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ward’s sciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Greenstone Type: Metamorphic; regional. Texture/Appearance: Fine-grained, massive or compact; generally non-schistose. Color: Dark, green. Mineralogy/Chemistry: Mainly composed of chlorite, actinolite, epidote...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Muscovite K Al2 (Si3 Al) O10 (OH, F)2 (Mica Group) Crystallography: Monoclinic; 2/m. Distinct crystals rare; usually tabular with prominent {001}. Usually in lamellar masses or small flakes. Foliated in large ...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Amphibolite Type: Metamorphic; regional. Texture/Appearance: Massive to foliated; gneissic to schistose. Color: Black to dark-green often speckled with white. Mineralogy/Chemistry: Mafic; composed primarily of...

wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Dolostone Type: Sedimentary, chemical. Texture/Appearance: Fine to coarsely crystalline grain size; sugary (saccharoidal). May contain various fossil relicts, molds, and casts. Stratification absent or irregular. Color: Li...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Halite NaCl Crystallography: Isometric; 4/m32/m. Cubic habit; other forms very rare. Also massive, granular to compact. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {001} perfect. Fracture conchoidal; rather brittle. Hardne...

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 Opal SiO2 • nH2O Crystallography: None, amorphous. Massive, often in rounded and botryoidal forms, sometimes pisolitic. Physical Properties: Cleavage: None; conchoidal fracture. Hardness: 5.0-6.0. Specific Gravity: 2.0-2.2...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Arkose Type: Sedimentary; clastic. Texture/Appearance: Usually coarse-grained, sometimes with pebbles. Angular to subangular, poorly to moderately well-sorted sand grains. No Fossils. Color: Gray, pink or redd...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Tuff Type: Igneous; extrusive (pyroclastic). Texture/Appearance: Clastic texture with angular rock and mineral fragments and lapilli mixed with fine-grained volcanic ash, partly cemented by sedimentary materia...

1 All About Elements: Sodium 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 chemistry ...

ward’s sciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Syenite Type: Igneous; intrusive. Texture/Appearance: Massive; medium to coarse-grained, often changing to pegmatitic. Appears speckled with dark patches, sometimes porphyritic; may show flowage. Color: Pale, ...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Biotite K (Mg, Fe+2)3 (Al, Fe+3) Si3 O10 (OH,F)2 (Mica Group) Crystallography: Monoclinic; 2/m. Usually in irregular foliated masses, and rarely in tabular or short prismatic crystals. Physical Properties: Cle...

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...