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Lab 1: Mineral properties Flashcards

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Habit

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how the crystal naturaly grows

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how the crystal naturaly grows

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Habit

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equant habit

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shaped like a cube

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shaped like a cube

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Equant

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Elongate habit

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shaped like a rectangular prism

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shaped like a rectangular prism

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Enlongate habit

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Acicular habit

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extremely enlongated, like a needle

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extremely enlongated, like a needle

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Acicular habbit

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Fibrous habbit

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super long and wirey

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super long and wirey

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Fiberous Habbit

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Platy habbit

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wide flat crystals

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wide flat crystals

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Platy habbit

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scaly/micacious habbit

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flate and wide like paper

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flate and wide like paper

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scaly/micacious habbit

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Bladed habbit

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platy and enlongate

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platy and enlongate

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bladed habbit

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radiating habbit

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crystals strech out from a single point

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crystals strech out from a single point

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radiating habbit

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Globular Habbit

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forms a bunch of large rouned masses

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forms a bunch of large rouned masses

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Globular Habbit

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Botryoidal Habbit

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Forms grape sized spheres

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Forms grape sized spheres

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Botryoidal habbit

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Colloform habit

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Forms one round mass

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Forms one round mass

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Colloform Habbit

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Oolitic habit
forms bb sized spheres
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forms bb sized spheres
oolitic habit
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Pisolitic habit
forms pea sized spheres
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forms pea sized spheres
Pisolitic habbit
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Drusty habbit
super tiny crystals
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super tiny crystals
Drusty habbit
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Massive Habit
doesn't have an identifiable habit
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doesn't have an identifiable habit
Massive Habbit
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Cleavage
how a mineral breaks, described as specific planes of weakness
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how a mineral breaks, described as specific planes of weakness
cleavage
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Fracture
When a mineral doesn't have any cleavage planes, won't always be the same as the shape of the crystals
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When a mineral doesn't have any cleavage planes, won't always be the same as the shape of the crystals
Fracture
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conchoidal fracture
a fracture with smooth curved surfaces
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When a mineral doesn't have any cleavage planes, won't always be the same as the shape of the crystals
Conchoidal Fracture
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Earthy fracture
reminicent fo freshly scooped soil
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reminicent fo freshly scooped soil
Earthy Fracture
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Hackly Fracture
breaks with jagged edges
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breaks with jagged edges
Hackley fracture
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splintery fracture
breaks into sharp, enlongated points
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breaks into sharp, enlongated points
breaks into sharp, enlongated points
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Uneven fracture
doesn't match any other fracture pattern
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breaks into sharp, enlongated points
Uneven fracture
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hardness of fingernail
2~
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2~
hardness of fingernail
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hardness of a penny
3~
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3~
hardness of a penny
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4~
Hardness of a nail
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Hardness of a nail
4.~
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5~
Hardness of glass
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Hardness of glass
5~
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Hardness of streak plate
7~
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7~
Hardness of streak plate
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specific gravity
a measurment of the density of a mineral
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a measurment of the density of a mineral
specific gravity
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heft test
aproximating specific gravity by holding the mineral in your hand
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aproximating specific gravity by holding the mineral in your hand
heft test
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luster
the way a mineral interacts with light
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the way a mineral interacts with light
Luster
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Metalic luster
shines like a metal
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shines like a metal
metalic luster
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vitreous luster
Looks glassy
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Looks glassy
Vitreous luster
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Silky luster
has a soft reflective apearence
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has a soft reflective apearence
Silky luster
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dull/earthy luster
looks like a rock
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looks like a rock
dull/earthy luster
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Resonous luster
sort of like honey
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sort of like honey
Resonous luster
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waxy luster
has a waxy look
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has a waxy look
waxy luster
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greasy luster
shines and feels slick when touched
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shines and feels slick when touched
Greasy luster
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Diaphenaity
wether or not light passes through the mineral
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shines and feels slick when touched
Diaphenaity
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Opaque
light does not pass through
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light does not pass through
Opaque
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translucent
some light passes through
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some light passes through
translucent
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transparent
most light passes through
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most light passes through
transparent
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color when identifying minerals
usualy not a good idea, minerals can be different collors based on their contaminants.
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usualy not a good idea, minerals can be different collors based on their contaminants.
collor when identifying minerals
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streak
the mark left by a mineral when rubbed on a hard surface, more consistant than bulk collor
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the mark left by a mineral when rubbed on a hard surface, more consistant than bulk collor
streak

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