Sodalite-group minerals, a subset of zeolite-type materials, exhibit intriguing crystal-chemical features that have attracted considerable attention in both academic and industrial spheres. Their ...

A new purple-pink mineral that has a chemical composition and crystalline structure unlike any of the known 4,000 minerals has been discovered at a mining site in Western Australia, researchers report ...

Plastics don’t just pollute oceans, they leach Invisible poisons that linger for years. Now, scientists have discovered that the crystal structure of natural iron minerals could determine how fast ...