Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X) is an international open access journal that covers the broad fields of mineralogy, mineral geochemistry and geochronology, economic mineral resources, mineral exploration, innovative mining techniques, and advances in mineral processing.

Impact Factor: 2.644 (2020) ; 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.737 (2020)

Subject Areas

Mineralogy and mineral deposits;
Metallic minerals;
Mineral geochemistry and geochronology;
Advances in mineral analytical techniques;
New minerals and mineral data;
Crystallography and physical chemistry of minerals and nanominerals;
Gems and gem deposits;
Environmental mineralogy and biogeochemistry;
Biomineralogy;
Industrial minerals;
Clays and engineered mineral materials;
Mineral exploration methods and mining geology;
Mining technology and mineral engineering;
Mineral processing and extractive metallurgy.

Special Issue

Frontier of the K–Ar (⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar) Geochronology

Recent Contributions of Female Scientists to the Advancement of Mineral Science

Electromagnetic Exploration: Theory, Methods and Applications

Minerals of Alkaline Igneous Rocks: Chemical and Isotopic Features as Tracers of Magmatic Processes

Mineralogy of the Supergene Zone

Near-Field Processes and Evolution toward to Assessment of Radionuclide Migration in Geological Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste

Feature Paper

In Situ Formation of Monohydrocalcite in Alkaline Saline Lakes of the Valley of Gobi Lakes: Prediction for Mg, Ca, and Total Dissolved Carbonate Concentrations in Enceladus’ Ocean and Alkaline-Carbonate Ocean Worlds

UAV, GIS, and Petrographic Analysis for Beachrock Mapping and Preliminary Analysis in the Compressional Geotectonic Setting of Epirus, Western Greece

Crystal Chemistry of Six Grossular Garnet Samples from Different Well-Known Localities

Confusion between Carbonate Apatite and Biological Apatite (Carbonated Hydroxyapatite) in Bone and Teeth

A Crystal Mush Perspective Explains Magma Variability at La Fossa Volcano (Vulcano, Italy)

Petrochronology of Monazite-Bearing Garnet Micaschists as a Tool to Decipher the Metamorphic Evolution of the Alpine Basement


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