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1 All About Elements: Helium https://wardsci.com/store wardsci.com | 800-962-2660 2 3 Fun Facts About…Helium 1. Helium is the second most abundant ele- ment after hydrogen in the universe and solar system. Approximately 11.3% of all atoms in the u...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Schist Type: Metamorphic; regional. Texture/Appearance: Fine to coarse-grained strongly foliated. Granoblastic grading into porphyrob- lastic, with mineral segregation banding usually present. Individual miner...

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wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Illite (K, H3O) (Al, Mg, Fe)2 (Si, Al)4 O10 [(OH)2, H2O] Crystallography: Monoclinic. Crystals not distinguishable; usually in clay-like masses, either compact or friable. Physical Properties: Cleavage: {001} perfect, but ...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Pyrite Fe S2 Crystallography: Isometric; 2/m3. Crystals commonly cubic (often striated) also pyritohedral or octahedral. Frequently massive, granular, sometimes globular, reniform, radiated. Physical Propertie...

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ward’s sciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Hematite Fe2 O Crystallography: Hexagonal -R; 32/m. Crystals thick to thin tabular on {0001}; more rarely rhombohe- dral. Also micaceous to platy, botryoidal to reniform, and commonly earthy. Physical Properti...

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+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Copper Cu Crystallography: Isometric; 4/m32/m. Tetrahexahedron faces are common, as are the cube, dodecahedron, and octahedron. Crystals usually malformed and branching; also irregular masses and wire-like for...

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1 All About Elements: Lithium https://wardsci.com/store wardsci.com | 800-962-2660 2 3 Fun Facts About… Lithium 1. Elemental lithium can float in mineral oil. 2. Lithium was one of the elements produced during Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. The other t...

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