Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of natural mineral systems, mineral resources, mining, and mineral processing. Minerals is published monthly online by MDPI.

Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Paul Sylvester 
Endowed Pevehouse Chair, Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053, USA

News:
· Minerals Has Been Newly Covered in the “Geochemistry & Geophysics” Category. view details
· Dr. Antonio Simonetti Appointed Associate Editor of Minerals. view details
· Recruiting Editorial Board Members for Minerals. view details
· 10th Anniversary of Minerals: Frontiers of Mineral Science. view details Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy 
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hanumantha Rao Kota  

Mineral Deposits
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Theodore J. Bornhorst  

Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Anna H. Kaksonen  

Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Nigel J. Cook  

Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals 
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Huifang Xu  

Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications (new section)

Biomineralization and Biominerals (new section)

Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Andrey G. Kalinichev 

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