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hydrous Cr Mg Carbonate
Purple, found with serpentine |
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Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Teenage Ninja Turtle Green |
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Hydrous Mg carbonate
White, earthy |
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hydrous Cu Carbonate
baby blue, crystalline or filling in cracks |
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| HgS, bright red, not brick red |
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(Co,Fe)AsS
Grey w/pink weathering Erythrite |
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ZnCO3
Botryoidal w/rhomb/diamond faces |
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(Fe,Ni)9S8
Bronze Colour, not magnetic |
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| U O2, black, pitchy, w/ carnotite |
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| Ca tungstate, strong blue/.white fluorescence |
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| Ca5(PO4)3(F,OH,Cl), gemmy, H=5 |
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| PbCO3 - clear, conchoidal fracture, heavy |
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| hydrous K Al Sulfate, creamy, white, common with jarosite |
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| Fe(1-x)S, bronze and magnetic |
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| Hydrous Cu Sulfate, Superman Blue |
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| hydrous Cu Carbonate, green, common with azurite |
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| Mg(OH)2, looks like gypsum, rhombohedral |
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| hydrous zinc arsenate, yellowish in limonite cavities |
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| (Fe,Mg) Tungstate - radiating dark, Fe rich is ferberite, brown is Huebnerite |
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| PbMoO4 - orangey tetragonal mineral |
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| hydrous Cu Carbonate, blue, common with Malachite |
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| CaSo4*H2O - can be selenite (clear) or gypsum H=2.5, but lighter than barite |
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| Cu12Sb4S13 - Cu12As4S13 - dark grey, greenish, isometric |
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| BaSO4 - can be roses, anything that looks like gypsum but is heavier, or those sand balls |
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| hydrous AlFeMg Phosphate, blue monoclinic flakes in a rock |
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| hydrous Co arsenate - pink mineral on cobaltite |
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| Ba Mn oxy-hydroxide, black, somewhat shiny, hard, often botryoidal |
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| Sb2S3 - shiny blue blades, kind of like kaolinite |
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| CaF2 - oinion skin, tetrahedrons, botryoidal |
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| (Fe,Mn)PO4*H2O gay purple, not with serpentine |
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| Al2O3, hexagonal, pegmatite, H=9 |
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| hydrous K Fe Sulfate - orange limonite |
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| ZnAl2O4 - little round dots in schists |
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| (Zn,Fe,Mn)(Fe,Mn)2O4 - magnetic, with Zincite and Calcite |
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| ZnO, lab floor red, with Franklinite |
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| FeO(OH) Limonite like we're used to |
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| MoS2 - silver blue in pegmatite, soft |
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| hydrous Cu Chloride, not found with Azurite |
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| FeS2 - octohedrons, cubes |
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| TiO2 - redbrown, translucent on the edges, striated |
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| FeTiO3 - black, pitchy, lightly magnetic |
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| hydrous Al Phosphate, green yellow bullseyes |
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| Cu5FeS4 - dark purple, sooty, blues and greens and purples, not reds |
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| MnO2 - dark black and sooty |
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| FeCr2O4 - black, found with olivine |
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| MgCO3 - white, chalky, fractures in ultramafic rocks |
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| hydrous CaU phosphate - yellow mica flakes with torbernite |
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| hydrous Fe sulfate - green limonite |
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| hydrated Na Borate - fluffy white powder |
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| hydrous Cu Phosphate - colour can be in cracks |
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| Hydrous CuU phosphate - green mica on pegmatite, common with autunite |
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| SrSO4 - dark sky grey, lighter than barite |
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| FeS2 - orthorhombic pyrite |
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| SnO2 - tetragonal prism, heavy, brown, white streak |
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| AgSb3S3-AgAsS3 - dark but with ruby undertones |
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| Cu2S - blackish tarnish, blue, metallic luster |
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| hydrous Al phosphate - 60s green |
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| hydrous Ca borate - white and terrible to ID |
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| hydrous Fe phosphate - see-through green plaid |
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| FeCO3 - Fe analogue of calcite |
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| AlOOH-Al(OH)3 - in bauxite |
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| Cu3AsS4 - dark black flashy, can be oval orthorhombic prisms |
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| hydrous Na Ca borate - TV rock |
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| Fe3O4 - it's black and really magnetic |
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| CuS - Indigo blue metallic |
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| Name six minerals that can be botryoidal |
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Definition
| Rhodochrosite, hematite, romanechite, smithsonite, calcite, malachite |
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| Name some minerals associated with mafic and ultramafic rocks |
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| Chromite, Pentlandite, native platinum, brucite, magnesite, hydromagnesite, stichtite |
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| Name seven orthorhombic minerals |
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| Native Sulfur, Marcasite, Arsenopyrite, Stibnite, Enargite, Barite, Celestite |
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| Name a bunch of tetragonal minerals |
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| Chalcopyrite, Cassiterite, Rutile |
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| Name some high temperature vein minerals |
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| Molybedenite, Niccolite, Arsenopyrite, Pyrolusite, Cassiterite |
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| Name a bunch of hot springs minerals |
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| Sulfur, Sinter, Orpiment and Realgar, Cinnabar, Pyargyrite-prousite |
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| Name some epithermal vein minerals |
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| Cinnabar, Orpiment and Realgar, Native Silver, Arsenic, Gold, Pyargyrite-Proustite, Tetrahedrite-tennantite, Enargite |
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| Name some common accesory minerals |
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| Rutile, Illmenite, Magnetite |
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Pentlandite - Associations
Where is it found? |
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(Fe,Ni)9S8 Bronze colour, not magnetite
Main Ni mineral, always associated with mafic & Ultra mafic Rxs, the biggest deposit is in Sudberry |
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Corundum
What makes Rubies? Cleavages? Source?
What colours Rubies and Sapphires |
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Al2)3, hexagonal prisms, 2 good cleavages.
Metamorphic & pegmatite mineral, sapphire is colour by Ti, Ruby by Cr |
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Molybedenite
System?
Where is it found? |
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| MoS2, hexagonal, high temperature vein mineral and pegmatites |
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Realgar
Associations? Found in? |
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| As2S3, reddish mineral with Orpiment, found in hot springs |
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| Niccolite Use? Colour? Associations? |
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Definition
| NiAs mettalic, peachy colour, source of Ni, high temperature vein mineral, sometimes with Cobaltite |
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| Specular Hematite source? |
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Definition
| Metamorphic and igneous veins |
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| Galens Use? Associations? Source? |
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Definition
| PbS Used for Pb. Associated with Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Calcite. Found in black smokers and veins |
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| Sphalerite - source? Color changes? |
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Definition
| Can be darker b/c of oil inclusions. Forms in veins but also in warm H20 ground water that picks up Zn and deposits it in old caves called MVTs. |
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| Name some minerals that have obscure uses |
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Definition
Galena - Pb for car batteries
Stibnite - Sb for flame retardants
Rutile - TiO2 for reflective paint |
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| Arsenopyrite - source? System? |
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Definition
| FeAsS. High temperature vein mineral. Orthorhombic. Silvery pyrite |
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| Cobaltite - associations? Use? Source? |
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| (Co,Fe)AsS Silvery Grey, weathers to a pink erythrite, niccolite association. Used for cobalt. It occurs in high temperature hydrothermal deposits and contact metamorphic rocks. |
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| Brucite - luster? System? Source? Associations? |
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| Mg(OH)2 pearly luster. Rhombohedral, weathering product of ultramafic rocks or dolomites, can have some chromites. |
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| Ag2S Dark and Soft. Main Ag Ore |
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| Pyrite - system? Habit? Source? |
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| FeS2 - isometric, cubes, pyritohedrons or octahedrons. Can form as precipitate from black smokers or as concretions. Found also in igneous and metamorphic veins |
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| Marcasite - system? Source? Why? |
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| FeS2 - pyrite with cockscomb structure. Polymorph of pyrite. Orthorhombic, not isometric. Low temperature vein mineral or in coal or swampy deposits. Occurs when FeS2 grows fast, pyrite when slow |
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| Franklinite - source? Group? Associations? |
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| (Zn,Fe,Mn)(Fe,Mn)2O4 Steel gray, magnetic, often w/zincite, dark brown streak. Part of the Spinel group. Found with metamorphosed black smokers. |
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| ZnAl2O4 dark green, round, octahedrons, forms from metamorphosed black smoker deposits, often in schists, quartzite. Spinel Group |
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| Chromite - source? Group? Use? |
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| FeCr2O4, black subrounded grains in ultramafic rocks or rocks associated with ultramaficness. Olivine association, brown streak. Always in ultramafic rocks, alloyed with steel, common in dunites, also common with Mg rich pyroxenes. |
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| Zincite - source? Colour? Associations? |
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| ZnO orange/red, often with Franklinite, Lab floor colour. Metamorphosed black smoker deposits. |
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| Halite - cleavage? Group? |
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Definition
| NaCl, evaporite, second in order of evaporation from seawater. Halide group |
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| AgCl, Silver chloride, soluble, what you get when you weather a silver deposit in an arid environment |
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| Atacamite - associations? Colour? Origin? Form? |
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Definition
| Hydrous Cu chloride. Not associted with azurite, but with gypsum. Blueish kelly green. Source from the weathering of Cu minerals. |
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| Fluorite - cleavages? System? Skin? Association? Source? |
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| CaF2, 4 cleavages into tetrahedron. Isometric system, oiniony skin, associated with galena, chalcopyrite, sphalerite. Forms in low temperature veins, MVTs. |
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| Cryolite - Use? Luster? Formula? |
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Definition
| Na3AlF6 - USed as flux in Al smelting. waxy luster, boring white. |
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| Nitre & sodanitre -source? Use? |
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Definition
| puffy white powder. Cave mineral, formed by dissolving Na or K out of Rxs( usually clay minerals), extremely soluble. Also an evaporite in the desert. Used for making black powder. |
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| Kernite - System? Origin? |
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| Hydrated Na borate. Monoclinic, evaporite |
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Term
| Celestite - Source? Associations? System? |
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Definition
| SrSO4 - sky gray blue, orthorhombic. Found where warm water, typically from hot springs, has passed through a limeston. Also found in salt domes, and so associated with native sulphur. |
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Definition
| (Ce,La,Y,Th)PO4 Rare Earth Element phosphate. Pegmatite mineral, used in modern tech, also oil refining. |
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Term
| Apatite - types? System? Uses? Source? Rarity? |
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Definition
| Ca5(PO4)3(F,OH,Cl) fluroapatie, chlror apaties, and hydroxy apatites. Hexagonal prisms. Commonly in LS as collophane, but also in igneous and metamorphic rocks, it's a primary mineral, the world's most common phosphate. |
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| Wavelite - source? Founds? |
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Definition
| Hydrous Al phosphate Secondary mineral formed in weather phosphatic limestones. Found in fractures. |
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Term
| Colmanite - system? Source? |
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Definition
| Hydrous Ca Borate - thin, bladed clear XLS, mono clinic. Evaporite |
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Term
| Ulexite - source? System? |
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Definition
| Hydrated Na/Ca borate - triclinic and fibrous. TV rocks. Evaporite |
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Definition
| Hydrated Na borate - hexagonal outline, fluffy powder. Monoclinic. Evaporite in desert |
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| Stichtite - Associations? Colour? |
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Definition
| hydrous Mg Carbonate - associated with serpentine, other ultramafic rocks. Forms from weathering of ultramafic rxs or from serpentine - a talc like feel. |
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Term
| hydromagnesiste - associations? Equivalences? |
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Definition
| 'hydrous' Mg Carbonate. Very similar to magnesite, formed from weathering Ultramafic/Dolometic Rxs. Common w/dunnite and serpentine. |
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Term
| Trona - Source? Associations? Luster? |
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Definition
| Hydrated Sodium Carbonate. Forms in salt flats and alkaline lakes, wherever there are high Na concentrations and high evaporation rates. Can also form from carbonitite magmas. Radial XLS with waxy luster. |
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Definition
| KCl bittersalty - hallide |
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Term
| Lazulite - weathered from? System? |
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Definition
| hydrous Mg/Fe/Al Phosphate - sky blue monoclinic grains. Primary mineral. |
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Definition
| Hydrated Fe Phosphate - Dark green translucent. 1 cleavage, weathering mineral, also in pegmatites. |
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Term
| Ankerite - Source? Equivalance? |
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Definition
| CaFe(CO3)2 Fe analog, for dolomite, low temperature vein mineral, forms in Fe-rich carbonate Rxs. |
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Term
| Malachite - source? Texture? |
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Definition
| Cu2CO3(OH2) Green coating with azurite. Monoclinic. Weathering zone of any Cu-bearing mineral. Can be druzy or velvet. |
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Term
| Dolomite - source story? Shape? |
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Definition
| CaMg(CO3)2 Rhombohedral saddle crystals, pinkish. Tidal flats, sahbkas. Lime muds change to dolomitic muds as Mg= buidls up in tidal poolks from evaporating sea water and starts to replace Ca+ XLS are everywhere Mg+CaCO3. Also found in MVTs. |
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Term
| Cerussite - fracture? Source? Association? |
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Definition
| PbCO3 - conchoidal fracture, forms from weathering of primary Pb minerals like Galena - commonly found with smithsonite or galena. |
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| Barite - use? Source? System? Associations? |
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Definition
| BaSO4 - used to give weight to drilling muds. Founds in low temperature veins or MVTs. Can also be Balls, blades, fibrous, Sand XLS. Associated with galena, sphalerite, fluorite, chalcopyrite. |
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Term
| Pyromorphite - colour? Luster? |
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Definition
| TNMNT Green, brilliant luster. Weathering mineral, can be botryoidal, heavy. |
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Term
| Purpurite - source? Formula? Hardness? |
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Definition
| Hydrated Fe/Mn Phosphate kool-aid purple. Forms from weathering Fe/Mn rxs with some P in them. |
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Term
| Aurichalcite - source? Associations? System? |
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Definition
| hydrous Zn/Cu Carbonate - robin's egg blue, monoclinic. Very soft, weathering product from Cu & Zn Rocks. Associated with limonite. |
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Term
| Azurite - Source? Associations? Forms? |
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Definition
| Hydrous copper carbonate - blue with malachite. Translucent, sparkly, weathering mineral from CU bearing minerals. Concretions or XLS. |
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Definition
| YPO4, pegmatite mineral, rare earth element mineral. |
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Term
| Magnesiste - source? Found in? |
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Definition
| MgCO3 - earthy, chalky white. Comes from the weathering of ultramafic/dolomite Rxs. Found in fractures of ultramafic rocks. |
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Term
| Autunite - source? Parent? Association? Color? |
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Definition
| Hydrated Ca/U Phosphate - yellow mica on pegmatites. U originated in Zircon, where U substitutes for Zr. Common with torbernite. |
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Term
| Turquoise - Hardness? Use? Weathers from? Found? |
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Definition
| hydrated Cu/Al Phosphate - baby blue with conchoidal fracture, H=6. Forms from the weathering of Chalcopyrite, found in fractures for the most part. |
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Term
| Torbernite - associations? Color? |
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Definition
| hydrated Cu/U Phosphate - flakes or coating only in pegmatite, green in mica. Common with autunite |
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Term
| Name a bunch of pegmatite minerals |
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Definition
| Molybedenite, corundum, cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, tourmalines, spessartine, monazite, xenotine, vivianite, autunite, torbernite |
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Definition
| aragonite, witherite, strontianite, cerussite |
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Term
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Definition
| MnCO3, Pink botryoidal. Formed by weathering Moly, tetrahedrite. Can be dark pink when translucent. Can be in veins too. |
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Term
| Columbite - Tantalite Use? Source? |
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Definition
| (Fe,Mn)Nb2O6- (Fe,Mn)Ta2O6 used for steel alloys, found in pegmatites |
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Term
| Pyrargyrite-Proustite Use? Source? |
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Definition
| Ag3Sb3S3-Ag2AsS3 Ruby undertones, most important Ag mineral. Forms in epithermal veins and hotsprings. |
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Term
| Tetrahedrite - Tennantite System? Source? Use? |
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Definition
| Cu12Sb4S13 - Cu12As4S13 Dark grey, greenish, tetrahedrous, isometric. Epithermal veins |
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Term
| Enargite - Association? Source? |
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Definition
| CuAsS4 Very dark grey, lots of cleavage, orthorhombic. Epithermal near surface vein, ofetn forms with Au. Flashy and dark |
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Term
| Sperrylite - Use? Associations? |
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Definition
| PtAs2 Most common Pt ore, ussually with Ultramafic Rocks, much more common than native Pt. |
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Term
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Definition
| NiS Occurs with pentlandite, arsenopyrite and cobaltite. |
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Term
| Native Sulphur - forms? Use? |
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Definition
| forms in hot springs and in salt domes. Used to make sulphuric acid. |
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Definition
| Vein mineral, typical of epithermal minerals. |
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Definition
| Hydrothermal veins, H2O released from a magma by a fracture jets into colder seawater and releases au& Ag & Qtz as a precipitate. 2.) Metamorphic vein- large volume of rocks with small % of Au. Compression allows warm H20 to circulat and gold is leacher out and then precipitates out through fractures in the metamorphosing rocks. |
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Term
| Graphite - Origin? Bondage? |
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Definition
| Hexagonal, mainly forms by metamorphosing rocks with a reasonable amount of Carbon in them. Often found in black shales, orhter rocks with floral or faunal C deposits. Held together by Van der Waals bonds |
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Definition
| Not from earth, but from meteorites. Wiedmanstatten patterns. |
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Definition
| Cu2S forms from weathering Cu bearing minerals. Found in cracks. |
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Term
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Definition
| hexagonal crystals, brown, magnetic, variable Fe:S ratio. Fe(1-x)S |
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Term
| Name a bunch of low temperature vein minerals |
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Definition
| marcasite, native silver, manganite, calcite, ankerite, chalcopyrite, fluorite. |
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Term
| Name some monoclinic minerals |
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Definition
| Lazulite, sphene, gypsum, aurichalcite, kernite, borax, colemanite |
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Term
| Name some rhombohedral minerals |
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Definition
| Brucite, Calcite, Siderite, Smithsonite, Dolomite |
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Term
| What are the minerals that will precipitate out of seawater? |
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Definition
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| Name a bunch of isometric minerals |
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Definition
| Diamond, pyrite, tetrahedrite-tennantite, fluorite, garnet |
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Term
| Name a bunch of black smoker deposited minerals |
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Definition
| Pyrite, Galena, Zincite, pyrolusite, Gahnite, Franklinite, Romanechite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite |
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Term
| NAme some minerals you can ID by sense |
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Definition
| Halite, talc, sylvite, stichtite, graphite, arsenopyrite |
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Term
| Name some minerals with useful streaks |
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Definition
| Hematite, Chromite, Cassiterite, RUtile, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Franklinite |
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Term
| Name a bunch of MVT deposited minerals |
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Definition
| sphalerite, dolomite, fluorite |
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Term
| Names some placer minerals |
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Definition
| Rutile, Cassiterite, Gold, Magnetite |
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Term
| Describe the development of porphoritic rock |
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Definition
1.) There is a hydrous magma
2.) The solids crystallize in large grains, increasing H2O content
3.) PRessure builds up until
4.) Rocks fracture
5.) Fractures are filled with rapidly growing fine grained qtz and other minerals
6.) Ends with large crystals surrounded by fine grained matrix. |
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Term
| Names some ores and their results |
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Definition
| Niccolite - Ni, Galena, Pb, Chalcopyrite- Cu, Bornite - Cu, Argentite - Ag, Pentlandite - Ni, Cobaltite - Co, Pyrargyrite - Proustite - Ag, Sperrylite - Ni, Rutile - Ti, Pyrolusite - Mn, Uraninite - U |
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| Name some weathered minerals |
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Definition
| Cuprite, Earthy hematite, Brucite, Diaspor &Gibbsite, Romanechite, Magnesite, Rhodochrosite, Malachite, Vivianite, Azurite, Turquoise, Wavelite, Aurichalcite, Variscite |
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Term
| Name some minerals w/conchoidal fractures |
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Definition
| Qtz, Alunite, Turqoise, Cerussite, Apatite, Garnet, Schorl |
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Term
| Name some awesome minerals |
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Definition
| Uraninite, Siderite, BIF, Variscite, Wavelite,, Ulexite |
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Term
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Definition
| Magnetite,Chromite, Gahnite, Spinel, Franklinite |
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Term
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Definition
| JArrosite, Melanterite, Goethite, |
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Term
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Definition
| Calcite,Magnesite,Siderite, Rhodochrosite, Smithsonite |
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Term
| Name some magnetic minerals |
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Definition
| Pyyrhotite, Magnetite, Ilmenite, Franklinite |
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| Name some deep vein minerals |
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| Name a bunch of metamorphic minerals |
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Definition
| Sillimanite, Almandine, Gahnite, Zincite, Graphite, Corundum, Pyrolusite, Specular Hematite, Magnetite |
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| Name some hexagonal minerals |
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Definition
| Borax, Pyyrhotite, Quartz, Corundum, Apatite, Topaz, Beryl |
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Term
| How do we see many phosphates? |
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Definition
| PEgmatites as primary minerals, pegmatites as weathering minerals, in limestones affected by warm H2O |
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