Elements, Minerals, Metals

Energy converter between matter and energy/informationIn the previous articles we have touched on the special properties of silica. Now we look at its ability to receive, transmit and store information and frequencies. Silicon dioxide (SIO2) is...

Piezoelectricity and photoelectricity in siliconIn the first article on silicon, we mentioned its special properties - the piezoelectric properties. But silicon can do even more: Photoelectric properties are also known with silicon and have been...

The oldest healing, rejuvenating and beauty remedy of mankindHippocrates, Avicenna and Paracelsus already used zeolite successfully in medicine – as aluminosilicate (newly discovered in 1751 by the mineralogist Axel Fredrick von Cronstedt) or as...

What is silicon?Silicon (Si) is the second most abundant element on our planet after oxygen. Oxygen is without question absolutely essential for life and is rightly called essential. In contrast, the second most common element is still classified...