Minerals

Geochemical Characteristics and Contamination Risk Assessment of Soil

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3118 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil contamination; contamination risk assessment; health risk assessment; modelling techniques; pollution indices; spatial distributions; treatment of metallurgical and mining wastes; environmental protection; recovery of critical metals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Life and Carbonate: Biotic and Abiotic Fingerprints in Past and Recent Carbonate Sediments

edited by

Martino Giorgioni

, Luca Basilone, Tomaso Bontognali and

Luigi Jovane

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2754 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbonate mineralization; carbonate geochemistry; biogenic carbonate; microbial mineralization; carbonate environments; carbonate diagenesis; carbonate proxies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Low-Temperature Thermochronology and Its Applications to Tectonics

edited by Dongliang Liu, Lin Wu and Jingen Dai

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2429 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-temperature thermochronology; tectonics; exhumation; cooling history; basin– range coupling; fault activity; preservation and denudation of ore deposits

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Indicator Minerals, Vectoring and Fertility Tools for the Exploration of Porphyry Cu (Mo ± Au) Systems

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submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2029 | Submission Open

Keywords: indicator minerals ; vectoring tools ; fertility tools ; mineralogy ; LA-ICP-MS ; porphyry Cu system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications)

Comprehensive Utilization of Mineral Processing Wastewater

edited by

Shaojun Bai

and

Qicheng Feng

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2001 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral processing wastewater; flotation theory and technology; environmental protection; cleaner production; separation and purification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Industrial Minerals Flotation–Fundamentals and Applications

edited by

Xuming Wang

and

Jan D. Miller

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1961 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial minerals; phosphate flotation; bauxite flotation; soluble salt flotation; clay mineral surface chemistry; spodumene flotation; rare earth flotation; graphite recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Advances in Industrial Flotation Applications

edited by Miguel Maldonado and

Luis Vinnett

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1729 | Submission Open

Keywords: flotation reagents; flotation machines; advanced control strategies; supervision; hydrodynamics; machine learning; sensors; circuits; modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Distribution and Development of Faults and Fractures in Shales

edited by Lei Gong, Guoping Liu,

Ruyue Wang

, Shaoqun Dong and Zhonghu Wu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 723 | Submission Open

Keywords: preservation and enrichment of shale oil and gas; multi-scale fracture/fault identification technique; characterization and comprehensive evaluation of effective fractures; fracture formation mechanism; filling sequence; and chronology; structural diagenesis; reservoir geomechanics; fault sealing and stability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Advances in Geochronology, Geochemistry, and Petrology: Implications for the Geodynamics of the Balkan Peninsula in the Framework of the Alpine-Himalayan Orogenic System

edited by Ivan Zagorchev

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 323 | Submission Open

Keywords: advances in geochronology zircon and monazite techniques; zircon and monazite chemistry and mineralogy in metamorphic and igneous petrogenesis; detrital geochronology; provenance analysis; and plate paleogeography; isotopic geochronology and mantle– crust paleo geodynamics; time and duration of metamorphic and igneous events

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Radionuclide Interactions with Natural and Synthetic Solids

edited by Claudia Joseph, James Begg and Amrita Bhattacharyya

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open

Keywords: radionuclides; minerals; rocks; actinides; spectroscopy; sorption; ion exchange; surface complexation modeling; diffusion; (reactive) transport modeling; thermodynamics; kinetics; transport; microorganisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Environmental Geochemistry and Mineralogy: Application for Hydrocarbon Exploration and Ore Deposits

edited by

Thomas Gentzis

and

Ahmed Mansour

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: environments and mineral resources; elemental geochemistry; whole rock mineralogy; reservoir mineralogical characteristics; ore mineralogical composition; source rock evaluation; hydrocarbon exploration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Recent Advances in Bone Diagenesis

edited by

Paul V. Ullmann

and

Jennifer Anné

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5799 | Submission Open

Keywords: diagenesis; vertebrate taphonomy; geochemistry; stable isotopes; molecular paleontology; histology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomineralization and Biominerals)

The Application of Synchrotron Radiation Techniques in Archaeology

edited by Xiangjun Wei, Rui Wen,

Yong Lei

and

Philippe Sciau

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: synchrotron radiation; archaeology; cultural heritage; ancient materials; processes and production technologies; conservation techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals)

Implications of THMC Processes on Long-Term Safety of Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste

edited by

Thanh Son Nguyen

and

Mamadou Fall

submission deadline 27 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3816 | Submission Open

Keywords: coupled thermal– hydrological– mechanical– chemical processes; geological disposal of radioactive waste; long-term safety; geomaterials; geotechnical; barrier

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials)

Eco-Sustainable Treatment for Mine Waters

edited by Claire Côte and Mansour Edraki

submission deadline 27 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1797 | Submission Open

Keywords: mine water contamination; mine water treatment; sustainable mine water management; acid mine drainage; metal removal; bioremediation; sludge minimization; brine minimization; recovery of critical elements

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Sulfide Mineralogy and Geochemistry

edited by

Gheorghe Damian

,

Andrei Buzatu

and

Andrei Ionuț Apopei

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5332 | Submission Open

Keywords: sulfides; sulfide mineralogy; sulfide geochemistry; ore deposits; trace elements; crystal structure; biomineralization and biominerals; mineral processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Heavy Metal and Rare Earth Element Pollution in Soil and Water: Sources, Geochemical Behaviors and Ecological Effects

edited by

Yinxian Song

,

Yubo Wen

and

Ming Ma

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4384 | Submission Open

Keywords: HM and REE pollution; soil and water ecosystem; health risk assessment; environmental loads; speciation distribution; modelling of pollutant transportation; geochemical background; weathering and soil-water interaction; municipal and mining waste; remediation technique

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Genesis, Geochemistry and Mineralization of Metallic Minerals

edited by Guangzhou Mao, Yuanchuan Zheng and Haidong Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2572 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic mechanisms of metallic minerals; mineralization processes of metallic minerals; ore-forming environments of metallic minerals; geochemical signatures and the applications in exploration of metallic minerals; geochronology and isotopic studies of metallic minerals; advances in analytical techniques of metallic minerals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

The Formation and Evolution of Gold Deposits in China

edited by Wenyan He,

Liang Zhang

, Nan Li, Xue Gao and Xiangfei Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1588 | Submission Open

Keywords: gold; China; mineralization mechanism; metallogeny

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Clays, Zeolites and Engineered Mineral Materials for Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Mario Nikola Mužek

and

Sandra Svilović

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1388 | Submission Open

Keywords: clays; zeolites; engineered mineral materials; sorption; heavy metals; wastewater treatment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Characterization and Management of Mine Waters

edited by Patrícia Gomes,

Teresa Valente

and

Juan Antelo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1241 | Submission Open

Keywords: mine waters; acid mine drainage; mine-water-biosphere interactions; water contamination; risk assessment; environmental remediation; nature-based solutions; circular economy; monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Application of Deep Learning and Computer Vision in Petrographic Images Analysis

edited by

Sebastian Iwaszenko

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1199 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; computer vision; deep learning; object detection; image segmentation; petrographic images analysis; maceral images analysis; microscopic images of mineral matter analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Gem Deposits: Mineralogical and Gemological Aspects, 2nd Edition

edited by

Andy H. Shen

,

Chaowen Wang

and

Bo Xu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 913 | Submission Open

Keywords: geochronology of gemstones; geological setting; genesis of gemstones; gemstone characterization; geographic origin

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Metallogenesis of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

edited by

Xiaoyong Yang

and Wenhua Ji

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 422 | Submission Open

Keywords: magma mixing; petrogenesis and geochronology; differentiation of rare earth elements; Precambrian; Phanerozoic; western Kunlun Mountains; Chinese Altay

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Exploring Earth's Hidden Treasures: New Mineral Discoveries and Research

edited by

Daniel Atencio

and

Marcelo B. Andrade

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 329 | Submission Open

Keywords: new minerals; descriptive mineralogy; new data on minerals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals)

Gypsum Crystals: The Importance and the Role of Calcium Sulphate in Past and Modern Environments

edited by Alessandra Costanzo and

Mara Cipriani

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open

Keywords: evaporite; fluid inclusions; water chemistry; climate variation; biomineralization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Mineralogy, Chemistry, Weathering and Application of Serpentinite

edited by

Rafael Navarro

,

Roberto Visalli

, Rosalda Punturo and Giovanna Rizzo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: serpentinite; antigorite; lizardite; subduction; dehydration; CO2 storage; Ni-Co ores; dimension stones; heritage; green marble; asbestos; ophiolite

Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Polymetallic Ore Deposits

edited by

Pura Alfonso

and Abdorrahman Rajabi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open

Keywords: polymetallic deposits; ore mineralogy; geochemistry; ore-forming process; process mineralogy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Zeolite: From a Boiling Stone to the Applicable Minerals in Various Industrial Processes: 2nd Edition

edited by

Nevenka Rajić

and

Jelena Pavlović

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 195 | Submission Open

Keywords: zeolite occurrence; adsorption; catalysis; surface functionalization; environmental protection; zeolite structures; zeolite engineering; sustainable applications of zeolites

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials)

Microbially Driven Geochemistry of Mining Water and Waste

edited by Gerdhard L. Jessen and Kelly Whaley-Martin

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental geochemistry; acid mine drainage; microbial geochemistry; microbial genomics; applied microbial ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Geochemical Investigations of Water–Rock Interaction and Contamination

edited by

Johanna Blake

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open

Keywords: water– rock interactions; water quality; rock geochemistry; geochemical modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Geopolymers: Synthesis, Characterization and Application

edited by

Dariusz Mierzwiński

and

Wei-Ting Lin

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open

Keywords: geopolymers; alkaline-activated materials; thermal and hydrothermal processing of geopolymers; geopolymers based on natural and synthetic deposits; characterization of geopolymers; application of geopolymers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials)

Mineralization and Geochemistry of VMS Deposits

edited by

Stavros Triantafyllidis

and

Stylianos Tombros

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: sulfides and sulfosalts; base; precious; strategic; and critical metals; massive; stringer ore; polymetallic mineralization; host lithologies; geotectonic setting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Biogeochemistry Processes of Acid Mine Drainage and Effects on Materials Alteration

edited by

José Miguel Dávila Martín

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: acid mine drainage; biogeochemistry; hydrogeochemistry; corrosion; durability; degradation; materials alteration; cracks; metal concentrations; pollution; sulphates; diatoms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Mineralogy of Vertisols: Influence on Soil Properties, Genesis and Classification

edited by Sheila Aparecida Correia Furquím, Valdomiro Severino De Souza-Júnior and Gabriel Ramatis Pugliese Andrade

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: vertisols; clay minerals; smectite; kaolinite; clay quantification; clays and physical properties; clays and chemical properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials)

Advances in Experimental Geochemistry of Silicate Melts, Fluids, and Minerals

edited by

Haibo Yan

,

Xing Ding

, Panlao Zhao and

Deshui Yu

submission deadline 1 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: experimental geochemistry; silicate melts; geological fluids; mineral association; high temperature and high pressure; ore deposit; magmatic evolution; metal transport

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals)

Towards Sustainable Mining and Mineral Processing of Metals: Assessment to Implementation

edited by Allan Trench and Geoffrey E. Batt

submission deadline 6 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: mining sustainability; cleaner mineral production; future of mining; minerals demand; critical minerals; emissions reduction; reusing mining waste; circular economy; mining value-chains; metals recycling; mining rehabilitation; socioeconomic impacts of mining; sustainable supply chains

Biogeochemistry, Medical and Environmental Mineralogy of Fibrous Minerals

edited by

Ruggero Vigliaturo

submission deadline 13 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1513 | Submission Open

Keywords: fibrous minerals; fibers; elongate mineral particles; asbestos; asbestiform; fibers’ physico-chemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Mapping of Rocks and Minerals Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, 2nd Edition

edited by

Shanjun Liu

,

Nisha Bao

and

Lianhuan Wei

submission deadline 18 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 233 | Submission Open

Keywords: rock and mineral; spectral analysis; hyperspectral remote sensing; hyperspectral image processing; geological and mining application

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications)

Genesis and Metallogeny of Non-ferrous and Precious Metal Deposits, 2nd Edition

edited by Yunsheng Ren and

Qun Yang

submission deadline 20 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: new advances in metallogeny; regional metallogeny; geochronology; geochemistry; non-ferrous and precious metal deposits

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Clay Minerals: From Paleoclimatic and Paleoenvironmental Indicators to Industrial Raw Materials

edited by Elisa Laita,

Javier García-Rivas

and

Isabel Abad

submission deadline 25 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open

Keywords: paleoclimate; paleoenvironment; weathering; industrial clays; kaolin; fibrous clays

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials)

Recent Advances in Extractive Metallurgy

edited by

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submission deadline 29 Oct 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10422 | Submission Open

Keywords: froth flotation; mineral surface; surface modification; mineral/bubble/reagent interactions; big data analysis; modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Genesis, Age and Mineralization of Emeralds and Related Gems

edited by Uwe Altenberger

submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerald; beryl; aquamarine; gem stones; geochemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Artificial Engineered Minerals: Synthesis, Characterization, Metallurgical and Mechanical Processing

edited by

Urs Alexander Peuker

,

Bernd Friedrich

,

Ursula Elisabeth Adriane Fittschen

and Sandra Breitung-Faes

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2330 | Submission Open

Keywords: metallurgical recycling; pyrometallurgy; mineral processing; grain size distribution; crushing; milling; breakage and liberation; mechanical sorting; flotation; magnetic separation; density separation; electrostatic separation; flow sheet simulation; DEM-modelling and simulation; thermodynamic modelling and simulation; phase equilibrium and crystallization; metallurgical slags; Controlled Solidification; e-waste and spent batteries

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Mineralogical and Geochemical Characteristics of Ferromanganese Nodules & Crusts: Implications for the Reconstruction of the Paleo-Ocean Environment

edited by

Kiho Yang

,

Yongmoon Lee

and

Jaewoo Jung

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1983 | Submission Open

Keywords: paleo– ocean environment reconstruction; ferromanganese nudole; ferromanganese crust; seafloor mineral resources; structural refinement of ferromanganese oxides; advances in qualitative and quantitative analysis technique

Recovery of Rare Earth Elements Minerals: 2nd Edition

edited by

George Blankson Abaka-Wood

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1420 | Submission Open

Keywords: complex ores; leaching; rare earth elements; mineral processing; flotation; magnetic separation; gravity separation; ion adsorption clay; secondary resources

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Native Gold as a Specific Indicator Mineral for Gold Deposits, 2nd Edition

edited by

Galina Palyanova

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1206 | Submission Open

Keywords: isomorphic impurities in native gold; fineness; heterogeneity; proto-; syn- and epigenetic minerals of native gold; LA-ICP-MS; EPMA; phase diagrams Au-element(s); gold deposit types; criteria for forecasting and searching for gold deposits

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

The Significance of Applied Mineralogy in Archaeometry

edited by

Stefano Pagnotta

and

Marco Lezzerini

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 371 | Submission Open

Keywords: portable and non-destructive techniques; new methods in applied mineralogy for archaeometry; ancient building materials; ancient provenance; raw material and manufacts circulation; metal smelting and melting; archeomineralogy; archeometallurgy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Development of Flotation of Chalcopyrite

edited by

Leopoldo Gutierrez

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: chalcopyrite; flotation; copper sulfides; water quality; clays; seawater

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Particle–Bubble Interactions in the Flotation Process

edited by Guichao Wang and

Xiangning Bu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: flotation; turbulence effects; bubble– particle collision; attachment; detachment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

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