Niter – Properties and Occurrences
Niter is an unusual mineral belonging to the nitrates group. It is also known as, nitre, which is the mineral form of potassium nitrate, KNO3,…
Geographic Minerals
Non-Renewable Resource
A non-renewable resource, also known as a finite resource, is a natural resource found under the earth’s surface that does not refill at the same…
Nissonite: Properties and Occurrences
Nissonite is a very rare copper phosphate mineral with the formula: Cu2Mg2(PO4)2(OH)2·5H2O. It is a monoclinic-prismatic bluish-green mineral containing copper, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.…
Niningerite – Properties and Occurrences
Niningerite is a magnesium-iron-manganese sulfide mineral with the chemical formula MgS that is found in enstatite chondrite meteorites. Niningerite is the magnesium-dominant analog of keilite.…
Lithiophilite – a Geographic Mineral
Lithiophilite is a mineral containing the element lithium. It is a mineral consisting of phosphate of lithium and manganese usually containing iron and being isomorphous…
Niedermayrite: Properties and Occurrences
Niedermayrite is a rare monoclinic hydrated copper cadmium sulfate hydroxide mineral. It is a rare hydrated copper cadmium sulfate hydroxide mineral with formula: Cu4Cd(SO4)2(OH)6·4H2O. It…
Lepidolite: Properties and Occurrences
Lepidolite is a lilac-gray or rose-colored member of the mica group of minerals with the chemical formula K(Li, Al)3(Al, Si, Rb)4O10(F, OH)2. It is a…
Hectorite – a Geographic Mineral
Hectorite is a trioctahedral, magnesium-based smectite clay. It is a rare soft, greasy, white clay mineral with a chemical formula of Na0.3(Mg, Li)3Si4O10(OH)2. It contains…
Eucryptite – Properties and Occurrences
Eucryptite is a mineral consisting of a colorless or white lithium aluminum silicate occurring in hexagonal crystals. It is a lithium-bearing aluminium silicate mineral with…
Nickeline – Properties and Occurrences
Nickeline or niccolite is a mineral consisting of nickel arsenide (NiAs) containing 43.9% nickel and 56.1% arsenic. It can be found in nickel-copper ores from…
Elbaite: Properties and Occurrences
Elbaite is a sodium-lithium-aluminum borosilicate mineral of the tourmaline group, prized as a gemstone. It is sodium, lithium, aluminum boro-silicate, with the chemical composition Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)4,…
Amblygonite: Properties and Occurrences
Amblygonite is a fluorophosphate mineral, (Li,Na)AlPO4(F,OH), composed of lithium, sodium, aluminium, phosphate, fluoride and hydroxide. It is a phosphate mineral composed of lithium, sodium, and…
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