Mindat.org is an online mineral and locality database. The site provides global location data for quite literally hundreds of minerals – e.g. Herbertsmithite. Scroll down for the map, which shows that Herbertsmithite may be found in : Chile, Greece, Iran, and the USA. But the site is by no means restricted to exotic minerals – […]
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Mining Uranium: Coca Cola® makes U accessible
Coca Cola® may not be much use as a contraceptive, but it may well be effective in assessing the environmental impact of bioaccessible Uranium (U). Particularly contamination around mines, nuclear reprocessing plants and waste disposal facilities. Authors Bernd Lottermoser, Ewald Schnug and Silvia Haneklaus explain the concept in the 2011 book The New Uranium Mining […]