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Browse Items (7 total)
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Magnetite
Formula
Fe3O4
Structure
Non-silicate
Crystal System
Crystal system: cubic
Physical Properties
Colour in hand specimen: blackStreak: blackCleavage: noneHardness: 7.5-8
Optical Properties
Colour in plane polarised light: almost…
Tags: igneous
Quartz
Formula
SiO2
Structure
Framework silicate
Crystal System
Crystal system: trigonal (+)
Physical Properties
Colour in hand specimen: colourless Lustre: vitreous Pleochroism: none Cleavage: none Hardness: 7
Optical Properties
Colour in…
Tags: igneous, metamorphic, milky, sedimentary, vitreous
Plagioclase feldspar
Formula
Na[AlSi3O8] – Ca[Al2Si2O8]
Structure
Framework silicate
Crystal System
Crystal system: triclinic (+) (-)
Physical Properties
Colour in hand specimen: white Cleavage: two at 90° Hardness: 6-6.5
Optical Properties
Colour in…
Tags: felsic, igneous, mafic, metamorphic, sedimentary
Mica, biotite
Formula
K2(Mg,Fe2+)6-4(Fe3+,Al,Ti)0-2[Si6-5Al2-3O20](OH,F)4
Structure
Sheet silicate
Crystal System
Crystal system: monoclinic (-)
Physical Properties
Colour in hand specimen: brown or black Cleavage: one, good Hardness: 2-3
Optical…
Tags: basal, cleavage, igneous, metapelite
Mica, muscovite
Formula
K2Al4[Si6Al2O20](OH,F)4
Structure
Sheet silicate
Crystal System
Crystal system: monoclinic (-)
Physical Properties
Colour in hand specimen: colourless Cleavage: one, good Hardness: 2.5-3
Optical Properties
Colour in plane…
Tags: basal, cleavage, igneous, metapelite
Amphibole (hornblende)
Formula
(Na,K)0-1Ca2(Mg,Fe2+,Fe3+,Al)5Si6-7.5Al2-0.5O22(OH)2
Structure
Chain silicate
Crystal System
Crystal system: monoclinic (+) (-)
Physical Properties
Colour in hand specimen: black Cleavage: two at ~56° Hardness: 5-6
Optical…
Tags: igneous, metabasite