New Minerals

Dear Colleagues,

The number of new minerals has increased continuously in recent years, reaching almost 200 new species in 2018. This great bunch of discoveries calls for a proper place to publish their descriptions and characterizations. We strongly believe that this topical collection of the journal Minerals could be the right place to report such accounts.

New minerals are becoming more and more important for the improvement of the knowledge about processes relevant for Earth and planets with possible know-how transfer to environmental and material sciences. They are indeed messengers about the way Earth works, from the mantle to the surficial environments. In the present society, a deep knowledge of (new) minerals are becoming increasingly important, not only because they are the source of several useful metals, but also for their interesting applications in high-tech fields. Therefore, by increasing the knowledge of new minerals we could increase the understanding of the past, present, and future of our planet.

Prof. Dr. Irina O. Galuskina
Prof. Dr. Igor V. Pekov
Dr. Zhenyu Chen
Collection Editors

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