"WardsSci000444"

Bright blue crystalline veins and coatings in a matrix of mixed copper ore.

Classic “peacock” aluminum ore.

Feldspar group; white to gray, sodium plagioclase cleavages; some faces may show twinning.

Blue fluorapatite, pure crystalline, Moh's hardness of 5.

Small to moderate sized crystals within a mafic matrix and cleavage visible in some specimens.

Yellow to orange crystal with a glassy luster and smooth, often transparent appearance.

Feldspar group; calcium end member plagioclase crystals in pyroxene matrix.

Feldspar group; greenish gray alkali feldspar, coarse crystalline, some iridescence.

Cut black mica cleavage sheets.

White, fibrous, silky luster.