[img]https://geology.com/minerals/photos/barite-rose-irocks.jpg[/img]
1. What is this mineral?
2. What is this specific variety called?
3. What is this mineral an ore of?
4. In England this mineral would be called:
---a. Baride
---b. Baryte
---c. Berite
---d. Beryte
my 150th post!!!
Re: Rocks and Minerals B/C
Posted: February 11th, 2018, 2:41 pm
by pb5754
dxu46 wrote:
[img]https://geology.com/minerals/photos/barite-rose-irocks.jpg[/img]
1. What is this mineral?
2. What is this specific variety called?
3. What is this mineral an ore of?
4. In England this mineral would be called:
---a. Baride
---b. Baryte
---c. Berite
---d. Beryte
my 150th post!!!
1. Barite
2. Barite Rose
3. Barium
4. Baryte
Re: Rocks and Minerals B/C
Posted: February 11th, 2018, 2:42 pm
by dxu46
pb5754[] wrote:
dxu46 wrote:
[img]https://geology.com/minerals/photos/barite-rose-irocks.jpg[/img]
1. What is this mineral?
2. What is this specific variety called?
3. What is this mineral an ore of?
4. In England this mineral would be called:
---a. Baride
---b. Baryte
---c. Berite
---d. Beryte
my 150th post!!!
1. Barite
2. Barite Rose
3. Barium
4. Baryte
Correct, your turn. nooo not 150 now
Re: Rocks and Minerals B/C
Posted: February 11th, 2018, 3:01 pm
by pb5754
[img]https://www.dakotamatrix.com/images/products/rhodochrosite32672a.jpg[/img]
1. What mineral is this?
2. The name of this mineral comes from what Greek word?
3. What does this Greek word mean?
4. This mineral forms a complete solid solution series with what other mineral?
5. What ion causes the pink color of this mineral?
Re: Rocks and Minerals B/C
Posted: February 11th, 2018, 3:05 pm
by dxu46
pb5754[] wrote:
[img]https://www.dakotamatrix.com/images/products/rhodochrosite32672a.jpg[/img]
1. What mineral is this?
2. The name of this mineral comes from what Greek word?
3. What does this Greek word mean?
4. This mineral forms a complete solid solution series with what other mineral?
5. What ion causes the pink color of this mineral?
1. Rhodochrosite
2. Won't copy paste from my binder, but it means rose-colored
3. ^^^
4. FeCO3
5. Mn?
Re: Rocks and Minerals B/C
Posted: February 11th, 2018, 3:19 pm
by pb5754
dxu46 wrote:
pb5754[] wrote:
[img]https://www.dakotamatrix.com/images/products/rhodochrosite32672a.jpg[/img]
1. What mineral is this?
2. The name of this mineral comes from what Greek word?
3. What does this Greek word mean?
4. This mineral forms a complete solid solution series with what other mineral?
5. What ion causes the pink color of this mineral?
1. Rhodochrosite
2. Won't copy paste from my binder, but it means rose-colored
3. ^^^
4. FeCO3
5. Mn?
For #5 I wanted Mn2+ but yeah everythings good.
Lol I forgot Rhodochrosite was a nats mineral.
Your turn.
Re: Rocks and Minerals B/C
Posted: February 13th, 2018, 3:53 pm
by dxu46
[img]https://mineralseducationcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/Gabbro_299251499.jpg[/img]
1. What is this rock?
2. Name the top three minerals that make up this rock.
3. What is this mineral's composition (felsic/intermediate/mafic/ultramafic)?
4. Fill in the blanks: This rock is the ______ (plutonic/volcanic) equivalent of ______ (rock).
5. When, where, and who named this rock?
Re: Rocks and Minerals B/C
Posted: February 13th, 2018, 4:32 pm
by kate!
dxu46 wrote:
[img]https://mineralseducationcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/Gabbro_299251499.jpg[/img]
1. What is this rock?
2. Name the top three minerals that make up this rock.
3. What is this mineral's composition (felsic/intermediate/mafic/ultramafic)?
4. Fill in the blanks: This rock is the ______ (plutonic/volcanic) equivalent of ______ (rock).
5. When, where, and who named this rock?
1. Well I was going to say diorite... oops. The image says gabbro. The same image is also in our binder lol
2. calcium rich plagioclase feldspar, augite, small amounts of olivine and pyroxene
3. mafic
4. plutonic, basalt
5. i'm not sure.... i could only find that it was named after a town in tuscany, italy.
Re: Rocks and Minerals B/C
Posted: February 13th, 2018, 4:49 pm
by dxu46
kate! wrote:
dxu46 wrote:
[img]https://mineralseducationcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/Gabbro_299251499.jpg[/img]
1. What is this rock?
2. Name the top three minerals that make up this rock.
3. What is this mineral's composition (felsic/intermediate/mafic/ultramafic)?
4. Fill in the blanks: This rock is the ______ (plutonic/volcanic) equivalent of ______ (rock).
5. When, where, and who named this rock?
1. Well I was going to say diorite... oops. The image says gabbro. The same image is also in our binder lol
2. calcium rich plagioclase feldspar, augite, small amounts of olivine and pyroxene
3. mafic
4. plutonic, basalt
5. i'm not sure.... i could only find that it was named after a town in tuscany, italy.
Oops, I shouldn't have put where for question #5...but the rest was 1809, Christian Leopold von Buch.
Everything else is correct, your turn.
Re: Rocks and Minerals B/C
Posted: February 13th, 2018, 4:55 pm
by kate!
[img]http://www.minimegeology.com/shop/images/rhyolite_300x300_wtrmk.jpg[/img]
1. What rock is this?
2. How does it usually form?
3. This rock is the (plutonic/volcanic) equivalent of (what rock?)
4. Name 4 minerals in this rock's composition.
5. Does it have a high or low silica content?