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    Periclase is a rare but widely distributed mineral with the formula MgO that occurs in small colorless crystals or crystal aggregates in metamorphic limestones. It has a cubic cleavage and high relief, making it distinctive. Periclase is usually altered to brucite or hydromagnesite and is used commercially as a high-grade electrical insulator. Pyrope is one of six garnet group minerals with the formula Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 that occurs as colorless, brown, or gray euhedral dodecahedral or trapezohedral crystals in metamorphic rocks and peridotites. It has no cleavage, very high relief, and may be weakly b

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    Periclase is a rare but widely distributed mineral with the formula MgO that occurs in small colorless crystals or crystal aggregates in metamorphic limestones. It has a cubic cleavage and high relief, making it distinctive. Periclase is usually altered to brucite or hydromagnesite and is used commercially as a high-grade electrical insulator. Pyrope is one of six garnet group minerals with the formula Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 that occurs as colorless, brown, or gray euhedral dodecahedral or trapezohedral crystals in metamorphic rocks and peridotites. It has no cleavage, very high relief, and may be weakly b

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    Periclase is a rare but widely distributed mineral with the formula MgO that occurs in small colorless crystals or crystal aggregates in metamorphic limestones. It has a cubic cleavage and high relief, making it distinctive. Periclase is usually altered to brucite or hydromagnesite and is used commercially as a high-grade electrical insulator. Pyrope is one of six garnet group minerals with the formula Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 that occurs as colorless, brown, or gray euhedral dodecahedral or trapezohedral crystals in metamorphic rocks and peridotites. It has no cleavage, very high relief, and may be weakly b

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    Laboratorium Mineralogi & Petrograf

    2016

    PERICLASE

    ABOUT PERICLASE
    Periclase is a rare but widely distributed mineral.
    Formula

    : MgO Isometric.

    RI Value

    : n = 1.738 to 1.760.

    Color

    : Colorless in thin sections.

    Form

    : Periclase occurs in small crystals or anhedral crystal aggregates.


    Individual anhedral may be recognized by cleavage traces.

    Cleavage

    : Cubic. Parting, dodecahedral.

    Relief

    : High, n > balsam.

    Birefringence : Nil. Dark between crossed nicols.


    Character

    : The cubic cleavage, high relief, and isotropic character taken together
    are distinctive.

    Alteration

    : Periclase is usually altered to brucite which, in turn, may be altered to


    hydromagnesite.

    Occurrence

    : The most common occurrence of periclase is in metamorphic


    limestones. It is found as cores within brucite spots that are formed by
    hydration of the periclase. Artificial periclase, now prepared on a
    commercial scale from selected magnesite, is more familiar than the
    natural mineral. It is used as a high-grade electrical insulator.

    Nama: Danendra Garuda


    NIM : 111140015
    Plug : 5

    Laboratorium Mineralogi & Petrograf


    2016

    PYROPE

    ABOUT PYROPE
    Pyrope is one of the six minerals of garnet group.
    Formula

    : Mg3Ab(Si04)3.

    RI Value

    : n = 1.741 to 1.760.

    Color

    : Colorless, pale reddish, pale to dark brown, greenish gray, in thin


    sections. Crystals are often zoned.

    Form

    Euhedral

    dodecahedral

    crystals

    in

    six-sided

    sections

    and

    trapezohedral crystals in eight-sided sections are common.


    Cleavage

    : Absent.

    Relief

    : Very high, surface rough, n > balsam.

    Birefringence : varieties are dark between crossed nicols but some have weak or very
    weak birefringence. The birefringent areas are often arranged in zones
    or sectors.
    Character

    : Garnet resembles spincl, but the latter occurs in octahedra. The


    different kinds of garnet may be determined by indices of refraction
    combined with the determination of the specific gravity.

    Alteration

    : The most common alteration product of garnct is chlorite.

    Nama: Danendra Garuda


    NIM : 111140015
    Plug : 5

    Laboratorium Mineralogi & Petrograf


    2016
    Occurrence

    : Garnet is especially characteristic of metamorphic mineral. It is also a


    very common detrital mineral. Pyrope is practically confined to
    peridotites and derived serpentines.

    Nama: Danendra Garuda


    NIM : 111140015
    Plug : 5

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