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ward’s sciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Hornfels Type: Metamorphic, regional. Texture/Appearance: Homogeneous; dense, fine-grained. Granoblastic; may have porphyroblasts or any of the minerals present. Color: Varies; light to dark. May be pink, brow...

wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Topaz Al2SiO4 (F,OH)2 Crystallography: Orthorhombic; 2/m2/m2/m. Crystals commonly prismatic with vertical prism faces often striated; also in crystalline masses or granular. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {001} perfect. Fr...

ward’s sciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Graphite C Crystallography: Hexagonal; 6/m2/m2/m. Usually in foliated or scaly masses, but may be radiated or granular. Crystals tabular, of hexagonal outline with prominent basal plane. Physical Properties: C...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Albite NaAlSi3O8 (An0-10) (Feldspar Group) (see also Plagioclase) Crystallography: Triclinic; 1. Crystals commonly tabular parallel to {010}; sometimes elongated on b. Twinning and striations common. Often as ...

ward’s sciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Corundum Al2O3 Crystallography: Hexagonal-R; 32/m. Crystals commonly tabular on {0001} or prismatic {1120}; often rude barrel-shaped crystals. Usually massive; coarse or fine granular. Physical Properties: Cle...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Actinolite Ca2 (Mg, Fe+2)5 Si8O22(OH)2 (Amphibole Group) Crystallography: Monoclinic; 2/m. Crystals usually prismatic; columnar or fibrous. Also massive or granular. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {110} perfec...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Siltstone Type: Sedimentary; clastic. Texture/Appearance: Silt-sized (<1/16 mm) to very fine sand-sized particles; massive, not laminated (no bedding planes) may exhibit significant clay or sand. Color: Tan, g...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Chalcocite Cu2S Crystallography: Orthorhombic; 2/m2/m2/m (below 105°C); above 105°C, hexagonal. Crystals uncommon, usually small and tabular with hexagonal outline. More often fine-grained and massive. Physica...

wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Hornblende (Ca,Na)2-3 (Mg,Fe,Al)5 SI6 (Si,Al)2 O22 (OH)2 (Amphibole Group) Crystallography: Monoclinic: 2/m. Crystals prismatic usually terminated by {011}. May be columnar to fibrous; coarse-to fine-granular. Physical Pro...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Diabase Type: Igneous; intrusive. Texture/Appearance: Often porphyritic; characterized by an ophitic groundmass where intersecting plagioclase laths are partially or completely enclosed by pyroxene. Massive wi...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Ilmenite Fe+2 Ti O3 Crystallography: Hexagonal-R; 3. Crystals usually thick tabular with prominent basal planes and small rhombohedral truncations. Commonly in thin plates, massive or compact; also in grains o...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Quartz (variety Milky) Si O2 Crystallography: Hexagonal -R; 32 (low-quartz.) Hexagonal; 622 (high-quartz.) Distinct crystals are rare; usually massive, fine to coarse crystalline. Physical Properties: Cleavage...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Sodalite Na8 Al6 Si6 O24 Cl2 Crystallography: Isometric; 43m. Crystals rare, usually dodecahedrons. More commonly massive, granular. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {011} poor. Fracture conchoidal to uneven; br...

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