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Silicate Minerals
30 Silicate minerals
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Geology
Undergraduate 2
02/03/2011
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Rose Quartz
 Definition
Pink Crystal
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Smokey Quartz
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Grey Crystal
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Pyrorene (Augite)
 Definition
Black, slightly shiny, No veins, very vertical
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Muscouite
 Definition
Light Flakes
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Corundum
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Hexagon Shape
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Garnet
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Brown Crystal
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Talc
 Definition
White, nonopaque
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Hematite (dull)
 Definition
Dull reddish-brown, similar to limonite
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Biotite
 Definition
Dark flakes
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Playiochase (albite) Na
 Definition
Dull pink, shiny white
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Laboradite
 Definition
Black hard slightly shiny
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Crystalline Quartz
 Definition
Clear
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Olivine
 Definition
Green, Nonopaque
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Orthoclass Feldspar
 Definition
Pink is shiny, White is dull
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Amhibole (hornblende
 Definition
Black w/white flecks
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