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Brucite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Article - 12 May 2014

Brucite is the mineral form of magnesium hydroxide first discovered in 1824 from the New Jersey, USA serpentine. The mineral was named after the American mineralogist, A. Bruce.

Aragonite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Article - 12 May 2014

Aragonite has been named after the Aragon region in Spain, where it was first discovered. This mineral belongs to the Aragonite group. Aragonite is trimorphous with calcite and vaterite.

Wagnerite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Article - 10 May 2013

Wagnerite was first discovered in 1821 from the Höllengraben, Werfen, Salzburg, Austria. It was named after F. M. von Wagner, mining official in Munich, Germany.

Iowaite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Article - 4 Jun 2014

Iowaite is a trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral composed of oxygen, magnesium, iron, hydrogen and chlorine. It is a member of hydrotalcite group. The mineral was named after Sioux County, Iowa...

Dolomite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Article - 12 May 2014

Dolomite is a carbonate mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate. It was first described as the ‘stinking stone’ by Belsazar Hacquet, an Austrian naturalist. Later, Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu,...

ARL OPTIM’X-WDXRF Spectrometer

Equipment

For performing elemental analysis on liquids and solids, an extremely flexible analytical technique which can be used is wavelength dispersive X-Ray fluorescence (WDXRF). This technique is able to...