Objectives

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Objectives
Physical properties of minerals and mineral
identification in hand specimens
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Colors Birth Stones
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Play of colors Labradorite
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Streak The red planet
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Alteration Tigers eye, cats eye
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Crystal form Fluorite on quartz
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Crystal form MnCO3
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Twinning calcite (CaCO3)
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State of Aggregate stalagmites calcite
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State of Aggregate Botryoidal hematite
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State of Aggregate Bladed gypsum (CaSO42H2O)
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Choncoidal fracture obsidian, Volcanic silica
glass, SiO2
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Mohs hardness scale