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Schallerite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Schallerite was discovered in 1924, in the Franklin Mining District of the USA. It is named after Wakdemar Theodore Shaller, a mineralogist.

9 May 2013

Navajoite – Occurrence, Properties and Distribution

Navajoite is named after the Navjo Indian Nation, on whose reservation the mineral was first found. It was discovered in the year 1954.

9 May 2013

Oulankaite – Occurrences, Properties and Distribution

Oulankaite is named after the Oulanka river, where it was first discovered.

9 May 2013

Nontronite – Occurrence, Properties and Distribution

Nontronite is named after the place at which it was discovered, near Saint-Pardoux, Nontron, France. It was discovered in the year 1827.

9 May 2013

Afwillite – Occurrence, Properties and Distribution

Afwillite is named after Alpheus Fuller Williams (1874-1953), the General Manager of DeBeers Consolidated Mines, South Africa. It was discovered in the year 1925 at the Dutoitspan Mines, South Africa.

9 May 2013

Fundamental Parameter (FP) Method for the Analysis of Powder Samples

A sequential benchtop wavelength-dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectrometer, the Supermini200 inherits all the features of the Supermini.

From Rigaku Corporation 9 May 2013

WDXRF Pressed Powder Method for Industrial Analysis

The ZSX Primus III+ is for quantitative analysis of cement raw meal by the pressed powder method and for quality and process control of iron ore products.

From Rigaku Corporation 9 May 2013

Kamaishilite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Kamaishilite is a tetragonal colorless mineral containing silicon, oxygen, hydrogen, calcium and aluminium. It was first discovered from Kamaishi mine, Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, Honshu, Japan in 1981. It was named for its area of discovery.

8 May 2013

Thorutite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Thorutite is a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing uranium, titanium, thorium, oxygen, hydrogen and calcium. The mineral was named after titanium, thorium and uranium in its composition.

8 May 2013

Triplite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Triplite is a rare phosphate mineral first observed in 1816 from Chanteloube, Limousin, France. It was named after the Greek word triplos, meaning triplex.

8 May 2013