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15 minerals w/ description
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Conchoidal fracture, scratches glass, 6 sided crystal | quartz |
| green, glassy, granular crystals, | olivine |
| 2 cleavages at 90 grene/black | pyroxene |
| pink, blocky, 2 cleavages | orthoclase |
| white striations on clevage faces | plagioclase |
| small needle like crystals | hornblende |
| black, micaeous (peels off in sheets) | muscovite |
| fools gold, cubic crystals | pyrite |
| metallic, red brown streak | hematite |
| magnetic, black | magnetite |
| reacts with HCl, 3 cleavages not at 90 | calcite |
| metallic, silver, heavy, cubic cleavage | galena |
| scratches with fingernail | gypsum |
| tastes salty, cubic cleavage | halite |