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Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon
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Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon
[img]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTOZjzrA7lDn5ouFNkNgtwFblGIFVIOO5mu3ZhYtUHcbUBnyxpZ[/img] What is this specimen? and how do you tell?
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Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon
Talc, luster and color (kind of shimmery almost)
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This new theme is awesome

[img]http://www.minresco.com/display/djpg/mi1245.jpg[/img]
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." ~ Henry David Thoreau
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Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon
is it barite, sulfate group, a barium meal before a contrast CAT scan
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Yes, your go!
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." ~ Henry David Thoreau
"We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do." ~ Mother Teresa
"We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do." ~ Mother Teresa
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