Identification Flashcards by Raymond `Stavers

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scratches glass

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quartz

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has striations

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plagioclase feldspar

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biotite

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halite

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yellow/brown streak

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limonite

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scratches with fngernail

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gypsum

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muscovite

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scratches with fingernail

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kaolinite

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potassium feldspar

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magnetic

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magnetite

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gypsum

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scratches glass

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cryptocrystalline quartz

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brown/red streak

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hemotite

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pyrite

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amphibole

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green

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olivine

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grey streak

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galena

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pyroxene

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granite

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volcanic breccia

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obsidian

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light

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pumice

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tuff

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granite

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scoria

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green

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peridotite

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basalt

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rhyolite

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diorite

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gabbro

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porphyritic rhyolite

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porphyritic rhyolite

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andesite

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chert conglomerate

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reacts with HCl

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limestone

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scratch with fingernail

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rock gypsum

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chert

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quartzose sandstone

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sandstone with iron oxide cement

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arkosic conglomerate

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shale

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quartzose sandstone

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efferveces when scratched

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oil shale

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fossiliferous limestone

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schist

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slate

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efferveces with HCl

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marble

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efferveces with HCl

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marble

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quartzite

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granitic gneiss

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amphibolite

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phyllite

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quartzite

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schist