Rocks & Minerals B/C 2017

[azuritemalachite]

ID and fill in the blanks (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://accounts.smccd.edu/hand/geology101/mineral/images/hornblende3thumb.jpg[/img]
This specimen is found often in _________ and _________ rocks, but technically is not actually a mineral. It is only a group consisting of dark specimens of the mineral ___________.

[Magikarpmaster629]

ID and fill in the blanks (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://accounts.smccd.edu/hand/geology101/mineral/images/hornblende3thumb.jpg[/img]
This specimen is found often in _________ and _________ rocks, but technically is not actually a mineral. It is only a group consisting of dark specimens of the mineral ___________.

Hmm (Click to Show Hidden Text)

ID: Biotite
1&2: Metamorphic and igneous rocks
3: Mica

[azuritemalachite]

ID and fill in the blanks (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://accounts.smccd.edu/hand/geology101/mineral/images/hornblende3thumb.jpg[/img]
This specimen is found often in _________ and _________ rocks, but technically is not actually a mineral. It is only a group consisting of dark specimens of the mineral ___________.

Hmm (Click to Show Hidden Text)

ID: Biotite
1&2: Metamorphic and igneous rocks
3: Mica

Sorry! Not quite... (btw this is one of my least favorite to ID).

[calvin102111]

ID and fill in the blanks (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://accounts.smccd.edu/hand/geology101/mineral/images/hornblende3thumb.jpg[/img]
This specimen is found often in _________ and _________ rocks, but technically is not actually a mineral. It is only a group consisting of dark specimens of the mineral ___________.

Put this in my binder earlier... (Click to Show Hidden Text)

ID: Hornblende
Blank 1: Igneous
Blank 2: Metamorphic
Blank 3: Amphibole

[Magikarpmaster629]

ID and fill in the blanks (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://accounts.smccd.edu/hand/geology101/mineral/images/hornblende3thumb.jpg[/img]
This specimen is found often in _________ and _________ rocks, but technically is not actually a mineral. It is only a group consisting of dark specimens of the mineral ___________.

Hmm (Click to Show Hidden Text)

ID: Biotite
1&2: Metamorphic and igneous rocks
3: Mica

Sorry! Not quite... (btw this is one of my least favorite to ID).

Le derp, that's not Biotite (Click to Show Hidden Text)

ID: Hornblende
1&2: Still igneous and metamorphic
3: Amphibole

[calvin102111]

Hmm (Click to Show Hidden Text)

ID: Biotite
1&2: Metamorphic and igneous rocks
3: Mica

Sorry! Not quite... (btw this is one of my least favorite to ID).

Le deep, that's not Biotite (Click to Show Hidden Text)

ID: Hornblende
1&2: Still igneous and metamorphic
3: Amphibole

I just posted that

[azuritemalachite]

Well, both of you are correct! Calvin or Karp can go next.

[calvin102111]

Large Picture (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://skywalker.cochise.edu/wellerr/rocks/igrx/6irx-basalt4a.jpg[/img]

1. Identify.
2. What forms the deep vesicles in the specimen?

[John Richardsim]

1. Scoria
2. Gases trapped within the lava

[calvin102111]

1. Scoria
2. Gases trapped within the lava

Correct, your turn.