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  • Evolution of Handheld XRF Analysis in Mining
    Article - 11 Apr 2016
    German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen is noted for his accidental discovery of X-rays in 1895 during his analysis of cathode rays in high voltage, gaseous discharge tubes.
  • Pitchblende - Mining Fundamentals
    Article - 31 Mar 2014
    Pitchblende is an amorphous form of the crystalline uranium oxide mineral known as uraninite.
  • Leaching - Mining Fundamentals
    Article - 5 Mar 2014
    Leaching is a chemical process in mining for extracting valuable minerals from the ore. Leaching also takes place in nature where the rocks are dissolved by water. Post leaching, the rocks areleft...
  • Host Rock - Mining Fundamentals
    Article - 5 Mar 2014
    Host rock is simply the rock surrounding the ore deposit. Host rocks as the definition suggests may be found as a host to any kind of ore deposit, from gold to uranium. Host rock may also be defined...
  • Bioleaching Process - Mining Fundamentals
    Article - 10 Jan 2014
    Bioleaching or microbial ore leaching is a process used to extract metals from their ores using bacterial microorganisms. The bacteria feed on nutrients in the minerals causing the metal to separate...
  • Calciouranoite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution
    Article - 15 Oct 2013
    Calciouranoite was named after the elements in its composition - CALCIum and URANium.
  • Boltwoodite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution
    Article - 17 Sep 2013
    Boltwoodite was named after Bertram Borden Boltwood (1870-1927), radiochemist of Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, who devised the U-Pb method of measuring geologic time.
  • Billietite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution
    Article - 10 Sep 2013
    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...
  • Bassetite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution
    Article - 28 Aug 2013
    Bassetite was named after the Basset mine group, Cornwall, England, where it was first described. It belongs to the Meta-autunite group.
  • Bariandite – Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution
    Article - 26 Aug 2013
    Bariandite has been named after Dr.Pierre Bariand, Curator of Mineralogy at the University of Paris, France. It belongs to the Straczekite mineral group.

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