fucking rocks Flashcards by Ellen Marion

Q

Covellite

A

CuS

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Chalcopyrite

A

CuFeS2

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Pyrrhotite

A

(Fe(1-X)S)

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Pyrite

A

FeS2

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Marcasite

A

FeS2

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Arsenopyrite

A

FeAsS

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Chalcosite

A

Cu2S

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Hematite

A

Fe2O3

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Corundum

A

Al2O3

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Bauxite

A

complex of aluminous hydroxides

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Ilmenite

A

FeTiO3

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Magnetite

A

Fe3O4

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Rutile

A

TiO2

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Chromite

A

FeCr2O4

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Goethite

A

FeO(OH))

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Pentlandite

A

(Fe, Ni)9S8

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What looks like a peacock

A

covellite

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What has a greenish brown streak and looks like cheap gold spraypaint

A

Chalcopyrite

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What is the hardness of covellite

A

1.5 - 2

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what is the streak of chalcopyrite

A

greenish

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what is the colour of pyrrhotite

A

bronzish

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What is the hardness if pyrrhotite

A

low hardness

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What is the streak of pyrite

A

greenish black

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What is described as fools gold

A

pyrite

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What is the habit of pyrite

A

cubic

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What is the crystal that looks like a metallic fishscale

A

marcasite

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What crystal looks like pyrite but darker

A

arsenopyrite

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What is the specific gravity of arsenopyrite

A

high specific gravity

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What is the hardness of chalcosite

A

very soft

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What is the tarnish that may be in chalcosite

A

purplish

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What is the rock that has a greenish streak, is massive and may be a bit purple

A

Chalcosite

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What rock looks “lavaish”

A

Hematite

Q

What is the streak of hematite

A

red

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What colour is hematite

A

black to red with maybe a but of steel grey

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what is special about hematite

A

magnetic dusk

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What is the hardness of corundum

A

9

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What is the shape that corundum takes and why

A

hexagons because it had a trigonal crystal system

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What crystal is gonna be hexagon

A

corundum

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What does bauxite look like

A

reddish orange rock with spots

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What is the hardness of 1-3

A

bauzite

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What streak is ilmenite

A

black

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What is special about ilmenite

A

It is weakly magnetic meaning that a magnet will skip when dragged across it

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What is magnetites streak

A

black

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What is magnetites habit

A

either cubis or massive

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What is rutiles lustre

A

submetallic to adamentine

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What are the ways rutile might show up

A

Weird tabular looking things kinda purply red, might be clear rock with gold wires in it, might be a dark red rock with orangey lines (most likely???????)

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What is the streak of chromite

A

dark brown

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What is the lustre of chromite

A

metallic to submetallic

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What would you describe chromite as

A

darker rock with a bit of lustre

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What is the colour appearance or goethite

A

dark rock (black) with some orange shit on it

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What is the streak of goethite

A

ORANGE mf

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What is the streak of pentlandite

A

light bronze or brown

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What is the general appearance of pentlandite

A

darker grey rock with some goldish or silver shimmer shit on it

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Is pentlandite magnetic

A

nope