Critical minerals is a meaningless term, needs new definition and strategy: Russell
The term critical minerals has become so widespread that it has effectively lost its meaning, as it could be applied to ...
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Perseverance Rover Spots Mysterious Striped Rock on Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover recently captured a stunning image of a black-and-white striped rock on Mars, sparking excitement among scientists. Found on September 13, 2024, this unique rock, named ...
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The Otherwise Unremarkable ‘Rock Boxes’ That Brought Pieces of the Moon Back to Earth
Its official name is the Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container No. 1008, but everyone, including Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator ...
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Rubidium Can Be More Than a Lithium Cast-Off
Lithium has been the apple of the mining industry’s eye as demand for electric vehicle batteries has skyrocketed. Now, the ...
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How Rock Type Shapes River Networks and Influences Landscape Evolution
A new study in Chile shows how small differences in rock type can drive large differences in erosion, vegetation, and river networks, illuminating the role of mineralogy in shaping landscapes.
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NASA reveals Mars rover has discovered ‘one-of-a-kind treasure’ unlike anything we've seen before
NASA has revealed its Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has made a 'successful' and exciting discovery. The National Aeronautics ...
Rubies and emeralds get their colours from a common metal
Both rubies and emeralds are minerals, which is a type of rock with a consistent chemical composition and a highly ordered ...
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Rubies Red, Emeralds Green: Same Metal Colors Both
Both rubies and emeralds are minerals, which is a type of rock with a consistent chemical composition and ... The chromium ...
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Why are rubies red, emeralds green?
One feature of compounds made with transition metals is their intense colour. There are many examples in nature, including ...
Why are rubies red and emeralds green? Their colors come from the same metal in their atomic structure
Rubies and emeralds have the colors they do because, like many substances, they absorb some colors of light. Most visible light, like sunlight, is composed of all the colors of the rainbow: red, ...
'Roasting marshmallow' exoplanet is so hot, it rains metal. How did it form?
WASP-121b is like nothing in the solar system, raining liquid metal and being puffy like a marshmallow. The origins of these ...
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Geologica Discovers Copper Showing at Topley
Geologica Resource Corp. is pleased to announce the discovery of the Ruby copper showing at the Topley property in the Babine Porphery Belt . The Cortina, Pro, Gold Dust, Chris and Jill showings on ...