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The article discusses the benefits of sunscreens with iron oxide, a recent development in sunscreen technology. Iron oxide is an excellent pigment that absorbs and blocks visible light, making it particularly important for individuals with Fitzpatrick skin types III-VI and skin of color. When blended with mineral sunscreens, iron oxide can reduce transmission of visible light by 90% and protect against hyperpigmentation. The article also emphasizes the importance of photoprotection and recommends starting patient visits with a discussion on sun protection. [Extracted from the article]

CORRECTION APPENDED SUTTER CREEK, Calif. -- Standing in a cramped, slanted and slippery crevice some 500 feet below the earth's surface, David Cochrane turned his eyes to a ribbon of marbled quartz -- mainly gray, amber and white -- and found the one hue he was actually looking for. ''Right there, see? It's small but it's very colorful,'' Mr. Cochrane said, pointing at a shiny speck no bigger than a seed. ''It's got that nice yellow color.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pink Himalayan salt mined in Pakistan has caught the fancy of chefs, who have been using grains of it for seasoning, hunks of it for decorative accents and slabs of it for serving. Many food shops sell it in fine and coarse crystals. Now, quartz-like slabs of it that can be used for cooking at home are being sold. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article offers information on a gold mining company Asanko Gold Inc. that has announced the success of its metallurgical test work program conducted on the deposit of a mining site called Dynamite Hill in Ghana. It also mentions the metallurgical test work program was conducted by metallurgical testing company Metallurgy Pty. Ltd. to assess the gravity and cyanide leach amenability of the oxide and fresh material from the Dynamite Hill deposit.

The article reports on the signing of a binding letter agreement by Rio Alto Mining Limited and Sulliden Gold Corporation Ltd. that merges Rio Alto's La Arena gold oxide mine in La Libertad, Peru and its sulphide copper-gold deposit with Sulliden's Shahuindo gold development project in Cajabamba, northern Peru. Topics discussed include details of the agreement, its benefits to shareholders and the parties' advisors. Also provided is the company profile of Rio Alto and Sulliden.

The article presents highlights from the gold mining firm Banro Corp. regarding a Mineral Reserve estimate for its Namoya gold mine and Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve estimate for its Twangiza gold mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as of March 2014. Topics discussed include oxide materials present in the Indicated Mineral Resource, exploration activities of the firm at Namoya, Lugushwa and Kamituga projects and decrease in Measured and Indicated Mineral Resources.