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the science that proves rocks have more drama than most reality shows
means The scientific study of minerals — their chemistry, crystal structure, physical properties, and how they form, occur, and get classified.
from A roughly 17th-century coinage stitched from Latin 'minerale' (something mined, ultimately from 'minera,' an ore or mine — itself possibly of Celtic origin) plus the Greek '-logia,' the all-purpose 'study of' suffix that crowns so many sciences. So at root it simply means 'the study of things dug from the earth.'
- naming rights
- New minerals get named after their discoverers
- fierce debate
- Whether ice counts as a mineral sparks arguments
- streak test
- Crushed mineral color often differs from solid
- over 5000
- Known mineral species, with dozens added yearly
- fluorescent secret
- Some minerals glow wildly under ultraviolet light
mohs hardness scale — friedrich mohs ranked 10 minerals by hardness in 1812, still the standard for mineral classification
hidden valley meteorite field — antarctica yields thousands of meteorite minerals annually, with 20,000+ specimens collected since 1969