Applied & Environmental Mineralogy (* eng. special.)

Industrial rocks and minerals of Greece. Clay minerals in cement industry. Minerals in color industry. Minerals in paper industry. Ore mineralogy and its importance on mineral beneficiation processes. Sedimentary mineralogy with emphasis on the mineralogy of marine sediments.
Introduction to Environmental Mineralogy. Minerals and natural ecosystems. Mineralogy of anthropogenic environment. Environmental toxicity of minerals. Acid-generating and acid-consuming minerals. Soil mineralogy in industrial, with emphasis placed on mining, areas. Geogenic-anthropogenic interaction fingerprint on soil mineralogy. Asbestos and asbestiform minerals. CO2 mineralization.