The stones will cry out. Chance and necessity in mineral evolution

The stones will cry out. Chance and necessity in mineral evolution
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José Ramón Isasi. Pamplona, October 16, 2025.

José Ramón Isasi holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of the Basque Country, specializing in Chemistry of Macromolecules. He was researcher at Florida State University (1995-1998). His research work has focused on the study of polymer blends, polyolefin crystallization, adsorbent resins, encapsulation, and self-assembled gels. He has extensive experience in knowledge dissemination activities aimed at a wide range of audiences. He is currently also the Associate Dean Office of Academic Affairs the School Sciences at the University of Navarra.

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Mineral evolution describes the changes in the diversity and distribution of minerals that arise during the training planets and moons of subject . Each of the physical, chemical, and, in the case of Earth, biological processes can lead to an increase in the geodiversity of a given planet. For example, on planet Earth, some 5,900 mineral "species" have been catalogued, and it is estimated that there are about 3,500 still to be discovered. Furthermore, the mineralogy of each planet is unique, arising from a combination of chance and necessity. The universe is full of complex evolving systems, but macroscopic physical laws do not seem to describe them appropriately. Is it possible that the evolution of systems such as stars, minerals, atmospheres, or life are, in some way, equivalent?