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Lab 1: Mineral properties Flashcards

1
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Habit

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how the crystal naturaly grows

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how the crystal naturaly grows

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Habit

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3
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equant habit

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shaped like a cube

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4
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shaped like a cube

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Equant

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Elongate habit

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shaped like a rectangular prism

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shaped like a rectangular prism

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Enlongate habit

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Acicular habit

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extremely enlongated, like a needle

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extremely enlongated, like a needle

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Acicular habbit

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Fibrous habbit

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super long and wirey

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10
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super long and wirey

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Fiberous Habbit

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Platy habbit

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wide flat crystals

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12
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wide flat crystals

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Platy habbit

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13
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scaly/micacious habbit

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flate and wide like paper

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flate and wide like paper

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scaly/micacious habbit

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15
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Bladed habbit

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platy and enlongate

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16
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platy and enlongate

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bladed habbit

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17
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radiating habbit

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crystals strech out from a single point

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18
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crystals strech out from a single point

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radiating habbit

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19
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Globular Habbit

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forms a bunch of large rouned masses

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20
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forms a bunch of large rouned masses

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Globular Habbit

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21
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Botryoidal Habbit

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Forms grape sized spheres

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22
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Forms grape sized spheres

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Botryoidal habbit

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23
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Colloform habit

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Forms one round mass

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24
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Forms one round mass

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Colloform Habbit

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25
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Oolitic habit

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forms bb sized spheres

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26
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forms bb sized spheres

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oolitic habit

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27
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Pisolitic habit

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forms pea sized spheres

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28
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forms pea sized spheres

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Pisolitic habbit

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29
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Drusty habbit

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super tiny crystals

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30
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super tiny crystals

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Drusty habbit

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31
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Massive Habit

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doesn’t have an identifiable habit

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32
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doesn’t have an identifiable habit

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Massive Habbit

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33
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Cleavage

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how a mineral breaks, described as specific planes of weakness

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34
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how a mineral breaks, described as specific planes of weakness

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cleavage

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35
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Fracture

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When a mineral doesn’t have any cleavage planes, won’t always be the same as the shape of the crystals

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36
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When a mineral doesn’t have any cleavage planes, won’t always be the same as the shape of the crystals

37
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conchoidal fracture

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a fracture with smooth curved surfaces

38
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When a mineral doesn’t have any cleavage planes, won’t always be the same as the shape of the crystals

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Conchoidal Fracture

39
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Earthy fracture

A

reminicent fo freshly scooped soil

40
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reminicent fo freshly scooped soil

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Earthy Fracture

41
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Hackly Fracture

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breaks with jagged edges

42
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breaks with jagged edges

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Hackley fracture

43
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splintery fracture

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breaks into sharp, enlongated points

44
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breaks into sharp, enlongated points

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breaks into sharp, enlongated points

45
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Uneven fracture

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doesn’t match any other fracture pattern

46
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breaks into sharp, enlongated points

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Uneven fracture

47
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hardness of fingernail

48
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2~

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hardness of fingernail

49
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hardness of a penny

50
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3~

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hardness of a penny

51
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4~

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Hardness of a nail

52
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Hardness of a nail

53
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5~

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Hardness of glass

54
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Hardness of glass

55
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Hardness of streak plate

56
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7~

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Hardness of streak plate

57
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specific gravity

A

a measurment of the density of a mineral

58
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a measurment of the density of a mineral

A

specific gravity

59
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heft test

A

aproximating specific gravity by holding the mineral in your hand

60
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aproximating specific gravity by holding the mineral in your hand

61
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luster

A

the way a mineral interacts with light

62
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the way a mineral interacts with light

63
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Metalic luster

A

shines like a metal

64
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shines like a metal

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metalic luster

65
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vitreous luster

A

Looks glassy

66
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Looks glassy

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Vitreous luster

67
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Silky luster

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has a soft reflective apearence

68
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has a soft reflective apearence

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Silky luster

69
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dull/earthy luster

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looks like a rock

70
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looks like a rock

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dull/earthy luster

71
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Resonous luster

A

sort of like honey

72
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sort of like honey

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Resonous luster

73
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waxy luster

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has a waxy look

74
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has a waxy look

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waxy luster

75
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greasy luster

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shines and feels slick when touched

76
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shines and feels slick when touched

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Greasy luster

77
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Diaphenaity

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wether or not light passes through the mineral

78
Q

shines and feels slick when touched

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Diaphenaity

79
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Opaque

A

light does not pass through

80
Q

light does not pass through

81
Q

translucent

A

some light passes through

82
Q

some light passes through

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translucent

83
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transparent

A

most light passes through

84
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most light passes through

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transparent

85
Q

color when identifying minerals

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usualy not a good idea, minerals can be different collors based on their contaminants.

86
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usualy not a good idea, minerals can be different collors based on their contaminants.

A

collor when identifying minerals

87
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streak

A

the mark left by a mineral when rubbed on a hard surface, more consistant than bulk collor

88
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the mark left by a mineral when rubbed on a hard surface, more consistant than bulk collor

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