Baryte is used as a weighting agent for drilling fluids in oil and gas exploration to suppress high formation pressures and prevent blowouts.

Baryte is used as a weighting agent for drilling fluids in oil and gas exploration to suppress high formation pressures and prevent blowouts.

Bastnäsite's significance in modern technology has made it a strategic mineral, with global demand increasing as industries strive to adopt renewable energy and advanced electronic devices.

A uranium bearing ore, formed from the oxidation of other uranium ores. It is radioactive.

A uranium bearing ore, with a layer of calcite covering the crystals. It is radioactive.

A copper bearing mineral that tarnishes to iridescent shades of blue, purple, red, green and yellow.

A highly radioactive uranium ore.

Brochantite is a common corrosion product on bronze sculptures located in urban areas, where atmospheric sulfur dioxide (a common pollutant) is present.

Brucite is known to have a higher magnesium content than any other industrially-used magnesium-bearing mineral (up to 65%MgO), and this makes it a highly effective agent for wastewater treatment and flue-gas desulphurization.