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Higher temperatures demand higher boron concentrations for stable Mg‑rich tourmaline under hydrothermal conditions.

Experiments show forming magnesium‑rich tourmaline requires more boron when temperatures rise.

The European Journal of Mineralogy publishes the latest IMA newsletter detailing new guidelines on mineral naming and classification.

European Journal publishes tourmaline study, new FTIR methods, and IMA update.

Researchers unveil an advanced Fourier‑transform infrared method that captures angle‑resolved polarized spectra of anisotropic minerals like pyroxenes, improving water content quantification.

Researchers found that forming Mg‑rich tourmaline requires increasing boron concentrations as temperature rises.

A new study shows that hydrothermal synthesis can produce nanoporous ellipsoidal hematite with a 27‑nm pore size through controlled dehydration of iron oxyhydroxide intermediates.

The European Journal of Mineralogy has released three studies detailing a new mineral species classification effort, improved FTIR techniques, and hydrothermal synthesis of nanoporous hematite.

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The International Mineralogical Association’s CNMNC issued Newsletter 93 detailing revised rules for naming new minerals and refining classification practices.

A new approach uses many angle‑resolved polarized spectra on pyroxenes to reduce water measurement error.

Three recent European Journal of Mineralogy papers detail new hematite synthesis, rare lawsonite eclogites in Turkey, and infrared analysis of aragonite‑group carbonates.