Bill Minarik

@silicatefondue.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy

7 months ago

We're awash in #tectosilicate structures this first half of the #MinCup25: five of the first sixteen, including two today.

A #zeolite and a #feldspathoid

Is tectosilirific a word?

Fair enough, they are the major rock-forming minerals of the crust!

Michael Fischer

@zeolitemifi.bsky.social

1 year ago

If you ever play Scrabble and look for a word combining A, Ü (U umlaut, can be replaced by UE), and Y, here's your answer.

On top of that, haüyne is a beautiful mineral, a #feldspathoid from the #sodalite group.

#mineralogy