Researchers are developing a handheld instrument, much like a tricorder from the "Star Trek" television show, that will allow almost instant identification of minerals. The pocket-sized instrument ...

Identifying a mineral might sound straightforward: Analyze its chemistry, compare it to known minerals and voilà. But for geologists, this process can be a time-consuming puzzle requiring specialized ...

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Identifying minerals blends careful observation with dependable tests that reveal each specimen’s unique signature. Geologists examine hardness, streak, luster, cleavage, and crystal habit to tell ...

Scientists have discovered that the mineral jarosite breaks down organic compounds when it is flash-heated, with implications for Mars research. Jarosite is an iron sulphate and it is one of several ...

The two bills are intended to stimulate innovation in the U.S. to produce technologies for identifying, mining, processing and recycling minerals. Sens. John Hickenlooper and Thom Tillis are ...

Company Announcement - The oreXpress field spectrometer for mining with EZ-ID software can provide critical real-time mineral identification for heavy rare earth bearing minerals. Heavy rare earths ...

When news broke late last month that an unidentified bright blue mineral had been found in Adventure Mining Company’s historic Upper Peninsula copper mine, many people made speculations on social ...

In some northern grids, developers say utilities must occasionally curtail industrial power use during peak demand periods to ...

It'll be a snap to identify gemstones once Robert Downs finishes his library of spectral fingerprints for all the Earth's minerals. Downs is almost halfway there. So far, the associate professor of ...