Meet the editor

Ali Al-Juboury is a professor in the Geology Department, University of Mosul, Iraq. He obtained his BSc in Geology and MSc in Sedimentology in 1980 and 1983, respectively, and his PhD from Comenius University, Slovakia, in 1992. He has published ninety-four papers in local and peer-reviewed journals in the fields of mineralogy, petroleum geology, sedimentology, and geochemistry. He is a member of numerous international societies and serves

on the editorial board of the *Iraqi Geological Journal* and *International Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Journal of Oil and Gas Basins*, *Azerbaijan*, and *International Journal of Geophysics and Geochemistry* (American Association of Science and Technology). He has received several awards, such as the Distinguished Scholars Award from the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, Kuwait, in 2009, and the Science and Technology (Geology) Award from the Islamic States in 2014.

Contents

Hematite Spherules on Mars

*by Miloš René*

and Dielectric Properties

*by Nurit Taitel-Goldman*

for Biomedical Application *by Violeta N. Nikolić*

*and Shidaling Matteppanavar*

and Their Petrological Significance

Batholith (Central European Variscan Belt)

*by Zeynel Başibüyük and Gökhan Ekincioğlu*

*by Anupam K. Misra and Tayro E. Acosta-Maeda*

Mineral Chemistry of Chalki Basalts in Northern Iraq

*by Mohsin M. Ghazal, Ali I. Al-Juboury and Sabhan M. Jalal*

Investigation of the Usability of Pseudoleucites in Central Anatolia Alkali Syenites as Industrial Raw Materials

Mineralogical-Petrographical Investigation and Usability as the Gemstone of the North Anatolian Kammererite, Tokat, Turkey *by İlkay Kaydu Akbudak, Zeynel Başibüyük and Gökhan Ekincioğlu*

Enhanced Humidity Sensing Response in Eu3+-Doped Iron-Rich CuFe2O4: A Detailed Study of Structural, Microstructural, Sensing,

*by I.C. Sathisha, K. Manjunatha, V. Jagadeesha Angadi, B. Chethan,* 

Preparation and Characterization of Fe2O3-SiO2 Nanocomposite

*Y.T. Ravikiran, Vinayaka K. Pattar, S.O. Manjunatha* 

Iron Oxides Synthesized in Hypersaline Solutions

Titanite from Titanite-Spots Granodiorites of the Moldanubian

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 21**

**Chapter 3 41**

**Chapter 4 53**

**Chapter 5 65**

**Chapter 6 75**

**Chapter 7 91**

**Chapter 8 103**
