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Minerals crystallize according to one of seven motifs, known as crystal systems.
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Minerals are among the many resources likely to be controlled by natural resources...
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Azurite, also called chessylite, is a basic copper carbonate ordinarily found with...
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Schematic representation of the structure of pyrite (FeS2) as based on...
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Specimen showing bright fluorescent colour resulting from ultraviolet irradiation...
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Pyrite crystal shape depends on the amount of iron and sulfur in the sample. Iron-rich...
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Massive selenite (gypsum) crystals from the Cave of Crystals (Cueva de los Cristales),...
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Translation-free symmetry elements as expressed by the morphology of crystals showing...
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Each of these examples of well-shaped crystals belongs to a different crystal class...
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A sample of wulfenite, a mineral displaying good crystal form, from Mexico.
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A sample of rose quartz, a mineral displaying good crystal form, from Minas Gerais...
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A sample of amazonite, a greenish blue variety of microcline feldspar, with smoky...
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Single sheet displaying the arrangement of the silicon-oxygen tetrahedrons in the...
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Pyrite from Navajun, Spain.
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Ionic bonding in sodium chloride. An atom of sodium (Na) donates one of its electrons...
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In polar covalent bonds, such as that between hydrogen and oxygen atoms, the electrons...
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Photomicrograph of various pyroxene minerals in thin sections (illuminated with polarized...
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In ordinary light, the willemite grains and veins of this specimen are brownish gold...
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Figure 9: Structures of some native elements. (A) Close-packed model of...
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Arsenic (gray) with realgar (red) and orpiment (yellow)
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Figure 10: An oxygen layer in the spinel (MgAl2O4) structure....
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Figure 11: (A) The structure of halite, NaCl. (B) The structure of fluorite, CaF2.
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Figure 12: Various possible linkages of (A) BO3 triangles to form (B,C)...
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Figure 13: Two views of a closest-packed representation of the silicon-oxygen tetrahedron.
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Figure 14: Various structural linkage schemes in silicates.
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A brown reaction rim encircling a garnet xenocryst. A determining factor of the equilibrium...
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Figure 15: Melting relations among minerals in the system SiO2 (quartz)–KAlSiO4...
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Figure 8: Crystal structure models of mineral structures.
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Figure 8: Crystal structure models of mineral structures.
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Chemically resistant minerals weather from a vein deposit, move downhill by mass-wasting,...
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