Minerals: A Very Short Introduction J. H. E. Whitney are stranded across the galaxy

are stranded across the galaxy

with the dead

sharing your thoughts

Have you heard of Michigan's buried city or the cosmic radio station that broadcasts to aliens

from robots programmed with our loved ones' personalities to indigo children to the Insane Clown Posse's juggalo fans

Minerals: A Very Short Introduction J. H. E. Whitney are stranded across the galaxyMinerals existed long before any forms of life, playing a key role in the origin and evolution of life; an interaction with biological systems that we are only now beginning to understand. Exploring the traditional strand of mineralogy, which emphasises the important mineral families, the well established analytical methods (optical microscopy and X ray diffraction) and the dramatic developments made in techniques over recent decades, David Vaughan