclastite complex is the oldest lithostratigraphic unit exposed on La Palma, a minimum age of 3.10 Ma is proposed for the initiation of the island submarine growth stage. View this paper
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Articles (92)

  • Article
  • Open Access
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The First Discovery of A1-Type Granite in the Meibaqieqin Region, Central Lhasa Terrane, Xizang

  • Yi Yang,
  • Junkang Zhao,
  • Ke Gao,
  • Zhi Zhang,
  • Shuai Ding,
  • Jiansheng Gong,
  • Jianyang Wu,
  • Peiyan Xu and
  • Yingxu Li

21 October 2025

This study documents the first A1-type granite identified on the southern margin of the central Lhasa terrane: a two-mica syenogranite pluton in the Meibaqieqin region. Because A-type granite provides sensitive records of crustal melting and lithosph...

  • Article
  • Open Access
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18 Pages

21 October 2025

Tungsten is a series of metals considered strategic by the European Union, so there is great interest in its recovery from both raw materials and secondary products. Within these raw materials, there are cassiterite deposits containing tungsten. It i...

  • Review
  • Open Access
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21 Pages

21 October 2025

The search for sustainable methods of metal recovery has led to increased interest in bioleaching as a sustainable alternative to traditional mineral processing. Despite the ecological benefits, the low bioprocess efficiency is limiting industrial ap...

  • Article
  • Open Access
290 Views
34 Pages

20 October 2025

Fluid flow prediction in clastic heterogeneous reservoirs is a universal issue, especially when diagenetic development supplants structural and depositional controls. We consider this issue in the Middle Miocene Belayim Formation of the Gulf of Suez,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
684 Views
24 Pages

Traceability of Diamonds Using UV-VIS-NIR Spectroscopy

  • David Giurgiu,
  • Ion Smaranda,
  • Adelina Udrescu and
  • Mihaela Baibarac

20 October 2025

Diamond traceability has been a major challenge for the gemological industry in recent decades. In this context, this paper presents new studies using UV-VIS-NIR spectroscopy to identify the traceability and geographical origin of diamonds. The aim o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
285 Views
20 Pages

20 October 2025

Constraints on the Neoproterozoic evolution of the Himalayan terrane remain poorly understood due to the scarcity of Neoproterozoic magmatic rocks. In this study, we report for the first time Middle Neoproterozoic mafic rocks from the eastern Himalay...

  • Article
  • Open Access
360 Views
15 Pages

19 October 2025

Volcanoes serve as the primary pathways for heat and material transfer from Earth’s interior to its surface, providing valuable insights into subsurface processes. Active and potentially active volcanoes have influenced human history and are cl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
303 Views
26 Pages

Geology-Topography Constrained Super-Resolution of Geochemical Maps via Enhanced U-Net

  • Yao Pei,
  • Yuanfang Wang,
  • Xiaolong Li,
  • Tie Gao,
  • Shengfa Wang and
  • Xiaoshan Zhou

19 October 2025

Geochemical maps are essential visualization tools for studying the distribution patterns of elements on the Earth’s surface. They provide critical insights into geological structure, mineralization processes, and environmental evolution. Tradi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
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17 Pages

Research on the Mechanical and Microstructure Characteristics of Cemented Paste Backfill in Deep In Situ Environments

  • Yin Chen,
  • Zepeng Yan,
  • Guoqiang Wang,
  • Lijie Guo,
  • Yunwei Zhang,
  • Yue Zhao and
  • Chong Jia

18 October 2025

Backfilling mining methods control the surrounding pressure and ground subsidence by backfilling goaf and managing the ground pressure, providing a safety guarantee for mining in complex environments and serving as a key means of achieving the deep m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
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32 Pages

Mineral Prospectivity Maps for Critical Metals in the Clean Energy Transition: Examples for Hydrothermal Copper and Nickel Systems in the Carajás Province

  • Luiz Fernandes Dutra,
  • Lena Virgínia Soares Monteiro,
  • Marco Antonio Couto and
  • Cleyton de Carvalho Carneiro

18 October 2025

Machine learning algorithms are essential tools for developing Mineral Prospectivity Models (MPMs), enabling a data-driven approach to mineral exploration. This study integrated airborne geophysical, topographic, and geological data with a mineral sy...

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