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41 Cards in this Set
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pyrite
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fools gold; hard; metallic
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chalcopyrite
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brassy, bigger than fools gold, metallic
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galena
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silvery-gray, high specific gravity, metallic
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magnetite
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magnetic, hard, metallic
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bornite
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peacock ore, medium, metallic
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hematite
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red-brown but mostly grey! medium-hard, metallic
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azurite
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dark dark blue crystals, medium, earthy
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chrysocolla
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light blue and green (marbly/swirly looking), medium-hard, earthy
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malachite
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DARK DARK green, hard, earthy
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talc
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feels soapy, soft, earthy, white, glassy
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gypsum
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soft, flattened, sheer/pearly, glassy
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calcite
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reacts with acid, three distinct planes of cleavage at 60 degrees, rhombic rectangle, sheer/pearly, glassy
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halite
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salty tasting, three distinct planes of cleave at 90 degrees, sheer/pearly, cube-like, glassy
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fluorite
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Many, many diff colors (most-likely clear), looks almost like quartz but not as crystally and very foggy/faded looking, 3 planes of cleavage, glassy
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quartz
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six-sided, hard, many different colors, glassy
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muscovite
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thin, one plane of cleavage, clear/tan/pearly, glassy
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biotite
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one plane of cleavage, thin and black, glassy
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k-spar
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exsolution bands (veiny), flat, tan/red, glassy
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amazonite
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exsolution bands (veiny), flat and green/brown, glassy
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plagioclase
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striations, white/sheer/grayish, glassy
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hornblende
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almost metallic gray/black and dark, fibrous-looking, glassy (prob going to be big)
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hematite (earthy)
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red-brownish, no cleavage, earthy
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limonite
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mustard-brown, earthy
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realgar
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bright red/orange/yellow and gray streaks, earthy
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sulfur
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yellow! earthy
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garnet
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purple-ish w/ green and gray (can be multiple colors from white/pearl 2 red), 12-sided crystal, glassy
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apatite
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green/sheer, 6-sided crystal, glassy
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corundum
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reddish-brown, 6-sided crystal, glassy
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vanadenite
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small orange sugar cookie crystals, big, glassy
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wulfenite
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blade-like orange crystals sticking out of rock at random place, dull red-brown, glassy
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epidote
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dull mossy greenish w/ flecks making it looked "freckled", no cleavage, glassy
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olivine
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bright green sugar cookie ish crystals on purple-grey, no cleavage, glassy
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micas:
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glassy, muscovite, biotite ONE PLANE OF CLEAVAGE SO FLAT
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feldspars
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glassy, k-spar, amazonite, plagioclase EXSOULTION BANDS AND STRIATIONS
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amphibole
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glassy, hornblende FIBEROUS
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gems
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glassy, garnet, apatite, corundum HAVE CRYSTAL FORM NOT CLEAVAGE!!!!
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glassy (orange)
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vanadenite, wulfenite BOTH HAVE WEIRD CRYSTALS
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glassy (green)
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epidote, olivine BOTH HAVE WEIRD CRYSTALS
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earthy:
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hematite, limonite, realgar, sulfur, azurite, chrysocolla, malachite
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glassy:
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talc (soapy), gypsum (flat, one plane of cleavage) (BOTH SOFT), calcite (react w/ acid, 60 degree), halite (salty, 90 degree), fluorite (octahedral cleavage, meaning 4 planes, and is medium), quartz (hexagonal crystal form, six sided, and is hard)
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metallic:
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pyrite (HARD), chalcopyrite (both GOLD/BRASSY), galena (HEAVY, 90 degree cleavage), magnetite (MAGNETIC), bornite (PEACOCK...), hematite (RED-BROWN STREAK!!!)
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