geochemistry
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Great Deposits
Mountain Pass: America’s Once and Future Rare Earth King
Mountain Pass, California once produced the majority of the world’s Rare Earth Elements (REEs). The 2002 closure of the mine…
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Tungsten
Tungsten is the 74th element on the periodic table and is closely related to both chromium and molybdenum. Tungsten has…
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Zinc
Zinc is the 30th element on the periodic table. It has the symbol Zn, which is an abbreviation of zinke;…
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Lead
Lead is number 82 on the periodic table of the elements. It is the most stable of the high atomic…
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Iron
Iron is number 26 on the periodic table of the elements. Iron has the symbol Fe, which is an abbreviation…
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Results and Analysis
QA/QC of Geochemical Data
Quality assurance (QA) is a proactive approach to ensuring that chemical analyses of rock and soil samples are correct and…
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Exploration Methods
Rock & Soil Sampling – The Key To Most Exploration Projects
Soil sampling is a basic technique of mineral exploration. Cheaper than drilling, sampling can be used to quickly establish the…
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Silver
Silver, along with gold, has been prized by humanity since ancient times. It’s still one of the world’s most traded…
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Graphite
Graphite is a form or “allotrope” of carbon. Another well-known allotrope of carbon is diamond, which goes to prove there…
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Aluminium
Aluminium (or aluminum) is the thirteenth element on the periodic table. It has the symbol Al, which is an abbreviation…
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