Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Lab #3, My Minerals

Gypsum is found in nature in mineral and rock form. As a mineral, it can form very pretty, and sometimes extremely large, crystals.
Pumice is a type of extrusive volcanic rock, produced when lava with a very high content of water and gases is extruded from a volcano
Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz
Galena, highly reflective and commonly in cubes.
Halite is the native salt, occurring in massive, granular, compact, or cubic-crystalline forms.
Feldspar, found in abundance on Earth's crust.
   
Amphibole, a variety of hornblende from Faraday Township, Ontario, Canada.
Specimen is approximately 3 inches across.

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