One, the Moon Mineralogy Mapper, or M3, will assess mineral composition of the moon from orbit.
The chemical and mineral composition of our blood and body fluids are similar to sea water.
The silica content also reflects the mineral composition of the rocks.
The Indian project aims to study the surface and mineral composition of Mars, and scan its atmosphere for methane, a chemical strongly tied to life on Earth.
These will be able to work out the mineral composition of samples drilled out by a rock-corer.
Subglacial microbes may, for instance, be changing the mineral composition of the water, freeing iron that then flows into the ocean around Antarctica.
The main objectives of the $300 million mission are not only to search for near-surface deposits of water, but also to map the mineral composition of the surface and examine radiation hazards that human explorers would face at Mars.
The mineral composition of the fragments, each less than one-fiftieth of an inch wide, correspond to that of certain meteorites and is like nothing found naturally on Earth, they reported.
As new plant species take hold, they modify the habitat by altering such things as the amount of shade on the ground or the mineral composition of the soil.
Clastic petrology is concerned with classification, particularly with respect to the mineral composition of fragments or particles, as well as the shapes of particles (angular versus rounded), and the degree of homogeneity of particle sizes.
Table 1 Main mineral composition of the cement.
