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Sodium: Stony Brook's Artem Oganov explains discoveries part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Stony Brook University's Artem Oganov explains new findings on 'Sodium: Metal that Goes transparent.'
Subject: Mineralogy: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results

A Guide to Thin Section Microscopy part of SERC Web Resource Collection

A comprehensive coverage of optical mineralogy. Published in PDF format (113 pages). Chapters focus on the petrographic microscope; measuring angles, lengths, and thicknesses; morphological ...
Subject: Mineralogy: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Optical Mineralogy
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary

Cosmochemistry Illustrated part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This website offers short PowerPoint presentations that provide extraterrestrial examples of terrestrial topics. Longer presentations are also available for anyone wishing to go into more ...
Subject: Mineralogy: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Rocks, Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Weathering, Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science, Physics:Astronomy:Solar System, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Phase Equilibria/Thermodynamics, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Processes, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Radioisotopes, Stable Isotopes, Oxidation/Reduction Reactions, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Geochemistry, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Collection, Overview/Summary, Audio/Visual:Collections, Images/Illustrations

Geology photo search page part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This page contains a search engine to locate specific photos by keyword. All photos are freely downloadable and are at resolutions sufficient for power point.
Subject: Mineralogy: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geomorphology, Historical Geology, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Geoscience:Paleontology, Geology:Sedimentary Geology, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Environmental Science:Mineral Resources, Waste, Natural Hazards, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy, Structural Geology, Environmental Science:Energy
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations

Mineralogy of Earth's Structure part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Cartoon cross section of a subduction zone showing the principal mineralogy of the upper 800 km of Earth's mantle. Arc volcanism at the surface is depicted, as are upper mantle earthquakes (red ...
Subject: Mineralogy: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Tectonophysics, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations

Geotherm with Pressure-Temperature Ranges Accessible by Static Techniques part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This graph shows a geotherm together with the temperature and pressure ranges over which certain experimental methods are useful.
Subject: Mineralogy: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Mineral Physics, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations

D-DIA Apparatus part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This image is a schematic of a D-DIA apparatus used for mineral deformation experiments at high temperature and pressure.
Subject: Mineralogy: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Mineral Physics, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations

Links to Mineral Physics part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This chart shows how mineral physics can be an important part of both research and education across the geology curriculum.
Subject: Mineralogy: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Mineral Physics, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations

Minerals in Earth's Mantle part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This image from the COMPRES galleries shows the various mineral species that make up the composition of the mantle and how that composition varies with depth down to the core-mantle boundary.
Subject: Mineralogy: Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Phase Equilibria/Thermodynamics, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations

40 Common Minerals and Their Uses part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Of the ninety two elements found in the Earth, forty of them are used in our daily lives. Some of the names are common and well known, and others seem obscure until one sees that it helps create ...
Subject: Mineralogy: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy, Geochemistry
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work

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