Category Mineralogy

Understanding minerals, their properties, identification, formation processes, and real-world applications.

What is Mineralogy and Its Main Branches

Illustration showing minerals, their types, and the main branches of mineralogy including physical, chemical, and descriptive mineralogy.

The Earth is made up of minerals, which act as its fundamental building blocks.They are naturally occurring, solid substances with a definite chemical composition and a specific atomic structure. Every rock, soil, and even the metals we use in daily…