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Physical Geology Lab
Mineral identification
19
Geology
Undergraduate 1
03/16/2010

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Apatite - Light Green (crystal shaped)
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Plagioclase

 

Blue/Gray

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Biotite

 

Black w/ marbling

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Calcite

 

clear/ very hazy

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Olivine

 

dark outside - green sparkly inside

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Magnetite

 

very dark - small sparkles

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Sphalerite

 

shiney brown and black

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Corundum

 

small red and shiney

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Fluorite

 

clearish with purple haze

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Galena

 

metallic(shiney) - sharp edges

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Garnet

 

shiney - beef jerky looking

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Halite

 

clear, cbue - not as hazy as Calicite

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Hematite

 

red, iron-rich

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Amphibole

 

all black!!

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Potassium Feldspar

 

light tan colored

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clearish, white and pink
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Talc

 

soapy, shiney white

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Quartz (2)

 

clear, cylinders

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Selenite

 

very smooth, not clear

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