mineral formation
31Chalk Formation — The Chalk Formations of Europe are thick deposits of chalk, a soft porous white limestone, deposited in a marine environment during the upper Cretaceous Period. They appear most prominently in England. The formations are divided into three parts …
32Mount Cap Formation — Die Mount Cap Formation ist eine geologische Formation im nördlichen Kanada. Sie erstreckt sich über Bereiche der Mackenzie Mountains, sowie der östlich des Mackenzie Rivers gelegenen Franklin Mountains in den Northwest Territories bis ins Gebiet …
33American Society for Bone and Mineral Research — The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) is a professional, scientific and medical society established to bring together clinical and experimental scientists involved in the study of bone and mineral metabolism. ASBMR encourages …
34Heavy mineral sands ore deposits — Heavy minerals (dark) in a quartz beach sand (Chennai, India). Heavy mineral sands are a class of ore deposit which is an important source of zirconium, titanium, thorium, tungsten, rare earth elements, the industrial minerals diamond …
35silicate mineral — Any of a large group of silicon oxygen compounds that are widely distributed throughout much of the solar system. The silicates make up about 95% of the Earth s crust and upper mantle, occurring as the major constituents of most igneous rocks and …
36borate mineral — Borate minerals Borate mineralsany of various naturally occurring compounds of boron and oxygen. Most borate minerals are rare, but some form large deposits that are mined commercially. Borate mineral structures incorporate either… …
37silica mineral — Any of the forms of silicon dioxide (SiO2), including quartz, tridymite, cristobalite, coesite, stishovite, melanophlogite, lechatelierite, and chalcedony. Various kinds of silica minerals have been produced synthetically. * * * Introduction… …
38Chinle-Formation — Die Chinle Badlands im Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah, US. Die Chinle Formation ist eine lithostratigraphische Gesteinseinheit sedimentären Ursprungs, die während der Oberen Trias vor rund 228 bis 200 Millionen Jahren in den US …
39Chinle Formation — Stratigraphic range: Triassic Chinle Badlands, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah, US. Type Geological formation The Chinle is a geologic formation tha …
40History of Solar System formation and evolution hypotheses — Capture theory redirects here. For the solar capture theory, see this article s section on Solar System formation. For the lunar capture theory, see this article s section on lunar formation. Ideas concerning the origin and fate of the world date …
