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22 Cards in this Set
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Pyrite Pale brass, yellow cubic crystals conchoidal to uneven fracture |
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Magnetite Iron-Black Magnetic indistinct cleavage metallic to dull luster |
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Hematite Silver to dark gray glittering tiny crystal faces common traces of rust |
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Chalcopyrite can exhibit tiny pyramid-shaped crystals, but more common scaly appearance |
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Graphite Dark gray like pencil lead cleavage of tiny crystals indicated by luster |
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Galena Silver gray cubic crystals 3 cleavage directions |
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Garnet Dark red to black 12 sided crystals conchodial fracture |
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Quartz Clear milky, white, rose conchodial fractures |
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Olivine Yellowish Green |
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Orthoclase Feldspar white to pink 2 cleavage directions |
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Plagioclase feldspar white to dark gray 2 cleavage directions |
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Pyroxene dark green to black 2 cleavage directions |
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Amphibole dark green to brown/black 2 cleavage directions like shingles on a roof |
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Hematite (nonmetallic) red,brown,yellow rusty, earthy appearance |
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Limonite Brownish yellow earthy appearance |
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Fluorite violet-blue 4 cleavage directions |
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Malachite green-blue bright colors glassy to earthy |
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Sphalerite yellowish brown odor of rotten eggs 6 cleavage directions |
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Dolomite looks like salt and pepper 3 cleavage directions Rhombic fractures |
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Asbestos Serpentine Light green to blackish green layered |
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Calcite clear white/gray/yellow glassy 3 cleavage directions |
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Barite 2 cleavage points |
