Category:Mineralogy
Category:Mineralogy Articles and media on this topic in ... projects can be found at: Commons Category Mineralogy Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mineralogy This is the category of topics related to mineralogy. Subcategories There are 3 subcategories to this ... C Crystallography M Minerals Pages in category "Mineralogy" There are 51 pages in this ...
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Turquoise
... N/A Fracture Conchoidal Hardness 5-6 Lustre Waxy to subvitreous RI 1.61-1 ... properties are dependent on grain size. The lustre of turquoise is typically waxy to subvitreous ... its fracture is conchoidal, leaving a waxy lustre. Despite its low hardness relative to other ... wetting effect (thereby enhancing the colour and lustre); this treatment is more or less acceptable ... harder and with a better colour and lustre. As the finer turquoise is often ...
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Serpentine
... including chromium, manganese, cobalt and nickel. In mineralogy, serpentine may refer to any of 20 ... habit, never being found as single crystals. Lustre may be vitreous, greasy or silky. Colours ... a hardness of 3.5–4 and its lustre is greasy. The monoclinic crystals show micaceous ... may be separated. They have a silky lustre and a hardness of 2.5–4 with ... sometimes applied. Bastite may have a silky lustre. Lizardite is named after its type ...
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Georg Agricola
... of science. Known as "the father of mineralogy", he was born at Glauchau in Saxony ... to test what had been written about mineralogy by careful observation of ores and the ... learning. His chief interest was still in mineralogy; but he occupied himself also with medical ... the town to which he had added lustre. Amidst hostile demonstrations he was carried to ...
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Actinolite
... 5 Si 8 O 22 (OH) 2 Mineralogy Actinolite is an intermediate member in a ... White or grey when in asbestos form Lustre Vitreous to dull glassy Hardness 5.5 ... Cornelius S.; Klein, Cornelis, 1985, Manual of Mineralogy, 20th ed., John Wiley and Sons, New ...
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Zircon
... Subconchoidal to uneven - brittle Hardness 7.5 Lustre Adamantine RI nω=1.967 - 2 ... 2003: Hanchar & Hoskin (2003). Zircon. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, volume 53, 500 pages. http ... Cornelius S.; Klein, Cornelis, 1985, Manual of Mineralogy, 20th ed., ISBN 0471805807 Geochemistry of old ...
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Olivine
... 3.37 and it has a vitreous lustre. It is transparent to translucent. The deep ... S., 1966 pr, Dana's Manual of Mineralogy, 17th ed., ISBN 0471032883 Hurlbut, Cornelius S.; Klein, Cornelis, 1985, Manual of Mineralogy, 20th ed., ISBN 0471805807 Deer, W. A ...
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Sassolite
... micaceous Fracture Sectile Mohs Scale hardness 1 Lustre Vitreous to pearly Refractive index 1.340 ... additional information. References MinDAT Webmineral Handbook of Mineralogy (PDF)
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Hawleyite
... A Mohs Scale hardness 2.5-3 Lustre Metallic Refractive index N/A Pleochroism N ... Ontario, Canada. References MinDAT Webmineral Handbook of Mineralogy (PDF)
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Papagoite
... Brittle Mohs Scale hardness 5-5.5 Lustre Vitreous to dull Refractive index 1.607 ... References MinDAT Webmineral Mineral galleries Handbook of Mineralogy (PDF)
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