Ames Research Center (ARC), commonly known as NASA Ames, is a major NASA research center at Moffett Federal Airfield in California's Silicon Valley.
It consists mostly of the minerals gibbsite Al(OH) 3, boehmite Î³-AlO(OH) and diaspore Î±-AlO(OH), mixed with the two iron oxides goethite and haematite, the clay mineral kaolinite and small amounts of anatase TiO 2.n 2009, Australia was the top producer of bauxite with almost one-third of the world's production, followed by China, Brazil, India, and Guinea. Although aluminium demand is rapidly increasing, known reserves of its bauxite ore are sufficient to meet the worldwide demands for aluminium for many centuries.
Its chemical formula is KAlSi3O8, potassium aluminum silicate. Tanzanite is a variety of Zoisite. It is valued as a gem stone and has the chemical formula Ca2Al3Si3O12(OH). The Mica Group is the name given to a group of silicate minerals that have silicon and oxygen as their two major components. Muscovite is a member of the mica mineral group. It is more important as a rock-forming mineral than as a collectible specimen.