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Did you know that minerals are all around us? Minerals are the building blocks that make up rocks! They are the ores that we extract metals from to make electronics. They’re in the soils we need to grow the plants we eat for food. They’re even in our jewelry and makeup! But, what is a mineral? In this video, Mineralogist Dr. Gabriela Farfan ...
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