The mineral and gemstone kingdom: home
An interactive reference guide to rocks, minerals, and gemstones.

Mineral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rocks from which minerals are mined for economic purposes are referred to as ores (the rocks and minerals that remain, after the desired mineral has been separated from the ore, are ...

Minerals by Name
Choose a letter of the alphabet from the above list, and the minerals will be listed that begin with that letter. The mineral name itself is a link to the description of that ...

Dietary mineral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dietary minerals are the chemical elements required by living organisms, other than the four elements carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen present in common organic molecules.

Mineralogy Database
3D Crystal models of minerals use JAVA applets from KrystalShaper that can be viewed in a browser window. The rotating form on your left is an actual java applet and not an animated ...

Minerals
Minerals. A mineral can be defined as a naturally occurring inorganic solid that possesses an orderly internal structure and a definite chemical composition.

The mineral and gemstone kingdom: minerals a-z
An interactive, educational guide to rocks, minerals, and gemstones.

Amethyst Galleries - Minerals by Name
QUARTZ is undoubtedly the single most common mineral in the Earth's crust, ranging from perhaps 12% of continental crust to as much as 50% of oceanic crust, as indicated by ...

Minerals
What are Minerals? Solid Earth materials are made up of minerals and locally, their corresponding liquids. A mineral can be defined as: "a naturally occurring, inorganic ...

minerals: Information from Answers.com
minerals Natural inorganic substances that are basic components of the Earth's crust. They also occur in the human body where they are essential for