STATION 1 (Crystal Structure)

1. Halite
2. Hopper
3. A hopper crystal is produced when atoms are deposited more rapidly at the edges and corners than at the
centers of crystal faces, forming deep, stepped depressions in the centers of the affected faces.
4. Hopper crystals have a much larger surface area to volume ratio than simple salt cubes, meaning you could taste
more of the salt.
5. Galena
6. Geothite/Limonite
7. Botryoidal
8. Adamantine to Dull

STATION 2 (Metamorphic)
9. Gneiss
10. High Temperature, High Pressure
11. Marble
12. True
13. Regional Metamorphism
14. Contact Metamorphism
15. Regional Metamorphism / Subduction Zone

STATION 3 (Ores)
16. Sphalerite
17. Zinc
18. Uneven to Conchoidal
19. Bauxite
20. Aluminum, Gallium
21. Australia
22. Galena
23. Lead
24. Brittle

STATION 4 (Mohs)
25. Crystal Quartz / Quartz / Rock Crystal
26. Diamond
27. Alabaster (½ credit for Gypsum)
28. Corundum
29. Talc
30. M, K, I, L, J
31. Specimen I is quartz with a hardness of 7, which makes it the cutoff for gemstone minerals. Any softer and the
mineral would not be fit for jewelry and such.

STATION 5 (Twinning)
32. Pyrite
33. Staurolite
 34. Contact twinning characteristically creates reentrant faces where faces of the crystal segments meet on the
contact plane at an angle greater than 180°. In penetration twins the individual crystals have the appearance of
passing through each other in a symmetrical manner.
35. Macle
36. It is defined as having two crystals that meet at an angle of 84°33'; as well as having parallel prismatic faces
(resulting in a “V” formation).

STATION 6 (Other Properties)

37. Sulfur
38. It smells like rotten eggs :(. Also acceptable but less fun: distinct yellow color
39. Cubic
40. Bright Orange
41. Granite
42. Radon
43. 2 free points because I feel like it
44. SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide)
45. Rhyolite

STATION 7 (Rock ID Rush)

46. Tuff
47. Obsidian
48. Garnet Schist
49. Oolitic Limestone
50. Dolostone
51. Syenite
52. Banded Iron
53. Diatomite
54. Quartzite
55. Serpentinite

STATION 8 (Optic Properties)

56. John Marmon in 1956
57. TV Stone
58. Boron
59. Opal
60. Opalescence
61. The reflection of short wavelength light, especially in the blue spectrum.
62. Calcite
63. Double Refraction
64. If the light enters at an oblique angle, each vibration changes direction and travels along paths that differ from the
original path AND differ from each other. This is double refraction caused by the birefringence.
65. Other minerals which are double refractive are ruby, sapphire, emerald, citrine, tourmaline, and topaz.
(Surprisingly a lot of minerals are double refractive, pretty much anything thats not cubic)

STATION 9 (Quartz)
66. Amethyst
67. Irradiation
 68. Citrine
69. Ferric Hydroxide Impurities
70. Aventurine
71. Aventurescence
72. Effect caused by small inclusions of a mineral with a highly reflective surface (commonly Hematite, Pyrite, or
Goethite) which causes it to exhibit a glistening effect when rotated or looked at different points, as if it is pasted
with glitter.
73. Agate
74. Onyx
75. Jasper
76. Silica

STATION 10 (Igneous)
77. Pegmatite
78. Granite
79. Scoria
80. False
81. This rock has a very large surface area to volume ratio, has a lot of strength compared to its weight, and is
porous. This allows it to filter large things out of water in drainage systems. Its strength overall makes it a great
sturdy rock for landscaping.
82. Basalt
83. Aphanitic
84. Gabbro

STATION 11 (Polymorphs)
85. Malachite
86. Azurite
87. They are polymorphs of each other, and therefore they have the same chemical formula.
88. Azurite is less stable in open air than Malachite is, so it is eventually pseudomorphically replaced.
89. Calcite
90. Aragonite
91. Pseudohexagonal Crystals
92. False

STATION 12 (Sedimentary)
93. Chert
94. The cryptocrystalline nature of chert, combined with its above average ability to resist weathering,
recrystallization and metamorphism has made it an ideal rock for preservation of early life forms.
95. Fossil Limestone
96. Sedimentary rocks that have fossils can tell paleontologists and archaeologists about how long ago the rock was
created by what types of fossils are found there.
97. It is often used for creating decorative and eye-catching pieces or art or architecture, as well as neat jewelry.

STATION 13 (Mineral ID Rush)

98. Silver
99. Beryl
100. Celestite
 101. Labradorite
102. Epidote
103. Kaolinite
104. Rhodochrosite
105. Graphite
106. Augite
107. Chalcopyrite

STATION 14 (Hardness)
108. Biotite Mica
109. K(Mg,Fe)3(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
110. Monoclinic crystal system
111. The chemical formula and arrangement of the elements
112. Sodalite
113. Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2

STATION 15 (Vocab/Quirky Names)

114. Piezoelectricity is the process of using crystals to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy, or vice
versa.
115. Diaphaneity refers to a mineral's ability to transmit light.
116. An alluvial fan is a triangle-shaped deposit of gravel, sand, and even smaller pieces of sediment, such as
silt. This sediment is called alluvium. Alluvial fans are usually created as flowing water interacts with mountains,
hills, or the steep walls of canyons.
117. Zeolites are a group of chemically related mineral substances that contain mainly hydrated aluminum and
silicon compounds. They occur naturally in volcanic rock and ashes and are also formulated synthetically.
118. In geology, solid-state recrystallization is a metamorphic process that occurs under high temperatures and
pressures where atoms of minerals are reorganized by diffusion and/or dislocation glide. The mineral composition
may remain unchanged. This process can be illustrated by observing how snow recrystallizes to ice.
119. A natural salt or mineral deposit left after the evaporation of a body of water.
120. Plane bedding (or parallel bedding) is the simplest sedimentary structure. It occurs when bedding planes
are parallel to each other. In undisturbed (non deformed) sedimentary sequences, plane bedding continues
laterally as horizontal beds at the scale of kilometers to hundreds of kilometers.
121. Geothite
122. Diatomite
123. Pyrite
124. Chalcopyrite
125. Sulfur
126. Stibnite
127. Stilbite
128. Sphalerite