The mineral formed as an incrustation of other minerals by weathering.
Others determine where and whether certain minerals will form or redissolve.
This orderly arrangement means that minerals can form crystals if left to pack and arrange themselves.
In this process, some minerals form crystals, then settle to the bottom of the chamber.
(These two minerals form a rock type known as an amphibolite.)
Lavendulan has the same structure as sampleite, and the two minerals form a series.
The scientists believe these are where minerals carried by water formed crystals that subsequently dissolved or fell out.
As early crystallizing minerals form, they incorporate certain elements, some of which are metals.
His 1,100 mineral and rock specimen formed the basis of the early museum.
These minerals may have formed under wet conditions in a low-acidic environment during the early history of Mars.
