More than 4,000 naturally occurring minerals—inorganic solids that have a characteristic chemical composition and specific crystal structure ... by separating out of mineral-rich water ...

When this highly ordered structure extends in all three dimensions, the mineral becomes a crystal. With a theory developed by physicists in the 1920s called crystal field theory, scientists can ...

The researchers used the crystal structure of cubic zirconium silicate ... Besides having significantly less biological interaction, mineral-based therapies might offer the chance for more durable ...

Mineralogy is the study of the chemistry, crystal structure and physical properties of the mineral constituents of rocks. Both petrological and mineralogical processes are sensitive to environmental ...

The essential components were a fragile fine wire (the 'cat's whisker') acting as an aerial connected to a small piece of mineral crystal such as galena, which received and converted the signal to ...

A team from Jilin University and Sun Yat-sen University say their lab-grown version is at least 40 per cent harder and far ...