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Mineralogy is a
subject of
geology specializing in the
scientific study of the chemistry,
crystal structure, and
physical (including optical) properties...
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Early writing on
mineralogy,
especially on gemstones,
comes from
ancient Babylonia, the
ancient Greco-Roman world,
ancient and
medieval China, and Sanskrit...
- In
mineralogy,
tenacity is a mineral's
behavior when
deformed or broken. The
mineral breaks or
powders easily. Most ionic-bonded
minerals are brittle....
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Magnetic mineralogy is the
study of the
magnetic properties of minerals. The
contribution of a
mineral to the
total magnetism of a rock
depends strongly...
- The
Mineralogical Record is a
mineralogy magazine,
published in the
United States by The
Mineralogical Record Inc. with a
periodicity of six
issues a year...
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Lustre (British English) or
luster (American English; see
spelling differences) is the way
light interacts with the
surface of a crystal, rock, or mineral...
- 18–16. ISBN 0-00-219909-2.
Physical Characteristics of Minerals, at
Introduction to
Mineralogy by
Andrea Bangert What is Streak? from the
Mineral Gallery...
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Optical mineralogy is the
study of
minerals and
rocks by
measuring their optical properties. Most commonly, rock and
mineral samples are
prepared as thin...
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Normative mineralogy is a
calculation of the
composition of a rock
sample that
estimates the
idealised mineralogy of a rock
based on a
quantitative chemical...
- The
Professorship of
Mineralogy was a
professorship at the
University of Cambridge. It was
founded in 1808 and
discontinued when its
final holder retired...
