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This is a beta version of an open access textbook on Mineralogy, current as of October 2020.

• Minerals make up just about everything on our planet and are important for our daily lives.
• Minerals in rocks or sediment make up the material we walk on and form the foundations for buildings and other structures.
• Mineral resources have long been used by people; today they are keys to modern agriculture and industry.
• The knowledge gained by studying minerals has wide ranging applications.
• Most minerals are naturally occurring homogeneous geological substances that are stable at Earth-surface conditions

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