native elements Flashcards

1
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gold crystal form

A
  • isometric, octahedral crystals
  • arborescent
  • irregular, filliform, reticulated, dendritic
  • irregular plates scales or masses
  • rounded or flattened grains “nuggets”
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2
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gold cleavage

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none. hackly fracture

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3
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gold hardness

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2.5 to 3. malleable sectile

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4
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gold specific gravity

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19.3 pure
15 impure with other metals

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5
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gold color

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shades of yellow, paler with silver, metallic opaque

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6
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gold occurrence

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  1. hydrothermal quartz veins (vv fine grained)
  2. placer deposits, conglomerates, detrital grains “nuggets”
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7
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gold remarks

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  • color, malleability and sectility
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8
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gold vs pyrite

gold vs chalcopyrite

A

pyrite is harder

chalcopyrite is brittle

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9
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silver crystal form

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  • isometric, malformed
  • branching aborescent, reticulated groups
  • in coarse or fine wire
  • irregular masses, plates and scales
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10
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silver cleavage

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none. hackly fracture

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11
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silver hardness

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2.5 to 3. malleable and ductile

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12
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silver specific gravity

A

10.5 pure
10-12 impure

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13
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silver color

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metallic opaque. silver white, tarnished brown to gray black

streak silver white

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14
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silver occurrence

A

large deposits from hydrothermal solution precipitates

in smaller amounts oxidized portions of ore deposits

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15
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silver remarks

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  • color, malleability and specific gravity
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16
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copper crystal form

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  • isometric, tetrahexahedral, cube, dodecahedral, octahedral, malformed branching and aborescent
  • irregular masses plates and scales
  • twisted and wirelike
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17
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copper cleavage

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none. hackly fracture

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18
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copper hardness

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2.5 to 3. ductile and malleable

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19
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copper specific gravity

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8.9

20
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copper color

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dull luster, copper red, tarnish to dark

21
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copper occurrence

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  • primary deposits associated with basaltic lavas, the copper is deposited through reaction of hydrothermal fluids with iron oxide minerals
  • smaller amounts in oxidized zones of copper deposits associated with malachite azurite and cuprite
22
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copper remarks

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  • copper red, malleability, high specific gravity hackly
23
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sulfur crystal form

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  • orthorhombic, pyramidal, 2 dipyramids
  • prism 011 and base
  • masses perfectly crystallized
  • massive reniform stalactitic incrustations
24
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sulfur cleavage

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none. conchoidal fracture to uneven. brittle

25
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sulfur hardness

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1.5 to 2.5

26
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sulfur specific gravity

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2.05 to 2.09

27
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sulfur color

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resinous. transparent to translucent. sulfur yellow. impure shades of green gray red

28
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sulfur occurrence

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  • crater rims of extinct volcanoes as gas deposits
  • veins with metallic sulfides from oxidation of sulfides
  • in tertiary sedimentary rocks assoc. with anhydrite gypsum and limestone
  • assoc with celestite, gypsum calcite and aragonite
29
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sulfur remarks

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  • poor heat conductor
  • cracks bc hear from hand expands the outside layers
  • yellow color
30
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diamond crystal form

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  • isometric, octahedral, cubes and dodecahedrons
  • octahedral often has curved faces
  • twins on 111
31
Q

variety of diamond that has a rounded form and rough exterior resulting from radial or cryptocrystalline aggregate

A

bort

32
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applies to badly colored or flawed diamonds without gem value

A

bort

33
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diamond cleavage

A

octahedral 111 perfect

34
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diamond hardness

A

10

35
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diamond specific gravity

A

3.51

36
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diamond color

A

adamantine. uncut greasy. colorless pale yellow. shades of red orange green blue brown.

deeper shades are rare

noncleavable, opaque, less brittle than crystals???

37
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a black or grayish black bort

A

carbonado / carbon

38
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diamond occurrence

A
  • primary: in kimberlites as intrusive bodies, commonly circular with pipelike shape aka diamond pipes
  • also in alluvial deposits (placers), bc of their inert nature, great hardness and high specific gravity
39
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diamond remarks

A
  • great hardness, adamantine, cleavage
40
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graphite crystal form

A
  • tabular crystals with hexagonal outline
  • prominent basal face
  • foliated or scaly masses
  • radiated or granular
41
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graphite cleavage

A

basal perfect 0001. flexible folia, not elastic

42
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graphite hardness

A

1-2

43
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graphite specific gravity

A

2.23

44
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graphite color

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metallic sometimes greasy. black black streak

45
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graphite occurrence

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  • in metamorphic rocks: crystalline limestone, schists and gneiss
  • hydrothermal veins associated with quartz, orthoclase, tourmaline, apatite, pyrite and titanite
  • also original constituent in some igneous rocks
46
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graphite remarks

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  • black, foliated, extreme softness, greasy
47
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molybdenite vs graphite

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moly has blue tone graphite is black