COLLOQUIUM ON GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND HUMAN WELFARE -- NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES -- Geology, Mineralogy, and Human Welfare -- Contents -- Geology, mineralogy, and human welfare -- Characterization of complex mineral assemblages: Implications for contaminant transport and environmental remediation -- Reactive Mineral Phases in Soils: An Historical View -- Mixed Mineral Assemblages in Natural Systems -- Mineralogy and Surface Chemistry of Complex Mineral Assemblages Isolated From Soils and Aquifer Materials -- Surface Chemistry of Mixed Mineral Assemblages and the Implication for Solute Transport -- Surface Chemistry of Mixed Mineral Assemblages and the Implication for Contaminant Transport and and Subsurface Remediation -- Conclusions -- Surface geochemistry of the clay minerals -- Contaminant bioavailability in soils, sediments, and aquatic environments -- Solubility and the Solubility Product -- Pb-Phosphates -- Apatite Chemistry -- Reaction of Dissolved Pb with Apatites -- Reaction of Apatites with Sorbed and Solid-Phase Pb -- Reactions of Apatites with Pb-Contaminated Soils -- Effects of Apatites on the Bioavailability of Pb in Contaminated Soils -- Conclusions -- Airborne minerals and related aerosol particles: Effects on climate and the environment -- Aerosols, Climate, and the Environment -- Mineralogical Techniques Applied to Single Aerosol Particles -- Open Problems, Issues, and Results -- Oceanic minerals: Their origin, nature of their environment, and significance -- Sediment Types, Sources, and Distribution in the Ocean -- Examples of Recent Advances in Studies of Oceanic Minerals and Implications for Chemical Paleoceanography and Global Change -- Mineral surfaces and bioavailability of heavy metals: A molecular-scale perspective -- EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS.

Long-range transport of mineral dust in the global atmosphere: Impact of African dust on the environment of the southeastern… -- The Global Scale Distribution of Mineral Dust -- Dust Sources and Regional Characteristics -- Processes in Dust Source Areas -- African Dust Transport to Miami: An Example of Possible Air Quality Issues -- Conclusions -- Biological impact on mineral dissolution: Application of the lichen model to understanding mineral weathering in the… -- Mineral Weathering, Microbes, and Geochemical Cycles -- Application of Insights from the Lichen-Mineral Interface to Soils -- A risk assessment for exposure to grunerite asbestos (amosite) in an iron ore mine -- Potential effects of gas hydrate on human welfare -- CONCLUSIONS -- Health impacts of domestic coal use in China -- Health Problems Caused by Trace Element Emissions -- Conclusions -- Nuclear waste forms for actinides -- Why Are Actinides Important? -- Durable Waste Forms for Plutonium -- Zircon as an Actinide Waste Form -- SUMMARY -- Illite and hydrocarbon exploration -- Illite in Sedimentary Rocks -- Illite Age Analysis -- Applications -- Conclusions -- Manganese oxide minerals: Crystal structures and economic and environmental significance -- Ocean Mn Nodules -- Mn Oxide Minerals and the Environment -- Mn Oxide Minerals -- Mn Oxide Minerals with Tunnel Structures -- Mn Oxide Minerals with Layer Structures -- Other Mn Oxide Minerals -- Summary -- Negative pH, efflorescent mineralogy, and consequences for environmental restoration at the Iron Mountain Superfund site,… -- Mining and Water Quality -- Iron Mountain -- Acid Effluent from the Richmond Mine -- Soluble Salts and Consequences of the Mine-Plugging Scenario -- Regulatory Investigations and Remediation -- Conclusion -- La roca magica: Uses of natural zeolites in agriculture and industry -- PROPERTIES -- APPLICATIONS.

Construction -- Water and Wastewater Treatment -- Adsorption and Catalysis -- Nuclear Waste and Fallout -- Agriculture -- Other Applications -- ROLE OF MINERAL SCIENTISTS -- Synthetic zeolites and other microporous oxide molecular sieves -- Petroleum Refining Processes for the Production of Fuels -- Petrochemicals Processing for Aromatics Production and Derivatives -- Petrochemicals Processing for Olefins Production -- Petrochemicals Processing for Detergents Production -- Separation and Purification Process Applications -- Manufacturing Industries and Consumer Products Applications -- Environmental Protection Applications -- Conclusions -- Biochemical evolution III: Polymerization on organophilic silica-rich surfaces, crystal-chemical modmodeling, formation of….