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!
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!
Re: Rocks & Minerals B/C ID/Question Marathon
Posted: July 25th, 2014, 9:10 am
by asthedeer
@GoofyFooter, you need to post a ???
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!
asthedeer wrote:@GoofyFooter, you need to post a ???
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 ???
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.
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.