Aragonite, Pyrite, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand Calcite
Rocks & Minerals B/C ID/Question Marathon
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Re: Rocks & Minerals B/C ID/Question Marathon
To keep things moving:
What two minerals are shown here?
Explain the formation of this specimen. Which mineral came "first?"
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Explain the formation of this specimen. Which mineral came "first?"
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cellobix wrote:To keep things moving:
What two minerals are shown here?[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15231443/Mineral%20Replacement.jpg[/img]
Explain the formation of this specimen. Which mineral came "first?"
malachite and azurite, azurite came "first", and over time, became malachite through weathering
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I agree with darkdeserthighway. Can we revive this?
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it is aragonite and its a polymorph of calcite and doesn't have a definite crystal
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Aragonite, they share the same chemical formula; both are calcium carbonate.
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that is aragonite, which is isomorphic with calcite, meaning that it has the same chemical formula, CaCO3, but a different crystal structure.
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I agree with all of you
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