Petroleum – Properties and Occurrences
Petroleum is a naturally occurring, yellowish-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth’s surface. It is commonly refined into various types of fuels. Components…
Geographic Minerals
Matlockite: Properties and Occurrences
Matlockite a mineral (PbFCl) consisting of lead chloride and fluoride. It is a rare lead halide mineral, named after the town of Matlock in Derbyshire,…
Mathesiusite: Properties and Occurrences
Mathesiusite is a new uranyl vanadate-sulfate mineral. It is a sulfate mineral containing potassium, vanadium, and uranium and has the chemical formula: K5(UO2)4(SO4)4(VO5)·4(H2O). It is…
Masuyite: Properties and Occurrences
Masuyite is a uranium/lead oxide mineral with formula Pb[(UO2)3O3(OH)2]·3H2O. It is a uranium/lead oxide mineral. It is made from the elements uranium, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen. It is an…
Massicot: Properties and Occurrences
Massicot is lead (II) oxide mineral with an orthorhombic lattice structure. It is a yellow form of lead monoxide, used as a pigment. It is…
Mascagnite: Properties and Occurrences
Mascagnite is a rare ammonium sulfate mineral (NH4)2SO4. It is a native ammonium sulphate found in volcanic districts. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic system typically forming as stalactitic masses exhibiting…
Marthozite: Properties and Occurrences
Marthozite is an orthorhombic mineral that has a general formula of Cu(UO2)3(SeO3)3(OH)2·7H2O. It is an orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, selenium, and uranium. It…
Marrite: Properties and Occurrences
Marrite is depicted by the chemical formula PbAgAsS3. It is a monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, lead, silver, and sulfur. It is the arsenic equivalent of…
Maricite: Properties and Occurrences
Maricite or marićite is a sodium iron phosphate mineral (NaFe2+PO4), that has two metal cations connected to a phosphate tetrahedron. It is an orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral…
Marialite: Properties and Occurrences
Marialite is a silicate mineral with a chemical composition of Na4Al3Si9O24Cl if a pure endmember or Na4(AlSi3O8)3 (Cl2, CO3, SO4) with increasing meionite content. It…
Margarite: Properties and Occurrences
Margarite is a pink pearly micaceous mineral consisting of hydrated calcium aluminum silicate. It is a calcium-rich member of the mica group of the phyllosilicates…
Oil Shale
Oil Shale is a rock that contains significant amounts of organic material in the form of kerogen. Kerogen is a part of the rock that…
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