Niobium, critical metal, and progeny of the mantle

AE Williams-Jones, OV Vasyukova - Economic Geology, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Niobium is a critical metal in high demand because of technological advances and the
supply risk created by the fact that over 90% of its production is by a single country (Brazil) …

[HTML][HTML] Preparation and photoluminescence properties of high thermal stability Sr3Ga2Sn1. 5Si2. 5O14: Eu3+ red phosphors for high-power light-emitting diodes …

H Guo, Y Zheng, T Shi, Z Qin, G Zhao, Y Liu, G Zhang… - Optical Materials: X, 2023 - Elsevier
A series of Sr 3 Ga 2 Sn 1· 5 Si 2· 5 O 14: xEu 3+(SGSSO: xEu 3+) phosphors with excellent
thermal stability were prepared by the solid-state reaction method. The phase and …

Atomic-scale environment of niobium in ore minerals as revealed by XANES and EXAFS at the Nb K-edge

Q Bollaert, M Chassé, G Morin… - European Journal of …, 2024 - ejm.copernicus.org
The mineralogy of niobium (Nb) is characterized by multicomponent oxides such as AB 2 O
6, A 2 B 2 O 7, ABO 4, and ABO 3 in which Nb is incorporated in the B site. Such complex …

Magmatic and post-magmatic evolution of the Newania carbonatite complex, Rajasthan, north-western India

A Singh, RH Mitchell, G Kaur, DS Sarma - Mineralogical Magazine, 2023 - cambridge.org
This work describes the mineralogy of dolomite carbonatite occurring at the Newania
carbonatite complex, Rajasthan, north-western India. The mineralogy records the textural …

Pyrochlore-Supergroup Minerals and Their Relation to Columbite-Group Minerals in Peralkaline to Subaluminous A-Type Rare-Metal Granites with Special Emphasis …

K Breiter, HT Costi, Z Korbelová - Minerals, 2024 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Niobium (Nb) and tantalum (Ta) are quoted as “strategic” or “critical” elements for
contemporaneous society. The main sources of Nb and Ta are minerals of the pyrochlore …

A brief comment on Hawthorne (2023):“On the definition of distinct mineral species: A critique of current IMA-CNMNC procedures”

F Bosi, F Hatert, M Pasero, SJ Mills… - Mineralogical …, 2023 - cambridge.org
In this communication we present a brief response to Hawthorne (2023) who, in a paper in
volume 87, doi. org/10.1180/mgm. 2023.8 (this journal), claims evidence for violations of the …