Rocks & Minerals B/C ID/Question Marathon

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Sorry it's late guys. 
[img]http://imgur.com/1m4yoyb.png[/img]
Also, give the hardness and mineral group.
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Muscovite, with a hardness of 2.5, in the phyllosilicate group?
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hexagonaria wrote:
Muscovite, with a hardness of 2.5, in the phyllosilicate group?
Nope, not quite.
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calcite, 3, iunno the group. maybe calcite group? lol
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balsa wrote:
calcite, 3, iunno the group. maybe calcite group? lol
Nope.
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Selenite Gypsum...Hardness: 2? I'm rusty from last year...
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inluvwyth_WANTED wrote:
Selenite Gypsum...Hardness: 2? I'm rusty from last year...
And the mineral group is...?
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nlg734 wrote:
inluvwyth_WANTED wrote:
Selenite Gypsum...Hardness: 2? I'm rusty from last year...
And the mineral group is...?
sulfate group. inluvwyth_WANTED can have the next question if this is right
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darkdeserthighway wrote:
nlg734 wrote:
inluvwyth_WANTED wrote:
Selenite Gypsum...Hardness: 2? I'm rusty from last year...
And the mineral group is...?
sulfate group. inluvwyth_WANTED can have the next question if this is right
Yes, that's right. Inluvwyth_WANTED can go, then.
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Thanks nlg734. Sorry for the late reply. Here it is :) 
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