Mineral Resource of the Month: Graphite
Earth
By: Donald W. Olson
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Abstract
Graphite, a grayish black opaque mineral with a metallic luster, is one of four forms of pure crystalline carbon (the others are carbon nanotubes, diamonds and fullerenes). It is one of the softest minerals and it exhibits perfect basal (one-plane) cleavage. Graphite is the most electrically and thermally conductive of the nonmetals, and it is chemically inert.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Mineral Resource of the Month: Graphite |
| Series title | Earth |
| Volume | 2008 |
| Issue | October |
| Year Published | 2008 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Geosciences Institute |
| Publisher location | Alexandria, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | National Minerals Information Center |
| Description | 1 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Earth |
| First page | 29 |
| Last page | 29 |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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