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Halite hand sample

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cubic, clear and tastes bitte (Salty)

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cubic, clear and tastes bitte (Salty)

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Halite hand sample

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sylvite hand sample

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similar to halite, but red and even more bitter

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similar to halite, but red and even more bitter

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sylvite hand sample

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Borates (contain boron)

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Ulexite, kernite, borax

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Ulexite, kernite, borax

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Borates (contain boron)

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ulexite hand sample

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translucent, silky luster with fibrous growth and optic properties

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translucent, silky luster with fibrous growth and optic properties

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ulexite hand sample

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Kernite hand sample

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Like Ulexite, but splintery faactures, makes a glassy noise

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Like Ulexite, but splintery faactures, makes a glassy noise

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Kernite hand sample

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borax hand sample

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non trasparent version of ulexite, has a waxy texture

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non trasparent version of ulexite, has a waxy texture

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borax hand sample

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Dolomite hand sample

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fizzes when powdered, usualy (but not always) grey

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fizzes when powdered, usualy (but not always) grey

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Dolomite hand sample

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aragonite hand sample

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grows in bands, has an enlongate cristal structure

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grows in bands, has an enlongate cristal structure

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aragonite hand sample

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magnesite hand sample

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a denser version of calcite that doesn’t fiz

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a denser version of calcite that doesn’t fiz

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magnesite hand sample

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Apatite hand sample

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Hexagonal, hardnes 5, don’t rely on collor

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Hexagonal, hardnes 5, don’t rely on collor

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Apatite hand sample

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Corundum hand sample

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hexagonal with a harness of 9

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hexagonal with a harness of 9

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Corundum hand sample

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pyrolusite hand sample

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that black dendritic thing you keep thinking ois a fossil.

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that black dendritic thing you keep thinking ois a fossil.

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pyrolusite hand sample

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Limonite hand sample
grows as a rusty yellow brown film
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grows as a rusty yellow brown film
Limonite hand sample
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Bauxite hand sample
grows reddish spheres embedded in clay rocks.
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grows reddish spheres embedded in clay rocks.
Bauxite hand sample
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diaspore hand sample
bland, white chalky rock
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bland, white chalky rock
diaspore hand sample
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order of evaporites
calcite, gypsum, Glauberite, halite, polyhalite, and epsomite
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calcite chemical composition
CaCO3
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CaCO3
calcite chemical composition
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Gypsum formation
second stage in the order of evaporties, may have it's water removed to form anhydrite Composition: CaSO4-2H2O
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second stage in the order of evaporties, may have it's water removed to form anhydrite Composition: CaSO4-2H2O
Gypsum formation
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Glauberite
an evaporite that forms in small amounts between gypsum and halite, composition: Na2Ca(SO4)2
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Polyhalite
a mineral that forms after halite during evaportion, but otherwise has nothing to do with it, complex structure
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a mineral that forms after halite during evaportion, but otherwise has nothing to do with it, complex structure
Polyhalite
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Epsomite
the last evaporite mineral to form, a heavily hydrated magnesium sulfate
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the last evaporite mineral to form, a heavily hydrated magnesium sulfate
Epsomite
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calcite crystal stcructure
layers of alternating CO3 triangles and Ca ions, forms a rhobmohedral shape
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layers of alternating CO3 triangles and Ca ions, forms a rhobmohedral shape
calcite crystal stcructure
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dolomite crystal structure
same as calcite, but with layers of Mg substiutied in, forms a more squashed rhobmohedral
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same as calcite, but with layers of Mg substiutied in, forms a more squashed rhobmohedral
dolomite crystal structure
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gypsum crystal structure
shets of calcium and sulfur tetrahedrons, bonded together by hydrogen bonding from associated water
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shets of calcium and sulfur tetrahedrons, bonded together by hydrogen bonding from associated water
gypsum crystal structure
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anhydrite crystal structure
the water has been squished out of gypsum, so it forms a framework
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the water has been squished out of gypsum, so it forms a framework
anhydrite crystal structure
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1:1
another way of writing a TO structure
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another way of writing a TO structure
1:1
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2:1
another way of writing a TOT structure
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another way of writing a TOT structure
2:1
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dioctahedral clay
The O group is make up of 3+ (usually Al) ions, for every 3 octehecrons there are 2 ions.
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The O group is make up of 3+ (usually Al) ions, for every 3 octehecrons there are 2 ions.
dioctahedral clay
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Trioctahedral
The O group is made up of 2+ ions so there is an ion for every octahedron
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The O group is made up of 2+ ions so there is an ion for every octahedron
Trioctahedral
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interlayer site
what binds two TOT groups together
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smectites
clay minerals where the interlayer site is filled with Na, Ca, and H2O, absorb lots of water
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clay minerals where the interlayer site is filled with Na, Ca, and H2O, absorb lots of water
Smectites
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Illite
clay minerals where the interlayer site is filed with K
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clay minerals where the interlayer site is filed with K
Illite
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alternating Smectite and Illite layers
mixed layer clays
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mixed layer clays
alternating Smectite and Illite layers
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X-ray Defractometer
XRD identifies minerals by how their layers reflect x rays
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XRD identifies minerals by how their layers reflect x rays
X-ray Defractometer

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