
All new protocols applying for external funding must follow the proposal approval process via the eRA Pre-awards module. If there was no specific funding call and the process was initiated by contract negotiation with the funder/sponsor or if a proposal approval form was submitted at the time of application, ...

The largest garnet mine in the world is located Near North Creek New York and is operated by Barton Mines Corporation who supplies about 90% of the world's garnet. Barton Mines Corporation is the first and oldest industrial garnet mining operation in the world and the second oldest continuous mining operation in the United States under the same ...

A carved almandine garnet depicting Eros carrying off the weapons and clothing of Hercules. 1st century BCE, Italy, 1.3 x 0.6 x 1.6 cm. Gift of John Taylor Johnston, 1881. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.Public Domain. Like all garnets, iron-dominant (Fe) almandine virtually always occurs in series with other garnet species. Most frequently, with magnesium-dominant (Mg) …

Tourmaline (/ ˈ t ʊər m ə l ɪ n,-ˌ l i n / TOOR-mə-lin, -leen) is a crystalline silicate mineral group in which boron is compounded with elements such as aluminium, iron, magnesium, sodium, lithium, or potassium.Tourmaline is a gemstone and can be found in a wide variety of colors.. The term is derived from the Sinhalese "tōramalli", which refers to the carnelian gemstones.