Clay minerals are an integral part of the global water and nutrient cycles. They indicate past environmental conditions and play an important role in catastrophic events. Clay minerals exist when ...

The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting environments for long stretches in the ancient past, a new study suggests.

Titled “Selective extraction of lithium from clay minerals,” the patent states that extracting lithium from ore using sodium chloride is an environmentally friendlier way to obtain the metal ...

The review highlights that clay minerals, such as montmorillonite, illite, and kaolinite, can significantly impact imbibition through mechanisms like hydration swelling and osmotic pressure.

Discoveries of clay minerals in Martian mounds by researchers indicate that Mars once had large bodies of water billions of years ago. This finding, exhibiting a radically different climate during ...