James De Carle Sowerby
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James De Carle Sowerby was a British mineralogist, botanist, and illustrator. He received an education in chemistry.
James De Carle Sowerby
Terrapene clausa from Monograph of the Testudinata (lithograph by Edward Lear)
Mineralogy
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Mineralogy is a subject of geology specializing in the scientific study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical properties of minerals and mineralized artifacts. Specific studies within mine
James De Carle Sowerby
…James De Carle Sowerby (5 June 1787 – 26 August 1871) was a British mineralogist, botanist, and illustrator. He received an education in chemistry. Sowerby was born in London, the son of botanical artist James Sowerby, and his wife…
Page from Treatise on mineralogy by Friedrich Mohs (1825)
The Moon Mineralogy Mapper, a spectrometer that mapped the lunar surface
Calcite is a carbonate mineral (CaCO3) with a rhombohedral crystal structure.
Aragonite is an orthorhombic polymorph of calcite.