In the video on supply risks, Ervin told you about the risks of being dependent on other countries for our critical metal supplies and that it would be wise to …
Congratulations on finishing this course! If your interest continues and you want to know more about ore geology and the fossil free energy transition, or maybe see yourself working in …
In this video Iris summarises what you learned during Week 2. The most important topics of all activities are summed up and briefly explained one more time to refresh your …
In this video Iris summarises what you learned during Week 1. The most important topics of all activities are summed up and briefly explained one more time to refresh your …
Many items that we use daily are composed of metals that have been mined and refined at one point in the past. To extract a metal from its host-mineral, the …
Petalite Petalite is an extensively mined mineral in some locations (e.g., Bikita, Zimbabwe, Namibia) and is composed of lithium, aluminum, silica and oxygen (LiAl(Si4O10)) and is common in pegmatites (late-stage …
In the previous video, you learned about basic principles of rock deformation. In this article, we will discuss geological structures that results from rock deformation. They influence whole mountain ranges, …
Several estimations of the abundance of elements in Earth’s crust have been made. The abundances of elements in the crust vary because of the heterogeneity of geological processes and the …
The formation of magmatic ore deposits follows the principles of magmatic differentiation that you learned about in the video on rock types and the rock cycle. During the ascend of …
Earlier in this activity you learned about stratigraphy and Steno’s four laws of stratigraphy. Now you are going to learn how geologists document stratigraphic layers so they can be applied …
Have you ever picked up a beautiful rock, looked closely at it and wondered what it is? Maybe you took a picture of it with your mobile and posted the …
Meet the educators for this course: Joel Andersson I am an Ore Geologist from northern Sweden with a strong passion for geological structures and the link between mountain-building processes and …
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Ore Geology: In the Epicentre of the Fossil-Free Energy Transition