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40 Cards in this Set
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Soft, greasy mineral. good streak. |
Graphite |
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Special property is smell |
Sulfur |
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Malleable |
Copper |
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Red Streak |
Hematite |
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Smells like sulfur Light brown streak |
Sphalerite |
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Scratch glass. Fools good |
Pyrite |
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Won't scratch glass darker that its partner |
Chalcopyrite |
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Cubic and heavy |
Galena |
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Will scratch glass ruby |
Corundum |
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Yellowish brown streak |
Limonite |
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Round circles in rock |
Bauxite |
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Magnetic |
Magnetite |
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Cubic slick and salty |
Halite |
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Cubes or two pyramids base to base. Usually purple |
Fluorite |
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Rhombohedral double image |
Calcite |
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Pink Druzy, rice like crystals |
Dolomite |
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Green crystals on another rock |
Malachite |
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Clear, flat wavy thick sheets |
Gypsum selenite |
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Looks like brush bristles |
Gypsum Satin Spar |
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Olive green crystals |
Apatite |
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Prism crystal, comchoidal fracturing. Looks milky |
Quartz (milky) |
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Prism form, conchoidal fracturing clear hard rock |
Quartz (crystal) |
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Prism Form, conchoidal fracturing. Pinkish color |
Quartz (rose) |
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Prism Form, conchoidal fracturing. Often confused with fluorite |
Quartz (amethyst) |
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Prism Form, conchoidal fracturing. Dark smoky color |
Quartz (smoky) |
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Looks like green sugar |
Olivine |
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Greenish black, more dull than vitreous, blocky shape |
Pyroxene |
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Black long slender crystals, vitreous |
Amphibole |
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Black/brown sheets |
Biotite |
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Clear/green sheets. Flakes really easily |
Muscovite |
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Gray with blue to purple flashes of color |
Ca-plagioclase |
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White with striations |
Na-plagioclase |
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Salmon pink with veins |
Orthoclase |
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Feels like dry soap |
Talc |
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Dark green, layered, pearly |
Chlorite |
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Dark red, dodecahedral |
Garnet |
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Sky blue, bladed, can have rust |
Kyanite |
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Dark brown/black crystals often shaped like an x |
Staurolite |
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Conchoidal fracturing, very smooth, sharp edges. |
Chert |
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Creamy white, chalky look, sticks to tongue if licked, sticks to fingers. Powder look |
Kaolinite |