They do have more traditional and mineralogical names (bixbite, morganite, and heliodor, respectively) but reportedly sell better under the emerald label.
In the meantime, then, I was busy classifying my mineralogical, botanical, and zoological treasures when that incident took place with the Scotia.
Again, the ability of dust particles to absorb solar radiation depends on their size, shape and mineralogical and chemical composition.
This heavily modifies its physical properties, chemical compositions and mineralogical features, and in turn, the optical reflectance spectra of the moon, said the paper.
To learn more, it would help to do a mineralogical survey of the planet to determine if there are any water-containing compounds there.
The permanent exhibits are on exhibition all year long and are held respectively in the Great Mammal Hall, Evolution, Arthropods: Creature and Rule, the Glass Flowers, the Zoological Galleries, and the Mineralogical and Geological Gallery.
When we see, as is so often the case, a formation composed of beds of widely different mineralogical composition, we may reasonably suspect that the process of deposition has been more or less interrupted.
While HMNH is a relatively new institution, its roots and the collection of its parent museums the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Harvard University Herbaria, and the Mineralogical and Geological Museum can reach back to the 19th century.
Dr. Jolliff, who was not involved with research, said the paper was " a very nice new contribution." He said he hoped NASA or another space agency would send a spacecraft to Compton-Belkovich for seismic and mineralogical measurements.
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