Importance of mineral cations and organics in gas-aerosol partitioning of reactive nitrogen compounds: case study based on MINOS results S. Metzger, N. Mihalopoulos, and J. Lelieveld Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Air Chemistry Department, Mainz, Germany University of Crete, Department of Chemistry, Heraklion, Greece Received: 4 October 2005 – Accepted: 21 November 2005 – Published: 19 Dec...

Ten chromite ores from ophiolite complexes in SE Iran were analyzed mineralogically by XRD, chemically by XRF, and mineral chemistry by EPMA. The identified paragenesis of silicate minerals of chromite ores with the X-ray diffraction is pronounced differently. It consists of secondary phases formed as serpentine, Cr-containing chlorite (kaemmererite), chromic garnet (uarovite) with preserved pa...

a Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 7. H-6720 Szeged, Hungary 8 b MTA-SZTE Bioinorganic Chemistry Research Group, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 7. H-6720 Szeged, 9 Hungary 10 c Centro de Química e Bioquímica (CQB), Faculdade de Ciências, ULisboa, Campo Grande, Lisbon, Portugal 11 d Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE), Faculdade de Ciências, ULisboa, ...

a total of 148 groundwater samples were collected from bore wells from thirumanimuttar sub-basin for two seasons to identify major geochemical process activated to alter groundwater chemistry. the study revealed relationships with the lithology and anthropogenic process. groundwater in the region was dominated by na – ca – mg and cl and hco3 types. the (ca +mg) versus tz+ plot for both seas...

II. Polarizing light microscope and geological samples III. Refractive index and its measurement IV. Optical classes-indicatrix theory V. Relationship of optical properties to crystal chemistry VI. Advanced methods in optical mineralogy GLOSSARY anisotropic mineral: A mineral with more than one principal refractive index. birefringence: The mathematical difference between the largest and smalle...

Acidic thermal springs offer ideal environments for studying processes underlying extremophile microbial diversity. We used a carefully designed comparative analysis of acidic thermal springs in Yellowstone National Park to determine how abiotic factors (chemistry and temperature) shape acidophile microbial communities. Small-subunit rRNA gene sequences were PCR amplified, cloned, and sequenced...

The nakhlite Martian meteorites contain alteration mineral assemblages, which reveal detailed information about their formation conditions; Thermochemical modeling allows the assessment of factors not observable in the rocks, such as temperature and fluid chemistry at the time of mineral formation. Combining observation and thermochemical modeling leads to the conclusion that ~4 g CO2 are seque...