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Earth Materials Iv: Rock-Forming Minerals: Non-Silicates
Earth Materials Iv: Rock-Forming Minerals: Non-Silicates
Calcite
CARBONATE MINERALS
Ca
Ca
Mg
Ca
Ca Ca
Mg
Twin plane
EVAPORITES IN PLAYA
LAKE
EVAPORITES IN
MARINE SALINA
Gypsum in hand specimen
• Tabular, fibrous , granular,massive
(alabaster) habits
• Often twinned
• Soft (H = 2)
• One perfect + 2 good cleavages
Gypsum
in
evaporite
deposits
Anhydrite in hand specimen
• H = 3.5
• 3 Good/perfect intersecting
cleavages at right angles
• Fibrous, granular habits
FLUORITE
Oxides
Hematite Fe2O3 – cubic
Magnetite Fe2O4 – cubic
Streak - constant
Botryoidal hematite
Sulphides
Pyrite FeS2 – cubic
Galena PbS – cubic
Chalcopyrite Cu FeS2 – cubic
Sphalerite ZnS – cubic
GALENA