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Natrolite

Haineaultite-Analcime-Natrolite Bombay Quarry, Mumbai District (Bombay District), Maharashtra, India Natrolite is a tectosilicate mineral belong to zeolite group members.Its formula Na2Al2Si3O10 • 2H2O. A hydrated sodium aluminosilicate, natrolite takes its […]

Hornblende

Ferrohornblende Ferrohornblende Magnesio-hornblende Magnesio-hornblende Hornblende is a inosilicate amphibole minerals, which are two type hornblende minerals. They are ferrohornblende and magnesiohornblende. They are an isomorphous mixture of three molecules; a […]

Perlite

Perlite is a naturally occurring volcanic glass that has been used in various industrial and horticultural applications. It is a unique mineral formed when obsidian, a type of volcanic rock, […]

Aragonite

Aragonite crystals. Aragonite is a variant of calcium carbonate, along with the mineral calcite. This sample, found in Morocco, is 4 centimetres long. crystals of Aragonite mineral stone isolated on […]

Cacoxenite

Cacoxenite is a mineral that is primarily composed of iron, aluminum, phosphate, and hydroxide ions. It is a relatively rare mineral and is often found as an accessory mineral in […]

Ilmenite

Ilmenite an outstanding tabular group of large parallel-growth crystals Ilmenite-magnetite by James St. John (Flickr.com) Ilmenite, otherwise called manaccanite, is a titanium-iron oxide mineral with formula: FeTiO3. It is a […]

Goethite

Goethite is a common iron oxide mineral that has a chemical formula of FeO(OH). It is often referred to as “limonite” although that term is used more broadly to describe […]

Borax

Borax, also known as sodium borate or sodium tetraborate, is a naturally occurring mineral that has been used for various purposes throughout history. It is composed of boron, sodium, oxygen, […]

Magnetite

Magnetite is rock mineral and one of the most important iron ore minerals with chemical formula is iron(II,III) oxide, Fe2+Fe3+2O4 .It also as the name magnetic minerals to attracted to […]

Anatase

Anatase is one of the three primary mineral forms of titanium dioxide (TiO2), the other two being rutile and brookite. It is a tetragonal mineral and a polymorph of TiO2, […]