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Minerals
W&M mineral quiz 1
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Geology
Undergraduate 2
09/26/2011

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Term

Hardness

 

Definition

scratching substance of known hardness with mineral of unknown hardness 

Fingernail 2.5

Copper Penny 3.5

Wire Pick 4.5

Glass plate 5.5

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Quartzite

sugary

medium grain size

Scratches glas

oily luster

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Hematite

2.5 Hardness

Earthy luster (redish)

leaves red brown streak

2d cleavage

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Pyrite

metalic luster

grows in cubes

streak is gray

hardness is 6 scratches glass

"fools gold"

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Muscovite Mica

Hardess is 2 fingernail scratches it

transparent thin sheets

1 cleavage

brown or red brown

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Biotite Mica

fingernail scratches it

opaque black in color

breaks into thin sheets

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Gypsum

hardness 2

breaks into sheets

rhombus

transparent to opaque

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Talc

opaque 

greasy soapy feel

scratches off into powder

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Plagioclase Feldspar

Hardness 6 Scratches glass

breaks along 2 planes at 90 degrees

striations on cleavage surface

white or gray

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K-Feldspar

Breaks along 2 cleavage plains at about 90 degrees

muscle fibers run along cleavage plain

orange, brown, pink

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Amphibole
black color

breaks along 2 cleavage plains at 60 degrees and 120 degrees

splintery cleavage

gray/green streak 

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Calcite

hardess 3

Breaks aling 3 clevage plains

rhombic shape

reacts to HCL

colorless, white, yellow

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Galena

Hardness 2.5

verry dense 

breaks along 3 clevage plains making a cube

metalic luster

bright silvery gray

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Halite (rock salt) 

hardness 2.5

Breaks along 3 clevage plains, cube

opaque

colorless, yellow, or brown

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