Electric vehicles (EVs) and green energy sources rely heavily on batteries to store electricity. Currently, more than 75 ...

Hubbard, who first joined the USGS as a postdoc, is part of the agency’s Earth Mapping Resource Initiative (Earth MRI).

Rubies are formed of a mineral called corundum, comprised of aluminum oxide. The red color is caused by traces of chromium. Corundum also forms sapphire in many colors, which generally come from ...

The secret sauce that allowed for industrial exploitation of aluminum was a rare mineral called “cryolite.” The co-discoverer of this process of using cryolite was a Charles Hall, who was also ...

The colors of rubies and emeralds are so striking that they define shades of red and green—ruby red and emerald green. But ...

In 2005, Continental Precious Minerals Inc. ("CPM") purchased mineral licences that covered prospective Alum Shales where CPM drilled 26,293 m in 133 holes from 2006 to 2008 to delineate the Viken ...

In 2005, Continental Precious Minerals Inc. ("CPM") purchased mineral licences that covered prospective Alum Shales where CPM drilled 26,293 m in 133 holes from 2006 to 2008 to delineate the Viken ...

Table 2: 2014 Viken Deposit Historical Mineral Resource Estimate2 Mineralization of potential economic significance is hosted in Middle and Upper Cambrian Alum Shale, with the Upper Cambrian age ...