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Minerals are named after people, places and things. If you like languages, you will discover that many mineral names come from other languages like Greek, Latin and even Arabic. Go through the book and make a list of which mineral names come from which languages. Many minerals are named after place. Get a world map. Mark on the map all the places after which minerals have been named. You will find countries, rivers, towns, mountains and more have been the source for mineral names. Many more minerals were named after people in the world of mineralogy and mineral collecting. Read through this book and make a list of the people after whom minerals are named. Then, get on line and find some basic information about these people. |
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