Silica stories

Do you know silica, the tetrahedra of silicon and oxygen constituting the crystals of New Agers and the desiccant in a box of new shoes? It's no mere mundane mineral. As chemically reacting silicate rocks, silica set off the chain of events known as the origin of life. As biomineralized opal, i...

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Main Authors De La Rocha, Christina (Author), Conley, D. J. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319540542
9783319540535
Physical Description1 online resource : illustrations

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