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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Cinnabar HgS Crystallography: Hexagonal-R; 32 (low temperature form). Crystals usually rhombohedral, often in penetration twins. Commonly fine granular, massive; also earthy. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {10...

wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Fluorite Ca F2 Crystallography: Isometric; 4/m32/m. Usually cubic, often as penetration twins twinned on {111}. Other forms rare, commonly in crystals or cleavable masses; also massive, granular. Physical Properties: Cleav...

Andradite Ca3Fe2+3 (SiO4)3 (Garnet Group) Crystallography: Isometric; 4/m32/m. Common forms are dodecahedron and trapezohedron, often in combination. Also massive, granular. Physical Properties: Cleavage: None; parting sometimes distinct. Fracture...

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...

ward’s sciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Bauxite Al (OH)3/AlO • OH Crystallography: A mixture; often pisolitic in round concretionary grains, and also earthy, massive. Physical Properties: Cleavage: None; uneven fracture. Hardness: 1.0-3.0. Specific ...

1 All About Elements: Nitrogen http://boreal.com 2 3 boreal.com | 800-387-9393 Fun Facts About… Nitrogen 1. Nitrogen is the fourth most abundant element in the universe and it makes up the majority of the earth’s atmosphere, at a staggering 78 per...

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+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 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 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...

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...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Dolomite CaMg (CO₃)₂ Crystallography: Hexagonal-R; 3. Crystals usually unit rhombohedron, or a steep rhombohedron and base; faces often curved. Twinning common. Also coarse, granular, cleavable masses to fine-...

wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Quartz (variety Rose) Si O2 Crystallography: Hexagonal -R; 32 (low quartz). Hexagonal; 622 (high quartz). Crystals not common. Usually massive, coarsely crystalline. Physical Properties: Cleavage: Generally none; occasiona...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Quartz (variety Chalcedony) Si O2 Crystallography: Hexagonal -R; 32 (low-quartz). Hexagonal; 622 (high quartz). Cryptocrystalline; massive. Often, mammillary, botryoidal, or stalactitic. Physical Properties: C...

+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...