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Minerals, Volume 9, Issue 11

November 2019 - 69 articles

Cover Story: The mineralization potential for CO2 in a given siliciclastic sandstone aquifer is controlled by mineralogy, available reactive surface area and thermodynamics. Simulation examples show how reaction potentials vary in different sedimentary facies: higher in fine-grained sand, where Na-rich plagioclase and Fe-chlorite are the main cation donors for carbonatization. Reactivity decreases with higher relative fractions of ooidal clay and intact perthites in the reactive assembly, with smaller fluid-mineral contact area. Petrographic characterization is crucial for assigning total reactive surface area to bulk mineral weight fractions in geochemical simulations. Sensitivity studies of mineral occurrence with associated available surface areas and kinetics are relevant in evaluation of trapping potential, as much as variations in solubility on decennial time scales. View this paper
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Articles (69)

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,311 Views
16 Pages

6 November 2019

The batch technique was used to study the adsorption of La(III), Eu(III), Lu(III), and U(VI) ions on sepiolite and ODTMA–sepiolite under ambient conditions. The effects of pH, time, and initial concentration were investigated. The highest U(VI)...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,525 Views
13 Pages

6 November 2019

Through industrial testing at the Huize lead-zinc mine, it was found that the floatability of sphalerite varied greatly with the iron impurity content. Three kinds of Huize sphalerites with iron contents of 2.30 wt.%, 3.20 wt.% and 4.66 wt.%, were us...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,898 Views
8 Pages

5 November 2019

The equations of state measured under ambient temperature in the Mbar range are reviewed, focusing on experiments using diamond anvils cells with a quasi-hydrostatic pressure transmitting medium (helium or neon) and coupled with X-ray diffraction. Eq...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,422 Views
14 Pages

Adding Value to Waste Minerals in a Circular Economy Framework: Ochre-Derived Layered Double Hydroxide Catalysts in Fatty Acid Ketonisation

  • Diego D. Perera-Solis,
  • Matilda Pimlott,
  • Ella Fidment,
  • Andrew Whiting and
  • Hugh Christopher Greenwell

4 November 2019

Transforming waste materials into added-value products is critical for a sustainable and circular economy. Here, Mg/Fe layered double hydroxide (LDH) materials, with a Mg2+:Fe3+ ratio of 2, were successfully synthesized via the co-precipitation metho...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,663 Views
33 Pages

4 November 2019

The different generations of calc-silicate assemblages formed during sequential metasomatic events make the Campiglia Marittima magmatic–hydrothermal system a prominent case study to investigate the mobility of rare earth element (REE) and othe...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,832 Views
27 Pages

4 November 2019

Modeling multivariate variables with complexity in a cross-correlation structure is always applicable to mineral resource evaluation and exploration in multi-element deposits. However, the geostatistical algorithm for such modeling is usually challen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,814 Views
17 Pages

3 November 2019

We performed mineralogical and geochemical analyses of core samples from the Lenghuqi area in the northern marginal tectonic belt of the Qaidam Basin. The clay mineralogy of the Xiaganchaigou Formation sandstone is dominated by I + I/S + C types and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,089 Views
23 Pages

Texture Development and Stress–Strain Partitioning in Periclase + Halite Aggregates

  • Feng Lin,
  • Max Giannetta,
  • Mike Jugle,
  • Samantha Couper,
  • Becky Dunleavy and
  • Lowell Miyagi

3 November 2019

Multiphase materials are widely applied in engineering due to desirable mechanical properties and are of interest to geoscience as rocks are multiphase. High-pressure mechanical behavior is important for understanding the deep Earth where rocks defor...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,538 Views
14 Pages

Mineralogical Transformations of Heated Serpentine and Their Impact on Dissolution during Aqueous-Phase Mineral Carbonation Reaction in Flue Gas Conditions

  • Clémence Du Breuil,
  • Louis César-Pasquier,
  • Gregory Dipple,
  • Jean-François Blais,
  • Maria Cornelia Iliuta and
  • Guy Mercier

3 November 2019

Mineral carbonation is known to be among the most efficient ways to reduce the anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide. Serpentine minerals (Mg3Si2O5(OH)4), have shown great potential for carbonation. A way to improve yield is to thermally activate...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,972 Views
14 Pages

2 November 2019

Carbothermic reduction–magnetic separation and acid leaching processes were used to produce TiN and direct reduced iron (DRI) from titanomagnetite concentrates. The effects of sodium borate on the reduction behavior of TMCs, the magnetic separa...

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