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Re: Rocks & Minerals B/C ID/Question Marathon

Posted: July 19th, 2014, 10:52 am
by asthedeer
1. Scoria
2. There were bubbles trapped in the lava as it cooled and hardened
3. No, it shouldn't although one specimen we tried did, so i guess yes.

Is andesite intrusive or extrusive?

Re: Rocks & Minerals B/C ID/Question Marathon

Posted: July 21st, 2014, 10:48 am
by darkdeserthighway
Extrusive

By the way it's usually better to wait until the asker has confirmed that your answer is correct before posting the next question just FYI

Re: Rocks & Minerals B/C ID/Question Marathon

Posted: July 22nd, 2014, 10:22 am
by GoofyFoofer
HAHAHA
BTW, asthedeer, you are correct!
Darkdeserthighway, your turn! :P

Re: Rocks & Minerals B/C ID/Question Marathon

Posted: July 23rd, 2014, 12:25 pm
by GoofyFoofer
Are we going to keep on doing rks and min questions or will we start doing fossil questions?

Re: Rocks & Minerals B/C ID/Question Marathon

Posted: July 24th, 2014, 12:52 pm
by darkdeserthighway
I think there will be a new thread for that once rollover happens, so i guess just rocks for now.

What is the nickname of staurolite?

Re: Rocks & Minerals B/C ID/Question Marathon

Posted: July 24th, 2014, 4:29 pm
by GoofyFoofer
Fairy stones! :P

Re: Rocks & Minerals B/C ID/Question Marathon

Posted: July 25th, 2014, 9:10 am
by asthedeer
@GoofyFooter, you need to post a ??? :D

Is talc harder or softer than graphite?

Re: Rocks & Minerals B/C ID/Question Marathon

Posted: July 25th, 2014, 10:04 am
by darkdeserthighway
GoofyFoofer wrote:Fairy stones! :P
asthedeer wrote:@GoofyFooter, you need to post a ??? :D

Is talc harder or softer than graphite?
GoofyFoofer is correct. There shouldn't be two questions running at once though.
talc is softer

Re: Rocks & Minerals B/C ID/Question Marathon

Posted: July 25th, 2014, 10:58 am
by GoofyFoofer
asthedeer wrote:@GoofyFooter, you need to post a ??? :D
Well yeah, but I have to wait and see if my answer was correct before I ask a question.
BTW, I'm GoofyFoofer, not GoofyFooter. :lol:

How do hide tabs work?

Re: Rocks & Minerals B/C ID/Question Marathon

Posted: July 25th, 2014, 4:37 pm
by darkdeserthighway
basically you put [hide] What you want people to see | What you want to hide [ /hide]
And remove this space in the bracket pointed to by this arrow)----------------->^

This | symbol is under the backspace button on the keyboard.

And you can take my question GoofyFoofer