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1 All About Elements: Beryllium http://www.boreal.com boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About… Beryllium 1. Prior to being named beryllium, this element was known as glucinium, which originated from the Greek word glykys, meaning sweet. It w...

1 All About Elements: Fluorine http://boreal.com 2 boreal.com | 800-387-9393 Boreal’s All About Elements Series Building Real-World Connections to the Building Blocks of Chemistry The periodic table of elements is an essential part of any chemistr...

1 All About Elements: Helium https://boreal.com/store/ boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About…Helium 1. Helium is the second most abundant ele- ment after hydrogen in the universe and solar system. Approximately 11.3% of all atoms in the un...

1 All About Elements: Carbon http://boreal.com boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About… Carbon 1. Graphine, an allotrope of carbon, is the strongest, thinnest, and best conductor of heat known to man. It was created by scientists using ordin...

Kaolinite Al2 Si2 O5 (OH)4 Crystallography: Triclinic; 1. In very minute, thin, rhombic or hexagonal plates. More commonly in clay-like masses. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {001} perfect; flexible, inelastic. Usually unctuous and plastic. Hardne...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Sandstone Type: Sedimentary; clastic. Texture/Appearance: Grains generally sand-sized (1/16–2mm), normally sorted and somewhat rounded. May be poorly to well cemented. May also display visible fossils (not par...

wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Montmorillonite (Na,Ca)0.3 (Al, Mg)2 Si4 O10 (OH)2 • nH2O Crystallography: Monoclinic. Always in earthy masses; crystals not distinguishable. Physical Properties: Cleavage: None apparent; usually unctuous and plastic. Hard...

ward’s sciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Barite BaSO4 (Barite Group) Crystallography: Orthorhombic; 2/m2/m2/m. Crystals usually tabular on {001}; often diamond-shaped. May also be coarsely laminated; granular, earthy. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {...

wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Diamond C Crystallography: Isometric; 4/m32/m. Crystals usually octahedral, but can be cubic or dodecahedral; curved faces are frequently observed. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {111} perfect; 4-cleavage directions. Fract...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Metaconglomerate Type: Metamorphic, regional. Texture/Appearance: Coarse-grained rock containing rounded to subangular clasts greater than 2mm in diameter and distributed in a fine-grained matrix or metamorphi...

1 All About Elements: Lithium https://boreal.com/store/ boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About… Lithium 1. Elemental Lithium can float in mineral oil! 2. Lithium was one of the elements produced during Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. The other tw...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Goethite Fe+3 O (OH) (See also Limonite) Crystallography: Orthorhombic; 2/m2/m2/m. Acicular or rarely in distinct prismatic, vertically striated crystals. Also massive, reniform, stalactitic, or in radiating f...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Galena Pb S Crystallography: Isometric; 4/m32/m. Commonly cubic, sometimes truncated by the octahedron; rarely decahedral and trisoctahedral. Also massive, granular. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {001} perfec...

1 All About Elements: Lithium https://boreal.com/store/ boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About… Lithium 1. Elemental Lithium can float in mineral oil! 2. Lithium was one of the elements produced during Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. The other tw...

wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Pegmatite Type: Igneous; intrusive. Texture/Appearance: Very coarse-grained, marked by intergrowth of large (up to 1 cm) crystals. In some instances, individual crystals may grow up to several feet. Color: Varies; mostly l...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Anorthite CaAl2Si2O8(An90-100) (Feldspar Group) (see also Plagioclase) Crystallography: Triclinic; 1. Crystals usually prismatic parallel to c-axis; twinning as in albite. Commonly massive, cleavable, with gra...