"This means that despite the physical, chemical, and biological factors that control most of our planet's mineral diversity, Earth's mineralogy is unique in the cosmos," Hazen said.

Petrology is the study of rocks - igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary - and the processes that form and transform them. Mineralogy is the study of the chemistry, crystal structure and physical ...

The Museum holds a vast collection of rocks, minerals, meteorites and ores. Explore 500,000 rocks, gems and minerals, including 5,000 meteorites. Find out how you can use the mineralogy collections as ...

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If you’ve stumbled across Introduction to Mineralogy—or its Japanese title, Ruri no Hōseki (a.k.a. Ruri Rocks or Ruri’s Jewels)—you might be wondering: is this anime about sparkling gems ...

Automated mineralogy is an emerging field and has a wide range of applications in research and applied material and geosciences. It is based on scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image analysis ...

Scientists have long wanted to retrieve rock samples from the Moon's South Pole-Aitken basin, and a new study could be helpful in locating an ideal landing site. A detailed study of a giant impact ...

However, he did say the latest application “must be seen against the backdrop of numerous requests for information of a similar nature which have been made by Mineralogy”. He questioned the rationale ...