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Biphosphammite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Biphosphammite is a tetragonal-scalenohedral mineral containing potassium, phosphorus, oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen.

11 Jun 2014

Biringuccite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Biringuccite is a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing sodium, oxygen, hydrogen and boron. The mineral was first discovered in 1961 from the Larderello, Val di Cecina, Tuscany, Italy.

11 Jun 2014

Billingsleyite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Billingsleyite was named after Paul Billingsley (1887–1962), a mining geologist, who discovered the type material.

11 Jun 2014

Billietite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Billietite was named after Valere Louis Billiet (1903–1945), a Belgian crystallographer associated with the University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium. It is an uncommon mineral of Uranium that contains Barium.

11 Jun 2014

Bobfergusonite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Bobfergusonite was named to honor Emeritus Professor Robert Bury Ferguson (1920- ), Canadian mineralogist, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, especially for his contributions to pegmatite mineralogy.

11 Jun 2014

Bobierrite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Bobierrite was named after Pierre Adolphe Bobierre (1823–1881), French agricultural chemist, who first described the mineral.

11 Jun 2014

Bismutohauchecornite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution

Bismutohauchecornite is a tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal bronze mineral containing sulfur, nickel and bismuth. It belongs to the hauchecornite group of minerals. The mineral was first discovered in 1980 from the Oktyabr mine, Norilsk, Russia.

11 Jun 2014

Fault - Mining Fundamentals

A fault is a break or fracture in the Earth's crust caused by tectonic forces along which slippage of rock has occurred.

6 Jun 2014

Feldspars - Mining Fundamentals

Feldspars are a group of silicate minerals that occur in igneous rocks. They are said to be one of the most abundant group of minerals in the earth's crust.The group consists of about 20 members.

6 Jun 2014

Hematite - Mining Fundamentals

Hematite is a heavy and relatively hard ferric oxide mineral which crystallizes in a rhombohedral system. The mineral has derived its name from the Greek word for blood as it often observed in red powdered form. Hematite has the same crystal structure as that of corundum and ilmenite.

6 Jun 2014