Mineral elements provide the color in fireworks. Barium produces bright greens; strontium yields deep reds; copper produces blues; and sodium yields yellow. Other colors can be made by mixing elements: strontium and sodium produce brilliant orange; titanium, zirconium, and magnesium alloys make silvery white; copper and strontium make lavender.
Maria R Montour
Maria Montour is a Geologist and Center Outreach Coordinator with the Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center.
Science and Products
U.S. Geological Survey activities related to American Indians and Alaska Natives: Fiscal years 2009 and 2010
Leachate chemistry data for solid mine waste composite samples from Silverton and Leadville, Colorado
EPA method 1312 (synthetic precipitation leaching procedure); leachate chemistry data for solid mine waste composite samples from Silverton and Leadville, Colorado
Compositions and metal loadings from several seeps at the Summitville Mine: Preliminary results of sampling in August, 1995, and comparison to August, 1994 results
Geochemical processes controlling acid-drainage generation and cyanide degradation at Summitville
The effect of acidic, metal-enriched drainage from the Wightman Fork and Alamosa River on the composition of selected wetlands in San Luis Valley, Colorado
Data Management and Spatial Studies - GGGSC
Mineral elements provide the color in fireworks. Barium produces bright greens; strontium yields deep reds; copper produces blues; and sodium yields yellow. Other colors can be made by mixing elements: strontium and sodium produce brilliant orange; titanium, zirconium, and magnesium alloys make silvery white; copper and strontium make lavender.
Mississippi Alluvial Plain (MAP) Regional Water Availability Study
Science and Products
U.S. Geological Survey activities related to American Indians and Alaska Natives: Fiscal years 2009 and 2010
Leachate chemistry data for solid mine waste composite samples from Silverton and Leadville, Colorado
EPA method 1312 (synthetic precipitation leaching procedure); leachate chemistry data for solid mine waste composite samples from Silverton and Leadville, Colorado
Compositions and metal loadings from several seeps at the Summitville Mine: Preliminary results of sampling in August, 1995, and comparison to August, 1994 results
Geochemical processes controlling acid-drainage generation and cyanide degradation at Summitville
The effect of acidic, metal-enriched drainage from the Wightman Fork and Alamosa River on the composition of selected wetlands in San Luis Valley, Colorado
Data Management and Spatial Studies - GGGSC
Mineral elements provide the color in fireworks. Barium produces bright greens; strontium yields deep reds; copper produces blues; and sodium yields yellow. Other colors can be made by mixing elements: strontium and sodium produce brilliant orange; titanium, zirconium, and magnesium alloys make silvery white; copper and strontium make lavender.
Mineral elements provide the color in fireworks. Barium produces bright greens; strontium yields deep reds; copper produces blues; and sodium yields yellow. Other colors can be made by mixing elements: strontium and sodium produce brilliant orange; titanium, zirconium, and magnesium alloys make silvery white; copper and strontium make lavender.