More than 4,000 naturally occurring minerals—inorganic solids that have a characteristic chemical composition and specific crystal structure—have been found on Earth. They are formed of simple ...

In a study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, Catalano and Greg Ledingham, a Ph.D. candidate in his laboratory, discovered that a common mineral called goethite—an iron ...

it is useful to review the mineralogical composition of common rocks that make up the soil parent material (Table 1). Primary minerals form at elevated temperatures from cooling magma during the ...