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Halite hand sample

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cubic, clear and tastes bitte (Salty)

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cubic, clear and tastes bitte (Salty)

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Halite hand sample

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sylvite hand sample

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similar to halite, but red and even more bitter

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similar to halite, but red and even more bitter

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sylvite hand sample

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Borates (contain boron)

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Ulexite, kernite, borax

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Ulexite, kernite, borax

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Borates (contain boron)

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ulexite hand sample

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translucent, silky luster with fibrous growth and optic properties

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translucent, silky luster with fibrous growth and optic properties

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ulexite hand sample

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Kernite hand sample

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Like Ulexite, but splintery faactures, makes a glassy noise

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Like Ulexite, but splintery faactures, makes a glassy noise

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Kernite hand sample

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borax hand sample

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non trasparent version of ulexite, has a waxy texture

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non trasparent version of ulexite, has a waxy texture

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borax hand sample

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Dolomite hand sample

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fizzes when powdered, usualy (but not always) grey

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fizzes when powdered, usualy (but not always) grey

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Dolomite hand sample

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aragonite hand sample

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grows in bands, has an enlongate cristal structure

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grows in bands, has an enlongate cristal structure

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aragonite hand sample

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magnesite hand sample

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a denser version of calcite that doesn’t fiz

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18
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a denser version of calcite that doesn’t fiz

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magnesite hand sample

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Apatite hand sample

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Hexagonal, hardnes 5, don’t rely on collor

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Hexagonal, hardnes 5, don’t rely on collor

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Apatite hand sample

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Corundum hand sample

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hexagonal with a harness of 9

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22
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hexagonal with a harness of 9

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Corundum hand sample

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23
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pyrolusite hand sample

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that black dendritic thing you keep thinking ois a fossil.

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that black dendritic thing you keep thinking ois a fossil.

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pyrolusite hand sample

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25
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Limonite hand sample

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grows as a rusty yellow brown film

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grows as a rusty yellow brown film

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Limonite hand sample

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27
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Bauxite hand sample

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grows reddish spheres embedded in clay rocks.

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grows reddish spheres embedded in clay rocks.

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Bauxite hand sample

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diaspore hand sample

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bland, white chalky rock

30
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bland, white chalky rock

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diaspore hand sample

31
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order of evaporites

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calcite, gypsum, Glauberite, halite, polyhalite, and epsomite

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calcite chemical composition

33
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CaCO3

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calcite chemical composition

34
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Gypsum formation

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second stage in the order of evaporties, may have it’s water removed to form anhydrite Composition: CaSO4-2H2O

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second stage in the order of evaporties, may have it’s water removed to form anhydrite Composition: CaSO4-2H2O

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Gypsum formation

36
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Glauberite

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an evaporite that forms in small amounts between gypsum and halite, composition: Na2Ca(SO4)2

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Polyhalite

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a mineral that forms after halite during evaportion, but otherwise has nothing to do with it, complex structure

38
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a mineral that forms after halite during evaportion, but otherwise has nothing to do with it, complex structure

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Polyhalite

39
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Epsomite

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the last evaporite mineral to form, a heavily hydrated magnesium sulfate

40
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the last evaporite mineral to form, a heavily hydrated magnesium sulfate

41
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calcite crystal stcructure

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layers of alternating CO3 triangles and Ca ions, forms a rhobmohedral shape

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layers of alternating CO3 triangles and Ca ions, forms a rhobmohedral shape

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calcite crystal stcructure

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dolomite crystal structure

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same as calcite, but with layers of Mg substiutied in, forms a more squashed rhobmohedral

44
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same as calcite, but with layers of Mg substiutied in, forms a more squashed rhobmohedral

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dolomite crystal structure

45
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gypsum crystal structure

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shets of calcium and sulfur tetrahedrons, bonded together by hydrogen bonding from associated water

46
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shets of calcium and sulfur tetrahedrons, bonded together by hydrogen bonding from associated water

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gypsum crystal structure

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anhydrite crystal structure

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the water has been squished out of gypsum, so it forms a framework

48
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the water has been squished out of gypsum, so it forms a framework

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anhydrite crystal structure

49
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1:1

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another way of writing a TO structure

50
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another way of writing a TO structure

51
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2:1

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another way of writing a TOT structure

52
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another way of writing a TOT structure

53
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dioctahedral clay

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The O group is make up of 3+ (usually Al) ions, for every 3 octehecrons there are 2 ions.

54
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The O group is make up of 3+ (usually Al) ions, for every 3 octehecrons there are 2 ions.

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dioctahedral clay

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Trioctahedral

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The O group is made up of 2+ ions so there is an ion for every octahedron

56
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The O group is made up of 2+ ions so there is an ion for every octahedron

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Trioctahedral

57
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interlayer site

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what binds two TOT groups together

58
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smectites

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clay minerals where the interlayer site is filled with Na, Ca, and H2O, absorb lots of water

59
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clay minerals where the interlayer site is filled with Na, Ca, and H2O, absorb lots of water

60
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Illite

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clay minerals where the interlayer site is filed with K

61
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clay minerals where the interlayer site is filed with K

62
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alternating Smectite and Illite layers

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mixed layer clays

63
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mixed layer clays

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alternating Smectite and Illite layers

64
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X-ray Defractometer

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XRD identifies minerals by how their layers reflect x rays

65
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XRD identifies minerals by how their layers reflect x rays

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X-ray Defractometer

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