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The scientific study of the origin, history, and physical features of the earth.

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haggertyite

Geology; Minerals

Haggertyite is a rare barium, iron, magnesium, titanate mineral: Ba(Fe 2+ 6 Ti 5 Mg)O 19 first described in 1996 from the Crater of Diamonds State Park near Murfreesboro in Pike ...

aluminium

Geology; Minerals

Aluminium (or aluminum) is a chemical element in the boron group with symbol Al and atomic number 13. It is a silvery white, soft, ductile metal. Aluminium is the third most ...

clinoclase

Geology; Minerals

Clinoclase is a hydrous copper arsenate mineral, Cu 3 AsO 4 (OH) 3 . Clinoclase is a rare secondary copper mineral and forms acicular crystals in the fractured weathered zone ...

abernathyite

Geology; Minerals

Abernathyite is a mineral with formula K(UO 2 )(AsO 4 )·3H 2 O. The mineral is named after Jesse Evrett Abernathy (1913-1963) who first noted it in 1953 in the U.S. State of Utah. ...

cyanotrichite

Geology; Minerals

Cyanotrichite is a copper aluminium sulfate mineral with formula Cu 4 Al 2 ((OH) 12

bismite

Geology; Minerals

Bismite is a bismuth oxide mineral, bismuth trioxide or Bi 2 O 3 . It is a monoclinic mineral, but the typical form of occurrence is massive and clay-like with no macroscopic ...

arthurite

Geology; Minerals

Arthurite is a mixture of divalent copper and iron ions in combination with trivalent arsenate, phosphate and sulfate ions with hydrogen and oxygen. Initially discovered by Sir ...