havendude wrote:
Identify
Rhodonite
Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon
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quizbowl
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Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon
2010: 5th in NYS
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<quizbowl> ey kid ya want some shortbread
<EASTstroudsburg13> I don't know why, but I just can't bring myself to delete this post.
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hmmmm is it rhodonite?
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Your turn
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I don't know if it's my turnnnnnn... 
But,
But,
[img]http://www.mineralmasterpiece.com/images/Specimens/P1/MMB-669xLv2_Schorl.jpg[/img]
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That would be sphalerite.
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Did you guess that from the url? If not how did you tell the difference?eox wrote:i'd think tourmaline (specifically schorl)
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Tourmaline frequently forms columnar (idk if thats the right term) shapes.Allinea wrote:Did you guess that from the url? If not how did you tell the difference?eox wrote:i'd think tourmaline (specifically schorl)
and schorl is completely jet black.
so columns of jet black mineral usually remind me of tourmaline schorl
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Yup! I agree with eox 
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Since nobody has gone (please don't hate me) may I?
What are these two minerals?
What are their crystal's shapes?
What are these two minerals?
What are their crystal's shapes?