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Join UTD Undergraduate Amanda Maceda in discussing the natural process of carbonate mineralization, and how scientists are taking inspiration from it to combat our current anthropogenic crisis.
Credit: Amanda Maceda
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References:
Kelemen, P.B.; McQueen, N.; Wilcox, J.; Renforth, P.; Dipple, G.; Vankeuren, A. P. (2020). Engineered carbon mineralization in ultramafic rocks for CO2 removal from air: Review and new insights. Chemical Geology, 550, 119628–.
O’Connor, W.K.; Dahlin D. C.; Rush, G. E.; Dahlin C. L.; Collins, W. K. (2002). Carbon dioxide sequestration by direct mineral carbonation: process mineralogy of feed and products. Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 19(2), 95–101.
Oelkers, Gislason, S. R., & Matter, J. (2008). Mineral carbonation of CO2. Elements (Quebec), 4(5), 333–337.
Matter, J.M.; Stute, M.;Snæbjörnsdottir, S. Ó.;Oelkers, E. H.; Gislason, S. R.; Aradottir, E. S.; Sigfusson, B.; Gunnarsson, I.; Sigurdardottir, H.; Gunnlaugsson, E.; Axelsson, G.; Alfredsson, H. A.; Wolff-Boenisch, D.; Mesfin, K.; Taya, D. F. D. L. R.;Hall, J.; Dideriksen, K.; Broecker, W. S. (2016). Rapid carbon mineralization for permanent disposal of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions. Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 352(6291), 1312–1314.
Gadikota, G. (2021). Carbon mineralization pathways for carbon capture, storage and utilization. Communications Chemistry, 4(1), 1–5.
Media Sources:
Molecular models (CIF files) - Abramson, Bollengier, O., Brown, J. M., Journaux, B., Kaminsky, W., & Pakhomova, A. (2018). Carbonic acid monohydrate. The American Mineralogist, 103(9), 1468–1472. https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2018-6554
All other CIF files were acquired via the American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database - http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/AMS/amcsd.php
Siderite - By Didier Descouens - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7419353
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Calcite - https://flexiblelearning.auckland.ac.nz/rocks_minerals/minerals/calcite.html ; Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10030057
Magnesite - https://www.minerals.net/mineral/magnesite.aspx
Caliche - Loadmaster (David R. Tribble) , CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8545249 ; By Toddclark, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6443053; https://geologicalspecimensupply.com/products/caliche-tan-hardpan-caliche-from-the-mojave-desert-hand-display-specimen
Fly Ash Bricks - By Praveenvatsa - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52399820
Plagioclase - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38771
Olivine - geology.com
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Precipitated carbonates in a core drilled at the Carbfix injection site - Carbfix
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