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  • EDXRF Measurement of Sulfur in Gypsum
    Article - 1 Jul 2013
    Gypsum (calcium sulfate dihydrate) is a highly useful industrial mineral mainly sought after for its high sulfur content.
  • Diaboleite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution
    Article - 13 May 2014
    Diaboleite is a blue-colored mineral first discovered in 1923 from the Higher Pitts, Mendip Hills, Somersetshire, England. It was named after the Greek word dia which means difference, and the mineral...
  • Sphalerite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution
    Article - 8 May 2013
    Sphalerite is also referred to as Blende or Zinc Blende, and is the major ore of zinc. Sphalerite got its name from the Greek word ‘sphaleros’ which means treacherous, as it is mistaken for another...
  • Triplite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution
    Article - 8 May 2013
    Triplite is a rare phosphate mineral first observed in 1816 from Chanteloube, Limousin, France. It was named after the Greek word triplos, meaning triplex.
  • Tephroite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution
    Article - 10 May 2013
    Tephroite is a non-metallic silicate mineral that was first described in 1823 from Franklin and Sparta, New Jersey, USA. It is a member of olivine group of minerals. The mineral named after the Greek...
  • Robertsite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution
    Article - 7 May 2013
    Robertsite is a secondary phosphate mineral that belongs to the mineral group of mitridatite. It was discovered in 1974 from the Tip Top mine, Custer County, South Dakota, USA. It was named after...
  • Otavite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution
    Article - 15 May 2013
    Otavite is a rare cadmium carbonate mineral first described in 1906 from the Tsumeb district near Otavi, Nambia. It is a member of calcite group. The mineral was named after its place of discovery.
  • Mountainite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution
    Article - 16 May 2013
    Mountainite is a transparent to translucent material named after Edgar Donald Mountain, Professor of Geology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
  • Ramsdellite – Occurrence, Properties and Distribution
    Article - 16 May 2013
    Ramsdellite is named after the American mineralogist Lewis S Ramsdell of the University of Michigan. He was the first person to describe the mineral. It is formed by pyrolusite inversion or conducting...
  • Eggletonite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution
    Article - 26 Sep 2013
    Eggletonite was named after Dr. Richard A. Eggleton (associated with the Australian National University, Canberra), and was discovered in 1984. It belongs to the ganophyllite group.

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