Minerals Flashcards by Nicole Pyszka

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Fingernail

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2.5

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Penny

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3

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Knife

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5.5

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Glass

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6

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Ceramic

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7

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Opaque Diaphaneity

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All light is reflected (Metallic Minerals)

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Translucent Diaphaneity

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Some light absorbed (most common)

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Transparent Diaphaneity

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Most light transmitted through

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pyrite - use

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“fool’s gold,” sulphuric acid

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chalcopyrite - use

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copper ore, wire

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galena - use

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lead ore, car batteries

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sphalerite - use

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zinc ore, galvanizing iron

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magnetite - use

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iron ore, steel

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talc - use

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talcum powder

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gypsym - use

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plaster, cement, wallboard

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calcite - use

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flux in steel making, cement (lime)

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halite - use

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road salt, sodium/chlorine

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graphite - use

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lubricant, steel hardening, high tech metal

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muscovite - use

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windows, insulators

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biotite, amphibole, pyroxene - use

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rock forming mineral

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orthoclase - use

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gemstones, ceramics

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plagioglase - use

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gemstones

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quartz - use

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gemstones, glass, electronics

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olivine - use

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gemstones

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clevage types

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basal, 2 directions(90 or not), cubic, rhombohedral, none

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olivine

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green

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graphite

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grey, basal

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galena

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silvery blue, opaque, cubic

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sphalerite

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brown grey, more than 3

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chalcopyrite

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yellow gold, opaque

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pyrite

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opaque

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magnetite

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dark grey, opaque

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biotite

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golden black, basal

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muscovite

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silvery beige, transparent, basal

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plagioclase

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white grey, 2@90

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orthoclase

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pink, 2@90

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pyroxene

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black-green, hints of yellow-brown, 2@90

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amphibole

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dark grey, 2, not 90

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quartz

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white, transparent

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halite

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smoky white, transparent, cubic

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calcite

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pink beige, rhombohedral

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gypsum

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transparent white, basal

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talc

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dirty white, basal

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ferromagnesium (dark) silicates

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olivine, pyroxene, amphibole, biotite

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non-ferromagnesium (light) silicates

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muscovite, feldspar, quartz

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feldspar

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K - Orthoclase, Ca-Na - plagioclase