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 ...

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 ...

Quasicrystals have structural properties intermediate between crystalline and amorphous materials. They can be synthesized in the lab but, as Luca Bindi explains, they may also be present in ...

The anime adaptation of Ruri no Hoseki (Ruri’s Jewels), also known as Introduction to Mineralogy, has just dug up its first ...

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, quirky high ...

An updated database of optical data is available online for the four wavelengths (470nm, 546nm, 589nm, and 650nm) recommended by the Commission on Ore Mineralogy of the International Mineralogical ...

Right: OH-defects in young (0.3 Gyr) Variscan granites are one order of magnitude higher than in old (0.9-1.8 Gyr) Proterozoic granites from Scandinavia . The OH-content is reflected in recent ...

The Musée de Minéralogie des Mines Paris - PSL is home to a fascinating yet little-known heritage: the rocks and minerals ...

Numerous scientific studies have already shown that small amounts of volatiles such as H2O can have a significant influence on the formation and growth of reaction rims. In this project, we ...