New mineral

[Chewy]

http://mininglink.com.au/story/the-...y-discovered-in-historic-kalgoorlie-super-pit

 

[Guest]

I wonder if and what useful properties this new mineral has? And its' relevance, if any, to the formation of gold??
Its' not April Fools day, is it? Kalgoorlamite?
Good spotting Chewy.

 

[Chewy]

Yeah I'm not sure, what it might be used for I guess they need to be able to get meaningful quantities of it to do anything, but I thought it was interesting. I wonder what else might be discovered, I'll bet they're looking hard now.

 

[RedDirtDigger]

Thanks Chewy, good to see someone is looking at new minerals.
Minerals are like insects....many have not been identified yet and unfortunately there seems to be a lot less research into new minerals lately.

I often browse the Mindat mineral database http://www.mindat.org/ There are many rare minerals in locations in Australia where we are likely to be prospecting and more then a few minerals are named after places in Australia where the mineral was first identified e.g Maldonite

The database does come in handy occasionally when researching mineral fossicking localities (mainly the references cited are useful)

cheers RDD

 

[Guest]

If I had a lazy million I reckon I would be investing in Lithium right now. From what I can tell Lithium-Magnesium batteries will be the immediate future for renewable energy storage.(AKA high drain batteries).Either that or Li-ion recycling. 8)

 

[AtomRat]

Very interesting Chewy! There's always something new still out there neve seen or discovered

 

[BigWave]

Tim,

Better save your "lazy million". Aluminium-ion batteries may be on their way:

"In April 2015 researchers at Stanford University claimed to have developed an Aluminum-ion battery with a recharge time of about one minute (for an unspecified battery capacity). They claimed that their battery has no possibility of catching fire, offering a video of a hole being drilled into the battery while it was generating electricity. They also claim that their battery is inexpensive. Their cell provides about 2 volts. Connecting 2 cells in a series circuit will provide 4 volts. The prototype lasted over 7,500 charge-discharge cycles with no loss of capacity".

See also:

http://machinedesign.com/news/goodbye-lithium-ion-batteries

 

[Guest]

Doesn't sound too promising BW. I see in the last paragraph they are saying disposable may be the option.. more bloody landfill, more corporate consumerist *******ry destroying the planet for a profit. It's got me stuffed why the Tesla vehicle batteries mentioned don't have a simple over-discharge cutout- but again then there would be very little turnover for the 5-figure replacements. Consumer corporate *******ry strikes again.
Despite the weight factor of even lead-acids, I will remind everyone that electric vehicles pre-date the internal combustion engine. If it were not for the promotion of consumerism we would not have global warming or all the trouble in the Middle-East which was solely stirred and inflamed by oil, turning tribal disputes into all-out conflict.

 

[SCROUNGER]

Doesn't sound too promising BW. I see in the last paragraph they are saying disposable may be the option.. more bloody landfill, more corporate consumerist *******ry destroying the planet for a profit. It's got me stuffed why the Tesla vehicle batteries mentioned don't have a simple over-discharge cutout- but again then there would be very little turnover for the 5-figure replacements. Consumer corporate *******ry strikes again.
Despite the weight factor of even lead-acids, I will remind everyone that electric vehicles pre-date the internal combustion engine. If it were not for the promotion of consumerism we would not have global warming or all the trouble in the Middle-East which was solely stirred and inflamed by oil, turning tribal disputes into all-out conflict.

That's the Tim i missed, welcome back mate