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Barite, used as weighting agent for drilling fluids.
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manutd94 wrote:
Barite, used as weighting agent for drilling fluids.
Stop being so good at everything, manutd! :P
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I'll take that as a "correct" quiz haha.
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Hematite (I think its the specular kind) Fe2O3
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I won't have to cause you're right! :D
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LOLWUT
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quartz, it is formed when silica soultions interact within the cracks of the earth
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ragi wrote:
quartz, it is formed when silica soultions interact within the cracks of the earth
Can you be more specific? Saying that when IDing a mineral is like screaming "PINE" in the forestry event..
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Citrine Quartz?
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quizbowl wrote:
ragi wrote:
quartz, it is formed when silica soultions interact within the cracks of the earth
Can you be more specific? Saying that when IDing a mineral is like screaming "PINE" in the forestry event..
I think it is  agate
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