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36 Cards in this Set
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Mineral: Orthoclase Luster: Vitreous to Pearly Color: White, pink, pale yellow Diaphaneity: Translucent to transparent Hardness: 6-6.5 Cleavage: 2 good @ 90 Streak: white Other: Perthite texture |
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Mineral: Quartz Luster: Glassy Color: Clear, white, gray, black, violet, yellow, brown, pink, blue, green. Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent Hardness: 7 Cleavage: none Streak: none Other: conchoidal fracture |
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Mineral: Chalcedony Luster: Waxy / greasy luster Color: White, gray, brown, red, orange, yellow, blue, green, black. Diaphaneity: Transparent and translucent Hardness: 7 Cleavage: none Streak: none Other: Conchoidal fractures |
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Mineral: Natrolite Luster: Vitreous to Pearly Color: Colorless, white, pinkish Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent Hardness: 5-5.5 Cleavage: One perfect Streak: white Other: radiating, fibrous, vertical striations |
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Mineral: Nepheline Luster: Greasy to vitreous Color: white, gray, yellowish Diaphaneity: translucent to transparent Hardness: 5.5-6 Cleavage: poor Streak: none Other: massive granular |
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Mineral: Labadorite Luster: Vitreous Color: Gray to bluish gray Diaphaneity: translucent to transparent Hardness: 6-6.5 Cleavage: Good @ 90 Streak: white Other: |
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Mineral: Albite Luster: Vitreous Color: Colorless, white Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent Hardness: 6-6.5 Cleavage: 2 @ 90 with fine striations Streak: white Other: uneven fracture |
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Mineral: Sodalite Luster: Dull to vitreous Color: Blue Diaphaneity: translucent Hardness: 5.5-6 Cleavage: poor Streak: white Other: bright-yellow flame |
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Mineral: Kaolinite Luster: Earth, dull Color: usually white Diaphaneity: opaque Hardness: 2-2.5 Cleavage: one perfect Streak: white Other: chalky mass |
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Mineral: Chlorite Luster: Pearly to vitreous Color: Dark green to blue-green Diaphaneity: translucent Hardness: 2-2.5 Cleavage: One perfect Streak: Other: peeled into flexible sheets |
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Mineral: Biotite Luster: Vitreous Color: Brown to black Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent Hardness: 2.5-3 Cleavage: one perfect Streak: none Other: flaky |
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Mineral: Chrysotile (Asbestos) Luster: silky Color: white to greenish-yellow Diaphaneity: opaque Hardness: 2.5-4 Cleavage: none Streak: Other: can be sepearated into elastic fibers |
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Mineral: Talc
Luster: Greasy / waxy Color: white, greenish-white, brownish-white Diaphaneity: translucent to transparent Hardness: 1 Cleavage: one perfect Streak: none Other: greasy feel |
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Mineral: Serpentine
Luster: Waxy Color: Green, yellow-green Diaphaneity: opaque Hardness: 2.5-4 Cleavage: poor Streak: none Other: has a greasy feel |
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Mineral: Lepidolite Luster: Pearly to vitreous Color: Pink, lilac, yellow Diaphaneity: Transparent to translucent Hardness: 2.5-4 Cleavage: one perfect Streak: Other: red flame |
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Mineral: Muscovite Luster: Vitreous Color: white to yellowish tan, tan to green Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent Hardness: 2-2.5 Cleavage: one perfect Streak: none Other: triangular outline |
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Mineral: Glauconite Luster: Dull, earthy Color: Blue-green, yellow-green, dark green Diaphaneity: translucent to opaque Hardness: 2 Cleavage: one perfect Streak: Other: spherical grains in sed rocks |
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Mineral: Pyrophyllite Luster: Pearly, silky, or dull Color: white, light yellow, light green, tan Diaphaneity: translucent to opaque Hardness: 1-2 Cleavage: one perfect Streak: Other: radiating fibrous |
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Mineral: Actinolite Luster: Vitreous Color: light to dark green Diaphaneity: Hardness: 5-6 Cleavage: Streak: Other: fibrous aggregates, sometimes radiating |
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Mineral: Diopside Luster: Vitreous Color: pale to medium green, sometimes blue Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent Hardness: 5-6 Cleavage: 2 @ 90 Streak: Other: stubby, blocky, usually prismatic |
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Mineral: Wollastonite
Luster: sub-vitreous to pearly, silky when fibrous Color: white to grayish Diaphaneity: translucent Hardness: 4.5-5 Cleavage: good @ 90 Streak: Other: parallel to radiating masses |
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Mineral: Augite
Luster: Vitreous to resinous (greasy) Color: black / greenish-black Diaphaneity: translucent to opaque Hardness: 5-6 Cleavage: 2 good @ 90 Streak: gray-green Other: |
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Mineral: Glaucophane
Luster: Vitreous Color: Gray to lavender-blue Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent Hardness: 5-6 Cleavage: 2 @ 60 and 120 Streak: white to grayish-blue Other: conchoidal fracture |
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Mineral: Hornblende Luster: Vitreous Color: Dark green to black Diaphaneity: translucent Hardness: 5-6 Cleavage: prismatic 56 to 124 Streak: Other: acicular or fibrous |
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Mineral: Cummingtonite Luster: Vitreous to silky Color: Dark green to brown / light brown Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent Hardness: 5-6 Cleavage: 2 at 60 and 120 Streak: Other: fibrous aggregates, can be radiating |
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Mineral: Enstatite Luster: Vitreous to silky or pearly Color: yellowish green to green / olive brown Diaphaneity: translucent Hardness: 5.5 Cleavage: 2 well @ 90 Streak: Other: cleavage looks silky |
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Mineral: Jadeite Luster: Vitreous to pearly Color: white, yellow-white, green or black Diaphaneity: translucent Hardness: 6.5-7 Cleavage: good Streak: Other: waxy masses |
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Mineral: Tremolite Luster: Vitreous to silky Color: white to pale green Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent Hardness: 5-6 Cleavage: 2 @ 60 and 120 Streak: Other: fibrous aggregates, can be radiating |
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Mineral: Olivine Luster: Vitreous Color: Apple green, olive green Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent Hardness: 6.5-7 Cleavage: none Streak: Other: |
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Mineral: Staurolite Luster: Vitreous to resinous Color: reddish brown to brown / black Diaphaneity: translucent to opaque Hardness: 7-7.5 Cleavage: one direction poor along the prism Streak: white or gray Other: |
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Mineral: Andalusite Luster: Vitreous Color: flesh-red to brown Diaphaneity: opaque to translucent Hardness: 7.5 Cleavage: good @ the prism Streak: white Other: rod-like aggregates |
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Mineral: Kyanite Luster: Vitreous to pearly Color: commonly blue, sometimes gray Diaphaneity: translucent to transparent Hardness: 6-7 Cleavage: good along the prism Streak: white Other: bladed to radiating aggregates |
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Mineral: Zircon Luster: vitreous to adamantine Color: colorless, yellow, red, brown Diaphaneity: transparent to opaque Hardness: 7.5 Cleavage: fair to good Streak: Other: conchoidal fracture |
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Mineral: Topaz Luster: Vitreous Color: Colorless, white (white), yellow, blue, green, violet, reddish-yellow. Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent Hardness: 8 Cleavage: one good Streak: Other: |
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Mineral: Titanite Luster: Adamantine to resinous Color: white to yellow-green, medium to dark brown to black Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent Hardness: 5-5.5 Cleavage: poor Streak: white Other: well-shaped crystals |
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Mineral: Sillimanite Luster: silky Color: white (commonly), gray, light brown pale green Diaphaneity: Hardness: 6-7 Cleavage: Streak: Other: |
