New work shows that the simple mineral sphalerite has geochemical powers suitable for helping life to arise from precursors in the mineral kingdom. Sphalerite, zinc sulfide, is commonly found wherever ...
Nanocrystalline ZnS was synthesized in anhydrous methanol without a surfactant. The average particle diameter determined from the edge position of the UV–vis. absorption threshold is 2.8 ± 0.2 nm, and ...
THE mineral sphalerite is well known as a ready solvent, at elevated temperatures, for a number of other sulphides. On cooling, such a homogeneous solid solution unmixes, producing exsolution bodies ...