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Working with Insect Cultures Blowflies and Fleshflies Calliphora sp., Sarcophaga bullata In addition to blowflies and fleshflies, the order Diptera also includes mosquitoes, midges, and sawflies. All of these insects provide examples of complete m...

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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 Pyrrhotite Fe1-xS (x = 0 - 0.17) Crystallography: Monoclinic; 2/m (below about 250°C). Hexagonal; 6/m3/m2/m for high tempera- ture forms. Crystals rare, usually tabular to platy on {0001}. Also massive, granular. Physical ...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Quartzite Type: Metamorphic; regional. Texture/Appearance: Massive, with generally small grain size; sometimes saccharoidal. Grain size (sand size, 1/16-2mm) dependent on original detritus. Generally non-folia...

wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Peridotite Type: Igneous; intrusive. Texture/Appearance: Medium to coarse-grained; massive, granular, sometimes porphyritic. Color: Medium gray to greenish-gray. Mineralogy/Chemistry: Ultramafic, with mafic minerals greate...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Labradorite (Ca,Na) Al (Al,Si) Si2O8 (An30-70) (Feldspar Group) (see also Plagioclase) Crystallography: Triclinic; 1. Crystals usually tabular parallel to {010}; twinning frequent as in albite. Commonly in irr...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Diopside CaMg Si2O6 (Pyroxene Group) Crystallography: Monoclinic; 2/m. Crystals prismatic showing square or 8-sided cross section; also granular, massive. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {110}, at 87° and 93°, ...