Mineralogy

Mineralogy – the link between natural resources and technical use Source: BGR

The science of mineralogy overlaps the fields of geology, physics and chemistry. It represents a material-related discipline in the frame of geosciences.

Mineralogists at the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources are primarily working on developing new methods, but also on the application of mineralogical processes relating to geo-scientific issues being handled by the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources. The main focus of their work is in the field of microanalysis and x-ray phase analysis.

Scientists at the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources process and interpret geo-data in order to advise departments in the Federal Government.