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What is this mineral
calcite
What is the hardness of Calcite?
3
What is a property of Calcite?
It effervesces (fizzes)
How many planes of cleavage does calcite have?
3 planes
What is this mineral?
Biotite
What is this Mineral?
Muscovite
How many planes of cleavage does Muscivite and biotite have?
1 Plane
What is the hardness of muscivite and biotite?
2-3
What is a use of muscivite and biotite?
Makeup
What is this Mineral?
Potassium Feldspar or Orthoclase
What is the hardness of Potassium Feldspar?
6
How many planes of cleaveage does Potassium Feldspar have?
2 Planes
What is this mineral?
Halite
How many planes of cleavage does Halite have?
3 planes
What is the hardness of halite?
2
What is a feature of Halite?
Salty taste
What is this mineral?
Quartz
How many planes of cleavage does quartz
None
What is the hardness of quartz
7
What are some of the color options for quartz?
Colorless, Smoky Gray, Milky White, Pink
What is this mineral?
Galena
What is the hardness of Galena?
2.5
How many planes of cleavage does Galena have?
3 planes
What is a feature of Galena?
High Specific Gravity and Metalic
What is this mineral?
Fluorite
What is the hardness if fluorite?
4
How many planes of cleavage does fluorite have
4 planes
How do you tell the differnce between quartz and flourite?
Flourite is softer than quartz
What is this mineral?
Hematite
What is the Hardness of Hematite?
5-6.5
How many planes of cleavage does Hematite have?
None
What color streak does Hematite leave?
Reddish brown streak
What is this mineral?
Magnetite
What is the hardness of Magnetite?
6
How many planes of cleavege does Magnetite have?
None
What is a feature of Magnetite?
Magnetic
What color streak does magnetite have?
\n Black to Dark Gray
What is this rock?
Slate
What type of rock is slate?
Metamorphic
What is a feature of slate?
It’s Foliated
What are slates parent rocks?
Shale or Mudstone
What is this rock?
Shale
What type of rock is shale?
Sedimentary
Is shale chemical or detrital?
detrital
How is shale made?
Compacted mud
What is this rock
Granite
What type of rock is granite
Igneous
What texture does granite have and what type of cooling caused it?
Course grained and slow cooling
What type of magma does granic come from?
Felsic Magma
What is this rock?
Rhyolite
What type of rock is Rhyolite?
Igneous
What is the texture does Rhyolite have and what type of cooling caused it?
Fine grained and Fast cooling
What type of magma is rhyolite from?
Felsic Magma
What type of rock is this
Basalt
What type of rock is Basalt
Igneous
What is the texture of basalt and what type of cooling cause it?
Fine grained and fast cooling
What type of magma does basalt come from?
Mafic Magma
What rock is this?
Gabbro
What type of rock is Gabbro?
Igneous
What is the texture of gabbro and what type of cooling caused it?
Cource grained and slow cooling
What type of magma does Gabbro come from?
Mafic Magma
What is this rock?
Obsidian
What type of rock is obsidian?
Igneous
How is obsidian made?
Magma hitting water
What type of fracturing happens to obsidian?
Conchoidal Fracture
What is this rock?
Peridotite
What type of rock is peridotite?
Igneous
What is peridotite mostly made of?
Olivine around 90%
What type of magma does peridotite come from?
Ultra Mafic
What is the texture of peridotite and how type of cooling happens?
Course Grained and slow cooling
What type of rock is this
Coquina
What type of rock is `Coquina and which group is i`t in?
Sedimentary and chemical
What is coquina mostly made of?
Mostly compacted shells
What is a feature of cocquina?
It effervese(fizzes)
What is this rock?
Fossiliferous Limestone
What type of rock is Fossiliferous Limestone and which group is it in?
Sedimentary and chemical
What are some feature of Fossiliferous Limestone?
It effervesces(fizzes) and has fossils in it
What type of rock is this?
Limestone
What type of rock is Limestone and which group is it from?
Sedimentary and Chemical
What is a feature of limestone?
It effervesces(fizzes)
What is the compostion of limestone?
Calcite
What is this rock?
Coal
What type of rock is coal and which group is it from?
Sedimentary and chemical
What enviroment does coal come from?
Swampy environment
What is the texture of coal?
Fine Grained
What is this rock
Conglomerate
What type of rock is conglomerate and which group is it from?
Sedimentary and detrital
What is a feature of conglomerate?
Made of small round crystals
What is conglomerate conposed of?
Quartz and Feldspar
What is this rock
Chert
What type of rock is chert and which group is it from?
Sedimentary and chemical
What is the texture of chert?
Smooth and microcrystalline
What type of crystal may be in the holes of chert?
Quartz
What is this rock
Rock Salt
What type of rock is rock salt and which group is it in?
Sedimentary and chemical
What is a feature of rock salt?
Salty taste
What is the composition of rock salt
Halite
What is this rock
Sandstone
What type of rock is sandstone and which group is it from?
Sedimentary and detrital
What is the grain size for sandstone?
2mm-1/16 mm and medium grained
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