MetalIntelligence

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[Geology Tweets @GeologyTime]

Secret Beauty, Opal

Opal is an inorganic substance belonging to a silica group. This example is from Australia.

Video Credit: @N_MaineMinerals

Opal from:Broken River Mining, Australia

[Owen Missen @scimissionowen]

ooh good, more #tellurium @OreDepositsHub !

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

Use your own reusable bag and tackle plastic pollution.

Log your #ClimateAction 👉 https://t.co/D8kPf834Ky #ActNow

[Ethan F. Baxter @EthanRockStory]

GARNET is my favorite mineral. And dating the growth rings in garnet, and telling the stories they hold, is what we do. For starters, take a peek at our Dec 2013 issue of 'Elements Magazine'. 'Elements' is an AWESOME resource.
https://t.co/Mb5bMyXehp

[Geology Tweets @GeologyTime]

Rutilated quartz is a variety of quartz which contains acicular inclusions of rutile crystals. From Novo Horizonte, Brazil.

Credit: GeoCrystals

#minerals #crystals

[Oxford Instruments @OxInst]

Today is the day💥We hope you are as excited as us!

For the next few days, we have a whole host of activities going on at the M&M 2020 virtual meeting!

See what we have going on today > https://t.co/Z9ygyUzCgA

#MM2020Virtual

[Oxford Instruments @OxInst]

Don’t miss out on today’s networking session on Correlative Analysis, where Dr. Louise Hughes talks about the challenges and benefits of Multimodal Imaging.

👉 https://t.co/SE5yMEbhnX

#MM2020Virtual

[Oxford Instruments @OxInst]

We are ready and excited to welcome you to our virtual booth at this year’s Microscopy and Microanalysis 2020 meeting! 

Keep an eye out for all the activities that we are participating in throughout the meeting. For more information, click here 👉 https://t.co/HQgrwMOtxH

[Yousef Ghorbani @GhorbaniTweets]

[Minerals] Special Issue "Future-Oriented and Sustainable Innovation in Hydrometallurgy"
#OpenAccess, #Minerals, #Mineralprocessing, #Mineralogy,

[Minerals MDPI @Minerals_MDPI]

New paper published in #mdpiminerals
Tracking #Organomineralization Processes from Living Microbial Mats to Fossil #Microbialites
(by Inès Eymard, María del Pilar Alvarez, Andrés Bilmes, Crisogono Vasconcelos and Daniel Ariztegui)
Read the article at: https://t.co/z7vdtLUNQ7

[Minerals MDPI @Minerals_MDPI]

New paper published
Relationship between Textural Parameters of Lamellar Products Obtained by Acid Activation of Pure and Commercial Vermiculites and Their Iron and Water Content
(by Celia Marcos, Alaa Adawy and Irene Rodríguez)
Read the article at: https://t.co/ojZhUAOzeQ

[Oxford Instruments @OxInst]

Dr. Matt Hiscock, will share some of his top tips for a smooth, remote working experience. He will also be discussing some of the approaches which he and the team have been using to continue working with our instruments remotely, over the past few months.

https://t.co/1JFznWsKfp

[Oxford Instruments @OxInst]

Find out how Henry Jiang, from @UCBerkeley has used a top-loading OptistatDry Cryostat for #lowtemperature H2 adsorption on metal-organic frameworks. https://t.co/TjbEBJxcey

[Alexstrekeisen @alexstrekeisen]

Allanite (epidote) crystal with radial fractures, (due to the emission of radioactive particles) and brown biotite in a granite from Amparo, Brazil. PPL (plane polarized light), 10x

#alexstrekeisen #allanite #granite #Brazil

[Nature Portfolio @NaturePortfolio]

A Nature paper describes a football-sized soft-shelled egg from approximately 66 million-year-old Cretaceous deposits of Antarctica. It is one of the largest eggs; second only in size to those laid by the extinct elephant bird from Madagascar. https://t.co/knkNb5wGPZ

[Natural History Museum @NHM_London]

Have you seen a strange bug, found a new plant in your park or stumbled across an animal bone while out walking? Our experts are here to help! https://t.co/7Pm3AYIOD7

[Geology Page @GeologyPage]

Fire Opal : What Is Fire Opal? How Is Fire Opal Formed? | #Geology #GeologyPage #Opal

Check It Out : https://t.co/Y40YnIrXhN

[ZEISS Microscopy @zeiss_micro]

How do #pollen look like under a scanning #electron #microscope? Join @martyjopson and @GlobalSciShow this Friday at 12:30 BST and explore them up close: https://t.co/EyFVmydWm5

#microminute

[Nature Portfolio @NaturePortfolio]

A Nature paper finds that the determinants of COVID-19 severity seem to stem mostly from host factors such as age, lymphocytopenia, and its associated cytokine storm, whereas viral genetic variation did not significantly affect the outcomes. https://t.co/WH07sFz20A