nicknames for minerals Flashcards
(66 cards)
1
Q
cinnamon stone
A
grossular
2
Q
fairy stone/fairy cross
A
sillimanite
3
Q
sphene
A
titanite
4
Q
jargon
A
zircon
5
Q
orthite
A
allanite
6
Q
brazilian emerald
A
beryl
7
Q
jade
A
jadeite
8
Q
mountain leather/cork
A
tremolite
9
Q
brown asbestos
A
grunerite
10
Q
blue asbestos/tigers eye
A
riebeckite
11
Q
isinglass
A
muscovite
12
Q
brittle mica
A
margarite
13
Q
white asbestos
A
chrysotile
14
Q
soap stone
A
talc
15
Q
china clay
A
kaolinite
16
Q
blood stone
A
chalcedony
17
Q
eliplite
A
nepheline
18
Q
Lapis Lazuli;
Ultramarine
A
lazurite
19
Q
sandstone
A
anorthite
20
Q
Cleavelandite;
A
albite
21
Q
Sodaspar;
A
albite
22
Q
moonstone
A
albite
23
Q
amazon stone
A
microcline
24
Q
plush/ruby copper
A
cuprite
25
titania
rutile
26
kenya gem
rutile
27
Visor; Wood;
Stream Tin; Tin
Spar
cassiterite
28
wad
pyrolusite
29
pitchblende
uraninite
30
Iron Rose;
Kidney Ore;
Red Ochre
hematite
31
emery
corundum
32
balas ruby
spinel
33
lodestone
magnetite
34
Cat's eye;
Cabochon
Gem
chrysoberyl
35
bloombago
graphite
36
golden paint
orpiment
37
powder of the mine
realgar
38
magnetic pyrite
pyrrhotite
39
silver glance
argentite
40
spelter
sphalerite
41
lead glance
galena
42
fool's gold (pale yellow)
pyrite
43
white iron pyrite
marcasite
44
peacock ore
bornite
45
red resin
cinnabar
46
capillary pyrite
millerite
47
fool's gold (iridiscent purple,
blue and red tarnish)
chalcopyrite
48
table salt
halite
49
horn silver
cerargyrite
50
iceland spar
calcite
51
Clay iron stone;
Black band ore
siderite
52
Pearl Spar
dolomite
53
Flos Ferri
aragonite
54
white lead
cerussite
55
alumstone
alunite
56
satin spar
gypsum
57
blue vetriole
chalcanthite
58
crested rose
barite
59
cogwheel ore
bournonite
60
light ruby silver
proustite
61
dark ruby silver
pyrargyrite
62
feather ore
jamesonite
63
pog ore/ gossan
goethite
64
tin cal
borax
65
collophane
apatite
66
nickel bloom
annabergite
