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Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon

Posted: January 14th, 2012, 8:46 am
by hexagonaria
there is the streak, but obviously thats not gonna be very helpful all the time.. ive always thought that hornblende is generally shinier, and tends to form longer crystals. also, hornblende usually has some striations on its crystals.

anyways,

Image

what are we looking at here? (what rock/mineral is this a close-up of??)

Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon

Posted: January 14th, 2012, 4:14 pm
by iYOA
diatomite?

Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon

Posted: January 14th, 2012, 5:13 pm
by hexagonaria
yep! it's pretty isn't it?

Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon

Posted: January 14th, 2012, 6:26 pm
by iYOA
Image

Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon

Posted: January 14th, 2012, 6:38 pm
by hexagonaria
could you try a different url for that pic please? its not working on my pc

Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon

Posted: January 15th, 2012, 8:14 am
by iYOA
Image

does that work

Hint: this was on the conestoga r&m test.

Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon

Posted: January 15th, 2012, 8:58 am
by Allinea
Gypsum?

Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon

Posted: January 15th, 2012, 9:53 am
by hexagonaria
thank you

Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon

Posted: January 15th, 2012, 5:12 pm
by iYOA
yes allinea is correct

Re: Rocks and Minerals Question Marathon

Posted: January 15th, 2012, 6:44 pm
by Allinea
My turn now then?