Based on the fundamentals of nanogeoscience, mineral nanoparticles are the nanoscale versions of common macro-scale analogue minerals, whereas nanominerals are distinct phases existent only in nanoscale systems without equivalents at larger scale systems. Nanoclusters, polyphasic nanominerals, nanoporous phases, amorphous nanomaterials, amorphous-nanocrystalline transitional phases, surface-disordered nanoparticles, and mesocrystals, all related to the natural progressive transition between amorphous and crystalline materials; they are also critical. The nanogeoscience issues, particularly nano-mineralogy and nano-geochemistry, have emerged into the ore mineralogy and geochemistry field, revealing that large-scale ore systems may be controlled significantly by unknown parameters via the nano-scale ore-processes. According to our recent data, nanominerals and mineral nanoparticles occur in metal deposits (e.g., Al-ores, Fe-Ni-ores, sulfide & noble metals ores, REE ores) and metallurgical residues (e.g. red mud), partially contribute to the formation phases, having a technological and environmental significance. 

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