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Offers an original educational view of the chemical elements
Includes photographies for each chemical element, mineral and its applications
Provides necessary information to understand life and properties of the chemical elements
Part of the book series: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment (STEGE)
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Table of contents (102 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Elements
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book represents the culmination of a comprehensive project jointly pursued by the Valentí Masachs Geology Museum and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) (Polytechnic University of Catalonia) over the past several years. Published in response to multiple requests from university professors and other educators, it will promote a new society in which human beings use the Earth’s natural resources responsibly and with respect for the environment.
Keep in mind that we aren’t the only inhabitants of the Earth, a wonderful but depletable planet!
Keywords
- Mining
- Mineral resources
- Recycling
- Chemical Elements
- Rare Earth elements
- Industrial minerals
- Ore deposits
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Mining, lndustrial and ICT, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Manresa, Spain
Joaquim Sanz, Oriol Tomasa, Nor Sidki-Rius
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Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
Abigail Jimenez-Franco
About the authors
Joaquim Sanz
Degree in Mining Engineering (Polytechnic University of Catalonia) (UPC), Gemmologist and Diamond Specialist (University of Barcelona) (UB) & (Gemmological Association of Great Britain).
Professor of Mineralogy (Polytechnic University of Catalonia) (UPC) and Director of the Valentí Masachs Geological Museum (UPC), now retired
Oriol Tomasa Guix
Mining Engineering and Master's degree in Natural Resources Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), lecturer in part-time of Mineralogy (Polytechnic University of Catalonia) (UPC), and he is doing his PhD in Natural Resources and Environmental Engineering.
Abigail Jiménez Franco
Geologist (National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), PhD by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and Gemmologist (University of Barcelona) (UB),
Co-editor of the Springer's Geology series
Nor Sidki Rius
Master degree in Mining Engineering (Polytechnic University of Catalonia) (UPC).
Currently, she is working on her PhD thesis titled “Some approaches to improve the geomechanical behaviour in underground Potash mines”.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Elements and Mineral Resources
Authors: Joaquim Sanz, Oriol Tomasa, Abigail Jimenez-Franco, Nor Sidki-Rius
Series Title: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85889-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-85888-9Published: 12 April 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-85891-9Published: 13 April 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-85889-6Published: 11 April 2022
Series ISSN: 2510-1307
Series E-ISSN: 2510-1315
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 405
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 454 illustrations in colour
Topics: Mineral Resources, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Geology