The BepiColombo mission, a joint endeavor by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA ...

I am a mineralogist/crystallographer who studies the crystal structures of rock-forming minerals that are significant constituents of the Earth. My research focuses ...

"These are termed the common rock-forming minerals and include feldspar, olivine, pyroxene, mica, quartz and amphibole." Igneous rocks may be subjected to high heat and pressure, or exposed to ...

David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Rocks and minerals contribute essential raw materials for any civilization, and in a technological society minerals (and the rare ...

Adler, H. H., Kerr, P. F., Bray, E. E., Stevens, N. P., Hunt, J. M., Keller, W. D., and Pickett, E. E., Infra-red Spectra of Reference Clay Minerals, 146 (Amer. Petr ...

The Atlas of Minerals and Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks in Thin-section provides the geology student and geoscientist with a stunning new color atlas of the main rock-forming minerals and igneous and ...