Minerals

Global and Regional Tectonics: Insights from Sedimentary Records and Geochemistry, 2nd Edition

edited by

Kai-Jun Zhang

and

Xianchun Tang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open

Keywords: tectonics; sedimentary rocks and minerals; sedimentary geochemistry and isotopes; paleogeography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Recent Developments in the Technology and Equipment for Coal Beneficiation

edited by Zhijun Zhang,

Yinfei Liao

, Guichuan Ye and

Fardis Nakhaei

submission deadline 7 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: coal beneficiation; coal preparation; flotation; gravity separation; classification; dewatering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Spectral Behavior of Mineral Pigments, Volume II

edited by

Anna Candida Felici

and

Lucilla Pronti

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3972 | Submission Open

Keywords: spectroscopy; characterization; mineral pigments; archaeometry; cosmetics; coatings; chemical industry; orthopaedic engineering; nanomaterials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals)

Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Sediments

edited by

Hussein Kanbar

and Mathieu Le Meur

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1260 | Submission Open

Keywords: sediment inorganic and organic geochemistry; geochemical signatures and fingerprints; contamination and pollution behavior; sediment mineralogy and weathering; emerging organic contaminants; natural and anthropogenic processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Volcaniclastic Sedimentation in Deep-Water Basins

edited by

Andre Di Capua

and Federica Barilaro

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 681 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep-water sedimentation; volcaniclastic; volcanogenic; volcanoes; volcanism; pyroclastic density currents; numerical models; geochemistry; sands/sandstones petrography; provenance; paleogeography; geodynamics; carbon capture and storage; geoenergies

Crystal Structures and Phase Transitions of Minerals at Extreme Conditions, 2nd Edition

edited by

Daniel Hummer

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open

Keywords: mantle; core; high pressure/temperature; phase equilibria; phase transitions; phase boundaries; high-pressure crystallography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals)

Research on Ikaite—Natural Occurrences and Synthetic Mineral Precipitation

edited by

Gabrielle J. Stockmann

and

Juan Diego Rodríguez-Blanco

submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9691 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural occurrences of ikaite worldwide; synthetic ikaite mineral precipitation; (bio-)geochemical controls on ikaite formation; parameters favouring metastable minerals; hydrated and amorphous calcium carbonates; ikaite as a cold-climate paleo indicator

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals)

Mineral Dissolution and Precipitation in Geologic Porous Media

edited by Jianping Xu and Na Liu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 868 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral dissolution and precipitation; reactive transport in porous media; mineralization/biomineralization; multiphase flow in porous media; energy; the environment; and climate

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Recent Advances in Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of Flotation

edited by Ai Wang, Subhasish Mitra, Xiaokang Yan and Chao Li

submission deadline 21 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 449 | Submission Open

Keywords: CFD in flotation; bubble and froth dynamics; particle dynamics; multiphase interaction; cell/column hydrodynamics; flotation recovery modeling; equipment optimization; artificial intelligence; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Adsorption Properties of Clay and Its Applications in Buildings

edited by

Paulina Faria

and

Alessandra Ranesi

submission deadline 21 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open

Keywords: bio and mineral stabilization of clay-based materials; clay-based building products; earth construction; alkali activation of clays; hygrothermal regulation; moisture adsorption; mineralogy of clays; pollutant adsorption; reusability; recyclability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials)

Heavy Metal and Rare Earth Element Pollution in Soil and Water: Sources, Geochemical Behaviors and Ecological Effects

edited by

Yinxian Song

,

Yubo Wen

and

Ming Ma

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 16037 | Submission Open

Keywords: HM and REE pollution; soil and water ecosystem; health risk assessment; environmental loads; speciation distribution; modelling of pollutant transportation; geochemical background; weathering and soil-water interaction; municipal and mining waste; remediation technique

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Microanalysis Applied to Mineral Deposits

edited by

Glenn Bark

and

Alan R. Butcher

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8273 | Submission Open

Keywords: ore deposits; ore mineralogy; critical raw materials; by-products; microanalysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Green and Efficient Recovery/Extraction of Rare Earth Resources

edited by

Gaofeng Wang

and Yongqiang Yang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6858 | Submission Open

Keywords: rare earth elements; recovery; extraction; mining

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Geochemical Characteristics and Contamination Risk Assessment of Soil

edited by

Jasminka Alijagić

and

Srecko Stopic

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5977 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil contamination; contamination risk assessment; health risk assessment; modelling techniques; pollution indices; spatial distributions; treatment of metallurgical and mining wastes; environmental protection; recovery of critical metals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Industrial Minerals Flotation—Fundamentals and Applications

edited by

Xuming Wang

and

Jan D. Miller

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5405 | Submission Open

Keywords: industrial minerals; phosphate flotation; bauxite flotation; soluble salt flotation; clay mineral surface chemistry; spodumene flotation; rare earth flotation; graphite recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Using Mineral Chemistry to Characterize Ore-Forming Processes

edited by Xinlu Hu, Xinbiao Lv, Yafei Wu and Zhenjie Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5362 | Submission Open

Keywords: geochemistry; mineralogy; isotope; mineralization; ore deposits; ore-forming process

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Life and Carbonate: Biotic and Abiotic Fingerprints in Past and Recent Carbonate Sediments

edited by

Martino Giorgioni

, Luca Basilone, Tomaso Bontognali and

Luigi Jovane

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5246 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbonate mineralization; carbonate geochemistry; biogenic carbonate; microbial mineralization; carbonate environments; carbonate diagenesis; carbonate proxies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Distribution and Development of Faults and Fractures in Shales

edited by Lei Gong, Guoping Liu,

Ruyue Wang

, Shaoqun Dong and Zhonghu Wu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5177 | Submission Open

Keywords: preservation and enrichment of shale oil and gas; multi-scale fracture/fault identification technique; characterization and comprehensive evaluation of effective fractures; fracture formation mechanism; filling sequence; and chronology; structural diagenesis; reservoir geomechanics; fault sealing and stability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Footprints of Mineral Systems with IOCG, IOA and Affiliated Critical Metal Deposits: From Metasomatism to Metamorphism

edited by

Olivier Blein

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3393 | Submission Open

Keywords: IOCG; mineralogy; geochemistry; geophysics; metamorphism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Metallogenesis of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

edited by

Xiaoyong Yang

and Wenhua Ji

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3383 | Submission Open

Keywords: magma mixing; petrogenesis and geochronology; differentiation of rare earth elements; Precambrian; Phanerozoic; western Kunlun Mountains; Chinese Altay

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Biomineralization and Biominerals: Lessons from Mineral-Producing Organisms, 2nd Edition

edited by

Oluwatoosin Agbaje

and

Olev Vinn

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3046 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomineralization; biomaterials; apatite structure; mollusc shell; extracellular matrix; fossilized biominerals; biomimetic mineralization; advanced functional materials; lessons from nature; materials science

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomineralization and Biominerals)

Characterization and Reuse of Slag

edited by Eduardo Junca, Felipe Fardin Grillo and Jorge Luís Coleti

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2488 | Submission Open

Keywords: slag valorization; circular economy; slag processing; metallurgical byproduct

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Adsorption Properties and Environmental Applications of Clay Minerals

edited by Dušan Vopálka and

Bin Mu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2278 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural and modified clay materials; methods of instrumental characterization; uptake of cations and anions; batch and transport experiments; removal of pollutants from waters; sorption models; transport of contaminants in compacted clays

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials)

Sustainable Use of Abandoned Mines, 2nd Edition

edited by

Sphiwe Emmanuel Mhlongo

, Ingrid Watson and

Kawawa Banda

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 1322 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; repurposing; recycling; reutilization; rehabilitation prioritization; post-mining management; environmental monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Green Mining Solutions for the Sustainability of Mine Tailings Management

edited by

Carlos Cacciuttolo

and

Edison Atencio

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1055 | Submission Open

Keywords: co-disposal; dewatering; filtration; dry stacking; underground mine backfilling; in-pit disposal; mitigation of dust emission; climate change adaptation; circular economy; green reprocessing; reduce; reuse; and recycle; phytoremediation; landscape rehabilitation; sustainable mine closure; socio-environmental rehabilitation; post disaster remediation; sustainable geochemical management; geo-environmental issues

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Magmatic Evolution through Time of Volcanic Zones: Evidence from Isotopic, Geochemical and Geochronological Data of Eruption Products

edited by Benigno E. Godoy,

Petrus J Le Roux

, Inés Rodríguez and

Marco Taussi

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 553 | Submission Open

Keywords: volcanic geochronology; mineral geochemistry of volcanic products; hydrothermal alteration of volcanic systems; volcanic zones; eruptive styles; volcanic plumbing systems; time-scales of volcanic products; volcanic evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Formation, and Environmental Aspects of Marine Ferromanganese Crusts

edited by Egidio Marino,

Natalia Konstantinova

and

Francisco J. González

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 421 | Submission Open

Keywords: critical elements; mineralogy and geochemistry; geochemistry; paleo-oceanography; formation processes; metallurgy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Microbially Driven Geochemistry of Mining Water and Waste

edited by Gerdhard L. Jessen and Kelly Whaley-Martin

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental geochemistry; acid mine drainage; microbial geochemistry; microbial genomics; applied microbial ecology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Role of Clay Mineralogy in Geotechnical Engineering Behavior of Clay Soils

edited by Hossam Abuel-Naga and Anasua GuhaRay

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 256 | Submission Open

Keywords: behavior of clayey soil; stabilization of clayey soil; contaminant transport; clay barrier

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials)

Advances in the Petrography of Natural Fine-Grained Materials: A Microscale Answer to Their Genetic Pathways and Applications

edited by

Manuel Pozo Rodríguez

and Emilia García Romero

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 224 | Submission Open

Keywords: clay and clay minerals; petrography; electron microscopy; texture and microfabric; properties; genesis; paleoenvironment; applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials)

Developments in Geochronology and Dating of Shear Zone Deformation

edited by Carlos Fernando Ávila and Marcos Egydio Silva

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open

Keywords: shear zone; geochronology; in-situ dating techniques; deformation; tectonics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Tectonic Evolution of the Tethys Ocean in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

edited by Ming Wang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: Tethys; Qinghai– Tibet Plateau; tectonic evolution; geochronology; geochemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Critical Minerals for Energy Transition: Advancing Energy Security and Sustainable Manufacturing

edited by

Nawshad Haque

,

Akshoy Ranjan Paul

and Shalini Verma

submission deadline 28 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open

Keywords: critical minerals; energy transition; green energy; low-carbon economy; sustainable supply chains; mineral recycling and circular economy; energy security; emission reduction; renewable energy; integration; material efficiency; geopolitical risks; circular economy; sustainable environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Recent Advances in Bone Diagenesis

edited by

Paul V. Ullmann

and

Jennifer Anné

submission deadline 7 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7599 | Submission Open

Keywords: diagenesis; vertebrate taphonomy; geochemistry; stable isotopes; molecular paleontology; histology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomineralization and Biominerals)

Recent Developments in Rare Metal Mineral Deposits

edited by Huimin Su, Yang Gao and

Christina Stouraiti

submission deadline 14 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 581 | Submission Open

Keywords: rare metal mineral deposits; enrichment mechanism; geochemistry; geochronology; mineralization processes; resource exploration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Petrological and Geochemical Characteristics of Reservoirs

edited by

Tivadar M. Tóth

and Yubin Bai

submission deadline 15 Mar 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6864 | Submission Open

Keywords: buried hill reservoir; igneous and metamorphic reservoirs; water– rock interaction; petrological heterogeneity; in situ leaching mining; scale formation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Coal Processing and Utilization

edited by

Yinfei Liao

, Gen Huang,

Jun Chen

and

Gan Cheng

submission deadline 15 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1638 | Submission Open

Keywords: coal separation; coal-based material; mineral engineering; coal chemistry; coal combustion; environmental sciences ecology; separation; device mechanics; mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Clay Minerals and CO₂ Capture, Utilization and Storage

edited by Xiaoyu Li

submission deadline 21 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 830 | Submission Open

Keywords: clay minerals in CO2 capture; clay minerals in CO2 utilization and conversion; clay minerals in CO2 mineralization and storage; clay-based CO2 adsorbents; comprehensive utilization of mineral resources; carbon neutrality; CO2 mitigation technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials)

High-Pressure and High-Temperature Mineral Physics

edited by

Lin Li

and Li Zhang

submission deadline 25 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep Earth; phase transitions; synchrotron X-ray; neutron diffraction; first-principle calculations; elemental enrichment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals)

Environmental Geochemistry and Mineralogy: Application for Hydrocarbon Exploration and Ore Deposits

edited by

Thomas Gentzis

and

Ahmed Mansour

submission deadline 28 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2935 | Submission Open

Keywords: environments and mineral resources; elemental geochemistry; whole rock mineralogy; reservoir mineralogical characteristics; ore mineralogical composition; source rock evaluation; hydrocarbon exploration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Advances in Experimental Geochemistry of Silicate Melts, Fluids, and Minerals

edited by

Haibo Yan

,

Xing Ding

, Panlao Zhao and

Deshui Yu

submission deadline 28 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1501 | Submission Open

Keywords: experimental geochemistry; silicate melts; geological fluids; mineral association; high temperature and high pressure; ore deposit; magmatic evolution; metal transport

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals)

Alkali Activation of Clay-Based Materials

edited by

Barbara Horvat

, Lea Žibret and Sara Tominc

submission deadline 28 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1287 | Submission Open

Keywords: alkali activation; clay; metakaolin; waste and raw materials; building industry sector; rammed earth construction; geotechnical embankments; sustainability; impact on environment life-cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials)

Coal Fly Ash as a Resource: Advances in Characterization, Utilization and Sustainable Solutions

edited by

Frédéric J. Doucet

submission deadline 28 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open

Keywords: coal fly ash; characterization; utilization; valorization; aluminosilicate

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Applications of Atomic Force Microscopy in the Study of Mineral Processing

edited by Jinhong Zhang, Zhijun Zhang,

Jiushuai Deng

and

Hongxiang Xu

submission deadline 28 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: atomic force microscopy (AFM); mineral processing; flotation; surface force measurement; surface imaging; adsorption; DLVO

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Interpretation of Potential Field Data for Mineral Exploration

edited by

Gordon Cooper

submission deadline 28 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: magnetics; gravity; AI; drone

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications)

Advances in Magnetic and Electromagnetic Techniques for Mineral Exploration: Enhancing Resource Discovery

edited by Marc A. Vallée and

Stanisław Mazur

submission deadline 30 Mar 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5140 | Submission Open

Keywords: magnetic methods and electromagnetic methods; data acquisition; geophysical modeling and inversion; borehole; ground; and airborne geophysics; magneto-telluric; mineral exploration; case histories; physical properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications)

Pegmatites as Hosts of Critical Metals: From Petrogenesis to Mineral Exploration

edited by

Victoria Maneta

and

Mona-Liza C. Sirbescu

submission deadline 30 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4245 | Submission Open

Keywords: pegmatites; dyke propagation; rare-element and critical-metal exploration; lithium; cesium; tantalum; megacrysts and gemstones; fluid and melt inclusions; nucleation and growth rates; magmatic differentiation; anatexis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Genesis of Calc-Alkaline Granitic Rocks: Evidence from Petrology and Geochemistry

edited by

Shuang-Qing Li

and

Long Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7046 | Submission Open

Keywords: calc-alkaline granitic rocks; magma origin; genesis of post-collisional calc-alkaline granitic rocks; petrography; petrology; geochemistry; syn-emplacement tectogenesis; syn-cooling tectogenesis; mineralization; critical raw materials; geochronology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Mineralization Mechanism and Geochemical Characteristics of Coals and Associated Minerals

edited by Dongdong Wang, Xue Zheng and

Jian Shen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6907 | Submission Open

Keywords: metallogenic mechanism; coals and associated minerals metallogenic model; geochemistry characteristics; metallogenic process simulation; geochemical analysis techniques; mineral evaluation and mining technology; organic carbon aggregation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Interfacial Chemistry of Critical Mineral Flotation

edited by Jianyong He,

Yijun Cao

, Fanfan Zhang and Shaohang Cao

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3558 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral surface chemistry; fine particle flotation; critical mineral; molecular design; surface hydration; surface hydroxylation; metal ion-activated flotation; structure and performance; first-principles calculations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

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