19-12-2013
Biology

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Why aren't all minerals gemstones?

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supervishnu04 supervishnu04

06-01-2014

Minerals are naturally occurring, inorganic, crystalline substances. Gemstones are usually made by humans, which means their synthetic and not naturally made. The gemstones that do come from nature are organic like amber, not inorganic.

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