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DIAGNOSTIC PROPERTIES Flashcards

1
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Fluorite main identifier

A

purple fluorese

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fluorites streak

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white

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3
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fluorites hardness

A

4

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bornites nickname

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“peacock ore”

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5
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bornites streak

A

grey - black

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6
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Halite taste

A

salt

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7
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Halite hardness

A

2.5

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Sylvite taste

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bitter

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9
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Sylvite hardness

A

1.5 - 2

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scheelite fracture

A

conchoidal to uneven?

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11
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scheelite streak

A

white to light yellow

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12
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scheelite colour

A

bright orang,e yellow, brown, tan. (ocassionaly others) therefore not diagnostic

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13
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apatite streak

A

white

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14
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apatite colour

A

it is transparent with vibrant colour

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15
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apatites lustre

A

vitreous to subresenous

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16
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copper colour

A

copper with greenish blue tarnish

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17
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copper lustre

A

metallic

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18
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copper specific gravity

A

8.9

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19
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sulfur streak

A

yellow

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20
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sulfur colour

A

yellow (brownish to greenish yellow range)

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21
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Sulfur hardness

A

1.5 - 2.5

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22
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Sulfur specific gravity

A

2.0 ish

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23
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sulfur scent

A

bad

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24
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graphite cleavage

A

1 perfect cleavage plane

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25
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graphite lustre

A

metallic sometimes submetallic / earthy

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26
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graphite hardness

A

1 - 2

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27
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gold colour

A

golden yellow

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28
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gold hardness

A

2.5 to 3

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29
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gold specific gravity

A

19.3 when pure

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30
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galena cleavage

A

perfect at 3 right angles

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31
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galena colour

A

bright silver with metallic lustre

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32
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galena specific gravity

A

7.4 to 7.6

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33
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sphalerite main identifier

A

fire rock through hand lens due to 6 perfect cleavage planes

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34
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sphalerite lustre

A

nonmetallic, submetallic, resinous

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35
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sphalerite streak

A

white to yellowish brown

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36
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cinnabar colour

A

bright red to brownish red

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37
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cinnabar specific gravity

A

8 to 8.2

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38
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cinnabar main identifier

A

in a bag

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39
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molybdenite colour

A

bluish grey to silbver

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40
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molybdenite lustre

A

metallic

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41
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molybdenite hardness

A

1 - 2

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42
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cracked jolly rancher

A

apatite

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43
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minecraft salt

A

halite

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44
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minecraft himilayan salt

A

sylvite

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45
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flakey metallic fish scale

A

molybdenite

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46
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covellite hardness

A

1.5 to 2

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47
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covellite colour

A

indigo blue, ble, blue, black

48
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covellite lustre

49
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chalcopyrite streak

50
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chalcopyrite bitter ?

51
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chalcopyrite main description

A

cheap gold spraypaint

52
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is chalcopyrite brittle

53
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is pyrite softer than chalcopyrite

54
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is chalcopyrite softer than pyrite

55
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pyrrotite colour

56
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pyrrhotite magnetism

57
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pyrrhotite fracture

A

subconchoidal

58
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pyrite colour

A

brass yellow (fools gold lol)

59
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pyrite hardness

60
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pyrite specfic gravity

61
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pyrite streak

A

greenish black

62
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marcasite form

A

tabular / platey

63
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marcasite fracture

64
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arsenopyrite specific gravity

A

high at 5.9 to 6.2 ish

65
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aresenopyrite important

A

silvery in colour on freshly broken surfaces

66
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chalcocite streak

67
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chalcocite tarnish colour

A

might have purple tarnish on a black with green rock

68
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is chalcopyrite brittle

A

not that i know of

69
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is chalcoite brittle

70
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hematite streak

71
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hematite specific gravity

72
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hematite color

A

black, silver, red, reddish brown, black

73
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corundum hardness

74
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corundum shape and system

A

trigonal, takes shape with 6 sides

75
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bauxite hardness

76
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bauxite specific gravity

77
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ilmenite streak

A

verryyyyyyyy black

78
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ilmenite magnestism

A

lightly skips when magnet dragged across

79
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magnetite magnetism

80
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magnetite streak

81
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magnetite colour

A

black to silvery grey

82
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rutile lustre

A

adamentine to submetallic

83
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rutile colour

A

red to reddish brown, black, yellow to gold

84
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chromite lustre

A

metallic to submetallic

85
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chromite streak

A

dark brown

86
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goethite description colour

A

orange rust on black (bright)

87
Q

goethite streak

A

Bright orange

88
Q

goethite look description

A

needle like

89
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is pentlandite brittle

90
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is pentlandite magnetic

91
Q

my look description of pentlandite

A

fish scaley

92
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pentlandite streak

A

light bronze to brown

93
Q

pentlandite colour

A

yellowish bronze

94
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gypsum specific gravity

95
Q

gypsum streak

96
Q

gypsum lustre

A

sugary -> vitreous

97
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barite cleavage

A

3 planes at right angles

98
Q

barite lustre

A

vitreous to pearly

99
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barite specific gravity

A

4.5 (heavy ish)

100
Q

calcite twinning

A

twinning is frequent

101
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calcite streak

102
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calcite lustre

103
Q

rhodochrosite colour

104
Q

rhodochrosite hardness

105
Q

magnesite look

A

marbly look, if not looks like a “rough rock from mideval times”

106
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magnesite harness

107
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magnesite streak

108
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dolomite hardness

109
Q

dolomite streak

110
Q

dolomite lustre

A

vitreous, pearly

111
Q

malachite colour

112
Q

malachite hardness

113
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malachite streak

114
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azurite streak

A

light blue

115
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azurite lustre

A

vitreous and earthy

EOSC 220: Rocks 2 know (7 decks)

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