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The need for mines

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!

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 …

Summary of Week 2

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 …

Summary of Week 1

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 …

Examples of ores containing critical metals

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 …

Geological structures

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, …

Background concentrations vs. mineralisation

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 …

Magmatic ore forming processes

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 …

Origins of metals

In this article you are going to learn about the origin of metals. To do that, we need to go back to the early beginning of our solar system. All …

Stratigraphic column

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 …

Meet our team of educators

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 …