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Unome wrote:
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Unome wrote: Nope (Hint: it's a rock)
Then it must be quartzite!
Correct, your turn (how do you identify that btw?)
I just remembered that polished quartzite appears to have lines; the only other remotely similar thing is travertine.

New minerals to ID, two posts down.
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It says it doesn't exist... :(
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ID this one instead (both the green and white minerals):
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aragonite and beryl? idk
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Unome wrote:
aragonite and beryl? idk
Both wrong!
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Magikarpmaster629 wrote:ID this one instead (both the green and white minerals):
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Albite and tourmaline
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Bhavjain is right.
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[img]http://www.marinmineral.com/db_pics/pics/na590b.jpg[/img]
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bhavjain wrote:
[img]http://www.marinmineral.com/db_pics/pics/na590b.jpg[/img]
Chalcopyrite and bornite
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Magikarpmaster629 wrote:
bhavjain wrote:
[img]http://www.marinmineral.com/db_pics/pics/na590b.jpg[/img]
Chalcopyrite and bornite
Incorrect
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