By Peter Rosewarne

Sifting through my collection in order to catalogue and assess specimens more fully has got me thinking more about some of their mineralogical and crystallographic properties. Why are some examples of the same mineral one colour and others another? Why are some stubby and others prismatic? What crystal system do they each belong to? What is ilvaite or axinite or vivianite?

I’m fascinated by the interesting habits that some minerals exhibit which in many cases don’t see...


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