subject: Scientific Careers: Mineralogy And Its Numerous icicles [print this page] Scientific careers presuppose many hours spent on researches, experiments, and processing of various types of information. Scientists should know many aspects of the same notion in order to adequately react to certain innovations and explorations in a definite sector. Minerals and gemstones are precious gifts produced due to certain physical process. The nature gives people an opportunity to learn more about various expressions of its phenomena via stones and overgrowths. In this respect, scientists are able to conduct researches and experiments in order to show others the beauty and originality of natural phenomena and numerous miracles existing on earth and the waters of the world. Besides, mineralogy enables researchers to use the concepts learned from nature in technology and science.
Different types of minerals
As a rule, people think about iron, coal, or oil while talking about minerals. However, there are different compositions of various minerals and their depositions. The profession of mineralogists is also very important due to the technological progress and the power of knowledge which makes all those phenomena available to people. This power is opposed to the era when people thought that all these issues that are regarded now as natural phenomena and can be explored in terms of their origin and type of formation were considered demonstrations of Gods favor or the wrath of God.
Stalactites
Stalactites are mineral formations stemmed from calcium carbonate deposited for along period of time. These depositions look like hue icicles; they are also called the dripping stones due to their nature.
Stalagmites
Stalagmites are the same type of icicles as stalactites are, though they are located upside-down. People cannot touch these mineral formations because of other chemical composition of human skin than the minerals are which can ruin those icicles.
