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wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Slate Type: Metamorphic; regional. Texture/Appearance: Fine-grained; lacks mineral segregation banding displays rock cleavage in one direction. Surface may appear somewhat smooth and shiny. Color: Various including dark gr...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Sandstone Type: Sedimentary; clastic. Texture/Appearance: Grains generally sand-sized (1/16–2mm) normally sorted and somewhat rounded. May be poorly to well cemented. May also display visible fossils (not part...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Oligoclase (NaCa) Al (AlSi) Si2O8 (An10-30) (Feldspar Group) (see also Plagioclase) Crystallography: Triclinic; 1. Crystals usually tabular parallel to {010}; twinning frequent as in albite. Commonly as irregu...

ward’s sciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Hematite Fe2 O Crystallography: Hexagonal -R; 32/m. Crystals thick to thin tabular on {0001}; more rarely rhombohe- dral. Also micaceous to platy botryoidal to reniform and commonly earthy. Physical Properties...

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ward’s sciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Corundum Al2O3 Crystallography: Hexagonal-R; 32/m. Crystals commonly tabular on {0001} or prismatic {1120}; often rude barrel-shaped crystals. Usually massive; coarse or fine granular. Physical Properties: Cle...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Shale Type: Sedimentary; clastic. Texture/Appearance: Very fine-grained (clay to silt-sized particles) grains not distinguishable to the naked eye. A relatively soft rock with fine laminae; may display carbona...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Schist Type: Metamorphic; regional. Texture/Appearance: Fine to coarse-grained strongly foliated. Granoblastic grading into porphyrob- lastic with mineral segregation banding usually present. Individual minera...

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wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Fluorite Ca F2 Crystallography: Isometric; 4/m32/m. Usually cubic often as penetration twins twinned on {111}. Other forms rare commonly in crystals or cleavable masses; also massive granular. Physical Properties: Cleavage...