A foray into false positive results in mineral dissolution and precipitation studies

• Pointing out the importance that accessory phases may have to the overall mineral dissolution.
• Illustrating that reported grain size fractions may not be representative of the dissolving sample.
• Promoting grain size distribution analysis as diagnostic tool to complement BET surface area measurements.
• Showcasing artefacts from reactor material corrosion.
• Discussing the representativeness and reliability of data from high P/T experiments related to mineral sequestration.

This study presents and discusses several case studies of false positive results in mineral/rock dissolution and precipitation studies and the lessons that can be learned from them.