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New Mineral Discoveries Published in European Journal of Mineralogy

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The journal reports three new studies, including a newly identified arsenate mineral.

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New Arsenate Mineral Belmonteite Discovered in Ligurian Manganese Ores

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Scientists have identified the new mineral Belmonteite in manganese ore deposits of Italy’s Graveglia Valley.

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Exsolution Textures Impact Vanadium Extraction

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Researchers show that microscopic mineral textures in Bushveld ores dictate how efficiently vanadium can be extracted.

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Belmonteite, New Arsenate Mineral Found in Italian Mine

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A new arsenate mineral, Belmonteite, was discovered in Italy’s Graveglia Valley by researchers Biagioni, Sejkora and Dolníček.

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New Minerals Discovered in European Journal of Mineralogy

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The latest issue reports a new arsenate mineral, two studies on aragonite mixtures and Fe‑Ti oxides, and includes practical insights into ATR spectroscopy.

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Aragonite Analysis, Vanadium Ore Textures, and New Mineral Belmonteite Announced

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Researchers unveiled a rapid infrared technique for aragonite-group carbonates, studied vanadium ore textures affecting extraction, and identified a new arsenate mineral, Belmonteite, from Liguria.

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ATR Infrared Technique Quantifies Aragonite Carbonate Mixtures

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Researchers developed an ATR‑FTIR method to accurately measure strontianite and witherite in synthetic aragonite mixes.

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New Minerals Discovered in Recent European Journal of Mineralogy Issues

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The latest issue of the European Journal of Mineralogy reports two new mineral species—Belmonteite from Italy and Fengruiite from China—and a study on how Fe–Ti oxide textures affect vanadium extraction.

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New Minerals Discovered: Belmonteite, Fengruiite, and Vanadium Study

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A recent European Journal of Mineralogy issue presents findings on vanadium extraction from Bushveld Complex ores, the discovery of arsenate mineral belmonteite in Liguria, Italy, and silver‑rich sulfosalt fengruiite found in Qinling, China.

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New Sulfosalt Mineral Fengruiite Found in Chinese Deposit

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Scientists identify Fengruiite, a silver‑rich Ag–Sb–Te sulfosalt from China’s Qinling deposit.

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Three New Minerals Unveiled in European Journal of Mineralogy

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Scientists report three newly identified mineral species from Italy, China, and South Africa, detailing their structures and implications for ore processing.

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Exsolution Textures in Fe–Ti Oxides Dictate Vanadium Recovery

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Microscopic textures within vanadium‑bearing Fe–Ti oxides determine whether magnetic and flotation methods efficiently separate vanadium.

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