Gemstones

Strangely scientists think that all the minerals of the world have been discovered. WRONG! I, Sidharta, have discovered some very interesting gemstones--or should I call them minerals. The first mineral I want you to be introduced to is the rainbow stone. Rainbow stone changes colors--blue or violet...if you're lucky, you might be able to find one that turns green, too! Another mineral or gemstone that I want you to be introduced to is Rochus (Ro-CUS): a mineral that can change colors if you rotate it in different angles. The next gemstone I will introduce you to is mint. Mint happens to be a green mineral; I call it mint because it reminds me of the plant mint. Usually the amount of mint that you would find on ordinary rocks is very little. Another mineral I would like to introduce you to is called green calcite. I found out it was calcite because usually calcite dissolves in vinegar and forms new calcite crystals. I knew this was calcite, only green, because it started dissolving in vinegar. Last, but not least, is called Fool's Silver! The scientific name for it is syrite. My sister, Annapurna, thought that it wouldn't be ordinary Pyrite, so I called this Fool's Silver, but I also had to give it a scientific name, so I called it syrite.

Happy New Years, all of you!