Mineralogy is the study of minerals. Rocks in the earth's crust are composed of one or more minerals. A mineral in the geologic sense is a naturally occurring, inorganic, crystalline solid. A particular mineral has a specific chemical...

Mineralogy, as the name suggests, is the study of minerals. There are several definitions of "mineral," depending on how they are studied. Chemists would define minerals as particular chemical elements or compounds. Dietitians would define a mineral as...

Mineralogy is an Earth Science focused around the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals. Specific studies within mineralogy include the processes of mineral origin and formation, classification of...

America's oldest natural history institution has no intention of going the way of the dinosaur, but its nearly two centuries in existence have been almost as bumpy as the hide of a Carnotaurus.The Academy of Natural Sciences, battered by budget problems, is crafting a multimillion-dollar...