More than 4,000 naturally occurring minerals—inorganic solids that have a characteristic chemical composition and specific crystal structure—have been found on Earth. They are formed of simple ...

This makes the team's structure–composition relationship equations more accurate for the complicated reality of the naturally occurring minerals central to some carbon storage efforts.

New findings reveal that a NASA mission traveled to an asteroid that may have once been covered in salty lakes containing ...

it is useful to review the mineralogical composition of common rocks that make up the soil parent material (Table 1). Primary minerals form at elevated temperatures from cooling magma during the ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...

This includes the study of the chemical composition and physical properties of minerals, as well as mineral formation and geographic distribution, with particular emphasis on minerals with ...

Clay minerals are important controls of the chemical composition of the crust, oceans and atmosphere, with implications on climate, global mineral evolution and natural resources. Clays have direct ...