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[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago

My geologist coworker said that agate isn't really a mineral either, mostly because it gets used too broadly and doesn't have one singular chemical composition.

Then again, I'm just an organic chemist, and classifying minerals seems suspiciously like biology to me...

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 days ago

I love this template, so many half-baked but quality rants

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Wait, I'm confused. Glass is a blob that is slowly cooled, same with obsidian. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass#Microscopic_structure

[-] NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

opal is what happens when spheres of particular size pack in grain structures of particular size.

you get like interference making diffraction patterns, but not monochrome because pseudo (meta?) crytals of balls modify the ball modes. you can make opal from latex balls, it's just not hard or as pretty. .

Basically opal is just the earth playing with its balls.

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