Examples for
Minerals
A mineral is a naturally occurring chemical compound or element, usually crystalline in nature, that is not a byproduct of life. The study of minerals is called mineralogy. Explore thousands of minerals, which all vary in color, shape and other properties, using Wolfram|Alpha.
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Get information about a mineral:
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Study the regular arrangements of the atoms in mineral crystals.
Get information about a crystal system:
Get data on a crystallographic point group:
Investigate properties of minerals, which include hardness, density and transparency, among many others.
Request a property of a mineral:
Do computations with mineral properties:
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