Mineral Architecture: Pauling's Rules

Explores the chemical and physical properties of minerals, including crystallography and the identification of gemstones. Mineral Architecture: Pauling's Rules turns that idea into something you can manipulate directly and watch respond.

Explores the chemical and physical properties of minerals, including crystallography and the identification of gemstones. It focuses on Mineral Chemistry, Crystallography, Optical Mineralogy, Silicate Minerals, Gemstone Identification from the “Minerals: The Building Blocks of Earth” section.

The “Cation Radius”, “Anion Radius” sliders change the key inputs. Every change updates the visualization in real time, so you can see exactly how each variable affects the outcome.

Geology is the scientific study of the solid Earth, its composition, and the dynamic processes that shape it over time. This course provides a comprehensive exploration of Earth's materials, from the microscopic structu… This demo is the interactive piece for the “Minerals: The Building Blocks of Earth” section. Open the full Geology course wiki at https://www.getlykke.com/explore/public/geology-6ae93dc4-518d-4048-acd3-523e6d6aff20 for notes, flashcards, quizzes and the other demos.

You'll build intuition for Mineral Chemistry, Crystallography, Optical Mineralogy, Silicate Minerals, Gemstone Identification — and, crucially, see how they behave when you change the inputs, which is hard to get from a textbook or lecture on Geology alone.