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Groundwater

Posted on March 17, 2020 by barbarawohlfarth

Clean and healthy water is probably one of the most important things for our survival. We are really fortunate here in Sweden that we can drink tap water, that we can cook with clean water, water our plants with clean … Continue reading →

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Leakage

Posted on September 2, 2019 by barbarawohlfarth

In one of my blogs I described a few of the historical (and not so historical) sites, where Alum Shale was mined for various purposes (alum, oil and gas extraction, uranium and/or vanadium). I also mentioned that huge piles (and … Continue reading →

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A shale is a shale and a sandstone is a sandstone

Posted on April 27, 2019 by barbarawohlfarth

In my last blog I showed how different the geochemical composition of a shale is as compared to a sandstone. In my example I compared a typical sandstone from southern Sweden with a typical shale and limestone from southern Sweden. … Continue reading →

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Different name, same content

Posted on April 25, 2019 by barbarawohlfarth

In its latest update (23rd of April 2019), Scandivanadium, the company which is exploring Österlen’s Alum Shale for mining of Vanadium, no longer calls the Dictyonema shale (where most of the Vanadium is located) a shale (or an Alum Shale), … Continue reading →

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