For the first time, a high-pressure calcium silicate perovskite (CaSiO3) has been identified as a naturally occurring mineral from Earth’s lower mantle, researchers report. The newly discovered ...

Complementing these studies, the crystal structure refinement of schüllerite has offered insight into the integration of titanium within silicate layers, thereby expanding our understanding of ...

Oregon State University pigment researchers are using a rare mineral discovered in Norway more than a century ago as a road ...

News tagged with mineral structures. Date. 6 hours 12 hours 1 day 3 days all. Rank. Last day 1 week 1 month all. ... Pyroxenes are a major group of rock-forming silicate minerals that generally ...

Researchers have developed a new series of inorganic pigments in vivid shades of red, yellow and orange have been made by modifying the structure of a rare Norwegian mineral. The pigments are durable, ...

China has discovered a new silicate mineral, known as Nipeiite-(Ce), with the highest cerium content found so far, in a rare-earth mine in Central China's Henan Province. The mineral has been ...

During their laboratory research, Kanan and Chen adopted a similar process but replaced the sand with another mineral containing magnesium and silicate ions. When heated, the minerals exchange ...