Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 12:17 pm
Bauxite/Aluminum?
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Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 12:22 pm
Yup, your turn.
Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 12:27 pm
[img]http://www.pitt.edu/~cejones/GeoImages/2IgneousRocks/IgneousCompositions/7Rhyolite/Rhyolite.jpg[/img]
Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 4:19 pm
PacificGoldenPlover wrote:[img]http://www.pitt.edu/~cejones/GeoImages/2IgneousRocks/IgneousCompositions/7Rhyolite/Rhyolite.jpg[/img]
Rhyolite, Felsic. Just in case I get this right, someone else can take my question.
Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 5:42 pm
Correct.
Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 5:57 pm
Someone else can take this question
Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 7:06 pm
ID the specimen.
What is the terminology that describes how light is split as it passes through this specimen?
Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 7:57 pm
calcite, birefringence
Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon
Posted: November 6th, 2011, 9:07 pm
That's correct!
Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon
Posted: November 7th, 2011, 7:47 pm
[img]http://www.galleries.com/minerals/silicate/albite/albite.jpg[/img] What is it? What does its name mean?