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Minerals A large nugget
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A Cut Diamond
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Quartz Hexagonal crystals (six sided)
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Quartz Concoidal fracture (like a bottle breaking)
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K-spar (Potassium Feldspar 2 planes cleavage-one plane fracture
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Fig. 03_02C Hornblende Crystals on left- 2 planes of fracture on right
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Minerals form rocks!
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Polymorphism 2 minerals-same composition-different crystal form
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Atomic Structure
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Figure 3.5 Ionic Bonding Gain/Lose (to get 8 in outer shell) Salt/Halite
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Periodic Table
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Figure 3.7 Colvalent Bonding Electron Sharing (to get 8 in outer) Chlorine
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Figure 3.8 Crystal form is expression of internal structure
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Salt/Halite in cubes?
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Diamonds-all carbon Strong bonds in all directions create form
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Graphite-all carbon Weak bonds in plane make it soft
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Pyrite FeS Cubic crystals, metallic luster
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Quartz Glassy luster
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Use of a streak plate
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Moh’s scale of hardness Goes up to 10 Diamond is 10 Minerals on left Tools on right
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Figure 3.14 Cleavage Mica-1 plane
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What is this mess!!!!! Relax-its not that hard Why minerals have certain cleavage? Cleavage represents internal structure/bonding and defines the mineral groups
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Mica Group Feldspar Group Hornblende Group Halite Calcite Fluorite Cleavage in minerals
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Fracture Concoidal fracture in quartz
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K-spar (potassium feldspar) 1 plane fracture (top)-2 planes cleavage
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Magnetite Guess what-its magnetite!
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Mineral groups defined by crystal structure
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Elements-relative abundance
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Minerals on earth-relative abundance
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Quartz Hexagonal Crystals No cleavage Conchoidal fracture
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Figure 3.26 Quartz Small amounts of impurities change color
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K-spar (potassium feldspar) Salmon, 2 cleavages at 90 degrees-fracture 1 plane
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Plagioclase Feldspar White, Grey, 2 cleavages at 90 degrees Fracture 1 plane Note Striations
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Biotite Mica 1 cleavage-sheets
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Pyroxene vs. Amphibole Groups Pyroxene-90 degree cleavage Amphibole-60/120 degree cleavage
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Amphibole Group 2 cleavages at 60 and 120 degrees
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Pyroxene Group 2 cleavages at 90 degrees
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Olivine Group Concoidal fracture-no cleavage
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Table 3.2 Non-silicate minerals
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Carbonates Calcite (Ca) Dolomite (Ca-Mg)
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Halides Fluorite Halite
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Oxides Hematite (Iron Ore) Corundum (Ruby-red and Sapphires-blues)
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Sulphides Galena (Lead Ore) Sphalerite (Zinc Ore) Pyrite (Iron ore) Cinnabar (Mercury Ore)
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Sulphates Gypsum (Calcium) Near Surface Anhydrite (Calcium) At Depth
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Natives
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Diamonds
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Precious Stones EmeraldSapphire-bluesRuby-red Corundum Beryl
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