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sulfates Flashcards

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barite formula

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BaSO4

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barite crystal form

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  • orthorhombic, tabular on {001}
  • frequently divergent groups or tabular crystals forming crested barite or barite roses
  • coarsely laminated, granular, earthy
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barite cleavage

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pinacoidal perfect, prismatic less perfect

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barite hardness

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3 to 3.5

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barite specific gravity

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4.5

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barite color

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vitreous, transparent to translucent. pearly on the base on some. colorless white light shades of red blue and yellow

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barite occurrence

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hydrothermal veins associated with ores of silver, lead, copper, cobalt and manganese

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barite remarks

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yellowish green flame test

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celestite formula

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SrSO4

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celestite crystal form

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  • orthorhombic tabular on {001}, same with barite
  • prismatic parallel to the a or b axis
  • radiating fibrous, granular
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celestite cleavage

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basal perfect, prismatic good

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celestite hardness

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3 to 3.5

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celestite specific gravity

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3.95 to 3.97

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celestite color

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vitreous to pearly transparent to translucent. colorless white and faintly red and blue

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celestite occurrence

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  • disseminations in sandstone or limestone
  • nests or lining of cavities in ss or ls
  • lead veins with galena
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celestite remarks

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  • usual pale blue color
  • fine radiating/ fibrous habit
  • crimson flame test and lower specific gravity
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anglesite formula

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anglesite crystal form

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  • orthorhombic, tabular on {001} like barite but more varied
  • coarse, granular to compact
  • earthy, concentric layers with unaltered galena core
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anglesite cleavage

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basal good, prismatic imperfect, conchoidal fracture

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anglesite hardness

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anglesite specific gravity

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6.2 to 6.4

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anglesite color

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adamantine crystal, dull earthy. transparent to translucent. colorless white gray, pale shades of yellow. dark gray if impurities

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anglesite occurrence

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supergene mineral in oxidized portions of lead deposits

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anglesite remarks

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high specific gravity and adamantine luster, association with galena

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anhydrite formula

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anhydrite crystal form

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  • orthorhombic, crystals rare
  • usually massive, crystalline massive resembling an isometric mineral with cubic cleavage
  • fibrous, massive granular
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anhydrite cleavage

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3 pinacoidal

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anhydrite hardness

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anhydrite specific gravity

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2.89 to 2.98

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anhydrite color

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vitreous to pearly on cleavage. colorless bluish to violet. white or tinged with rose red or brown

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anhydrite occurrence

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  • same with gypsum, associated with gypsum but less common
  • in beds associated with salt deposits in the caps of salt domes and in limestone
  • in amygdaloidal cavities in basalt
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anhydrite remarks

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  • 3 cleavages at right angles (diff from barite)
  • higher specific gravity than calcite
  • harder than gypsum
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gypsum formula

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CaSO4•2(H2O)

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gypsum crystal form

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  • monoclinic, simple habit
  • tabular on 010
  • diamond shaped with beveled edges
  • twinning on 100: swallowtail twins
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gypsum cleavage

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  • 010 pinacoidal perfect
  • 100 conchoidal
  • 110 fibrous fracture
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gypsum hardness

37
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gypsum specific gravity

38
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gypsum color

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pearly, vitreous, silky. translucent to transparent. colorless white gray yellow red brown. satin spar alabaster and selenite

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gypsum occurrence

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  • in sedimentary rocks as thick beds: interstratified with limestone and shale or underlying beds of rock salt, alteration of anhydrite
  • volcanic regions
  • gangue of metallic veins
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gypsum remarks

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softness, three unequal cleavages

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