In this paper preliminary mineralogical characterization of hematite from Alinci is presented. Several crystals were collected for research. The straight-forward identification the studied mineral sam-ples was enabled by optical microscope, SEM-EDS, ICP-MS and XRPD methods. use these methods showed that they are very useful rapid analysis contributing important analytical information. With esta...

The occurrences of huge reserves of garnet deposits have been reported from different parts of Iran specially those of Kohe-E-Gabri area which is very high grade in nature. These deposits can not be directly used as abrasives, filter aid and many others because of some impurities present. To know the mineralogical composition, the type of garnet, the shape of the particles, the chemical charact...

The past decade has seen a significant expansion both in the interpretive methodologies used to extract mineralogical information from asteroid spectra and other remote-sensing data and in the number of asteroids for which mineralogical characterizations exist. Robust mineralogical characterizations now exist for more than 40 asteroids, an order a magnitude increase since Asteroids II was publi...

During this study, we investigated the mineralogical characterization of technogenic magnetic particles (TMPs) contained in alkaline industrial dust and fly ash emitted by coal burning power plants and cement plants. The reaction of tested dust samples varied between values of pH 8 and pH 12. Their magnetic properties were characterized by measurement of magnetic susceptibility (χ), frequency d...

The Church of the Company Jesus in Quito (1605–1765) is one most remarkable examples colonial religious architecture on World Heritage List. This church has multiple constructive phases and several interventions with no clear record entire architectural site, including historical mortars. A total 14 samples coating mortars inside central nave were taken, protocols suggested by research team a c...

A new approach to sample handling for powder X-ray diffraction analysis is presented that allows characterization of poorly prepared samples. The technique relies on vibrations generated in a sample holder to create movement of the powdered sample in the absence of macroscopic movement of the sample holder itself. The major benefits over conventional sample handling strategies are: 1) the abili...

Using alternative materials such as residual products from other industries to mitigate the negative effects of acid rock drainage would simultaneously solve two environmental problems. The main residual product still landfilled by sulphate paper mills is the alkaline material green liquor dregs (GLD). A physical, mineralogical and chemical characterization of four batches of GLD was carried ou...

Heap leaching is a well-established metallurgical technology which allows metal recovery (e.g., Au, Cu, U) from low-grade ores. However, spent heap leach materials remaining at abandoned or historic mine sites may represent a potential source of contamination. At the Croydon Au-mines, heap leaching operations (1984–1985) were performed on mineralized rhyolites hosting sulphides including pyrite...