Tag: Minerals

Petersburg-based Atlantic Strategic Minerals reboots operations in Dinwiddie, Sussex counties

PETERSBURG – A Petersburg-based minerals producer plans to spend $50 million to reopen its mining operations in Dinwiddie and Sussex counties. Atlantic Strategic Minerals is devoting that money to restart a mine in Dinwiddie, and reopen concentrator and mineral separation plants in Sussex. Minerals in the operations include titanium-based ilmenite, zircon and monazite. Seventy-one new […]

Dark streaks in Venus’ atmosphere can be explained by iron minerals

New experiments may have solved one of Venus’ biggest mysteries. Astrochemists have found that iron-bearing minerals are potentially the mysterious ultraviolet-absorbing substance in the clouds that wrap around the ultra-hot second planet from the sun. When viewed in ultraviolet light, Venus‘ clouds exhibit dark streaks where something is absorbing those high-energy wavelengths. Over the decades, […]