Mineral Resources, Soil & Water
Deeper resources on mineral resources, soil and water.
A photo essay of the major fossil fuels.
Some natural minerals have a special role in this industry.
A look at this mineral product, which has gone from champ to chump in the 20th century.
Brickmaking transforms low-strength mud into artificial stone.
The Coso geothermal field is a major producer of geothermal electricity.
Cement is an artificial stone--or maybe lava.
Geothermal energy exploits the Earth's heat budget.
The gas in your party balloons is a genuine Earth product.
This underappreciated substance is more important than you know.
In the Nevada silver rush, treasure lay right at your feet in supergene enrichments of horn silver.
The basics of uranium geology.
28,000 terms from the Alaskan Interagency Minerals Coordinating Group, easy to search and navigate, presented by EduMine. There are other mining glossaries, but why bother?
Aimed at lawyers, this long illustrated page by Willard Lacy is hosted by the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation.
