The Corundum Mine Trail in the Split Rock Lighthouse State Park along the North Shore is a very easy trail to hike, though the last stretch becomes a little difficult as it goes uphill.

The colors of rubies and emeralds are so striking that they define shades of red and green – ruby red and emerald green. But ...

THE three works cited below give much new and valuable information concerning the mode of occurrence, the processes of mining, and the uses of corundum. As the mineral is of growing economic value ...

We're back in the museum for this week's episode of Mineral Monday to learn about the mineral corundum. While you may not know the mineral itself, you definitely know two of its crystal structures.

Thomas L. Watson, George Steiger, Titanium-bearing corundum spinellite (rock emery): a preliminary statement of its occurrence and composition in Virginia, Journal of the Washington Academy of ...

Sapphires are among the most precious gems, yet they consist solely of chemically 'contaminated' aluminum oxide, or corundum. It is widely assumed that these crystals with their characteristically ...

Automotive catalysts, among others, and materials for dental implants could become more robust and easier to manufacture than ever before. This is because chemists at the Max-Planck-Institut für ...