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Minerals, Volume 15, Issue 11

November 2025 - 132 articles

Cover Story: Accurate phase identification is essential for characterizing mineral systems, yet it remains a challenge in SEM-based automated mineralogy (AM) when dealing with compositionally variable rock-forming or accessory minerals. This study presents an integrated approach for refining and validating custom, deposit-specific phase libraries in AM using a Tescan TIMA. By combining iterative, informed library design with complementary microanalytical data (EPMA, LA-ICPMS), the approach improves phase classification accuracy and confidence. This approach is demonstrated through three case studies from complex mineral systems in Queensland, Australia: amphiboles in an IOCG deposit; cobalt-bearing phases in a sediment-hosted Cu–Au–Co deposit; and Li-micas in an LCT pegmatite system. View this paper
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Articles (132)

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  • Open Access
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20 Pages

20 November 2025

Engineering unloading activities during deep mineral resource extraction subject the backfill materials to complex true triaxial stress conditions, where their mechanical behavior and damage mechanisms are critical to stope stability. In this article...

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  • Open Access
376 Views
27 Pages

Indentation Size Effects and the Mechanical Properties of Barite Rocks

  • Hassan Abubakar Adamu,
  • David Oluwasegun Afolayan,
  • Olumide Samuel Oluwaseun Ogunmodimu,
  • Tabiri Kwayie Asumadu,
  • Seun Isaiah Olajuyi,
  • Nelson Y. Dzade and
  • Winston O. Soboyejo

20 November 2025

This paper uses a combination of nanoindentation experiments and mechanism-based models to determine the dislocation densities and plasticity length scales associated with the nanoindentation of barite rock materials. These include estimates of the p...

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  • Open Access
294 Views
14 Pages

Adsorption of Calcium Ions on Calcite Surface and Its Influence on Flotation Separation of Scheelite

  • Zhiguo Zhang,
  • Xiaolong Zhang,
  • Xiaowei Deng,
  • Changliang Shi and
  • Baolin Xing

20 November 2025

Calcium ions, primarily introduced through flotation reagents and mineral dissolution, progressively accumulate a considerable amount due to the process of water recycling, significantly impacting the flotation behavior of minerals. In this paper, th...

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  • Open Access
243 Views
17 Pages

Paleomagnetic Constraints on the Spatial Relationship Between the Kerguelen Mantle Plume and the Circum-Eastern Gondwana Large Igneous Province

  • Xianwei Jiao,
  • Yong Zhao,
  • Tongming Fang,
  • Jiacheng Liang,
  • Yabo Zhang,
  • Weiwei Bian,
  • Jikai Ding,
  • Hanqing Zhao,
  • Haiyan Li and
  • Huaichun Wu
  • + 1 author

20 November 2025

The spatial relationships of the widely distributed latest Jurassic–Early Cretaceous igneous rocks in the Tethyan Himalaya, northeastern India, and southeastern Australia are crucial for understanding the breakup of eastern Gondwana. However, a...

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  • Open Access
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22 Pages

20 November 2025

Nutrient cycling has barely been studied in acidic environments and may have an important influence on the evolution of the microbial communities. In this research, we studied nutrient sources and fluxes in acidic metal-mine pit lakes to evaluate the...

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  • Open Access
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21 Pages

20 November 2025

With the increasing demand for nickel, relentless efforts have been made to find alternative and highly selective collectors for recovering pentlandite. This study employed density functional theory (DFT) with dispersion correction to examine the int...

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  • Open Access
377 Views
17 Pages

Solvent Extraction of Critical Minerals from the Leachate of High-Nickel Black Mass Using Nickel-Preloaded Extractants

  • Junmo Ahn,
  • Ki-Hun Kim,
  • Yeon-Chul Cho,
  • Yeongran Hong,
  • Byeongkyu Kim,
  • Go-Gi Lee and
  • Jaewoo Ahn

20 November 2025

This study investigated the solvent extraction of a high-nickel-content metal solution using nickel-preloaded extractants. A synthetic high-nickel lithium-ion battery (LIB) black mass leachate was prepared to extract Cu, Al, and Mn using Ni-preloaded...

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  • Open Access
278 Views
23 Pages

Source and Precipitation Process of Gold in the Linglong Gold Deposit, Jiaodong Peninsula: Constraints from Trace Elements of Pyrite and S-Pb Isotopes

  • Fei Ren,
  • Zheng-Jiang Ding,
  • Zhong-Yi Bao,
  • Jun-Wei Wang,
  • Shun-Xi Ma,
  • Tao Niu,
  • Kai-Qiang Geng,
  • Bin Wang,
  • Chao Li and
  • Gui-Jie Li
  • + 1 author

19 November 2025

Jiaodong Gold Province is a globally rare giant gold cluster, with ongoing debates regarding its metallogenic material sources and mineralization mechanisms. This study focuses on the Linglong quartz-vein-type gold deposit within the Zhaoping Fault Z...

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  • Open Access
395 Views
14 Pages

Synergistic Recovery of Copper, Antimony, and Silver Refractory Sulfide Minerals Using an ADD/Z-200 Mixed Collector System

  • Baobao Yan,
  • Yongmao Liu,
  • Xianbing Jia,
  • Otgonjargal Enkhtur,
  • Azzaya Tumendelger and
  • Zhiwei Bian

19 November 2025

Copper polymetallic sulfide ore from the Asgat copper polymetallic deposit in Mongolia has been found to contain a high grade of antimony and silver in addition to copper. In this research, flotation experiments using sodium butyl xanthate (SBX), amm...

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  • Open Access
393 Views
19 Pages

Natural Hydrogen Generation from Phanerozoic Sedimentary Siderite

  • Isabelle Moretti,
  • Alain Prinzhofer,
  • Jérémie Ammouial and
  • Nicolas Bouton

18 November 2025

Siderite (FeCO3) is an iron carbonate present in Archean and Neoproterozoic Banded Iron Formations (BIFs) as well as in much more recent sedimentary basins. Due to its high iron content, it could be part of H2 systems, and we have quantified its pote...

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