New mineral ehrigite named after BHP geologist
The International Mineralogical Association (IMA) has officially recognised a new mineral – ehrigite – named after BHP superintendent for geometallurgy, Dr Kathy Ehrig, honouring her decades-long contributions to geology and geometallurgy. Discovered by Associate Professor Cristiana Ciobanu and Professor Nigel Cook from the University of Adelaide, ehrigite (pronounced air-rig-ite) is a microscopic bismuth telluride mineral with a unique crystal structure, revealed using atomic-resolution transmission microscopy. The identification process, which took more than a decad, was unanimously approved by the IMA commission on New minerals and mineral nomenclature.
The International Mineralogical Association (IMA) has officially recognised a new mineral – ehrigite – named after BHP superintendent for geometallurgy, Dr Kathy Ehrig, honouring her decades-long contributions to geology and geometallurgy.
Discovered by Associate Professor Cristiana Ciobanu and Professor Nigel Cook from the University of Adelaide, ehrigite (pronounced air-rig-ite) is a microscopic bismuth telluride mineral with a unique crystal structure, revealed using atomic-resolution transmission microscopy. The identification process, which took more than a decad, was unanimously approved by the IMA commission on New minerals and mineral nomenclature.
