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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 Anorthoclase (Na, K) AlSi3 O8 (Feldspar Group) Crystallography: Triclinic; 1. Twinning common. Physical Properties: Cleavage: Principle cleavage at right angles or very close to 90°. Fracture uneven; brittle. ...

+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...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Gneiss Type: Metamorphic; regional. Texture/Appearance: Foliated, often with distinct banding (segregation) of minerals; some preferred orientation in micas (platy) or hornblende (prismatic crystals). Medium t...

+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°, ...

wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Graywacke Type: Sedimentary; clastic. Texture/Appearance: Generally coarse-grained with angular to sub-angular, poorly sorted grains in a clayey matrix. May show graded bedding; fossils are rare. Color: Gray to greenish-gr...

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+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 Limestone Type: Sedimentary; chemical or clastic. Texture/Appearance: Fine to coarsely crystalline; varieties may be dense, compact and graded to brecciated, styliolitic, or oolitic. Stratification usually ind...

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+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...

5100 West Henrietta Rd · Rochester, NY 14692-9012 p: 800 962-2660 f: 800 635-8439 wardsci.com 470312-396 Asian Forest Scorpion Species: longimanus Genus: Heterometrus Family: Scorpionidae Order: Scorpiones Class: Arachnida Phylum: Arthropoda Kingd...