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Hornblende
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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...
Limestone
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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...
Tuff
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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...
Arkose
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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...
Anothoclase
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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. ...
Beryl
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Beryl Be3 Al2 Si6 O18 Crystallography:
Hexagonal; 6/m2/m2/m. Strong prismatic habit; frequently vertically striated and grooved. Forms usually present consist only of {1010} and {0001}.
Physical Properties: Cl...
Biotite
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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...
Bufo Toads
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Bufo Toad
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Eastern Newts
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Staurolite
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Staurolite (Fe+2, Mg, Zn)2 Al9 (Si, Al)4 O22 (OH)2 Crystallography:
Monoclinic (pseudo-orthorhombic); 2/m. Crystals prismatic with common forms {110}, {001}, and {101}. Cruciform twins very common (at nearly 9...
Schorl
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Schorl (Tourmaline Group) Na Fe3+2 Al6 (BO3)3 Si6 O18 (OH)4 Crystallography:
Hexagonal -R; 3m. Usually in prismatic crystals with rounded triangular cross- section due to prominent trigonal prism and subordina...
Basalt
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Basalt Type:
Igneous; extrusive/intrusive. Texture/Appearance:
Fine-grained intergranular plagioclase, pyroxene, and oxides; may contain interstitial glass. Structure massive with some vacuoles occurring.
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BS Element of Month Carbon IA
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All About Elements: Carbon
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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...
Bauxite
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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 ...
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