by sawneemountain | Dec 24, 2021 | Color, Minerals
Grounding, powerful, warming, self-awareness, connecting with Mother Earth What at first may seem like a dull color, brown is a grounding and organic color that has many layers. When exploring the darkest shades of brown, you get a color that is reminiscent of soil –...
by sawneemountain | Dec 23, 2021 | Minerals
Crystals and metals are classified based on their chemical composition and placed into one of the main groups listed below. Main Groups of Crystals and Metals Oxides Native Elements Sulfides Silicates Mineraloids Organic Minerals The Oxide Mineral Class...
by sawneemountain | Dec 20, 2021 | Minerals
Hardness (H) of minerals is identified with the Mohs scale of hardness. Created by a German mineralogist named Friedrich Mohs in 1812, the Mohs scale places minerals in a degree of hardness based on the difficulty of which the mineral can be scratched by another...