Tag: identify minerals
Silica: what is it?
Silicates are an important family of minerals which represent nearly 95% of the constituents of Earth’s crust. This family includes about 600 species different minerals, whose atomic architecture is characterized…
Quiz: do you recognize these minerals?
Rare and precious or very common, there are now nearly 5,000 known minerals and we are discovering new ones every year! Can you recognize these 10 minerals? You will also…